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Less than a year after it’s debut, six million Xbox 360 consoles have been sold worldwide. 3.6 million of those were sold in the the United States, 1.7 million in Europe, and 700k elsewhere. The goal set at E3 still stands: Microsoft wants to sell ten million units before the end of the year. It is still possible, but come November Microsoft will not be the only one in the next generation console market.

Some Halo 3 Details

October 27, 2006

Some news has surfaced regarding the highly anticipated game, Halo 3. The Legendary Edition’s case will be Master Cheif’s metal helmet and will contain four discs. The first disc will contain the game, the second a director’s commentary and documentaries, the third will have all the Red vs Blue episodes and the fourth will have all the cutscenes from Halo 1, 2 and 3.

There is also slated to be a bevy of new weapons including the following: Spiker, Spartan Laser (it can destroy a vehicle in a single hit) and Nail Grenade. A new vehicle will also debut in the game, called Mongoose. It will be like an ATV, can carry two people and does not have any weapons. The multi-player will allegedly have a canon that can shoot out people. Wow. This game will rock on so many levels. The release is currently slated for Fall 2007.

Gears of War, one of the most anticipated games coming out this holiday season for the Xbox 360, has been banned in Germany. Apparently, the game was too violent, and the cencors flat out banned the game. Importing companies and sites will be raking in big cash because of this. This sucks for german gamers.

Why wouldn’t Nintendo want you to get the latest Zelda game for the Gamecube? The answer is rather obvious: the Wii is coming. For example, in Japan, you will only be able to get the Gamecube version of Twilight Princess in Nintendo’s online store. The game is also coming out [i]later[/i] than the Wii counterpart. But then what is the point of even releasing the game on the Gamecube? Wiill (see what I did there?) folks that get the Wii at launch, or close to it, even bother looking at the [i]box[/i] of the Gamecube version? Wouldn’t it bring more potential customers to get the Wii if that was the only console the long awaited Twilight Princess would be available on? Discuss in the forums!

With the looming November 7th release date, the final song list for the upcoming Guitar Hero 2 game has been released. The list is as follows.

[b]Motley Crue[/b] – Shout at the Devil
[b]Danzig[/b] – Mother
[b]Cheap Trick[/b] – Surrender
[b]Wolfmother[/b] – Woman
[b]Spinal Tap[/b] – Tonight I’m Gonna Rock You Tonight
[b]Kiss[/b] – Strutter
[b]Nirvana[/b] – Heart-Shaped Box
[b]Police[/b] – Message in a Bottle
[b]Van Halen[/b] – You Really Got Me
[b]Kansas[/b] – Carry on Wayward Son
[b]Foo Fighters[/b] – Monkey Wrench
[b]Alice in Chains[/b] – Them Bones
[b]Iggy Pop and the Stooges[/b] – Search and Destroy
[b]Pretenders[/b] – Tattooed Love Boys
[b]Black Sabbath[/b] – War Pigs
[b]Warrant[/b] – Cherry Pie
[b]Butthole Surfers[/b] – Who Was in My Room Last Night
[b]Mathew Sweet[/b] – Girlfriend
[b]Rolling Stones[/b] – Can’t You Hear Me Knockin’
[b]Guns N’ Roses[/b] – Sweet Child O’ Mine
[b]Rage Against the Machine[/b] – Killing in the Name Of
[b]Primus[/b] – John the Fisherman
[b]Sword[/b] – Freya
[b]Thin Lizzy[/b] – Bad Reputation
[b]Aerosmith[/b] – Last Child
[b]Heart[/b] – Crazy on You
[b]Stone Temple Pilots[/b] – Tripping on a Hole in a Paper Heart
[b]Stray Cats[/b] – Rock This Town
[b]Allman Brothers[/b] – Jessica
[b]Jane’s Addiction[/b] – Stop
[b]Anthrax[/b] – Madhouse
[b]Living End[/b] – Carry Me Home
[b]Lamb of God[/b] – Laid to Rest
[b]Reverend Horton Heat[/b] – Psychobilly Freakout
[b]Rush[/b] – YYZ
[b]Avenged Sevenfold[/b] – Beast and the Harlot
[b]Suicidal Tendencies[/b] – Institutionalized
[b]Dick Dale[/b] – Misirlou
[b]Megadeth[/b] – Hangar 18
[b]Lynyrd Skynyrd[/b] – Free Bird

Also, a number of songs will be unlockable, but Red Octane did not state which and how many songs. Hopefully, there will be songs available to purchase from the Xbox Live Arcade.