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November 7th, 2012, 15:00 Posted By: wraggster
The latest Xbox 360 deal from Gem has arrived, with the UK distributor giving away Xbox Live points and cutting prices on accessories.
For independent retailers that order an Xbox 360 Wireless Pad with Halo: Combat Evolved, they will received 800 Microsoft points for free.
Meanwhile, there is 25 per cent off selected Xbox 360 accessories.
The offer is available to all indie retailers, both existing and new. It is part of a 12-week campaign from Gem to help drive Xbox 360 amongst independent stores.
More information can be found at www.gem.co.uk/.
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November 7th, 2012, 01:36 Posted By: wraggster
Metro: Last Light, Company of Heroes 2 also pushed back
THQ has pushed the release of South Park: The Stick of Truth until outside fiscal year 2013.
The RPG is set in the world of the hit animated comedy, and though there have been South Park games before, this is the first to have series creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker on board.
This major blow to fans and investors alike was dealt at today's THQ earnings call when company president Jason Rubin revealed that all titles for Q4 2013 had been delayed, saying the games needed more time for polish.
It was not said when Metro Last Light and Company of Heroes 2 would be released.
"The opportunity for South Park is massive," said Rubin.
http://www.develop-online.net/news/4...yed-to-FY-2014
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November 5th, 2012, 23:10 Posted By: wraggster
The first UK High Street prices for Halo 4 have gone live in this morning’s national press.
Retailer GAME will sell the game for 99p when customers trade-in any two games from its ongoing trade-in list.
Supermarket Sainsbury’s, meanwhile is offering Halo 4 for just £32.99 when purchased with 2100 Xbox Live Points. Its standalone price is £39.99.
Have you seen any other price confirmations from the UK supermarkets? Let us know on Twitter at @mcvonline. We’ll update this story as and when we have more prices.
UPDATE 1: Users have contacted MCV with a link to a £30 deal on Tesco Direct using a discount code. You can find details here.
UPDATE 2: "It doesn't get much cheaper than free", we're told. And they're right! HMV is offering Halo 4 for free when you trade in any two of the following: 007 Legends, Borderlands 2, Dishonored, F1 2012, FIFA 13, Forza: Horizon, Medal of Honor: Warfighter, PES 2013, Resident Evil 6 or XCOM Enemy Unknown.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/halo-...eapest/0105788
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November 5th, 2012, 22:51 Posted By: wraggster
The Xbox 360 version of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 has leaked onto the internet a week ahead of release.The game appeared on the usual websites for these things last night eight days before its 13th November release.Now, YouTube is packed with gameplay videos, most of the new expanded Zombies mode.SPOILER WARNING: One of these is below.Streams have also emerged. Responding, Treyarch design director David Vonderhaar took to Twitter to say: "If you are going to live-stream the game early, which I don't remotely recommend, you could at least be good at it. :P"Then, "I'm really glad people are excited for the game. Legit streams coming up later this week and early next. Watch this space."The news comes a week after reports claimed Black Ops 2 was sold early in Slovakia, although the Xbox 360 leak is thought to have originated from the US. Halo 4, out midnight tonight, leaked nearly a month before release.Activision declined to comment when contacted by Eurogamer this morning.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...ead-of-release
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November 5th, 2012, 21:57 Posted By: wraggster
Pre-orders for the upcoming Grand Theft Auto 5 have launched across the US and Britain, the company has announced.
 Retail giants such as Amazon, Gamestop, HMV, Play.com and Zavvi have begun a co-ordinated pre-order campaign for what is widely regarded as one of the biggest games of the current generation.The new marketing move comes one week after Take Two revealed it has pencilled in a Spring 2013 GTA 5 release date for the title.
Rockstar's next crime opus will launch first on PS3 and Xbox 360. However, it is still unclear whether GTA 5 will be ported to the Wii U, and details on the PC edition have not been revealed.
The official Rockstar Games Newswire has provided links to the retail pre-order pages.
http://www.computerandvideogames.com...rder-campaign/
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November 5th, 2012, 21:20 Posted By: wraggster
Xbox product marketing exec Matt Barlow boasts about 360's momentum and talks strategy going into this holiday against PS3 and Wii U
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Following our interview with PlayStation executive John Koller about the company's holiday positioning, GamesIndustry International got on the phone with Microsoft to see what the competition's game plan is. The Xbox 360 is entering its eighth holiday season now, and the platform and Microsoft's approach have both evolved quite a bit over the years.
As Xbox 360 nears the end of its life, Microsoft not only wants to retain the hardcore gamer with titles like Halo 4 and Forza Horizon, but the company is hoping to capture more and more of the broad base with cheaper bundles, better Kinect titles and the introduction of SmartGlass for a dual-screen experience across games and all sorts of entertainment.
