Xbox 360News for - October 8, 2008
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  Saints Row 2 settles on August release (via Xbox 360 Fanboy) - Filed under: News Purple color lovers and gangster wannabes, it's time to get ready. Because Saints Row 2 is headed your way this Summer with THQ's announcement that the sequel will hit retailers this August 26th. And as much as we want to say we're excited and are eagerly anticipating its release, we always come back to the fact that Grand Theft Auto IV releases this month. | |
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 Mercenaries 2 blows things up August 31st (via Xbox 360 Fanboy) - Filed under: NewsIGN has revealed that Pandemic Studios' Mercenaries 2: World in Flames is scheduled for a U.S. release on August 31st. And since a release date announcement is a big deal, Pandemic also supplied a new Mercenaries 2 "US Release Date Trailer" for everyone to enjoy. | |
 The Force Unleashed Gets an Official Release Date (via GamingShogun) - The upcoming Star Wars game, The Force Unleashed, has finally got a release date. September 16th will be the big day in the United States, 17th for Southeast Asia, and the 19th for Europe. Also, catch a preview of the game on Spike TV (Lucas seems to really dig those guys) from April 4th to April 6th and April 11th through 13th during their airing of all six Star Wars movies. | |
 Ubisoft reveals Tom Clancy's HAWX debut trailer (via QJ) - For the folks at Ubisoft, HAWX are more than just birds of prey - they're fighter-interceptors. We know this because Ubisoft recently revealed a debut trailer of Tom Clancy's HAWX for the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360, and boy, does it look intense.The acronym in Ubisoft's new title apparently stands for High Altitude Warfare X. | |
 Take this Friday off.....says Infinity Ward (via CVG) -- Community Manager of IW says that despite what the internet says, CoD4 DLC might very well be available late thursday/friday morning.... | |
 Ever Wanted to custom paint a 360 controller? (via OXM ) - Warranty will be voided!!!t TOOLS: Philips 0 screwdriver Torx 8 security screwdriver (only for wireless controller) X-Acto/hobby knife Computer with Photoshop or other image editor* Printer* SUPPLIES: Masking tape Medium- to heavy-weight matte printer paper* Vinyl dye spray Glue sticks (the school supply kind) If you wanna do it read the link and follow the steps. | |
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 Xbox 360 with Blu-ray to spark price war with Sony PS3? (via Engadget) - DigiTimes is feeling pretty confident about the rumors they started yesterday regarding the Xbox 360 with integrated Blu-ray. They are so confident that they're predicting a price war as Microsoft takes on Sony's PS3 at its own game. Their sources claim that the Blu-ray Disc drive will cost Microsoft between $95 and $100 -- much higher than the $18 to $20 DVD drives already found in the Xbox 360. | |
 Zero Punctuation : The Rip-offs (via Games radar) -- Any fans of ZP will enjoy these bad parody and rip-offs... | |
 Gears of War 2 set for Comic Con (via Computer And Video Games) -- This year's US Comic Con event, which runs from April 18 - 20, is set to feature a "glimpse" into Epic's Gears of War 2. | |
 CoD4 Map Pack Coming on April 10th, not the 3rd (Possible April Fools Joke, not likely) (via Call of Duty) -- This could mean that the new cod4 maps will be delayed until april 10th, or hopefully it is just the GOTY version of the retail game that is being delayed. :( | |
 10 Hardest Archievements (via OXM) - Witness the Top 10 Achievements Of Woe, those that merge stupidly hard achievements with stupidly annoying games. If ever there were achievements to sort the wheat from the chaff, then these are those achievements. No cheating, glitch, guide-assisting or boosting with these horrors. | |
 Wireless Helmet and More New Products Announced (via xbox.com) - New for Spring 2008 Microsoft has announced the following products for all you real Xbox fans. Here is the full list of items: * Wireless VR Helmet complete with Master Chief stylings. * A Woodgrained Xbox 360 * Xbox Live - The Board Game * Xbox 360 Recon edition You might consider placing an order today as all these will be available on a limited basis. | |
 Demo: Army of Two (via Major Nelson) - In ARMY OF TWO, team up with a partner in this exclusive, multiplayer-only demo for Xbox LIVE Marketplace to become the deadliest two-man military outfit a government can buy. Tackle missions using two-man tactics to ultimately create a force that no enemy can withstand. | |
