April 11th, 2007
Guitar Halo (And That’s not a Typo)
This is just a cool video of a guy playing Halo 2 with the guitar from Guitar Hero. Go ahead and give it a try, the controls are shown in the video:
This is just a cool video of a guy playing Halo 2 with the guitar from Guitar Hero. Go ahead and give it a try, the controls are shown in the video:
Bungie has released 2 “new” multiplayer maps for Halo 2. The maps are actually remakes of two of the most popular maps from the orignal Halo game, Derelict and Hang em’ High. Now dubbed Desolation and Tombstone respectively, the maps have been made available through the Halo in game content system for the price of […]
Next month Microsoft will debut a black Xbox 360 with HDMI outputs eerily retro to the original Xbox console. I love the black scheme and am torn between whether I like the white or black one better.
The new console is not all looks and will come equipped with the previously mentioned HDMI outputs as well […]
Japan has very different sales trends often times than North America or Europe which makes them all the more interesting to look at. japan has a marked slant towards both Nintendo products as well as handhelds. Here’s the numbers for Japan from March 12th-18th courtesy of Joystiq:
- DS Lite: 121,471 12,959 (11.94%)
- Wii: 67,070 […]
Jay over at the Zero Boss is partnering with Lucas Arts to giveaway Thrillville, an amusement park sim for the PS2, PSP and XBox. If you have a Nintendo or PC, sorry… But he says to submit anyway and he’ll think of something to give you.
More on the game and the contest:
Thrillville is […]
A new study by Nielson seems to suggest that gamers spend between 5-7 hours per week online playing games (Live! is included).
Even more interesting is the percentage clearly indicated that online gaming is the way of the future (duh):
Nielson found that, as of August, about 117 million people in the U.S. qualified as active gamers, […]
Don’t forget that Texas Hold ‘Em is Free until 8GMT (4pm E, I think) today on XBox LIVE. After that time the games is like all other LIVE games, free to download the demo, 800 MS points to unlock the full game. More on Texas Hold ‘Em here in my earlier article on the game.
Next week when the game launches you’ll get the full game for free when you download it within the first 48 hours of launch. The game launches at 4am EST Wednesday August 23 and will be free until 4am EST on August 25. After that time the game will cost you 800 Microsoft points.
In this […]
It’s a do-over ladies and gents.
Microsoft has officially announced that they’re going to relaunch the Xbox 360 in Japan. The relaunch will take place in late June and may come with different a pricing plan and a different marketing campaign.
Japan was the only country that the Xbox 360 did not sell out at launch. Hmmm… […]
With the release of the Xbox 360, Xbox Live has become a significant part of the Xbox experience.
Microsoft released new numbers for their Xbox Live service. They claim that gamers have spent more than 1.5 BILLION hours gaming on Xbox Live since the launch in 2002. Halo 2 alone accounted for accounted for 500 million […]
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