While Criterion is getting ready to unleash their Bogart Update for Burnout Paradise, they're already lining up new content for the dead movie star patch. The Cagney Update will see the introduction of three new FreeBurn multiplayer modes to the game: Online Stunt Run, Marked Man or Road Rage. Online Stunt Run sees up to 8 players simultaneously competing for the highest stunt score within 2 minutes, with eliminated players sticking around to screw with the survivors' combos. Road Rage features two teams, one that must race to a checkpoint and then the finish line, while the other tries to stop them, which sounds like an interesting recipe for strategic thinking. Finally Marked Man is pretty much tag, where the one marked gets points for survival and the other players get points for taking him down. All three new modes sound like a hell of a lot of fun...now I'm regretting not picking the game up. Might have to rectify that shortly.
Latest by lordargent: lionkitten : If I had 5 or 6 or 7 friends online to screw around with, it might make a difference, but trying to find rooms to do challenges with is nigh impossible. The Showtime mode is just stupid. I more »
It appears that those who were worried about Japanese copies of Mario Kart Wii not loading on US Wiis through Freeloader may have been breaking a sweat for nothing. Import retailer NCS tested the game on v3.1U firmware and found it to run just fine. Yes, this information directly conflicts with an earlier report from Play Asia, but there's a good chance that Play Asia tested the game with v3.0U firmware which NCS confirmed will not play the game.
In other words, all hope is not lost. Still, go forth at your own risk, there may be bananas around the bend.
NCS News Update [NCS]
Latest by bobtheduck: @themadman123: Not that you'll read this, as this article is incredibly old by now (in blog time, I mean) but yeah, it does have so many great games
Uncharted
Ratchet and Clank
Unreal Tournament 3 (if you use mods)
Resistance
Folklore
Even heavenly sword would be more »
Not so long ago, we ran a story about the Westin chain of hotels planning to supply Nintendo Wiis to hotel guests. Given the exorbitant price at which other chains rent the console, most of us figured that the Westin might price gouge as well. Not so, says their PR team. They've assured us that the Wii program will be "completely free of charge to all hotel guests."
When we asked if it would be part of a customer loyalty incentive program, they once again assured us that, "No—it will be free of charge to all guests of the hotel." OK, OK. We get it. Free. Here's the full Westin announcement:
In case you missed it, "My Xbox" pages on Xbox.com have gotten a pretty drastic face-lift today. Click the jump to enlarge the side-by-side, but it's immediately apparent that the entire interface has been streamlined and condensed with more emphasis placed on horizontal space. Aside from the aesthetics, the biggest functional change is probably the achievement comparison, with one friend appearing on your main page at all times.
And apparently it's been "recoded to increase page performance." In other words, somewhere a Microsoft programmer is wincing from the still-fresh whip wounds and a marathon coding session, drinking a free orange soda to alleviate the pain.
My Xbox Update [Major Nelson]
SCEA contacted us today to let us know we were right to doubt, the Playstation 3's firmware 2.20 update will not include Portable Copy support, despite reports to the contrary.
Too bad, I'm about to go away on a trip for a few days and was thinking I might be able to bring some movies with me. Of course, I'm also still confused about whether all Blu-ray movies will be copyable or if it will be only for movies that have an extra PSP file included on the disc.
Flying Lab Software was released the first content patch for their booty plundering MMO, Pirates of the Burning Sea. This new patch contains a ton of fixes, changes and additions to the game all of which can be found on the Pirates of the Burning Sea customer support forum. The changes stretch across the board to cover skills, ships, outfitting, combat and many others. It should be noted that these myriad changes are currently only available for North American and European players. All the rest of you salty dogs will have to wait just a bit longer.
