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March 1st, 2013, 22:03 Posted By: wraggster
 It would make sense that Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge on Xbox would use Xbox Smartglass to add tablet features, since it's based on a Wii U game (that's based on an Xbox 360 and PS3 game.)
However, the Smartglass features are different from the inventory and off-TV play features used on the Wii U. Playing with the SmartGlass app loaded up on your phone or tablet allows you to keep track of your gameplay statistics. It also allows you to load up videos on YouTube of other players clearing the area you're in, to help you make your way.
Razor's Edge will be available April 2 in North America, and April 5 in Europe.
http://www.joystiq.com/2013/03/01/ni...glass-support/
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March 1st, 2013, 22:00 Posted By: wraggster
It's not looking good for the Xbox Live Indie Games channel. First Microsoft ceases development of XNA, the codebase that drives the self-publishing service that allows eager devs to sell their wares on the Xbox 360. Then Nat Brown, creator of the original Xbox,criticises Microsoft for what he sees as the "primary problem" with the Xbox 360, namely the lack of "a functional and growing platform ecosystem for small developers".The Indie Games slot on the Marketplace has diminished with every dashboard update, and while Microsoft has made some steps towards raising its visibility since, there's ample evidence that its presence on the Xbox Live Marketplace is merely tolerated rather than actively supported. Though Microsoft may yet surprise us by launching the console version of Apple's App Store, the assumption from most in the XNA development community is that the Indie Games Channel will quietly vanish when the next Xbox rolls around.Will anyone miss it? After some early promise the service never quite shook off the perception that it was awash with tatty clones and ugly Avatar games, and it certainly never produced the sort of breakout hit needed to give it commercial credibility in the eyes of consumers.Yet if you dig deep enough, there were - and still are - a small number of developers for whom XBLIG is not just their platform of choice, but the foundation of their business. What does the future hold for them? Should Microsoft abandon its indie experiment? To find out, Eurogamer spoke to three XNA developers who have all stuck with the service through thick and thin.I catch up with Nathan Fouts just as Serious Sam Double D XXL, his first Xbox Live Arcade game, goes on sale. Under the Mommy's Best Games moniker, Fouts was one of the first developers to gain attention on the Indie Games channel, breaking away from Insomniac Games to work solo on well received shooters like Weapon of Choice, Explosionade and Shoot 1UP. For him, the appeal was the chance to work independently but still publish on a mainstream console.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...f-independence
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March 1st, 2013, 21:47 Posted By: wraggster
Microsoft has announced plans to offer free access to Xbox Live Gold services such as multiplayer gaming during the second weekend of March.  The free weekend will run from 12.00 GMT on Friday March 8 until 23:59 GMT on Sunday March 10.A series of multiplayer events is being planned for games including Halo 4, Borderlands 2, Tomb Raider, FIFA Ultimate Team, Forza Horizon, Far Cry 3 and Assassin's Creed 3.On the Friday, from 12.00-17.00 GMT, Rockstar fans will be able to challenge developers in multiplayer matches on GTA IV: Episodes from Liberty City, Max Payne 3, Red Dead Redemption and Midnight Club LA. More information can be found here.Xbox 360 Call of Duty Games on Demand have been discounted today as part of an ongoingXbox Live sale.
http://www.computerandvideogames.com...kend-incoming/
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March 1st, 2013, 21:25 Posted By: wraggster
Deep Silver has at last announced a release date for 4A Games’ Metro: Last Light.
The gritty FPS will arrive on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC in the UK and Europe on May 17th, a few days after its US release on May 14th.
Last Light, of course, was formerly to be published by THQ until the publisher went into administration and the IP was acquired by Deep Silver late last month.
“The new release date is the ideal way to strike the balance between bringing the best out of Metro: Last Light and not keep the fans waiting longer than necessary,” Koch Media owner Dr Klemens Kundratitz stated.
“We won’t leave that time unexploited and will work closely together with 4A Games to make the game even better. It will receive all the attention it deserves.”
Deep Silver’s international commercial director Menno van der Bil added: "Since it has been made public that we took over the Metro franchise, the fans keep asking for a release date. Now we can finally announce when they will be able to get their hands on the game. We would like to thank all of the Metro fans for their patience. And we can assure them that we have a lot more coming their way with the franchise.”
