Today Microsoft announced two new Xbox Originals that will be hitting Xbox Live Marketplace May 19. The two games are Stubbs the Zombie Rebel Without a Pulse and Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows.
Now I can’t speak for Gauntlet because I never played it, but Stubbs is a fantastic game. Anyone who has a sense of humor and a love for zombies wont be let down. I can’t recommend this game enough. You play as Stubbs, a newly undead zombie, who terrorizes a futuristic 1950’s city. As you eat more brains, you get more zombie powers, such as: poisonous farts, a detachable hand that is capable of possessing people, and the ability to bowl down enemies with your head. All in all, Stubbs is a great game worth your time and money.
Both Stubbs and Gauntlet will cost you the standard 1200 Microsoft points ($15). Not a bad deal considering Stubbs is a classic that new gamers should not miss out on.
Read: New Xbox Originals: Stubbs And Gauntlet.
TimeShift wasn’t the block buster title that Sierra Entertainment was looking for. That is why today, Sierra announced that they will be releasing a free multiplayer map pack on Xbox Live today. Titled “Futures-Past Multiplayer Map Pack,” the pack contains five new maps, all compatible with the various game modes. If you have a free minute and were one of the few people who bought TimeShift, I would defiantly recommend giving the pack a download. What’s it going to cost ya?
Hit the jump for the full press release. Continued…
Like most gamers, the first thing I tried out when I got my hands on Grand Theft Auto IV was the multiplayer. Unsure of how to do pretty much anything, I scoured the manual for some clues. Unfortunately there in no mention of muliplayer.
Today Rockstar Games released a guide containing all the info necessary to get started on GTA IV’s multiplayer.
If you still feel like a noob every time you log on, hit the jump for the full guide. Continued…
In honor of Cinco de Mayo, the good folk over at Bungie are hosting a Halo 3 Double XP weekend. Starting today, not only will players receive double xp, but a new playlist for Fiesta called “Cinco de Mayo.” In order to play the new Fiesta playlist you need the Heroic and the Legendary map packs. The Southwestern celebration will keep the midnight tequila burning until Tuesday, so get your xp while you can.
Read Halo 3 celebrates Cinco de Mayo with double XP.
As I am sure many of you have discovered, as you eagerly unwrapped your long preordered copies of Grand Theft Auto IV, packaged with the game is a free month of Xbox Live Gold. If the numerous 100% reviews weren’t enough to convince you, maybe this will push you over the edge. I cannot stress to you guys how much fun the multiplayer in GTA IV is. In fact as i write this, my roommates and I are passing around the controller taking turns causing havoc across Liberty City.
This tactic of offering a free month is great, as it will undoubtedly lead to year long subscriptions from players that normally would not have experienced GTA IV multiplayer.
Read: Buy GTA IV, Get Xbox Live Free For A Month.
Today both Lost Odyssey and Army of Two got some DLC.
For a mere 200 Microsoft Points ($2.50) you can get the “Triple Bonus Pack” for Lost Odyssey. The pack includes ‘Memory Lamp,’ which allows you to view past scenes, ‘Shattered Bond,’ an antique that will bring back memories of a forgotten dream, and a ring called ‘Killer Machine.’ As someone who never played Lost Odyssey, I am assuming that this makes sense to those who are familiar with the game.
For 600 Microsoft Points ($7.50) you can get the “SSC Challenge” pack for Army of Two. The pack includes four co-op maps which should help breath new life into the game.
Read: Lost Odyssey and Army of Two DLC arrives.
Today Ubisoft released a patch for the Xbox 360 version Rainbow Six Vegas 2. Most of the changes only affect multiplayer. A similar patch for PS3 and PC are in the work and will be out shortly. The list of changes goes:
- Swapping to & from Pistols are now faster in Multiplayer.
- Optimized sound bank to improve weapon firing and helicopter sound clips that loop over and over.
- Servers now update their pings more often so that players have a more accurate value of server performance.
- Spawn Shield is shorter when respawning with the Leader.
- When there are more people on a team than the other, there is an overall XP modifier applied to all XP gained during the game.
- By pressing the start button, players now have access to the outfitting menu in observer mode.
- Respawning in Team Deathmatch now work like regular Deathmatch (random points throughout the map) which intensifies gameplay and minimizes spawn camping/trapping.
- Faster respawns for Deathmatch and Team Deathmatch. You no longer have to wait a full 10 seconds!
- Players who enter a room using custom search then exit will be brought back to an automatic search with the same criteria.
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Remember when I posted a news item about the Premium Edition of Soul Calibur IV? I promised to revisit it if any new information came out, and today Namco explained in further detail the Premium Edition’s contents.
The Premium Edition comes with a XL T-shirt. The Xbox 360 version’s shirt is white and has Yoda on it. The PS3 version’s is black and has Darth Vader on it. There is also the mysterious “Tournament Kit”, which in all reality is just a card with a tournament tree on it. Also included, is a comic/art book which will explain the events that happened before Soul Calibur IV.
I’ll leave it up to you guys to decide if its worth the $80 price tag. Personally, I think I’ll pass.
Read: Look At What’s Inside The Soul Calibur IV CE.
A little while ago I posted a news item about Burnout Paradise getting a big update. Well, today Criterion Games decided they were going to recall the update. “Why?” you might ask. Well according to them, there is an issue in the patch that caused the game to have poor frame rates when driving at high speeds, which is always in Burnout. Criterion promises to reissue the patch next week with all the kinks worked out.
I have to give some respect to the Criterion guys. It takes a lot of balls to admit you screwed up; and because they admitted it, players wont be stuck waiting in the dark for a new patch.
Read: Criterion Recalls 360 Burnout Bogart Update.
Today, Activision announced that Call of Duty 4’s Variety Map Pack has was downloaded one million times in nine days, setting a new record for Xbox Live Marketplace.
According to Activision, in those nine days, there were more than 30 million games sessions, totaling 32 million hours of gameplay.
What I take from this article is that, if you have a Xbox 360 and Xbox live, pick up Call of Duty 4. You are guaranteed a fantastic multiplayer experience with plenty of people to frag.
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Namco Bandi have announced that Soul Calibur IV will be hitting North American stores on July 29. There will be the standard $60 game, as well as an $80 premium edition. What does the premium get you? Not only will you get a metal box, a comic book and a “tournament kit”, but also access to “extra customization content.”
“Tournament kit” and “extra customization content?” That is so vague that I can’t help but be intrigued. You can be sure I’ll post the details on these two elusive selling points one they are released.
Read: Soul Calibur 4 To Disregard Canon On July 29.
This is just a reminder that the Halo 3 Legendary Map Pack is available for download today. Featuring three maps: “Avalanche,” “Ghost Town” and “Blackout”, the map pack will cost you 800 Microsoft Points ($10). If that seems a bit too pricey for you, you might want to take advantage of a deal going down at Circuit City. Continued…
