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Halo 3 Heroic Map Pack (new maps) (via Major Nelson) -- It was just announced that three new Halo 3 maps will be released in December. The Heroic Map Pack will contain Standoff, Rat's Nest and Foundry. The map pack will be available for 800 points (then free in Spring of '08) beginning Tuesday December 11th. | |
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Microsoft's Xbox 360 goes 65nm: Falcon Dissection and Power Consumption (via AndandTech) - Die shrinks are big deals in the PC industry; transitioning to smaller manufacturing processes means faster switching times and greater transistor density, usually resulting in cooler, faster and more feature-filled CPUs and GPUs. Intel just recently began its transition from 65nm to 45nm transistors with the release of its Penryn based Core 2 CPUs. | |
1 year ago | |
Gamers deserve better than Assassin's Crap (via DiggingTheWeb) -- Two videos showing the extent of the glitches of Assassins Creed on both 360 and PS3. Check them out, have you seen similar. Be aware webmaster is quite peeved in his write up but the videos are worth a watch. | |
1 year ago | |
Huxley Xbox 360 Preview (via XboxSolutions) - XboxSolutions got a preview of Huxley by developers Webzen Inc. This game is supposedly taking first person shooters to a whole new level by creating an unique online experience by combining the MMORPG genre with the fast paced adrenaline pumping action of a FPS game. A good preview of the game with plenty of screenshots. | |
1 year ago | |
CoD4 Topples Gears of War (via MajorNelson) -- Call of Duty 4 has passed over Gears of War as the second most played game on Xbox Live according to Major Nelson's latest top 10 list. Assassin's Creed debuted at #9. | |
1 year ago | |
Musler: PS3 will catch up to, if not surpass, 360 (via GamesIndustry.biz) - Sega's director of artists and repertoire agrees with analysts who think that the PS3 is going to catch up to, if not surpass, the Xbox 360. And It isn't just the recent PS3 price cuts which will certainly help bridge the gap, but the availability of big titles, Noah Musler told GamesIndustry. | |
1 year ago | |
Frag Dolls Do No Favours For Female Gamers (via CVG) - The female of the species is reportedly deadlier than the male. But judging by the appearance of the US Frag Dolls (the Ubisoft-sponsored female pro gamers) in a recent US PC games magazine, 'deadly' means 'clothing optional'. In the mag's photo spread, the Dolls wear tiny hot pants, work out on exercise bikes, and say things like, "Breasts and butt only come into play as an advantageous distraction". | |
1 year ago | |
Bethesda: 12 endings for Fallout 3 (via CVG) - RPG Fallout 3 will have somewhere between nine to 12 different endings depending on your actions in the game, developer Bethesda's told CVG. The game's not like Oblivion, he said, where basically anybody could do anything. Fallout 3 is fewer number of quests with lots of ways to complete them and things are opened up to you or locked off to you as you go through the game, Hines added. | |
1 year ago | |
Rockstar Offering Chance to be Heard in GTAIV's Mock Radio Station (via the Angry pixel) -- Not content on getting your dollars through only genre-remolding gameplay, Rockstar is giving an opportunity to those having a long-distance calling service for their voices to be heard in none-other than the most magnum of their upcoming opuses, Grand Theft Auto IV. | |
1 year ago | |
Easiest 1000 Gamerpoint Gamerscore On 360 Ever ! (via N4G) -- Ever stuggled to get those last few achievement points to hit a 1000, then fret no more, as Avatar: The Burning Earth will allow you to get those points in less than 2 minutes. | |
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Buy an X360, upgrade to XBL Gold ... get Halo 3 free! (via Xbox.com) -- Offer valid from November 21st through December 21st. Details after the jump... | |
1 year ago | |
InfinityWard announce COD4 update details on their forums (via InfinityWard) - The Community Relations Manager has posted an official thread on the InfinityWard forums about the up coming COD4 patch for Xbox 360. Additions / New Features: Added Kill cam to Airstrike bombs and Claymores Addition of Host Migration so if Host Leaves auto-chooses next best host Tweaked | |
1 year ago | |
Gamers fired up. Assassin's Creed freezes (via Gamernode) - Recent posts over on the Ubisoft forums have gamers all fired up over reported freezing issues with the PS3 version of Assassin's Creed. One forum poster even went as far as saying the Xbox version was better, "Upon looking at the 360 version i`m actually ashamed and embarrassed (sic) for your team, the hardware isn`t lacking on the PS3. | |
1 year ago | |
