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Microsoft Calls Time On Xbox 360 - This Week In Retro 179

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13th July 2024 1 hr 2 min

The BBC went to visit DMA in Dundee. Microsoft is shutting the Xbox 360 store, has it had its time? With the recent video detailing the making of Syndicate by Bullfrog we wonder if that was the first game where you played as the bad guy?

All this and your Community Question Of The Week answers plus other retro computing and gaming news in brief.

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00:00 - Show Opening

08:45 - BBC At DMA For GTA

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Keith Chegwin At Ocean: https://www.youtube.com

23:36 - 360 Retirement

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34:45 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below

42:42 - Crime Pays?

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53:17 - Community Question of the Week

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This Week in Retro is a weekly roundup of the hottest stories from the world of retro gaming and computing, voted on by you, the listener! Hosted by Neil from RMC and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.

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