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 Alan Wake to show up at Tokyo Game Show (via QJ) - It's been more than three months since the Alan Wake (Xbox 360, PC) media blackout was rumored to be ending soon, and it looks like Microsoft and Remedy are finally getting ready to talk about the game. When, you ask? During this year's Tokyo Game Show, that's when.A new Windows Vista contest where the winner gets their digitized likeness added to Alan Wake seems as good a confirmation as any that the game will indeed be showing up at TGS. | |
 NCAA Football 09 Has a Shitload of Problems Bugs (via Kotaku) - Message boards and forums are livid at EA and NCAA Football 09, whose problems apparently go well beyond EA Locker corrupting the roster files. AOL Fanhouse went through the boards and made a full accounting, and it's grim. Sliders are borked. The CPU sliders do nothing. | |
 Street Fighter IV (via Computer And Video Games) - Okay, firstly, familiarity with the old games helps. SFIV uses SFII as a template and builds outward, so virtually every combo and counter - from Ken's four fierce to Guile's air throw - work as they always did. After complaints from playtesters, the version shown from GDC (which used 3D collision detection) has been adapted to mimic the 2D hit boxes of the original, so crossover attacks and Dhalsim's stretching kicks feel the same as before. | |
 GameTrailers TV - Episode 120 - Chapter 1 HD (via Game Trailers) -- Here is and interview with John Schappert from Microsoft with an exclusive look into the future of Xbox. Plus the first trailer for Quake Live! | |
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Final Fantasy XIII on Xbox 360 Causes Suicide? (via N4G.com) -- FinalFantasy-XIII.net: Many of us have been severly let down by Square-Enix after their announcement that Final Fantasy XIII would be seeing a release on Xbox 360 but I doubt any of us have been hit as hard as this. Apparently a GameFAQs member has been contemplating suicide after this announcement. | |
5 Reasons Why Trophies Are Better Than Achievements (via N4G.com) - An opinion piece from NextGen Player: "With the launch of PS3 firmware update 2.40 on July 2, Sony has officially launched their own gamer reward system to compete with Microsoft's well entrenched Achievement system. Microsoft was the first the out of the gate, and has had two and a half years to refine and improve their product. | |
New 360 OS, Avatars Not Required, Themes Still Work, More (via Gamer Reports) - The new Major Nelson show is out, and he talks about the new Xbox360 OS. The good news is that the new Avatar system is not necessary, although the OS replacement is. Also, anyone who purchased gamer pictures or themes will still be able to use them. Great news, we were worried about that. | |
E3 Wrapup: MS Shines, Nintendo and Sony Underwhelm (via N4G.com) - It's the end of the week and E3 2008 has officially ended and now it's time to sit back, relax and take in all the announcements made by the big three: Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft. Here's a breakdown of the good and the bad of each company's press conference. Clearly, Microsoft was this year's winner but read on to find out where the other two companies fell flat. | |
Game Club Beyond Good & Evil: Assignment Two Game Club (via Kotaku) - Sorry for the delay on our second assignment for the Beyond Good & Evil Game Club. E3 was overwhelming and knocked my plans a bit off-kilter for the week. BUT, I've got your second assignment right here and we're goign to go ahead and meet on Tuesday rather than Monday. | |
E3: Sony Soars To New Heights (via N4G.com) - Endsights writes: "Even though they lost another exclusive in Final Fantasy XIII, Sony had a strong yet somber showing at E3. They made it loud and clear, on several occasions, that this was the year of the PlayStation 3, and I couldn't agree more. After bringing up the rear in the "next-gen console war" ever since its launch, the PS3 is showing its teeth for the first time ever since the battle for supremacy began. | |
Gridrunner for XBLA Screens Wake Up Sheeple (via Kotaku) - Old-old-old school developer (and hooved animal enthusiast) Jeff Minter put some screenies up on his Live Journal of Gridrunner+++, the Xbox Live Arcade port of Gridrunner ++. It looks like an acid trip. There's a sheep in the upper right of this screen, in case you were wondering. | |
Civilization Revolution - Review (via Planet Xbox) - If you have ever thought you could do a better job running the country, Civilization Revolution puts your leadership and planning skills to the test. Revolution is essentially a resource-management and strategy hybrid for those who like to play king rather than God. Each game begins with a flock of | |
Joystiq E3 hands-on: Far Cry 2 Far Cry 2 (via Game Radar) - Joystiq: "Adding on to our hands-on with Far Cry 2 a couple months ago, our most recent experience at E3 gave us the same feeling that we'd only begun to scratch the surface of this title. For a general overview of what to expect in Far Cry 2, check out our previous hands-on with the game. | |
Hendrix heads to 'Guitar Hero' Guitar Hero World Tour (via Game Radar) -- Jimi Hendrix is to feature in the next Guitar Hero instalment, reports Billboard. Guitar Hero World Tour will contain two of the music icon's tracks - 'The Wind Cries Mary' and a live version of 'Purple Haze' - as well as offer players a Hendrix avatar. | |
Insider Describes the World of Sony's MAG Exclusive (via Kotaku) - It’s not hard to imagine that Sony knew Microsoft would choose E3 to make its curtain-call announcement of Final Fantasy XIII for the 360. It’s likewise reasonable to believe they searched their catalog of works under development for the best candidate to generate any buzz. | |
