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Batman: Arkham Asylum Does Games For Windows Live
The official Games For Windows website proudly announces that the PC version of Rocksteady’s Batman: Arkham Asylum will be a Games for Windows Live title. This means Games for Windows Live players of Batman: Arkham Asylum will be able to earn Gamerscore points by unlocking achievements, and really that’s about it. There’s Live connectivity, but…
By Mike Fahey Published March 4, 2009 -
Netflix Outside Of The US? Yeah, Probably Not…
Is Netflix on 360 any good? Not being American, I wouldn’t know! One day, though, I’d like to see the service offered outside of North America. But that doesn’t sound likely. In an interview with Eurogamer, Xbox UK boss Neil Thompson has said: Netflix is a great deal in the US, and we’re looking at…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 4, 2009 -
Have Microsoft Stopped Sending Out Boxes For 360 Repairs?
It’s been standard practice for a while now that, if your 360 broke, Microsoft would send you a box, so you could send your console back in. But a Consumerist report today claims otherwise. They cite the story of reader Zach, who says: My Xbox red-ringed for the second time this weekend. Which is almost…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 3, 2009 -
Msoft: I Doubt We’ve Seen the Last of Master Chief
Speaking to USA Today, Halo franchise development director Frank O’Connor hints that we may have more Master Chief in store for us in the future. “I doubt we have seen the last of Master Chief,” O’Connor told the paper. The bulk of the article is about upcoming Halo 3: ODST, which O’Connor says is significantly…
By Brian Crecente Published March 3, 2009 -
Why Capcom Bet 360, And Not PS3 Or Wii
Sure, these days Capcom are true multiplatform developers, but for a while they, they were leaning 360. Dead Rising, Lost Planet, both were originally 360-only. So why did a Japanese developer make that call? Capcom talisman Keiji Inafune – the creator of Mega Man, Onimusha and Dead Rising – explains that, despite a lot of…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 3, 2009 -
Europe Gets Red 360 Controller In Time For Resident Evil 5
Microsoft cleverly ties-in existing product to a major game release, timing the European debut of the red Xbox 360 controller to coincide with the release of Resident Evil 5. In a clever bit of release scheduling magic, the same limited-edition red Xbox 360 controller and play and charge kit that has been sitting on North…
By Mike Fahey Published March 2, 2009 -
The Halo Universe Expanded: Part One
In the first of a new series of videos dealing with the expansion of the Halo universe, members of Ensemble, and the gaming press talk Halo history. The Halo universe isn’t just Master Chief. I know, I know; that’s a hard fact for some fans to swallow. Between the novels, the first-person shooter trilogy, and…
By Mike Fahey Published March 2, 2009 -
US Xbox Service Ends A Calendar Day Before Japan’s
On March 3, Microsoft service repairs for the original Xbox ceases. The same happens for American users on March 2. While service repair ends, other technical support such as documents and content will be available to all customers. “If you have an original Xbox console that is in Warranty that requires a repair,” Microsoft stated,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 27, 2009 -
Gamestop Hopes Halo Wars Is Worth A Midnight Launch
It’s not very often that a real-time strategy title earns a midnight launch, but toss the word Halo in there and GameStop sits up and listens. GameStop is inviting Halo fans to “bring out their inner Warthog” during Halo Wars midnight launch events, held at more than 2,000 locations across the U.S. this coming Monday,…
By Mike Fahey Published February 27, 2009 -
Lost & Damned Sets Xbox Live Record
Being both popular and, for a piece of downloadable content, expensive, would it surprise you to learn that Grand Theft Auto IV expansion Lost & damned has set a new Xbox Live revenue record? It shouldn’t. Because it has. According to Microsoft, the expansion has “eclipsed first-day revenue for all previous downloadable content on Xbox…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 27, 2009 -
Lost Planet 2’s Announcement Is Confusing
The announcement for Lost Planet 2 has been baffling! Here’s why: Rewind to last September when Capcom swore off console exclusives in its fiscal 2008 shareholder’s report: “All major titles launched during the next fiscal year or thereafter will be developed as multi-platform games.” Then in January, Mega-Man creator Keiji Inafune mentioned new Dead Rising…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 27, 2009 -
Microsoft’s Retail Stores Will Sell Games, Hardware
Microsoft are opening dedicated retail stores. Like Apple Stores, only for…Microsoft. And while early pictures of a “concept” store suggested as such, we’ve today received confirmation that they’ll be selling Microsoft games and hardware. A Microsoft spokesperson has told MCV that the stores – which will be opened “in a few major cities around the…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 26, 2009 -
Microsoft Looking To Change Xbox Live Sexual “Discrimination”
Been a bit of a fuss lately over Xbox Live and people’s sexual orientation. People being banned left and right for wearing said orientation on their sleeves (well, gamertag/profile). It’s a mess. But it’s a mess Microsoft are looking into, with Xbox Live Police Chief Stephen Toulouse saying: Expression of any sexual orientation (straight or…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 26, 2009 -
Lips Getting Better Scoring, Leaderboards, and Coldplay
March brings a slew of fixes, features, and fan favorites to the Xbox 360 karaoke game Lips, with an early March title update delivering improved scoring and international leaderboards, just in time for Coldplay. As a proud owner of Lips, I’ve often felt the game has given me far too much credit for my vibrato.…
By Mike Fahey Published February 26, 2009 -
Capcom Won’t Say Lost Planet 2 Is An Xbox 360 Exclusive
This morning, Capcom officially announced Lost Planet 2 for the Xbox 360 with a very carefully worded press release. There were the words “Xbox 360” and the term “exclusive,” but not the phrase “Xbox 360 exclusive.” Capcom simply stated the game was “being developed for the Xbox 360.” Yet, the company was reluctant to state…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 25, 2009 -
Xbox Live Sadly No Place For Lesbian Gamers
(Former) Xbox Live gamer Teresa found herself on the receiving end of a ban from the service for a surprising reason. She identified herself as a lesbian in her Live profile. That resulted in a ban from the service after her Xbox Live peers complained about her profile, according to a letter to the Consumerist.…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 25, 2009 -
Frankenreview: Halo Wars
Twenty years before Halo: Combat Evolved the war between humanity and the Covenant was a much more strategic affair, as proven in Ensemble Studios’ swan song, Halo Wars. Halo Wars takes the familiar setting of the first-person shooter series Halo and translates into a console-based real-time strategy game, in which players build up and army,…
By Mike Fahey Published February 25, 2009 -
Microsoft Teams With Fashion Label For Designer Halo Wars Gear
You think Halo, you think…well, you don’t think designer clothing. But Microsoft Asia do, which explains why we’re now looking at a most unexpected (and unexpectedly tasteful) range of Halo Wars gear. Designed by giant ape specialists X-Large, the t-shirts will be available only at select Hong Kong stores between February 16 and March 15.…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 25, 2009 -
Capcom Says Lost Planet 2 “Is Being Developed For The Xbox 360”
Our earlier suspicions are correct — for the time being. Capcom today announces that upcoming action title Lost Planet 2 is being developed for the Xbox 360. From the official statement: “Capcom, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, today announced that Lost Planet 2 is being developed for the Xbox 360 video…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 25, 2009 -
Is Lost Planet 2 Only On Xbox 360?
Earlier this week, Lost Planet 2 was announced on Xbox LIVE. The upcoming issue of Japanese game magazine lists the game as only “Xbox 360.” Guess that means it’s on the Xbox 360. But how does that fit into Capcom’s multi-platform strategy? Famitsu reports that the game’s development is 40 percent done, has online player…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 24, 2009