News: Bungie boss laughed when MS pulled Halo from E3 briefing - Mattrick (via Eurogamer) -- Absence down to "growth and maturity". | |
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Ninja Gaiden II to receive 25 new missions (via LazyGamer) - Strategy Informer reports that Microsoft has announced additional content for Ninja Gaiden II, saying: Microsoft announced today that it will be releasing 25 new missions for Ninja Gaiden II on Xbox 360, which is said to be the “equivalent to a whole new campaign mode”. | |
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Portal: Still Alive - not much point in getting it, to be honest (via Xboxer) - We were a bit puzzled, as ever, about what Portal: Still Alive actually was. Or is. Is going to be when it comes to Xbox Live this Autumn. Well, we are now less puzzled. Still Alive is basically an individual release of The Orange Box's original Portal, only with a map expansion pack added - the same maps that appeared on the internet, for PC users, for free, under the guise of Portal: The Free Version and its related map expansion pack. | |
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Awesome Far Cry 2 video (via LazyGamer) -- Okay I am now officially excited about this game, the detail in the AI look absolutely brilliant and the physics are something to write home about. So far I know very little about the story but from what we have seen so far I doubt that will hold this game up from being a total blockbuster. | |
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Confirmed: No online co-op for Geometry Wars 2 (via Xbox 360 Fanboy) - Filed under: News During our sit-down, hands on session with Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2, we learned a quite sad nugget of Geometry Wars 2 knowledge from the Microsoft folks: The game will NOT feature online co-op. Boo-hiss-boo! For the simple reason of too much going on to make co-op enabled online, Bizarre Creations will only allow four players to experience Geometry Wars 2 locally. | |
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Hot tip: Unlock every class in Too Human demo (via Arts Technica) -- The Too Human demo may feature about an hour's worth of gameplay by default, but this little trick will net you a lot more play time and the chance to check out the full roster of classes. | |
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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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NCAA Football 09 Has a Shitload of Problems Bugs (via Kotaku) - Message boards and forums are livid at EA and NCAA Football 09, whose problems apparently go well beyond EA Locker corrupting the roster files. AOL Fanhouse went through the boards and made a full accounting, and it's grim. Sliders are borked. The CPU sliders do nothing. | |
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Street Fighter IV (via CVG) - Okay, firstly, familiarity with the old games helps. SFIV uses SFII as a template and builds outward, so virtually every combo and counter - from Ken's four fierce to Guile's air throw - work as they always did. After complaints from playtesters, the version shown from GDC (which used 3D collision detection) has been adapted to mimic the 2D hit boxes of the original, so crossover attacks and Dhalsim's stretching kicks feel the same as before. | |
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GameTrailers TV - Episode 120 - Chapter 1 HD (via Game Trailers) -- Here is and interview with John Schappert from Microsoft with an exclusive look into the future of Xbox. Plus the first trailer for Quake Live! | |
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Fable 2 Main Story Only 12 Hours (via Joystiq) - Joystiq was told by several Lionhead staffers that the game's main story would take most around 12 hours to complete. Also, keep in mind: That's just for the main story. That's not figuring in the time you'll spend gambling, romancing, trying to get fat and all the other side quests that make Fable so Fabley. | |
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Knights of the Old Republic MMO confirmed (via Arts Technica) - EA has confirmed that an MMO based in the KOTOR universe is currently being developed as a joint venture between BioWare and LucasArts. While speaking to Portfolio.com, EA's CEO John Riccitiello made the confirmation, but didn't give up any other details. "We've got two of the most compelling MMOs in the industry in development," he explained. | |
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June NPD Sales - PlayStation 3 Soars (via Unscripted 360) - I suppose an eye patch wearing hero can indeed make a difference in hardware sales much moreso than any foreign gangster could. Metal Gear Solid 4 helped the PlayStation 3 pull off its largest monthly win to date over the Xbox 360. MGS 4 was the highest selling game for the month. | |
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Installing your games takes 30% off loading times (via Xboxer) - So the new, amazing, innovative and brilliant feature that is installing games to hard drive will be coming to Xbox 360 this Autumn - but is it actually worth it? According to Microsoft, a full install will take around 10 minutes, then reduce your loading times by something like 30% while playing the game. | |
