The “Break it Down” Blog

Xbox Live Going Offline for 24 hours on Monday

Just a reminder to all Xbox Live subscribers that Xbox Live will be going down for maintenance on Monday, September 29th at 12:01am. The downtime will be used to prepare Xbox Live and all it’s users for the new Xbox “experience” that will hit homes later this fall. So what should you do during the [...]

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360 Version of Team Fortress 2 Still Getting Updates

Kotaku Reports that owners of Team Fortress 2 on the Xbox 360 will be receiving all the updates released on the PC by the end of the year.  The update will include all the new maps, unlockable weapons and class specific achievements, already seen on the PC. Valve marketing director Doug Lombardi, confirmed at Leipzig [...]

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ASUS Motherboard + Crucial Ballistix = Lockups on Boot

NOTE: This post pertains to ASUS Maximus boards hanging during POST at the DET RAM and COUNTMEM stages. UPDATE: Update #6 at the bottom of this post explains that the latest BIOS update from ASUS fixes this issue finally. I was up until god-knows-when last night troubleshooting what was wrong with my new computer that I’m trying [...]

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Playstation 3 2.10 Firmware Update

Ted Regulski sends in the poop on the new 2.10 firmware release for the PS3. If you power it on you should be prompted to do a System Update when you try and sign on or go to System Update off of the XMB. Voice Changer The Voice Changer feature has been added to voice / video [...]

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BioShock Update & Free DLC

This is pretty cool, 2K has released the 3rd patch for the 360 (and I believe 1st for PC) for BioShock. Both versions also include new features for free that give you some more plasmids and a new difficulty option with a new 100-point achievement. More specifically: Added Disable Vita Chamber option Plasmid Pack is included in [...]

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