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I’ll be back in a few days…on the way to Orlando.  Take care everyone!

360RantRave took a little break, but it’s back in action. To celebrate, I’ll be dropping off a bunch of random codes…keep a look out, and thanks for visiting!

THQ has been bragging about “two big announcements” headed our way. Executive vice president of Core Games Danny Bilson told VG247, “Honestly? To compete with our friends at Activision and EA? I think they’re going to have to start worrying about competing with us…Everybody wants to work here. There are two big announcements coming that will blow your mind.”

We know that THQ has new Red Faction, Darksiders, Saints Row, and UFC sequels on its plate already, plus Valhalla development Devil’s Third, all due to be released in the months up to 2012.

For Take-Two, Vice President of Corporate Communications Alan Lewis has told Gamasutra that “Every year we’re going to try to introduce at least one new IP that we hope over the long term will work well for us.” At least one new IP every year? Sign me up…as long as it’s not another Grand Theft Auto or God of War reskin.

So I traded in my old Xbox 360 and accompaniments towards one of two new 360 systems that the local GameStop got in today.  Currently downloading the 150+ items that I had on the old one, then it’s transferring the 50gb of data from my HDD.  I’m posting unboxing pictures on the YouTube channel if you guys wanna check it out

Capcom unleashed a new video at Captivate 2010 detailing the new modes that will be available in Super Street Fighter IV, due to be released on April 27th. The embedded video highlights four-on-four Team Battle, a Replay Channel that shows videos of matches from all around the world, Endless Battle, Bonus Stages, Tournament Mode for 4 or 8 player lobbies that permit replay recording and free-editing for the host, graphical filters exclusive to those with save content from Street Fighter IV, the free SUPER Tournament Mode DLC available on June 15th, and Avatar clothes for 16 characters starting with Ryu, Chun-Li, Guile, and Ibuki.

G4TV provides a summary of the modes:

• Team Battles: Up to eight players can participate in 2 vs. 2, 3 vs. 3, or 4 vs. 4 team elimination battles.
• Endless Battle: Up to eight players can participate in an endless elimination online match where the winner stays on and plays against the next player in true arcade fashion. Spectators can also chat with each other as they watch the match.
• Replay Channel: Players can view recorded matches and discuss the match while watching replays of great matches from players around the world.
• Tournament Mode: Available later this year as free DLC, compete online with the top players from around the world to fight for control of championship titles that prove you’re the best in the world.
• Bonus Stages: Return of the classic car and barrel bonus stages made popular in Street Fighter II both available in arcade and challenge modes.

Today at the Game Developers Conference Microsoft unveiled details about XNA Game Studio 4.0, the new developer toolset for creating games for the Windows Phone 7 Series.

This new version of XNA Game Studio will allow game developers to create better mobile games faster by providing a comprehensive and powerful set of tools to work with. For consumers, this means that they’ll be able to find a variety of games on Windows Phone 7 Series when it launches, from casual 2-D games to 3-D games with high quality graphics and for the first time, games with Xbox LIVE features.

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As we reported last month, Microsoft is discontinuing the Live service for the original Xbox and games.  While most were OK with this change, die-hard Halo 2 fans were not too happy (remember that Halo 2 is an Xbox title – not a 360 title).

So, Microsoft has decided to appease what it deems ‘avid’ Halo 2 fans with the following offer – LINK.

Will this satisfy the disappointed Halo 2 fans?  Probably not all of them, but it’s a generous move by Microsoft.

Game on!

Bungie has just released the first video for the Reach Multiplayer Beta. Have a look!

HERE

Awsome!

Game on!

Stockholm, Sweden – February 25, 2010 – DICE, an Electronic Arts Inc. studio (NASDAQ:ERTS), today announced that two massive, all-new multiplayer maps for Battlefield: Bad Company(tm) 2 will be unlocked on March 2nd when the game launches in North America. This map pack features the Laguna Alta map playable in Conquest mode and Nelson Bay map playable in Rush mode, bringing the total number of multiplayer maps up to 10. Later in March, DICE will release yet another map pack at no extra charge*, giving players a chance to experience the Arica Harbor map in Conquest mode and Laguna Presa map in Rush mode. Available in the box, the content packs are unlocked by simply inputting a VIP code**.

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So the guys at DICE have done it again! Taking on the giant that is the Modern Warfare series developed by Infinity Ward with their latest play on words, Ultimate Prestige. No matter if you are a Modern Warfare 2 convert or a long time Battle Field Veteran if you have registered your email address or linked your gamer tag to EA’s site then you likely received an email about this several days ago.

The site basically lays out all of the guns, vehicles, maps and game modes to anyone with access. The access is granted based on your gamer tag but no password is required so even if you don’t have the honor of getting in you could use someone else’s gamer tag to check it out. Or you could use your email address to prove you are a BF Vet!