Like an MVP rushing for 1900 yards, Xbox Live, the first and only unified online games and entertainment network, celebrates record heights surpassing 50 million downloads from Xbox Live Marketplace, doubling the 25 million mark hit just three months ago. Gamers are swarming to Xbox Live at a breakneck pace – logging more than 2 billion hours online  to experience online multiplayer gaming, addictive Xbox Live Arcade titles, the latest game demos, movie trailers and music videos.

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Ubisoft, one of the world’s largest video game publishers, announced that Enchanted Arms has shipped exclusively for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, and will be available on store shelves this week. Enchanted Arms was created by development studio FromSoftware in Japan and is the first true next-generation Japanese role-playing game (RPG). The adventure takes place in a fantasy world filled with beautiful cinematic graphics and vibrant characters. It includes over 50 hours of gameplay and is the only Xbox 360 RPG with the fast-action SpeedTactics Battle System, which enables the player to move their characters and use distance-dependent attacks while in battle.

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Starting now, you can download Battlestar Galactica: The Story So Far – available FREE to all connected Xbox 360 gamers in the U.S. Courtesy of the SCI FI Channel, Battlestar Galactica: The Story So Far is a one-hour recap special incorporating footage from the original SCI FI miniseries and the show’s previous two seasons of the Peabody Award-winning series. To check it out head to Xbox Live Marketplace today.

Microsoft released the public beta of XNA Game Studio Express, the pioneering technology designed to open up game development to new audiences, including hobbyists, students and independent developers, in the hopes of injecting a shot of creativity into the electronic entertainment industry. Novice game creators can download the tool today from http://msdn.microsoft.com/xna to develop games for Windows XP and Windows Vista, at no charge. The games built on Windows can be migrated to the Xbox 360 console system starting this holiday season as part of the XNA Creators Club subscription for $99 a year, or a four-month trial cost of $49, opening up retail console game development to anyone for the first time.

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“Time Pilot,” the futuristic jet fighter from Konami launches on Xbox Live Arcade today, Wednesday 30th August. The arcade classic makes its next-gen debut, bringing the aerial shoot-em-up to a new level, with enhanced graphics and gameplay.

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The Need For Speed series of video games has been a huge success among arcade style racing fans for several years and Electronic Arts’ upcoming Need For Speed Carbon promises to keep racing fans happy with a slew of new features which will not disappoint. Xbox Solution recently visited EA Black Box in Vancouver for the Need For Speed Carbon Community Day Event and had a chance to talk with the developers and play the game. At the end of the day, we walked away impressed with what EA is doing with the Need For Speed series. Read on for our in depth look at Need For Speed Carbon…

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Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. today announced that BOMBERMAN: Act Zero has shipped to retail stores for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. Players are challenged to survive through 99 stages as they try to escape an experimental underground facility and destroy their opponents to fight for survival in a terrifying industrial future. The game also brings the series’ timeless multiplayer action online as players can engage in massive eight player battles over the Xbox Live online entertainment network.

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The official Criterion Games Web site is now live at http://www.criteriongames.com/. The all-new site lets gamers get up close and personal with the development team behind the explosive Burnout and Black franchises, including fresh content highlighting the past present and future of the studio. The site also gives fans a chance to discuss their favorite moments from Burnout and Black directly with the studio team responsible for the games, and ask the developers any burning questions directly.

Buckle up and prepare to unleash automotive anarchy in the ultimate burner’s paradise. Electronic Arts  announced that Burnout 5 is in development for the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system and Xbox 360 video game system from Microsoft. Burnout 5 gives players license to wreak havoc in Paradise City, the ultimate seamless racing battleground, with a massive infrastructure of traffic-heavy roads to abuse. Gone is the need to jump in and out of menus and aimlessly search for fun like many open world games; in Burnout 5, every inch of the world is built to deliver heart-stopping Burnout-style gameplay. Every intersection is a potential crash junction and every alleyway is an opportunity to rack up moving violations.

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Midway Games Inc., a leading interactive entertainment industry publisher and developer, today announced that it has teamed with GameSpot, a leading source for trusted gaming content and community (http://www.gamespot.com/), to bring fans “The Ultimate Mortal Kombat Fanatic” contest, a competition which allows fans to create unique and creative short films showcasing why they are the biggest Mortal Kombat fan. GameSpot will serve as the contest’s host site and will feature the user-generated films throughout the duration of the competition. GameSpot staff will judge the entries and one grand prize winner will receive a trip to San Francisco, CA, and the chance to challenge Ed Boon himself at Mortal Kombat: Armageddon at the GameSpot offices in San Francisco. The contest is scheduled to begin on Monday, September 18th, and run through Friday, October, 6th.

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