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Updates EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Hey Borderlands PC players, here's that patch you wanted 23 Update 1.01 for the PC version of Borderlands is here! Thank goodness, because after looking over the patch notes, you can't help but notice just how big some of these issues really are. Charact... Free beats: Update available for Bit.Trip Beat 5 Not playing Modern Warfare 2? Well then, chances are high that you'd like Bit.Trip Beat. The game is pretty much the anti-Call of Duty, and it's one of my all time favorites. If you haven't playe... Xbox 360 dashboard update invites going out on Friday 10 Hold your horses, guys (image courtesy of this place)! Sign-ups for the November Xbox 360 update preview program should be closed by the time you read this, which, according to Major Nelson, mean... Dear 360 owners, don't use unauthorized memory devices 107 Planning to update your 360 as part of the Microsoft Preview Program that is kicking into gear next week so that you can hang out with the cool kids over Twitter and do other awesome stuff that p... Sign-ups for the Xbox LIVE update preview program are GO! 16 Hey there good lookin'. Desperate to get early access to the upcoming social networking dashboard update for Xbox 360? Today is your lucky day -- sign-ups for the preview program are currently op... Update should bring more crime to CrimeCraft 5 Last month, the third-person shooter MMO CrimeCraft was released. While interest was certainly there, actual numbers for the game are a little on the shallow side. Thankfully, Vogster Entertainme... Public beta for next Xbox 360 update happening this month 20 What's taking Microsoft so long to pump out that fabled social networking dashboard update for the Xbox 360? We still don't know, but based on what Microsoft is saying, it could hopefully be here... Update to Rock Band 2 brings new features 14 If you've turned on your 360 to play some Rock Band 2 lately, you may have noticed a new update is available for download. The gang at Harmonix have cooked up some new features for the game and t... Famitsu confirms BlazBlue: Continuum Shift, new character 45 Holy Azure Grimore, Batman! After a confirmed new version of BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger was coming to Europe with new features and characters, Japanese and North American players were left wonder... PSA: Today's Xbox 360 system update doesn't add features 15 An Xbox 360 system update? Oh sweet, I wonder what it does? I hope it adds th--wait, it's just meant to prep our consoles for the impending Facebook/Twitter/Last.FM update. False alarm, everybody... Stealth PS3 firmware v3.01 update is live (Update) 17 It's only been two weeks since Sony updated the PlayStation 3's system software to v3.00 -- with a few hitches. Tonight, they threw up a surreptitious update under cover of darkness, bringing the... Scribblenauts dev 5th Cell 'going to console next year' 8 Earlier this summer, I had the fortunate opportunity to talk with Jeremiah “Miah” Slaczka, the creative director of Scribblenauts, as well as the co-founder of 5th Cell. It was a grea... Empire: Total War getting a big ol' update this month 7 Do you hear that? Yes sir, it's time for another Empire: Total War update. While Sega would rather make us wait anxiously for a few more weeks before telling us exactly when update 1.4 goes onlin... PS3 firmware v3.00 now available 63 The clock has struck midnight here on the East Coast, which means that it’s September 1st (holy crap, how the time files). That means that the new PlayStation 3, known colloquially as the &... In-Home launching coming to Home update 1.3 22 In the big-assed v1.3 update coming to PlayStation Home, you'll finally be able to launch games directly from Home. And that's any PlayStation 3 game.With this upcoming update, you'll be able to ... There's a huge update coming to Dawn of War II tomorrow 6 Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II's next significant update, dubbed "There is Only War," is being released by Relic tomorrow afternoon.Most notably, the patch brings new observer and ref... Microsft details next week's NXE update program 34 Good news for select members of the press -- on Monday, July 20th a preview of the forthcoming Xbox 360 NXE update is being pushed to their consoles. Don't get that jealous, because you might hav... Gears of War getting another update, Epic gives details 20 Epic has released information on what will be contained in the fourth major title update to Gears of War 2. The update adds multiplayer experience rewards for playing Horde mode, improves the odd... Team Fortress 2 achievements based unlocks are back 21 Last weekend we filled you in on a bit of a change to the Team Fortress 2 unlock system. In the recent Spy/Sniper update it had changed to a more random drop system as opposed to the achievement ... TBS misrepresents their report, rape games not banned 28 [As originally posted on Japanator] Well, now I've learned my lesson: Never take TBS news at its word, their report is likely a misrepresentation or even made up. Canned Dogs has an update from t... Spy/Sniper