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Kindle App Now Available For Windows Phone 7 Owners

Kindle App Now Available For Windows Phone 7 Owners 

On Tuesday it was announced that Kindle apps are making their way to Windows and Android-based tablets, Amazon decided to sweeten the deal even further by revealing today that its Kindle app will now be made available to Windows Phone 7 owners. This of course comes two months after the Microsoft phone’s U.S. debut. The [...]

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Xbox Live Arcade December Deal: Buy 2 Get 400 MSP FREE

Xbox Live Arcade December Deal: Buy 2 Get 400 MSP FREE 

Tis the season to be saving. Xbox Live Arcade is offering a special festive deal during the month of December. If you purchase two qualifying games from the Arcade Marketplace (see list below) between December 1 – 20, you will receive 400 Microsoft Points – FREE! Offer Details To qualify for this special offer, you [...]

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“Halo: Reach” Noble Map Pack Launches on Xbox LIVE Today

“Halo: Reach” Noble Map Pack Launches on Xbox LIVE Today 

[This unedited press release was made possible by Games Press] EXTERNAL PRESS RELEASE This press release is from Microsoft’s website. Noble Map Pack launches today. LONDON – 30 November 2010 – Lock and load, Spartans! The fight for humanity expands to new warfronts today with the launch of the first map pack for the critically [...]

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Indie Classic “The Impossible Game” Coming To Android And Windows Phone 7 Mobile Devices

Indie Classic “The Impossible Game” Coming To Android And Windows Phone 7 Mobile Devices 

Best-selling iPhone and Xbox 360 Indie game, The Impossible Game will be making its way onto two new mobile platforms. The Impossible Game has already reached some impressive landmarks for a minimalistic Indie game, such as making it to #2 in the US app charts and being hand-picked as “App of the Week” by Apple [...]

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Popular Flash Game Garden Gnome Carnage Available On XBLIM

Popular Flash Game <em>Garden Gnome Carnage</em> Available On XBLIM 

[This unedited press release is made possible by our good friends at Games Press] PRESS RELEASE Garden Gnome Carnage hits 2 million plays, Xbox360 Nov 22nd, 2010 – Ludosity Interactive announced today that its hit game ‘Garden Gnome Carnage’ has been played over 2 million times on flash portals worldwide. Ludosity also declares that the [...]

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NinjaBee Shows Off Desert Kingdom Screenshots From A Kingdom of Keflings

NinjaBee Shows Off Desert Kingdom Screenshots From <em>A Kingdom of Keflings</em> 

NinjaBee shows off third land in A World of Keflings Indie devs NinjaBee released the first screenshots of the Deresrt Kingdom, from their upcoming Xbox LIVE Arcade title, A World of Keflings. The Desert Kingdom is one of three lands where players will use their Xbox LIVE Avatar to build customized cities for their vulnerable [...]

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Radiangames Fireball Now Available on Xbox Live

Radiangames <em>Fireball</em> Now Available on Xbox Live 

PRESS RELEASE URBANA, IL – November 12, 2010 – Dodge. Trigger. Destroy! Be the Fireball! Radiangames is proud to announce its fifth game, Fireball, is now available for download through Xbox Live Indie Games on the Xbox 360 for 80 MSP ($1). Did you read that line?  FIFTH GAME!  OF THE YEAR!  (And they’re all rated [...]

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The New Xbox LIVE Update Launches Today

The <em>New Xbox LIVE Update </em> Launches Today 

The new Xbox Live update has been released today. Xbox Live members worldwide will download the update automatically the next time they log onto their consoles. Microsoft said the update should take around 10-15 minutes, and those who decline the update will no longer be able to access Xbox Live. The new update will provide [...]

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Scenes From The Windows Phone 7 Launch in Europe

Scenes From The Windows Phone 7 Launch in Europe 

Last weekend the much-awaited launch of the Windows Phone 7 began, with the first units going on sale in New Zealand, followed by countries throughout Europe and Asia-Pacific, including Australia, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Singapore, Spain and the U.K. Consumer lined up in each country to be among the first to own the [...]

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XBLA Party Shooter Rocket Riot Released For Windows Phone 7

XBLA Party Shooter Rocket Riot Released For Windows Phone 7 

After the immense success Rocket Riot experienced on the Xbox 360 last year, the colourful pixel loving party shooter has made its way onto Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 platform. The initial WP7 phones decked out with the new operating system were made available in stores on October 21st, across a variety of countries in Europe [...]

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