Two is so much more fun than one isn’t it? Get ready to double up with the Xbox Live Arcade again with two more releases. Eets: Chowdown and Pinball FX will both be available on the Xbox Live Arcade this Wednesday.
Eets: Chowdown Info
“Eets: Chowdown” is a visual feast for the eyes and a treat for the brain, combining 2D puzzle game elements with a surreal sense of humor. Gamers must use colorful and wacky items like spouting Prankster Whales, vengeful Marshomechs, Radioactive Ginseng and more to manipulate Eets’ emotions and safely guide it through myriad hazards to each level’s exit.
When: Wednesday, Apr. 25 at 0900 GMT (2:00 a.m. Pacific)
How much: 800 Microsoft Points
Pinball FX Info
Zen Studios’ new “Pinball FX” offers a unique pinball experience for novice and expert gamers. It combines the arcade thrills of traditional pinball with enhanced gameplay and exciting, innovative features not found in any other pinball game. Gamers may control the flippers with their hand or arm motions using the Xbox LIVE Vision Camera or simply use the standard Xbox 360 controller. Pinball FX sets a new standard for realistic ball physics and graphical detail in pinball video games.
When: Wednesday, Apr. 25 at 0900 GMT (2:00 a.m. Pacific)
How much: 800 Microsoft Points
It’s Monday. I’m happy. I hope everyone had a good weekend. I had a fun time at the Ft. Worth Zoo with my daughter, her little cousin and another of her little friends. Yes, I was at the zoo with 3 little girls from ages 3-5. I handled it pretty well until I got home and felt the burn of walking for 4 hours carrying cameras and other things.
Needless to say I have a slight headache from zoo time and ofcourse a late night watching the Mavericks play their worst basketball of the season. Go Stars! That’s about all I can say. Anyway, with each Monday Morning Scripted I give you a little recap of my weekend and a look towards the rest of the week. Tonight on NBC my favorite show, HEROES, makes its return! It’s been a long 7 weeks to wait but tonight that wait is over. I’m looking forward to it.
I have an exclusive show this week for you with the guys behind Konsole Kingz. CJ and his crew stopped by late Saturday night to give the goodies on their offerings for the Xbox Live Marketplace, women and gaming. This marks the first of many collaborations between Konsole Kingz and Unscripted 360. We’re partnering up to give our audiences the best of both worlds. It’s like R.Kelly and Jay-Z only better. I should have the show ready for you soon.
It looks like quite a few people are finding their way to an Xbox 360 Elite and the new Xbox 360 accessories. I’ve read many posts throughout the community about people picking up the 120 gig hard drive as well as the Xbox 360 Elite more than a week before the official release. Breaking news? Not to me. I suppose it’s cool for the Elite crowd. It is interesting though that just like the 20 gig hard drive, you don’t actually get what’s listed. Instead of 120 gigs, you actually get around 108 gigs. This ofcourse is only what I’ve gathered from the community so take it as you will.
If you’re in the Dallas/Ft.Worth area and you have a website, blog or you post on forums about the Xbox or Xbox 360, send me an email. Or you can post here with a way for me to contact you. The guys at Gamerscoreblog are planning an event for the Dallas area and I want to get as many of you local guys in as possible. I’ll have more on this on the show for those of you who don’t read Monday Morning Scripted.
The winner of the The History Channel: Civil War prize has been contacted. So if you didn’t get a message across Xbox Live or email, then you didn’t win. Thanks for the participation and I hope you all at least tuned in to Sherman’s March yesterday. I’ll have a review of the game this week.
A few months ago, I gave a few people the opportunity to joing the Spider-Man 3 Web Community with invitation codes I had been given. Well, they just added quite a few invitation codes and I’m here to get you guys/gals in once again. By using the invitation code, you all join Deacon’s Web Network. Now isn’t that cool. You’ll also be able to create your own Web Network from the invitation code I send to you.
On top of all this, the producer of the game has released some new exclusive screenshots for fans to enjoy!
Screenshots: Spider-Man 3: The Game (new exclusives identified with 4/21 on them)
Ok. How can I get an invite?
Easy. Just email me and I’ll get the invite out to you. I need an email address to send the invites to. Or you can simply post your email in the comments section. Remember, there are only 61 invites at my disposal. After the 61 invites are gone, there are no more!
You should know the routine so email me or post here and I’ll get the invites going!
Are you ready for some more Call of Duty 3 Xbox Live action? The new Bravo Map Pack is coming soon and I have the first Xbox 360 screenshots of the map pack to get you all ready. Details on the release of the Bravo Map Pack are forthcoming so stay tuned. The action looks intense!
Screenshots: Call of Duty 3 Bravo Map Pack
Activision released 3 new screenshots for your Autobot and Decepticon pleasure. It seems Bumblebee is the Autobot of choice for the media before the game releases. I’m guessing everyone should expect a large role in the game for the famous yellow Volkswagen Chevy Camaro. Autobots transform and roll out! It’s coming soon!