Matt Barlow, general manager of product marketing at Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment Business, told us all about how he believes this holiday will shape up for Xbox. Hint: he's super confident.
Q: Xbox 360 has spent 7 years on the market. It has to be a challenge for the marketing team at this point in the lifecycle. How do you get new users during this holiday season and how do you have to approach it differently from when the 360 felt fresh?
Matt Barlow: When I look at that 7 years to the end of the lifecycle here, I'm excited that we're that one console that's been actually defying gravity. I do think we have a lot of help with Kinect coming into that. We built off that strong core base and then brought in that controller free gaming benefit with Kinect. So to your point - how can you position this thing later in the life cycle? - it's actually a neat place that we happen to be. We think we're the one console that's out there that speaks to everybody and delivers their entertainment and makes it more amazing.
And if you look at what we've got, if you're a core gamer, and you haven't stepped over to our box yet, there couldn't be a better time with the games we've got - we just shipped Fable and Forza Horizon and Halo is shipping in a week or so, and then we've got Gears of War coming up the first part of next year and then content for Call of Duty exclusively first on Xbox Live. We're seeing tons of people becoming dual console owners, especially at this stage in the lifecycle if they haven't already jumped into 360. With a starting price of $199, you might as well jump right into our box.
If you're a casual fan, we've got Dance Central 3, Kinect Sports Ultimate, and then Nike+ Kinect Fitness, which is going to be shipping. Great things available for people to play controller free if they are a fan of the Wii or if they're a little intimidated by the controller, we've got something for them. The entertainment offerings that we announced over the past couple of weeks, whether it's Xbox music, movies, or TV, the sports partnerships we've got with NBA, major league baseball, ESPN, on top of the games that we're bringing, is amazing. And then you look at what we're doing across all screens with Xbox SmartGlass, whether it's with Windows 8 PCs or phones, tablets, on top of the TV, being able to have that supplementary experience or flip content back and forth is an amazing thing for people who are looking to get more from that experience.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...says-microsoft
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November 5th, 2012, 21:17 Posted By: wraggster
It will impossible to escape the launch of Halo 4 this week as the Xbox team prepares its most ambitious campaign to date.
Master Chief’s latest adventure – released tomorrow (November 6th) – will be supported by the biggest out of house budget Xbox UK has ever spent on a game, the platform holder told MCV.
Halo 4 will take over the London IMAX – just as Halo 3 did – with more stand-out ads in London Underground stations and major shopping centres. There will also be billboards around the UK.
Microsoft is planning a ‘spectacular stunt’ for launch night (November 5th), which will take place along the Thames between The O2 Stadium and Tower Bridge. This will kick off 350 midnight openings, headlined by GAME’s Westfield Stratford store.
And that’s on top of a month-long cinema push with trailers running before Skyfall, and partnerships with Mountain Dew and Pizza Hut.
TV advertising began last week, with spots running around Premiership football matches, movies, The X Factor and more .Throughout the summer, Microsoft has been driving pre-orders with online and print ads, as well as retail promotions and POS.
It has also produced a live-action web series, Forward Unto Dawn, to serve as a prequel to Halo 4.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/tomor...the-uk/0105790
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November 5th, 2012, 19:24 Posted By: wraggster
A third piece of downloadable content has been announced for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
It’s called Dragonborn and will be released on December 4th. It will cost 1,600 Microsoft Points on Xbox Live.
A debut trailer can be seen below and suggests that the content will very much return to the epic scale and dramatic sensibilities of the game’s core offering. Note the dragon riding.
The first Skyrim DLC was called Dawnguard and was released on May 1st. It concentrated on vampires and offered players the chance to either befriend the vamps or take up arms against them.
The game’s second DLC, Hearthfire, was released in September and allowed players to build, decorate and customise their own homes.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/bethe...onborn/0105804
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November 5th, 2012, 13:28 Posted By: wraggster
It looks like a new XBOX 360 Corona MoBo revision was spotted by the guys over at hackfaq.net highlighting some security changes.
Thanks to the guys over at hackfaq.net, there's some info of a new ‘downgraded’ Corona revision (v4? or v3/16mb) for the XBOX 360.
As expected, there are some security changes. Here are the main two, via Homebrew-Connection:
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- There is no longer POSTbit connected to a point outside of the processor. The POST is used to get the debug info from the console and is used in the RGH to know if the console start glitched (ie start correctly) or if it need a reset to try another time.
This means it’s now a lot harder to glitch the new machines … for example the russian guys over at hackfaq removed the CPU to get postbit access. Let’s hope hackers find a alternative to the POST.
- Some resistors linked to J2C3.X pads have also been removed. These points are used to dump/flash the nand and for i2c SDA/SCL signal transmissions. You will need to brigde the pads to be able do read/write and properly send the i2c signals.
