Gears of War 2 Flashback maps hit XBLM for $5  
(via Xbox 360 Fanboy) - Filed under: News, Xbox Live Marketplace, Gears of War 2 Hey, remember the Flashback Map Pack for Gears of War 2? You know, the one that you can only get by purchasing a brand new copy of the game at your favorite retailer? Guess what? It's now available on Xbox Live Marketplace for 400 Microsoft Points, also known as $5.  
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R.I.P. EGM- Here's My Favorite Thing You've Ever Done...  
(via Cinema Blend Games) -- Nerds everywhere are drying their eyes after hearing the devestating news that Electronic Gaming Monthly is no more. Not to get emotional, but growing up EGM was the only place I'd turn to for my gaming news and, in recent years, the highlight of my travels through airports  
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News: Microsoft expects PS3 price cut  
(via OXM) -- "We're frankly surprised it's taken this long" they say. Microsoft executive Aaron Greenberg has told Edge Online that they expect a PlayStation price cut soon.  
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Midway thrown a lifeline  
(via CVG) -- Publisher given more time to clean up its house. Midway's been given an extension to find the cash it needs to deal with its debt load and avoid bankruptcy.  
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Columbia movies back on Netflix instant view  
(via Xbox 360 Fanboy) - Keen-eyed observers (or at least one keen-eyed observer, anyway) over at 360Sync have noticed that movies from Sony's Columbia Pictures are once again available for Netflix streaming on Xbox 360. After the titles were first yanked from the service in November, we later reported that most of the Columbia movies had returned, but it seems that now all of them are available once again.  
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Xbox 360 install base surges to 28 million  
(via Xbox 360 Fanboy) - Late last night, Microsoft sent word that they've reached an Xbox 360 install base milestone, announcing that by 2008's end they have been able to sell 28 million consoles worldwide. That's an increase of around 10 million consoles since last January, don'tcha know. On top of the 28 million install base news, Microsoft proudly informed us that 2008 saw an 84% increase in year-over-year online consumer spending, that the Xbox Live community has ballooned to 17 million members and that over $1 billion has been spent on Xbox Live since its launch in 2005.  
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Gears Of War 2 Patch Details Gears of War 2  
(via Game Radar) - Since the release of Gears of War 2 the online play has been plagued with issues. The issues consist of bad matchmaking to many, many online exploits. Well I guess Cliffy B. has been putting his boot up some programmers asses over there at Epic in order to get the problems solved.  
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Microsoft Announces 2008 was our best-ever year  
(via Xboxer) - SALES WAR update! Microsoft's just sent out a fact-filled press release, claiming that 2008 was the best-ever year for sales in the history of the Xbox "brand." The total global userbase of Xbox 360 now stands at 28 million consoles, which MS says is 8 million ahead of Sony's figure for PlayStation3.  
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Skate 2 Demo This Week  
(via Team Xbox) -- Take to the streets and own the spots of New San Vanelona in Skate 2 with new tricks like onefoots, handplants, hippy jumps, and more.  
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This week's Xbox Live Arcade title is 'chaos'  
(via 360 Monster) - We revealed the achievements a few days ago and it's been confirmed by Major Nelson that Interpol: The Trail of Dr. Chaos will become the first Xbox Live Arcade release of 2009. Releasing this Wednesday (9th January 2009), Interpol puts players into the role of an Interpol elite agent who is tracking down the evil Dr.  
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Microsoft CEO to Reveal 2009 360 Line-Up at CES Keynote  
(via Planet Xbox) -- The CEO of Microsoft, Steve Balmer, is set to talk up two key games that will be heading towards the Xbox 360 in 2009. As part of Microsoft's CES keynote, he will highlight two major games to show the strength of the companies lineup.  
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GameStop to Quit Accepting Original Xbox Game Trades?  
(via Planet Xbox) -- Gaming blog Kotaku received a tip today that major video game retailer, GameStop, will no longer accept original Xbox games, consoles, or accessories as trade-ins starting on February 9th, 2009. Hit the jump for more sad details.  
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News: Halo 3 'push to talk' being removed  
(via OXM) -- Well, almost being removed as Bungie finally moves to get rid of it. Bungie has taken another step towards pushing Halo 3's archaic 'push to talk' system out the game.  
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