Xbox 360 Weekend Warrior: Halo, Fable, and more from X10

This week, “X” and “10” weren’t just two different ways of writing the number ten. Xbox 360-exclusive biggies Halo: Reach and Fable 3 got a lot of attention during Microsoft’s X10 event. Ubisoft is also cooking up an exclusive Xbox 360 beta for the next entry in their Ghost Recon franchise tucked away in their other 360 exclusive, Splinter: Cell Conviction. Yes folks, Microsoft’s really stepping up their game this year.

This week, “X” and “10” weren’t just two different ways of writing the number ten. Xbox 360-exclusive biggies Halo: Reach and Fable 3 got a lot of attention during Microsoft’s X10 event. Ubisoft is also cooking up an exclusive Xbox 360 beta for the next entry in their Ghost Recon franchise tucked away in their other 360 exclusive, Splinter: Cell Conviction. Yes folks, Microsoft’s really stepping up their game this year.

The Hardware:

• 2K Marin: Console wars is silly. Link
• Xbox 360 gets a Final Fantasy XIII bundle. Link
• Three reasons why Microsoft didn’t sell Xbox 360s to the Army. Link
• Rumor: Splinter Cell: Conviction also getting a hardware bundle. Link

The Games:

• Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars announced for Autumn 2010. Link
• EA: “Something far-reaching” for Mass Effect up ahead. Link
• Battlefield: Bad Company 2 for under 20 bucks? Link
• The Sims 3 coming to consoles and handhelds. Link
• Last two Mercenaries Reunion characters revealed. Link
• Dante’s Inferno DLC release schedule. Link
• Ezio will be killing Templars in Rome in the next Assassin’s Creed. Link
• Guild Wars 2, Blade & Soul console development confirmed. Link
• These Xbox 360 games will be at X10. Link
• BioShock 2 multiplayer issues, freezes reported. Link
• Ubisoft: The new Sam Fisher is more aggressive. Link
• Ghost Recon: Future Soldier
  • New Ghost Recon announced, Xbox 360 gamers getting exclusive beta. Link
  • Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Xbox 360 beta not starting until this summer. Link
• Fable 3
  • MS X10: Fable 3 release and gameplay details. Link
  • MS X10: An early look at Fable 3. Link
• Halo: Reach
  • MS X10: Halo: Reach official boxart, beta details. Link
  • MS X10: Halo: Reach first ViDoc released. Link
• Final Fantasy XIII
  • Square Enix profits up almost 50 percent, FFXIII sells 1.8M units in Japan. Link
  • Square Enix interested in Final Fantasy XIII in 3D. Link
  • Watch: More Final Fantasy XIII questions answered. Link
  • Watch: Kitase and Toriyama on FFXIII US version. Link
  • Square Enix clarifies FFXIII screenshots controversy. Link