In June, hints and rumors were coming in saying that the XBox 360 Pro was soon to be phased out. Well, no word yet from Microsoft but leaked images of new packaging shows that there no longer will be an option to purchase the Pro version of the console. By the looks of it, the Arcade package will offer more swag for your purchase.

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In a few days (Aug. 11th to be exact), 360 owners will be able to use the upcoming update to play Games on Demand among other features. The games that will be available were just announced. Those games are:

• Assassin’s Creed
• Burnout Paradise
• Call of Duty 2
• Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
• Fight Night Round 3
• Kameo: Elements of Power
• LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
• Mass Effect
• Meet The Robinsons
• MX vs. ATV Untamed
• Need for Speed Carbon
• Need for Speed: Most Wanted
• Perfect Dark Zero
• Prey
• Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis
• Sega Rally
• TEST DRIVE: UNLIMITED
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas
• Tomb Raider Legend
• Viva Piñata
• Viva Piñata 2: Trouble in Paradise

No word yet on pricing but usually digital copies of games are roughly the same price as in-store.

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Along with leaks of partial track lists for GH5, representatives of both Nintendo and Microsoft have stated that you will be able to use your personal character in the game Guitar Hero 5. Pretty neat.

Comparing the two pictures above, it looks like the obviously better done version of the game is the 360’s version. What’s nice is that while going through the game, you can unlock gear for your Avatars.

Other GH5 news is that the Wii’s version will be using Global friend codes so if you’ve got friends in the address book, you won’t have to find out their game-spacific code and they’ll be automatically added as a friend. That’s pretty nice.

The only question left is whether or not the PS3’s home characters are going to be in the game or not.

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So, during E3 of 2009, Microsoft stated that it would be releasing a dashboard update to include intigration of both Twitter and Facebook to their console the XBox 360. The even had executives demo both the abilities that you’d have moving from the 360’s dashboard to and through the Facebook portal and Twitter portal and back. No real date had been givin for the release of the portals until now.

Appearantly, these releases will be available before Christmas this year in all regions. No real word on Last.fm but it’s safe to say that it will be released around the time that Facebook and Twitter are released. What is said about Last.fm and the other two is that they are going to all be seperately downloadable and all released at different times. I guess this is to save hard disc space for those who don’t want one or all of these. (Or so Microsoft won’t get hammered with complaints from all three being buggy all at once.)

Whatever the case is, I’m kinda looking forward to these being released. I don’t own a 360 but the more features for a console, usually the better. (I don’t include the Vitality Sensor as a feature.)

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And it may never be fixed… I hate glitches…

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Do you like carrying around your XBox 360’s brick? Okay, it’s not actually a brick.. It’s bigger and heavier than a car. If you don’t, then I’ve got some good news for you! The new Jasper version of the XBox 360 will be coming out with a smaller Power Supply Unit!! (PSU for short.) It will still be 150Watts so it should work with all the other million models of the 360 out there.

How much of a difference are we talking about here? Check out the picture for a comparison.

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No images, no teasers or trailers or even hints about the type of gameplay have been released. One lone account on Twitter is convincing thousands of people though.

The game, as the unidentified tipster says, is slated to be called, “Metarl Gear Solid + Oxide”. This may seem a little unbelievable coming from some random Twitter account, and it might all just be hype, but this particular Twitter account has been “tweeting” a lot of E3-specific information. He’s gone as far as letting people know what games different companies will bring to E3 and even some hardware too. The Twitter account is “GameFork“; you can click the name to check the account to see for yourself. The bigger question on the table is, “what does this mean in the future?”

The Metal Gear Solid franchise has nearly been exclusively sold on Playstation consoles. Fans of the PS3 in particular have made sure to mention that the “PS3 is better because it has games like Metal Gear Solid” and other titles. It appears, however, that Metal Gear Solid just MIGHT get a chance in the spotlight on the Xbox 360 in the future. The upcoming gaming convention, E3, will let us know if this guy is just a hoax or the real deal. Now it’s a matter of time.

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Tomorrow will redefine the way people think about survival horror as the honorable Resident Evil franchise welcomes its next chapter. Resident Evil 5 comes out on “Friday the 13th”, a release date which wasn’t planned out at all… well, ok, maybe a little.

The game will feature a revolutionary Co-op mode where you will have the joy of rampaging with a friend or being ravaged together by the hordes as well as keeping the “over the shoulder” camera style of its popular predecessor, Resident Evil 4, which was a giant success for Capcom.

Resident Evil 5 will be available on the Xbox 360, the PS3, and the PC.

Microsoft has reportedly, initiated a new ban wave.  Right now there is not lot of details, or information, but if you have a modified DVD firmware we suggest you STAY OFF LIVE, for now.

Dell is now offering 360 Elites for $299 over at there official website. That, my friend, is a $150 savings! Now is the best time to get the popular Elite system for its lowest price yet. 

Get them while their hot!