The “Break it Down” Blog

XNA Community Games Off to a Huge Start

On Wednesday this week, November 19th, XNA Community Games launched on the Xbox 360 with the new dashboard updated – The New Xbox Experience. Just three days after launch there are already 45 games available in Xbox Live’s XNA Community Games (ranging in price from $2.50 to $10), and that number continues to grow daily. Sure, [...]

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Gears of War 2 Gameplay Preview Compilation Movie

Were you excited about Gears of War 2? Then you are about to have a stroke. If you weren’t excited about Gears of War 2, then you are a damn liar.

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Operation Flashpoint 2 Will Keep the Gritty Realism from #1

If you ever got a chance to play the original Operation Flashpoint, then you are familiar with the feel that Bohemia Interactive was able to create that has never been re-created in another FPS or army shooter since… not even America’s Army (the US army simulation game). Kotaku describes that feeling as: The feeling of being a [...]

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Rock Band 2 Song List Preview

Update #1: Here’s the official complete confirmed Rock Band 2 artist and song list! During G4 TV’s preview run of Rock Band 2, some forum goers over at ScoreHero Forums snagged a screenshot of part of the song-list screen. Kotaku further broke it down with a best-guess of artists backing the song list, and we have: “Panic [...]

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