update also changes weapon unlocks 50 So the big Spy/Sniper update for Team Fortress 2 landed the other day, and while the two classes new abilities are getting rave reviews another part of the update is stirring up a bit of controve... Massive Dawn of War II update out now 7 Relic has been hard at work it seems, for the company has released a rather large update for Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II containing both bug fixes and even a little bit of new content for go... Team Fortress 2's Sniper will be able to go Rambo very soon 28 It's not as badass as shark week, but sniper week is pretty rad as far as I'm concerned. Valve has sent out word that the Team Fortress 2 Sniper update is coming soon, and has proceeded to kick o... Significant WipEout HD update hits tomorrow 18 Looks like I might have to re-install WipEout HD on my PlayStation 3! Sony has announced that it will be pushing out an update (V1.30) for the anti-gravity racer tomorrow, complete with some sexy... Team Fortress 2 Sniper update is next in line 15 It's a shame Valve's April Fools' Day joke (full image here) ended up being a exactly that, because it would've been pretty damn hilarious to see it actually implemented in Team Fortress 2. Oh we... Left 4 Dead's matchmaking getting a few welcome additions 16 Before we even go into what the additions are, let me point out that this is only planned for the PC version of Left 4 Dead; sorry, I hit the character limit in the headline, and didn't mean to g... PSA: Xbox 360 system update doesn't do much 16 If you try to connect your Xbox 360 to Xbox LIVE today, you may get prompted for an update. What does it do? Not much, according to Major Nelson. "This update addresses interruption iss... PS3 system software v2.70 is out 65 It’s been quite a while since we saw the last PS3 firmware update (v2.60 came out on January 21st). But we’ve finally got a new one to mess around with -- version 2.70 went live a few... Gears of War 2 getting experience system, Snowblind Map Pack 22 We have got a plethora of Gears of War 2-related news for you today, thanks to an interview GameSpot had with executive producer Rod Fergusson. First off, here's the relatively good news: the Sno... Juicy new update for Left 4 Dead on Xbox 360 is now live 26 Valve's let us know that an update for the Xbox 360 version of Left 4 Dead is now up for download via Xbox LIVE. No, it's not the one that includes the Survival mode, but it does bring a slew of... Preview: Unreal Tournament III: Titan Pack 19 As we told you yesterday, Epic Games has a massive expansion for Unreal Tournament III set to drop on March 5th for the PS3 and PC, called the Titan Pack. With lots of  new maps, new game mo... Major Fallout 3 patch dropping today, Operation: Anchorage DLC dated 39 You've been asking for it, and here it is: Bethesda is releasing a patch for Fallout 3 today that will fix a number of bugs and quests, as well as a few of those XP exploits you might have been h... PS3 system software update v2.53 coming tomorrow ... probably 20 We’ve got some curious information on a PS3 system update that may or may not be available tomorrow. This morning, CVG reported that PlayStation.com had information on a new update, version... Will Wii Points become Nintendo Points in America too? 18 Japanese Wii owners are about to see some changes as of today. According to the update message sent to Japanese Wiis, here's what they can expect to see different after the update:On Thursday, 10... PS3 firmware v2.50 & PSP firmware v5.00 are available for download 12 I think I’m going to use this header image for all the “firmware vX.XX is out” posts from now on. On Monday, Colette told you about all the new features that would be coming &l... PS3 firmware update ushers in Bluetooth headset support and more 17 Sony likes to keep busy when it comes to keeping their hardware tweaked to the best of its abilities. For instance, the new 2.50 update will allow you to do a slew of new stuff with the PS3, incl... No Team Fortress 2 updates for the PS3 ... ever 57 Today, Valve’s marketing director, Doug Lombardi, told 1UP that the recent updates to Team Fortress 2 will not hit the PlayStation 3 version of the game. The reason isn’t because Gabe... Getting to know the New Xbox Experience: The Gamercard 34 Starting today, Gamerscoreblog will be posting a weekly feature centered around the "New Xbox Experience" a.k.a. what using your Xbox 360 will look like once the Fall Dashboard Update d... CNBC 'proof that Sony is winning' reporter follow-up 29 How could we forget the headline "The Ultimate Proof That Sony is Winning," from CNBC reporter Jane Wells a couple of months ago? This statement was solely based on her 16-year-old son'... City of Heroes update to add mission creator, day jobs, more 10 An entry on the official City of Heroes Web site shows that the next upcoming update, Issue 13, will be adding several interesting new features. The biggest one is definitely the Mission Architec... PlayStation Store Update: Capcom floods the network with awesome 24 This week's PlayStation Network update is dominated by Capcom awesome, including the much-anticipated Bionic Commando