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/metro...e-date/0111710
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March 1st, 2013, 01:00 Posted By: wraggster
Microsoft has shipped a new limited Xbox 360 hardware bundle to US today.  The 'Spring Value Bundle' includes a 250GB Xbox 360 slim with a wireless controller, a one-month subscription to Xbox Live Gold, and download codes for digital copies of Darksiders 2 and Batman: Arkham City.That lot will set you back $299. Microsoft warns that the new bundle is "available for a limited time, while supplies last, at select major US retail stores".
http://www.computerandvideogames.com...hits-us-today/
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March 1st, 2013, 00:33 Posted By: wraggster
With the first season of Spartan Ops over, the focus of next week's Halo 4 update will be on competitive multiplayer.  The 'Extraction' game is currently available in both Team Throwdown and Majestic Team DLC, but as of Monday, March 4, the mode will get it's own standalone playlist.For those unfamiliar with the mode:"Extraction is a 5 vs. 5 objective-based game type where opposing Spartan teams are tasked with extracting assets from various sites around the map. Once a team has found a site and is in position, they must plant their beacon and protect it from the opposing team while the extraction process occurs. If the defending team remains in control of the beacon, they receive one point, however if the opposing team overtakes the site before extraction is complete, the point is theirs. Once a site has been extracted, a new site becomes available. The first team to extract five points wins."The Capture the Flag playlist will also be updated with two new maps; Simplex and Settler.As developer 343 Industries explains, "Simplex, an arena-style map from community forger SaLoT, has seen the spotlight in both the Community Forge Test and Team Throwdown playlists."Settler is a fast paced, semi-symmetrical on-disc Ravine variant that rests atop a verdant cliff side - it will be appearing in Matchmaking for the first time, slightly tweaked for 5 vs. 5 CTF."
http://www.computerandvideogames.com...aps-next-week/
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February 28th, 2013, 23:59 Posted By: wraggster
Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Games on Demand sale continues apace with recent release Resident Evil 6 cut to a staggeringly low price.
The game, which was only released in October 2012, can now be had for just £8.99 on Xbox Live.
Also on sale for the same price are Resident Evil 5 and Resident Evil 4. The promotion will run for one day only, although other pricing activity will run until March 4th.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/resid...e-sale/0111620
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February 28th, 2013, 14:47 Posted By: wraggster
Microsoft has gone a little mad buying out just about every version of XboxGold.com it can find, Fusible reports. Naturally this has led to some furious speculation over whether we have a name for the next Xbox console at last, but don’t get too excited; “Xbox Gold” sounds a heck of a lot like “Xbox Live Gold”, so it could just be a defensive measure against scam websites and similar. The next Microsoft console is codenamed Durango and is frequently nicknamed “Xbox 720″ but we honestly have no idea what the damn thing will be called.
http://www.vg247.com/2013/02/27/xbox...e-speculation/
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February 28th, 2013, 14:46 Posted By: wraggster
Following Friday’s rumor about an early April reveal date for Microsoft’s next generation Xbox, CVG’s Rob Crossley has said on Twitter that a ‘trusted’ source has told him the event will occur on April 26.
“The next Xbox event is scheduled for April 26th,” Crossley said on Twitter. “I’ve been told by someone I trust. Microsoft may change date, obvs, but diarise tentatively.”
As always, take this with some salt until it is confirmed or denied.
http://gematsu.com/2013/02/rumor-nex...ue-on-april-26
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February 28th, 2013, 14:45 Posted By: wraggster
Eidos co-founder Ian Livingston doesn't see a digital-only system this generation, but he suggests the next Xbox will require an always-on internet connection and will feature marked discs that prevent sharing games across systems.
"Broadband speed globally isn’t at a level that justifies digital-only.” Livingstone told MCV India. “So they’ve gone halfway [...] With the next Xbox, you supposedly have to have an internet connection, and the discs are watermarked, whereby once played on one console it won’t play on another. So I think the generation after that will be digital-only.”
We already occupy this reality with Steam, but it's still unsettling to see it come to consoles. Now we can all complain about DRM in unison. Livingston is only offering speculation, not facts, so let's hope Microsoft doesn't adopt such an anti-used games position, especially after Sony said they would not be pursuing such tech in the PS4, even though patents suggest otherwise.