Latest by Archavious: I'm a big PotBS fan. it isnt a traditional grind for uber gear MMO, it takes more tactical skill. This game isn't for everyone but if 1720 naval combat sounds like fun, I suggest trying it out. more »
Last week, with the new update, we saw little to no changes correct? Well, that's just not the case with my PS3. I hesitated at first, updating my PS3, but the next day, I finally updated. Big mistake. At first, there was no problem, everything ran fine...that is until I tried to play the Limited Edition of Stranglehold. Now, I have gotten pretty far without any problem, but maybe by coincidence, the game started to skip and play sounds out of sync. This all cleared up in a moment or so. The real problem came when I tried to watch Hard-Boiled, it got to a certain point where it went all Bobby Drake and froze the damn PS3. I had to manually restart the thing. The next day I tried again, ending up with the same result. this time, I immedietely put the disc out and in, but when I put it back in it wouldnt start at all, wouldn't even see the disc. I looked at the disc and it was freaking Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of The Crystal Skull clear. So I tried all of my blu's, my games, my dvd's. Hell, I even threw in some of my 8", 5.25", and 3.5", but they didnt fit. Anyway, apparently the troubleshooters couldn't troubleshoot my PS3 and want it sent in. Shyte, I might as well have got a 360 if I wanted to go through all of this, At least I would have Bioshock. Now, if this gets posted, I promise to keep you all updated on the return...Yes, that does sound very exciting. Goodnight, and good luck.
Peter Molyneux, the visionary behind Lionhead Studios and the Fable series, once promised us that in Fable, the player would be able to plant an acorn and watch it grow into a tree. Things didn't quite work out. But that isn't stopping Molyneux from attempting a little something we like to call a do-over with Fable 2.
I can tell you definitively that there is absolutely an acorn and it does absolutely grow into a tree. And it is actually part of the story now. We decided we got into so much trouble over acorns and trees that we are going to make it part of the main thread of the story in "Fable 2".
Latest by hageesheart: @Mujah: yeah. I remember reading all that hype too, and I bought the game, used, played it, "beat it", liked it well enough, then sold it. It's not a bad game, it's just not a game I need to play more »
Recently, Valve went on record saying that they'd like their upcoming Team Fortress 2 map pack to be free on both PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, but admitted that such a situation might not be possible. Many wondered if this uncertain future was the result of EA meddling or interference from the platform holders themselves.
We contacted Valve to clarify and their VP of marketing Doug Lombardi informed us that, "The platform holder owns the final call." So just as we'd suspected, whether or not we see these maps for free is indeed up to Sony and Microsoft.
Rockstar has finally spilled the beans on Grand Theft Auto IV's multiplayer offerings to PSM Spain. Featuring up to 16 players, 15 modes of play (including races, deathmatch and one co-op single player mission), and fully customizable characters, it looks like the game will push multiplayer pretty hard and use the same world map as the single player campaign. Hit the link for all the details.
Latest by OT79: @lionkitten: @elint6: @Collapse The Control: @zanzibarlegend: I lol'd XD
But don't feel so angry about the RROD issue,I only try to say what I feel,many of my friends with 360 feel scared to death,playing all the time asking themselves when more »
Turned on my ps3 and noticed there is a firmware update to 2.17 up but can't find info on this anywhere. Do you guys know anything about it.
While most of us in North America don't read the Dutch magazine Chief, one of our readers abroad pointed out that they'd run a major exclusive on upcoming Quantic Dream/Sony title Heavy Rain. (You know Quantic Dream as the company behind Fahrenheit/Indigo Prophecy, and you know Heavy Rain from my fanboy obsession).
Reader Saimon was kind enough to translate some of the more enticing statements about the title made by Quantic Dream's founder David Cage. And we were kind enough to copy and paste the translations after the jump.
Rockstar just released a pretty major update to their GTAIV site. New videos, screens and radio stations are here for you enjoyment. So watch "Packie McReary" above and hit the jump to get the rest of your GTAIV fix. (Of course, if you despise the game or something, don't feel obligated to. No, really, we don't want you to hit the jump if you don't want to...not if you're gonna make that face. What? No, you're pouting. We can tell. Actually, screw this, we're just taking the post down. Wait, don't leave. OK, OK. Whatever you want. We can change. And no, we're not crying. There's just something in our eye.)
