One of the best new features of the New Xbox Experience is the ability to install games to the 360’s hard drive. While doing so still requires use of the game disc to verify you own it, load times are decreased, and there’s no airplane-like noise coming from your 360 as you play. Unfortunately, the [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 17, 2008
Over the weekend, Xbox Live went through a period of downtime and technical issues the likes of which had not been seen since last year’s holidays. Was the downtime due to the high volume of online gamers crowding up Gears of War 2 or Call of Duty: World at War, or was it perhaps related [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, November 15, 2008
Microsoft will be giving away one million Microsoft Points in their Download & Win Sweepstakes, a promotion for the New Xbox Experience.
Continue reading...Friday, November 14, 2008
I am not a member of the Midnight Club. I have never participated in an illegal street race, nor have I played any of Rockstar Games’ Midnight Club series which focus on street racing. Hell, I’ve never even seen The Fast and the Furious; apart from some foolish moving violations earned in my youth, I [...]
Continue reading...Friday, November 14, 2008
Since October 15th, Ubisoft’s Prince of Persia developer blog has featured a post entitled “How To Make a Trailer in Seven Easy Steps.” The post’s existence implies two things: One, that the Prince of Persia developers have a degree of experience making particularly awesome trailers, and two, that with the proper instruction, anyone else can [...]
Continue reading...Friday, November 14, 2008
Months ago, one wise individual realized that February 2009 marked the 20th anniversary of Street Fighter, and that it would thus make sense that Street Fighter IV would be released in the that month. When it was revealed that the new Street Fighter movie would debut in February, a journalist suggested that Capcom could realize [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, November 13, 2008
This week, Microsoft had an early gift for some modded consoles in their Xbox Live update: a nice, festive banning. According to Major Nelson, “Microsoft has taken action against a small percentage of Xbox 360 consoles that have been illegally modified in order to play pirated games.”
Continue reading...Thursday, November 13, 2008
Last Tuesday, Rockstar Games co-founder Dan Houser wasn’t sure. But today, it seems pretty likely that November will mark the latest in the long series of delays that have plagued the $50 million Grand Theft Auto IV DLC. At the BMO Capital Markets conference today in New York City, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick told attendees not [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, November 13, 2008
Twinkle twinkle little star… The airtight door seals behind you with the trademark whoosh of electric hinges, and you steal a glance left and right as quick as you can, your heartbeat audibly quickening. To your right, a dead end. Immediately, on instinct you press up against the wall. Walls are good. Walls are safe. Walls [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, November 12, 2008
When Fable 2 was first released, I greeted it with fair to moderate excitement. “Hooray!” I thought, “Something to play until Fallout 3 comes out.” It was perfect for my purposes and did a nice enough job of distracting me for that one week. It was short, pretty to look at (zomg 9000 leaves), had [...]
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Thursday, November 20, 2008
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