Biggest news on XBLA and PSN this coming week has to be DICE’s Battlefield 1943 – a remake of a classic many of us will remember. It uses the technology from the Battlefield Bad Company franchise, making use of ‘vehicle warfare’, destructible environments and other features the franchise’s followers will recognize. It will be set in WWII and up to…
Following the revelation yesterday that the company would later this year be placing advertisements on Xbox Live, Microsoft have moved to assure users that the ads will “enhance, not interfere” with their experience. Posting on his blog, Microsoft’s Larry Hryb has said: I need to let you know that you don’t need to worry about a huge influx of ads…
Majesco today told Eurogamer that a Serious Sam remake would be heading to the Xbox Live Arcade later on in the summer for 1,200 Microsoft Points. The reimagining, developed by the original developer, Croteam, will support online four player co-op, and feature 12 levels of dazzling, revamped action pack mayhem. Serious Sam HD will be available late summer for 1,200…
Just when you thought the drama regarding Duke Nukem Forever, Apogee, and Take Two couldn’t get any worse, today we find out that Duke Nukem Forever is in fact, still in development. The ongoing legal action between Take Two and Apogee recently revealed that 3D Realms, despite having to lay off a large proportion of their staff, is still currently…
Sex, drink and violence make anything instantly better, so if you were ever hoping that Xbox Avatars would be improved, you can think again. Microsoft has revealed its list of rules for the use of Avatars in Xbox 360 games, and it seems that they only needed to have one overall commandment — No Fun! The rules were revealed to…
by Victor ‘r0gue’ Vieira Major Neslon, our favourite Xbox blogger, announced via a podcast that they are going to make the Xbox guide faster with the next Xbox update. Already here in SA with last weeks update people have been experiencing faster downloads. Major Nelson confirmed “we are making the guide faster,” he continued candidly “the team has done…
By Clinton “dreddsix6six” O’Shea Overview It is with a heavy heart, that I write this review. I say this, because the time spent doing so could be time spent on all the splendid ways of dishing out mass destruction on a city scale that this open-world destuctothon allows. It is to coin a phrase previously used on this very site:…
The internet lit up last night with rumours from TGDaily suggesting that Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer, had not only confirmed that there will be a new Xbox 360 in 2010, but that Natal will launch with it. When we dug a little deeper though, we have to question its validity. Firstly, the site in question live blogged the event, yet…
It’s not just raging Steam boycotters that Valve has upset with the announcement of Left 4 Dead 2. According to the studio, the ESRB has also shown concern, causing Valve to edit the original cover art for the game which showed a hand with a thumb and two fingers chewed off. In order to satiate the demands of the censors, the famous Left 4 Dead hand will now be holding down two fingers, rather than having them torn from the palm.
Magic: The Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers is slated to hit Xbox LIVE Marketplace later this afternoon. If you’ve never played Magic: The Gathering before, you may be thinking twice about the 800 Microsoft Point commitment — the Magic paper game isn’t that easy to learn. Understanding this, I asked two guys behind the XBLA title — senior business manager Worth Wollpert and senior brand director Aaron Goolsbey — what the game offered to newbies.