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March 10th, 2010, 22:52 Posted By: wraggster
Microsoft has told CVG that the Halo: Reach Beta will feature 'never seen before' gameplay - ramping up excitement for the public opening on May 3rd.
The firm released gameplay footage earlier this month as part of what Bungie called a 'multiplayer bomb'.
However, speaking in a new interview with CVG, director of Xbox and Entertainment at Microsoft Stephen McGill said there was plenty more to be revealed:
"As you can imagine, we're really excited about Halo Reach and with the beta coming in May you'll get a chance to experience some of the new features and gameplay never seen before," he said. "Obviously I don't want to give too much away but it really is shaping up to be the ultimate game of the year."
Bungie community chief Brian Jarrard previously told CVG that what the firm showed at X10 was "the tip of the iceberg in terms of what we have planned for Halo: Reach's multiplayer capability".
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March 10th, 2010, 19:18 Posted By: Shrygue
via MCV
Three million units of Final Fantasy XIII were sold into retail in the US and PAL territories, Square Enix has announced.
The title launched in Europe and North America yesterday, with launch events held in London, San Francisco and Paris. The game is already being tipped as being the biggest release of Q1.
The US and European performance means that the worldwide shipment figure for Final Fantasy XIII has now reached five million, the game launched in Japan during December last year,
96 million copies of Final Fantasy has now been shipped into retail worldwide since the franchise began life in 1987.
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March 10th, 2010, 19:14 Posted By: Shrygue
via Eurogamer
Infinity Ward has announced that the first map pack for Modern Warfare 2 will be released for Xbox 360 on 30th March.
Writing on Twitter, IW's Robert Bowling added that PC and PS3 would receive the DLC at a later date.
Microsoft has previously told Eurogamer that the first two map packs would be exclusive to Xbox Live for 30 days.
There's no word on the contents of this month's offering, but Activision has whacked up a comedy website to go with the announcement.
Yesterday Bowling said that MW2 had been played online by 25 million people.
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March 10th, 2010, 01:23 Posted By: wraggster
Sorry, everybody who bought a Zune HD! You screwed up. It won't be a part of the XNA Game Studio 4.0 party—meaning it won't play those new mobile Xbox Live games for Windows Phone 7—unlike the Zune HD2.
It's through MIcrosoft's XNA Game Studio 4.0 that developers get access to the Xbox Live goodness, using Gamer Services APIs. And that's not in the cards for the plain old Zune HD, according to Microsoft's Klucher:
"Development for the Zune and Zune HD will continue to exist in XNA Game Studio 3.1, however, in XNA Game Studio 4.0, we're encouraging you to migrate your games over to the Windows Phone 7 Series platform."
That's where the Zune HD2 comes in, which Mary Jo Foley hears is in the pipe, and "will be similar to an iPod Touch," and could ship as early as this year. In other words, it'll presumably be a part of that "Windows Phone 7 Series platform" and run Windows Phone 7 apps.
Which is what Microsoft will need—as many devices as possible running WP7 apps to give the platform a running start, and a wide base of them that don't require carrier contracts isn't a bad idea. Like Steve Jobs once supposedly referred to the iPod touch as "training wheels for the iPhone," devices running around with Xbox Live games and Zune music, getting people hooked on the platform early, the people who aren't quite ready for a full phone (though maybe that's where the mysterious Project Pink comes in), is almost a necessity, really.
But, uh, everybody who already bought a Zune HD. Um, yeah. Sorry?
http://gizmodo.com/5489587/zune-hd2-...is-for-suckers
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March 10th, 2010, 01:20 Posted By: wraggster
Though we already know the bulk of the March release schedule for new content on the Xbox Live Marketplace, Major Nelson's blog recently laid out how the rest of the month will play out. Tomorrow, we'll get our hands on Scrap Metal for 1200 ($15), next Wednesday will see the release of Perfect Dark for 800 ($10), and on March 24, we'll get our hands on the (somewhat) free Game Room hub. Oh, and the Games on Demand service got a bit crazier today with the release of Condemned: Criminal Origins for $19.99.
