Xbox 360 News for - July 3, 2008
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  Bungie Day is Coming July 7th -- Free Map! (via MajorNelson) -- On July 7th, Bungie is giving out a free map, "Cold Storage", free gamer pics, free theme, and they will be featuring a 7 player FFA playlist oldschool style for 48 hours. | |
 Free Halo 3 Map Pack Next Week (via ign) -- Bungie spreads the love with discounts and free downloads on 7/7. | |
 New Gears of War Singleplayer Shots (via Kotaku) -- Kotaku has just posted some singleplayer shots (well, a few, the rest are more like postcards for game environments), showing what the game will look like when you're not running around racking up cheap shotgun kills. | |
 Top 25 Games of all Time (via EW) -- EW has just posted their list of the top 25 games of all time. Topping the list are some old classics including Tetris, Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time, and Doom. Xbox 360 making the list include GTA IV, Halo, and Gears of War. | |
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Re: The First Hour And Beyond (via rampancy.net) -- Thanks for reading, and linking was my pleasure. I read about half the reviews on the site in the day or two after I found it. Looking forward to reviews of H2 and H3. Rampant for over se7en years. | |
Rock Band 2 Leaks More Songs? (via 360 HQ) - Looks like Rock Band info is leaking like an old boat, according to kotaku.com a thread over on the ScoreHero forums (now wiped clean by moderators) had listed a few more songs that are apparently due to appear in Rock Band 2 and it is looking good my friend. Lots of good stuff here to pick from for sure and even one i know will interest the HQ's own Hobb's, I myself cant wait to get my hands on some man in the box action. | |
Time to ditch the Xbox? (via LazyGamer) - I stumbled across a website called Nextgg.com this morning and found an article where the author is questioning whether or not it’s time to ditch the 360 for the PS3… He/she claims they were a hardcore Xbox 360 fan before and have now started to think that it may be time to jump ship. | |
Fallout 3 - AU Interview (via IGN) -- Fallout 3 (X360)What Bethesda learnt from Oblivion and the new direction it's taking Fallout in. | |
Holiday Weekend update (via Major Nelson) - With the E3 Media and Business Summit just around the corner, and the long holiday weekend here in the US I thought I’d take a moment to let you know that there will not be a show this Sunday. Instead (and depending on the weather here in the Northwest) I’ll be enjoying the local fireworks displays, and taking a day trip up to the San Juan Islands, just north of Seattle. | |
360 Rock Band Guitars Work With GH: Aerosmith Update Guitar Hero (via Kotaku) - Not that this will matter to any of you on a practical level, since we pray you won't actually pick up a copy of Guitar Hero Aerosmith, but it's good news on principle. Seems that Rock Band controllers will work with Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, with the G4TV team testing the 360 version and finding that all functions - including the whammy bar and star power - are up and running. | |
Halo 4 is already in development (via LazyGamer) - Apparently finishing the fight didn’t really mean what Bungie said it did. Not that I ever expected the billion dollar Halo series was going to be allowed to rest in peace. Apparently a new and completely unsubstantiated rumour has started up that Bungie has already started working on Bungie 4. | |
DualShock 3 And Xbox 360 Frankencontrollers Modding (via Kotaku) - The Xbox 360 DualShock? The PS3 Xbox 360 Controller? Over at Xbox-Scene Forums, moderator RDC has modded an Xbox 360 controller into a PS3 controller, writing: "The D-pad, Select, PS, Start, Square, Triangle, Circle, Cross, L1/R1 and L3/R3 buttons are all wired up right now and working, as are the LEDs for showing which controller it is. | |
Beijing 2008 - The Official Video Game of the Olympic Games Official Movie 3 (via Gamespot) -- Check out this official video, showcasing the best button-bashing techniques for Beijing 2008. | |
Beijing 2008 - The Official Video Game of the Olympic Games Official Movie 2 (via Gamespot) -- Check out this official video that showcases the control scheme for Beijing 2008. | |
