Street Fighter IV Review

Avatars Get The Lost and Damned Biker Bundle

Inspired by Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned, Microsoft has released Lost and Damned Biker Bundle for the Xbox 360 avatars. The bundle includes the following items:

Guys:
Rocker Jacket
Pixie Boots
Grunge Pants
Metal Combats
Top Hat
Skull Ring
Leather Biker Gloves
Left Feather Earring
Right Feather Earring

Girls:
Punk Tee
Black 60’s Boots
Leopard Print Leggings
Biker Jacket
Biker Gloves
Skull Wrist Band
Left Feather Earring
Right Feather Earring

Burnout Paradise Getting Legendary Cars on Thursday

If you're a fan of the Knight Rider, Back to the Future, Ghostbusters or The Dukes of Hazzard, you can't miss the Legendary Cars for Burnout Paradise. All four Legendary Cars can be bought individually or at a discount if you go for The Legendary Cars Collection for just $7.99 / €7.99 / £6.29 / 600 Microsoft Points. The collection will be released on Thursday 19th February 2009. You can view the cars in the Junkyard before heading to the in-game Burnout Store to pick them up.

Afro Samurai Demo Available

Namco Bandai has released a playable demo of Afro Samurai. In the demo (454 MB), take control of Afro as he searches for Justice, his Father’s killer. Break your enemy’s guard with the brute force of the combo system, then learn to focus, and send them to the grave with precision and style. Take an arm, take a leg or take a life; the choice is yours.

Street Fighter IV sells 86000 copies

Capcom seems to be just as surprised as we are -- a community manager for the company recently reported that they were "overwhelmed by demand", and that the game had completely sold out in Japan. The only copies within the country's confines rest in a few boxes in Capcom's basement -- they'll apparently be sent out to retailers on Monday, and then snatched up with avarice usually associated with Turboman dolls.

Outrun Online Arcade Exclusive to XBLA...

If you were really looking forward to the return of Sega's seminal arcade racer Outrun, we hope you have an Xbox 360. According to CVG (via Joystiq), Sega U.K. has confirmed that Outrun Online Arcade will be exclusively released on Xbox Live Arcade in North America, meaning PlayStation 3 gamers are out of luck.
CVG says that Sega U.K. gave no explanation for why the game has suddenly become a 360 exclusive in our region, but they did confirm Outrun Online Arcade will still be released for both the 360 and PS3 in Europe. So, as CVG notes, with any luck, that'll mean U.S. PS3 gamers should still be able to download it through a little profile trickery when it's released in Europe.
Once confirmation comes from Sega of America (and hopefully if we learn more about why the game became a 360 exclusive), we'll pass it along.

Xbox Live subscription reduced to $30 USD

While recent sweeping Xbox 360 price cuts have seen Microsoft extend its market lead over main rival Sony and its PlayStation 3 console, Sony’s cost-free PlayStation Network remains a more attractive online multiplayer facet that manages to tarnish Microsoft’s subscription-based Xbox Live platform.
However, the well established Xbox Live service, which was made completely free to PC users in July of 2008, is now considerably more appealing to Xbox 360 owners thanks to a substantial price cut implemented by retail giant Amazon.
Unveiled by Amazon.com this past Sunday as part of its latest accessories sale, the price cut covers Microsoft’s Xbox Live Gold Subscription card and brings the usual $49.99 USD price down to a much more tempting $29.97 USD.
The product delivers a full 12 months of complete Xbox Live access, which includes worldwide multiplayer gaming as well as the download of free videogame demos and trailers, and the cost-based download of additional gameplay content, full games, TV shows, movies and other related items.
Although Xbox Live boasts some 17 million subscribers and a wealth of online content, Sony’s relatively new PlayStation Network enables PlayStation 3 owners to take advantage of a similarly structured service without any form of charged access.
It remains to be seen whether the Amazon price cut emerges as little more than a temporary reduction or if Redmond-based Microsoft moves to expand free PC access to also include its Xbox 360 user base.
Although, given the substantial Xbox Live revenue stream Microsoft reaps from its console customers, that might not be forthcoming any time soon.
According to Microsoft, generation-leading price adjustments made to its gaming hardware have helped the company sell 28 million Xbox 360 consoles around the world, which it claims is some eight million more units than the PlayStation 3.
The Xbox 360 outperformed the PlayStation 3 by a ratio of 2-to-1 in December, according to market research specialist NPD Group.