According to them, most likely this isn't the same Corona revision that T-X was able to glitch, as they've said that one has a 64MB NAND, while the MoBo described here is said to have a 16MB NAND. But of course, for the moment, that is just speculation.
So, just stay tuned for more news about this new Corona rev. in the upcoming days!
http://www.xbox-scene.com/xbox1data/...pVNKViniUF.php
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November 3rd, 2012, 22:20 Posted By: wraggster
Developer Turn10 has confirmed the next Forza Horizon DLC; a 'November Bondurant Car Pack'.
 The new car pack arrives on Xbox Live on November 6, and will costs 400 MS Points for six cars ranging from Italian exotics to American muscle.Here's the full list:
- 2012 Lamborghini Gallardo LP570-4 Spyder Performante
- 2012 Shelby 1000
- 2010 BMW M3 GTS
- 1965 Shelby Cobra 427 S/C
- 1994 Nissan 240SX SE
- 2012 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon
Microsoft recently announced the Forza Horizon Rally Expansion Pack for release on December 18. The platform holder says it'll deliver "immersive and authentic rally racing on the roughest, untamed roads of Colorado", featuring "deeper ruts, higher jumps, and new surface types to explore".
http://www.computerandvideogames.com...pack-detailed/
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November 3rd, 2012, 01:04 Posted By: wraggster
Fighting game Tekken Tag Tournament 2 is nearing one million sales.It shifted 840,000 copies in Europe and Japan up to the end of September 2012, Namco revealed in its financial report. The game launched in early September, so that figure relates to only a few weeks on sale.With the game due to launch on Wii U soon, TTT2 should hit the million mark - a total that will please the money men at the Japanese publisher.Elsewhere, Namco's other fighting game, SoulCalibur 5, has sold 1.38 million units worldwide and Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations has sold 1.01 million.The games' success contributed to a 15 per cent rise in revenue for the first six months of the 2013 financial year compared to the same period last year.Net income was 17,320 million yen off the back of 222,610 million yen in sales, an increase of 116 per cent on last year.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...-sells-840-000
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November 3rd, 2012, 00:55 Posted By: wraggster
Halo 4 updates could introduce clans and Theatre Mode campaign support, according to 343 Industries' Jessica O'Shea.
 Writing in the latest Halo bulletin, she said (viaOXM): "Theater Mode in Campaign did not make the cut for launch for various reasons of scheduling, rendering issues and some significant engine changes."However, we are treating Title Updates very differently for Halo 4 and rather than simply using them as opportunities for simple big fixes, we are thinking of them as a way to sustain and grow features and options, so it is possible you could see Saved Films made available for Campaign (as well as some other significant features) at some time in the not-too-distant future, but that's yet to be determined."
On the subject of clan support, O'Shea said: "As we mentioned before, we plan to continue consistent and meaningful sustainment updates to improve and enhance player experience.
"Social constructs are something we too have missed since Halo 2, and we're looking at interesting ways to improve those experiences in the not-too-distant future. I will be using that expression a lot. Get used to it."
Microsoft has confirmed a Halo 4 release date of November 6. Our Halo 4 review describes 343's debut series entry as "one of the best multiplayer shooters on 360", although we said "Reach has the better Firefight and Halo 3 has the better campaign".
http://www.computerandvideogames.com...paign-support/
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November 2nd, 2012, 23:18 Posted By: wraggster
The release of Halo 4 next Tuesday is “set to make entertainment history”, according to Microsoft.
It cites sources saying that the game’s release could be “the biggest entertainment event of 2012”.
Over 10,000 retailers across 40 countries will open their doors at midnight on Monday night to welcome the release of the new Xbox 360 shooter, which is likely the final appearance from the Master Chief on Microsoft’s current hardware.
Major launch events are planned in 30 cities including London, Paris, Tokyo, Sydney, Berlin, Seattle, Tokyo, Toronto, Singapore and Hong Kong.
London’s event “will host a spectacular stunt” on the River Thames between Greenwich Peninsula and Tower Bridge. Punters are invited to head over to the Design Museum in Butlers Wharf (London SE1 2YD) “no later than” 7:30pm.
Around 350 midnight openings are expected to take place across the UK, with GAME’s flagship Stratford store hosting the official launch event. Developers from 343 Industries and The Gadget Show’s Jason Bradbury will be in attendance and prizes will be on offer – as well as a life-sized replica Warthog.
A free bus will offer transit from the Design Museum to GAME Stratford, though spaces are limited and will be offered on a first come first served basis.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/micro...f-2012/0105717
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November 2nd, 2012, 23:15 Posted By: wraggster
Gem's bid to push Xbox 360 at indie retail kicks off this week, with a special offer on Kinect.
