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Games Editor Denny Atkin brings you all the latest in what’s going on this week on Xbox.com.

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We examine the unique board and card game mechanics of Culdcept SAGA.

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Featuring a new proprietary combat engine, Dynasty Warriors 6 delivers the exhilaration of single-handedly destroying thousands of soldiers on massive fields of combat. The lightning-fast, kung-fu fighting, fluid motion-captured animation, intuitive combat system and immersive environments create an unparalleled gaming experience, and push the limits of tactical action.

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You are a Warrior of Ancient Arts, trained in the ways of mystical forces and weapons. Prepare to battle demonic forces and seal the gateway from which they have come. Lead up to 3 comrades-in-arms via single player or Ad-Hoc Multiplayer mode to defeat the evil that plagues the land and seal off the Great Labyrinth from which these creatures spawn.

• Choose your Fighting Style – Learn hundreds of different kinds of fighting arts including “Big Bang Arts” that allow you and 2 of your friends to team-up and triple your destructive power in Multiplayer Mode.
• Epic Battles – Wage battles against a legion of different classes of monstrous creatures, each with their own attributes.
• Choose your Hero – Over 70 different Warrior Types that vary in race, gender and class.
• Choose your Weapon – Hundreds of variations of upgradeable weapons, armor, and equipment, enhancing them as you progress through your adventure.
• Epic Journey – Uncover the fate of the Three Kingdoms that were sealed ages ago.
• Epic Multiplayer Adventure – Battle the underworld forces alone or join forces with up to 2 other friends via Ad-Hoc mode.

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7 Xbox 360 Screenshots posted, from Rockstar Games

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Microsoft’s Xbox 360 HD DVD add-on gets put out of its misery… You must be registered and logged in to add comments!

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Nintendo bosses believe that the Wii console will pass the Xbox 360 in sales terms come June. That’s in the USA, anyway.

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In a curiously ‘confidential’ session, in which photographs were explicitly and forcefully disallowed, Nintendo Network Administration Group Group Manager Takashi Aoyama spoke at length on the thought process behind the Wii’s online offerings. Amongst his anecdotes were a story of how WiiConnect24 came out of early dial-up concerns, during planning stages around 2000 for a GameCube network. …

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Need for Speed™: ProStreet is a ground-breaking Need for Speed experience where you’re thrust to compete head to head against the best street racers in a multitude of racing showdowns. Need for Speed ProStreet accelerates street racing culture by providing the ultimate stage for the pursuit of street racing supremacy.

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Here we have another look at the new Mario Kart game for the Wii. We get see a bunch of multiplayer gameplay as well as some people “enjoying” the Wii wheel.

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Set in the year 2050, the Iridium Championship is a series of athletic on-foot races sponsored by futuristic mega corporations, where pure speed isn’t necessarily the only route to winning on the game’s wildly inventive tracks. Combinations of collectable power-ups and weapons add to the frenetic pace, opening up a wide range of options for securing victory over the other contestants. Iridium Runners will feature several game modes, from full championship to single race, with the highlight being split-screen multiplayer.

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Giraffes with short necks? Zebras with no stripes? Tiny hippos? A mean Magician mixed up all the African animals and turned the elephants into rocks too. Help Diego, Alicia, Baby Jaguar, Juma and Erin the Elephant undo the Magician’s mischief with the Magic Drum.

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Games Editor Denny Atkin brings you all the latest in what’s going on this week on Xbox.com.

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Jumpers, people with a genetic anomaly that enables them to teleport themselves instantaneously to anywhere on the globe, have existed for centuries. An age-old battle rages between the Jumpers and the Paladins, a clandestine organization set on eliminating them from the planet. The Jumper game extends the film’s storyline, following Griffin, a battle-hardened Jumper determined to avenge the death of his parents at the hands of the Paladins.

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Attention, gamers. Wii may have a problem.

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