Xbox Live Marketplace - sports demos galore
(via Xboxic) - Do you remember the last time 3 demos were released on Xbox Live Marketplace on the same day? Probably not, in fact, it has probably never happened until today! Demos of UEFA Champions League 2006-2007, Brian Lara Cricket 2007 and Ricky Ponting Cricket 2007 are now available for download.
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Epic threatens to curb stomp fan for Gears of War 'Munny' doll
(via Joystiq) - Filed under: Culture, Microsoft Xbox 360, BusinessEmilio Lopez's custom Gears of War doll certainly appears professionally made -- enough so that we expressed a desire to see it manufactured and sold at retail. The doll even came in a mock retail box when Emilio presented it to his cousin as a Christmas gift.
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Epic Threatens over Custom Gears of War Figure
(via Xbox Scene) - It shouldn't always be Sony making stupid PR mistakes ... today the award goes to Epic Games for sending a 'cease and desist' letter to Emilio Lopez for creating a nice little Gears of War Munny as Christmas present for his cousin. Note that only one was made, and it has never been offered for sale or made any profit from it.
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Gears of War bags top honors at GDCA 07
(via QJ) - At this year's Game Developers Choice Awards, Gears of War stood head and huge padded shoulders over other nominees as it took home the Best Game award. Epic Studios' hit next gen videogame title also bagged awards for Visual Arts and Technology.Clover Studio's PS2 title Okami and Nintendo's Wii Sports also got high accolades.
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GDC: Gears of War Cleans Up At Awards
(via SPOnG) -- Game Developers Choice Awards dishes out the honours
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GDC 2007: Designing the Sounds of Gears of War with destroyed beauty
(via QJ) - Every time I hear the words "Gears of War" and "sounds" used in a sentence, I always hear and see the Mad World trailer ("All around me are familiar faces, worn out places, worn out faces...") replaying in my mind. Face it. That vid was effective marketing on their part.
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GDC 07: Gears of War Sweeps Developers Choice Awards
(via Xbox Scene) - From gamasutra.com:Epic Games and Microsoft Game Studios' Xbox 360 shooter Gears of War won Best Game at the Game Developers Choice Awards, hosted by the Game Developers Conference (GDC) at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco. The title also picked up awards for Visual Arts and Technology.
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Everything You Wanted to Know About Gears of War ...
(via Game Spy) -- Gears of War (X360)Epic Games' Cliffy B. gives the blockbuster shooter a chainsaw autopsy at GDC 2007.
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Gears of War Wins Big at GDC
(via Planet Xbox) -- Last night was a big happy time for Gears of War, and not just because I hosted a game party.  Three Game Developers Choice Awards - sexy scamps that they are - decided to go home with Marcus Fenix and friends.
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Blue Dragon DL Content Hits Japan Tomorrow
(via Kotaku) - Japanese Blue Dragon owners will get some downloadable content tomorrow (March 9). Six quest items can be had, free of charge, for gold subscribers. Silver subscribers? You are lesser men, and as such have to wait until March 16, but you'll still get them. Still free for you, too.
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Screen Update: Blue Dragon
(via GamePro) -- Some sizzling new screens...
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New screens from Blue Dragon
(via Totally 360) -- Fresh new looks from GDC...
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UK Exclusive Brian Lara Demo Hits Live
(via IGN) -- Brian Lara International Cricket 2007 (X360)Codemasters takes to the practice nets with its latest cricket game.
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Hands On: Guitar Hero II 360 Impressions
(via Kotaku) - Thirty floors up overlooking Sydney's Darling Harbour - there are worse places to drink beer, eat pizza and play some Guitar Hero II on 360. Lots worse. I arrive late. Well, I arrive at the general location early, expecting a street number and a bar name to be sufficient to get me there.
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Battlestations: Midway Tips from Prima Games
(via Xbox Games) -- Experience naval combat in the Pacific theater in World War 2 from inside the cockpit of a fighter plane and on the bridge of a battleship in Battlestations: Midway. Get the edge with these tips from Prima.
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Xbox 360 Media New Age of Conan - Hyborian Adventures Screenshots
(via VGGEN) -- First screens specific to the Xbox 360 version.
