When I came across the news that support for the origional Xbox ends next week I was actually quite surprised. I thought Microsoft stopped supporting them quite a while back. Apparently not though. On March 2 2009, Microsoft will stop offering repair services for the original Xbox console. If you have an origional Xbox that [...]
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Spider-Man: Web of Shadows (Xbox 360) Review
Summary [7 out of 10] Spider-Man: Web of Shadows is the latest Spider-Man game to hit gaming consoles. Like previous Spider-Man games it is an Action/Beat-em-Up game where you play as Spider-Man in New York City. Web of Shadows focuses on how Spider-Man chooses between his classic red and blue suit and his black Symbiote [...]
Left 4 Dead Gets an Update
Left 4 Dead got the update today on the Xbox 360 that the PC version got almost a month ago. It fixes quite a few glitches and bugs. Here is the full list of what changed: General – Fixed Survivors being able to climb surfaces marked for versus infected only. – Fixed a class of [...]
Lost Planet 2 Announcement Trailer
Lost Planet 2 was announced yesterday on Xbox Live Marketplace. I don’t want to spoil all the details for eveyone so I’ll just let you watch the video for yourself.
First Mass Effect 2 Info
Bioware is not giving any details out about Mass Effect 2 yet, but they did release the above teaser trailer. However, everything may not be how it seems in the video because Bioware posted in their forums that you should keep your game saves from Mass Effect. “This is just your first taste of Mass [...]
Xbox Live's "Deal of the Week" Making A Comeback
This past December Microsoft introduced the “Deal of the Week” by putting the Halo 3 Legendary Map Pack on sale. Throughout December they also had Bomberman Live and Foo Fighters songs for Rock Band and Guitar Hero were also on sale. Apparently, the sales went over well because starting this week their making a comeback. [...]
New Rhythm Game DLC Release Info
Rock Band 2 and Guitar Hero: World Tour both had new songs available for download this week. Guitar Hero: World Tour added a Wings Track pack for $5.50 (440 Microsoft Points) that contains “Junior’s Farm”, ” Hi Hi Hi”, and “Jet”. You can also get the songs indivigually for $2 (160 Microsoft Points) each. Rock [...]
New Fallout 3: The Pitt Screenshots
Bethesda released a few screenshots today for the second downloadable expansion to Fallout 3. Titled ‘The Pitt’ it is scheduled to release in March for $10 (800 Microsoft Points). No specific release date is set yet, but The Pitt will add sections of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Fallout 3. Here are a couple teaser screenshots to [...]
Nintendo DSi coming to North America April 5th
Nintendo announced today that the Nintendo DSi is coming to North America on April 5th, 2009 and will set you back $169.99. They are expected to be completely sold off store shelves the the same day since Nintendo tends to keep stocks low and demand high. It will be available in a range of colors [...]
Star Wars The Clone Wars: Lightsaber Duels (Wii) Review
Summary [7 out of 10] Star Wars The Clone Wars: Lightsaber Duels is a 3D fighting game that focuses on using lightsabers and force powers. There are ten playable characters including: Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Ahsoka Tano, Mace Windu, Count Dooku, Asajj Ventress, General Grievous, Kit Fisto, Plo Koon, and EG-5 Jedi Hunter Droid. It [...]
Death Tank Coming to XBLA This Week
Death Tank is coming to Xbox Live Arcade on Wednesday, February 18th. We’re not talking about the old Sega Saturn version, but a complete remake by Snowblind Studios. If you don’t recall the original it is a lot like Worms, but in real time. For $15 (1200 Microsoft Points), Death Tank supports Xbox Live multiplayer [...]
New Star Wars: The Old Republic Screenshots
Announced last October, Star Wars: The Old Republic is a story-driven massively-multiplayer online game from BioWare and LucasArts. There has not been a lot of information since the origional announcement but Friday there was a large release of additional screenshots. In Star Wars: The Old Republic you can play as a Jedi, a Sith, or [...]
Gaming Valentine's Day Cards
Since Valentine’s Day is tomorrow and I still have to go get something for my wife I was searching the web for ideas and came across these funny Left 4 Dead and StarCraft II Valentines. I’ve not decided if I can get away with one of these tomorrow or not, but some of you might [...]
Tom Clancy's Endwar (Xbox 360) Review
Summary [8.5 out of 10] Tom Clancy’s EndWar is a Real Time Strategy (RTS) game set about 10 years in the future. In EndWar you play as either the United States of America, the European Federation, or Russia in the battles that lead up to and include World War III. Unlike most RTS games in [...]
New Upcoming Release Info
Last week Valve released news that some Left 4 Dead DLC is coming soon. Today they announced that the upcoming Survival Pack DLC will be free for the Xbox 360 and PC. Activision Blizzard also made some announcements today. Firs off they announced that Prototype will be this June. They followed this up with news [...]
Free Xbox Live with GTA IV: The Lost and Damned
Microsoft announced today that from February 17th – 22nd all Xbox Live Silver memebers will have Gold level access for playing Grand Theft Auto IV or The Lost and Damned multiplayer. Microsoft has opened up Xbox Live to Silver members before for a weekend, but never for just one specific game like this. We are [...]
Possible Gears of War 2 Rank Changes
Even though there has no official announcement about a third title update to Gears of War 2 it is all but expected after Rod Fergusson’s, Executive Producer of Gears of War 2, recent post about possible changes to how public matches are ranked in Gears of War 2. The current ranking system is based on [...]
Kindle 2 Rumors: Pictures, Date, & Price
While I don’t personally read enough books to make it worth buying an e-book reader I can appreciate why people would want one. You can easily take a lot of books with you anywhere without all the weight, no need to go to the book store when you want something new to read, and a [...]
Left 4 Dead DLC Announced
It has been known for a while that Left 4 Dead DLC was going to be coming at some point. Today Valve release some info on what we can expect. In addition to a couple new maps they are adding a new game mode called “Survival”. They have not released what Survivale mode will be [...]
Lord of the Rings: Conquest (Xbox 360) Review
Summary [6.5 out of 10] The Lord of the Rings Conquest is an action game created by Pandemic Studios. It is essentially Star Wars: Battlefront but set in the Lord of the Rings universe. You can play as either the side of good or evil. The good story line follows the plot of the movies, [...]
Guitar Hero: World Tour Stand alone Instruments Priced
RedOctane announcd today that the stand alone drums and guitar for Guitar Hero: World Tour will be releasing this month. They have not specified an exact date yet but both are available on the RedOctain site for pre-order. The stand alone guitar will set you back $60 and the drums are $100. I’m actually a [...]
Gears of War PC Broken
Starting last Wednesday, January 28th, every legitimate install of Gears of War for the PC stopped working. When you try to start the game it gives and error that says “You cannot run the game with modified executable code…” and tells you that you should re-install. However, even after installing it again the game will [...]
First X-Men Origins: Wolverine Trailer
Being a long time fan of X-Men and Wolverine comics I was excited to read the Jaunary issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly’s interview with Dan Vondrak the Project Lead for X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Vondrak admits what anyone who played the previous Wolverine games already knows, Wolverine is not nearly as cool in game as he [...]
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames (Xbox 360) Review
Summary [7 out of 10] Mercenaries 2: World in Flames is a third-person shooter. As the name suggests you play as a mercenary. At the start of the game one of your employers double-crosses you. The remainder of the game is spent working your way up the food chain until to can get your revenge. [...]
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