The big headline this week (other than Modern Warfare 2) has been Microsoft bringing down the ban hammer on anywhere between 600,000 and 1,000,000+ people that have modified their Xbox 360 to play illegal copies of games. This is a good thing. Those pirates do not deserve sympathy. And anyone who thinks they were justified in stealing games is just completely, utterly, dead wrong. This whole ordeal raises a few questions for honest gamers, however, and I'll try to answer them here.

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I don't usually post rumors unless I'm pretty sure they're true (even if it is a gut feeling, I haven't been wrong yet), so take this with a grain of salt, but it is likely going to be true.

MCV UK has a story up today about launch details on Project Natal leaking from a secret Microsoft tour. They claim that -

• Natal will launch worldwide in November 2010
• It will cost less than £50 (around $80 U.S. dollars)
• Will have 14 games for launch

These things are all roughly in line with what we thought it was going to be anyway. Microsoft can't make it too expensive or they'll kill it before it even comes out, so $80 (or less as a few other things are indicating) is a great price. This isn't confirmed, but it makes sense so I'm inclined to believe it.

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Project Natal Fact Sheet

LEGO Rock Band is a more kid-friendly game than other music/rhythm games have been, but underneath the LEGO veneer it is still pure, classic Rock Band. It plays great, has a decent list of songs, and the trademark LEGO videogame silly humor still works really well here. It is cute, and fun, and funny, and definitely still rocks. Find out all of the details here in our full LEGO Rock Band review.

LEGO Rock Band Review (X360)

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Tekken 6 offers 40 characters, plenty of modes, and the great gameplay that the series has always been known for. It doesn't look as nice as other Xbox 360 fighters, and the Scenario Campaign is pretty darn awful, but the core gameplay is still really, really good which makes Tekken 6 worth playing even if there are some rough spots in other aspects of the game. Find out all of the details here in our full review.

Tekken 6 Review (X360)

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