October 16, 2008 – 5:00 pm
Xbox Originals is the crafty idea from MS that lets us play our favorite Xbox games on the 360 just in case we lost them or they are not BC. Next up is GTA: San Andreas which was a monster title back in the last gen. It will cost 1200 MS Points which is I believe 15 bucks. It all depends on the ratio of unicorns to leprechauns. Anyone? Here is the official announcement. Considering I have not beaten GTA IV or really any GTA because I forget to finish them, I might check this out later. Or just pop in the copy I paid 60 bucks for a few years ago.
The title pretty much tells it all. The Xbox Originals lineup will grow by two more on April 21 when these two awesome last gen games are made available on Xbox Live. They cost will be 1200 points or 15 dollars. If you are in Japan or South Korea, you’re shit outta luck.
[via majornelson]
One of our readers came across this article that focused on the current state of gaming on how downloading video games may become the wave of the future? Will CD’s and DVD’s give way to just pure downloadable content? It could be quite possible with the widespread acceptance of Broadband and High Speed Internet services, in a not so distant past cartridges were the only gaming format available and those have gone the way of the dinosaur now.
According to the NPD Group, a consulting firm that collects sales data on consumer purchases like games, over the past three months about 86 percent of video games were bought on discs, with the remaining 14 percent making it to computers or game consoles as downloads.
14% is pretty impressive if you ask me for purchases.
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February 5, 2008 – 1:07 pm
MS continues to expand the Xbox Originals library with three “new” games next week. Ninja Gaiden Black, Sid Meier’s Pirates, and Black, will all be available on Feb 11th and should cost the usual 1200 MS points. The NGB game is great because you get the expansion pack already built in and may give you a good warm-up for NG2. I never really got into Pirates! and never knew why! they had to put! exclimation points after the title! Black was a solid FPS, but its short. You really need the 120gb HDD for these games though.
[via CVG]
February 4, 2008 – 5:52 pm
Now that BC is basically an afterthought, MS is adding to their already impressive last gen lineup. 2 of the best RPGs from last gen, Fable and Jade Empire as well as Conker are going to be made available. These titles have not officially been announced yet, but thanks to a savvy screenshot, we can see in plain view they are on the MS FTP site. We will have pricing and more as soon as we know it.
[via xboxfamily]
