Xbox360
Halo Wars title update incoming, new details
A post on the Halo Wars website has announced that a title update for the Halo RTS is on the way. The update looks to address some matchmaking bugs, fine tune game balance and implement a new feature. While the bulk of the update remains a mystery, community manager Aloysius does mention two changes.
One, the [...]
Joystiq interview: Halfbrick Studios
We recently fired off some long-distance questions to Halfbrick Studios, an independent developer located in Brisbane, Australia, about itself and its projects in the pipeline for Xbox 360 — more specifically, for XBLA and XNA Community Games. Lead artist Matthew Knight generously accepted our assault and blasted back with his answers.
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Taking a look at March XBLA numbers
With March NPD numbers set to roll out this week, GamerBytes has posted its own analysis of Xbox Live Arcade sales for the same period. A good idea, considering NPD doesn’t include digital sales in its figures. It’s a rather exhaustive piece, so here are a few nuggets.
Watchmen: The End is Nigh started strong, but [...]
Report: Konami may skip ‘Six Days in Fallujah’ Euro launch
The dust has barely settled on the announcement of Six Days in Fallujah, but it once again finds a way into the news. During Konami’s Gamer’s Day in Frankfurt last week, unnamed representatives for the publisher told GamePro.de that they were waiting to see how Atomic Games would portray the brutal battle for Fallujah [...]
See Wolverine battle Gambit in new X-Men Origins trailer
Would someone please remind us that we’re not supposed to be this excited about a licensed game? Because we’re going to be straight with you, when … well, when that last thing happens in this new trailer for X-Men Origins: Wolverine, our fists pumped above our heads of their own accord. It was like they [...]
What you gonna watch? Ghostbusters!
This trailer for Ghostbusters: The Video Game does a really great job of making the game, and the franchise in general, seem dramatic and action-packed. Which is a bit weird, since the actual movies are … comedies. Of course, the game is based more heavily on the shooting wiggly beams at ghosts and blowin’ stuff [...]
Microsoft talks to GLAAD about GLBT policy issues
Stephen Toulouse, handler of Xbox Live Terms of Service policing, appeared on last Sunday’s Major Nelson podcast to speak about how Microsoft is handling the concerns of the GLBT community. He recently sat down with two representatives from GLAAD to speak about the policy and what Microsoft could be doing better. Speaking about the meeting, [...]
Halo? Simpsons? Rube Goldberg? Sold!
We always knew that there would be some very interesting maps generated with the new Halo 3 map Sandbox, but this … this is special. This map takes three of our favorite things — Halo, The Simpsons and Rube Goldberg machines — and swirls them all together into a delicious, digital smoothie. We could waste [...]
Where’s his fizz? Bow Wow challenges gamers as April’s celeb gamer
Hulk-loving artist, Shad Gregory Moss (aka, Bow Wow) is challenging gamers as April’s Xbox Game With Fame celebrity. NBA Live 09 fans are invited to go up against the Tokyo Drift survivor today at 5:00PM ET on Xbox Live. If you’re up to the task, make sure to add the Gamertag Bow Wow GWF — [...]
So you want to see Final Fantasy XIII in action?
The Final Fantasy XIII demo has now been captured — in full — and placed on YouTube. Grab a controller and pretend you’re playing the game! The videos highlight Square Enix’s amazing CG, some real-time gameplay and a few terrific tunes. Obviously there are some spoilers, but for those who simply cannot wait until 2010, [...]