Xbox Live users can now download tons of new playable characters for Marvel Ultimate Alliance, but who are these new heroes? Watch the new trailer under Xbox 360 Game Videos in The Pipeline to find out.
Category: Xbox 360
And so the Gears of War stop turning.
Epic released their not so epic update to Gears of War today, fixing many glitches and adding a new game type. Another thing they “fixed”, despite it being perfect, was the game’s roadie running system. Where once it was that you could run across the entire map without having to worry about getting stuck to something, now all you can do is run 5 feet with nothing but worry of getting stuck to something. They supposedly adjusted the roadie running system by “reducing frequency of accidentally grabbing cover while running” but it seems they did just the opposite.
I just finished playing Annex for nearly 3 hours and found that every time I tried running around the map I would do nothing but get stuck to something at the slightest movement. At one point Gears of War was good, now it’s a piece of crap. Good luck getting people to pay for your new maps now that you’ve made the game a huge steaming pile.
Burger King, haunting your dreams for the rest of your life.
Burger King, back when they released a series of Xbox(360) titles that outsold Gears of war, were holding contests to win a 360 gift pack. It seems they kept their word on the contest, leaving one 360 faithful(among a probably dozen or so) with a nice little package. One winner, named David(not Rodgriguez), obtained one of these prizes and was terrified by what he saw(at least I’d be). Sure, he got a brand new premium 360, 3 extra wireless controllers, 13 free months of XBL, a vision camera, a free faceplate, a wireless adapter for this 360, and a 50 dollar BK gift card, but he also got a horrifying item that would give even Chuck Norris AND Bruce Campbell nightmares.
He got this:
Yes, a Burger KING mask. I’d probably burn the box right there and scrub off several layers of skin off in the shower.
Xbox 360 Gets Friendlier
Instant Messanging capabilities have now been added to 360 consoles! Read the full press release in The Pipeline under News.
Here’s an excerpt:
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.
Guitar Hero 2, 360 version-Pseudo Review
Okay, been a few days since I’ve made a post here, but I’ve not done so with good reason. I’ve been rocking out to Guitar Hero 2. The game came out Tuesday for the 360, and I gotta say it’s almost an entirely different experience. I loved the original(as many people who know me can attest), but I waited on Guitar Hero 2. At first I was waiting for a cheaper PS2 copy, then Harmonix and Activision announced the 360 version. Having had a 360 version, having seen the new controller, and contemplated the many possibilities I waited for the 360 version to be released. Boy am I glad I did.
Now I’m not saying the PS2 version’s boring, and I have indeed played it. Using Gamefly‘s wonderful system I rented the game and played it without having to shell out the 40 dollars. I gotta say, I didn’t care much for it. Theoretically the same game, yes, but the setlist rubbed me the wrong way. I’d play through a few songs I liked, then was forced into playing some piece of crap I couldn’t wait to finish just to get to FreeBird. Sure, it had some great songs in it, but compared to the original’s songs it was crap. It just felt like another sequel that didn’t do much for the series(much like DDR). Then Guitar Hero 2 for the 360 came out and my hopes had been renewed. The 360 title almost felt like an entirely new title.
The game is not without it’s faults, it does lack a traditional online mode much like DDR Universe, or many of the XBLA games or just about any other 360 title, but it does partially make up for that fault with the online Leaderboard. Let’s say you have a friend who also has the game. If you’re competitive, which is almost a requisite for having Xbox Live, you can spend hours upon hours of fighting back and forth with scores. It’s a nice little feature that, while often unused by other games, serves a superb purpose with Guitar Hero 2.
The song list is still there, and then some. Sure, it’s got some of those not so great titles, like Institutionalized(which will keep you going nuts trying to get 5 stars on), but it includes some awesome classics that were not in the PS2 version. Rocking out to Iron Maiden, Alice Cooper, Deep Purple, and My Chemical Romance(Say what you will, but Dead! is awesome) just helps balance out that list to make a superb experience. However that’s not where it ends. Red Octane has not avoided the Xbox Live Marketplace. GHII(as it’s known to the fans) will feature more downloadable content via the Marketplace than any other game. This downloadable content, of course, will be mainly songs, with a possible online versus mode in the future. The first bunch, which should be released soon, will feature some hits from the original game such as Dark at the Moon, Higher Ground, Frankenstein, and several other songs.
Last but not least the 360 version also features a controller COMPLETELY new to the Guitar Hero series. It has not been seen via third party companies, or even through Red Octane itself, but it follows the Guitar Hero fashion of using a Gibson Guitar. The game uses a smaller Gibson Explorer called the X-plorer(Clever huh?) in a brilliant white color to match the rest of your 360 peripherals. I will say that, while almost flawless, it does have it’s flaws. The Fret Buttons, strum bar, whammy bar, and neck feel perfect, but the main fault lies within the Back and Start button. Unlike the Guitar Hero SGs, the X-Plorer does not have the large circular buttons perfectly placed right above the whammy bar. Instead it features two small buttons set right next to the D-Pad(mainly used for moving around the Dashboard and such) and Xbox live Guide button. Sad Veras this set up makes. If you’re used to hitting the Select button(Back on 360) to activate star power then you’re going to have to get used to tilting the X-plorer. Fumbling for the small star power is far less useful with the X-plorer. Another minor problem, while not Red Octane’s fault, is that the controller is not wireless at this moment. This is not entirely a problem though. If you’ve ever heard of Frets of Fire, Guitar Hero’s answer to Stepmania, you can use the controller perfectly fine with your PC to play custom songs without need of the ill-equipped non guitar shaped keyboard.
Guitar Hero 2 for the 360 certainly has it’s share of problems, but if you’ve yet to buy GHII for the PS2, or haven’t even started to rock out to the series, then the 360 version’s a great place to start…. if you have a little less than 100 bucks burning a whole in your pocket.
Chupathingy
Since the days that Halo was the shiznit a group called Rooster Teeth has existed, bringing us one of the best known Machinima series known to man. A series that introduced Tex, Grif, Church, Caboose, and even Donut. I speak, of course, of Red Vs Blue. Since 2002 we have laughed, snickered, giggled, and cried from laughing too much. Yet, despite it’s popularity, Rooster Teeth is ending The Blood Gulch Chronicles at their 100th episode.
No, stop it. It’s just a flesh wound, no need to cry. This is not the end of the series, just the end of this chapter of Red Versus Blue. Bernie, one of the series’ creators, assures all fans that the series is not ending. So don’t worry, just enjoy the last 7 episodes and when that’s all done watch some of their other series until they bring the next chapter of the series.