Gamerscore Blog Videos : Official Xbox 360 News and Interviews

Interview: Halo Wars: Overview

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 06:00:21 +0000

Our final project at Xbox was a video documentary with the team behind Halo Wars.

Interview: Halo Wars: The Lore of Halo

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 05:49:02 +0000

Launch interview video documentary with the team behind Halo Wars.

Pick Up And Play - The Maw

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:40:10 +0000

This episode highlights the XBLA game the Maw.

Xbox Value

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:24:40 +0000

There are many ways to trick someone into buying you an Xbox 360. Just be honest.

Interview: Community Q&A: Dead Space

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:36:19 +0000

This was an interview I did with Rich, Ian and Brett (the guys at EA Redwood) about the horror game Dead Space, where I asked YOUR questions.

Special thanks to Norse, Wiseguy, and Gaming Nexus for their questions!

Monster Makeover Episode 4 - Left 4 Dead

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:26:56 +0000

Makeup Artists from the Cinema Makeup School in Los Angeles recreated makeup effects inspired by the Xbox 360 game Left 4 Dead.

Monster Makeover Episode 2 - Gears of War 2 Battle Scars

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:57:43 +0000

Hollywood makeup artists compete against each other to see who can make the best battle scars inspired by Gears of War 2.

Monster Makeover Episode 1 - Left 4 Dead

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:17:32 +0000

Hollywood makeup artists compete to turn beautiful models into the zombies from the Xbox 360 game Left 4 Dead. This is episode 1 of the xbox.com/monstermakeover series.

Interview: Actors, and Celebrities: Gears of War 2

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:24:35 +0000

Had a chance to speak with the voice actors, writers, and other celebs about Gears of War 2 the E3 Press reception a few months back.

Interview: LucasArts: Fracture

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:04:14 +0000

Late last week we went out to LucasArts to ask YOUR questions to the team about Fracture.

Shoutout to Duff3C, Mr. Fangs, Deaconblade, and White10 for their questions!

Interview: Peter Molyneux: Fable 2

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:01:57 +0000

This was an interview I did with Peter Molyneux at the May Showcase, where I asked YOUR questions to the man himself. Special thanks to Mordeux, The Mighty Oot, and The Game Reviews for their questions!

Interview: Launch Event: NHL 09

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 22:49:08 +0000

In Vancouver I had the chance to interview some NHL 09 developers, as well as pro Hockey players Josh Harding (Minnesota Wild), and cover athlete Dion Phaneuf (Calgary Flames).

Star Wars Force Unleashed New Skins

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:04:46 +0000

Xbox talked to the developers behind Star Wars: The Force Unleashed and they shared some details about the new Downloadable content featuring new skins and a new level. They also answer how many Wookies you can hug with the force.

Interview: Man on the Street: Mayhem Tour

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:47:01 +0000

While at the Seattle stop of the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Metal Festival I wandered out into the general public to ask video-game related questions to see how on-the-ball metal fans are. Here are some of the humorous answers.

Interview: Disturbed, Slipknot, Mastodon, Five Finger Death Punch: Mayhem Tour

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:39:21 +0000

While at the Seattle stop of the Mayhem Metal festival a few months back, I had the chance to interview some of my favorite metal bands about the video games they play. Here's what they had to say.

Celebrities Playing Video Games

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:44:30 +0000

Xbox asked a bunch of celebrities about video games.

Interview: Facebreaker Lead Designer - Todd Batty

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:06:21 +0000

I snuck away from booth-duty at PAX to talk to Facebreaker lead designer Todd Batty about the game mechanics, and the list of "celebrities" included in the game.

Interview: Banjo Kazooie - Nuts and Bolts

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:02:41 +0000

This is another interview from the May Showcase where I talked to the dev. team on Banjo (specifically Salvatore Fileccia) and asked YOUR questions

Special thanks to X3F and The Game Reviews for the questions.

Interview: Viva Pinata Trouble in Paradise: Justin Cook

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:59:38 +0000

This was an interview I had with Rare's Justin Cook back at the May Showcase, where I asked YOUR questions to the Viva 2 team.

With the recent release of Viva Pinata Trouble in Paradise, we thought we should get this thing up!

