Here I am on Xbox Live sporting the recently released University Collection package in the Avatar Marketplace. Yeah yeah, before you hate on me for buying useless clothing or accessories let me just say that football is a different story. Especially college football in my mind. You don’t change your favorite college team because they are sucking. That’s who you grew up with and that’s who you stick with.
Today on the Xbox Live Marketplace, Microsoft have released the “University Collection”, a plethora of Avatar goodies for you to purchase. The new collection features a substantial list of collegiate teams from all over the US with various items of clothing adorned with the school logo or name. Don’t worry though, this stuff is officially licensed so all of the items have the school’s official name and colors. I went online to purchase a few items I wanted from my school and ran across a small bug on Microsoft’s part. The one thing I noticed? Lack of spellcheck on one item for a particular school. It just so happened to be MY favorite school. Arkansas.
As you can see, it is entitled “Arkanasas”. This is an actual screencap from the Xbox Live Marketplace. I don’t know when this issue will get fixed, but I figure for the moment it’s kind of funny.
As a little history lesson for Microsoft if they read this, the name Arkansas was derived from both French and Indian settlers of that region. At one point in history, it was actually illegal to pronounce it “Ark-an-SAS” instead of its proper pronunciation “Ark-an-SAW”.
Looks like I’m going to be sporting even more jokey material for my home state. I feel like we as a state just got over all that “having sex with your sister” crap and Bill Clinton. And now this? Sheesh! I’m gonna look like a hillbilly that can’t spell on Xbox Live! Thanks Microsoft!
While browsing the Xbox Live Marketplace today, I came upon a new item for UFC 2009 Undisputed which offers two new fighters, Ryan Bader and Efrain Escudero. What struck me as odd is the description accompanying the DLC. As you can see in the above picture, this item costs 320 Microsoft Points. However, the description states “Download these free roster additions…” Did I miss something here?
I may have slept through a couple classes in college, but last time I checked, free did not equate to $4. Requests to Microsoft and THQ were not returned by press time, but we’ll keep you posted when we hear from them regarding this confusion.
[Update] Yes, I am aware that these are the same fighters that were offered as pre-order bonuses as GameStop.
The wait is over. For all you regular folk who did not reorder Halo Wars LE or did not get a press pass, the Mythic Map Pack is out now. Here is the description as if you really needed it. Go forth and buy maps. See you on Asssembly biatch.
Microsoft now has confirmation that it has done a fine job marketing Halo Wars even before the game has been released. The demo has officially set the one day record for most downloads of a demo over Xbox Live.
The demo was first released on February 5th and has amassed over 2 million downloads in its first five days. The demo gives players a taste of the campaign as well as a single skirmish map playable against the A.I. The demo is now available for Xbox Live Silver members as well.
In celebration of this grand achievement, you may now go download the third installment of the seven-part documentary video series titled Strategy on Xbox. The video gives gamers an inside look at how Halo Wars was created and also provides game tips. It is available on the Xbox Live Marketplace or visit xbox.com/halo for everything Halo related.
It will be interesting to see if the hype surrounding the game turns into huge sales numbers. Have any of you had a change of heart after playing the demo?
MS shelled out a shit ton of money, $50 million to be exact, for the exclusive rights to the GTA IV DLC episode “The Lost and the Damned”. To the bane of PS3 users everywhere, only Xbox 360 owners will be able to play it and they want to make sure EVERYONE who owns the game will have that chance. To facilitate that, Xbox Live will be FREE from Feb 17-22 to allow anyone with a gamertag to download the content. Normally, it would only be available to XBL Gold members. Am I full of shit? Hit the jump for the official press release.
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It is likely that if you own an Xbox 360, you have already downloaded and played the Halo Wars demo. The much hyped RTS has been in the eyes and ears of all Halo fans for some time now. The best part is, it is only going to get better.
Not only is the official release less than a month away but there are free prizes available for all of you Halo Wars demo downloaders.
It is ridiculously easy to enter, simply download the registration gamer picture and then the demo or if you already have the demo just download the registration gamer picture, that’s it! The contest entry is open until 11:59 P.M. ET February 8, 2009 so try not to forget because the prizes are pretty fantastic. Prizes are listed after the jump.
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On January 26th, the one week Xbox 360 exclusive Resident Evil 5 demo was released to fans in the U.S. In just three days the demo was downloaded by more than 1.3 million gamers according to a press release issued by Microsoft.
The Resident Evil 5 exclusive demo period has officially ended for the Xbox 360 and it is now also available for the PS3 as well. During its exclusive time on the Xbox 360 the Resident Evil 5 demo was downloaded by more than 1.8 million gamers. The demo has also been available in Japan under the title Biohazard 5 and that version has been downloaded by over 53 percent of Xbox Live Gold members in Japan. Uh, so how many is that again?
Resident Evil 5, the retail version, will be available for both the Xbox 360 and PS3 on March 13th.
It seems that early achievement details just keep on rolling out this week. Today xbox.com has the full detailed achievement list for Fallout 3’s upcoming DLC, Operation: Anchorage. There are four achievements totalling 100 gamerscore points. The achievements are pretty straight forward so they won’t leave you searching the forums to attain. For three of the four achievements simply complete missions and for the final achievement complete the entire DLC.
Operation: Anchorage is set for release on January 27th at the cost of 800 Microsoft Points or $10. Don’t forget that the DLC is only available for the Xbox 360 and PC. I am not rubbing it in PS3 fans, I swear, I am just being informative.
- Aiding the Outcasts (20G) – Completed “Aiding the Outcasts”
- The Guns of Anchorage (20G) – Completed “The Guns of Anchorage”
- Paving the Way (20G) – Completed “Paving the Way”
- Operation: Anchorage (40G) - Completed “Operation: Anchorage”
In preparation for the announced title update for Gears of War 2, seven brand new achievements have been detailed on xbox.com. Don’t fire up Gears of War 2 yet, you achievement whores, the new achievements won’t be attainable until the title update is released.
As for the achievements themselves, three require the Flashback Map Pack, another three require the Combustible Map Pack and the last one requires both. If you don’t already own the Flashback Map Pack because you are cheap and purchased the game used, you can always download it for 400 Microsoft Points.
Gears of War 2 will now have 1175 possible gamerscore points, leaving room for more DLC in the future.
- Skeletons in your Closet (20G) – Complete waves 1 through 10 on all Flashback Map Pack maps in Horde (any difficulty)
- More Mystery, Less History (15G) – Win a multiplayer match on each of the 5 Flashback Map Pack maps (any mode except Wingman)
- Bound by a Shared Past (15G) – Win a Wingman match on each of the 5 Flashback Map Pack maps
- Trial by, and on, Fire (20G) – Survive first 10 Horde waves on Combustible Map Pack maps as a team
- The Roof! The Roof! The Roof… (15G) – Win a multiplayer match on each of the 3 Combustible Map Pack maps (any mode except Wingman)
- Forged in the Fire (15G) – Win a Wingman match on each of the 3 Combustible Map Pack maps
- Annex: Now With Execution Rules (75G) – Win an Annex match on each Flashback and Combustible Map Pack map (public matches only)
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