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Bee Movie Game Now on Store Shelves

Based on the upcoming DreamWorks Animation film created by Jerry Seinfeld, Bee Movie Game allows players to race, chase, fly and blast their way through the adrenaline-fuelled world from the film, and beyond.

The game offers more than 15 levels, compelling side-quests, amusing multi-player mini-games and a wide variety of content co-created by Activision and DreamWorks exclusively for the game.

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Piñatas Wear Costumes All Year Round!

Piñatas are here to stay, and just in time for Halloween! Microsoft Game Studios and Krome Studios announced that Viva Piñata: Party Animals, based on an episode of the critically acclaimed television series, has arrived to stores exclusively for the Xbox 360.

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Cars: Mater-National Ships to Retailers

Cars: Mater-National on the Xbox 360, and a variety of other consoles, shipped to retailers today. Yes, a variety that includes the PS2, Nintendo DS, Windows PC, and of course, the next-gen consoles. However, both the Wii and GBA versions will not be available until November.

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Microsoft has announced that they will expand its selection of family-oriented programming on Xbox LIVE with more than 100 new episodes from popular Warner Bros. and Nickelodeon shows.

More than 50 episodes of the classic Looney Tunes library will be offered for the first time in high definition for on-demand download. Additionally, 10 episodes will be available in Spanish. Nickelodeon will offer three top shows, The Backyardigans, Blue’s Clues, and iCarly. Episodes of the latter will be added to Xbox LIVE immediately after they air on Nickelodeon’s TEENick.

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Viva Pinata Xbox 360 Review – Game for All Ages

Viva Pinata Xbox 360 Video Game ReviewWhen Rare announced that they were parting ways with Nintendo, it caused shock waves throughout the gaming world. Let’s face facts, when the creators of Golden Eye and other huge hits decides to leave, it makes news. Then Rare made even more news when they announced that their first game without Nintendo would be for the Xbox family. The rest is old news but after a successful release of Kameo and then of Perfect Dark (while not that perfect), it seemed Rare had left their mark on the Xbox 360.

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Kids Enter the 3rd Annual CyberChase Contest

CYBERCHASE Invites Mystery-Loving, Puzzle-Solving Kids Everywhere to Enter the Third Annual CYBERCHASE ONLINE CONTEST, September 26 Through October 31

CYBERCHASE Mystery Week on PBS KIDS GO! Brings Five New Episodes, to Air During Monthlong Chance to Win Two Laptop Computers from Intel and Exciting CYBERCHASE Products from Flying Minds.

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Summer is here and the kids are at home. This is a great time to demonstrate how you parents can use the Xbox® video game system to teach your children while they are playing . Yes, that’s right, while they’re playing. Xbox can teach children and entertain at the same time, making it an even more invaluable piece of hardware in your family’s living room.

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Xbox – More Than Just Games!

Time after time, the Xbox version of a game outperforms the rest of the consoles, and often the PC versions as well. Look in any multi-platform gaming magazine, and you notice that the Xbox versions consistently score higher.

PC games are great, mainly because of all the variables and parameters you can set within the game and the display. But it’s costly to upgrade a PC every year with a new audio card, video card, and monitor in order take advantage of the best of the PC gaming market.

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The Xbox video game system is full of great games for every type of gamer. Hardcore gamers, occasional gamers, laid back gamers: Xbox has you covered.

While you might know that Xbox provides a ton of great games and even gives you the chance to talk and play with others via Xbox Live, you may not know about the Xbox Live Arcade.

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The majority of mothers with children aged 14 and younger regularly censor the television shows, online offerings, and video games their children view, according to a study by Decision Analyst, a leading international marketing research and marketing consulting firm. Read the rest of this entry

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