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February 13th, 2007, 00:05 Posted By: wraggster
Spectrum Emulator for the Xbox 360 XNA has been released:
Project Description
* ZX Spectrum 48K emulator for Xbox 360 written using XNA.
Introduction
* ZX360 emulates 48K ZX Spectrum for the Xbox 360 using the XNA platform. Currently it is at the very early stages but does run most games and runs at 100% speed.
Current Status
* Still havent come up with a good way to map keys to an Xbox 360 controller, currently have mapped a few numeric buttons to DPad and ABXY, also mapped Cursor Joystick to left thumbstick. Ideally it needs a setup screen so you could set mappings per game and save the settings.
* No sound support yet.
* Need better ROM selection. Has loading support for .Z80 and .ROM files but currently only loads .SNA ROMs.
* The spectrum ROM is included as Amstrad who bought Sinclair gave permission to distribute it.
* No game ROMS are included, you will need to find some .SNA games and place them in the Roms directory in the projects. There is a post build event which copies them to the build directory.
* This should get you started: http://www.ayanay.firenet.uk.net/archives/binaries/a/
* I have been testing with Sabre Wulf and Alien8 and they play perfectly.
Keyboard Mapping
* Currently holding the right shoulder button and then using the DPad you can change ROMS and also back will quit.
* Holding the left shoulder button and pressing the DPad and ABXY will give 0-8 so for example load Alien8, hold the left shoulder and press X to select "Cursor Joystick", then A to start and control with left thumbstick.
* I know it is confusing and rubbish, it will get much better!
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February 12th, 2007, 23:10 Posted By: wraggster
Last week we checked off Root Beer Tapper from Microsoft's list, leaving nine "approaching" Xbox Live Arcade titles in the queue. So who's up this week -- if there is to be a release? Not Worms.
Team17 reports that Worms is still buried in the certification process; and despite the recent amendment, has been bound to the old 50MB size limit. As a result, the XBLA version is lacking in audio content and environmental themes; and an OXM review notes that the baseball bat, skunk, 'select worm' option, and 'Holy Hand' grenade have been left out. Team17 maintains that the omissions won't affect gameplay, but is committed to expanding Worms with downloadable content packs, both free and premium; similar to how Q Entertainment is handling Lumines Live.
via joystiq
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February 12th, 2007, 23:09 Posted By: wraggster
via joystiq
It's hard to say whether Paperboy is simply an effervescent arcade game or a frighteningly accurate simulation of life in the suburbs (see: video after the break). You'll be able to judge for yourself this coming Wednesday at 9AM GMT (1AM PST) when the intricate study in aggressive news distribution lands neatly on the Xbox Live Arcade doorstep. When you retrieve it while still in your stained bathrobe and your morning daze, keep in mind that the graphically enhanced download will set you back 400 MS Points ($5).
Oh, and remember to duck. Those newspapers will take your head clean off.
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February 12th, 2007, 17:11 Posted By: wraggster
The first details of LucasArts' PS3 and Xbox 360 Star Wars project have finally emerged, from the latest issue of US mag Game Informer.
It's called Star Wars: Force Unleashed and takes place between Episode III and Episode IV, when new Sith on the block Darth Vader is out to wipe the galaxy clean of runaway Jedi.
As Vader's apprentice, you're on a secret mission to dive head-first into the forbidden Dark Side of the force, take out the emperor and rule the galaxy as master and apprentice. Awww.
Xbox 360 and PS3 versions are being developed in-house at Lucasarts, while PS2, PSP and DS duties have been outsourced to another, unnamed developer.
George Lucas reportedly has a lot of input in the project, and even helped design some of the characters.
Force Unleashed uses LucasArts' much-touted Eurphoria engine, which calculates environmental damage such as smashing crates in real-time. One given example of the tech is how a tree will either break in two or splinter realistically depending on how you hit it. Likewise, steel will dent appropriately when damaged your fancy Force powers.
And speaking of Force powers, many of the world-bending tricks from the E3 tech demo are present in Force Unleashed, including the "cannon ball"-like force push, with controls presented in a similar vein to the excellent Psi-Ops.
One scene reportedly has you battling Jedi Knight Shaak Ti in the Jedi Temple, after the galaxy-wide order to exterminate of the Jedi. There's also the suggestion of being able to control your own pack of Rancors, the gigantic beasties that Jabba the Hutt likes to keep under his gaff.
But we all know how Star Wars ends so it's going to be a very predictable cock-up for Vadar's Palpatine-trouncing plans, right? LucasArts promises to shake up the Star Wars lore with alternate endings in Unleashed, where the bad guys really can win.
We'll bring you more details - and hopefully media - as it arrives. Where's the Wii version though? Perfect for the Wii Remote...
via cvg
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February 12th, 2007, 17:10 Posted By: wraggster
via cvg
To celebrate the release of Realtime World's brilliant free-roaming car-flinger Crackdown this Friday, CVG has teamed up with Microsoft to give away three copies of the game complete with Halo 3 beta invites.
