The Halo Reach multiplayer beta will kick off on May 3. You will be able to access the beta via the Halo 3: ODST game disc.- Dead Rising 2 will release in North America on Aug. 31, Japan on Sept. 2 and Europe on Sept. 3.
- Dead Rising: CASE ZERO an exclusive download only on Xbox LIVE, will launch prior to the full game and provide a playable prologue that bridges the story between the two titles.
- Alan Wake will launch May 18 in North America and May 21 in Europe. Players can pre-order the title to receive the Bright Falls Bonus Pack, which includes exclusive content like Avatar gear, an Xbox LIVE theme, and a “making of” video.
- The Xbox 360 Final Fantasy XIII Special Edition Bundle will release starting March 9 for $399, and include a 250GB Hard Drive, two Wireless Controllers, exclusive downloadable content and a Standard Edition copy of the game.
- Toy Soldiers will kick off the Xbox LIVE Arcade Block Party on March 3
- Perfect Dark, Scrap Metal and Game Room will launch this March as a part of the Xbox LIVE Arcade Block Party.
- Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Conviction will release at retailers starting April 13 in North America, April 16 in the United Kingdom, and April 28 in Japan.
- Lost Planet 2 will launch in North America and Europe on May 18.
- Fable III will be available this holiday.
While not exactly surprising, Activision confirmed that they are committed to turning Call of Duty into an annual franchise at today’s Q4 conference call. We’re calling it Call of Duty 7 for lack of an official name, but Activision unfortunately didn’t share any details on the title’s setting or time period. After pointing out that this year’s profits were aided by the enormous success of Modern Warfare 2, the company noted they do not plan to see the same success with this year’s installment. No kidding. Read the rest of this entry »
Here is the current schedule for upcoming content coming soon to the Xbox LIVE Marketplace
Xbox LIVE Deal of the Week:
Feb. 15: Battlefield 1943, 800 Microsoft Points
Xbox LIVE Games on Demand:
Feb. 9: Street Fighter IV
Feb. 9: Halo Wars (Europe, Australia and New Zealand)
Feb. 16: Resident Evil 5
Feb. 16: Beautiful Katamari
Feb. 16: Viva Piñata: Party Animals (Japan) Read the rest of this entry »
So what do you get for 400 Microsoft Points when it comes to downloading new tracks for Forza 3? With the Nürburgring Grand Prix Circuit, you get two; the full circuit and the short circuit. For $6.60 it’s not too bad.
Of course to get any real use out of it, you’ll have to make sure all your mates download it as well so you can all go online and test your skills. And a test it will be, because the Nürburgring Grand Prix Circuit is one very technical track. Lots of hard corners with a few short straights thrown in, giving the driver who can out break everyone else the victory, and the driver who leaves breaking a fraction too late, disaster. Read the rest of this entry »
Ever wondered what it would be like to race a V8 Supercar around the world-famous Nürburgring Grand Prix track? Your opportunity is here, with the “Nürburgring Grand Prix Circuit Track Pack” for Forza Motorsport 3, exclusive to Xbox 360.
Forza Motorsport 3 is now in the hands of more than 2 million car lovers worldwide and to celebrate, the team at Turn 10 is releasing two brand new tracks in the downloadable “Nürburgring Grand Prix Circuit Track Pack.”* Having delivered numerous new car packs comprising some of the world’s most unique and sought-after cars, this new track pack will give fans a fresh new locale to earn their racing stripes. Read the rest of this entry »
256 players; three Private Military Companies; one Shadow War: this is online warfare on an unseen scale.
Anyone can fight but do you have what it takes to lead?
Sony Computer Entertainment New Zealand has released MAG for PlayStation 3, the largest online shooter on any games system to date. MAG takes you into a world of warfare on an unprecedented scale, where Private Military Companies protect governments’ interests abroad while fighting the brutal Shadow War amongst themselves. MAG challenges you to join one of these factions and stake your online reputation in vast battles of 256 players at once. A mixture of action, tactics and teamwork, it lets you win glory on the battlefield and then work your way through the chain of command to lead a squad, then a platoon and finally an entire army. Exclusive to PS3, and has arrived in store today. Read the rest of this entry »
The original Bad Company spinoff in the Battlefield series kept the franchise’s setting firmly in modern times, but if the Bad Company 2 ESRB description is true, you’ll be seeing a return to WWII in the sequel. At the very least, the game’s opening will bring players back to the Eastern front, with the ESRB description saying, “In single-player mode, players conduct missions on an unnamed Japanese island during World War II and then move into the modern day through jungles, deserts, and snowy terrain.” Read the rest of this entry »
Inferno (Italian for “Hell”) is the first part of Dante Alighieri’s fourteenth-century epic poem Divine Comedy. It is followed by Purgatorio and Paradiso. It is an allegory telling of the journey of Dante through what is largely the medieval concept of Hell, guided by the Roman poet Virgil. In the poem, Hell is depicted as nine circles of suffering located within the Earth. Allegorically, the Divine Comedy represents the journey of the soul towards God, with the Inferno describing the recognition and rejection of sin. [wikipedia]
So what does the greatest literary work ever composed, written by an Italian poet teetering on the edge of sanity have to do with EA’s latest hack and slash game?
To be honest, other than the overall concept, not a lot. Does this matter? Not really. Visceral Games have taken the concept of the circles of hell, but rather that having the main character a boring poet, they’ve given the honours to a veteran of the Third Crusade who has returned to find his partially naked girlfriend dead, and being taken down to hell by the devil. Such is his love for his Beatrice that Dante decides to face his own sins, his family’s past and his war crimes, as he pursues his love though the many circles of hell, dispatching of as many demonic monstrosities as he can on his way. Read the rest of this entry »