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 Gears of War movie penciled in for 2010 release (via Xbox 360 Fanboy) - Filed under: NewsComingSoon.net recently had the chance to talk with Temple Hill Productions producer big man Wyck Godfrey about the status of the Gears of War movie and where it's headed. Godfrey confirmed with them that their team has a finalized script, almost has a director attached to the flick and are scheduled to start filming "early next year for the summer of 2010". | |
 QuickJump Quicklist: Seven types of girl gamers (via QJ) - It's true: female gamers do exist (the shock!). Just like male gamers who come in different shapes, sizes and flavors, we can come up with a diverse list of girl gamer types. No, Frag Dolls and 6-year-olds fascinated by the Wii don't count. South Korean StarCraft fangirls were tempting to add, but we decided to cut them from the list since we can't tell if they actually play games or just read magazines to drool over the pros. | |
 This Week in the XBLA -- Mr. Driller (via Xbox.com) - Namco's Mr. Driller character comes to XBLA in Mr. DRILLER Online. Featuring the same single player drilling action from the classic arcade game, Mr. DRILLER Online now includes online play. Drill down through the colored blocks to meet your goal, but make sure you have enough air! * Classic arcade action: All the drilling action you remember from the original arcade game is faithfully recreated in the Xbox LIVE version, with colorful graphics and challenging gameplay. | |
 CoD4 dev:Don't rule out future single-player downloadable content (via videogamer) - Infinity Ward has told Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare fans not to rule out future single-player downloadable content, but the developer doesn't have any plans for it right now. Infinity Ward programmer Jon Shiring told VideoGamer.com: "I wouldn't rule it out but we don't have any plans for that right now. | |
 Microsoft Gets Worst-Movies-Ever Producer to Create Exclusive Xbox Live Shows (via Gizmodo) - Microsoft has just inked a deal with Peter Safran, the producer of amazing cinema masterpieces like Jiminy Glick in Lalawood, Meet the Spartans, and the all-time-classic RocketMan, to produce "original" shows for distribution via Xbox 360's Live service. Like his movies, the 10-minute-max shows will "initially" be scripted (or something like that,) and they will focus on the "horror" and "comedy" genres, "appealing to the Xbox 360 demographic. | |
 Violence tests on kids (via gamesindustry.biz) -- Having studied the desktop mountains of research into the effect of violent games on children, Dr Tanya Byron has admitted the "jury is still out" on potential risks, but that the type of testing required to investigate it fully would be "ludicrous, unethical" and "should never happen". | |
 Almost 1.3 million play Call of Duty 4 'every day' (via Eurogamer) -- And that's Xbox Live only, and doesn't even count PS3 or PC. | |
 End of the Gaming Console? (via idealo) - Sandy Duncan worked at Microsoft for 15 years and played a key role in the marketing of the first Xbox in Europe. He believes to know what gaming consoles will not be worth for manufacturers over time: The risks of a failure are so large, while the development costs of new consoles are huge. | |
 Rock Band DLC for April 1 (via RockBand Forums) -- Harmonix developer hmxsean has just posted that April 1st's DLC for Rock Band is a Huge Success! That's right. Still Alive from Portal is coming for 0 points. Free!!! | |
 Hillary Clinton sniper incident -- The Video Game! (via GamePolitics) -- Regardless of your political views, this video is pretty funny. | |
 Battlefield Bad Company Beta Test player input forum (via ea) -- EA and DICE have setup a forum for giving feedback on the Beta so far. If you are playing the game be sure to give your impressions. | |
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 New video footage of upcoming Call of Duty 4 DLC (via Shacknews) -- Three new videos from Infinity Ward, showing footage of the new downloadable maps for Call of Duty 4. | |
 Ubisoft unleashes Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter teasers (via QJ) - It's been awhile since we were able to encounter juicy tidbits of information regarding Ubisoft and their games. Well, we decided to drop by their official site and we were treated to a teaser for their GRAW game franchise.Upon opening the page, our eyes locked instantly locked on to a flash overlay set-up. | |
