Around the Hawk: Madden '12 Playbook #3 (Franchise Mode)

Many new improvements have been made to this year's Franchise mode for hardcore Madden players like us. About time EA has taken a look at improving the depth of Franchise mode. Looks great!

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Around the Hawk: More NCAA Football '12

This video shows the improvements to this year's presentation.



BlazenHawks was the first one to tell me about this video, explaining the new features to this year's Dynasty mode. I really like the fact that you can create your own coach and start out as a coordinator and work your way up. I'm really looking forward to this game now.

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XBLN DiRT 3 Review

Today here on XBLN, we are reviewing, DiRT 3. This game was released in the US on May 24th. DiRT 3 is an off-road racing game developed by Codemasters. Codemasters is a very experienced studio in the racing genre and created games like TOCA Race Driver and GRID. Codemaster have been working on Colin McRae Rally series since 1998. DiRT 3 has several race types however, it is mainly focused on the rally discipline, a point-to-point motorsport that takes place on a variety of surfaces including dirt, pavement, gravel and snow.

Rest of review after the break!

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At The Movies: Netflix and Viacom

Netflix has announced that they have added several new television series from the Viacom family of networks to their instant stream library. Additional episodes of Spongebob Squarepants from Nickelodeon as well as new shows from BET, VH1, LOGO and Spike have been added. If you haven't been on the Netflix instant stream on your 360 for awhile, check it out! Here's the link. More Netflix updates after the break

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COD Modern Warfare 3 Trailer

This game will be set in various locales around the world and is also set to do battle with Battlefield 3. Which game will win this coming November?

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Around the Hawk: NCAA Football 2012 Gameplay

Here's a gameplay trailer for NCAA Football 2012. A lot of new improvements have been made in the tackling department as well as zone defense.

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What Microsoft Skype Purchase Means For XBL?

 As many of you know, Microsoft recently acquired Skype, everyone's favorite video messaging service. Microsoft agreed to hand over $8.5 billion to capture the voice and video online calling company Skype. Skype currently has over 300 million user worldwide. Not only will this purchase help boost Microsoft's portfolio of properties but will add some new features to several Microsoft properties including our very own Xbox Live. What will this acquisition do for Xbox Live users you may ask? This can help add new features and connect you to various users around the world. With the Kinect and Live Vision camera video capabilities, Microsoft can add new connectivity with Skype and link you with anyone. You want to talk to grandma from the couch, just log into Xbox Live and start up a chat with her and she can be on the computer or even use her phone. Basically in terms of Xbox Live, the main real use will be the video chat features. Although we already have Live Messenger and a Xbox Video Chat already, we can get integration in all these tools and have a more all-in-one entertainment experience. Don't expect any changes anytime soon as it will take a while to get Skype fully integrated with Microsoft's software. But in the future, Skype features will be used on virtually every entertainment device known.

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