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Rainbow Six Vegas gets the patch treatment
(via Xbox 360 Fanboy) - Filed under: News, Xbox LiveIf you've played Rainbow Six Vegas since Tuesday, you'll know that there was a patch you had to download earlier in the week. And this isn't a boring little patch, oh no. This is a gameplay changing, bug fixing, behemoth of a patch. Ubi_Rickas originally posted the full details of the patch on the official forums, outlining what Ubisoft fixed.
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Microsoft on the hunt for originality with Xbox Live Arcade
(via Joystiq) - Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, BusinessIn a self-sponsored session, Microsoft Senior Program Manager, Katie Stone Perez, laid out what they're looking for when it comes to new titles for Xbox Live Arcade. The six most important factors for a successful submission are worldwide appeal, cooperative play, multiplayer features, visual redesigns for ports, a family-friendly design and of course, paid downloadable content.
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Mass Effect release date hint dropped new screens
(via Xboxic) - IGN had a little chit-chat with Bioware’s Ray Muzyka at this year’s GDC and when they asked him whether or not their upcoming RPG Mass Effect was being shown at E3 this year he answered with a rather mysterious hint. The game probably won’t be shown at E3 so IGN came to the conclusion that [.
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Review: Def Jam Icon
(via GamePro) -- Icon claims the ground where beat-down and beat-box meet.
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Gears of Wars Takes Top Prizes at Awards Show
(via Gamerscore Blog) - Gears of War was honored at the Game Developers Choice Awards, with three awards, including Best Game.  Congratulations to Epic Games!  Best Game: Gears of War (Epic Games / Microsoft Game Studios) - Cliff Bleszinski, Michael Capps, Rod Fergusson Technology: Gears of War (Epic Games / Microsoft Game Studios) - Michael Capps, Ray Davis, Tim Sweeney, Daniel Vogel Visual Arts: Gears of War (Epic Games / Microsoft Game Studios) - Jerry O'Flaherty, Chris Perna Worth Playing has more detail on the event, and the other winners.
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Review: Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
(via GamePro) -- Tom Clancy's elite warriors of the future keep on rockin' in the free world.
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Celebrities auction off custom Guitar Hero II controllers for charity
(via QJ) - RedOctane, Activision, and MusiCares have recently announced that they will be holding a charity auction event, and that various celebrities have agreed to pitch in.Dubbed as "Rock, Paint, Bid", the project will basically consist of celebrities who will each be given a Guitar Hero II controller for them to design, customize and personalize.
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Xbox Live Arcade: higher file size cap equals higher prices
(via QJ) - Xbox Live Arcade titles used to have a cap size limit of 50MB. Earlier this week, Microsoft announced that it has officially raised that limit to 150MB, making it possible for developers to add more content and flair, so to speak.Microsoft Casual Games Manager Bryan Trussel mentioned during this year's Game Developers Conference (GDC) that this should have repercussions on pricing.
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GDC 2007: Fable 2 -- In the Dog House
(via IGN) -- Fable 2 (X360)Molyneux lifts the veil on the first major addition to Fable 2.
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Screen Update: Lost Odyssey
(via GamePro) -- Loose youself in this new peek at Lost Odyssey.
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Forza Motorsport 2 Update: American Production Cars, Livery Editor, GDC, and More
(via Gamerscore Blog) -- For all you lovers of good ol’ American muscle cars, we’re announcing the line up of more than 50 American production cars that will be included in “Forza Motorsport 2,” nearly half of which will be making their Forza debut when the game launches worldwide in May. ...(read more)
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GDC 2007: Fable 2 Demo Video
(via Game Spy) -- Fable 2 (X360)Man's best friend in a virtual world.
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Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
(via DCEmu) - REGION FREE Xbox 360 Game released: The award-winning original next-generation killer app returns with Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter™ 2. The Ghosts are back! It's 2014, and the soldier of the future returns to encounter a new and more imminent threat along the recently completed wall on the U.
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Rumour: Mass Effect Out Before July?
(via Kotaku) - Little tenuous, yeah, but anything to do with Mass Effect getting inside my 360 gets tagged as super important. According to Bioware's Ray Muzyka, the game won't be shown at E3. Not even a little bit. E3 is being held in mid-July. If your game is yet to hit the shelves, you'd think showing it to the press at E3 and letting it build a little more hype would be a good idea.
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