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March 16th, 2010, 16:37 Posted By: wraggster
Newly released today:
In 2013 the world was devastated by an apocalyptic event, annihilating almost all mankind and turning the earth’s surface into a poisonous wasteland.
A handful of survivors took refuge in the depths of the Moscow underground, and human civilization entered a new Dark Age.
The year is 2033. An entire generation has been born and raised underground, and their besieged Metro Station-Cities struggle for survival, with each other, and the mutant horrors that await outside.
You are Artyom, born in the last days before the fire, but raised Underground. Having never ventured beyond your Metro Station-City limits, one fateful event sparks a desperate mission to the heart of the Metro system, to warn the remnants of mankind of a terrible impending threat.
Your journey takes you from the forgotten catacombs beneath the subway to the desolate wastelands above, where your actions will determine the fate of mankind.
The game is available on:
Xbox360™
Metro 2033 US US$ 64.90
Metro 2033 ASIA US$ 59.90
PC Game
Metro 2033 (DVD-ROM) US US$ 54.90
Metro 2033 (DVD-ROM) ASIA US$ 49.90
http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-...-2cv-84-n.html
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March 16th, 2010, 16:35 Posted By: wraggster
Newly released today:
From the publisher: From the Makers of the Best RPG of 2009, Dragon Age: Origins, comes the first official expansion pack.
For centuries, the Grey Wardens—the ancient order of guardians, sworn to unite and defend the lands—have been battling the darkspawn forces.
Legend spoke that slaying the Archdemon would have put an end to the darkspawn threat for centuries to come, but somehow they remain.
You are the Grey Warden Commander and have been entrusted with the duty of rebuilding the order of Grey Wardens and uncovering the secrets of the darkspawn and how they managed to remain.
How you choose to rebuild your order, how you resolve the conflict with "The Architect", and how you determine the fate of the darkspawn will be but some of the many complex choices that await and shape your journey as you venture to the new land of Amaranthine.
The Asian versions of the expansion pack come today, the US versions are on their way:
Xbox360™
Dragon Age Origins: Awakening ASIA US$ 39.90
Dragon Age Origins: Awakening US US$ 44.90
PlayStation3™
Dragon Age Origins: Awakening US US$ 44.90
Dragon Age Origins: Awakening ASIA US$ 39.90
PC Game
Dragon Age Origins: Awakening (DVD-ROM) US US$ 44.90
Dragon Age Origins: Awakening Guide US US$ 19.90
http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-...-2cv-84-n.html
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March 16th, 2010, 16:34 Posted By: wraggster
New special offer from Play Asia:
Set 50 years after the climactic events of the original Red Faction, Red Faction®: Guerrilla™ allows players to take the role of an insurgent fighter with the newly re-established Red Faction movement as they battle for liberation from the oppressive Earth Defense Force.
Red Faction: Guerrilla re-defines the limits of destruction-based game-play with a huge open-world, fast-paced guerrilla-style combat, and true physics-based destruction.
Let loose your destructive instincts, destroy army bases and ambush regiments as much and often as you can. You have an arsenal of weapons at your disposal, utilize them to your full advantage.
Red Faction Guerrilla is available at an unbeatable bargain price of US$ 17.90 only. The Asian version is region free and supports multiple languages: English, French; Text: English, French.
http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-...-2cw-84-n.html
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March 16th, 2010, 01:12 Posted By: wraggster
News via http://x360.gx-mod.com/modules/news/...p?storyid=2570
dstruktiv released a hacked version of the Xbox 1 emulator for Xbox 360.
This modified version appears he Xorloser by, the Xbox 1 emulator lets you run any XBE from your Xbox 360 (this includes the Xbox 1 but also the hundreds of homebrew applications and available on Xbox 1 ).
