Thursday, October 26, 2006

Trailer: Marvel: Ultimate Alliance Game Trailers

Trailer: Marvel: Ultimate Alliance Game Trailers
from Xbox Live's Major Nelson by Major Nelson
The following content is now available on the Xbox Live Marketplace:Name: Marvel: Ultimate Alliance Game Trailer Marvel: Ultimate Alliance Opening Cinematic Trailer Marvel: Ultimate Alliance Nightcrawler Cinematic Trailer Marvel: Ultimate Alliance Behind-The-Scenes Video Price: FreeNOT Available in: Austria, Japan, Switzerland, TaiwanDash Details: Varies, see dash for details

Be the first in New England to play 'Gears of War'

Be the first in New England to play 'Gears of War'
from Xbox Live's Major Nelson by Major Nelson
You read that right, I am going to give you one of the first chances to play ‘Gears of War’ before anyone else. Read on for the background: ‘Gears of War’ is a sponsor of Megadeth’sGigantour.’ It turns out that Dave Mustaine was inspired by the theme of the game so he wrote a song called “Gears of War” for their upcoming album. You with me so far? Good…let’s continue: On Tuesday, October 31st (Halloween) Megadeth is appearing at Six Flags New England where they will debut that new song. Not wanting to miss a chance to hang with Megadeth (and head back home) I scored some passes for myself AND a few lucky readers…but not just any passes: VIP passes. These passes will get you into the park and the Megadeth show PLUS access to the VIP party where you'll get hands on gameplay with ‘Gears of War’ - a full week before the game releases. What's more, MTV will be filming part of the concert for an upcoming show. In addition, I’ll be getting the band on my show for my 200th episode. (Which reminds me..no show this week since I'll be travelling to attend the event, plus I really need to wait and get Megadeth on for my 200th show..right?)
Here is what you need to do: Send me an email with the subject line ‘I want to play Gears of War’ and in the body please tell me your gamertag. Please be within a reasonable driving distance of the park near Springfield, MA.
Note:You and your guest must be 18 or over to attend (sorry..those are the rules of the Park.) I’ll pull a few random winners from the emails I receive before Sunday Oct. 29 at 12n PT. You’ll win two tickets..one for you and one for a friend. Everything else is up to you. If you get picked, I’ll send you an email Sunday evening. Please don’t pester me with a bunch of ‘did I win?’ emails ;)

Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Xbox 360 Ads, that are floating around the Net.

Xbox 360 European Ad - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QYMYQY5yJU
Xbox 360 HD-DVD Ad / Commercial - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cOcTHBTRJ4
Indian xbox 360 ad - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CX-TU9vqrBw
Xbox 360 Commercial in Japan Do! Do! Do! - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whE0Y0LeNWE
Xbox 360 French Wireless Controller Commercial - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKf1SW2F8TY
Xbox 360 shoot out casting - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yF-Oy5Rpy34
Xbox 360 30sec ad - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHQaBYv7m-A
New Xbox 360 LIVE commercial with Aliens - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSVJMSegj5I
Go! Go! Go! Dead or Alive 4 Xbox 360 Japanese AD - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZylYJdFw-s
Cops and Robbers: Xbox 360 EU Ad - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFqLN-eJ3GM
Blue Dragon tv ad # 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqieFV7_wYI
Ninety nine nights for xbox 360 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REk085gd6bM
XBOX 360 Bad day commercial long - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cvZvHNCvko
XBOX 360 Good day commercial short - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtFNu1A8SWE
Xbox Live 1st place cinema ad - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6wiq3Yab-E
Fan Xbox360 commercial - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbDFmZ2S7BM

 

Halo 3 demo due out in first half of 2007?

What we heard: Current and future Xbox 360 owners are eagerly awaiting any news coming out of the Halo 3 camp. Guarded by a steel curtain info embargo, details on the game are as scarce as unhumped corpses in multiplayer sessions of Halo 2.

What Halo fans do know is that the game is currently scheduled to come out sometime in 2007--hardly specific enough for the series' rabid fan base. However, that release window may have been narrowed slightly if a report from Game Informer Online is correct.

The Web site states that "sources" have tipped it off about a Halo 3 demo and that it will be released "in the first half of 2007." And that's really the nuts and bolts of the rumor...just some hearsay.

Gaming Business 101 states that demos for games should be released near the game's retail release for maximum effect. So does that mean the retail version of Halo 3 will arrive in the first half of 2007? That bit of information remains up in the air.

 

Monday, October 23, 2006

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 Xbox and Xbox 360 Reviews

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 Xbox and Xbox 360 Reviews The latest entry in the Tiger Woods PGA Tour series on Xbox is finally upon us and, thankfully, it continues all of the things that made the game so fun...... Source: http://xbox.about.com/b/a/257332.htm

Sunday, October 22, 2006

Tony Hawk's Project 8 Xbox 360 Demo Out On Xbox Live Marketplace

Tony Hawk’s Project 8 Xbox 360 Demo Out On Xbox Live Marketplace
Gameinfowire.com - USA
The competition to become a member of Tony Hawk’s elite skate team starts on your Xbox 360 with the free Tony Hawk’s Project 8 demo available on Xbox Live ...