If you're an insatiable value-hound, you should turn your attention to the upcoming Deals of the Weeks: The original Fable will have its price reduced to 800 ($10) from 1200 ($15) during the week of March 15. All of Fallout 3's add-on packs, including Operation: Anchorage, The Pitt, Broken Steel, Point Lookout and Mothership Zeta, will be offered at half price (400, or $5) during the week of March 22.
http://www.joystiq.com/2010/03/09/xb...arch-revealed/
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March 9th, 2010, 23:35 Posted By: wraggster
We've all had a feeling that Microsoft is holding back some pretty big surprises (or at least completely reasonable revelations) when it comes to Windows Phone 7 Series and gaming, and here at GDC this week it sounds like we're going to get a little glimpse into that. Microsoft is unveiling its new XNA Game Studio 4.0, which lets developers work on games for Windows Phone 7 Series, Xbox 360 and Windows PC. The integration with Visual Studio 2010 that we saw the other day allows developers to build a single project and then make slight modifications to let it run on each platform respectively. Most importantly, Microsoft specifically mentions that 4.0 will include hardware accelerated 3D APIs for Windows Phone 7 Series -- not stunning, giving the fact that Zune can do 3D games (and is supported by XNA), but relieving just the same. Other phone-related tidbits are also telling: there will be fairly deep Xbox LIVE integration, including unlocking achievements from phone-based games and push notifications for asynchronous turn based gaming. Hopefully we can get some real live multiplayer gaming going as well, but there's no mention of that just yet. Microsoft promises "much, much more" will be revealed at MIX 2010, but for now we're gonna dig for all we can here at GDC.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/m...his-week-does/
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March 9th, 2010, 23:19 Posted By: wraggster
SEGA's first lump of downloadable Aliens vs. Predator content will be released on 18th March.
This Swarm Map Pack will cost 540 Microsoft Points (£4.60/€6.30) on Xbox 360 or £4.79/€5.99 on PS3. SEGA has told us the Steam price will be £4.79.
Inside are the four maps offered for free to Special Edition AVP buyers. Two of the maps - Docks, Machine - work across all six competitive multiplayer modes. The remaining two - Outpost, Hive - are maps for the wave-based co-op mode Survivor.
Aliens vs. Predator finished third in the UK All-Formats Chart yesterday, three weeks after release. Only newcomers Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and Heavy Rain - plus Ubisoft's best-selling Wii game Just Dance - have displaced AVP.
That's a strong finish for a game with a solid albeit unremarkable critical reception.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/al...-dlc-next-week
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March 9th, 2010, 23:09 Posted By: wraggster
Microsoft is due to unveil its "full line-up" of Project Natal games at E3 2010 in June, according to comments made by Mindy Mount, CFO of Microsoft's Entertainment & Devices division.
Speaking at the Jefferies Annual Global Technology Conference in the US, as reported by website IGN, Mount claimed that the company's best designers were working on the platform.
With Microsoft's stable of first party developers having shrunk considerably in recent years it was unclear which developers she was referring to, although Rare are known to be heavily involved with the project and Lionhead Studios are implementing Natal features in Fable III.
Smaller first party teams such as Spawnpoint Studios and BigPark are also believed to be involved in creating Natal titles.
"We have very strong first and third-party developer support for [Natal]," said Mount. "Needless to say, we're putting some of our best people on coming up with great game ideas for this, and we're going to have some great stuff."
In January of this year Microsoft's Robbie Bach claimed that 70 to 80 per cent of games publishers in the world are committed to releasing Natal-based games.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...e-up-due-at-e3
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March 9th, 2010, 23:06 Posted By: wraggster
Infinity Ward director of communications Robert Bowling has announced that the total number of unique users for Activision's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has hit 25 million players.
Writing on Twitter, Bowling also stated that Modern Warfare 2 downloadable content details would be released this week.
Modern Warfare 2 was the best-selling title of 2009, with 11.86 million units sold in the U.S., UK and Japan alone, comfortably ahead of second placed title Wii Sports Resort on 7.57 million.
Also a critical hit, the title became the latest videogame to proclaim itself the biggest entertainment launch in history, with more than $1 billion in retail sales by November 2010.
The game's five-day gross of $550 million exceeded that of previous media record holders Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ($394 million) and Grand Theft Auto IV ($500 million).
Despite this success the last few weeks have been tumultuous for developer Infinity Ward, with the shock sacking of studio heads Jason West and Vince Zampella for unspecified "insubordination".
The pair are now suing Activision amidst accusations of "astonishing arrogance and unbridled greed" and suggestions that the legal row could postpone the release of future entries in the series.
