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Ignore the fact that there are people and websites around saying that there’s no point in owning an HD DVD player. I’m here to tell you that there is a point and with a $50 price, it’s beyond a steal especially when you consider the 5 free HD DVD movies offer still applies. You can find the price at Best Buy, Wal-Mart and other retail chains. Naturally, going forward there won’t be much, if any at all, production on the format but that doesn’t change the fact that there are still several movies in high defintion worth owning.
I don’t think that Toshiba or Microsoft or any HD DVD supporter somehow magically stopped all existing movies or players from working. Call it what you will but I just purchased my mother one. There are quite a few movies in high definition that she can now enjoy for a ridiculously low price. We’ll cross that future HD movie barrier when we get to it. For now, I plan to enjoy this price and investigate the catalog of movies-to-own soon.
Happy Monday! We had a great live show Saturday which made for a wonderful weekend. The weather was good, the show was good and shame to those of you who missed it. I’ll post the recap for you feed, Zune and iTunes subscribers tonight. We had a winner to the Get Rez’d giveaway who decided not to claim the redeem code so we all know what that means. I’ll fire off a message via Xbox Live to a new winner.
It turnes out Microsoft issued a statement to cease production on its HD DVD player while the show was going on and just as we were talking about HD DVD. This was just to go ahead and remind us all again of what we knew. What I can’t understand are the people who seem to think that their HD DVDs and their players have suddenly stopped working. They still work! If you don’t want your player or movies, feel free to send them my way.
I saw American Gangster on DVD this weekend because I couldn’t make it out to see Vantage Point. I suppose it was a decent trade-off considering American Gangster was pretty good. I’m going to have to find No Country For Old Men in the theaters somewhere. I’ve always wanted to see it and after winning the Best Picture Oscar last night, I want to see a bit more now.
We’re up to $170 on the donation effort. I made a link straight to it for convenience. You can donate directly here. Again, I appreciate the donations and hopefully soon we can reach our goal. Enjoy the week!
I know we can all agree that Saturday’s aren’t the same without a nice, fresh episode of U360 Live. It makes the breakfast go down a bit smoother and it makes the day better. But what really makes it awesome is the chance to score a free Xbox Live Arcade title. Prepare to get Rez’d again!
A redeem code for Rez HD will be given to one lucky listener to the live show tomorrow. Big thanks to U360’s own HazyCloud for supplying the redeem code for this. Surprisingly enough, HazyCloud was the winner of the previous Get Rez’d giveaway.
How do I get Rez’d tomorrow?
Simple. Post a comment and listen in to the show tomorrow and I’ll pick a winner. Easy as pie eh?
Remember that one time in band camp when that one game was announced a few years ago? It’s been a long, wild ride for Silicon Knights’ Too Human but it appears that ride may soon be coming to an end. During the show at GDC, some new screenshots and gameplay were shown for the crowd. I’m hoping they can deliver a quality experience. Given the track record of Silicon Knights, I’m maintaining faith.
Screenshots: Too Human (GDC)
Step into the world of “Too Human,” the third-person epic action game from renowned Canadian developer Silicon Knights. As the cybernetic god Baldur, players are thrust into the midst of an ongoing battle that threatens the existence of mankind. An ancient machine presence has forced the god’s hand, and now Baldur is charged with defending humanity from an onslaught of monstrous war machines bent on the eradication of human life.
In “Too Human,” players are treated to a nonstop barrage of action powered by the seamless integration of melee and firearms combat, plus deep RPG elements fueled by breathtaking visuals enabled by the powerful Xbox 360. Battles unfold in awesome scale as players engage with vast numbers of enemies. Gamers can also take it to the next level by playing the entire single-player campaign in multiplayer co-op mode via Xbox LIVE®.
To all my fellow Canadians who haven’t jumped on board the Xbox 360 train, you can now do so at a cheaper price than those before you. Microsoft announced that it’s dropping the price of its console in Canada again 6 months after the previous price drop. Unfortunately for the rest of North America it doesn’t seem likely that a price cut for the US will follow. (at least not yet)
Price Drop Adjustments Canada
Xbox 360 Core - $279
Xbox 360 Pro - $349
Xbox 360 Elite - $449
Tiberium is another new intellectual property (IP) from EA that managed to excite me not only because of the world it’s set in but also because of the fragtastic transformer-like weapon it has. I think that alone is good enough to get excited about. I’m sure we’ll get more details as the release approaches but until then enjoy the screenshot blast.
“Tiberium is our ‘One Ring’, our ‘Force’. It is the connective tissue that defines this universe and tears it apart,” said Chris Plummer, Executive Producer at EA Los Angeles.
Screenshots: Tiberium
The Game Developers Conference brought some interesting news and I’m sure you all are ready to voice your opinions about it. I hope to have everyone join me this Saturday for another round of live community talk! Same bat time, same bat channel.
show time - 11AM PST / 1PM CST / 2PM EST / 7PM GMT
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2K Sports let the bag off of the players you can expect to play in the next chapter of their tennis franchise, Top Spin 3. The Williams sisters are still not playable and that’s a shame but they do bring out 3 of the game’s legends for the first time in a videogame. You can see some new screenshots of Top Spin 3 here.
“With Top Spin 3, we wanted to give gamers the choice to play with their favorite tennis players, as well as classic legends, an option that no other tennis game is offering,” said Chris Snyder, Director of Marketing for 2K Sports. “Boris Becker, Bjorn Borg and Monica Seles have given the game of tennis such great history, and we are excited to have them join the current roster of professionals in the most realistic tennis video game to date.”
Here’s the Gears of War 2 trailer shown at GDC and available in the Xbox Live Marketplace currently. COG TOWN!
