Raiden Fighters Demo On Japanese XBLM

Good news for Xbox 360 owners, a demo for Raiden Fighters is now up on the (Japanese) Xbox LIVE Marketplace. Sadly it’s only available for gold members at the moment.

It’s 191.28 MB big, and will be released for silver members next week, on March 25th.

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No Doubt Tracks Coming To Guitar Hero III

Some interesting news for Guitar Heroes fans, a track pack with songs from No Doubt is on the way to Xbox LIVE, and possibly PSN - although it has yet to be confirmed for the latter.

It will feature the classic super-hits ‘Don’t Speak‘, ‘Excuse Me Mr‘, and ‘Sunday Morning‘ from the band’s incredibly successful 1995 album, Tragicingdom.

If you want it, it’ll cost you 500 Microsoft Points.

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Rockband DLC On XBLM Next Week

A small reminder to you Rock Band fans, there will be new content to download this coming Tuesday, on February 26th.  Originally slated for a March release, the package of songs from Nine Inch Nails might interest you.

- Nine Inch Nails – “March of the Pigs” (master)
- Nine Inch Nails – “The Collector” (master)
- Nine Inch Nails – “The Perfect Drug” (master)

You can buy these songs individually if you want, it’ll cost you a mere 160 LIVE Points. Alternatively you could purchase the entire package for 440 points.

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Xbox 360 Hits 18 Million Sold

Microsoft keynote speaker at GDC, John Schappert, claimed that the Xbox 360 has now sold more than 18 million units worldwide.

In an interview with EuroGamer, MS’ Corporate VP of LIVE stated: “I think that we’ve sold 18 million, the last time I’ve checked. 18 million hardware units worldwide.”

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Magic The Gathering Coming To XBLA

Wizards of the Coast, the leader in strategy hobby collectible trading cards, board and role playing games, has announced that it plans to extend Magic: The Gathering franchise by bringing it to the Xbox Live Arcade.

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New Paramount Movies To Xbox Live Marketplace

In order to expand its partnership with Microsoft, Paramount Pictures has teamed up with the company to bring its catalogue of films to the UK Xbox Live Marketplace.

A large number of Paramount movies will be made available for the XBLM Video Store on Tuesday, February 19, including some of last year’s smash hits.

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