The usually outspoken Bowling has yet to comment on the situation.
A recent statement from Activision suggests that there are currently three new Call of Duty titles under production: an unnamed 2010 project from series regulars Treyarch (rumoured to have a Vietnam or Cold War setting), a 2011 "action adventure" spin-off from new studio Sledgehammer Games and a third project thought to be developed by franchise originators Infinity Ward.
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March 9th, 2010, 23:02 Posted By: wraggster
Microsoft packs in free copies of Halo 3: ODST and Forza 3 for new £199 SKU
Microsoft has announced it will release a new Xbox 360 Elite SKU this spring, which will include two free blockbuster first-party titles.
The Elite Spring bundle will cost £199 and contains a copy of Halo 3: ODST and Forza Motorsport 3 at no extra cost.
The bundle was previously rumoured to be in the works, but Microsoft has now confirmed it through the Xbox Live Newsbeat email newsletter.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/37914/New-...ndle-announced
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March 9th, 2010, 19:08 Posted By: Shrygue
via Computer and Video Games
Infinity Ward is set to release a patch for the matchmaking mode of Modern Warfare 2 on Xbox 360.
Few details are known about the fix, but the studio's community boss Robert Bowling said that it would be arriving before the game's DLC.
PS3 users have reportedly already been offered the patch.
As previously reported, CVG expects the Modern Warfare 2 release date will be in April.
Bowling wrote on Twitter:
'We'll be patching prior to DLC that will include the same matchmaking update for 360 that PS3 got, along with other updates.'
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March 9th, 2010, 17:42 Posted By: wraggster
New special offer from Play Asia:
The Ultimate 50 Cent Game Experience!
50 Cent and G-Unit® have just played to a sold-out crowd in a war-torn country. But when 50 tries to collect from the shifty promoter, he's told that a local drug lord named Kamal has screwed him over and stolen the box office receipts.
50 is ready to take his wrath out on the promoter, who begs for his life and convinces him there's a way to get his money back and get revenge on Kamal. With you playing as one of the world's biggest Hip-Hop stars, cue an all out battle across two countries to collect payday and payback on those who have crossed 50 Cent!
This is the ultimate Hip Hop battle, the tickets to the 50 Cents Blood on the Sand event is available at an unbeatable bargain price of 12.90 only. The Asian version of the game is not only region free, but supports 3languages: English, French and German.
http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-...-2ck-84-n.html
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March 9th, 2010, 01:22 Posted By: wraggster
A Microsoft job listing reveals that the company is looking for staff to design a new Xbox 360 motherboard. From the sound of it, the new "Motherboard Design Engineer" will be helping to design further revisions of the existing Xbox 360 architecture, rather than the hardware for a next-next-generation system. "The responsibilities of this position are focused on specifying, designing (schematic capture, PCB layout, BOM, cost analysis), implementing and verifying the mother-board and other various sub-system boards that make up the Xbox 360 product line," the job description reads.
If you're a qualified electrical engineer and want to do work that may cast you as a hero in the eyes of many, many gamers, this is your chance. Please fix the Xbox 360 motherboard once and for all!
http://www.joystiq.com/2010/03/08/de...0-motherboard/
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March 8th, 2010, 20:45 Posted By: wraggster
Activision's sacking of Infinity Ward bosses, Jason West and Vince Zampella "may impact future success of Call of Duty games," says analyst Michael Pachter.
Communicating via Wedbush's latest research note, Pachter writes that the pair's track record suggests that they've "contributed greatly to the brand's success".
Pachter says: "The contributions of West and Zampella are difficult to assess, but the
pair has had incredible success with each version of the game created under their supervision.
"The 'secret sauce' of their involvement is analogous to the direction of a movie; some directors work with certain types of material in a unique way, and repeatedly achieve commercial success with that material.
"In the same way, we think that West and Zampella provide something unique to the creation of games at Infinity Ward, and think it's likely that their contribution will be missed in future installments."
The Wedbush analyst adds that he believes it's "highly unlikely" that West and Zampella will gain control of the Modern Warfare brand - as set out in their Activision lawsuit.
We wish we could ask Pachter's opinion on what we should have for dinner tonight. If you're reading Michael, suggestions in the comments below...
