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Contest: Caption this Street Fighter pic! [Update]

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Winning Caption: Zangief: In communist Russia Meixcan Headdress wears Ryu!

Thanks for so many great submissions everyone! In fact, there were so many good ones, I couldn’t leave it up to my own judgment. So many of them had me literally laughing out loud. So I left it up to everyone’s favorite Random.org. It declared the winner to be Webbut! Congrats, and keep on coming back for more contests and Better Know a Gamer!

original post below…
Been deciding what to do with this code I had for Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix had laying that’s around for a while… finally decided on a giveaway! And what better kind than the easiest one there is? A caption contest!

See the picture above? I got it from the official Street Fighter website, thought it looked funny enough to use… so I welcome your submissions, funny, serious, whatever! You make a caption, I find the best one, and the winner gets the code for Super SFII Turbo HD Remix!

To enter, leave your caption as a comment on this post. Leave your Gamertag as a means of contacting you and the winner will receive the code as an Xbox Live Message. Open to the United States only at this time, due to a limitation of the code. Entries must be received by 7:00 PM EDT (GMT -5) on Friday, June 19th. Good luck!

WinBreak.com Registration is encouraged but not required.

Exclusive: Halo 3 ODST Special Edition Pictures!

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WBX: WinBreak Exclusive
Low-Res images found their way into my hands recently of the Halo 3 ODST “Special Edition” package. What makes it special? You get a controller, similar to the one that was released with the Halo 3 special edition Xbox 360 console. Two weeks ago, Kotaku released a full sized image of the controller. We are pleased to be the first to bring you the packaging shots of this new special edition game/controller combo.

tagged exlcusive because I have yet to see the angled/back of the case on other sites, perhaps they do exist, but I haven’t seen’em! I’m just hoping for some higher res shots, I want to read the back of that package!

Reminder: Xbox Live Down June 16 '09

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Awesome? Yes. Xbox Operations Center? No.

Yeah it’s old news, but I figured now was a good time for a reminder.

From MajorNelson:
On Tuesday, June 16th from 7:01AM UTC (12:01 AM PST) for up to 24 hours, Xbox Live will be offline for maintenance. As a result, Xbox LIVE and the ‘My Xbox’ section of Xbox.com will be unavailable, and the Xbox forums will be in read only mode (you won’t be able to post.)

The remainder of Xbox.com will be available with limited interruptions.

This service maintenance is to prepare for some of the recently announced features that will be available later this year.

Let me reiterate: When the service returns, you will not have any new functions or features. This is for scheduled maintenance only.

Xbox 360 "Pro" going away?

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Will Microsoft be dropping the “Pro” and console from the international lineup?

Recently, pictures of these boxes began to appear on international shopping sites, but only new box designs for the Arcade and Elite have shown up thus far. The new box designs are part of the Microsoft rebranding, to include the new Xbox Live Avatar characters on everything from Microsoft Point cards to Gold subscriptions. The “back of box” shots also include new slogans. For the Arcade: “Fun For One, Fun For All”

And for the Elite: “Unleash the full power of Entertainment”

I guess we’ll be forced to wait and see if a new “Pro” box design appears, or if Microsoft is pushing for maximum storage? Note that, at this time, the box redesign does still show the Elite at 120GB, as opposed to the hopes and dreams of many podcasters and bloggers (including myself) have recently been wondering if Microsoft intended to put out a 250GB drive. Something else we’ll all just have to wait for.