News Blips: 360 Price Cuts Official, Capcom Announcing New Games, Free Facebook/Twitter for Gold Members, and More

OK, Nintendo — it’s your turn now. We expect a Wii price cut in 5…4…3…2…1… 1… 1… Is this thing on?

News Blips:


360 price cut official; still fat, though. Microsoft announced today that it’s slashing the price of the 120GB 360 Elite to $300, down from its original price of 400 bones. Shame it doesn’t come with a copy of Wii Fit, though. Boy does it need it. [GameSpot]

No way: Capcom announcing new games at the Tokyo Game Show. Capcom put up a tweet saying it will announce new games at next month’s Tokyo Game Show. If we don’t get at least two Mega Man games, we’re going to be really, really disappointed. [1UP]

Xbox Live Silver members have to pay to tweet about taking a poo. Microsoft confirmed that Xbox Live Gold members will get to use the upcoming Twitter and Facebook services for free, while Silver members will have to eventually pay for it. But it’s totally worth it. Where else can you alert people about your fecal patterns? It’s not like there’s this free thing called the Internet or anything… [Joystiq]

Pay $10 to play one level in Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. Up today on Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network is a new level for The Force Unleashed set in the desert city of Tatooine. That’s $5 for each moon. What a deal! [Shacknews]


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