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March 8th, 2010, 19:21 Posted By: Shrygue
via Blast Magazine
Microsoft today put an Xbox 360 Hard Drive Data Migration Transfer Kit for sale on its Web store finally allowing faithful gamers looking to buy larger hard drives to do so without forfeiting all their data in the upgrade.
Don’t know about you, but I’m still on my 2005 original 20 GB hard drive. And with the rise of digital gaming, I’ve been left biting the bullet and downloading something, erasing it to make room for something else, then re-downloading it when I want to play it again.
I’ve been waiting to buy a kit like this to upgrade to a 120 or 250 GB HDD for some time and now, with certainty, I’ll do it.
And at $14.99, it’s not the totally “bend-over” price point I expected. Hooray.
Buy your [way too long of name] kit at the Microsoft Store today.
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March 8th, 2010, 11:48 Posted By: wraggster
Newly released today:
track listing
Just a glimpse of the full song list includes favorites such as:
- “Love Shack” by The B-52's
- “Tubthumping” by Chumbawamba
- “I Will Survive” by Gloria Gaynor
- “Rock And Roll All Nite” by KISS
- Wannabe” by Spice Girls
- “I Think We’re Alone Now” by Tiffany
- “Y.M.C.A.” by Village People
description
Who needs the lyrics? You know them by heart; everyone knows them by heart…more or less. They are the songs that get us out of our seats and into the moment, they get the party started. Microsoft Game Studios and iNiS will capture the magic of these songs in Lips: Party Classics, the newest title to join the Lips singing sensation exclusive to Xbox 360®. Lips: Party Classics will let party goers experience their favorite tunes from their beloved karaoke venues right in their own living rooms.
Let the festivities commence with the wide selection of 40 peppy, festive, dramatic, and exhilarating songs included in the game. These are the songs you love to sing even if the singing itself is so bad it’s good – these tunes will unite friends and family with fun and spontaneity.
http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-...j-70-3qna.html
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March 8th, 2010, 11:46 Posted By: wraggster
Newly released today:
features
Chris Redfield, protagonist of the original Resident Evil and Resident Evil: Code Veronica, returns
New environments and a diverse assortment of locations
New enemies bring new challenges: speed and intelligence make adversaries as dangerous singly as they are in groups.
An arsenal of weapons at the players command to keep the evil at bay, including knives, pistols, machine guns, sniper rifles and more.
Lighting effects provide a new level of suspense in both harsh light and deepest shadow
True high definition gaming on multiple game platforms, using an advanced version of Capcom’s proprietary game engine, MT Framework, which powered the next-gen, million-plus hit titles Devil May Cry 4, Lost Planet and Dead Rising.
description
The biohazard threat has not ended: Just when it seemed that the menace of Resident Evil had been destroyed, along comes a new terror to send shivers down player’s spines. Chris Redfield, returning Resident Evil hero, has followed the path of the evil literally around the globe. After joining a new organization, Chris heads to Africa where the latest bioterrorism threat is literally transforming the people and animals of the city into mindless, maddened creatures. Chris must take on the challenge of discovering the truth behind this evil plot. In Resident Evil 5, Capcom will teach players to fear the daylight as much as they have feared shadow in previous games.
Co-producer and series veterans Jun Takeuchi (Lost Planet) and Masachicka Kawata (Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition, Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles) unleashes an unprecedented level of fear for the next generation in Resident Evil 5, the sequel to one of the highest-rated videogames in history, according to Metacritic.com and Gamerankings.com. Promising to revolutionize the series by delivering an unbelievable level of detail, realism and control, Resident Evil 5 is certain to bring new fans to the series. New technology developed specifically for the game, as well as incredible changes to both the gameplay and world of Resident Evil will make this a must-have game for gamers across the globe.
http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-...j-70-3o1r.html
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March 7th, 2010, 22:02 Posted By: wraggster
New from Mr Modchips UK
Ultimate LED kit for XBOX 360 case MODS. Featuring over 4 colors, creating over 15+ possible displays.
Please be aware that this is a CASE MOD product. You have to open your XBOX 360 (voids the warranty). Requires some technical knowledge.
Specifications :
Ultimate LED kit for XBOX 360
RED, GREEN, BLUE and WHITE all LED in 1
Bright LED shows off your XBOX 360 cases
Dual LED Strips, self adhesive
Best companion for your CASE MOD.
NO SOLDERING required. Designed in USA, Made in CHINA
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