Halo 3: Burn, Baby! Burn!
Roast some marshmallows or some Covenant with the flamethrower.
Saturday 11 August 2007
And the Coolest Weapon in Halo 3 Is...
Halo 3: Burn, Baby! Burn!
Roast some marshmallows or some Covenant with the flamethrower.
PROTOTYPE Announced
Sierra Entertainment today announced PROTOTYPE, a completely new kind of open-world game, featuring a rich story line of conspiracy, deception and deadly shape shifting action.
Friday 10 August 2007
Huxley Beta This Year ?
Webzen has confirmed in its Q2 2007 financial report that it will be holding beta trials for MMOFPS Huxley later this year.
More info here http://www.360-gamer.com/news.asp?id=1344
Halo 3 Special Edition Xbox 360 Pictures
Halo 3, the final chapter in the groundbreaking “Halo” trilogy, is set to shatter day-one entertainment sales records when it is released worldwide beginning Tuesday, Sept. 25. Halo 3 will set a new standard for interactive storytelling and social gaming by engaging consumers worldwide in the epic battle of Master Chief™ to save humankind.Thursday 9 August 2007
Epic Fires Back at Silicon Knights
Gears of War developer Epic Games has filed a counterclaim against Too Human developer Silicon Knights, calling prior accusations “lacking in factual or legal merit
PS3 sales have fallen 40% this week, back to a more regular level in Japan
BUT STILL SELLING 6 TIMES MORE THAN THE XBOX 360
“Halo 3” Sets Preorder Sales Records, Soars Past 1 Million Milestone
Today microsoft corp announcedthat preorders in North America for the exclusive Xbox 360 title have exceeded the 1 million milestone. In addition, Microsoft unveiled the first exciting details of upcoming promotions from leading consumer brands, including Mountain Dew, 7-Eleven, Pontiac, Comcast and Burger King Corp.
In a strategy utilized in other big entertainment launches, retailers around the world have begun taking preorders, enabling consumers to order one of the three versions of “Halo 3”: Standard Edition, Limited Edition and the ultra-collectible Legendary Edition. In fact, demand has been so strong for the Legendary Edition of the game that it is expected to be sold out by the time the game launches on Sept. 25. Retailers have also noted that the presales for “Halo 3” are the fastest in video game history.
“What we’ve experienced is nothing short of phenomenal,” said Bob McKenzie, senior vice president of merchandising at GameStop Corp. “‘Halo 3’ has eclipsed many previous records and will prove to be one of the must-have items of 2007.”
“The excitement for ‘Halo 3’ is incredible,” said Jill Hamburger, vice president of movies and games at Best Buy. “From our preorders online and the buzz we’re hearing in our stores, we know this release is going to be one of the biggest entertainment events of the year. We’re thrilled to be able to bring it to our customers.”
For the first time in video game history and on par with the scope of major movie releases, some of the world’s biggest consumer brands have aligned to support the launch. Many plan to offer a variety of promotions that give consumers the opportunity to obtain unique “Halo 3”-branded products and prizes and participate in one-of-a-kind “Halo 3”-themed events.
“This September, ‘Halo 3’ will push video game entertainment into the forefront of mainstream culture,” said Chris Di Cesare, director of creative marketing at Microsoft. “Teaming up with some of the world’s strongest and most recognizable brands is trailblazing new paths and cementing video games as big entertainment on par with major event films, and is a testament to the excitement and anticipation intrinsically linked to ‘Halo 3.’”
Mountain Dew will unveil the first beverage co-branded with a video game, Mountain Dew Game Fuel. Game Fuel has the same great taste of Mountain Dew with an invigorating blast of citrus cherry flavor and added caffeine for maximum intensity. Game Fuel will come in 20-ounce bottles, 2-liter bottles and 12-packs of 12-ounce cans and will be available nationwide for a limited time starting Aug. 13, 2007.
7-Eleven today confirmed its plans to support the launch of “Halo 3” through a variety of in-store promotions, including three “Halo 3”-branded collectible Slurpee cups. In addition,7-Eleven will run a “Halo 3” promotion with Mountain Dew Game Fuel and Doritos, with thousands of “Halo 3”-themed prizes, including, as grand prize, a chance to win a minor role as a voice actor in the upcoming Xbox 360 video game, “Halo Wars™,” by Ensemble Studios. In a few select markets, Mountain Dew will offer a special-edition aluminum bottle of Mountain Dew Game Fuel with an exclusive design created by Bungie Studios, the developers of “Halo 3.” This bottle will be available in very limited quantities, making it a highly sought-after collector’s item.
Pontiac will provide consumers with several exclusive “Halo 3”-related opportunities. It will host Pontiac Gamers Garage events in select locations, providing consumers with a chance to play the game for the first time before its release. In addition, in support of the launch of its upcoming high-performance G6 GXP Street, Pontiac is offering 1,000 consumers a chance to win a copy of the game; one lucky gamer will win a limited-edition “Halo 3” G6 GXP Street car.
