If you still haven’t purchased Gears of War 2, where have you been living, under a rock? No seriously though, if you haven’t now’s a perfect opportunity thanks to Amazon’s latest promotion; if you purchase Gears of War 2 from them you will recieve 3 months of Xbox Live for free.
And, everyone who’s anyone knows the best feature of the Xbox 360 is it’s robust online community options, but you better act fast! This offer is only valid until January 17th!
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To the displeasure of many, Microsoft has recently announced that the latest edition to the Xbox Originals service is going to be none other than BlowOut. Wait, what?
I regard myself as a pretty well-read gamer, so when Microsoft announced a game I’ve barely even heard of was coming to the Xbox Originals service, I was pretty surprised.
For those who don’t know what it is, Wikipedia lists it as a run-and-gun game similar to Contra or Metal Slug that was released on January 23rd, 2004 developed by Terminal Reality. Doesn’t sound too bad.
Any who, the game’s out on the service for 1200 Microsoft points or about $15.
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Sony is sure to take a hit when they read this one. It was recently announced that the demo for Resident Evil 5 will exclusively hit the Xbox 360 on January 26th, with the PS3 version theoretically coming a week later.
Included in the demo are 2 co-op levels (complete with voice chat) for the player to run through with a friend or alone.
And, to take another shot at Sony, it was also announced that a new trailer for the game will be released exclusivey for the 360 on Jan. 16th.
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Once again Microsoft has released another round of Avatar clothes that are questionable in both their fashion-consciousness and whether or not they’re really in demand. The females get two tops, a lavender polo shirt and hiking jacket, one bottom; chinos with belt and two sets of shoes: scarlet pumps and rainy day boots. Men get four tops: a striped polo shirt, open neck cardigan, checked jacket with polo and striped jacket with polo. The men also get one bottom, embroidered pants and one full outfit that is the somewhat nerdy looking suspenders with high pants.
They’re all free and will be available for your customizing needs the next time you connect to Xbox live.
2008 may have been the year of the PlayStation (well, at least, according to Sony), but it wasn’t a very good year for the parent company, as Reuters is reporting that Sony’s yearly losses may amount to $1.1 billion by the time its 2008 fiscal year ends in March.
If the report is correct, the loss would be the first in 14 years of operation for Sony. The blame can be put on the gloomy economic recession for which Sony recently announced plans to slash its workforce by 16,000.
The publication speculates that the PlayStation manufacturer will need to adopt more drastic tactics if it posts a loss of that magnitude. This includes the firing of additional workers and the sale of its financial unit, among other things.
Avalanche, the studio behind the Just Cause series, revealed the development of AionGuard, its open-world fantasy title to Edge, who has proceeded to set expectations high for the game.
The action-adventure game will follow a team of elite soldiers who must capture “fixed areas of land”. They are described as “WWI dogfighter pilots, Samurai and medieval knights, but instead of swords and aeroplanes, they wield magic.”
AionGuard won’t be making its way to stores anytime soon, though, as Avalanche, having severed ties with its previous publisher, bought back the rights to the game, and is now searching for new funding.
Who says the PS3 doesn’t get much love? According to Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3‘s EA Store listing, the PS3 version of the game will feature a variety of new HD video content.
Some of the content includes bloopers, outtakes, behind the scenes, developer strategy videos and new battleground maps, as well as a “Girls of RA3″ featurette.
Dubbed the “Ultimate Edition”, the PS3 version will also include the game’s soundtrack and a unit profiles video encyclopedia. No release date was provided for the port.
In a slip, Microsoft had mistakenly put up a batch of free downloadable content for Midnight Club: Los Angeles on the Xbox Live Marketplace last night. While it can no longer be downloaded, those who did are advised by the company to delete the pack as “it may not work properly.”
“The Achievements won’t register and [the pack] could cause you problems with your Midnight Club: LA game saves,” reads a post on EMEA Xbox community manager Graeme Boyd’s blog.
The pack was a 1.4GB download and is said to offer the South Central area, as well as new cars, competitions, races and music. It was promised an early 2009 release.
As part of their weekly tradition, Microsoft has announced what game will be released on Xbox Live Arcade this week: not a game, but better still – downloadable content for Castle Crashers.
The “King Pack” comes in at 160 Microsoft points ($2), adding two new playable characters, a party-healing spell, three new weapons and a seal animal orb named Pelter.
It will be available starting today for the Xbox 360-exclusive downloadable beat ‘em up title. Microsoft also announced that next week’s Xbox Live Arcade game will be The Maw, which will be available starting January 21 for 800 points ($10).
The DS is partly responsible for the huge trend of casual gaming and much of the rest can be attributed to the Wii and its intuitive gameplay controls. Kotaku has found a trademark on the Japanese trademark website that indicates Nintendo may be working on a method to bring the two together.
The trademark is for a ‘DS Houi Sensor Card’. According to Kotatku houi translates to ‘direction’ or ‘cardinal point’. Unfortunately this is as far as the information goes, as this simply a filing on an official website and doesn’t hint at any games presently planned for this feature, but it’s pretty likely that this really is a motion sensor of some kind given that Nintendo tested the waters with this in the past and if the DS wants to ensure their dominance of the handheld market, motion sensing is a tool to that.
