Do you want a good friend on Xbox’s greatest new gameHalo 3? Wish you had someone to play with? Wellhere’s your chance! Yes, for those us who have Xbox Live and for some reason haven’t added a single friend, this is the auction for you. A self-confident chap called nismofrontier has set up a bidding war for his companionship on Live so you may playHalo 3with him as best friends forever....
We’re a little latewith the announcementso lets just jump right to the results! Here are the first ten winners that will be receiving the ‘Time Trial’ code andMirror’s Edgesoundtrack CD: And here are the five that will be getting just the ‘Time Trial’ code: Congratulations to everyone that won! I’ll be getting in touch with each one of you through the e-mail associated with your account very soon. Congratulations are also in order to everyone that submitted a photo that in no way at all involved a picture of themselves in front of a mirror doing something edgy....
[UPDATE] We’ve since seen the game in action and heard what Lionhead Studios had to spill aboutFable IIIat this particular event. This little bit of humor and editorial is now available below the fold. And why is that, you didn’t ask? It’s because what we ran earlier was speculation, things we thought we saw. And it was speculation that Lionhead wouldn’t confirm or deny at the event. Our little list has several notes about motion control via Natal....
Well, we knew it would happen eventually, but modders are already finding exploits to get themselves around Microsoft’s recentbanning spree. Utilizing firmware modifications, thosesickandcorruptmod fiends are claiming to be able to make their deviant Xbox 360 consoles undetectable by Microsoft’s all-seeing eye of bannihilation. The workaround uses a firmware upgrade for the TS-H943 DVD drives, which you use to play backups of Xbox 360 software and apparently renders your console’s less than legal changes invisible … for now....
Right now on Xbox Live you may score some savings on downloadable content from Rockstar and 2K Games. There’s a bunch of the usual avatar junk in there, but some quality content is on offer as well. For example, you can grab all of the DLC forBorderlands, grabThe Lost and DamnedandThe Ballad of Gay TonyforGrand Theft Auto IV. All of theBioShock 2add-on content qualifies as well and I implore you to pick upMinerva’s Denif you haven’t yet had the pleasure....
Xbox Live marketing manager for EMEA Robin Burrowes toldJoystiqthat Xbox Live is bigger than ever, up five million more since last year. “Our audience growth is up to 35 million people globally across those 35 countries on Xbox Live itself,” he said, explaining that adding nine new countries at the end of last year helped a bit. That’s an asston of people, though it’s not clear how many are Gold members....
I’m going to say something that I’m not sure any has had the nerve to say up until now — I don’t think Rebellion’sAlien vs. Predatoris going to be very good. Full disclosure: I haven’t played the game. (Yeah, I know — how can I really form an opinion?) When Sega was showing off the game at a PlayStation event I attended last month, they weren’t letting people go hands on with the game’s single-player....
Castle Crasherswon in three catagories: Game of the Year, Best Original Game, and Best Co-op Mode.Bionic Commando Rearmed, on the other hand, won nothing. Youfail meyet again, Starscream. An astounding 185,000+ people went through the trouble of downloading an application from Xbox LIVE to vote for their favorite games for the second annual XBLA Awards. Impressive, to say the least. I’m not embarrassed to admit it’s nice to see a game likeA Kingdom for Keflingstake a victory, even if it is just the Best Family Game award....
[Editor’s Note: We’re not just a (rad) news site — we also publish opinions/editorials from our community & employees like this one, though be aware that it may not jive with the opinions of Destructoid as a whole, or how our moms raised us. Want to post your own article in response? Publish it now on ourcommunity blogs.] When more erudite wordsmiths than myself approach what makes videogames unique as an entertainment medium, the concept of interactivity is the one that comes up the most often....
We’re just a month away from the official release ofStreet Fighter IV. We’ve seen tons of footage and images of the game by now, but none of the media has ever been able to answer one very important question. Thanks to this latest video, we now know the answer. Yes, the Street Fighers will have wardrobe changes! Oh my gawd!The alt costumes are a lot of hits and misses. For instance, Chun-Li’s alt costume is awesome....
Yesterday there was a fineCastle Crasherssale and nowBattlefield 1943has dropped down in price as well. When these Xbox 360 daily holiday deals first started, I was really skeptical based on the downright silly and often obscure things getting slashed in price. But likeCastle Crashers,Battlefield 1943isa pretty good buyfor seven bucks. Often times multiplayer Xbox LIVE Arcade games drop out of style in the span of a few months, but that isn’t the case here....
Next week, on May 4th, D3Publisher will launchBangai-O HD: Missile Furyon Xbox Live Arcade. It’s arcade shooting with puzzle elements just like the original Treasure game, but now with 100-plus levels of missiles going every which way, in glorious HD. It will speak to both puzzle and shooter fans, as you’ll see in the trailer above. Aside from the standard projectile insanity there’s a level creator and co-op multiplayer to fudge around with....
Ask anybody, I’m a massiveMetal Gear Solidfan. For me, Hideo Kojima is a God when it comes to developing characters and storylines in games. This series stands next to Konami’s other great line of titles,Silent Hill, and of course, Koei’sDynasty Warriors, as one of my favorite game franchises of all time. Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Libertywas one of the premier titles on Sony’s PlayStation 2, and was a prime example of gaming’s movement to the next generation....