Burger King Corp. will continue its sponsorship of Xbox 360 with national, in-restaurant support from Sept. 24 through Oct. 22. “Halo 3”-themed packaging will offer customers access to exclusive content by logging on to http://www.bk.com/halo3 beginning Sept. 23. Graphics will be featured on select packaging, including the 42-ounce cup and King FRYPOD™.
Comcast has also joined the “Halo 3” campaign and will host exclusive video content, including user-generated movies and machinima, on its Web sites http://gameinvasion.net and http://www.ziddio.com. Comcast will also feature standard- and high-definition “Halo 3” videos on its signature ON DEMAND service.
“Halo 3” is also the official sponsor of the Projekt Revolution tour this summer, which includes bands Linkin Park and My Chemical Romance. Exclusive “Halo 3” VIP events will take place in select cities on the tour, where attendees will receive “Halo 3”-themed merchandise and have an opportunity to meet the members of Linkin Park.
In a strategy utilized in other big entertainment launches, retailers around the world have begun taking preorders, enabling consumers to order one of the three versions of “Halo 3”: Standard Edition, Limited Edition and the ultra-collectible Legendary Edition. In fact, demand has been so strong for the Legendary Edition of the game that it is expected to be sold out by the time the game launches on Sept. 25. Retailers have also noted that the presales for “Halo 3” are the fastest in video game history.
“What we’ve experienced is nothing short of phenomenal,” said Bob McKenzie, senior vice president of merchandising at GameStop Corp. “‘Halo 3’ has eclipsed many previous records and will prove to be one of the must-have items of 2007.”
“The excitement for ‘Halo 3’ is incredible,” said Jill Hamburger, vice president of movies and games at Best Buy. “From our preorders online and the buzz we’re hearing in our stores, we know this release is going to be one of the biggest entertainment events of the year. We’re thrilled to be able to bring it to our customers.”
For the first time in video game history and on par with the scope of major movie releases, some of the world’s biggest consumer brands have aligned to support the launch. Many plan to offer a variety of promotions that give consumers the opportunity to obtain unique “Halo 3”-branded products and prizes and participate in one-of-a-kind “Halo 3”-themed events.
“This September, ‘Halo 3’ will push video game entertainment into the forefront of mainstream culture,” said Chris Di Cesare, director of creative marketing at Microsoft. “Teaming up with some of the world’s strongest and most recognizable brands is trailblazing new paths and cementing video games as big entertainment on par with major event films, and is a testament to the excitement and anticipation intrinsically linked to ‘Halo 3.’”
Mountain Dew will unveil the first beverage co-branded with a video game, Mountain Dew Game Fuel. Game Fuel has the same great taste of Mountain Dew with an invigorating blast of citrus cherry flavor and added caffeine for maximum intensity. Game Fuel will come in 20-ounce bottles, 2-liter bottles and 12-packs of 12-ounce cans and will be available nationwide for a limited time starting Aug. 13, 2007.
7-Eleven today confirmed its plans to support the launch of “Halo 3” through a variety of in-store promotions, including three “Halo 3”-branded collectible Slurpee cups. In addition,7-Eleven will run a “Halo 3” promotion with Mountain Dew Game Fuel and Doritos, with thousands of “Halo 3”-themed prizes, including, as grand prize, a chance to win a minor role as a voice actor in the upcoming Xbox 360 video game, “Halo Wars™,” by Ensemble Studios. In a few select markets, Mountain Dew will offer a special-edition aluminum bottle of Mountain Dew Game Fuel with an exclusive design created by Bungie Studios, the developers of “Halo 3.” This bottle will be available in very limited quantities, making it a highly sought-after collector’s item.
Pontiac will provide consumers with several exclusive “Halo 3”-related opportunities. It will host Pontiac Gamers Garage events in select locations, providing consumers with a chance to play the game for the first time before its release. In addition, in support of the launch of its upcoming high-performance G6 GXP Street, Pontiac is offering 1,000 consumers a chance to win a copy of the game; one lucky gamer will win a limited-edition “Halo 3” G6 GXP Street car.
Burger King Corp. will continue its sponsorship of Xbox 360 with national, in-restaurant support from Sept. 24 through Oct. 22. “Halo 3”-themed packaging will offer customers access to exclusive content by logging on to http://www.bk.com/halo3 beginning Sept. 23. Graphics will be featured on select packaging, including the 42-ounce cup and King FRYPOD™.
Comcast has also joined the “Halo 3” campaign and will host exclusive video content, including user-generated movies and machinima, on its Web sites http://gameinvasion.net and http://www.ziddio.com. Comcast will also feature standard- and high-definition “Halo 3” videos on its signature ON DEMAND service.
“Halo 3” is also the official sponsor of the Projekt Revolution tour this summer, which includes bands Linkin Park and My Chemical Romance. Exclusive “Halo 3” VIP events will take place in select cities on the tour, where attendees will receive “Halo 3”-themed merchandise and have an opportunity to meet the members of Linkin Park.
