Archive for April, 2007

Brush up on your plans for expansion and hone your trading strategies because “Catan” is coming to Xbox LIVE Arcade for Xbox 360 this Wednesday, May 2 at 0900 GMT (2:00 a.m. Pacific).“Catan” from Big Huge Games is the Xbox LIVE Arcade edition of the legendary multiplayer board game Settlers of Catan. With over 10 million units sold, Settlers of Catan is one of the most popular board games to hail from Europe, and has been translated into twenty-five languages from the original German.
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Centipede and Millipede both will hit Xbox Live Arcade on Wednesday May 2, 2007. Here is the full release:

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Falcom’s latest addition to it’s RPG series ‘Legend of Heroes’ will be the first PSP game ever to use 2 UMD’s. The sequel to the first chapter of the series, it will be released in Japan on 9/27. There is no news on if they will ever hit the states, but just the idea of more expansive games for a handheld device is exciting.

For more information, check the link.

http://psp.ign.com/articles/781/781478p1.html

Some of the best Pac-Man players in the world will compete on Xbox Live for BIG MONEY…BIG PRIZES…BIG SUBS! Here’s the full release:

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Microsoft just announced that they are having a contest for you up and coming directors and producers. Here’s the full release:

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Just days after they officially announced dropping the 20 gig version of it’s PS3, Sony’s Satoshi Fukuoka had a little chat with Bloomberg. It looks like Sony is considering a larger hard drive for PS3’s, but no specifics were given.

Could this be a response to the 360’s Elite?

*shakes magic eightball*

Flying on Dragons: 154 dollars. Stomping through tons of enemy soldiers: 397 dollars. Ripping the heads off monsters and throwing them at the enemy: Priceless.

http://www.gametrailers.com/index.php?p=ps3

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PS3 IGN has reported that Sony officially killed production of the 20 GB version of the PS3 for the US. In other words, once this version sells out, Sony won’t be replacing them. It seems this is all because the 60 Gig version is favored over it’s little brother by a 10 to 1 margin. Fascinating.

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/779/779973p1.html

The spring update is coming soon and it’s pretty sweet! Now you’ll have the ability to communicate with your friends from your MSN Messenger list from Xbox Live! How cool is that? Here’s the official release and some other goodies!

Your Xbox LIVE® friends list is about to get a whole lot bigger. Microsoft Corp. today announced the launch of Windows Live™ Messenger on Xbox 360™, connecting friends across Xbox 360 consoles, Microsoft® Windows®-based PCs and Windows Mobile®-powered devices. With this update to Xbox 360, friends and families can easily connect and chat directly from their television using Windows Live Messenger, a network of more than 20 billion relationships and more than 260 million active accounts.

Beginning the week of May 7, 2007, the Xbox 360 Spring Update will provide Xbox 360 owners worldwide with access to Windows Live Messenger features, broadening the communication options on the Xbox LIVE social network. Members of the 6 million-strong Xbox LIVE community currently send more than 2 million text and voice messages a day and can now use Windows Live Messenger to text chat with up to six people on their contact list at one time, while playing games, listening to music or watching movies. Text chat adds to the variety of options friends and families already have to communicate with on Xbox LIVE, including voice and video chat.

Current relationships on Windows Live Messenger and Xbox LIVE will be unified on Xbox 360 and users will see at a glance if their existing friends on Windows Live Messenger have gamertags, instantly expanding the breadth of connected experiences they can share online.

“Bringing the largest IM community in the world, Windows Live Messenger, to Xbox 360 makes sense, as Xbox LIVE has really become the largest social network on television,” said Jerry Johnson, product unit manager of Xbox LIVE at Microsoft. “For our growing community of 6 million on Xbox LIVE, using Xbox 360 is a very social, connected experience. They are using Xbox 360 to play games, music and movies while simultaneously communicating with one another through video, voice and text chat. With this announcement we are simultaneously expanding the access of Xbox LIVE users to existing friends and family while introducing Windows Live Messenger users to the benefits of Xbox 360.”

Beginning the week of May 7, users of Windows Live Messenger on Xbox 360 will text chat using the virtual keyboard accessible on Xbox 360, or by connecting a USB keyboard to the console. This summer Microsoft will launch a QWERTY text-input device, a new accessory that will connect directly into the Xbox 360 controller to support text and instant messaging.

Beyond Windows Live Messenger, the Spring Update for Xbox 360 includes hundreds of new features and enhancements including the following:

· A richer Achievement notification pop-up will showcase the name of the unlocked Achievement and the gamerscore value without needing to leave the game to check the Achievements list.

· Enhanced family settings features for Xbox LIVE communications enable different defaults for video chat and voice chat.

· A new Xbox LIVE Marketplace blade lets Xbox LIVE members access the content they seek — whether it is game content or TV shows and movies (available in the United States) — from one place on Xbox LIVE.

· Updates to Xbox LIVE Arcade allow owners to quickly see which Xbox LIVE Arcade games their friends are playing and join in the fun. Xbox LIVE members can also compare progress of leaderboard scores and Achievements directly with all friends on their friends list. Expanded Tell a Friend capabilities make it easier than ever to boast about Achievements and high scores.

· A new option in Auto Downloads provides faster access to the entire collection of free, trial-version Xbox LIVE Arcade games.

· New progressive download controls provide easy access to optimal viewing options by letting people fast-forward, rewind, pause and resume as their video is downloaded from Xbox LIVE Marketplace.

· Extension of the background download functionality will allow owners to set their Xbox 360 console to turn off automatically after downloads are complete.

The Spring Update is free beginning the week of May 7 and is easily accessible to every Xbox 360 owner through Xbox LIVE or on Xbox.com.

Old yet should not go unnoticed by any gamer. The first one was released state side during the reigning PS1 era, but the sequel did not see the light of day over here…Now I think most of you have heard but never played this game, because of either Sony or Square had a brilliant idea of NOT bringing this game state side. The Douche Award goes to either one.

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YES! Finally Project Silpheed has been announced for US release. I’ve been a fan of Silpheed since it was on the PC. I can’t wait to get my hands on the 360 version. Here’s the official announcement from Microsoft:

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Lost Planet is getting yet another new set of multiplayer maps. Here’s the official skinny from Capcom:

Multiplayer map pack #2 for Lost Planet™: Extreme Condition for Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system from Microsoft will be available for download on Xbox Live® Marketplace on Friday, April 6. The map pack costs 400 Microsoft Points™ and includes two new multiplayer levels: “Hive Complex,” an abandoned mine with twisting tunnels and bridges set on a war-blasted mountain side, and “Trial Point,” a modern day office complex featuring a photorealistic backdrop of a busy city center