Xbox 360 Weekend Warrior: Is the Xbox 360 turning Blu?

It’s been a while, and a lot of things definitely happened this week for the green blog. We have here some buzz pertaining to the supposed inclusion of Blu-ray into the Xbox 360, an expected subsequent denial, and piqued interest as to this possibility and more. On the games front, we’ve got a slew of add-ons and new releases, as well as record-making/ record-breaking game sessions. Catch up on things you might have missed this week on the Xbox 360 Weekend Warrior.

It’s been a while, and a lot of things definitely happened this week for the green blog. We have here some buzz pertaining to the supposed inclusion of Blu-ray into the Xbox 360, an expected subsequent denial, and piqued interest as to this possibility and more.

On the games front, we’ve got a slew of add-ons and new releases, as well as record-making/ record-breaking game sessions.

Catch up on things you might have missed this week on the Xbox 360 Weekend Warrior.

• BBFC gives Modern Warfare 2 an 18-rating Link
• Abbey Road available as DLC in The Beatles Rock Band this week Link
• Dante’s Inferno Lust level is disturbingly good Link
• Modern Warfare 2 video reveals “Rust” map Link
• Final Fantasy XIII Famitsu scanfest reveals new character Link
• Rocknrolla: BBFC rates Gay Tony 18 for sex and drugs Link
• New World Record for longest play session of GTA IV set in India Link
• Street Fighter IV‘s Seth: Cheap, tough, irritating Link
• Famitsu awards 40/40 to Bayonetta — and a 38 Link
• Report: CoD: World at War stats shows very lucrative sales, average of US$ 65 per unit at retail Link
• Borderlands supply shortage, Gearbox to the rescue Link
• Namco Bandai announces Inversion for PS3, Xbox 360 Link
• Molyneux confirms Natal for Fable 3 Link
• Lost Planet 2 in stores by the end of 2009? Link
• Left 4 Dead 2 demo now available on Steam Link
• Gears of War Delta Force boxset finally coming to UK Link
  

Online:

• Pachter sees into the future: XBL Gold will cost a hundred bucks Link
• Rare shows off Perfect Dark XBLA Link
• Rocket Knight remake officially announced Link
• Major Nelson: Halo Waypoint coming with Dashboard update preview Link
• Microsoft confirms rewards program for Xbox Live users Link
  

Rumor:

• First Microsoft Retail Store opening this week? Link
• Rumor: Killzone 3, Resistance 3, World at War 3 coming in 2010 Link
  

Industry:

• Datel “disappointed” at MS for storage device lockout Link
• Ballmer: Blu-ray add-on coming to Xbox 360 Link
• Major Nelson: We have no plans for Blu-ray on Xbox 360 Link
• Cheaters: the reason why unauthorized storage devices are getting the boot Link