To enter head on over to the competition page,
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February 12th, 2007, 17:04 Posted By: wraggster
Bungie is allowing Halo 3 gamers to mute any player they find annoying by a simple press of the Back button.
The latest Bungie update included some actual useful information this time: "Anyone who's played MP on Xbox Live knows the following is true: Teenagers, plus anonymity, plus microphone = idiot. The 'A-Hole Button' in Halo 3 lets you exact instant, silent vengeance. These kind of vocal buttmunches, as it turns out, are exactly as fun to play against as normal people, as long as you can't hear them."
Any fool can do it too, "you simply press a button (back button, for the moment anyway) and up comes the score list with everyone's tag on it. The right stick lets you highlight the miscreant and you can then instantly mute them for the rest of the game. These morons continue smacktalking anyway because they can't help themselves, but if you don't have to listen to it, you can simply enjoy killing them over and over again, knowing that as their Ritalin wears off and their frustration builds, it's less and less fun for them. Aaaah. So satisfying."
That's us muted then...
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February 12th, 2007, 17:03 Posted By: wraggster
Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures developer Funcom is aiming to support cross-platform adventuring between PC and Xbox 360 with its MMORPG.
Revealing that the developer is "toying around with many different solutions" to cross-platform action, Conan product manger Erling Ellingsen went on to explain possible options in an interview to be published shortly.
"...one is having some shared servers and some servers that are not shared - simply to give players the freedom of choice. What solution we actually do end up with is something we will have to reveal later".
However, before any eventual solution to cross-platform is reached, numerous hurdles will have to be overcome.
"There are several issues with mixing people on the same server. Will they be able to communicate well enough with each other? Will the console users be less responsive than the PC users? There are many issues that must be addressed," Ellingsen said.
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February 12th, 2007, 17:00 Posted By: Darksaviour69
MacLive allows users to sign into their Windows Live ID and access their friends list from their Xbox Live Account, like MSN, only for the Mac!
It doesn't have as many features a the MSN version of Live, but does do the basics.
MacLive by James Howard
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February 12th, 2007, 16:59 Posted By: wraggster
via cvg
No date this Valentine's day? Planning a romantic trip to the park with that old flame, cider? Well thanks to Microsoft you needn't drink yourself into a depressed White Lightning stupor this February 14, as there are a number of exciting activities going down on Xbox Live.
Festivities kick off with Viva Piñata trade-off on the romantic evening, with Microsoft encouraging Xbox Live gamers to "trade piñatas with the ones you love" - though frankly if our love life left us on the Xbox 360 this Valentine's Day,we'd much rather be kicking arse on Gears, and/or looking at pornography.
Micorosft also offers advice on "getting girls to game" and unsurprisingly the easiest known method, buying a Nintendo DS and Nintendogs, is nowhere to be mentioned.
You can see the full list of activities over on Xbox.com.
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February 12th, 2007, 07:47 Posted By: wraggster
New 360 Release:
features
Unmatched gameplay realism and artificial intelligence result in pure soccer action
Fully licensed international leagues and teams including Argentina, Australia, Netherlands, Spain and Sweden
Master League mode allows you to build and develop a team and lead it to success over multiple seasons.
More advanced animations and skill moves including feints, more control over sliding tackles and more control when dribbling
Online multiplayer matches via Xbox™ Live
description
The world's #1 soccer series makes its next generation debut on the Xbox 360™. Take the field and experience the game's realistic, fast-paced action or take the reins of your favorite team with the in-depth Master League Mode. Featuring online multiplayer support, players can go head-to-head on Xbox Live™ to find out who has the best moves in the most realistic and authentic soccer game around.
Buy at Play Asia
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February 12th, 2007, 07:39 Posted By: wraggster
A major new Xbox 360 release and best of all its Region Free, heres the details:
Relive the biggest sea battles of World War II as you blast your way across the Pacific from the chaos of Pearl Harbor, through the Philippines, Java and the Coral Sea all the way to the epic Battle of Midway.
Battlestations: Midway's unique blend of intense 3rd-person action and epic, large-scale naval combat brings to life the Battle of the Pacific in a WWII shooter unlike any game seen before.
Eidos' realtime simulation game Battlestations: Midway for Xbox360™ is shipping today as English language Asia release version at US$ 49.90 only. The game is region free and can be played on any standard Xbox360™ console.
Game features:
Massive Firepower: Command the awsome firepower of over 60 authentic WWII fighting machines from legendary battleships and aircraft carriers to fighters, dive bombers and submarines.
Unique Gameplay: Experience action-packed WWII combat from multiple perspectives as you jump between dozens of units, playing as a pilot, a gunner, a submarine captain or even carrier fleet commander.
Extensive Single Player: Battle through the Allied Pacific Campaign and extensive challenge missions or polish your skills in the Naval Training Academy.
Addictive Online Combat: Experience huge multi-unit online battles with up to 8 players controlling over 60 units on Xbox Live.