Rearmed for $9.99; the game supports remote play, so you can play it on the c... Team Fortress 2 Heavy update detailed and dated 40 I mentioned early last month that the next Team Fortress 2 update would be based around the Heavy and his trusty minigun Sasha, and it seems that Valve has finally finished it up. It also looks l... Xbox 360 system update available today, really doesn't do anything, we promise 16 At some point today, when you turn on your Xbox 360 and sign into Xbox LIVE, you're going to get prompted to update. But there's no reason to get excited, because it doesn't really do anything. W... New Warhawk update gives new gameplay modes, quick play, and more 5 While you could easily be glued to Destructoid for all your E3 updates, you could be playing Warhawk while being glued to Destructoid. Be sure to boot up the game on Wednesday to pick up the Warh... PS3 firmware v2.41 out now, will cure what ails your console 27 All was not well in PS3 land after last week’s botched launch of PS3 system software update v2.40. The firmware update, which included two major features that PS3 owners had been pining fo... Disaster report redux: Sony mum on 2.40 tragedy 79 Can you hear that? No, I don’t mean the fireworks. Underneath the cacophony of explosive bliss and national pride, Sony is suspiciously quiet. Perhaps entirely too quiet about their failed ... Disaster report: Sony pulls firmware 2.40 after user complaints 69 It appears that the second coming, Sony's recent PlayStation 3 firmware update 2.40, has been having some issues. Reports have rolled in that after updating to the latest version of the software ... The next Team Fortress 2 update will be a Heavy one 32 Now that the Medic and Pyro have gotten their updates, there has been some speculation over which class Valve would be releasing new weapons and achievements for next. Although there were some ru... Burnout Paradise to support trophies, also details on DLC 5 Today, Criterion announced, via the PlayStation.Blog, that Burnout Paradise would fully support Trophies. And if that wasn’t enough, the developer also decided to detail their upcoming upda... Rumortoid: details on in-game XMB features of PS3 firmware v2.40 22 The Internet was ablaze with speculation yesterday that the PlayStation Network’s downtime for scheduled maintenance (from 11 AM to 5 PM EDT) meant that PS3 system software v2.40 was not to... PSP software update v4.01 incoming, totally boring 17 Yeah, we know this is an incremental update (.01, baby!), so we shouldn't expect much from PlayStation Portable software update v4.01. But it goes live in the next few hours, and we figured that ... PlayStation Network Update: Hot add-ons edition 14 This week's PlayStation Network update brings some pretty hot game add-on content and downloads for your shiny new PS3 games. The best thing they have going on this week is the Metal Gear Solid 4... Future Age of Conan updates detailed 11 Funcom sure does have a lot to be happy about with their new MMORPG, Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures. Having already shipped over a million copies and enjoying generally favorable reactions fro... PlayStation Network Update: Qore and more edition 10 The highlight of this week's PlayStation Network Update is the first episode of Qore, Sony's new online programming we recently told you about. I'd dare say that most of you will be more likely t... PlayStation Network Update: double bogey edition 14 As promised, Sony delivers two new characters for Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds in this week's PlayStation Network update. I'm happy to report that neither one of these characters say or do stupi... PS3 owners, go download system software v2.35 36 Yes, I’m reusing the pic. Gimme a break. No one got the joke last time, anyway. In a quick post on the PlayStation.Blog that went up at around 7:30 PM EDT yesterday evening, Eric Lempel, t... Overdue: Hot Shots Golf gets new characters 11 After I review a new title for Destructoid, it's usually shelved after we run the review, as I move on to the next title. This is not the case for Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds for the PlayStatio... PlayStation Network Update: Win a Car edition 17 In this week's PlayStation Network Update, there's plenty to play and watch, but only one of the items could help you win a new car. It doesn't hurt that the GRID demo (961mb) is also pretty kick... PlayStation Network Update: a metric ton of goodies edition 10 This week’s PS Store update is one of the largest in recent memory. All kinds of good stuff is now available for purchase and/or download, and the three big hitters are: the CoD 4 Variety M... Mysterious 360 system update explained, plus Xbox Live to be offline this Monday 15 For those of you hoping that today's mandatory Xbox 360 system update brings new features, I'm sorry to disappoint. In all actuality, the patch is merely just another one of those "behind-th... « NEXT « next - expanded blog view		Save cash!   See "Black Friday" video game deals New on Destructoid.TV play all videos Loading Destructoid Videos Win this! 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