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Newsbits for 08-29-06

An autoupdate is out for Street Fighter II on Xbox Live, addressing connection and time out issues, as well as clearing the leaderboard due to cheaters.

  • Major Nelson has a backwards compatibility update list for August. As usual, it's not exactly packed with blockbusters.
  • The Call of Juarez multiplayer demo is out.
  • YouTube has a nine minute video of Madden 07 being demonstrated on the Wii.
  • Australia's ratings board has given an M to Bully, suggesting it may not be as horrifically violent as protesters would like you to believe.
  • EA has announced Burnout 5 for the 360 and PS3 for sometime in 2007.
  • Prices for Microsoft's Vista have been confirmed, ranging from $180 for an upgrade to $450 for the Ultimate package.
  • A brief history of Rare.
  • The Battlestar Galactica catch-up episode has hit Xbox Live early.
  • The 360's soccer games might not be so exclusive after all.
  • Just in case you were ever curious as to what the Penny Arcade wives are like, there's this.
  • How often do you get to see an Ebay auction with the title "SEGA CREEPY CAT ROBOT"?
  • An extremely in-depth look at what modern tactical games get right and wrong in comparison to real world combat.
  • The only official Samus Aran action figure released to the public. She looks kind of.. squat.
  • An exploit has been discovered for 2.0 through 2.8 PSP firmware.
  • Red Steel will have no load times thanks to data streaming.
  • Game Videos has footage of FF5 on the DS running at this year's PAX.

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A lot of what the tactical game guy was saying about interface and stuff like that look like they would've been taken care of in the first MGS4 trailer (when it's pretending to be an FPS), but he's right. We need to move away from static "gun and arms out in front floating mysteriously in the air", even though things like iron sights and the like are becoming more common.

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