Xbox 360News for - October 8, 2008
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  For all you gamerscore whores.... (via Kotaku) -- Do you fancy a high gamerscore but cannot be bothered to play the games? Well here is the easy way to have one of the top all time gamerscores | |
 2008 Oscar Picks from Lord Bling (via Ryan the Angry Midget) - The Oscar nominees were named this morning, and frankly, I'm a little pissed that Rambo didn't get a nod for Best Foreign Language Film. Seriously, I need a Rosetta Stone to understand half of what Stallone says in his movies, and now that he's 61 years old, I don't see it getting any better. | |
 Lives are safed by knowledge learned from video game. (Propoganda?) (via Kotaku) -- Gamer saves lives using video game knowledge. America's Army apparently taught a man how to assess and treat wounds. This is possibly propaganda for the awful game, but at least its a positive news story for gamers. | |
 Star Wars Meets Sould Caliber (via GameInformer) -- It looks like Yoda and Darth Vader are going to be in Soul Caliber 4. PlayStation 3 owners will get to play as Darth Vader and Xbox 360 owners will have Yoda | |
 Sex scene critic silenced over Mass Effect (via News.com.au) -- "Outspoken conservative Kevin McCullough has been censored by his own website after angering the gaming community with his views on in-game sex scenes" | |
 The Club Demo Now Available in the US (via MajorNelson) -- The Club demo that was previously released in Australia. Europe and New Zealand is now available in North America. The demo comes in at 1.36 GB. | |
 Battlefield: Bad Company Delayed (via LazyGamer) -- It seems that Battlefield: BC has been delayed from March until June 2008 worldwide. This is apparently due to some extra polishing that the title still requires. That or the fact that they don't want to land in direct retail competition with MGS4, GTAIV and Rainbow 6 Vegas 2. | |
 LIVE Activity for week commencing 14/1/08 (via 360 Monster) - Activision's top title, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare has knocked HALO 3 of the top spot for the most played game on Xbox Live. This come as Major Nelson reveals LIVE Activity for week commencing 14/1/08. Xbox 360 Top Live Titles (based on UU's) 1 Call of Duty 4 2 Halo 3 3 Guitar Hero III 4 Gears of War 5 Rock Band 6 Madden NFL 08 7 Assassin's Creed 8 Mass Effect 9 FIFA 08 10 Forza Motorsport 2 Metal Slug 3 in at number one with newly released Boogie Bunnies hopping its way to number 2. | |
 NFL tour get a 7.5 WTF, (via oxm online) - Are gaming publications getting to close to the companies to be just? An example OXM gave Tour a 7.5 where it got like 4's everywhere else. They sight the game is exciting and entertaining. They liked the commentary (worst ever) And they say the graphics are good ( they are awful. | |
 Gordon Freeman gets bored, calls radio show (via Arts Technica) -- A physicist named Gordon has been haunted by the apparition of "a middle-aged man in a blue-tinged suit" who has been haunting him as a result of his work on the unexplained "Portal" project. This is what happens when gamers get bored and call radio talk shows. | |
 Microsoft insider spills the beans on 360 failures (via Xboxic) - Have you ever wondered about the mystery surrounding the notorious Xbox 360 hardware failures? Why of course you have, who hasn't? As you probably already know, Microsoft hasn't been too vocal about the whole thing, always dodging the RRoD-related questions like bullets. | |
 Preview Dark Sector (via Gamespot) - Even though Dark Sector is slated for release in the first quarter of next year, the designers have continued to stress-test the core gameplay mechanics and have replaced several basic capabilities with modified or entirely different ones to make the game play more smoothly. | |
 Bionic Commando Rearmed to be released soon. (via gamezone) -- A remake of the 1988 NES game Bionic Commando is set for a spring 08 release.Also include 2 player coop, and unlockables that will carry into the sequel, set for later in 08. | |
The ten easiest games to raise your Gamerscore (via maxim) -- Many of us have become achievment whores over the consoles cycle. Here are ten games (most of them you all know about) TMNT is one that was actually enjoyable. as well as condemned. Most games that came out early in the cycle are just stupidly easy. ANd avatar is not included in this list. | |
 DMC4 Demo Coming January 31, 2008 (via Onaxis) - The official English website for Capcom's upcoming title, Devil May Cry 4. The game is coming out in February 2008, and it's just about time for the site to let loose. The new website reveals that the online Devil May Cry 4 demo is coming the the PLAYSTATION Store and Xbox Live Marketplace on January 31, 2008. | |