Saturday, October 21, 2006

Halo movie back on!!

UPI NewsTrack Entertainment News
UPI
Sat, 21 Oct 2006 11:10 AM PDT
REDMOND, Wash, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Microsoft Corp. plans to finance a movie based on its popular video game "Halo" after Universal Pictures and 20th Century Fox backed out of the project.

Oops...

UMK3 briefly surfaces on XBL
GameSpot
Fri, 20 Oct 2006 8:41 PM PDT
Unfinished version of Midway fighter goes up on Microsoft download service...for a few hours.

XBox 360 Global Holiday Campaign.

Xbox 360 Global Holiday Campaign
Xbox 2 News - Palatine,IL,USA
With 10 million consoles expected to be sold by holiday, Xbox 360 has defined the next generation of gaming and now Microsoft is unveiling a new global Xbox ...

Friday, October 20, 2006

Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 Up On XBLA

Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 Up On XBLA

A 43.62MB download of Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 has just hit the XBLA and is listed at a price of 800 points. The description on the Live Marketplace describes the game as "Single player, Xbox Live Multiplayer 2-4, HD (high-definition). Test your might! Try ULTIMATE Mortal Kombat 3 and see if you have what it takes to FIGHT!"

If you check under “New Releases” the game does not appear so you have to go to “All Arcade Titles” to find and download the game. This omission, and the date of the games release late on Friday night (rather than the usual Wednesday release of XBLA games) is leading many to believe the download has being added to the Marketplace by accident and it was not supposed to appear till a later date.

Here's the list of Achievements:
1. Flawless - Complete a Flawless victory against the CPU (1 round).
2. Fatality - Complete a Fatality during an Xbox Live Versus game.
3. Soother - Complete a Babality against the CPU.
4. My Friend - Complete a Friendship during an Xbox Live Versus game.
5. Combo Number 5 - Complete a 5 hit combo against the CPU.
6. Competitor - Win a total of 10 Xbox Live Ranked Versus matches.
7. Double Time - Complete a 2 hit combo against the CPU.
8. Match Three - Reach the third MATCH in any single player tournament.
9. Match Five - Reach the fifth MATCH in any single player tournament.
10. Century - Win a total of 100 Xbox Live Ranked Versus matches
11. Beat the Noob! - Beat the hidden character, Noob Saibot while playing the CPU.
12. Ultimate - Become the champion in any single player tournament.

Microsoft to release new Xbox 360 Pro Evo bundle

Microsoft to release new Xbox 360 Pro Evo bundle
GamesIndustry.biz - UK
Konami and Microsoft are teaming up on a Pro Evolution Soccer 6 Xbox 360 premium hardware bundle, due out on 27th October priced GBP 299. ...

100 GB Xbox 360 hard drive on the way?

100 GB Xbox 360 hard drive on the way?
TG Daily - USA
According to a recent story on Korean video game site Game Inside, Microsoft is working on a new hard drive for the Xbox 360 with a capacity of 100 GB, which ...

Xbox 360 sells out in Japan, PS3 cables cost extra

Xbox 360 sells out in Japan, PS3 cables cost extra
Inquirer - Harrow,Middlesex,UK
By Dean Pullen: Friday 20 October 2006, 10:09.

 

100,000 of the special edition consoles that come with a Blue Dragon faceplate, five ...

'Wii-killer' Motion Sensing Control for 360 and PS3

‘Wii-killer’ Motion Sensing Control for 360 and PS3

Friday October 20, 2006 5:54 AM EDT

In2Games unveils wireless 3D motion sensor tracking technology

Thursday, October 19, 2006

EA Announces Def Jam: Icon

EA Announces Def Jam: Icon for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
IGN - Brisbane,CA,USA
October 18, 2006 - Electronic Arts, in partnership with Def Jam Interactive, announced today that DEF JAM: ICON will be released for the PLAYSTATION 3 computer ...

Mizuguchi defends Lumines 360

Mizuguchi defends Lumines 360 ( News )
EuroGamer
Thu, 19 Oct 2006 1:19 AM PDT
Lumines creator Tetsuya Mizuguchi has defended the decision to offer a lot of the Xbox Live Arcade version's content as downloadable extras rather than including them in the full game.

More than four million users on Xbox Live

More than four million users on Xbox Live
GamesIndustry.biz - UK
Microsoft has announced that more than four million people now make use of its Xbox Live service - predicting that the figure will rise to six million by June ...

