September 25, 2008 – 10:00 am
Holy smokes! I almost missed my good friend Duke Nukem dropping on the XBLA. Have you grabbed your copy yet? As soon as I get home this is going into the must download pile. What will I do first? Grab a shrink ray and stomp on enemies or find the first exotic dancer and begin to throw money at her while saying “shake it baby!” Decisions, decisions.
If you grab this and want to get some coop play in just let us know, now go get your Duke Nukem on now! The new version is coming soon, they promise.
Content: Duke Nukem 3D
Price: 800 Microsoft Points
Availability: Not available in Germany, Japan and Korea
Dash Text: [ESRB: M (MATURE) BLOOD AND GORE, VIOLENCE, STRONG SEXUAL CONTENT] Xbox LIVE Multiplayer 2-8, HD (High Definition). Unlock the full version for 39 levels of mayhem! Wreak havoc on your foes with weapons like Pipe Bombs, Shrink Ray, and Freezer. Impress your friends on the leaderboards, earn achievements, and take advantage of the painless death system – rewind 10 seconds or 10 minutes, the choice is up to you. All new User Clip recording, sharing and uploading have been added and best of all - online multiplayer with cooperative and DukeMatch for up to 8 players through Xbox LIVE! What are you waiting for? This game requires the Xbox 360 hard drive or the 512MB Memory Unit for storage.
[Via Major Nelson]
Looks like our friends in Japan now have the ability to get their Microsoft points via their cell phones now and you thought Americans were lazy.
Microsoft points are now just a phone transaction away: Japanese mobile phone provider NTT DoCoMo is adding Xbox Live spending through its handsets.
Starting May 26th, users of phones from NTT DoCoMo will be able to use the “DoCoMo Keitai Harai” (DoCoMo Mobile Payment) service to pay for Xbox Live Gold Membership subscriptions and to load up on Microsoft Points.
Leave it to the technically advanced Japanese culture to add the ability to even purchase video game points to your cell phone, you can pretty much use your cell to get anything in Japan now. I get all my points through my console, but I guess this would be useful for those gamers that don’t want to link their credit cards to their consoles or go out to a store and buy a game point card.
[Via Wired]
Penny Arcade: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness launches this Wednesday on the XBLA, PC, Linux, and Mac. Aside from a long and fairly odd title, this game is boasting a very unique take on RPG gameplay, think dungeon master style dice rolling action. This is a labor of love for these two guys that has been brewing now for 2 years, so look for more Gabe and Tycho and characters from their universe. Only thing that has me apprehensive is the price tag of it, 1600 points or $20, can be kind of steep. The Penny Arcade guys explain that this isn’t your normal XBLA title but more of an immersive game that will take at least 10 hours to finish. This is also the first installment of a total of 4 titles.
Listen to the PA guys over at Major Nelson as well to get a better idea of what you can expect.
Here is the official word:
Discover the mysteries of New Arcadia with Gabe and Tycho in “Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode One,” available on Xbox LIVE Arcade this Wednesday, May 21, 2008 at 9:00 a.m. GMT (1:00 a.m. PDT).
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January 7, 2008 – 1:53 pm
So you have been playing RockBand and crave some more downloadable songs? Well here you go, this week weighing in at $1.99 ( or 160 Microsoft Points if you prefer ) we have a couple of songs:
“Number of the Beast” made famous by Iron Maiden (cover)
“Die, All Right!” by the Hives
“Interstate Love Song” by Stone Temple Pilots
These are some old favorites from Guitar Hero that I think will round out anyone’s collection.
[Via RockBand Forums]
December 24, 2007 – 11:38 am
Just in case you need to buy a cheap gift for a friend who is a fellow gamer and said friend lives far away or you are just to lazy to mail it, you can now buy them and deposit them in some one else’s account. Thanks to Majornelson, the points can be purchased by clicking on HERE. You can also link to it from Majornelson’s home page, but this is the same redirect. All you need is your Windows Live ID, a credit card, and some holiday spirit. This is the Beta version of this and is currently only allowed in the US. Sorry to all our friends across the pond.
Note: As of right now, you need the person’s Windows Live ID, which is basically the email address they use for their account. Gamertag transfers will be available soon, but not in this current beta version.
December 11, 2007 – 5:08 pm
So we have all been sitting around waiting for it and now the day has come, new Halo 3 maps available today. Bungie is taking the same strategy they took for the Halo 2 expansion maps, charge now and make them free later. In 2008 the maps will be free downloads as soon as the newer maps are made available. All maps are editable in the Forge, which is always nice.
From the press release:
The international award-winning “Halo 3” gets even better as the “Halo 3” Heroic Map Pack launches today on Xbox 360’s Xbox LIVE Marketplace. After launching to incredible acclaim and fanaticism, more than five million “Halo 3” players worldwide can now enjoy a package of three all new multiplayer maps. The Heroic Map Pack is the first in a series of downloadable content from Bungie Studios.
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November 13, 2007 – 11:17 am
Next-Gen.biz got some details on the next Xbox 360 Dashboard Update, tentatively scheduled for December 4th. According to the news post:
Microsoft told the Official Xbox Magazine that the update, scheduled for December 4, will allow Xbox 360 owners to download classic titles such as Halo, Fable, Crash Bandicoot and Burnout 3 via Xbox Live Marketplace for around 1200 Microsoft points per title. As time goes by, the platform holder reportedly hopes to make as much of the original Xbox’s back catalog of titles available to Xbox 360 owners as possible.
The news is credited to a story from CVG which has since been removed. This makes me think this new feature is real. Microsoft wouldn’t ask CVG to remove a story if it was just hearsay. However, take this with a grain of salt for now until we get official word from Microsoft. We’ll keep you posted.
November 2, 2007 – 7:12 pm
So it is confirmed that there will actually be a total of three different downloadable packs for Overlod on the Xbox 360. One will be free and two are labeled as premium, which means we will be paying, no prices set for the premium packs just yet. Get set for some new levels, new multiplayer maps and modes, confirmed split screen co-op action and a new difficulty, The split screen co-op alone is worth the download, I can only hope the prices for the premium content stays reasonable.
From the official press release:
Be extra evil this November as Codemasters announces Overlord: Raising Hell as part of new downloadable content.
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September 24, 2007 – 1:15 pm
Microsoft sent out a press release to let us know that there will be discounts on three Xbox Live Arcade games this week.
Bankshot Billiards 2 will be dropped to 900 MS Points from it’s normal 1200 MS Points, while Frogger and Hardwood Spades will be 300 MS Points instead of 400 MS Points.
The reduced prices run from 12:00am GMT (8am EDT) September 26th through 11: 59pm GMT (7:59 p.m. EDT) on Tuesday, October 2nd. So in case you don’t have these games and want to save some cash, get downloading this week.
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August 31, 2007 – 3:05 pm
Another year, same story. Today on the Xbox Live Marketplace you can buy yourself a cheat to max out your golfer’s stats in Tiger Woods 08. The price, 200 Microsoft Points ($2.50).
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 Maxed Out Player (200 MS Points) - 8/31
Max out your original game face golfer’s skills. Save yourself the time of building up your golfer, and instantly set all skills to 110%!
Just like last year, I’m willing to bet this sells a bunch. Seriously, why as gamers do we let this stand? Everyone needs to speak up and tell EA that selling cheat codes isn’t going to fly.
