Good news for all you GRAW2 fans out there, a new expansion will be available on XBL soon…real soon as in November. CVG reports that new maps for both single and multiplayer gametypes will be available.
The pack includes five brand new campaign missions continuing the story from GRAW 2 and nine adversarial maps for online play. Seven of those nine are remakes from Ghost Recons past (Caves, Railroad Bridge, Battlefield, Plantation, Swamp Airfield, Prison and Castle), leaving two that are totally new (Business Park and Rooftop).
And if this study’s anything to go by, sales and review scores will no-doubt see a boost from the extra Achievements, offering an addition 125 gamerpoints for your efforts.
Check out this Bionic Commando clip from Capcom for next-gen systems. Watch as he swings from building to building in a Spider-Man-ish kinda style. Only thing he’s got goin for him ole Spidey doesn’t is….GUNS.
Whether Halo 3 or Bioshock were strictly made for the Xbox 360 or not, we don’t know, but there’s some people out there saying they weren’t.
David Braben of Frontier Developments says, they’re better looking, but still the same.
“I loved the 1930s-1950s atmosphere of BioShock: the lovely Art Deco visuals and the audio that worked especially well. “Overall the whole game was beautifully executed, but the gameplay itself was not ‘next-gen’.”
“I found Halo 3 great fun, too, but also a little disappointing - as although there were a few nice touches and improved graphical fidelity, it hadn’t really moved on much from Halo 2in terms of the gameplay.”
Sierra’s World in Conflict is ready to go and is expected to hit shelves on September 18th. The game will retail at $49.99 for the normal box and $59.99 for the collector’s edition. The time I spent with the game fine, but I’m not just a huge WiC fan. But hey, I’m not gonna lie, it’s cool! (more…)
Please tell me you aren’t surprised to hear this news, because I’m sure you’re not. Halo 3 has already become the fastest selling pre-ordered game in video game history. Pre-orders in North America for Halo 3 have exceeded the 1 million milestone, according to Microsoft today. And just think it still has a couple more months before the actual release date — damn I need to hurry and get myself a copy!
Microsoft has developed a Halo 3 Military Edition Zune for members of the US armed forces. The Zune will be available exclusively at military retail stores in August and comes with pre-loaded stuff that is probably similar to the civilian Halo 3 Zune. It was reported that a group of soldiers who left for active duty today from Baltimore Washington International airport received the first wave. Microsoft is offering the military edition of the Zune to military personnel and their families at discounted rates. (more…)
Microsoft’s GamerscoreBlog has posted the Xbox Live Arcade games they expect to release in the next several weeks. Almost all the games most everyone is quite aware of, especially the very addictive Puzzle Quest… and we all know the AI is a cheating fool! Anyhow, not sure on the order of release.
The expected games are:
- Ecco the Dolphin
- Hexic 2
- War World
- Geon: Emotions
- Puzzle Quest
- Space Giraffe
- Streets of Rage 2
- Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
Take Two just announced Grand Theft Auto IV will be delayed from its originally scheduled October release date until the second fiscal quarter of 2008, sometime between February and April of 2008. Though they cited no direct cause for the delay, Take-Two Chairman Strauss Zelnick said “certain elements of development proved to be more time-intensive than expected.” In addition, due to the outstanding ratings problems, they’ve also announced that Manhunt 2 would miss its planned release this fiscal year. (more…)
Xbox 360 owners get ready for another great looking game coming soon to a store near you! Virtua Fighter 5 is said to be shipping October 30th and on the shelves by Halloween.
Virtua Fighter players have been waiting quite a while for online play — well the wait is over! Sega confirms that the 360 edition will feature leaderboards, downloadable content, and the ability to download matches from top contenders to study their moves.
Many of you 360 junkies out there might be experiencing some strange happenings on Xbox Live. Quite a few people have complained saying they are getting the error message “Can’t retrieve information from Xbox Live. Please try again later. Status code: 807b01f7″ when trying to download any content.
Don’t worry it seems this is just affecting the Marketplace and not any of your friends lists or multiplayer. First the ring of death and now problems with Xbox Live? Oh no!