Xbox 360 images of Timeshift
must admit its looking serious man, you can find the trailer on marketplace
Wednesday 8 August 2007
Tuesday 7 August 2007
New Mod Lets You Connect Wii Controllers on Xbox 360
New Mod Lets You Connect Wii Controllers on Xbox 360
CONSOLE WAR HEATS UP
The three consoles are still in it for the long run, but the console wars have just heated up! The Microsoft Xbox 360 still in lead at around 12 million consoles sold worldwide! Nintendo's Wii sits at around 9 million consoles and Sony's PlayStation3 at around 4 million consoles. But now both Sony and Microsoft have change their lineup and prices in effort to draw more customers into the battle.
Sony's price cut first and came a while ago, and was argued by many as a non existant price cut. In our original Console Wars article we laid on the prices of the 20GB PS3 at $499 and the 60GB PS3 (that also came with WiFi and a card reader) at $599. The 20GB PS3 eventually was quite quickly removed from the market due to low sales according to Sony. Then the 60GB version was dropped in priced to $499 in the US Market with a 80GB Version comming in at $599. Many argue that it wasn't a true price drop since at launch you couldn't get a PS3 for less than $499 and you still can't get a new PS3 for less than $499.
Microsoft's 360 story is a bit more interesting. Being the first console out the door gave it a advantage in more time to sell consoles. However, now the Nintendo Wii is outselling the 360 in the US because sales for the 360 have fallen (though they are still higher than PS3 sales). Still the 360 is in the lead with most consoles sold and Microsoft seems determined to keep it that way. First Microsoft added a 3rd 360 to its lineup, calling it the Xbox 360 Elite. It was black, had a 120GB hard drive, HDMI and sold for $479.99. It was meant for those that really used the Xbox Live Marketplace to download videos and for those that wanted HDMI for 1080p HD (High Defintion) Content. The Sony PS3 already has HDMI on all its console with the Xbox using Component output at 1080p (though most TV's only accept upto 1080i on component). Secondly, Today on August 7th Microsoft announced that as of tomorrow there will a price cut for all Xbox 360's. The Core Unit with out a Hard Drive will cost $279.99, the Xbox 360 Premium or Pro (which accounts for 80% of sales) will drop $50 to $349.99 and the Elite will drop to $499.99. In addition to a great outlook on game releases for the 360 in the future, this war is expected to really heat up!
Another concern that plagued the 360 was the failure rates, with a more than normal failure rate for Xbox 360s. Many attribute this as the cause for stagnation of sales. Microsoft has also address this problem with better heatsinks and new 65nm chips in Xbox 360s that are manufactured in July 2007 or later. Additionally Microsoft has increased the warranty to 3 year for all failures marked by 3 red lights (Red Ring of Death). This may help push Microsoft up in consumers mind as it pushes to appear as company people can trust in.
Lastly the Nintendo Wii still remains at $249.99. Not much has changed since my review in the Console Wars article except the extreme thirst for this non HD console. It is the fun factor of games such a Wii Sports (included with console) and the innovative motion sensing controller that has caused this console to sell extremely fast. But for other games the new controller can be frustrating. It remains to be seen what the future is for the innovative console. Don't expect a price drop anytime soon.
So the Console Wars are heating up! Which console is right for you? Why? Are the changes to the lineups, hardward, or price affecting your decision on which console to buy? Let us know!
360 Cores and Premiums with HDMI? An inside source spills the beans
Ars Technica says that they've heard from an inside source that Microsoft will start making Core and Premium systems with HDMI ports after the exisiting stock has sold through.
Monday 6 August 2007
Rainbow 6 getting and add-on?
A UK online retailer play.com are listing a game under the 360 section called Rainbow Six: Vegas Bishop. The price also suggests that this is an add-on but at £30.00 should contain a lot of content if in fact is in production.
Quake Arena coming to Live Arcade
Online classic returns on XBLA One of the most popular online multiplayer games ever is set to appear on Live Arcade in the form of Quake Arena, id Software has announced.
Announced at QuakeCon, id Software confirmed the game, which is based on Quake III Arena, was in development for Live Arcade and that Pi Studios (who have worked on several of the Call of Duty games, including last year’s Call of Duty 3) would be handling the coding duties.
Pricing and the exact release date weren’t announced, but provided Pi can recapture the spirit of Quake III, it should be worth the admission price – certainly, given the sheer popularity of the Dreamcast and PC versions back in the day, we can see this one becoming big news on Live.
Keep an eye out for more on Quake Arena soon
Summer Shaping Up Nicely on XBLA
Summer on the Xbox Live Arcade is looking good with Microsoft announcing that titles like Ecco the Dolphin, Hexic 2, Streets of Rage 2 and Super Puzzle Fighter II will be making it to XBLA soon.
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