Gears Of War Composer Interview (via News4Gamers) - Gears Of War has become one of the hits of 2006, capturing the hearts, minds, and chainsaw wielding fetishisms of gamers worldwide.
While the incendiary action is one of the major draws of the game, at the heart of its immersive intensity is the encompassing score as crafted by composer Kevin Riepl. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 2832 | 2 years ago
Capcom responds to Lost Planet text issue (via Xboxic) - Gamespot is reporting that Capcom has responded to the bustle about the text issue in the Lost Planet multiplayer demo. It looks like they got the message that a lot of their consumers weren’t very happy.
“Capcom is listening and taking our community to heart,” a Capcom representative said, adding, “We have noticed the recent [. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 1410 | 2 years ago
DTS output is coming to the Xbox 360 HD-DVD? (via Xbox Scene) - From amirm (Microsoft HD-DVD insider) on avsforum.com:Just a quick FYI that we are looking at this problem. I don't have an update on it because I was on vacation for a while. But for now, wanted to let you know that we are finalizing our DTS encoder which once done, should produce the same experience as the Toshiba player which everyone was happy with. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 1368 | 2 years ago
Medic, medic: Call of Duty 3 patch to fix issues (via Xboxic) - A poster on the Xbox.com forums with the gamertag fourzerotwo, claiming to be the Community Relations Manager for the Infinity Ward team, posted an update about a Call of Duty 3 patch that’s currently in the works. A follow-up post by a member of Treyarch’s team, Axis0f3vil, aka Dan, confirms the patch. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 1227 | 2 years ago
Fix for Splinter Cell: Double Agent released (via News4Gamers) -- Next time you'll start Splinter Cell: Double Agent a patch will be downloaded through Xbox Live. Although the game has been received pretty well, there seemed to be some problems with online playing. This patch should fix them all. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 1098 | 2 years ago
The Lost Planet mini-contest winner is ... (via Xbox 360 Fanboy) - Filed under: News, Fan stuffThe winner of our Lost Planet mini-contest has been selected, and the winner is Anticrawl. Anticrawl believes that he deserves this demo because he likes apple pie, and that's good enough for us (and our random number generator). Anticrawl now has access to an exclusive version of the Lost Planet multiplayer demo, containing the map "Dilapidation. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 1089 | 2 years ago
Rainbow Six Vegas' multiplayer co-op trailer (via QJ) - With only one more day to go before the much-awaited Rainbow Six Vegas heads out for your Xbox 360s, we have here some last-minute survival tips on how to fully maximize the fun, particularly with the Multiplayer Co-op mode.In the video we have here for you, Lead Game designer Jean-Pascal Cambiotti, along with Creative director Maxime Beland, gives us the three steps when set to engage in Multiplayer co-op. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 1053 | 2 years ago
Capcom fixes Lost Planet (via DCEmu) - It looks like all the complaining over the Lost Planet multiplayer demo's dingy text has paid off, as Capcom has promised the final game will automatically detect standard definition televisions and bump the text up a few font sizes.
The original complaint was over the leaderboard text in the elimination game mode, which in its current states needs several aligned magnifying glasses to read on an SD TV (hoho). Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 1041 | 2 years ago
Kotaku Magu: Famitsu Doesn't Review Blue Dragon (via Kotaku) - The monthly Famitsu 360 weighs in on pretty much every upcoming Xbox 360 release, save for Blue Dragon. The scoring at Famitsu is done by four editors who rate games on a 1-10 scale. Here's what the Japanese mag says:
Dead or Alive Xtreme 2: 9/9/8/9 (35/40)
Zegapain NOT: 6/7/6/7 (26/40)
World Soccer Winning Eleven X: 8/9/8/8 (33/40)
Oneechanbara vorteX: 7/7/6/9 (29/40)
Earth Defence Force 3: 8/8/7/9 (32/40)
Lost Planet: 9/9/8/8 (34/40)
A-Train HX: 6/7/7/7 (27/40)
Sonic the Hedgehog: 7/8/8/7 (30/40)
Prey: 7/6/8/7 (28/40)
Wow, Famitsu likes DoA X2, a game its website has been promoting for the past month, better than Lost Planet? There must be an explanation for this. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 966 | 2 years ago
Lost Planet text is oh so bigger (via Xbox 360 Fanboy) - Filed under: News, Xbox LiveIf you sadly only own a standard definition (SD) television and own a copy of Capcom's Dead Rising you probably already know that the text in the game is way too tiny to read. Capcom was barraged with complaints and we thought they learned their lesson . Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 900 | 2 years ago
Splinter Cell: Double Agent gets patched (via Xboxic) - If you fire up Splinter Cell: Double Agent today, then you will find that the game requires an update. The game did get an excellent review, but it seems like some people experienced some online problems. The patch that Ubisoft released today seems to fix all those problems, most of the fixes are for the [. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 810 | 2 years ago
Wall Street Journal The Wii Won Our Hearts (via Kotaku) -
Another day, another mainstream press outlet singing the praises of the Wii. This time it's the Wall Street Journal's Walter J. Mossberg. Who? Trust me. Dude's a big deal. Wired once said of him "few reviewers have held so much power to shape an industry's successes and failures" and that he "makes or breaks products from his pundit perch" so people pay attention when Mossberg talks personal tech. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 804 | 2 years ago
Rare Not Sure About Downloadable Content Neither Are We (via Kotaku) -
Add Microsoft owned developer Rare to those who aren't sure downloadable content is teh future. While some companies exploit the crud outta micro-transactions to profit from half-finished games, Rare is waiting it out. Take the company's Viva Piñata, which is short on things you can buy online. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 777 | 2 years ago
Rainbow Six Vegas Review (via Planet Xbox) - I have been to Las Vegas on one occasion and it was such an experience that I will never forget it as long as I walk this earth. The lights, the money, the strange people; it all adds up to an environment unlike any other place on earth. So it would only be normal for the setting that is Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 759 | 2 years ago
HDTV buyers want games, movies, not TV shows (via Joystiq) - Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, BusinessCanada's MarketNews Daily has the scoop on a Frank Magid Associates report which says only 47 percent of this year's HDTV buyers have any intention of watching high-definition TV programming on their new sets, down from 63 percent last year. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 741 | 2 years ago