Posts in category xbox360
by Christopher Grant Jul 5th 2008 10:00PM
Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Joyswag
Our five (
non-consecutive) day long
Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath Xbox 360 giveaway is at an end. Here's how you could win the one, final copy:
- To enter this giveaway, leave a comment telling us Where in the World Bobblehead Kane is (is that Serra?)
- You must be 18 years or older and a resident of the US or Canada (excluding Quebec ... and Serrans)
- Limit 1 entry per person per calendar day (comment more than once and you'll be disqualified)
- This entry period ends at 10:00pm ET on Sunday, July 6th. We'll randomly select a winner at that time (please check your email!)
- For a list of complete rules, click here
Oh, and in case you were curious, the last four cities were:
Lyon, France (Lyon-Satolas Airport Railway Station);
Milan, Italy (Duomo Square);
Moscow (Red Square); and
Cologne, Germany (Cologne Cathedral).
by Griffin McElroy Jul 5th 2008 7:30PM
Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Driving
Fans of Criterion's vehicular vehicleslaughter sim
Burnout Paradise were supposed to receive
the title's third major update this coming Thursday, codenamed "Cagney". The
vaudevillian actor-turned-downloadable content
will give Paradisians the opportunity to play through more than 70 events online in FreeBurn mode -- unfortunately, Paradisians of the Xbox 360 variety will have to wait a bit longer than their PS3 counterparts to enjoy the free update.
Unsurprisingly, the source of the hold-up is the rigorous Xbox Live certification process, which took longer than Criterion had expected.
Their new release date for "Cagney" is the following Monday, July 14 -- though this delay won't affect
PS3 owners. Nor will it affect DS owners, restaurant entrepreneurs, professional poker players, the current Dalai Lama, or the actual James Cagney, who is, in fact, deceased.
by Griffin McElroy Jul 5th 2008 4:30PM
Filed under: PC, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Action, Online
In
our interview with Diablo 3 lead designer Jay Wilson, it was explained that there were no plans to bring the long-awaited title to any platform other than PC and Mac. However, in the six days that have passed since said interview, a couple of Blizzard higher-ups weren't quite as dismissive of the possibility of the dungeon crawler making an appearance on our primitive
gameboxes -- though the language used to describe this possibility hasn't exactly given us
high-apple-pie-in-the-sky hopes.
When asked about a console rendition of the third entry in the Lord of Terror-slaying franchise,
Blizzard COO Paul Sams gave an inconclusive "I don't know yet," though
Vice President of Game Design Rob Pardo suggested a console port was "theoretically possible," as out of all of Blizzard's franchises,
Diablo would be the most console-friendly. We guess a theoretical "yes" is better than an actual "no", or a metaphorical "maybe", but we're still not holding our bated breath for a non-compy version of
Diablo the Third. by Christopher Grant Jul 4th 2008 10:00PM
Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Joyswag
Our five (
non-consecutive) day long
Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath Xbox 360 giveaway continues. Here's how you could win:
- To enter this giveaway, leave a comment telling us Where in the World Bobblehead Kane is (is that Serra?)
- You must be 18 years or older and a resident of the US or Canada (excluding Quebec ... and Serrans)
- Limit 1 entry per person per calendar day (comment more than once and you'll be disqualified)
- This entry period ends at 10:00pm ET on Saturday, July 5th. We'll randomly select a winner at that time (please check your email!)
- For a list of complete rules, click here
by Christopher Grant Jul 4th 2008 1:16PM
Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360
click for more pics of Cold Storage
Confused about what exactly you need to do to play the new Halo 3 multiplayer map,
Cold Storage, come Monday, Bungie Day? Let Bungie's Luke & Co. explain it all in the "On the Seven7th Day" vidoc, embedded after the break. In short, you need the Heroic map pack (
don't worry, it's free), the Legendary map pack (it's being dropped from $10 to $7.50 on Monday) and then, of course the Cold Storage map which, they want you to know, will be free not only on Bungie Day but every day. You also get a good idea of what the map – a remake of
Halo: Combat Evolved's "Chill Out" – has got to offer.
Oh, and what's this about celebrating Bungie's independence as a multi-game studio by announcing a game on Bungie Day? Seven guys in a shoebox? Just banter or a tease of what Bungie's got planned for Monday? No, seriously, we're asking you here ...
Continue reading "On the Seven7th Day" Bungie shows you Cold Storage
by Justin McElroy Jul 4th 2008 9:45AM
Filed under: PC, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Fighting
We have a very clear memory of watching the video we've linked to during
Captivate 08 and wishing only that we could bring it to you, the masses. Why? Well, for starters, it's lifted from
Street Fighter IV, which we hear you, the masses, are pretty excited about. Second? It's absolutely gorgeous. Today we're able to share the clip with you, so you may now "feel the drama," as they say, between Ryu and Akuma.
What's better is that we heard that the home version of the game would be chock-full of anime clips like these, one for each character, which may be enough to pique the interest of even the non-fighting faithful.
by Jason Dobson Jul 4th 2008 4:00AM
Filed under: PC, Microsoft Xbox 360, First Person Shooters, Strategy
Hey, you got real-time strategy in our first-person shooter! That's the mantra we could be chanting this fall when
SouthPeak and Evolved Games partner to release
Raven Squad: Operation Hidden Dagger, a new RTS/FPS hybrid, for the Xbox 360 and PC.
Developed by Budapest, Hungary outfit, Atomic Motion, the game will allow players to swap between both real-time strategy and first-person shooter gameplay as they take control of two mercenary squads fighting their way out of the Amazon, the first shots of which can be seen below. However, as interesting as the mash-up sounds, there is an old saying about doing one thing, and doing it well, and we can't help but feel that
Raven Squad will be a jack of all trades (well, at least two), and a master of none.
by Randy Nelson Jul 3rd 2008 9:44PM
Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Rhythm
Guitar Hero World Tour is going to let players make their own songs, so it only stands to reason that
Rock Band 2 will as well, right?
Right? Not according to Alex Rigopulos, the CEO and co-founder of
Rock Band developer
Harmonix.
Speaking to CNN, Rigopulos states that his company "wanted to do [song creation] right." He adds that Harmonix is "taking a radically different approach" to player-created tracks – presumably he means from the way
Guitar Hero World Tour dev
Neversoft is handling it – and will "take more time to do it." So,
Rock Band 3 with a song creator it is then, right?
Right? by Kyle Orland Jul 3rd 2008 8:30PM
Filed under: Culture, Microsoft Xbox 360, Fashion
"Well of course they did," you're probably saying to yourself after reading the above headline. "Practically every game on the Xbox 360 has
3D graphics. When is this news from, 1987? HA! HA! *snort*." Don't be such a smartass, hypothetical reader! We're talking about
stereoscopic 3D displays, such as those being used by
Ubisoft's upcoming Avatar game or
Texas Instruments' upcoming DualView TV.
In an
excerpt from an interview with GamesIndustry.biz, XNA General Manager Chris Satchell revealed that Microsoft actually looked into using this stereoscopic technology for gaming, but determined the need for special glasses made the idea impractical. "I think it is hard to be mainstream with asking people to wear headgear to play games," he said, thus explaining the failure of
Hat Hat Revolution. That said, Satchell hinted at "some very interesting technology being developed that can overcome this obstacle, and it will be interesting to see where this leads." Oh,
we all know where this leads, all right.
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