With the arrival of the New Xbox Experience this past week came the capability to install games to the hard drive, reducing load times and eliminating the deafening noise produced by the console’s DVD-ROM. We’ve already heard reports that some games won’t have any improvement when installed, due to the way they were designed. Now, we’ve received word that some games simply cannot be installed at all.

The good news is that it’s an pretty short list of titles (thus far, though more might exist). There are not only very good odds that you don’t have most of the games in question, but that you would also not play them with enough frequency for it to be an issue. The only major exception being Crackdown, which does have some annoying load times that I would have liked to have cut back on.

The bad news is that Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 is on the list. I think we all know how interminable the wait can be to have an experience you’re really looking forward to, joystick in hand. Well, it isn’t going to get any shorter, I’m afraid.

The list of affected games follows the jump.

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Sonic Unleashed shipped in North America this week for PlayStation 2 and the Wii, and to commemorate the event, Sega have unveiled Sonic’s first short film.

Head over to the official Web site to check out Sonic: Night of the Werehog in its entirety, a CGI film resmiscent of Disney Pixar films. Or that other company that’s not Pixar, but does quality CGI family pictures … you know, that one. In any case, it’s definitely an amusing, quality short, well worth checking out. Because really, you have nothing better to do.

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OK, let’s me just state this right now — Criterion has done downloadble content superior than anyone else this generation. Sure, Harmonix/MTV are rocking it weekly with Rock Band DLC, but Criterion’s Burnout Paradise stuff? All free, and mostly radically game-changing.

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A Bethesda community manager recently revealed that the company is actively working on a patch for all three versions of Fallout 3. His statement, framed as a response on Bethesda’s official message board, was quite vague.

He told users, “We [Bethesda] are currently working on a patch for all three platforms. When I’ve got more details, I’ll let everyone know.” That means all of you sitting on a pile of pre-war books and Nuka-Colas that won’t count for mission goals are going to have to wait a bit longer. The same goes for all of you PlayStation 3 owners who might not enjoy some of the problems that you’re having specific to your platform.

If you’re not having any problems thus far, rejoice, but know that this patch won’t be able to solve a problem that our very own Conrad has with the game. After 100 hours of play, he points out that the ending could use a bit of fixing.

Have many of you experienced a problem? What would you like to see a patch handle?

[via CVG]

Via Destructoid

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Hey look — more Prince of Persia news! After a somewhat soft marketing and PR push for the upcoming title, Ubisoft have been on a roll lately with their Prince of Persia news.

Now this day, they’ve announced that the game has gone gold, which means it’s done and ready to go to manufacturing for its early December release (the 3rd in the US, the 5th in the UK). Ubisoft has also released the fourth developer diary, which details a bit about the game’s open world.

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According to eagle-eyed Score Hero forum folks, a sneak peak at next week’s Rock Band downloadable content briefly appeared on the in-game music store.

And what exactly did they see? Oh, just this pile of rad …

Soundgarden Singles:
“Jesus Christ Pose”
“Pretty Noose”

Lamb of God single:
“Laid To Rest”

Yngwie Malmsteen Pack 01
“Red Devil’
“Damnation Game”
“Caprici Di Diablo”

The Kilers Pack 01
“Spaceman”
“Mr. Brightside”
“Smile Like You Mean It”

If this is true, it looks like there’s a little something here for everyone. Or, from where I’m looking at things, nine God damned songs I’ll be spending money on next week. No word on pricing, but it’ll likely be in line with earlier DLC (i.e. every dime I’ve got … jerks).

[Thanks, power-glove]

Via Destructoid

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This day, Ubisoft announced that Altair would be making a special appearance in their upcoming game, Prince of Persia. It’s not Altair in the literal sense — it’s a skin. In less exciting news, you can also have the chance to download the protagonist from Sands of Time.

To get the Altair skin, you’ll have to do a bit running around. First, register at Ubisoft’s official website. Then, after purchasing the title on December 3, you’ll need to head back over to the site and register your gamertag or PSN screen name in conjunction with the game. You’ll probably be prompted with a redeemable code for the outfit at this point. If you want the classic PoP skin, you’ll have to pre-order at your local GameStop to get a code that probably won’t work the first day the game comes out.

If you aren’t excited about the new Prince of Persia, you probably should be. It has an awesome art direction and features a non-invasive sidekick. I want to believe it, but I can’t seem to drink enough to wipe those memories of Natasha from my brain.

[via IGN, thanks power-glove!]

Via Destructoid

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Kako hud high tech!

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Eyebrows have been raised in Orange Country, Florida, after a Sheriff’s Deputy allegedly took a man’s Xbox 360 from him instead of issuing a ticket. The original owner was apparently pulled over for speeding when the deputy confiscated his console, and now the Sherrif’s office is trying to explain itself.

“He stated, ‘When you got your receipt and box and we’ll meet someplace, you show me your receipt and I’ll give you your game.’ I didn’t understand them,” explained

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