Read more at http://www.destructoid.com/eidos-co-...VQrdkzmCKbJ.99
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February 28th, 2013, 11:42 Posted By: wraggster
Warner Bros. and Monolith have announced a new update for their console MOBA game, Guardians of Middle-earth, that will add both a Survival mode and a new map for the one-lane versus mode.
The new Survival mode takes place in the Glittering Caves of the White Mountains, and pits one to five players against a series of incoming enemy and boss waves, trying to keep towers up and stay alive as long as possible.
The "Goblin-town" map for the one-lane mode sets the battle in the Misty Mountains near the Witch-king's dwelling, as seen in The Hobbit last year. We've got videos of both the new mode and the new map down below.
To celebrate the release, Monolith devs are jumping in on the PlayStation Network and hosting a special "Play with Devs" session on Friday, March 1 from 5-8pm PT. The game is free this week for PS Plus members, so if that's you download away.
Monolith says the new content is coming "soon" to both PSN and XBLA, so no date yet. The company tells Joystiq that the new one-lane map will be free. Survival Mode will also be free for anyone with a season pass (included in the boxed retail copies of the game), but cost extra otherwise.
http://www.joystiq.com/2013/02/26/gu...-one-lane-map/
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February 28th, 2013, 11:41 Posted By: wraggster
 The Xbox Live Swagfest is a way to get a free custom Xbox 360 for playing a multiplayer match – but it also illustrates how important non-game entertainment has become to the console. In order to enter the Swagfest, you have to download a special gamer pic and use it on your profile, then play a multiplayer round of Halo 4, Tomb Raider, or Gears of War 3 between now and March 11. Or, you can download HBO Go.
At the end of the period, five winners will be chosen to receive a special 4GB Xbox – bearing art from either Tomb Raider, BioShock Infinite, Gears of War: Judgment, Splinter Cell Blacklist ... or Game of Thrones on HBO. In other words, "watching HBO" is presented as equally representative of the Xbox experience as any of these AAA video games. Which is probably fairly true to life for most of us.
http://www.joystiq.com/2013/02/26/wi...x-in-swagfest/
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February 28th, 2013, 11:34 Posted By: wraggster
In addition to the daily deals there are a collection of week-long deals. They've been dug up by the handsome people of NeoGAF.Highlights include BioShock and The Darkness for £4.50 each, Dark Messiah of Might & Magic and Call of Juarez for £2.70 each, and racing games Grid for £4.50 and Dirt 2 for £2.70.Phwoar. Original story: Halo 4, 3, Reach and Wars are discounted on Xbox Live Games on Demand today, as part of an Ultimate sale that will offer new deals ever day until 4th March.
Halo 4 is down a third to £25, Halo 3 is down two thirds to £9, Halo: Reach is down to £9and Halo Wars is, err, £20. Maybe skip that last deal.Halo 4 is the latest of the bunch and £25 isn't a bad deal. It's the first core Halo game not made by Bungie, too, and it was a success, which bodes well for the new trilogy it's a part of.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...box-live-today
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February 28th, 2013, 11:27 Posted By: wraggster
The servers powering shooter Nexuiz on Xbox 360 have been shut down.The news comes amid the sale of publisher THQ's remaining assets, which include Homeworld, Darksiders, Red Faction and, of course, Nexuiz.The developer of the game, Illfonic, said the servers were being run by THQ so, as you'd expect, can't be maintained. Illfonic will keep the PC servers, which it controls, up and running itself."It was fun while it lasted on there and we are glad you guys enjoyed the game!" Illfonic said in a Facebook post.Some players reacted angrily to the news, which comes less than a year after the launch of the game."Can I have a refund then?" asked Jaime Sanchez, "'cause that's BS. You guys couldn't even support it for a year. What a waste of money and I bought it day one."Others pointed out it was the collapse of THQ that caused the closure of the game's servers, and Illfonic was not to blame."Sad to see this happen but seriously, you people demanding your money back," wrote Kelechi Iwuoha."It was like $10 when it came out and I'm pretty sure it didn't hurt your pockets that bad that you need the reimbursement. I personally loved the game on Xbox and PC and feel I at least got my $ worth."Good luck in your future work Illfonic."Illfonic addressed a fan who suggested the developer gain control of the Xbox 360 servers and bring them back online."It certainly is a possibility,2 the developer said. "Unfortunately, at this time we just cannot justify the cost. Anyone who buys Nexuiz on XBLA would be sending money to THQ, not IllFonic, so we wouldn't be getting any money to help with the server costs (which are really pricey)."The PC costs are next to nothing outside of our daily operating costs, so it isn't an issue for us to keep it running. If anyone has any complaints about getting points back/etc. they need to bring that up with THQ and not IllFonic - we don't have any control over that kind of stuff."Nexuiz should be removed from the XBLA store soon (if it hasn't already)."