Authentic WWII Atmosphere: Cutting-edge graphics bring the Pacific alive with stunning real-world environments, dynamic weather effects and incredibly detailed vehicles and weaponry.
US$ 49.90 (~25.86 GBP)
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February 11th, 2007, 23:24 Posted By: wraggster
New release of the arcade emulator for the Xbox:
* Added all the new and updated Others drivers from FBA 0.2.96.1 ( http://www.barryharris.me.uk). These include some entirely new supported games.
* Fixed Reset Game function.
* Fixed Auto-Bios defaulting to AES.
* Corrected some DAT errors.
* Some minor ROM updates.
* The following sets have been added: sf2uk, sfach, daisenpu, batsugna,, suprmanj, theroes, outzoneb, outzonec, truxton, zerowing, hellfire, hellfir1, hellfir2, gtstarba, afighter, alexkidd, alexkid1, fantzone, quartet, quart2, shinobi, timescan, donpachk, s1945k, cookbib2, cookbib3, moremore, moremorp, 3in1semi, toppyrap, twinkle, 4in1boot, newsa, solomonj
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February 11th, 2007, 22:23 Posted By: wraggster
Seven new Halo 3 alpha screenshots have been leaked on to the internet via germen site Evo-x.de, showing in greater detail the levels and weapons we'll have access to in the multiplayer beta test this spring.
Even though the shots are low quality camera-to-screen jobbies, we're still impressed by the new assault rifle model and impressive amount of trees and background detail present in the maps - and we expect the single-player campaign to look even better.
You can check out the screens for yourself here.
As for getting on to the multiplayer beta, you'll want Realtime Worlds' Crackdown when it's released next week. Look for our review of that title in the next few days.
via cvg
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February 10th, 2007, 11:25 Posted By: wraggster
via siliconera
Lunar New Year is almost here (February 18 to be exact) and Microsoft is celebrating it by releasing cheap game bundles in Taiwan. These special year of the boar packages come with two games for $1,490 TWD (only $45 US!). One package is a racing pack with Ridge Racer 6 and Project Gotham Racing 3. The other package is a Team Ninja package with Dead or Alive 4 and Dead or Alive Xtreme 2. Both packs are a fair deal, too bad they’re not region free.
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February 9th, 2007, 20:38 Posted By: wraggster
via joystiq
If you were planning on tossing Microsoft's upcoming supercop sim shortly after using the included Halo 3 Beta key, you'd best restrain your throwing arm. Shizzle Games has posted an image of Crackdown's included invite card -- it clearly lays out that the Halo 3 Beta code is both downloaded and launched via the game's main menu. With no dashboard option, you'll have to keep your Crackdown disc for as long as you want to take part in Bungie's practice run.
Luckily, Crackdown's recent Xbox Live demo has greatly weakened the game's early reputation for being Master Chief's ball-and-chain.
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February 9th, 2007, 20:25 Posted By: wraggster
Did you enjoy this week's Scrin assault gameplay trailer from Command & Conquer 3? We did, thoroughly, and we're equally enjoying new Scrin-powered screenshots that have just beamed down from the EA mothership.
Coming from both the Xbox 360 and PC versions of the RTS, we've posted them onto this page right here for your perusal.
Command & conquer 3 is out March 30 on PC. The Xbox 360 version is due this year - we checked with EA for a definite date but no news on that yet, it said.
Screens Here
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February 9th, 2007, 16:59 Posted By: wraggster
There was a flurry of commotion on the official Gears of War message board yesterday, after one user claimed to see the motto "2nd Emergence Q4 2007" on Cliffy 'man of style' B's user profile.
Obviously the entire internet (well, the part of it that enjoys chainsawing people in the face) exploded at the thought of playing Marcus Fenix's second chapter this side of 2008, but alas it was all too good to be true.
The rumour was shot down after users spotted that the Cliffy B in question was not in fact the real Cliffy B, but a fake, less well-groomed version with an 'I' in place of the 'l' in his username. Cheeky bugger.
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February 9th, 2007, 16:53 Posted By: wraggster
Rumours of an Xbox 360 version of Ninja Gaiden Sigma have been smacked down by the game's director.
Ninja Gaiden Sigma is the upcoming remake of the awesome Ninja Gaiden Black that launched to critical acclaim back on Xbox a few years ago.
Yes, we're MASSIVE fans of the game (second best Xbox game behind Halo in our book) and can't wait to see what Tecmo has planned for the sequel. We might even play the original over the weekend again to remind ourselves.
But before that there'll be Ninja Gaiden Sigma on PS3. And only PS3, by the looks of it. In an upcoming interview with director Yosuke Hayashi, he told CVG that whispers of a secret 360 version already in development were nothing more than rumours.
Hayashi said, "I would take that rumour as proof that people's expectations for Sigma must be very high. But it is just a rumour." So nothing at the moment, but it doesn't sound like an outright flat denial to us.
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