BeefJack.com broke the news that you will very soon (on Wednesday, July 8th to be precise) be able to squash and cast using your Xbox 360 avatar

Tags: Avatar, BAnd of Bugs, Gaming, XBLA, Xbox 360
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Official Xbox Magazine UK reports that Valve’s Doug Lombardi confirmed that “at least one” new DLC is coming for the Xbox 360 before the launch of Left 4 Dead 2.

Tags: Gaming, Left 4 Dead, Left 4 Dead 2, Valve
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Hope lies in redemption for the series, with Bound in Blood, a prequel to the original Call of Juarez game. Just recently, a new trailer (titled “Oh Mama”) was released, and I’ve got to admit, it’s pretty impressive looking. It appears to be a dark western drama, with it’s fair share of comedy and shoot-em-ups blended in.

Tags: Call of Juarez: Bound In Blood, Gaming, Trailers
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I stumbled upon an interesting site today, located on the Japanese Capcom site. The site’s pretty mysterious, and all you can see is a bouncing “1560″ over a black and gray, clouded background, with some odd wind and breathing-esque sounds…

Tags: 1560, Capcom, Gaming
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I managed to locate an article I, for the most part, agree with on GoFanboy, a site dedicated to console fanboys of every sort. In this article, it speaks of the main complaints lodged by members of its site about the Xbox Live service.

Tags: Complaints, fanboys, Gaming, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
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That Gaming Blog wrote up a very interesting article about how Halo 4 is going to be created, while not necessarily on this console, on the next Xbox console rumored to be released in 2011 or 2012.

Tags: Bungie, Gaming, Halo, Microsoft Game Studios
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The Metroid Online Map Team, a project that uses Halo CE to make Metroid-based maps with Samuses battling it to the death, has released photos and news that the map Maridia is working in-game. While there is no version available for download just yet, it looks like it’s coming along nicely!

Tags: Gaming, Halo CE, Metroid, PC
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IGN readers who are also fans of the Wii console are upset over former IGN Nintendo Team editor Daemon Hatfield’s remarks he made in the Game Scoop! podcast. His words were in regards to the Wii system being stupid and that the games being released for it (particularly Super Mario Galaxy 2) would benefit greatly from dual analog sticks.

Tags: Gaming, IGN, Nintendo, Podcast, Wii
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ZeniMax Media, owners of Bethesda Softworks, creators of games such as the Elder Scrolls series of games and the more recent Fallout 3 and it’s expansion content released on the 360 and the PC, has acquired id Software, creators of such staples as Quake and Doom.

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Here’s an interesting article I found over at Koku Gamer listing some of the most irritating trends in gaming today. The article lists some of the most annoying trends that the gaming industry is following today, from DLC that should have shipped with the disc (that they make you pay for after launch) to early access to betas and demos when you preorder to peripheral market flood.

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