Xbox 360 News for - July 20, 2008
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  Alan Wake to show up at Tokyo Game Show (via QJ) - It's been more than three months since the Alan Wake (Xbox 360, PC) media blackout was rumored to be ending soon, and it looks like Microsoft and Remedy are finally getting ready to talk about the game. When, you ask? During this year's Tokyo Game Show, that's when.A new Windows Vista contest where the winner gets their digitized likeness added to Alan Wake seems as good a confirmation as any that the game will indeed be showing up at TGS. | |
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Afrika trailer (via Xboxyde) -- Sony Japan has updated the official Afrika page with this new trailer and a release date (Japan only): August 28. It certainly seems to look and move version nicely, but is this only a virtual photo safari? | |
That mysterious PS3 game (via LazyGamer) -- A few months ago a BBC correspondent posted an article on the BBC blog about an unnamed PS3 game that was going to blow us all away. In his own words If the footage I was shown truly is "in game", as told to me by the Sony PR people, then we could be on | |
Welcome Back (via GiantBomb) - I just ate some really sour candy. Hello and welcome to Giant Bomb. You've come at a very exciting time, as we've just launched the site. I'm trying to think of ways that I could be more excited, and I'm coming up short. We here at Giant Bomb and Whiskey Media have been hard at work on this site for some time now, and we're happy to finally share all this stuff with you. | |
Welcome Back (via GiantBomb) - I just ate some really sour candy. Hello and welcome to Giant Bomb. You've come at a very exciting time, as we've just launched the site. I'm trying to think of ways that I could be more excited, and I'm coming up short. We here at Giant Bomb and Whiskey Media have been hard at work on this site for some time now, and we're happy to finally share all this stuff with you. | |
Japan's hardware and software charts for July 7-13 (via QJ) - Japan's Media Create has released the latest weekly sales figures for gaming software and hardware in the country. Handhelds are still dominating the platform scene, but as far as software goes, the PlayStation 2 showed that it still had plenty of selling power.Persona 4 by Atlus made quite a splash with almost 200,000 units sold. | |
Portal: “Still Alive” First Details (via LazyGamer) - The first details of Portal “Still Alive” have surfaced after the very short and vague announcement given at E3. First things first, if you were hoping for a sequel to the funny and fantastic puzzle game released by Valve as a part of the Orange Box, you are going to be a little disappointed. | |
Never Forget Full Score (via rampancy.net) - After transcribing "Unforgotten" into a full score, I decided to do it again for the updated version, "Never Forget". I did it to the best of my ability, had to guess on some things, but I played it side by side with the Halo 3 CD and it sounded pretty darn close, if not exact, to me. | |
Summer Gaming Guide (via Arts Technica) -- The Ars Summer Gaming Guide helps you the heat by giving you an excuse to stay inside, basked in the cool glow of the LCD as you blast your way through one opponent after another.Read More... | |
All the Lips details that we know so far (via LazyGamer) - It’s another one of those games that I just don’t understand but it seems to be exactly what millions of people want. Lips, AKA Singstar for the 360, was announced at E3 and now Xbox360Fanboy has posted up all the details that you could possibly want to know. The part that stands out for me [. | |
Wanted Game New Screenshots (via N4G.com) -- The people at Grin where nice to provide us with new screenshots of the Comic/Movie to game adaptation of the film Wanted. | |
Game Lampoons UK Prime Ministers Concern Over Food Waste (via Gaming Today) - A new video game aims some subtle political satire at British Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s concern over food waste in the UK. The Wasted Food blog has a bit of a preview up for the side scrolling flash game. Gordon Brown and the Kingdom of the Wasters has gamers playing Brown as they sort out the good, the bad and the ugly of food thrown into the bin. | |