Independent stores that order a Kinect (with Kinect Adventures) from Gem can choose five extra titles at a reduced price.
The cheaper stock includes: Kinect Star Wars, Kinect Rush: A Disney Pixar Adventure, The Gunstringer, Kinectimals Now With Bears, Dance Central 2, Kinect Sports Season 2, Kinect Disneyland Adventures, Dance Central, Kinect Sports and/or Kinectimals.
The offer is available to all indie retailers, both existing and new, and lasts until November 30th.
More information can be found at www.gem.co.uk/.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/reduc...m-deal/0105724
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November 2nd, 2012, 22:33 Posted By: wraggster
Having featured on BBC consumer rights programme Watchdog for a second time earlier this week, EA has moved to address concerns about FIFA 13’s alleged technical issues.
Quite why the BBC has chosen to focus on EA’s game as opposed to any number of far buggier titles that are released is a mystery – presumably, more customers (of which FIFA 13 has millions) means more dissenting voices.
“Our fans have engaged with FIFA 13 in record numbers,” an EA statement issued to the BBC reads. “On any given day, more than 1m online game sessions of FIFA are played by our fans in the UK. But as with any product or online service with such a high level of traffic and popularity, there will be some circumstances where fans experience challenges or issues.
“And as with any online service, our game is also dependent on many other factors, such as online access and availability at the customer’s location, to ensure the best experience.
“We are constantly listening to our fans and asking for their feedback to help us identify issues and assist us in prioritising the improvements to our game. In summary, we have already delivered improvements to FIFA 13 to address issues in online connectivity, addressed key issues in game modes like Career Mode and FIFA Ultimate Team, and are actively addressing customer issues related to transactions in the game that have not been executed properly, such as missing coins or FIFA Ultimate Team items.
http://www.develop-online.net/news/4...ug-allegations
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November 2nd, 2012, 00:33 Posted By: wraggster
Master Chief’s new stewards, Microsoft’s 343 Industries, has struck gold with its first Halo outing.
Halo 4 reviews landed online this morning, delivering near-universal praise for the Chief’s latest adventure and likely his last outing on Xbox 360. At the time of writing the game has an impressive 91 per cent on Metacritic.
“After soaking in the new game, I am beyond thrilled to be so in love with Halo again, more than I’ve been since Halo 2,” IGN wrote in its 9.8/10 review, in which it describes the game as ‘awesome’. “343’s debut effort out-Bungies Bungie.
“Halo 4 is a masterstroke everyone can and should celebrate, and its two guaranteed sequels instantly make the next-generation Xbox a must-own system, with Halo 5 its most anticipated title. Halo has been rebuilt. It has been redefined. And it has been reinvigorated. The Xbox’s original king has returned to his rightful place on the throne.”
Polygon scored it 9.6/10, concluding: “Halo 4 is most like the original Halo, where the novelty and wonder of exploring something really alien and different is a key factor. While Halo 4 continues the series' tradition of iteration on its own design more successfully than any one of its predecessors, that sense of awe, of discovery, has been light since the first game, and I didn't realize how much I missed it until I played Halo 4.
“Halo is in new hands with 343, but the studio nailed exactly why the series became a genre-defining franchise. And it's exciting to think about where it goes from here.”
GameSpot scored in 9/10, saying: “Halo 4 is every bit the massive shooter package that its predecessors were, and it holds the series' standard high. The thrilling and emotional return of Master Chief and Cortana is the highlight, and the campaign breaks new ground in narrative quality for the franchise.
“The top-notch competitive multiplayer picks up where Halo: Reach left off, infusing the action with some mainstream elements while still remaining undeniably unique. 343 Industries should be proud of what it has accomplished, and you should be excited to experience it for yourself.”
Eurogamer scored it an 8/10, musing: “Halo 4 is authentic, and assures 343's role is more than a mere tribute act. Their delicate yet sprawling work may be more continuation than true expansion - and perhaps the true test comes in the next step - but for now, Halo returns with a bang, not a whimper.”
Halo 4 will be released worldwide on Xbox 360 on Tuesday November 6th.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/343-i...s-land/0105618
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November 2nd, 2012, 00:27 Posted By: wraggster
EA has announced that everyone who pre-orders a copy of Crysis 3 will get a downloadable copy of the first Crysis for free.
 Pre-ordering the new shooter will get you a code which you can use to redeem the 2007 original as a digital download via PSN for PS3, Xbox Live for Xbox or Origin for PC.The press release says the offer will only be open "while supplies last at participating retailers", but doesn't detail which retailers are participating. Expect the usual big players to be taking part.
EA has confirmed a Crysis 3 release window of February 2013.
http://www.computerandvideogames.com...ysis-for-free/
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