Valve today announced the sales results and multiplayer numbers for its zombie apocalypse, co-operative action game Left 4 Dead 2.

Released just two weeks ago, over 2 million retails copies of L4D2 have been sold worldwide and the game appears to be on target to become one of the top selling Xbox and PC titles for the month of November. Sales to date are more than double the original title, which was released exactly one year prior to L4D2. And “Black Friday” promotions during the title’s second week of availability in North American resulted in stronger than expected sales in L4D2’s bid to become one of this year’s best selling releases on both platforms.



“Left 4 Dead 2 is off to a great start with strong support at retail and great reviews from the press,” said Doug Lombardi, VP of marketing at Valve. “Meanwhile the title has already been played by over 1 million Xbox LIVE Gold account holders, and news regarding L4D2 DLC 1 is coming very soon.”

News-Source: www.bravenewgamer.com
360-Hq Games Database: Left 4 Dead 2 for Xbox 360"

The latest “celebrity” to be subpoenaed by Erik Estavillo? None other than Microsoft Chief Bill Gates.

Estavillo sent us a copy of the subpoena, dated November 30 and filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The subpoena is related to a lawsuit filed by Estavillo earlier this month, in which he targeted Microsoft over the “red ring of death” affecting his Xbox 360.

The subpoena instructs Gates to bring “documents pertaining to the true and relative number of actual Xbox 360 units that have been fixed by Microsoft over the past 3 years.” Estavillo is also seeking statistical data showing the true number of Xbox 360s that experienced the RROD (or other break-downs) and data on the actual number of people banned from Xbox Live for “piracy” over the period of 11/28/2008 through 11/28/2009.

News-Source: www.gamepolitics.com"

A new version of FindSecData has been released to help you uncripple the HDD features on a banned Xbox 360 console.

FindSecData will extract secdata.bin and filetable of NAND dump. It uses patch-latest secdata.bin method (not delete method).

What's new/fixed (since v0.4):

- added bypassing FF version records in filesystem (v0.41)
- more accurate timestamp - used for visual purposes only (v0.41)
- added parameter to show time part of timestamp in filetables (v0.42)
- added support for large blocks (v0.5)
- block rellocation support (v0.6)
- now for 256MB and 512MB Jaspers is only needed dump of 0x600 blocks:
nandpro lpt: -r256 raw.bin AE0 600
or nandpro lpt: -r512 raw.bin AE0 600
so only about 1h dumping (v0.6)
- protection to use large block controller with small 24MB dump (v0.61)

360-Hq Homebrew Database: FindSecData
360-Hq Download: FindSecData v0.61"

A new version of XBReboot has been released with a new patch (PIRS support) and fixed XeLL.

XBReboot is an image you can flash on your onboard NAND that will allow you to 'reboot' a JTAG-exploitable 360 in a patched 8955 kernel which makes homebrew XDK possible (unsigned XEXs etc).

The released image is just for Xenon motherboards, but the readme states it could easily be made for other 16mb-nand motherboards, so I guess we'll see support for those soon.

XBReboot Block Layout:
Ox00 - 0x2F 4548 boot FW
0x30 - 0x3F Backup Xell
0x40 - 0x4F XBRfw.bin Rebooter core
0x50 - 0xBF Patch.bin Kernel and patches
0xC0 - 0x?? Flash file system

360-Hq Homebrew Database: XBReboot Xenon for Xbox 360"

Rebellion has told IncGamers that there will be no cuts made to Aliens vs Predator.

Following the recent news that Aliens vs Predator will not see a release in Germany, we asked Tim Jones, the head of art and design at Rebellion, whether or not the company considered cuts for any regions and how important the mature content was to the gameplay.

"There's one version and it'll be up to the ratings boards in each territory as to whether to pass the game or not," Jones told us.

Aliens vs Predator"We and SEGA decided not to release the game in Germany as we would've had to make significant cuts to the game which would have harmed the gameplay experience," said Jones. "We've tried hard to ensure that the game is as close to the content of the movies as possible. The Aliens and Predator movies are very much intended for adults and as such we have some pretty violent moments in there."

It's not necessarily looking good for Australian gamers, then, considering the notoriously stringest ratings system over there. We suspect fans will be happy to know that the game is taking its cues from the Alien and Predator movies, though, rather than the Alien vs Predator movies.

News-Source: www.incgamers.com
360-Hq Game Database: Aliens vs. Predator for Xbox 360"

Looks like some swedes have taken it upon themselves to develop their own Xbox 360 Elegant Edition that looks like a Volvo lol. If you like the design, these guys will build you one no problem, just as long as you are willing to part with some of your hard earned coin.



You know, we've pretty much all been enamored with the Zune HD's industrial design, but one unintended consequence for Microsoft was that it made its console look even more childish and toylike. It was inevitable, then, that a group of industrious Swedes would take up arms against this injustice and right the world with their Elegant Edition mod. Featuring three 120mm cooling fans, an aesthetic borrowed straight from the 1980s, and absolutely no shame about its bulk, this mod is cooler than the original in both the literal and colloquial sense. We'll accept no arguments to the converse. Better still, if you're willing to part with some cold hard cash, these fellas will build one for you too. We've got a few less glamorous shots of the redressed box after the break.



News-Source: www.engadget.com"

Zouzzz from gx-mod.com has just release a new pc homebrew application that allows you to read and modify some of your KeyVault data from your NAND image.

"KeyVault Modder" allows you to read-out and modify some KeyVault data from your NAND image (will require your unique CPU-key - which as reminder you can't get if you upgraded to kernel 849x or higher). You can spoof ur DVD drive on KV-side (rather than spoofing the actual drive), change your game-region and read-out/change the DVD-key.

What's new/fixed:
- add compatibily with kv.bin extract with BinCrypt
- size detection
- some small changes

360-Hq Download: KeyVault Modder v1D
360-Hq Homebrew: KeyVault Modder"

Madden NFL Arcade has arrived for the Xbox 360. The Arcade game weighs in at 522 MB, costs 1200 MS Points, and is now available in All Xbox Live regions.

Content: Madden NFL Arcade
Price: 1200 Microsoft Points
Availability: All Xbox LIVE regions
Dash Text: Feel the excitement of the NFL with a fun, fast-paced, 5-on-5 football experience. Madden NFL Arcade brings the 10 best players from each of the 32 NFL teams on offense and defense together to battle it out on the gridiron. No penalties, no clock, just pure adrenaline, as each team has four downs to march 60 yards downfield for the score. Catch your opponent off-guard with Game Changers that allow you to break the game wide open in a single play! Play with 1-4 players on a single console, or take your game online with ranked/unranked matches, lobbies, leaderboards, and more. Madden NFL Arcade takes everything you love about your favorite NFL stars and stadiums and brings them to life in a fun, high-scoring gridiron battle!

Add Madden NFL Arcade to your Xbox 360 download queue
360-Hq Game Database: Madden NFL Arcade for Xbox 360"