Are you ready for a new look at World War II? Midway and developer nFusion prepare to dive into the World War II video game arena with the Xbox 360 exclusive, Hour of Victory. Slated for a Summer 2007 release, Hour of Victory carries 360 owners across the European and North African theaters of WWII. Players will be able to pick from 3 different point of views…a Cover Operative, specializing in stealth and sabotage; a British Commando specializing in the guns-blazing frontal assualt; or an Army Ranger specializing in sniping and demolitions.
“Hour of Victory is an entirely new World War II experience designed exclusively for the Xbox 360 that will place players in a pivotal role during key battles using the gameplay style they choose,” said Matt Booty, senior vice president, worldwide studios, Midway.
You’ll have full use of ANY vehicles on the battlefield in this exclusive title. If you can see it, you can drive it in Hour of Victory. Ofcourse there will also be online multiplayer via Xbox Live. Score another interesting entry into the 360 exclusive arena! Want to see more screenshots?
Prepare for war! It’s time to say that you helped define the Hour of Victory.
I know the buzz has been around about a demo of NBA STREET: Homecourt. I’m here to give you a date. February 2. That means one day after the scheduled Def Jam: Icon demo, EA will dish an assist with the demo of NBA STREET: Homecourt! First you get some hip-hop beat downs and then you go for the alley-oop with Melo. Nice!
*edit to include official EA announcement of the demo for those who didn’t believe me:
Electronic Arts is pleased to announce that a downloadable demo of NBA STREET Homecourt for the Xbox 360 will be available on Xbox Marketplace this Friday, February 2.
Download the NBA STREET Homecourt demo for your early look at the game and master the new Trick Remixer and Flight Control systems. Carmelo Anthony and the Denver Nuggets vs. Rip Hamilton and the Detroit Pistons at Venice Beach – first to 7 gets bragging rights. Experience all the big moments and be prepped to humiliate your opponents when the real deal ships to retailers on February 20 and March 6, on Xbox 360 and PS3 respectively.
Hot off the mumblings about Electronic Arts delivering an NBA Street: Homecourt demo soon, there’s word of another demo from EA but this time it’s EA’s Def Jam: Icon! The demo is scheduled (keyword) to drop this Thursday, February 1st! Get ready to stomp to a new hip-hop beat in the next installment of the Def Jam series. I’ll be among the first to download this so everyone please wait until I’m done so I don’t have to wait any terrible length of time. After I’m done, you can get your download on!
That’s right. Best Buy is offering 1600 Microsoft Points for simply preordering Halo 3! You’re going to buy the game anyway right? Well, you might as well get a bonus for doing so and scoring yourself some Microsoft Points. You can spend them on the new Halo 3 Xbox Live Marketplace content that will surely come when the game releases.
NEWS LEAK! Read the following story carefully. On a recent gathering with a few fellow Xbox MVPs, we stumbled upon a partially torn document. In this document were plans…interesting plans. I, along with a few others, are risking quite a bit bringing this explosive story to you! But it’s just too important to keep secret. I’ll suffer later but not before you all know what’s cooking for Xbox 360 owners.
There’s nothing quite like the sound of ‘Achievement Unlocked’ if you’re an Xbox 360 owner. For a long time we played…we completed…we mastered some of the most difficult Achievements and we did for what we thought was nothing more than self-satisfaction. But…what if there was something else to it? What if the Achievements we unlocked somehow meant more? What if there were rewards at the end of that ‘Achievement Unlocked’ sound?
Would you care for a program that rewarded gamers for completing specific challenges and Achievements? What would you do if obtaining a certain Achievement led to much more than just self-satisfaction? What if completing Halo 3 on Legendary without losing a life would net you a reward…an actual prize? Wouldn’t that be cool?
Well Xbox is teaming up with sponsors to launch a new program next month that will do just this! For the first time with the Xbox 360, gamers will be rewarded for their Achievements and participation in this program. It will be a FREE program for all interested in registering. There are no fees. Your participation, in fact, is simply doing what you’ve been doing all along…playing games, having fun and unlocking those Achievements. From the casual player to the hardcore, this program will satisfy everyone’s gaming style.
Stay tuned to be among the first to register and complete any challenges for a chance to win a limited number of prizes. More details and updates are coming soon. Don’t miss out on this new experience! It will be something different and quite possibly something you’ve never expected before.
That’s all I could gather from the document. You heard it here first. What say you?
*edit - Achievement Reward program announced….sign up/register at www.xbox.com/rewards.
I just wanted to update all the Call of Duty 3 fans this morning on the Valor Map Pack issues. According to the COD3 Team, the issue has been resolved. Here’s a statement from the team.
