Site Update
(via 360 Monster) - Just a heads up on how things are going under the bonnet of Console Monster. We've been doing a mass migration to our new host. Today our DNS should now be updated for most people. This means you will be looking at our site that is now sitting on our new, and hopefully more stable, host.  
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Microsoft Seeks to Patent the DLC Upsell Dlc
(via Kotaku) - A recent patent application describes a process in which an Xbox Live gamer, invited to a multiplayer session, but missing a critical piece to play (a map, a track, whatever), is offered and may buy it without dropping the invitation.  
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Nintendo Weekend Warrior - it's all about the next big thing
(via QJ) -- It's all about the next big thing here on the Nintendo block. For starters, GDC 2010 has seen the announcement of the PlayStation Move, something that "embarrassed" Reggie Fils-Aime. On the gaming side, the sequel to the  
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Features: Call of Duty 7 - Five Things We Want To See
(via OXM) -- How Treyarch can pull out the stops with five simple steps... While the Activision vs ex-Infinity Ward chiefs legal battle rumbles on, there's another Call of Duty title being cooked up behind the scenes.   
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Level-5 to announce extremely anticipated title in April
(via QJ) -- Looks like something's a-cooking from the labs of Level-5. CEO Akihiro Hino himself teased about an announcement sometime next month, in his post on Twitter.            
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Q4 release for Mafia 2 re confirmed Payne, Noire, Civ V still on hit list
(via Xbox 360 Fanboy) - Earlier this month, Take-Two announced the potential movement of one of the titles planned for release in its fiscal fourth quarter, extending from August to October. The choices were: LA Noire, Mafia 2, Max Payne 3, or Civilization V. During our demo of Mafia 2 on Wednesday, we were told the game would make its Q4 release, removing it from the list of potentially delayed titles.  
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Mass Effect 2 “ Stolen Memory” Hits April 6
(via Game Stooge) -- Those of you awaiting new downloadable content for Mass Effect 2, some great news: "Stolen Memory" will be hitting the Cerberus Network on April 6 for PC and Xbox 360.  
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Horsetail Falls in Yosemite
(via Ozymandias) -- Just came across this fantastic picture of the Horsetail Falls in Yosemite National Park, thanks to today and tomorrow. Apparently during the month of February the sunset causes the falls to turn golden – almost looks like lava pouring down. Enjoy! No related posts. No related posts.  
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GDC 2010: EEDAR talks new IP strategy
(via Joystiq) - Game industry analysis firm EEDAR dropped some interesting statistics during its GDC panel this year. The first half of the presentation -- hosted by EEDAR president Geoffrey Zatkin -- concerned new intellectual property in the games industry. According to Zatkin, the amount of new IP released has increased slightly over the last three years.  
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VIdeo: Medal of Honor Tier One unit
(via QJ) -- We have here a new trailer for Medal of Honor featuring the Tier One unit. This, of course, only happens to be the most elite troop in the US Armed Services. Check out the video in the  
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Medal of Honor trailer defines Tier One Operative in case you were wondering
(via Xbox 360 Fanboy) - The latest trailer for EA's upcoming reboot of the Medal of Honor series, which debuted this week on GTTV, really goes out of its way to explain exactly the kind of gentlemen you'll be piloting this summer. These guys are Tier One Operators -- "experts in the application of violence" -- which might explain why some guy who seems to just be hanging out gets totally messed up without much of a reason.  
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Impressions: Mass Effect 2 DLC - Kasumi's Stolen Memory
(via Xbox 360 Fanboy) - click to kazoomi Like some of the best loyalty quests in Mass Effect 2, "Kasumi's Stolen Memory" is an inventive sub-story that steps away from all the galactic peril just long enough to explore the motives and traits of a newly recruited squad mate. The downloadable add-on introduces Kasumi, a cocky human thief in search of data relating to a former partner (in crime?), and sees Shepard accompanying her on an important and incredibly dangerous two-person mission.  
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GDC 10: Surprise, it's Will Wright
(via IGN) -- Offers perspective, a positive outlook, and plenty of jokes.   
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GDC 10: Mass Effect 2 Has '700 Plot Hooks' to Mass Effect 1
(via IGN) -- Mass Effect 2 (X360)BioWare explains just how much your actions matter in the RPG series.   
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2K Games explains: BioShock 2 DLC is in-disc all along
(via QJ) -- So, as it turns out, the Sinclair Solutions DLC for BioShock 2 was already in the disc all along. Now, while that should have been a pleasant surprise, one can't help but wonder why, if it is  
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FreeStyle Dash v1.10 Final
(via Xbox 360 Hacks) - A final version of the opensource FreeStyle Dash v1.10 for homebrew 360s has been released. What’s new/fixed (since v1.10 RC1): * Final Bug Fixes Current Features List: - List Xbox 360 games, XBLA games, GOD Packages, applications, emulators, and launch them. - Can move items between menus.  
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Modified Avalaunch Disc Allows to Boot Xbox1 Homebrew like XBMC on 360
(via Xbox 360 Hacks) -- From farmboynick: I have just launched XBMC on my Xbox360, it was so simple … I patched Avalaunch to boot from disk and put a XBMC folder on the disk. After Avalaunch booted I went to file manager and copied the XBMC folder to the   
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