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Microsoft announced that kiwi Xbox 360 console owners will be able to purchase the Kinect sensor for NZ$229.00 bundled with the Kinect Adventures game. With more than 1.1 million Xbox 360 consoles currently in households across Australia and New Zealand, console owners will soon be able to enjoy the fun of a controller free entertainment.
“Kinect offers tremendous entertainment value for the whole family and those who are new to video games with nothing in your hands and no buttons to press. If you can do it in life, you can do it with Kinect” said Frazer Scott, Head of Xbox, Microsoft New Zealand. Read the rest of this entry »
Jose Gonzalez recently took time out of his busy summer tour schedule to swing by the Rockstar offices in New York and perform this intimate, acoustic rendition of “Far Away”, his contribution to the Red Dead Redemption Soundtrack. Most of you will remember this song from when John Marston first reaches Mexico, riding horseback along a dusty trail between cascading red cliffs and the San Luis River; definitely one of Red Dead’s most visually and sonically memorable moments.
Limbo is a quirky little 2d puzzler just released on XBox Live. It’s the first title from PlayDead, an Independent Danish studio. It’s been in development for several years and it shows: Limbo is a polished piece of art work and is frankly a beautiful looking game. Playing the game is like watching a disturbing black and white animated movie from the 30’s. The title, menu screen and even the closing credits echo this and there’s also a subtle flicker effect that makes the whole game look like it’s being projected from some old cine camera onto your screen.
The darkness of the game design matches its content too. The back story is you’re a little boy out to rescue your sister, but you’re given no hint of this in game. Your character simply wakes up and you start playing. You seem to be trapped in some terrifying dream-scape filled with lethal puzzles, and while you start alone you’ll soon meet some less than friendly denizens of Limbo. This is certainly not a kid’s game as the first creature you meet will terrorize most children, and probably a few squeemish adults too, and it’s pretty much downhill from there. Failure to solve a puzzle often results in a gruesome death by dismemberment, and without giving too much away I think I can safely say Limbo is the only game I’ve played on the XBox that involves solving a puzzle by using the drowned corpses of other little kids… Read the rest of this entry »
2K Games announced today the first two action-infused downloadable content packs for its upcoming epic action crime game, Mafia II. The Betrayal of Jimmy will be available as a free download on the day the game launches exclusively for players worldwide who purchase a new copy of Mafia II for the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system. The second DLC pack, Jimmy’s Vendetta, will be available soon after the launch of Mafia II and will offer players a different arcade style of gameplay with new missions and leaderboard competition on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC. Get ready for a wild ride with guns blazing through Empire Bay.
The Betrayal of Jimmy downloadable content, available exclusively for the PlayStation 3, will be accessible for free with voucher codes included with each new PlayStation 3 copy of the game, or purchasable beginning on the day of Mafia II’s launch through the PlayStation Network for AU$12.95 Read the rest of this entry »
Rockstar Games’ wild West epic Red Dead Redemption is still flying off shelves, according to American research company, the NPD Group.
Reporting the U.S. videogame industry sales for June 2010, NPD said that the open-world action game moved nearly 1 million units last month. The game launched in May and sold 1.5 million copies that month. This, according to theNPD, makes it the best-selling title of 2010 so far. Read the rest of this entry »
In today’s war, there is a new enemy, new weaponry and a new warrior built to tackle the toughest missions and harshest terrain. He is the Tier 1 Operator, and on October 15, 2010 Medal of Honor players will have a chance to step into the boots of this elite soldier. Today EA announced a Limited Edition version of Medal of Honor that will grant players exclusive access to the MP7, a unique weapon utilized by Tier 1 Operators in the field. Limited Edition owners will also benefit from day-one access to the TOZ-194 and 870MC2 shotguns, while others must rank up to secure these weapon unlocks. Read the rest of this entry »
IO Interactive confirmed today that not only has Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days gone gold, but will now release one week earlier than previously scheduled on August 19, 2010 in Australia & New Zealand on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.
“The team has worked hard to deliver a game that’s different from the current trend of third-person shooters and we’re so pleased to be able to share it with the world ahead of schedule,” said Niels Jørgensen, general manager of IO Interactive. “With development now complete, why keep people waiting any longer? We want to let gamers experience the game we’ve created and get them online betraying their friends in Fragile Alliance, so we have decided to bring the release date forward by one week.” Read the rest of this entry »
Experience Kane & Lynch Multiplayer from the inside. Be a fly on the wall as Kane briefs Glazer’s men – a team of criminal ex-pats – before a heist. Focus is essential and paranoia can quickly distract you. Without eyes in the back of your head you’ll never know if your teammate is also your biggest risk. Work together as a team and watch each other’s backs. But will the temptation of escaping the heist with the most loot be impossible to resist? The critically acclaimed Fragile Alliance Multiplayer is back with innovative new multiplayer modes, based on Greed, Betrayal & Revenge.
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