Beijing 2008 - The Official Video Game of the Olympic Games Official Movie 1 (via Gamespot) -- Check out this official video that looks at the development of character models for Beijing 2008. | |
Rumor: Halo 4 announcement coming at E3 (via Xbox Scene) - From sarcasticgamer.com (http://sarcasticgamer.com/wp/index.php/2008/07/source-halo-4-announcement-coming-at-e3.html ): Our inside woman/man/thing got hold of some pretty exciting news. News that Bungie was already hard at work developing what will be Halo 4. Now we're told that this will be announced officially at E3. | |
Best Buy Ad Shows Xbox 360 Price Drop Too (via Xbox Scene) - From kotaku.com (http://kotaku.com/5022121/best-buy-ad-shows-xbox-360-price-drop ): Another retailer has shown that Microsoft is planning to drop the price of the Xbox 360 20GB model -- formerly known as the "Pro" -- to $299, as a Best Buy employee has forwarded us (obligatorily blurry) cell phone pics of an upcoming weekly ad. | |
Petition launched against PS3 installations (via LazyGamer) - One of my favourite topics is back, but this time I didn’t start it. A genius by the name of Joe Rivera has started up an online petition against the ridiculous PS3 installs which now seem to be a mandatory part of any decent, and rubbish, PS3 game. At the time of writing he only has about [. | |
TeamXbox: Unreal Tournament 3 Review (via N4G.com) - TeamXbox writes: "It's weird to think of something that's only nine years old as "old school". But in our industry, five years is practically an historical epoch, as the way games look and play go through major evolutions in those short time frames. Visually, the Unreal franchise and the engine it spawned remain at the forefront of technological advancement. | |
Microsoft to show their Wii-mote killer at E3? (via N4G.com) -- An inside tip that we have received from an anonymous user has told us that Microsoft will be showing their Wii-mote killer at E3 this year. | |
Raven Squad to marry RTS, FPS this fall (via Joystiq) - 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. | |
Two More Tales Games Coming, Both For Handhelds Tales Of The World: Radiant Mythology 2 (via Kotaku) - How many Tales games are already on their way? Dunno. We've lost count. Especially now that we know there are two more coming, one for the PSP, one for the DS. The PSP one's called Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2, which will feature the same main character as the upcoming Tales of Vesperia for the 360. | |
Midway Launches Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe Podcast (via Planet Xbox) -- Today Midway announced the launch of the official Mortal Kombat podcast, the MKast. Found at www.worldscollide.com, each episode will reveal new features and secrets of one of the videogame industry's most successful franchises. | |
UFC Undisputed 2009 Event Coverage (via Planet Xbox) -- Just over a week ago gaming press from all over the world gathered in a really expensive suite at the Palms Hotel in Las Vegas to get a first-glimpse of the upcoming UFC video game for the Xbox 360. | |
Dyack on 1UP Yours: Forums Need Reform (via 1Up) -- Too Human creator explains his social experiment. | |
Gundam Doubles Xbox 360 Sales In Japan As PSP Holds Strong In First Simple 2000: The Japanese Hardware Chart (via Kotaku) - Just because Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G sales are waning (finally) doesn't mean that the urge to buy PSP hardware is becoming any less intense. And even though the PSP doesn't have any software showing in the top ten for the week doesn't mean that it can't continue to rule the roost on the Media Create weekly sales charts. | |
360 Price Drop: Genius or Costly Mistake? (via N4G.com) - There's no denying that pinching pennies is on every American's mind right now. Well, at least those that own automobiles. With gas approaching the cost per gallon of Starbucks coffee, people can only hope and pray that hydrogen-powered cars are the real deal, or, that a Matisse shows up an unsuspecting owner's yard sale. | |
Re: Leonidas for Jazz Band (via rampancy.net) -- Hah! That is such an awesome and unique idea -for jazz band? Very nicely done, good arranging | |