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

GEARS OF WAR CANCELLED!!!! (In Germany)

Gears Of War Cancelled In Germany

 

Wednesday October 18, 2006 1:48 PM EDT

It seems that the German video game ratings board has refused to give Gears Of War a rating, thus ensuring its non-sale in all of Germany. Microsoft has said there is no way a stripped down version of the game will be possible, unfortunately. Dead Rising was also not permitted to be sold in Germany, so that makes two great games they will miss out on. How Germany can do this to gamers, we are not sure; then again, maybe it is time for a good old fashioned protest.

 

Destroy All Humans.. again.

Destroy All Humans! 2 Ships For Playstation 2 And Xbox
Gameinfowire.com - USA
... Gamers can now launch their next alien invasion -- unleashing massive destruction on the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system and Xbox video game and ...



Live Almost done!

Almost there

Wednesday October 18, 2006 2:30 AM EDT

e sends word that that we are close bringing the service back online...they have a couple of issues that they need to clear up and we'll be ready to go. I'll post the moment I get the call to give you the green light.

 

Tuesday, October 17, 2006

LIVE update

Maintenance update and arcade preview

Tuesday October 17, 2006 5:20 PM EDT

I just talked 'e' the Xbox Live Director of Operations (his team is working on today's maintenance) and I am happy to report that things are progressing along nicely. I don't have an ETA when the service will come back online, or rather he would not give me one. The good news is that I am able to share tomorrow's Arcade title: ' Lumines Live! ' Since I can't link to the 'Lumines Live!' page on Xbox.com, here are some details about the game: 'Lumines Live!' for Xbox Live Arcade brings exciting...

 

Knights Of The Nine Oblivion Content Coming To the PS3, PC and 360

Knights Of The Nine Oblivion Content Coming To PC and 360 Too

Top

Tuesday October 17, 2006 6:54 PM EDT

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion was recently announced for the PS3 with new Knights Of The Nine content. Well, Bethesda has now officially announced the Knights Of The Nine content for Xbox360 and PC as well. Click read more for the full info. PRESS RELEASE October 17, 2006 (Rockville, MD) — Bethesda Softworks® today announced plans to make its new Knights of the Nine™ content for The Elder Scrolls IV®: Oblivion™ available for the Xbox 360™ videogame and entertainment system from...

 

 

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And here the latest edition of the official PlayStation magazine made it sound like the Knights of Nine was a PS3 only thing.

 

 

Family Guy in Stores!

2K Announces Family Guy Video Game Now Available
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance Tue, 17 Oct 2006 5:00 AM PDTNEW YORK----


2K, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. , today announced that Family Guy, the first video game based on the popular television show, is now available for the Xbox® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system and the PSP® system.

No Gears demo!!! (again)

Epic Denies Claims Of Gears Demo (Again) - Total Video Games Tue, 17 Oct 2006 2:31 AM


PDTA header image on the UK Xbox.com suggests that contrary to statements from Epic, a demo of Gears of War may be coming after all...

The next XBox (640?)

Next Xbox already in planning ( News ) EuroGamer Tue, 17 Oct 2006 4:57 AM PDT

Microsoft EMEA veep Chris Lewis says the company is already working on its next next-generation console because "we have to". "You can't sit back on your laurels in this business - the consumer won't let you, the developers certainly won't let us. So that's happening right now," he said.

Video creation coming to 2k NBA 2K7

2K Sports Unveils Revolutionary 2K Reelmaker for NBA 2K7 on Xbox 360(TM) Available on Xbox Live(R) Marketplace
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance Tue, 17 Oct 2006 4:45 AM PDT NEW YORK----

2K Sports, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. , announced today an innovative new feature, 2K Reelmaker, for NBA 2K7 on the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. 2K Reelmaker enables fans to create their own unique video highlight reels from saved replays in NBA 2K7 and share them on Xbox Live®. 2K Reelmaker is available now on the Xbox

Source Engine coming to the 360

Valve releases Source Engine for Xbox 360
gamesindustry.biz Tue, 17 Oct 2006 3:12 AM PDT

Valve's Source Engine is now available as a middleware solution for Xbox 360, where it will compete for market share with the likes of Unreal Engine 3.

XviD and DivX playback on the 360?

Mission 360 to Bring Enhanced Video CODEC Support to Xbox 360?
Addict 3D Tue, 17 Oct 2006 1:39 AM PDT

The latest news floating around the web is that XviD and Divx playback will be coming to an Xbox near you soon...

360 Retailer Margins Revealed

XBOX 360 Retailer Margins Revealed - Addict 3D Tue, 17 Oct 2006 1:24 AM PDTExactly a week ago, we brought news of CompUSA's cost and markup on Nintendo Wii. Today, costs have been revealed for XBOX 360, which we know will remain unchanged throughout the holiday season.

Xbox 360 History

Microsoft Xbox 360 History - Addict 3D Tue, 17 Oct 2006 1:40 AM PDT
What is an Xbox 360? The Xbox 360 is a next generation home gaming console which is currently being developed by the largest software company in the world, Microsoft Corporation. The Xbox 360 offers many features, such as the Xbox 360 console hardware as well as software.