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Newbreview.com: Review: Bejeweled Blitz Live

The Newb Review offers their verdict on Pop Cap Games' Xbox Live Arcade title Bejewelled Blitz.

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The Enduring Legacy of Xbox Live 1.0

Sure, there was online gaming back in the day but the modern age of online video gaming began almost twenty years ago with Xbox Live 1.0.

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Magog1374d ago

The origin of paid online.

PrimeVinister1374d ago

Lol it definitely deserves its mention

franwex1374d ago (Edited 1374d ago )

Haha. Yep. To be fair, I feel that it was actually worth it because it kept a good minimum standard. There was horrible lag back in the day and a lot of cheating/hacking. More so than today.

PrimeVinister1374d ago (Edited 1374d ago )

That is arguable seeing as how good similar PC services are these days. The lack of cheaters on console is the closed ecosystem rather than extra effort by MS/Sony

XbladeTeddy1374d ago

"To be fair, I feel that it was actually worth it because it kept a good minimum standard. There was horrible lag back in the day and a lot of cheating/hacking. More so than today."

The horrible lag back then was due to peole not having the speeds needed to run games, peoples internet speeds were all over the place. Hacking is as bad today, if not worse than back then. People now have access to sophisticated hacking programmes that were nowhere near as prevalent as they are today. Anticheat software was also available way before Xbox Live and the paid online services became a thing.

I gamed online a lot from 1999 onwards and had great times playing without having issues with people cheating and no one had to pay for an online subscription.

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PopCap games half off for Xbox LIVE Deal of the Week

XMNR: The Xbox LIVE Deal of the Week starting Tuesday, May 29 slashes a host of PopCap games in half. This includes addictive titles like Bejeweled 3, Peggle and Plants vs. Zombies.

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Sonic 4: Episode 2 Review [VVGtv]

Daizoren from VVGtv Writes: Sega makes another attempt to bring classic Sonic back from the dead after many failed installments in the franchise (with an exceptional entry in Sonic Generations) but does this sequel episode make improvements from that last? We’ve been promised a new “Momentum based engine” that is supposed to make the game feel more like the Genesis titles. Does Sega deliver on their promise? Or does Sonic live through yet another nightmare of a title?

DJLB21154741d ago

the best sonic game ever IMO was sonic adventure for dreamcast. i havent played EVERY sonic game, but that one goes the hardest to me. lots of memories there lol