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Demo: Hail to the Chimp (via Major Nelson) - It's almost time to vote! Who will you choose? Download the demo for Hail to the Chimp and decide the future of the animal world! Hail to the Chimp is the presidential party game that's fun for all the family. Choose your candidate and then take them on a wild ride through the political jungle; a | |
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Mirror's Edge Developer Walkthrough (via GameTrailers) -- On skyscrapers and through buildings. This video give you a up-close look at the action of Mirror's Edge. | |
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News Dashboard Detailed Video (via GameTrailers) -- Here is an extended demonstration of the new dashboard that is coming to the 360. | |
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Phil Spenser on Bungie's Missing E3 Announcement (via Joystiq) - Joystiq spoke with the newly appointed general manager of Microsoft Game Studios Phil Spencer earlier this afternoon but there's good news and bad news. They spoke with him just a couple hours before Bungie announced that the very same Microsoft Game Studios "changed" plans to announce the game this week. | |
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Hands on with Soulcalibur 4 (via Arts Technica) - The game ships in less than two weeks unlike most other games at E3 which will be released during the Christmas season. The core action is tight, there's no doubt about it. Behind the glitz and glamor is the same highly technical and fluid weapon-focused combat engine that the series has been built on. | |
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Our time with Fallout 3: this is going to be big (via Arts Technica) - At E3 this year, Bethesda gave us a very welcome surprise: an hour to explore Fallout 3 at our own pace. My time with the game began when my character stepped outside his vault, and into the wasteland. The scope of environment was impressive, as were the graphics: this is a game that gives you the sense of a very specific time and place. | |
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Double D Dodgeball XBLA - Wednesday (via DCEmu) - This Wednesday, July 16, an extra game is being thrown your way - IN YOUR FACE! We're talking Double D Dodgeball from YUKE'S on Xbox LIVE Arcade. This game has everything the childhood game has except having to suffer the wrath of being last picked for a team - that is, unless you have more than. | |
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News: E3: Wolfenstein makes big comeback (via OXM) -- Team up with underground resistance to combat the Nazis yet again... Activision has announced Wolfenstein, confirming rumours that the publisher would be returning to the classic FPS series. Five screens from the game are available. | |
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Bungie does a no show E3 (via QJ) - Some of you may be wondering when Master Chief and the rest of the Bungie team will be making their appearance for this year's E3 event in Los Angeles. Unfortunately, those of you waiting for a sneak peek of the next big Halo installment will be greatly disappointed.Harold Ryan, President of Bungie, recently announced that he and his team will be doing a no show for the 2008 gaming event. | |
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Bungie hints at next game!!! (via bungie) - the bungie website homepage has undergone a curious transformation, it looks like that plumber thing really is their next game. they have a count down that looks like it is going to 10:00 am est time. crossing my fingers it's that spartan 3/ odst/ marine halo game they were talking about. | |
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Microsoft's E3 Press Conference (via G4) -- Here is the full video of Microsoft's press conference during E3. | |
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Nintendo E3 Press Conference (via G4) -- This is the full presentation from Nintendo during their E3 presentation. | |
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Lego Batman E3 (via 1up) - What's new for E3? Since bad guys are infinitely more interesting than good guys (even morally ambiguous, conflicted heroes like Batman), Warner Bros. wisely chose to focus its E3 demo on the villains? side of the game. Half of the game?s missions will star Batman?s colorful adversaries, with fan-favorites such as Catwoman, The Riddler, Two-Face, Scarecrow, and Clayface all making playable appearances. | |
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Chrono Trigger DS (via 1up) - I know its Nintendo, but this is big. Chrono Trigger is an old ass game 13 years ago on the SNES, It was sold 80$ 13 years ago. It is considered by many to be the best RPG of all time. The DS build shown was said to be the most solid 16 bit port square has done thus far. | |
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