Features:
- Remove the XBE signature verification (can therefore run unsigned code)
- Remove hash checking (allows to launch XBE modified)
- Remove the check from the region
- Remove the check media (can launch from the hard drive)
- Support for Debug XBE / Devkit (can launch your own code Xbox 1)
- Allows the use of games not officially supported by Microsoft (but not all games are officially supported to run not sure).
Installation: Just replace the files on your partition HddX by those present in the archive.
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March 16th, 2010, 01:12 Posted By: wraggster
News via http://x360.gx-mod.com/modules/news/...p?storyid=2570
dstruktiv released a hacked version of the Xbox 1 emulator for Xbox 360.
This modified version appears he Xorloser by, the Xbox 1 emulator lets you run any XBE from your Xbox 360 (this includes the Xbox 1 but also the hundreds of homebrew applications and available on Xbox 1 ).
Features:
- Remove the XBE signature verification (can therefore run unsigned code)
- Remove hash checking (allows to launch XBE modified)
- Remove the check from the region
- Remove the check media (can launch from the hard drive)
- Support for Debug XBE / Devkit (can launch your own code Xbox 1)
- Allows the use of games not officially supported by Microsoft (but not all games are officially supported to run not sure).
Installation: Just replace the files on your partition HddX by those present in the archive.
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March 16th, 2010, 00:34 Posted By: wraggster
If you've been holding out on buying an Xbox 360 for the last five years you live in Canada, you'll be totally psyched to hear that the Arcade bundle of Microsoft's console is currently on sale in for $130.
The Xbox Canada site lists the price drop for both Futureshop and Best Buy, though we also found it over at Amazon Canada and GameStop Canada. Get 'em while you can! We've followed up with Microsoft to clarify whether or not this is a permanent change for our Canadian friends, and, of course, if we'll be seeing a similar sale/price drop in the US.
http://www.joystiq.com/2010/03/15/xb...130-in-canada/
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March 16th, 2010, 00:13 Posted By: wraggster
Mark Rein has said that Epic Games is free to do what it likes with Gears of War.
"We own Gears of War. We can do what we want with it," Rein, who is vice president of Epic, told VG247.
"We have a great relationship with Microsoft, and they helped turn the game into a huge success for us, and we are pretty happy with the way things are going."
Gears of War has only appeared on PC and Xbox 360 up to now. One assumes Epic's working on Gears of War 3. Bloody well better be - I must know what the deal is with Marcus's dad!
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/ep...ant-with-gears
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March 16th, 2010, 00:12 Posted By: wraggster
New research has shown that nearly a quarter of Xbox 360 owners earn less than 10 per cent of a game's Achievements, and that only four per cent seek out every reward.
EEDAR's Jesse Divnich, speaking at GDC (reported by GamesIndustry.biz), said 27 per cent of people earn half of a game's Achievements, but less than 10 per cent of people attain 80 per cent of the Achievements or more.
"Does this mean Achievements are too hard?" pondered Divnich, who did see a correlation between higher-scoring games and Achievements earned.
EEDAR (Electronic Entertainment Design and Research) analysed 32 million data points provided by Microsoft. From that, 100 games were selected at random and conclusions made.
EEDAR also offered some other interesting statistics, such as that the RPG genre turned out the most new IP - 40 per cent, to be precise.
Among the publishers endeavouring to create new brands was EA, deemed to be the third-highest new IP producer on PS3 and 360.
And, despite the worldwide recession, the amount of new IP has risen from 16 per cent in 2006 to 22 per cent in 2009.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/ee...ments-too-hard
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March 16th, 2010, 00:11 Posted By: wraggster
Microsoft has announced a 9th July 2010 release date for Crackdown 2.
Xbox community manager Graeme Boyd revealed the date on Twitter moments ago.
"Listen up Agents! We've just announced the Crackdown 2 release date as July 9, 2010. Prepare yourself," Tweeted Boyd, aka AceyBongos
His next Tweet pointed to a new Crackdown 2 developer diary, titled "Fun With Friends".
