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Tag Archives: microsoft
Halo: Reach – Deliver Hope
This is the extended cut of the Halo: Reach “Deliver Hope” trailer. You can say what you want about the series and its developers. There’s no denying that their advertisements are awesome. A full length movie needs to happen.
PAX 2010: This Weekend!
The Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) is happening in Seattle this weekend!
Dozens of companies are planning to reveal details about their newest games and gadgets – including Ubisoft, Microsoft, and Blizzard. Event badges are completely sold out… but it just so happens that myself and Mr. Maroon may be attending, anyway. Regardless, we plan to report on any major developments.
If you’re going to be in the greater Seattle area for the festivities, drop us an email. (If you happen to have an extra badge or two, definitely contact us.)
Microsoft Announces Xbox Live Subscription Price Increase
In a move that’s sure to backfire on them, Microsoft announced today that the price of Xbox Live memberships is going up on November 1st.
Yearly subscriptions increase from $50 to $60, quarterly subscriptions from $20 to $25, and monthly subscriptions bump from $8 to $10. That’s a tough sell considering that they shouldn’t be charging for the things that gold members receive, anyway.
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Monday Night Combat Review
I had a chance last night to sit down and play through the training mode and a few matches of Monday Night Combat, the new Xbox Live Arcade shooter from developer Uber Entertainment. It’s one of this year’s five big Summer of Arcade titles.
At its core, Monday Night Combat is basically Team Fortress 2 mashed up with Defense of the Ancients. It’s a third person shooter.
The premise is simple: two teams of cloned soldiers try to destroy the other team’s ‘Money Ball’ in a game show setting. There are six classes to choose from: assault, sniper, assassin, gunner, support, and tank. I played the assault, tank, and gunner classes. All three were a blast – and the other three look like a lot of fun, too.
Speaking of fun, that’s really what sets this game apart from some of the other shooters on the Xbox 360 – it’s just plain fun to play. I didn’t find a single thing that frustrated me and I felt totally comfortable with the controls and the gameplay mechanics within the first five minutes. I don’t know that this will be a game that I play long term due to the limited game types and the general lack of variety in terms of map selection but for what it is, Uber did a great job. I wasn’t terribly impressed by the matchmaking system but once you’re in-game with a decent group, it’s smooth sailing.
If you have the MS Points to spend, consider this one. It’ll keep you busy for a while.
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Console Medals
Does one of your gamer friends with a birthday coming up? Show them that you respect their console superiority by giving them a medal from Supermandolini.
They have a variety of medals to choose from including the Xbox 360, the original NES and even the Sega Dreamcast.
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Halo: Reach Gets a Limited Edition Xbox 360 – and the Most Extensive Level Editor Ever Released for a Console
Big news for Halo fans in recent days – Halo: Reach, the final entry in the series (at least from the series’ creator Bungie), will have its own limited edition Xbox 360 console. It will be the new “slim” version of the console with a custom paint job, controllers, a 250GB hard drive, and of course a copy of the game.
In addition to the special edition console, the team at Bungie released the following video showcasing the new version of Forge – Halo’s custom map design application. One of the engineers, Jon Cable, puts it best toward the end of the video:
It’s nice to go out with a bang and this is… this is a pretty big one.
That’s perhaps the understatement of the century as far as video games are concerned. This looks absolutely, positively incredible. I’ve never been a huge Halo fan but this video turned me into a believer. I will be buying this the moment it hits shelves.
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Red Faction: Armageddon Screenshots and New Trailer to be Unveiled at San Diego Comic-Con
THQ has big plans for their booth at the Comic-Con taking place in San Diego this weekend. They’re going to be decked out in full Red Faction: Armageddon decor. New screenshots, a new trailer, and lots of new details about the game are expected to emerge at the event.
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James Bond 007: Blood Stone
Although the James Bond film series is on an indefinite hiatus due to funding issues among its financiers, 007 seems to be back in vogue in the gaming world. First, there was the huge announcement regarding the GoldenEye Wii reboot. Now, we have a completely new adventure from the people at Bizarre Creations called Blood Stone.
The story, which was written by Bruce Feirstein (author of the screenplays for GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, and The World is Not Enough) pits Bond against a group of terrorists who’ve kidnapped a researcher and a bio-chemical weapon capable of wreaking havoc on the world. The trailer certainly looks interesting!
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Bloomberg Values Xbox Live at $1,200,000,000+
Bloomberg estimates that Microsoft’s wildly popular Xbox Live service has brought the company more than $1.2 billion in sales over the past year.
Of course, it’s not hard to believe when you consider that they have more than 25 million active users (myself included) – most of whom have purchased dozens of pieces of DLC and/or Games On Demand (again – myself included).
XBL Summer of Arcade 2010 Release Dates
Microsoft finally put some dates on this year’s Summer of Arcade releases. Here they are, in chronological order.
- July 21 – Limbo
- July 28 – Hydro Thunder Hurricane
- August 4 – Castlevania: Harmony of Despair
- August 11 – Monday Night Combat
- August 18 – Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
I’m personally a bit disappointed that we’re not seeing a Shadow Complex sequel this year but both Hydro Thunder Hurricane and the new Castlevania title look promising.
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Fable III Turns Episodic
Microsoft and Lionhead Studios plan to release Fable III in episodic format over Xbox Live once the game hits retail. In other words, you can buy the game as a whole up front for one lump sum or you can purchase it in “chapters” over XBL. They did this with Fable II and generated a lot of extra sales, so this move makes good business sense for them.
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