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...set-sale-looms
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February 28th, 2013, 01:08 Posted By: wraggster
Ubisoft will shortly unveil Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, if leaked images online are to be believed.
Kotaku has obtained a poster naming the game and seemingly picturing its protagonist who, surprise surprise, looks much like predecessors Connor and Ezio.
The Examiner names him as Edward Kenway, father of Haytham Kenway and grandfather of the aforementioned Connor from Assassin's Creed 3.
The source who supplied the image to Kotaku also believes the embargo on the game’s announcement will lift on March 4th.
The most notable visual style to note is the use of pirate ships, which are expected to prove central to the plot and setting. Speaking of which, this poster also identifies the Caribbean as the main location of the game. The pictured map also includes parts of Cuba, Jamaica and Florida.
Ubisoft is holding an AC-themed press event today, incidentally...
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/assas...online/0111531
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February 28th, 2013, 01:03 Posted By: wraggster
Microsoft efforts to thrust big brands upon you using Xbox 360 continues apace thanks to a new Gears of War partnership with Maxim.
The deal will see buyers of Gears of War: Judgement offered two multiplayer maps and a new game mode – called Execution – for free at some stage after launch.
Microsoft has also revealed an Online Pass for the title. Costing 1,600 Microsoft Points, it will offer a permanent 20 per cent discount on DLC for the title.
Those who sign up will also receive a permanent doubling of XP in the multiplayer mode.
Gears of War: Judgement will be released worldwide on March 22nd.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/maxim...gement/0111550
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February 28th, 2013, 01:02 Posted By: wraggster
Fans will be able to play the new Gears of War game at a special pre-launch event next month, courtesy of IGN and GAME.
The ‘First Look’ promotion is the first in a series of events following a partnership between the media and retail giant.
40 fans will be able to invite two friends to play the new Xbox title ahead of the game’s midnight launch, with ten stores around the country running the special event.
“We need to be a lot more pragmatic in terms of how each part of the industry can work together to help facilitate people’s experience of games,” said GAME boss Martyn Gibbs.
“In terms of that, it is really key for me that we have struck our first major partnership with IGN. Culturally our businesses our similar, in terms of what we want to achieve for the longer-term benefit for the games industry.
“We started doing lock-ins last year with Assassin’s Creed III, which was allowing gamers to get access to the game a while before it came out.
“Basically, with that we are trying to act as a cinema in terms of creating theatre.”
IGN International director Ian Chambers added: “GAME is the No.1 specialist retailer and IGN is the No.1 in games media, so we’ve always thought there would be a great fit there.”
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/ign-a...-event/0111552
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February 26th, 2013, 01:48 Posted By: wraggster
EA is planning another three add-ons for last year's Need for Speed: Most Wanted, a freshly-leaked set of PlayStation Trophies has revealed.Due out at some point are the Terminal Velocity Pack, Movie Legends Pack and NFS Heroes Pack, PS3Trophies has listed.No pricing or release dates have been announced, but the game's first add-on, the Ultimate Speed Pack, cost 800 Microsoft Points/£7.99.Terminal Velocity will add five new cars and a number of new races, with new car add-ons such as the Ram Chassis, Jump Nitrous and Drift Tires.Both the other packs offer new races, too, although there's no mention of any new areas to race in.There's no mention either of finally being able to race as the cops, one of the highlights in Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, developer Criterion's previous game.Eurogamer contacted EA about the packs, but was told the publisher had nothing to add at this time.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...ed-dlcs-coming
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