Wii Shines, Xbox 360 Loses Ground (via N4G.com) - TGDaily.com writes, big announcements at E3 cannot hide that Microsoft had a rough June with its game console. The Nintendo Wii surpassed the Xbox 360 as the most sold current game console in the United States. Every other game console, including the PSP and Nintendo DS, sold more units. | |
60GB Xbox 360 shows up for preorder at Circuit City, two days later than Amazon (via Engadget) - Filed under: Gaming If you're looking to step up to a 60GB Xbox 360 but have an irrational fear of Amazon, Circuit City just put it up for pre-order. The price is still $349.99 but ship date is August 6, two inexplicable days later than Amazon. The site lists an HDMI output with upscaling DVD player, which is nice to see. | |
Eyes-on: Sonic Unleashed Sonic Unleashed (via Game Radar) - ThatVideoGameBlog: "I would love to tell you that from what I saw of Sonic Unleashed that I knew, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that this was going to be the game that brought back Sonic from the hellish hole he's been digging himself into ever since Sonic Adventure 2. | |
Gamestop After Hours Event for Gears of War 2 Gears of War 2 (via Game Radar) -- Gamestop is bringing back their After Hours event with new footage for Gears of War 2, a tournament, and last but not least, more Cliff. | |
New Portal: Still Alive content mined from Flash version and no GLaDOS (via Xbox 360 Fanboy) - Filed under: News, Xbox Live ArcadeDuring Microsoft's E3 press conference, the announcement of Portal: Still Alive caused OMG MEGATON waves of excitement throughout the fanboy nation. That was until we discovered it wasn't a full fledged sequel and would instead be a re-release of the Portal game as experienced through the Orange Box with additional content. | |
Damnation screens, factsheet give off some steamy steampunk funk (via QJ) - Steampunk fans will probably get a kick out of Damnation as much as I do. I am, after all, a geek over anything steampunk (aside from being a geek of so many other things).Here we have a bunch of screens (which were actually released a few days ago, during the height of the E3 press conferences - hence the reason why we're a bit late; yeah, I know, we missed some blindspots, we're human too) and a fact sheet from Codemasters and Blue Omega' press release. | |
Goshdangit My NASCAR 09 Gamesave Done Blowed Up That's Not Racin' (via Kotaku) - WTF is going on at EA Sports? First came the manifold glitches and problems in NCAA 09, now we're seeing accounts of corrupt profiles forcing Xbox 360 racers to ditch their gamesaves and start all over. After reaching a certain level of progress — the theory is cumulative laps driven, as it's struck gamers at differing points in their careers — the profile becomes corrupted and freezes the game right at the load screen. | |
Aliens: Colonial Marines E3 absence explained (via Xbox 360 News) -- Sega's E3 presence was among the weakest at last week's event, trumped only by the pitiful showing at Camp Belmont, a notion not helped by the absence of Gearbox-developed Aliens: Colonial Marines from either the show floor or Sega's own booth. Videogamer.com cornered Gearbox president Randy... | |
Portal: Still Alive additional levels based off Portal: The Flash Version (via Xbox 360 News) -- Image: http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/07/gam_portalflashmappack_490.jpg There's been an understandable amount of excitement regarding the pseudo-sequel to 2007's "Game of the Year", Portal, following the E3 '08 unveiling of Portal: Still Alive. However, little was... | |
Sonic is coming to your Wii...again (via 360 Monster) - According to the latest issue of Nintendo Power magazine, Sonic is going to be on a Wii-exclusive game called Sonic and the Black Knight: 'The blue-blur swings cold steel in his big new Wii-exclusive adventure' Yup, that's what it says folks, right on the front cover. | |
Facebreaker to allow breaking of Peter Moore's face (via Joystiq) - Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, SportsWe're not exactly sure why anyone would want to punch Microsoft's charismatic figurehead, Peter Moore -- especially in his cherubesque face. Still, we guess it's nice to have that opportunity available, should you someday develop a strong Moore aversion. | |
Show #287: E3 and the new Xbox Experience (via Major Nelson) - This week’s show:Co-host : eNot a normal show…e and I discuss E3, answer questions about the new Xbox experience and moreGet the blogcast Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes (MP3) Listen in iTunes? Submit a review Add the Major Nelson Blogcast feed to your RSS aggregator and have the show delivered automatically (MP3). | |
Bust Peter Moore in the Face. No, Really. Oh It's On (via Kotaku) - Ever want to roundhouse punch EA Sports honcho/former Xbox chief Peter Moore in the jaw? Astoundingly, word is you can do just that in Face Breaker, coming out Sept. 5. ButtonMasher reports thusly: While previewing Face Breaker at the EA booth it was mentioned that Peter Moore’s face had been scanned and entered into the game using the boxer editor. | |
CBC News Give Guitar Hero The Thumbs Up (via 360 HQ) - In a report on CBC News you get a bit of info on all things Guitar Hero and i found it to just be an all around good article that covers everything from where the game has been to where the game is going and even touches on the revelry with Rock Band, have a look. The Guitar Hero video game franchise has reeled in a high-profile catch, netting two iconic songs by rock legend Jimi Hendrix for its upcoming installment. | |
MS Tells Bungie To Wait To Show Teaser Trailer (via 360 HQ) - I been watching allot of G3TV so i could keep an eye on all things E3 and about half way in to it i was saying to myself "What about Halo?" since Bungie always makes a splash at E3 you would think they would be going off about Halo Wars or even announcing a new game and i found my answer here in this GameRush report. | |
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