Special thanks to Goverland, and NeuralMX for their questions!

Name Your Game - Celebrity Edition

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:26:29 +0000

We asked several celebs what they would do if they could make their own video game.

Interview: Ivan Moody: Five Finger Death Punch at Mayhem

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:21:31 +0000

Chris Paladino interviews Ivan Moody, lead singer of 5FDP at the Mayhem Festival.

I'm a huge fan of the band, so it was an honor and a thrill to interview Ivan.

Princess Leia, Xbox and sexy vampires

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:29:10 +0000

Comic-Con is done, and we at Xbox have finally gathered several random moments on the show floor to complete our Comic-Con coverage for 2008. There are Princess Leias, a budget batman, a vampire supporter dressed as Pocahontas... and much more.

Community Fan Interviews at Comic-Con 2008

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:03:35 +0000

One of the coolest things about working at Xbox is getting to meet a lot of people who are really passionate about our product. You haven't known passion until you visit Comic-Con in San Diego. We got to meet some people who brought their favorite TV show, video game and movie characters to life.

Corey Feldman Talks Lost Boys with Xbox

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:48:13 +0000

Corey Feldman and Jamison Newlander, the famous Frog Brothers from 80s classic Lost Boys discuss the new film and how it could be made into a video game.

Hollywood and Video Games

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:36:22 +0000

At Comic-Con we got to ask Hollywood actors and filmmakers about their experience with gaming in general - and Xbox in particular. Summer Glau, James Wan, Corey Feldman, Brian Austin Green, Richard T. Jones and a cast of thousands (almost).

Hollywood and Xbox

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:23:26 +0000

Xbox talked to some Hollywood filmmakers and actors about their love of gaming, and their experience with Xbox.

Gears of War 2 - At the Mayhem Festival with Mike Forgey

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:10:09 +0000

Chris Paladino interviews Mike Forgey, producer at Microsoft Game Studios about Gears of War 2 being at the Mayhem Festival.

We also discussed fans playing Gears 2 with Slipknot, and Disturbed.

Video News Alert - E3 - July 14, 2008

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:13:07 +0000

Video News Alert for Monday, July 14th, 2008

Fable 2
Gears of War 2
Guitar Hero World Tour
Rockband 2
Lips
Uno Rush
Galaga Legions
Portal: Still Alive

Video News Alert - Too Human Pre-order Details - June 6th, 2008

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:55:22 +0000

Too Human is an action/RPG game set in a futuristic world based on Norse mythology.

The game ships to North America on August 19th, and the rest of the world shorly thereafter.

Pre-ordering at participating retailers will get you five exclusive sets of armor - one for each character class in the game. The armor will also have two open slots for customization using the games rune system.

Interview: Denis Dyack: Too Human

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:53:13 +0000

One week ago we attended the Xbox 360 May Showcase in San Francisco.

You've already seen some of the coverage from that event, but what you haven't seen were the interviews we conducted while there.

had an opportunity to speak with Denis Dyack, the Director of Too Human at Silicon Knights.

The questions in this interview were mostly community driven. I want to thank all who submit questions, especially:

AriesDog
Bapenguin

Xbox Office: Ninja Gaiden II: Ryu Hayabusa is Lazy

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Wed, 28 May 2008 23:37:52 +0000

Ryu Hayabusa from Ninja Gaiden II has been causing problems at the Redmond Microsoft Xbox offices.

Interview: Cliff Bleszinski: Gears of War 2

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Wed, 21 May 2008 22:26:27 +0000

One week ago we attended the Xbox 360 May Showcase in San Francisco. You've already seen some of the coverage from that event, but what you haven't seen were the interviews we conducted while there.

The first interview that I finished editing is the one I did with Cliff from Epic Games.

I was a fan of Cliff from back in the Unreal Tournament days, and he was one of the first "industry guys" that I followed. While you may not be able to tell, I was pretty nervous doing this interview once the camera started rolling.

The questions in this interview were mostly community driven. I want to thank all who submit questions for me:

Pick Up & Play - Warmup - 05202008

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Tue, 20 May 2008 21:52:44 +0000

Natalie & Nelson answer four pieces of viewer mail, while preparing for their weekly Inside Xbox shoot. People want to know our thoughts on a Gamerscorelog photo, Aegis Wing, Guitar Stands and Marriage...