Hi Call of Duty 3 fans:
Thank you for your patience as we worked to resolve the issue surrounding the Valor map pack. We are happy to announce that we have resolved it, and that the map pack is now fully available for download over Xbox Live Marketplace. We have also released a Title Update which, in addition to addressing the map pack, also remedies key issues regarding Ranked Lobbies and Ranked Matches that some users have experienced.
If you downloaded the Map Pack on January 18, please download the new Title Update which resolves these issues. If for any reason you deleted the Valor Map Pack after your purchase, you are entitled to re-download it without charge.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you, and look forward to playing you in the new maps!
– Call of Duty team
Welcome to Episode #26 with special guest Squidpunch talking about the Live Eye service. I would also like to introduce the official logo for Unscripted 360!
Format:
1hr 12mins, 33.1MB, mp3
Show files:
mp3 - Get the show in mp3!
iTunes - Subscribe to Unscripted 360 in iTunes
Show outline:
Live Eye interview with Squidpunch - 30:00
Get ready for curb stomps and last place races at the hands of yours truly! I’d like to present Unscripted Nights to everyone. These are scheduled gaming events that I’m arranging so that I can get to know more about the fans of Unscripted 360. Participation is strictly voluntary. I don’t want you to cancel any dates just to make one of the Unscripted Nights.
Are you ready for some Unscripted 360 gaming on Xbox Live? Now ofcourse you’ll have to have the selected game in order to join in. These nights are all about fun and racking up kills! There are surprises in store as we move forward with Unscripted Nights as well.
I’m in. When do we play?
The first Unscripted Nights event is set to take place on Xbox Live at 9PM CST, February 2. I hope to see you there. I’m not sure how many will show up so I can’t give a number on how many will be able to join. I’m hoping there’s a good turn out though. You can read more on this in the U360 community message boards.
What’s the game?
The popular choice for the debut of Unscripted Nights is Gears of War. Make sure you’ve downloaded the new maps Old Bones and Raven Down!
How do I find the game?
Send me a message via Xbox Live or Xbox.com before the event with only “Unscripted Nights” as the text. You can start sending these messages now. This will let me know you’re all in for the debut. Gears of War uses a friend invite system so I’ll try to get as many of you into the game as possible as I intend to clear a lot of space on my friend’s list for these events. I’ll have other people hosting and I’ll identify those people so that you may know to accept the friend invite. I’ll explore all methods to get as many people in the event as possible.
How long will it last?
We’ll go as long as we’re having fun or at least try to go so at least everyone gets a chance to have fun smashing me. I’ll keep the rounds as short as possible so that no one is waiting for any extending period of time. Just know that I’ll be trying throughout the night to get everyone into the game.
Not quite. Thanks to a bit of internet saavy from Major Nelson, a Sony oopsie has been discovered on their PSP Connect website. If you look closely at the screen below, you’ll see them proudly displaying the feature download Gran Turismo 4 HD. But what you might not recognize is that the screenshot of the car is actually that of Project Gotham Racing 3. It was too funny not to share.
I got a chance the other day to download the new Crackdown demo. After getting over the unusually long download time (2 hours), I fired up the game. I thought I’d leave some impressions here for those of you with no internet connection or those of you thinking the Halo 3 beta code is all that this game is worth. You’re wrong. That’s the first thing I’d like to say to those with beta code blinders on.
Demo Impressions
First thing I want to point out is that Real Time Worlds made an excellent choice with the visual style of this game. In a genre that’s filled with what some would call ‘gritty’ graphics, they took a chance and introduced what I think is the perfect feel for this game. Pacific City felt like the futuristic world it’s supposed to be and I felt like the genetically altered super agent that I’m supposed to be. Crackdown does so beautifully in this game what I believe the movie Sin City did. They both take a world on paper and bring it alive in the video game and movie respectively.
You start the demo by choosing a character and vehicle. I chose the truck for massive ‘run them over’ effect. Hit the Y button to enter/exit the vehicle and R trigger to accelerate/L trigger to reverse. I didn’t play through the entire demo but I got far enough to make it to the first orange marker to secure some weapon depot. You can use anything in the game as a weapon including the enemies themselves. Just stand over whatever it is and hit the B button. Each time you come across a new weapon you have to register it so that it will be available to you for selection throughout the demo. The most interesting thing perhaps about this game is the way it allows you to target your enemies. You can choose to target any part of the body. Once you’re locked on, a small body will come up for you to select the head area, body or other part to shoot. Nice! To top things off, Crackdown will feature co-op play!
Crackdown screenshots click here
I’d write more about it but you’ll have to tune back in for a complete review when the game drops on February 20 exclusively on the Xbox 360. I was very impressed with not only the visual style of it, but with the gameplay as well. Pacific City here I come!
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