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Recently mentioned alongside rumors of Crackdown 2, Ruffian Games has officially been formed. Develop reports that several former developers on projects such as Fable II, Grand Theft Auto, Crackdown and MotoGP have gathered to form the studio, which is based in Dundee, Scotland. Heading the studio is Gaz Liddon, who most recently worked on titles including Fable II, Crackdown, Project Gotham Racing and Too Human. The studio aims to create “the best in action gaming” on the current crop on consoles. Creative director Billy Thompson — formerly the …

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Full of vitality, vigor and boastful confidence, Sony Computer Entertainment’s chairmen Kazuo Hirai wants it known that after all is said, the Playstation 3 will remain on top thanks – in part – to the Xbox “lacking longevity.” Ouch.
“You need a word that describes something that lacks longevity,” Hirai said when describing the Xbox, adding that Microsoft “never had a console that’s been on the market for more than four or five years and we’ve committed to a ten year life cycle, so you do the math.” Those …

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Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick is this month’s Forbes magazine cover boy, where the business mag recounts his journey from sandwich delivery boy to billionaire CEO. Surprisingly (read: Not really), Kotick describes himself as not being interesting in games personally but has been more than happy to build Activision Blizzard into one of the industry’s leading companies. One quote sending the games industry into a laughing dizzy is the line, written by Forbes itself (hold back the tears): “EA also teamed with MTV to …

Filed under: News, Gears of War 2

Probably in preparation for the soon to be released Gears of War 2 title update, Xbox.com has posted an additional seven Gears 2 achievements. The new achievements – which aren’t unlockable until the patch releases – add an extra 175 Gamerscore to Gears 2‘s total and all are targeted toward achievements made in multiplayer on the Flashback and Combustible DLC. Thanks for the achievements Epic, but would it be too much to ask to drop Seriously 2.0′s killing requirements to, say … 10,000? Please? …

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In an update that predates Microsoft’s NXE, the Xbox 360 gained the ability to playback DivX formatted video but according to VP Jerome Vashist-Rota of the DivX Inc., his company isn’t exactly happy with the route Microsoft took. Speaking with TechRadar the DivX VP of creative, brand and community praised the Xbox 360 for its DivX support but expressed frustration that the Xbox 360 uses third-party software and not the official codec provided by his company.
“It’s all about branding,” Rota said. “And branding can work both ways, so …

Filed under: News, Xbox Live Marketplace

Sure to cause a reverberation of yawns on a grand scale that has never been seen before, we’re pleased it’s our obligation to announce that BlowOut has officially become an Xbox Original and can be purchased from the Xbox Live Marketplace. For 1200 Microsoft points and approximately 385MBs, no less.

So … anyone up for a game of BlowOut? Anyone? No really … anyone?
BlowOut now an Xbox Original, yay? originally appeared on Xbox 360 Fanboy on Mon, 19 Jan 2009 11:00:00 EST. Please see our …

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Sad news on the Xbox community front. Our Microsoft friends over at the Gamerscore Blog recently revealed that their blog will be no more and is officially retired. Microsoft has made the decision to end the GSB in an effort to focus on “community outreach through Xbox.com and through the Xbox dashboard.” From what we understand, the GSB crew will be helping create content for Inside Xbox and other projects.
On behalf of Xbox 360 Fanboy, we want to express our sincere gratitude to the entire Gamerscore Blog team. …