Today at the Microsoft E3 press conference, Square Enix announced Final Fantasy XIII for the Xbox 360. The Xbox 360 version will be released simultaneously with the PS3 one in both Europe and North America.
Also announced at Microsoft’s E3 press conference was Microsoft’s new partnership with Netflix. According to Microsoft representative John Schappert, for no addition cost other than the Netflix subscription, the entire Netflix library will be streamed to Xbox 360s.
Maybe the biggest news to come out of the press conference, and least surprising, is that Microsoft is reinventing Xbox Live this fall. Gamertags will now have a customizable avatar which will be featured in upcoming Microsoft games. There will also be a community channel called Live Party, which allows up to 7 of your friends to meet up, chat, share content and even watch Netflix movies together.
All in all this is pretty awesome news for 360 owners. This just might make me think twice about picking up a PS3. I guess I’ll have to wait for the Sony conference to make my finial decision.
Today, Harmonix revealed the official Rock Band 2 tracklist. Comprised of 84 tracks on disk, all of which are master recordings, with the promise of 16 more DLC bonus songs. Who is on the list? Well, AC/DC, Guns N’ Roses, Smashing Pumpkins, Bob Dylan, Metallica, Dinosaur Jr., Modest Mouse, and Sonic Youth just to name a few.
For the official press release and all 84 tracks, hit the jump. Read more »
With only two weeks remaining in the ladder phase of the Digital Games, many of the ranks are starting to sort themselves out. However, teams and players can be leapfrogged with ease, so danger could lurk around the corner for our ladder leaders. Let’s check out the current rankings.
On the South American Call of Duty 4 ladder, Ready to Kill Clan maintain their #1 position despite a losing record. In the coming days, however, they will face a strong challenge from brazilianclan. This all-Brazilian ladder may come down to the wire within the next two weeks, as it’s difficult to grind out a lot of matches in a 5v5 format. We’ll keep an eye on it as we move forward.
Command & Conquer 3 stalwart knolz continues his ownage in the European C&C3: Kane’s Wrath competition. He only leads 2nd place LeOwNzall by 40 points, however, so he needs to stay sharp. On the North American front, KiFireLedius holds on to his lead, as well. As an aside, be sure to read KiFire’s blog about how he feels EA isn’t supporting Kane’s Wrath. He wrote it over the July 4th holiday so many of you may have missed it. Read more »
All of the round one bracket matches in GGL’s Warhawk tournament are finished, setting the stage for round two.
BOOM dropped Agents of Kush on their heads to advance to a second round matchup with Bomb Squad Kittens, who slapped SlaPaHo Tribe. Meanwhile, Known Outlaws topped ICU.
Toward the bottom of the bracket, Strategic Assassins defeated Krypto Kingpins, and lastly, ARMED^ASSASSINS assassinated Syndicate.
With these matches complete, we can look forward to a full plate of round two matches! Keep your eyes peeled for more updates regarding this exciting tournament.
Who will be champion? Only time can tell!
The World Individual Competitions of the Championship Gaming Series took place this past Saturday. In this competition the best players from each region squared off against one another to determine, independent of their franchises, who was truly the best in their individual games.
Dead or Alive 4 (DOA4) Female
In the first match on Seaside Market, Birmingham’s SarahLou defeated Sydney’s Eileen, 5-1. Meanwhile, in the second match, San Francisco’s Vanessa beat Mexico City’s Hitomi1 by a slightly closer 5-2 margin. This outcome meant that Vanessa would face SarahLou in the final match of the DOA4 female competition. SarahLou performed extremely well and led 3-1 going into the fifth round. Vanessa, however, won the next four rounds, and closed the game with a 5-3 lead.
FIFA 08
Rio’s Patan faced Wuhan’s ZZ in the first FIFA 08 game. Patan scored two points to ZZ’s one in the first half. Patan then secured this lead with a single point in the second half. This won him the match, 3-1. Next up was a match between Berlin’s Manaya and Chicago’s Eafra. By the end of the second half, both players were tied 1-1. This lead to a shoot-out, in which Eafra won by a single point, 3-2. Eafra now had to defeat Patan to earn the individual championship title. The match was considerably more one-sided than Eafra’s game against Manaya. The North American champ won 2-0 over Patan and claimed his title. Read more »
