Friday 7 March 2008

Exclusive: 60GB Xbox 360 Will Replace 20GB Model

TrustedReviews writes:

"Following my outing of the 16GB iPhone I have once again have attained from a rock solid source that Microsoft will be replacing the 20GB hard drive on the standard Xbox 360 with a larger 60GB version. Dates are not nailed down, but my source says Microsoft wants it done and dusted before the end of its financial year which translates as our Q2."

Bourne Action

Halo 3 March Playlist Update

Bungie has announced a March playlist update to Halo 3, which is live now. The update features a number of tweaks to the matchmaking experience and the introduction of DoubleXP Weekend playlists as well as some tweaks to the DLC playlists. Luke Smith explains:

We're introducing two Weekend Hoppers DoubleXP playlists this month, with the first hopper launching Thursday, March 6 at NOON.

* Grifball, the game created by Burnie Burns of Red vs. Blue will be an unranked, weekend-long social playlist awarding DoubleXP to winning teams. We've slightly adjusted some of the rules for Grifball (unlimited round times make for unlimited griefing potential), but kept the game's core intact. You'll be able to go in with party configurations ranging from one to eight people. This playlist will be available from Thursday, March 6 at NOON until March 10 at NOON(all times Pacific Standard). I apparently forgot to mention that the Grifball hopper is being treated like a Tournament hopper -- a hopper where there will be prizes. Tournament prizes.

* Beginning March 20 at NOON will be the return of Team SWAT in the Social, DoubleXP variety. Team SWAT is an old Halo 2 gametype where players have no shields, increased body health and do not have the luxury of radar. This eight-player maximum hopper will be completely Team Slayer focused with the SWAT ruleset. This weekend playlist will be available from March 20 at NOON until March 23 at NOON(all times Pacific).


The Heroic DLC hopper has underwent some revisions as well. The hopper has been split into DLC Slayer (4v4) and DLC Objective (6v6) featuring a mix of various gametypes on the DLC maps. Slayer variants include Team Snipers, Team Rockets, Team BRs, Team Duel and Team Duals. Objective variants include Multi Flag CTF, Multi Flag BR, One Flag, Assault, Neutral Bomb Assault and Team King.

A number of other changes to maps and Matchmaking were included in today's rollout:

* Fixed map exploit on The Pit
* Fixed map exploit on Construct
* Fixed map exploit on Epitaph
* Reduced Ranked Big Team Battle "Large party" size to six players and increased Big Team threshold to two*
* Fixed Spartan Laser occasionally falling through map on Sandtrap
* Fixes to matchmaking to allow more even leveling for players
* Disabled Mixed Skill restrictions for RBTB and Team Slayer**


These changes are all live, now.

Tuesday 4 March 2008

Army of Two



OUT THIS FRIDAY

Race Driver: GRID Preview (Xbox 360)





http://previews.teamxbox.com/xbox-360/1891/Race-Driver-GRID/p1/

GRAW 2 Co-op Collection 2 Revealed



MISSIONS:

Bridges – (Ghost Recon: Island Thunder)
Stronghold – (Ghost Recon: Island Thunder)
Depot – (Ghost Recon: Desert Siege)
Riverbed – (Ghost Recon: Desert Siege)
Ghost Town – (Ghost Recon: Desert Siege)
Roadblock – (Ghost Recon: Desert Siege)
Island – (Ghost Recon: Island Thunder)
Treatment Plant – (Brand New)
Mining Camp – (Brand New)

Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2 Co-Op pics