Following his work on the dramatic orchestral music for the cinematics in Prince of Persia Warrior Within™, award-winning composer Inon Zur recently recorded the east-meets-west flavoured orchestral score for Prince of Persia The Two Thrones™, the third volume in the acclaimed Prince of Persia® franchise from Ubisoft. Zur applied his film and television scoring background to create an epic soundtrack worthy of the silver screen and conducted the Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra at the Eastwood Scoring Stage, Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California.

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“About the the launch, our demos new (and old) and what’s to whether or not you can play play old on new and new on old? Well, I have been getting a lot of emails, phone calls, faxes and letters from people asking the very same question. Since I now have a definitive answer, I thought to pass it on to all of you. I went straight to the source (my pal Ryan, our Assistant Editor over at Official Xbox Magazine) and got the 411″.

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Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world leader in advanced memory technology, today said it is providing the majority of graphics memory for the launch phase of Microsoft Corporation’s state-of-the-art Xbox 360 multimedia console.

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Taking a well-known character like James Bond and making a game around him is no easy task. Let’s be honest, out of the people to play James Bond, Sir Sean Connery had the perfect look and the moves to pull off the character better then the rest. I know there are fans that preferred Moore and Brosnan but Sean Connery was the man who really made the character famous. Now the last James Bond game was enjoyable but just did not seem to capture the feel of the series. This may have been due to the fact most gamers were expecting a sequel and there was too much hype around the game. It was decent but nothing like the original Golden Eye.

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Welcome Kats to 1979! All you Warriors out there I have a news flash for you. Rockstar has made this cult film about the lives of a gang far from home and on the run into a video game. Taking any story this old and trying to update it is risky. Throw in the fact most of the players that this one is geared to were not even born yet makes it even harder. Thankfully, the film maker and company that owned it has released it in a special anniversary edition and it is one of the best films to date dealing with gangs. There are a few things about the film you may need to know before the review. Gangs in general back in the late 70’s were not the same as the gangs today. Life was a little simpler and a bit less violent back then.

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Paintball has become a popular sport and is still growing. At first it was for the weekend warrior types to go out and have a good time. Then it started to grow with leagues and tournaments. If you ever watched a match, it looks simple but it does require teamwork and skill. Perhaps that’s why it has grown so much and now has gone from farmers’ fields to make-shift indoor arenas.

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If you have migrated your XBL account to the 360 you may soon find out something Xbox.com has not posted yet. Your account info is now accessible on the Xbox 360 only! If you try and look at the Account Manager on the regular Xbox you will get an error message. This is not a glitch Microsoft decided to use a new more secure encryption system for your credit card and other information.

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Ubisoft have announced you can now view the official Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter website over at: www.ghostrecon.com/uk/ghostrecon3/.

Available is a new video featuring gameplay, new screenshots and concept art.

2K Sports, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. Announced today that College Hoops 2K6 for the Xbox® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft is now available at retailers across North America. 2K Sports’ highly acclaimed college basketball franchise returns to deliver the most realistic collegiate experience yet, featuring an enhanced Legacy mode, underclassmen recruiting, high school camps, virtual coaches and an unprecedented five in-game commentators.

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Get ready for all out war with special forces … Electronic Arts and Digital Illusions today announced that the expansion pack for the award-winning Battlefield 2â„¢ PC game is now shipping to retail outlets and available via download at http://www.downloader.ea.com. Powered by the Battlefield 2 game engine, Battlefield 2: Special Forcesâ„¢ brings the intensity and excitement of its predecessors into the realm of covert ops with the latest, most technologically advanced vehicles and weapons systems available to man.

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