Christie Brinkley Enjoys Rock Band and Guitar Hero

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Thu, 15 May 2008 04:15:03 +0000

At a recent Family Fitness Day event in New York City, supermodel Christie Brinkley talked to Natalie Sousa about nearly losing her voice from playing Rock Band on the Xbox 360 nonstop.

Christie Brinkley: Cool Videogame Mom

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Thu, 15 May 2008 04:11:04 +0000

At a recent Family Fitness Day event, supermodel Christie Brinkley talked to Natalie Sousa about how she had a "cool mom" moment when her kids discovered a trick in a Tony Hawk game named after her.

Christie Brinkley Shares Advice for Staying Fit

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Thu, 15 May 2008 04:06:31 +0000

At a recent Family Fitness Day event, supermodel Christie Brinkley talked to Natalie Sousa about dealing with the prssure to stay fit.

Christie Brinkley Uses Games as Exercise

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Thu, 15 May 2008 04:02:40 +0000

At a Family Fitness Day event in New York City, supermodel Christie Brinkley talked to Natalie Sousa about how Dance Dance Revolution on the Xbox 360 is getting her family to stay physically active together.

Video News Alert - May 13th, 2008

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:09:15 +0000

Video News Alert for Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

Gears of War 2
Banjo Kazooie - Nuts and Bolts
Viva Pinata - Trouble in Paradise
Too Human
Fable 2
Ninja Gaiden 2
Penny Arcade Adventures

Pick Up & Play - Warmup - 05052008

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:57:30 +0000

Natalie & Nelson answer four pieces of viewer mail, while preparing for their weekly Inside Xbox shoot. People want to know our thoughts on Carcassonne, Puzzle Quest trial issues, Singstar and Portal.

EA Vancouver Studio Tour

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:26:00 +0000

Back in May I had the chance to head to an EA Sports NHL '09 Community Day up in Vancouver.

I got to take a tour of the BEAUTIFUL facilities at EAC.

It occurred to me that I hadn't posted these videos up yet, so I thought with NHL '09 coming out next week, why not post them now!

This video shows just how far we've come in content production (and weight loss).

Thanks to my cameraman Jaken Bear from Xbox.ca.

NHL '09 Community Day

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:26:00 +0000

Back in May I had the chance to head to an EA Sports NHL '09 Community Day up in Vancouver.

It occurred to me that I hadn't posted these videos up yet, so I thought with NHL '09 coming out next week, why not post them now!

This video shows just how far we've come in content production (and weight loss).

Thanks to my Co-Host Jaken Bear from Xbox.ca.

Pick Up & Play - Warmup - 04212008

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:36:34 +0000

Natalie & Nelson answer four pieces of viewer mail, while preparing for their weekly Inside Xbox shoot. People want to know about deleted comments, Looking like Nico in GTA IV, Puzzle Quest Expansions and codes in the blogcast.

Pick Up & Play - Warmup - 04072008

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:43:50 +0000

Natalie & Nelson answer three pieces of viewer mail, while preparing for their weekly Inside Xbox shoot. People want to know about the guitar in the background, making excuses to your friends, and how we access some of our games.

Pick Up & Play - Warmup - 03312008

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:41:08 +0000

Natalie & Nelson answer three pieces of viewer mail, while preparing for their weekly Inside Xbox shoot. People want to know about poorly rehearsed content, gaming wives, and the Australian Inside Xbox.

Pick Up & Play - Warmup - 03242008

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:51:26 +0000

BEfore we record an episode of pick up and play we try to do a warmup session to kick the nerves and get in the right state of mind. We are also going to use this time to answer viewer mail. This first episode goes into a lot of explanation about the Inside Xbox segment, an future episodes will cut right to the chase.

Xbox Office - Rainbow Six Vegas 2 - Rainbow Six Redmond

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:06:47 +0000

As Gamerscoreblog.com's Sara explains, Ubisoft debating the setting for Rainbow Six Vegas 2 before deciding on Las Vegas. It's best that they chose not to have it be in Redmond.