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 1up Frontlines: Fuel of War Preview (via 1up) - We recently took a second spin with Kaos Studio's Frontlines: Fuel of War multiplayer. Our initial impressions. of the game were positive -- we really dug the ability to form squads, the customization that was available in character creation, 32-player multiplayer, and the vehicles. | |
1up Review Of The Club Single Player Game (via 1up) - At what point in the future will game shows decide to shift their focus from having people answer trivial questions to handing them fully-loaded rifles and telling them to fight for their lives...along with the requisite cash and prizes? The Club follows Smash T.V. down this dark fantasy lane. | |
 Want To See Whats Coming To 360 Real Soon-S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky (via WP) -- S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky is the official prequel to its survival FPS S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, bringing the players one year prior to the events of the original S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game in 2011. And as the develpers are official Xbox developers, expect this to also come to 360. | |
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 Halo 3 Rap (via GameCenterOnline) -- We where on Youtube looking at videos like we normally do and to our surprise we saw a video as we know as the "HALO 3 RAP" and we really like this one really put the original"Soulja Boy Tellem -Crank DAT" to shame so turn your speakers up on this one and go play some halo. | |
 Bully: Scholarship Edition - Gaming Target First Impressions (via GamingTarget) - Beyond graphical enhancements, Bully: Scholarship Edition adds four new classes (biology, math, music and geography, for a grand total of ten), eight new missions and new unlockable goodies, clothes and awards. A brand new multiplayer mode lets two people compete in up to 10 class minigames, but sadly this is offline only. | |
 PS3's current competition is its predecessor (via dallasnews) - They say the darkest hour is right before the dawn. Sony better hope so. The final December U.S. sales tallies for each console came in this week, and the news was great for Nintendo (1.35 million Wiis sold), good for Microsoft (1.26 million Xbox 360s) and OK for Sony (1. | |
 Mass Effect sex controversy - Penny Arcade Vs right-wing fruitcake (via gameplayer) - James Cottee's regular Quotes of the Week column focuses in on the the growing feud around the lesbian alien sex fiasco of Mass Effect. You'll find the full run of quotes from the two sides of the argument, plus the general talk from the rest of the industry on this subject matter, and plenty more. | |
 The First Hacked PS3 (This Will Open New Doors) (via PS3Hax) - Team ICE (Along with StreetskaterFU) has exclusively shared with PS3Hax.net of what all PS3 hackers have been hoping for. After a long journey there finally is a glimpse of hope of a hacking the PS3. Team ICE has found a method run SELF files in GameOS (on firmware 2.10!). | |
 1UP's Burnout Paradise review: PS3 edition sports a slight visual edge (via 1up.com) - But which platform offers the consummate version of Paradise? While the PlayStation 3 edition sports a slight visual edge (a few superior textures, no screen tearing) and arguably superior controller triggers, the Xbox 360 offering plays identically, and both sport that amazingly intuitive online interface. | |
 Ubisoft Punishes EGM for Negative Assains Creed Review (via 1up) - EGM editor in Chief Dan Shu wrote in his blog about his feeling on being banned from any pre- coverage of their titles. Mr.Shu said " Don't let us see the games, and we can't write anything bad about them. But don't let us see the games, and we can't write anything good about them, either. | |
 Review of Undertow -- Soon to be free (via Team xbox) - In case the other members are wondering what the hell and Undertow is i have suggested a review from circa a few months ago. Undetrows single player mode has a descent story with okay cut scenes the graphics amazing for an arcade title. The campaign consists predominantly mission based control point play ( i think we all know what that is). | |
 A Day in the Life of a Portal Turret (via Destructoid) -- How dull it must be to sit in one place, waiting for a test subject to run by so you can shoot at it. And yet, they find ways to entertain themselves... | |
Bionic Commando: Rearmed Details, Footage (via 1Up) - Video and screens of downloadable remake released. Once again I'm surprised that none of us caught this one. A remake to one of the greatest games of all time! The updated HD graphics are cool along with added co op game play. This looks pretty darn cool for us old schoolers and youngsters alike! | |