Crackdown 2 introduces super-powered enemies and four-player co-op to the crime-busting Xbox 360 series that not so much turned heads as span them around like basketballs in early 2007.
The last we saw of the sequel and wrote about was in November 2009.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/cr...dated-for-july
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March 16th, 2010, 00:00 Posted By: wraggster
An editorial at Eurogamer delves into what Sony and Microsoft hope to achieve with their upcoming console motion control systems, despite entering the market several years after Nintendo set the standard. "The cards Sony has placed on the table this week suggest one answer to that question. It sees PlayStation Move as being an upgrade path for Wii owners — an invitation to the tens of millions of consumers who have invested in Nintendo's platform to swim upstream to the more powerful, HD-enabled system. Yet even Sony's most optimistic view of the market will be tempered by a dose of realism here. ... What's more likely — and what Sony are probably quietly hoping to achieve a significant proportion of the Move's success through — is that the technology will expand the appeal of the PS3 in the family setting." The Digital Foundry blog has an in-depth look at the PlayStation Move from Sony's event at the Game Developers Conference, saying, "... if there was one positive you could take away from the event, it was that Move is clearly a far more precise implementation than the Wiimote. Some of the games felt clearly more 'tactile' than the Wii equivalents."
http://games.slashdot.org/story/10/0...Control-Market
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March 15th, 2010, 23:58 Posted By: wraggster
Microsoft has patented a new system of purchasing downloadable content via an automatic prompt, which attempts to ensure all players in the game have the same updates.
Discovered by website Broke My Controller, the "automated directed transaction and delivery system for digital content" (ATDDC) is designed to automatically detect if a player has not installed a particular component necessary to take part in an online game.
Once the content, such as a map or character download, is detected a prompt to the user is automatically generated. This allows them to purchase the extra content and automatically download and install it while remaining in contact with the other players.
The patent application uses a racing game in its example, describing a situation where a game host has a downloadable circuit which another player does not. Rather than having to exit the game and visit the Xbox Live Marketplace the ATDDC system would allow them to purchase and install the content immediately.
As with any patent there is no guarantee that Microsoft will implement the system, although it does have obvious potential for increasing sales of downloadable content.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...line-upselling
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March 15th, 2010, 23:56 Posted By: wraggster
New downloadable content for Take-Two's BioShock 2 was already on the game's disc, according to accusations from fans.
The Sinclair Solutions pack was released on Thursday, March 11 and includes two new playable characters, 20 new trials, new upgrades for weapons and an increase of the level cap to 50. The pack is priced at 400 Microsoft Points (£3.40/$5.00).
Fans on the official 2K Forum message board noticed that the download was only 24K in size on the PC and 108K on Xbox 360, implying that the content was already finished and stored on the game disc.
A comment from forum community manager "Elizabeth" tacitly admits that the download was already on the disc, claiming that this was to ensure there was no split in the userbase for the game's multiplayer mode.
Although no formal comment has been made by senior Take-Two staff Elizabeth continued: "I know some of you have strong beliefs about DLC, and I'm not here to sway your opinion or convince you to buy our stuff - if you like what we're offering, I hope you get it and enjoy it. If it's not your speed, enjoy BioShock 2 as we released it."
Charging for content that already exists on a game's disc has proven consistently controversial with fans, with Capcom becoming embroiled in similar user revolts over its Versus mode downloadable content for Resident Evil 5.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...isc-claim-fans
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March 15th, 2010, 23:53 Posted By: wraggster
Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg has claimed that Xbox 360 has "nearly twice" PS3's installed base - partly because its lack of a Blu-Ray drive allows it to be sold at a more attractive price point.
The Xbox product director claimed that "being $100 cheaper [than PS3] is part of the reason we're nearly twice their installed base".
It's likely Greenberg was referring to Xbox 360's North American installed base, with 360 and PS3 widely reported to be neck-and-neck in Europe.
