Xbox is kicking off their Winter of Arcade releases next week, with one game releasing every week for 5 weeks, with all of them relatively note worthy titles it looks to be an interesting time for credit cards.
The first game to be released is Splosion Man for 800 points on the 22nd of July. Full list past the break.
The Worms franchise would have to be the best ‘Scorched Earth’ style of games out. Dominating the other platforms for years Worms hit the ground running with the first release for the Xbox 360 and now with the second release, titled Worms 2: Armageddon, Xbox 360 owners have a bit of a choice when wanting to play this genre of game. As the title implies this is a complete rework of the original Worms: Armageddon of PC fame. But how does Worms 2: Armageddon stack up against the first Worms and Death Tank? And is it actually any good?
If ever there was an incentive to get the podcast started and completed on time, Karate Kid 2 is it. This week we look at the Wii Motion Plus peripheral and Wii Sports Resort, Call of Juarez 2, Sam and Max and many other games that I can’t recall off the top of my head.
LucasArts announced today through Twitter that classic LucasArts games including The Dig, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, and Star Wars Battlefront II, are coming to the Steam platform this Wednesday (US time). It’s promised to be the first batch with more to come later on.
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition also now has a confirmed release date and is coming out to Steam and Xbox Live Arcade next Wednesday on the 15th (US time). Full list of games after the break.
If you were watching the news on TV a week or two ago you might have noticed an article about how Telecom was introducing a new plan that offered unlimited data and that it was taking preparatory steps to ensure that it wouldn’t bite them in the ass when people start going banana’s with the torrents. Part of this is to cache data locally so it doesn’t have to travel through the international gateway more than the first time it is downloaded. Yesterday Tyepo in the forums pointed out that his speeds for downloads from the Xbox Live Marketplace have increased as of yesterday to something previously impossible. I tested it today with a 176 MB file and what would have previously taken an hour was completely downloaded in less than ten minutes.
I have contacted telecom for a comment on this but it seems to be the only logical explanation, the best part of this news is that the same should hold true with the other consoles as well and the Playstation network downloads will also be motoring along at a healthy click as well.
Next week battlefield 1943 will be available on the Xbox Live Arcade and Playstation network from the 8th and 9th respectively. The Xbox version will cost 1200MS Points with the PSN version expecfted to cost a similar amount in real monies (NZ pricing not confirmed yet).
The PC version is expected in September.
Right, let me firstly say I am not a huge FPS fan, mainly due to being extremely bad at them. Apart from the ButtonMasher Shadowrun gatherings, I feel a bit scared to venture into the online world or frags, gibs and tea-bagging.
Enter Cell Factor: Psychokinetic Wars. With 30 or so single player challenges to prepare me for the upcoming online sacrifice I jumped straight in. More »
It doesn’t feel like it has been a week already since the last podcast, but alas, time travels at an ever increasing rate as we do more podcasts. This week we talk about the new games on consoles, iPhones and Facebook. We discuss wether Fight Night Round 4 can be classed in the same genre umbrella as fighting games such as Street Fighter and Tekken. Caution, Podcast contains a plot spoiler regarding a character in Harry Potter.
The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai was the result of Microsoft’s Dream-Build-Play competition. Developed by James Silva, and influenced by his past occupation as a dish washer, The Dishwasher successfully combines old school platforming and new school technology to create a superbly violent slash-’em-up.
At E3 I picked up some limited edition stuff that a few of you Xbox fans might be interested in having. First up is an Alan Wake faceplate for your Xbox number 453 of 500. Secondly is a Mass Effect 2 T-Shirt, again one of 500.
If these sound like things that you might be into have a listen to the latest podcast (here)
