In case you missed it, folks, the demo for Pro Evo Soccer 2009 is now available on XBox Live. It weighs in at 1.18gb, so it is rather large. Grab it now, it is still considered the best playing soccer title available. The demo can be played with up to 4 people, by the way.

An MS rep has stated that Bungie plans to make a major Halo 3 announcement at TGS regarding the recently announced expansion. Remember, last week, the "Keep it Clean" teaser was released, showing a futuristic city being destroyed by missiles. Then there was the whole "Madddie, where are you" controversy, but that is another news post. So far, the only official info we have from MS is "High action and deep mystery await players in this new Halo 3 campaign experience." Hoefully, next Thursday at TGS we will get all the info we need.

There is a post over at the official Lionhead forum that details changes made in the Fable II collector's edition pack. The price will now be $69.99 USD, $10 less than the original $79.99. The CE pack will now include the following:

Fable II game disc
Bonus DVD with new ‘Making-of’ Feature
Bonus in-game content (requires Xbox LIVE®)
‘The Hall of the Dead’ Dungeon
‘The Wreckager’ Legendary Cutlass Weapon
Spartan armor and energy sword
To further show our commitment to the faithful fans, we have created a special Fable album for free download for a limited time! This includes a wonderful selection of Fable 1 music and 3 brand new tracks from the upcoming Fable II soundtrack.

It has been almost two years since we saw new media from Alan Wake, especially video footage. Many considered the game totally dead, but all that time was spent rebuilding the game from the bottom up. On October 15, we will all be able to see just how far Remedy has come, when they release a brand new trailer. More info when we have it.

War World, the XBLA shooter many were waiting for, launches today on Xbox Live Arcade. The game will cost 800 MS points, and features Full HDR rendering and stunning graphics, supposedly. Click read more for the full info.

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Travel to a far away planet for a pure adrenaline rush! “War World” is a fast-paced third person shooter that features a unique blend of action and tactical gameplay, which sets it apart from any other multiplayer shooter. The game features powerful armored mechanoids that battle head-to-head in an all-out savage single and multiplayer war.

Today EA and MTV Games announced a bit of a change in their Rock Band add-on availability. There will now be an AC/DC stand alone "track pack" for sale, but it will only be available at WalMart. Internationally, it will be sold all over, it seems. It looks like domestically, though, WalMart won EA over. Oh and Sam's Club too, WalMart's subsidiary. Hopefully the online site will not crash when it becomes available. Available November 2, $39.88 will be the retail price for PS3 and Xbox360, and PS2 will cost $29.88. A Wii edition will be available on November 16 for $39.88 as well. Sounds like EA is testing waters here, we will see how many sell.

MS is claiming that the sales of the Xbox360 have doubled over the past two weeks, outselling the PS3 two-to-one in Europe. According to the charts, it seems Euro sales have increased 214% in the past 14 days. This is directly because of the price cuts. Click read more for the full info.

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LONDON - 30 September 2008 - New figures announced today by ChartTrack saw sales of the Microsoft® Xbox 360 increase by 214% in the last two weeks[1], outselling Sony’s PlayStation 3 by more than two-to-one and reaffirming its strong momentum in Europe in the wake of its recent reduction in estimated retail price (ERP).

According to Peter Molyneux, the man at the head of the Lion-head, so to speak, has stated that the parts of Fable II that are co-op were only really possible using Xbox Live. He claims to "love Live," and that the service has not even been fully exploited yet. We will see in just a few short weeks if he was right.

"What I would say, and this is not just me being the good company man, I'd say the thing I love about the 360 more than anything is nothing to do with the hardware, it's all to do with LIVE. LIVE is still underexploited for a game mechanic. Some of the stuff in Fable II we're doing with co-op is only possible because of the way that LIVE is structured. I love playing around with that stuff as a designer. Whereas PS3 doesn't seem to be quite so mature on that side. They haven't got quite the same infrastructure and service but, you know, yeah, I'd love to get games on every platform."

The infamous Cliffy B. over at Epic, the voice of Gears of War, says he has no plans to repeat what Denis Dyack of Silicon Knights did with his Too Human title, and respond to the internet flamers in person. Cliff maintains that "if you do a good enough job, your fans will come to your aid and defend you." He is absolutely right.

"You have to have thick skin to be in this business and be some sort of public figure," he explained. "I think one needs to be very careful when dealing with those kinds of criticisms on the Internet, because you're never going to fully get rid of it."

Even we learned this, may be Denis needs a lesson again.

A new R-Type game, South Park, and the new Portal game we all heard about at E3 are all coming to Xbox Live Arcade before the end of the year. The New R-Type game, called R-Type Dimensions, is in development at Tozai, the creators of R-Type Tactics for PSP. No word on what type of game it will be exactly.

"At E3, we committed to re-focusing the Xbox LIVE Arcade business, vowing to release bigger and better games while focusing on quality and not quantity," said Xbox Live boss Marc Whitten.