Retailers Gamestop and Amazon.com are now taking Pre-Orders on GOW 2 and GOW 2 Limited Edition.

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/g/gearsofwar2/buyNow.htm

source: Microsoft

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Eidos Interactive announces a new Map pack for Kane and Lynch on the Xbox360 and PS3 and will be available on both console’s online services on April 17th Free of charge!

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Install directions:
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• - Copy in /PSP/GAME (firmware 1.5) or /PSP/GAME150 (firmware 1.5 compatibility for 3.xx OE release);
  There are four different builds in archive:
  1) 1.50 Kernel mode (psp_mame4all_v4.9r2);
  2) 1.50 Kernel mode without neogeo and cps1 support (psp_mame4all_v4.9r2-noneogeo-nocps1);
  3) 2.00 User mode (psp_mame4all_v4.9r2-usermode);
  4) 2.00 User mode without neogeo and cps1 support (psp_mame4all_v4.9r2-usermode-noneogeo-nocps1);
  Use psp_mame4all_v4.9r2 as installation base, then replace EBOOT.PBP with your needed/preferred build;
  - Recreate zipped roms with included ClrMame compatible .DAT files (v0.34-v0.36 mixed roms);
  - Add created zipped roms files in ROMs subfolder and samples in samples subfolder;
  Samples must be in .sam old Mame pre-v0.35 format, downloadable from http://www.mameworld.net/samples/sam.htm
  or from http://www.gp32x.de/cgi-bin/cfiles.cgi?0,0,0,0,5,1034 and http://www.gp32x.de/cgi-bin/cfiles.cgi?0,0,0,0,5,1044

Specific Features:
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• - Based on latest MAME GP2X release v4.9;
  - 480×272 full PSP Hires Support, now games with >320 orizz. and >240 vert. pixels are fully playable (Loderun, Galaga etc.);
  - Overclock support, from 133 to 333 MHz;
  - Fixed, Fixed Divided by 2, Software Scaled and Software Full Screen Stretched resolutions (all maximum 480×272);
  - Frameskip as GP2X version (fixed 0-5, auto 1-5);
  - Vsync on/off;
  - Save configuration support, default and per game;
  - 22KHz with 16 voices predefined sounds, 33KHz and 44KHz frequencies with 4, 8 and 16 voices combinations added;
  - Preliminary analog support;
  - Autocentering fix for all resolutions;
  - Optimized compiled code as derived from GP2X version, but for PSP cpu (fastest graphics core!);
  - Stripped & Packed executable, only 1.5MB;
  - Original graphics theme from Gold edition (user mode version only);
  - Music in menu (filename music.psp in data folder), in these supported formats: .MOD, .S3M, .IT, .XM and .OGG;
  - Added, as bonus, 1st classified OldSkool at Assembly 2007 Music Competition (Commodore 64 based), in .OGG format;
  - Graphic theme 480×272 BMP skins support, both pspmenu480.bmp and pspsplash480.bmp in folder skins (user mode version only);
  - Dipswitches settings;

Specific Controls:
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• - Button SELECT: Insert credits.
  - Button START: Play.
  - Button HOME: after Pause exit game and return to menu.
  - Buttons L+R: Activate/deactivate screen fixed/fixed div2/scale/stretch.
  - Buttons L+R pressed during one second: Pause.
  - Buttons L+HOME simultaneously: Reset emulation.

Known Problems:
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- General audio with some gliches due to original unoptimized threaded sound core;
- Preliminary Analog stick support doesn’t recognize very fast movements;
- No rotate support;

Downloads:
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PSP MAME4ALL v4.9r2 Hires zipped archive (7.280.469 bytes)
PSP MAME4ALL v4.9r2 Hires zipped archive MD5 checksum file

Here are Mame GP2X 4.9 source code addons:
PSP MAME4ALL v4.9r2 Hires source zipped archive (102.040 bytes)
PSP MAME4ALL v4.9r2 Hires source zipped archive MD5 checksum file

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After Microsoft confirmed that the Dashboard Fall update for the Xbox 360 will be arriving this December 4, the news spread like wildfire across the community. Xbox video games being available via download also fanned the growing anticipation of Xbox 360 owners.

However, it seems that the return of the classics wouldn’t be as glorious as expected (at least, not yet) because of several technical issues. In fact, the official Xbox.com website came up with a list of probable problems with Xbox Originals yesterday.

For those wondering if the games will have additional features, Xbox Live Director of Programming Larry Hryb (aka Major Nelson) released a statement saying that Xbox Originals will have no Achievements and Gamerscore. Here’s what he said:

The answer is no. These are the original games that were created before Xbox 360. In order to preserve the integrity of the original gaming experience they provide, they will have the features available at the time of their initial release. I hope that clears that up.

I know it’s probably not what you wanted to hear, but I thought it would be best to get clear up an misunderstanding up right up front. I’ll talk more about it on my show this week. Would it have been cool? Sure it would but as many folks have noted, for a variety of reasons it’s just not possible.

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watch this youtube video at the end they run halo this is a real Microsoft leaked product

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hz21kvH1Gg

Poster: Qshop

Founder Notes: I think this is just a moded PSP with a Custom XBM, it looks very fake and seems to just try to make fun of the “Blue Screen of Death” and the “Bungie logo” is cut off on the sides meaning its a video off Halo 2.

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10. Chow Yun-Fat plays the role of Inspector “Tequila” Yuen, a character from John Woo’s 1992 action movie Hard Boiled. A special edition will be available on the PS3 which contains both Hard Boiled the movie on Blu-Ray and Stranglehold the game on a single disc.
9. Enemies in the game feature 27 “death zones” which trigger different death animations. This he can be easily seen during the slow mo pinpoint attack special move. I have no idea what the 27 locations are.
8. The developers wanted to focus on the action and not on ammo and item collecting, therefore the default guns (I believe Dual Berettas) have infinite ammo.
7. The environments are pretty much fully destructible with buildings, walls, tables, stairs, and various other objects exploding in a blaze of gunfire.
6. Certain objects in the enviornment will glint letting you know you can shoot them down on top of enemies. These range from street signs to chandeliers.
5. Your character fully interacts with the objects around him. For instance, side stepping into a table will cause your to kick your legs up and slide across it. Sidestep into a railing and you’ll hop on over it.

4. There are hidden origami birds located throughout the game that unlock special things. No word on how special or what “things” are though.
3. John Woo loves doves. This is evident by every John Woo movie ever, and it’s even evident on The Official Website.
2. The game feels like the first true successor to Max Payne. It features “Tequila time” which slows down time ala Matrix/Max Payne. The developer claims to have implemented this in multiplayer too. The trick? By making it shorter and more rare as well as slowing everyone down it becomes more of a special attack.
And last not least Number 1. As you perform stylish maneuvers your special meter goes up. This allow special attacks like a fury of gunfire, pinpoint damage, and the “John Woo Special Attack” in which the main character goes all slow mo, does 360 spins with guns blazing and unleashes white doves from his jacket. I told you John Woo loves doves.

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