Screenshots: TRANSFORMERS: The Game (new screenshots identified with 4/20 on them)
There’s going to be a lot of Codemasters love on the Xbox 360 this year. None may be more entertaining than HEI$T. HEI$T has gamers taking charge of a group of renegade criminals as they rob, steal and shoot their way throughout the city, all the while their sights set on the big score: taking the San Francisco Mint.
Screenshots: HEI$T
Doesn’t that afro look pimplicious?
In addition to knocking off banks, each with their own set security precautions, throughout the city, players will be highly motivated to pull off further jobs. These include raiding bars, restaurants, strip clubs, armoured cars, and more in order to acquire the bigger and better tools needed to penetrate the increasingly more difficult banks.
“We designed HEI$T so that players feel like a part of the best robberies and car chases from classic movies,” states Maxx Kaufman, Creative Director at inXile Entertainment. “Everything from the different types of jobs to pull and the reckless pursuits by the police through the streets of San Francisco, to the sarcastic banter back and forth between the members of the crew, gives HEI$T the action and style of the great attitude and rock-driven films of the 60’s.”
You can expect to pull of your own hei$t later this year.
In keeping with the box art theme here on Unscripted 360, I have for your viewing pleasure the box art for the upcoming TRANSFORMERS: The Game from Activision. The Xbox Domain has it on full display for everyone to scope out.
Based on TRANSFORMERS, DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures’ upcoming live-action feature film due out July 4th, and produced in association with Hasbro, TRANSFORMERS: The Game lets gamers control the outcome in the battle for Earth as they choose to protect it as AUTOBOTS or destroy it as DECEPTICONS. Players will also experience the unstoppable power and massive scale of their favorite ROBOTS IN DISGUISE such as BUMBLEBEE, BARRICADE and others.
I’m excited to play the game as well as see the movie but I do have a few concerns. In a recent clip, it was revealed that Optimus Prime now speaks with LIPS! Yes, my beloved Optimus now has a full set of lips. Optimus never had lips! Couple this with the fact that Megatron is now an airplane and you have the things that disappoint me already about the movie. Oh well, get ready for the action!
The Xbox 360 is about to get its first taste of rally racing with DiRT from Codemasters. You’ve seen the first trailer already and now here’s a shot of the box art as well as some additional screenshots. This June we’ll all be getting a bit dirtier with our Xbox 360 consoles. This is the US cover for the game. There’s a nice one for the European crowd and I have a screenshot of that for you. It’s of the PS3 version of the game but still, check it out here to decide which cover is better.
Screenshots: DiRT (new screenshots identified with 4/19 on them)
One thing I did notice when looking at the different packaging was that “Colin McRae” isn’t listed on the US version of the game. Why is that and does it make any difference? Probably not. It’s just something I thought I’d point out.
Codemasters really wants to scare the soul out of every Xbox 360 owner this Fall it seems. Jericho deals with the mysterious reappearance of a lost city in a remote desert. When a form of evil that goes right back to the dawn of days resurfaces from there, a Special Forces squad, trained in both conventional warfare and the arcane arts, is sent in. Their mission: Hunt down and destroy the evil that lurks at the heart of the city before it destroys humanity.
Take a look at the package art for the game and a few screenshots from last week’s UK Press Event, Code07. There are also images of the characters in the game you see in the latest trailer. There’s a character named Cole and no it’s not a 300 pound brute. Cole is a lady in Jericho. And yes I’m officially afraid of this game (in a good way).
Screenshots: Clive Barker’s Jericho (new screenshots identified with 4/19 on them)
It’s been a while but an update has come to the list of original Xbox games playable on your Xbox 360 console. The April 2007 BC Update includes titles like Jet Set Radio Future and MechAssault 2: Lone Wolf. To my disappointment there was no sign of The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay!
Oh well. I suppose you can’t have everything you want. For those of you enjoying Xbox games on your Xbox 360, I hope you enjoy the new additions.
Complete list of added BC titles (April 2007)
Tenku (Japan only)
Avatar: The Last Airbender (US)
Avatar: The Legend of Aang (EMEA/ANZ)
Breakdown
Call of Duty 2: Big Red One
Call of Duty 3
Cars
Crash Bandicoot 5: Wrath of Cortex
Daisenryaku VII
FIFA Soccer 2007
Full Spectrum Warrior
Guilty Gear Isuka
Innocent Tears (Japan only)
Jet Set Radio Future
King of Fighters 2002
King of Fighters: Neowave
Mad Dash Racing (Japan only)
Mech Assault 2
Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction
Nascar 2006: Total Team Control
NFL Fever 2004
Oddworld Munch’s Oddysee
Panzer Dragoon Orta
Petit Copter (Japan only)
Phantom Dust
Reservoir Dogs
Return To Castle Wolfenstein
Rugby League 2
Sengoku Warriors (Japan only)
Sonic Riders
Soul Calibur 2 UPDATED
Spider-Man 2
Star Wars: Republic Commando
Street Fighter Anniversary Collection
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07
Tony Hawk’s Underground
Ultra Bust a Move /ULTRA Pazzle Bobble
Unreal Championship 2