GDC - Too Human Press Event - Geoff Keighley Interview

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:50:30 +0000

Chris Paladino talked to Gametrailer TV's Geoff Keighley regarding announcement anticipation at every gaming event.

GDC - Too Human Press Event - Destructoid Interview

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:47:36 +0000

Chris Paladino found Ron Workman and Dan Lingen from Destructoid at the Too Human Press Preview and got their opinions of the game.

Xbox LIVE Arcade Preview - Trigger Heart Exelica

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:11:12 +0000

The first 3 minutes of Trigger Heart Exelica for the Xbox LIVE Arcade.

XNA Creator's Club @ GDC

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:05:38 +0000

Chris Paladino from gamerscoreblog.com talks to Microsoft's Michael Klutcher about the community arcade games being featured at 2008's Game Developer's Conference. Nelson Rodriguez chats with game developer James Silva about his upcoming game "The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai". We also take a peek at game playing on the Zune.

N+ Launch Party

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:11:13 +0000

Jake (Jaken Bear) attends the N+ Launch Party, and interviews the creators of the game.

GDC Backstage with Gamerscore Blog

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:46:54 +0000

Nelson Rodriguez and Chris Paladino hung out backstage at the GDC keynote.

GDC - Too Human Press Event - Kotaku Interview

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:37:25 +0000

Chris had a few minutes to talk to Brian Cresente and Michael McWhertor at the Too Human Press Preview Tuesday Night.

Xbox Office - Condemned 2 - Ethan's New Gig

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 01:10:44 +0000

FBI agent Ethan Thomas recovered from the events of Condemned, only to find himself working as an intern at Microsoft. He's having a tough tme fitting in.

Popcap Games Talks to x360a.org

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:16:02 +0000

Greg Canessa from Popcap Games talked to Xbox360Achievements.org (via Gamerscoreblog) about Peggle and Feeding Frenzy 2.

Popcap Games Talks About Peggle and Feeding Frenzy 2

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:56:54 +0000

Greg Canessa from Popcap Games talked to Gamerscoreblog about Peggle and Feeding Frenzy 2.

XBLA Preview - Commanders: Attack of the Genos

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:50:20 +0000

Chris Paladino had a chance to interview Terry Coleman, Producer for Sierra's upcoming Xbox LIVE Arcade title Commanders: Attack of the Genos.

Xbox Office - Gears of War - Cogs in the Way

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:52:26 +0000

We're happy that these friggin' COG have something better to do than annoy us here in the office. Now that Gears for Windows is out, they can leave us alone. Here is our latest video showing just how much of a pain they are to work with...

2007 Xbox 360 Fall Dashboard Update Wakthrough

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 20:47:11 +0000

Get a sneak peek at the 2007 Fall Dashboard Update for Xbox 360.

Xbox Office - Orange Box - Microsoft Uses Portal for Business

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 19:59:35 +0000

Aperture Science Portals can be used in many ways. Even at work.

Bungie's Frankie Talks About Halo 3 at the Spike TV VGAs

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 19:53:48 +0000

The Gamerscoreblog team caught up with Frankie from Bungie to discuss Halo 3 and the awards they won at the Spike TV Video Game Awards.

Xbox Office - Assassin's Creed - Day of the Ninja

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 19:41:21 +0000

Assassin's Creed's Altair wants very badly to become a ninja.

Xbox Office - Mass Effect - Dialogue Wheel at Microsoft

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 19:17:15 +0000

Microsoft likes the way Bioware developed the dialogue wheel for Mass Effect. They even use it in real life, as Jeff Bell points out.

Xbox Office - Rock Band - Trying to Find Rock Band

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 19:12:14 +0000

Microsoft's Xbox Community Team had a hard time trying to get a copy of Rock Band.

Xbox LIVE Arcade Preview - Lode Runner and Rez HD

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 04:43:10 +0000

Jeremy Wacksman from the Xbox LIVE Arcade team took a few minutes with us at CES to show off Lode Runner and Rez HD.

Xbox LIVE Arcade Preview - Omega Five

gsblog@microsoft.com (Microsoft Xbox Community Team) — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 04:04:21 +0000

A sneak peek at Omega Five with Hudson Entertainment chatting over Xbox LIVE