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Latest by Jonn: @MasterOfPastures: Did you miss the last thread on Piracy and the hundreds of comments, most of which advocated it? People can and will just keep cracking Steam games. more »
An update for Team Fortress 2 was released on Thursday; the updates will be applied automatically. Additions such as adding a 'custom' tab to the server browser and fixing some class balancing issues are included, but there is a lengthy list of other updates, additions, and fixes over at the Steam website.
The upcoming GamePro issue hitting newsstands February 12th entices gamers with a "special report" on Epic's Gears of War 2—the game we all know is coming but has yet to be announced to the world. So did GamePro score the scoop? According to Epic's Mark Rein, they did not.
It is complete nonsense. We have not announced a sequel to Gears of War to Gamepro or anyone else for that matter.
This response, of course, does not write off the possibility of hot gossip or legitimate leaks. But don't expect six pages of centerfold-quality Gears 2 porn or any official confirmation.
Latest by ZeonicFreak: @Doomstink: Thats funny, i dont remember getting games when i was in Boy Scouts.
Man, he sounds like hes one step under santa. Plus, i was at a IDGA thing a while ago and him and the president of Red Storm more »
Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix isn't your dad's Street Fighter 2. While the original arcade classic was just 250k, in 1080p HD the game could be topping Microsoft's 150MB download limit on LIVE Arcade. And according to the game's director, David Sirlin, it's making development problematic.
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You probably already know that Rez HD is coming to Xbox LIVE this Wednesday (don't forget to read our impressions, btw), so we'll refrain from rehashing what is now a nugget of your wisdom in snarky blogger format. Instead we'll just mention that Ubisoft's Chessmaster LIVE is coming this week as well. With a multitude of boards, online play (surprise) and extra game modes, chess players can decide whether or not it's worth their 800 points.
Because while Chessmaster LIVE looks good and everything, it's no Battle Chess.
The last time we reported about Namco's mysterious Fragile, they had just released a teaser trailer and shortly before that, a single paged website. Since then, the site has been updated with a few more pages (all in Japanese) and more importantly, a recent gallery of some really nice looking screenshots. The dilapidated carnival shots remind me a bit of Silent Hill 3 with the creepy pig replacing the bloody pink bunny. It's still kind of hard to tell what this is going to be all about, but if the gameplay and story match up with the quality of the graphics, this promises to be a must have title for the Wii.
To access the screenshot gallery, after the intro plays (or you skip it) look at the top of the page and you'll see a menu of Japanese characters. The one with the red letters above it that says "new" will take you to the screenshot gallery.
Latest by Anemone: I'm jumping into this one way late, but the music is indeed good. As it should be, it's made by the company that was responsible for the tri-ace game songs. I'm glad people seem to be a bit more positive more »
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Last week, with the new update, we saw little to no changes correct? Well, that's just not the case with my PS3. I hesitated at first, updating my PS3, but the next day, I finally updated. Big mistake. At first, there was no problem, everything ran fine...that is until I tried to play the Limited Edition of Stranglehold. Now, I have gotten pretty far without any problem, but maybe by coincidence, the game started to skip and play sounds out of sync. This all cleared up in a moment or so. The real problem came when I tried to watch Hard-Boiled, it got to a certain point where it went all Bobby Drake and froze the damn PS3. I had to manually restart the thing. The next day I tried again, ending up with the same result. this time, I immedietely put the disc out and in, but when I put it back in it wouldnt start at all, wouldn't even see the disc. I looked at the disc and it was freaking Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of The Crystal Skull clear. So I tried all of my blu's, my games, my dvd's. Hell, I even threw in some of my 8", 5.25", and 3.5", but they didnt fit. Anyway, apparently the troubleshooters couldn't troubleshoot my PS3 and want it sent in. Shyte, I might as well have got a 360 if I wanted to go through all of this, At least I would have Bioshock. Now, if this gets posted, I promise to keep you all updated on the return...Yes, that does sound very exciting. Goodnight, and good luck.
