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Halo: Reach BETA Released

Michael — Mon, 03 May 2010 21:24:30 +0000

Today was the lauch of the new game in the Halo series, Reach. It is set before the other games and features new game modes and guns as you would expect. Check out the video below to see some of the new features.

Call of Duty 7? Preview

Michael — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:35:43 +0000

Yes this is not real….

Lockerz.com What’s that all about?

Michael — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 01:16:35 +0000

So What’s Lockerz.com? It’s a social network site where you answer questions, watch videos and play games and get points and you can cash them in for prizes like Xbox 360, PS3, DS, Xbox, PS2, playstation. Sounds perfect right? Now your expecting me to give you the catch, but I cant really tell you. So why am I making this post? Well I will be getting an invite (I hope) and will give you all the juicy details. It is not fully operational yet and I believe it works on a points system or ‘PTZ’ as they like to call it.

Some of the prizes available are:
Nintendo Wii -250 points
ipod touch – 300 points
flip video ultra hd – 205 points
Macbook – 1000 points
ipod Nano – 175 points
Bunch of console games – 25 to 60 points

: The goodies inside the Lockerzed box!

The site launches October 15th.
You can follow them @ www.twitter.com/lockerz

Guitar Hero 5 : Perform with your Avatars

Michael — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 18:19:35 +0000

Activision have announced that in Guitar Hero 5 you will be able to play as your avatars in the band. GH5 is set to be released on September 1st. You will also be able to make them look like an ub3r guitar legend with the Create-A-Rocker mode. More clothes, costumes and instruments will be available increasing the customization aspect. You can play alongside the GH characters from the previous games like Judy Nails and Axel Steel and create an awesome band containing all your faves.

GH5 will have 85 songs from 83 artists, mentioned below.

3 Doors Down A Perfect Circle AFI Arctic Monkeys Attack! Attack! UK Band Of Horses Beastie Boys Beck Billy Idol Billy Squier Blink-182 Blur Bob Dylan Bon Jovi Brand New The Bronx Bush Children Of Bodom Coldplay Darker My Love Darkest Hour David Bowie Deep Purple The Derek Trucks Band Dire Straits The Duke Spirit Duran Duran Eagles Of Death Metal Elliott Smith Elton John Face To Face Garbage Gorillaz Gov't Mule Grand Funk Railroad Iggy Pop Iron Maiden Jeff Beck Jimmy Eat World John Mellencamp Johnny Cash Kaiser Chiefs The Killers King Crimson Kings Of Leon Kiss Love and Rockets Megadeth Mötley Crüe Muse My Morning Jacket Nirvana No Doubt Peter Frampton The Police Public Enemy Featuring Zakk Wylde Queen & David Bowie Queens Of The Stone Age The Raconteurs Rammstein Rose Hill Drive Rush Santana Scars On Broadway Screaming Trees Smashing Pumpkins Sonic Youth Spacehog Stevie Wonder Sublime Sunny Day Real Estate The Sword T. Rex The Rolling Stones Thin Lizzy Thrice Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers TV On The Radio Vampire Weekend Weezer The White Stripes Wild Cherry Wolfmother

Gears Of War II Free Multiplayer Weekend

Michael — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 12:12:36 +0000

Xbox Live Silver members that enjoy all but the best online features (multiplayer) will be offered a couple of days with full access. Epic is celebrating the release of the DLC pack Dark Corners, as well as All Fronts, both of which are now available on the Xbox Live Marketplace. Not only are they inviting in the Silver members, they’re holding a Double XP weekend too.

Gears of War 2 owners can pick up Dark Corners for 1200 Microsoft Points ($15), and All Fronts for 1600 Microsoft Poitns ($20). In the meantime, enjoy the time you have online while you can, Silver members. The free weekend will run until 11:59 am EST on August 3.

New Dashboard Update Coming in August

Michael — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:08:38 +0000

Xbox.com has confirmed an update to the 360 dashboard available on Aug. 11, tons of new features are included along with a new look. The most interesting addition is the Xbox Live Games on Demand Service, where users can download full games on to their hard drive. The first games to be available are BioShock, Mass Effect, Assassin’s Creed and LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga. The Avatar Marketplace is also another new feature added into the new update. Users will be able to get new items for their avatars, storefronts will appear with stuff from each game. As usual xbox will be charging. Avatar Awardables is a feature that awards you the player for completing an achievement with a new item of clothing for their avatar.

Microsoft will be joining the social networking scene by integrating Twitter, Facebook and Last.fm into the account system. Account holders will also be able to stream movies in 1080p, this is great for people with top internet providers, but another thing to miss out on for others. In North America, Netflix Party Support arrives, allowing multiple friends to watch streaming movies together.

Xbox 360 Dashboard Advertising

Michael — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:03:05 +0000

Yes the ad man has invaded another product and is filling their boots at our expense. Adverts have been appearing in the 360 dashboard. The adverts may be game related, but when ‘Compare the Meerkat’ comes on we start to get worried. Advertising in games has been a hot topic over the last few years and as the video game industry grows to epic levels more of this is feared. The video below shows the ad.

So you can skip past the ad in seconds, but many people argue that they pay for a service and then recieve ads. Do they not realise they pay for cable tv filled with ads? Anyway like most things game related the majority will still continue and the fanboys will be outraged for a day and then continue.

Some YouTube quotes:

What complete and total s***! I don’t pay microsoft $50/year to download crap commercials on my? XBox. If it becomes intrusive I’ll drop it!

Wow, it takes one second to press right on the d pad and skip? past it. Over reacting much?

This was already in place… it’s always been on that second slide? on that section… you are not forced to watch it.. just bypass it. who the f*** cares.

Deus Ex 3 Production 'Going Well'

Michael — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 22:40:12 +0000

Fans of the previous two Deux Ex games heard news on the eagerly awaited 3rd installment of the Deus Ex series. Eidos have announced that: “Development on Deus Ex 3 is going well and the Thief 4 team is ramping up!”

Looks like more snippets of info are on there way so stay tuned.

Halo 3 Bungie Day 2009 Announced for July 7th

Michael — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 22:21:01 +0000

Bungie Day – Bungie vs the rest of the world in a Halo 3-fest is coming around again and I for one will be raring to go this July 7th.

This years event has been announced on the Bungie podcast and includes a 4v4 player playlist this year. Players will be able to play against Bungie team members for the full 24 hours of the 7th and there is a chance to win recon armor along the way.

There’s gonna be tons of community maps on display (your maps!), dozens of Bungie employees rocking flames and stomping mud-holes in your soon to be thoroughly stomped and mud-holed faces, and of course, ridonkulous amounts of Recon armor on offer. We’re (as the kids are wont to say) gonna make it rain.

Looks like the Halo 3 servers are going to take a beating on 7/7 and with good reason, it’s going to be a great event!

Xtival 09 provides free Live to Xbox Silver members

Bex — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:32:54 +0000

Xtival is back for 2009 and will be happening all next weekend. Lasting from 1st May to 4th they’re be loads of competitions and tournaments to take part in. Xtival 09 is touted to have more entertainment than ever before.

Xtival is open to all live members whether they’re gold or silver members. All silver members will also be upgraded to gold membership for the weekend, so if it’s a while since you’ve played online, take the chance to be part of Xtival and play against your old friends and new ones.