Thanks to Alex over at MadCatz I am kicking off the XBS COD MW2 contest today. Winners will receive either a MadCatz Xbox 360 MW 2 controller (white or Black our choice or an Xbox 360 Throat Communicator) One Grand Prize Winner will win A controller and a Throat Communicator the color of the controller will again be our choice. The MW 2 controller looks great and has special buttons on the bottom to allow for mapping weapons and other features. The Throat Communicator uses the same technology as the Military. Take a look at the screen shots below. Here is how to enter to make it fair I wanted to offer 2 ways to enter the first way is to post in our forums in the contest thread. I have placed a few suggestions when posting there. The second way is to follow me on Twitter Col_Blair you must allow me to DM you on Twitter to win. The rules are simple the contest is open to anyone in the US Winners must be 18 or over to receive the prize. One post in the forums and you must be a registered member to post in the forums. If asked to RT a message on Twitter only one is needed as not to spam other followers. Winners will be chosen and all dissensions are final in the event a winner is ineligible another winner will be pick. Let’s kick off the countdown to the biggest game of the year with some free swag. Thanks to MadCatz and a special thanks to Alex for his help in getting the prizes.

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XBS will take part in the NHL Community Playdate on October 28th from 3:00-9:00 PM (PST) I will add all the gamertags and if you send a request please say or type NHL 10 Playdate. Along with the event there will be a live chat with the dev team. I hope all you NHL fans will join us for a good time and some great hockey. All skill levels are welcomed it’s more about the community than winning. It’s also a chance to talk with members of the team and ask questions. Here is a list of those attending and their gamertags. If you cannot play you can come back and click on the link to join the live chat you can set it to send you an email reminder. Development Team EADevLitty, EADevRammer, EADevMahar, EADevAgostini, EADevGameplay, EADevOnline, EADevQA Community Members: EADevSk88z, Luger33, FiveForBoarding, IIx GURU xII – http://EASPORTS.com, rcb031 – http://crashthenet.ca, seeson, AddictAlvin157 – http://360Junkies.com, ladyluck36 – http://gamertagradio.com, COL BLAIR – http://xboxsolution.com, msnhockey – http://theufhl.com http://snapshot-hockey.net, MPDamon – http://TheSportsGameGuy.com, InvisibleC0w – http://SFX-360.com.
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Once Again Chase over at Access PR invited XBS to take part in another 2K Sports Developers Conference Call. This one was for NBA 2K10 Hitting stores on October 6th. This marks the tenth year for the franchise. The call was hosted by Erick Boenisch (Lead Feature Designer) and Rob Jones (Gameplay Director) and Chase was the Moderator. I also include a link to the whole call so you can listen to it later my recording program decided to quit on me half way through the call, Hey I have been away for awhile and forgot that I always should have a backup running. Live and learn I always say so what I am going to focus on is the main highlights and when you listen to the call feel free to send me your comments and/or questions please either use the forums and send me a PM pr Email them directly to me. This also goes for when the title drops on October 6th.

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Twitter is a versatile tool that allows users to post 140-character blurbs on whatever topic they want. Thanks to twitterfeed, websites can have their RSS feeds posted to their Twitter account with a link to the original article.

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For those who watched the Video Game Awards on Spike you may remember a huge surprise when Peter Moore announced Fight Night 4 and Mike Tyson walked on stage. They showed a trailer and it showed what if you had a chance to see the greatest boxers of all time fight dream matches. Ali vs. Tyson who would win? It’s interesting and the trailer while a bit short looked fantastic. Mike has changed but in his prime he was one of the most dangerous boxers around so the thought of who would win against him or Ali was interesting. After seeing the trailer a little news began to come out about the long anticipated follow up to Fight Night 3. The Fight Night Series has always been a personal favorite around here. Well, I was surprised with an invite to the Fight Night 4 Community Event Feb, 22-24th in Canada. Read the rest of this entry

Okay, our friends from Bang Camaro have been busy with their new tour and finishing up their new CD Bang Camaro II. As you may know they are an Indie band meaning they don’t have a contract or a marketing team to rely on. The guys want it that way and I can’t blame them but I wanted to let you know about a few cool dates. On January 6th the band will play on the Conan O’Brien show it airs right after Leno on NBC. Then on January 13th Bang Camaro II their new CD hits retail stores Best Buy, Wal Mart and Hot Topic as well as other stores nationally. Help the guys out and grab their new CD I have heard a few tracks off of it and it rocks! It has the song Night Lies from Rock Band 2 and some other great songs. Make sure to catch them on Conan O’Brien and hopefully we will have them back soon for another insane podcast. If you can’t wait for the National release of the CD you can buy most of the songs from iTunes or from their main website click here for all the details.

I know Christmas is over but the Holiday season is still going on. I first want to wish everyone well wishes this holiday season from all of us here at Xboxsolution. While we are here most of the companies are either on extended vacation or getting ready for CES. So the news may be a bit slow over the next few days. I hope all of our visitors had a great Christmas and if you got new games as presents look us up on XBL shoot an invite and let’s play.

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It’s been a hectic time with the holiday activities, food and the games time flies. I have yet another chance for something pretty cool. EA and EA Phenomic just kicked their new PC RTS card game BattleForge into the Beta stage and gave me a few beta keys to give away. How do you snag one of these you may ask? First unlike most of the other token giveaways you need to be a registered member on our forums. Then simply go to the PC section and find the BattleForge Beta Thread and follow the instructions. Remember asking for one through our comment section won’t help I won’t respond and this is a cool new RTS game. Check out our forums and I may be sending you a token and the URL to download the game. Watch for more news on BattleForge as it gets closer to retail release.

To help celebrate the release of Command & Conquer Red Alert 3 we are giving away a few Xbox 360 copies. The game is great with an all star cast and a cool double sided game cover. Rules are simple first I can only pick winners that live in the US or Canada. I ask that those who really want to play the game enter and you can enter a few ways. You can post a comment why you want a copy and what is the main feature you can’t wait to see. Please keep it short and to the point you can also post in the forums or send me a PM please use the Topic C&C Red Alert Contest. I’ll pick the winners and they must respond or I’ll pick more until I have my winners list. Good luck and the contest starts right now!

Okay, here is the deal I like to have contests and give a chance for our members to win some swag. Swag is what we call promotional stuff or in this case free games! Command & Conquer 3 Red Alert hit Stores and I just got sent a few extra copies for the Xbox 360. My thanks to Aaron Kaufman the Community Manager for the hook up on the free copies I know he is busy but took time to send a few extra copies.

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