E3 Conference Battle: Sony vs. Microsoft (via N4G.com) - SCRAWL: "The press conferences of the big three have come and gone this year, but we will not be focusing on Nintendo's conference. We are focusing on the Microsoft and Sony Computer Entertainment E3 conferences of this year. Each of our writers have composed a paragraph of who they think won the conference war and why. | |
Q-motions Wireless Skateboard for Xbox 360 On Its Way (via Xbox Scene) - From chipchick.com (http://www.chipchick.com/2008/07/q-motions_wireless_skateboard_for_xbox_360_ps3_on_its_way.html ): We've been wondering when a dedicated surf/skateboard peripheral for Xbox360 and the PS3 would turn up. Well it's finally here, and this one will be wireless too. | |
LittleBigPlanet Top: Not Resistance 2 or Gears of War 2 (via N4G.com) -- When you look at games like Resistance 2 with its massive multiplayer gaming and fan base, also Gears of War 2 that equally has a big following and fantastic graphics. It will be hard to top these games, but it has been done by something "Little". | |
Ubisoft At E3: I Am Alive Debut Trailer (via Cinema Blend Games) - It wasnt all rehashing of old franchises this year at E3 for Ubisoft. The powerhouse developer announced theyre getting into the survival horror biz with I Am Alive, set to release in the spring of 2009. We dont have much information on the game except that it takes place in Chicago after the city is left in ruins. | |
Show #116 Info (via Squad XP) -- Rodder and I moved our recording date this week to Tuesday. So until then, jump online and play some video games until our next show is released.Kelly GomesEditor in ChiefGT: K Rock XPSquadXP.com | |
Games Industry Says E3 Must Change or Die (via Gaming Today) - Some of the games industry’s most influential people are aiming some sharp criticism at the Entertainment Software Association’s E3 Expo. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, EA boss John Riccitiello has had enough of E3’s more intimate setting. “I hate E3 like this. | |
CNN Battles Obesity Epidemic With Exergames in CNN Fit Nation Tour (via Gaming Today) - The CNN Fit Nation tour is using exergames to raise awareness of the growing “obesity epidemic in the United States. XerGames Technology Inc. is providing equipment for the 8-player XerDance game and Sportwall Group Training Stations. “We are very pleased to be the first exergame company in the CNN Fit Nation Tour,” said Jim Teatum of XerGames and the former President of Nautilus. | |
Ubisoft DRM snafu reminds us what's wrong with PC gaming (via Arts Technica) -- A new patch broke some legally downloaded versions of Rainbow Six Vegas 2, and Ubisoft made a quick and slightly embarrassing decision: officially use an illegal crack as a work-around. The situation is a troubling reminder of what's wrong with PC gaming.Read More... | |
UK Mayor Who Conquered Diasability To Be Mo-Capped For Video Game (via Gaming Today) - Fragment Media has arranged to motion capture a UK Mayor born with major upper limb deficiencies for an unspecified video game project. According to British tabloid News of the World, Crediton Mayor Frank Letch was discovered by the Newcastle development studio at a disability exhibition. | |
New 360 To Upscale DVD's (via N4G.com) - This past week Microsoft announced that they would be lowering the price of the 20GB Xbox and introducing a new model for $349.99 with a 60GB hard drive. This larger amount of storage will come in handy when the new system update hits so that you can store your games. Circuit city is now listing this new model with a release on August 8th, but they also gave some more information about the system. | |
Killzone 2 multiplayer combines TF2 with FFXI (via Arts Technica) -- While many of the show-floor shooters felt improved but unexciting, Killzone 2 multiplayer has the potential to mix up the increasingly-prominent class-based formula.Read More... | |
H.A.W.X. rocks Ubisoft's E3 room (via Arts Technica) -- H.A.W.X., Ubisoft's new Tom Clancy flight combat game, may look like just another Ace Combat, but a brand new camera option makes fighting in the skies more accessible than ever.Read More... | |
Ubisoft At E3: Far Cry 2 Details, Screens And Trailer (via Cinema Blend Games) -- Usually when a franchise is handed off to another development house fans and critics alike are wary. Even Far Cry 2, being developed by Ubisoft, had me wondering if the Crytek original could be at least matched. E3 2008 proved that not only will the sequel match Far Crys graphics and gameplay, | |