Atlus USA publishing Spectral Force 3, Operation Darkness for Xbox 360 (via JOYSTIQ) -- Atlus USA, the company behind upcoming surgery sim Trauma Center: New Blood, has become an official 3rd party publisher for the Xbox 360 | |
1 year ago | |
GH III: Boss Battle Track Pack Free (via Major Nelson) - Content: Boss Battle Track PackPrice: FreeAvailability: All Xbox LIVE regionsDash Text: "Devil Went Down to Georgia" as made famous by The Charlie Daniels Band, "Original Composition by Slash" As performed by Slash, "Original Composition by Tom Morello" As performed by Tom Morello. | |
1 year ago | |
UT3 already works on 360 (via Eurogamer) - Mark Rein has said Unreal Tournament 3 already works on Xbox 360, and it did as far back as last spring. What he meant to say yesterday was that his team will "start working on it again" after Christmas, not begin from scratch, silly. "What I probably should have said was 'start working on it again'. | |
1 year ago | |
Terminator Game Slated for 2009 (via IGN) - Work on new Terminator game underway as Halycon Co. rekindles the popular movie franchise. With the first film in a proposed new trilogy hitting cinemas next year, work on the inevitable tie-in game has already begun. Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins focuses on the exploits of now 30-year-old John Connor with the film's production company Halcyon will be setting up their own game studio to oversee production of the tie-in. | |
1 year ago | |
XBLA title Axiom Overdrive, Orbital Thrust Frame specifications released (via GTR) -- Reflexive Entertainment and the Axiom Corporation have revealed specifications for its Orbital Thrust Frame. Players are already eagerly anticipating piloting the vehicle through the unique physical environment within our deep space mining colony AF128. | |
1 year ago | |
Could MS improve on the achievements system? (via Xbox 360 Advanced Media Network) - Interesting article on how MS might improve the achievement system to make even more appealing. How about unlocking content along with achievements, free picture pack at the end of the level, art work if you get a game score over 500? I think this could really work well and should be looked at by MS. | |
1 year ago | |
October NPD: 360 Sales Drop, Yet Wii's Go Up (via 1up) - As expected, Xbox 360 was unable to retain the same sales numbers in a post-Halo 3 world, but with only a 30% drop month-to-month, Microsoft appears poised to have an extremely strong holiday season. Still, it's nothing in the face of Nintendo's two-pronged dominance with the DS and Wii. | |
1 year ago | |
EA Planning to Slash Sports Prices? (via 1up) - According to analyst Evan Wilson, EA is gearing up for price reductions on 14 of its most popular sports franchises in preparation for the December buying frenzy. Titles specifically mentioned by Pacific Crest include NBA Live '08, Madden NFL '08 and Tiger Woods PGA Tour '08. | |
1 year ago | |
New Community Gamerpics @ The XBL Marketplace (via GTR) -- The all new Community gamerpics pack is out now for download at the XBL Marketplace. I just downloaded mines to support Allgames.com. Congrats! | |
1 year ago | |
Previews: Civilization: Revolution (via CVG) -- Can Sid Meier revolutionise console RTS?. Civilization: Revolution is the sort of game you can play sitting in your armchair in front of the box, sipping a cool long drink, while the world outside passes by. | |
1 year ago | |
ESA and Microsoft collaborate, offer mediocre games for charity (via Joystiq) - Filed under: Culture, Microsoft Xbox 360Microsoft has teamed up with the Entertainment Software Association to offer a special three-pack of Xbox 360 games this holiday season. The pack, which retails for $29.99 USD, is comprised of Cars, Open Season, and Fuzion Frenzy 2 -- three E-rated games which are notable for tepid reviews across the board. | |
1 year ago | |
Xbox Live is 5IVE: How to Get the Free 500 MS Points Its so Easy (via Xbox Scene) - To claim your 500 Microsoft Points , all you have to do is register on this web site using your Windows Live ID associated to your gamertag. | |
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Singapore bans Microsoft's video game for sex scene (via Yahoo) - Singapore has banned a Microsoft Corp video game which contains a scene showing a human woman and an alien woman kissing and caressing each other, a local newspaper reported on Thursday. The Straits Times said "Mass Effect" -- a highly anticipated futuristic space adventure game from Microsoft -- was banned by Singapore's Media Development Authority. | |
1 year ago | |
Rock Band bonus list shown (via Eurogamer) -- The final 13 bonus songs we were missing to make up the full Rock Band track list have now been aired. IGN got its sneaky hands on them over in the US, although EA UK has told us that for one reason or another it could not confirm them and is waiting on word from across the pond. | |
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