"Sony bet on the physical disc, and there are costs associated with that," Greenberg told Edge magazine.
"The fact that we're able to offer a console starting at $199 is a benefit of not being burdened with that cost."
He added: "For us, our bet was on digital distribution, that was the future - the ability to [play] 1080p movies with no disc, no download required; we have the largest movie and TV library, the largest HD library of any console."
His comments come after Microsoft's director of Xbox and Entertainment Stephen McGill told CVG the firm had "no plans" to adopt Blu-Ray drives into 360.
Greenberg claimed that 360 had more exclusives than PS3 last month in an interview with CVG.
http://www.computerandvideogames.com...VG-General-RSS
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March 15th, 2010, 23:52 Posted By: wraggster
Metro 2033 has pushed Xbox 360 graphical standards in a way that hasn't been "done before", according to THQ's head of communications Huw Beynon.
"The 4A Engine is a fabulous piece of tech," Beynon told VG247, "and you'll see Metro 2033 doing things on the 360 that you haven't seen done before. Personally, I think it looks incredible. But take a look, judge for yourself."
"PC is a another level again," he added. "I think we scared a few people when we suggested our Optimum specs, but Optimum means exactly that - the very best set-up for the very best quality and performance."
"Metro will run well and look great at the minimum spec, let alone Recommended which is well within the reach of serious PC gamers. Then there's 3D Vision implemented - Metro is currently NVIDIA's poster child for their 3D tech, if you get the chance to see it you really should."
http://www.computerandvideogames.com...VG-General-RSS
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March 15th, 2010, 17:06 Posted By: wraggster
While Ubisoft has the Might and Magic series, internally developed RPGs are rare. So this bit of news may surprise you, Ubisoft appears to be working on a HD role playing game.
The news comes from a LinkedIn profile leak where a Lead Level Designer mentions a “RPG title” for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Recently, Ubisoft announced Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes for both platforms. Since Capybara Games, the same studio behind the DS game is developing high definition version, this game appears to be something else, but what?
An Assassin’s Creed RPG? Rayman RPG? Imagine RPG?
http://www.siliconera.com/2010/03/15...-and-xbox-360/
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March 14th, 2010, 18:14 Posted By: wraggster
Rab released GOD2XB1, so Xbox 1 GOD support is now possible:
This trivial tool will make these modifications to the god package until the new iso2god.
All it does is change that one byte and then rehash the file for you (simplifying these 2 steps):
- Open the CON stub and change the byte at offset 0x346 from 0x70 to 0x50.
- Calculate the SHA-1 hash from offset 0x344 to 0xAFFF (you should be hashing 0xACBC bytes of data) and write the hash value at offset 0x32C.
http://www.xboxhacker.org/index.php?...4886#msg104886
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March 14th, 2010, 17:15 Posted By: wraggster
An early listing of the Modern Warfare 2 "Stimulus Package" on the Xbox Live Marketplace web site reveals it is comprised of five maps, two of them old favorites from the first Modern Warfare.
The Stimulus Package isn't due out until March 30 on the Xbox 360 (dates for the PC and PS3 versions are still TBA). Here's the description from its Xbox Live listing, which was live as of 3 p.m. U.S. Mountain Time.
The best-selling Xbox 360 game of all-time just got bigger, with more epic multiplayer content, first on Xbox LIVE! The Stimulus Package delivers 5 additional action-packed multiplayer maps featuring a variety of locations: "Bailout," a multi-level apartment complex; "Storm," an open industrial park littered with heavy machinery; "Salvage," a snowy junkyard fortified by stacked debris and crushed cars. Two legendary fan-favorites from Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare return, including "Crash," [pictured above] a war-torn urban environment; and "Overgrown," which features a massive dry creek bed. There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts.
It'll weigh in at 328 MB. No word on pricing yet, and you can't queue it up for download, either. It asks you for a redeem code.
http://kotaku.com/5492732/modern-war...o-classic-maps
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