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2010-12-14T15:52:00.000-08:00

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The Best Xbox 360 Exclusives

2010-10-06T15:00:00.000-07:00

Crackdown 2

The gameplay reveal of Crackdown 2 was one of the biggest surprises at this years' Tokyo Game Show. Although the original was initially overshadowed by the inclusion of a Halo 3 beta, Crackdown proved to be one of the breakout hits of 2007. Although development shifted away from Realtime Worlds, the team at Ruffian is comprised of many veteran developers from the first game. Orbs were the "crack" of Crackdown, and players will now be able to track down a variety of orbs around the city -- each with their own power-ups. Bring on the four-player co-op, because we're ready to return to Pacific City.

Shadow Complex

Imagine if Super Metroid and Metal Gear Solid got together and had a baby. The result would be Shadow Complex. It is a game of upgrades, exploration, crazy conspiracies, boss battles, and more all in an isolated military complex. And the best part is that it looks like a current-gen, Unreal Engine game but is played from a 2D side-scrolling perspective. It pairs amazing presentation with amazing gameplay to create one of the best XBLA games yet. It costs 1200MS Points ($15), but the replay value is through the roof so there is no question you'll get your money's worth.

Splinter Cell: Conviction

After a less than ideal first round of development, Conviction re-emerged in mid-2009 looking like a completely different game, with new features like the ability to tag enemies from a distance and then take them out in one automated move. Unlike previous Splinter Cellgames, the gameplay is now focused on rewarding aggressive players who use stealth as a way to take out enemies rather than as a way to sneak past them. Conviction also brings back the critically acclaimed co-op mode from Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, and updates it by carrying over many of the "aggressive stealth" ideas from the single-player mode.

Gears of War 2

Lead designer Cliff Bleszinski said that Gears of War 2 was going to be “bigger, better, and more badass”, and now that we have spent some time with it we have to agree with him. This is a bigger and better game in every single aspect. The campaign feels more epic and is filled with jaw dropping moments. The multiplayer has been beefed up with new modes, and the addition of Horde mode as well as a training mode means that Gears 2 has plenty to offer both on and offline. This is simply a great game.

Prey

OK, this is a personal favorite and I am sure most of you are saying “what the hell is Prey”? I bought the special edition game when it was released for the Xbox 360 back in the day. I still go back from time to time and play because it is one fun-ass game. I also really dig the storyline. You play as Tommy, a Indian trying to get the hell out of his town/tribe to make a life for himself. Only aliens come to earth and create quite a stir. Your uncle and girlfriend are abducted and its up to you to be a man and start kicking some ass. The game still has some pretty cool graphics and those gravity walkways are crazy. There’s even a cool little cameo by Coast to Coast’s old host Art Bell.

You can find this game mega-cheap now. From $5-15 depending on where you shop for games. I have yet to see this game new anywhere.

Alan Wake

Alan Wake has been in development for roughly six years, but it still looks great and features a lot of promising ideas -- such as having to fight off enemies and vehicles possessed by a power the developers refer to as "the darkness," and having to use flares and other forms of light to create safe areas that said darkness fears.

Fable 3

Lionhead Studios is ready to serve up a sequel to their massively popular Fable franchise, which will be two years removed from Fable II. Incorporating Project Natal, Peter Molyneux and crew have a lot in store to showcase what they can do with Microsoft’s “next-gen” technology for the Xbox 360. The Fable II DLC was some of the best add-on content we had ever seen, taking the world of Fable and smashing completely new story-lines for a small amount of money. We have to hope that Mr. Molyneux can continue the strong tradition of creating triple-A titles, exclusively for the Xbox 360.

Halo: Reach

From the beginning, you know the end. In Halo: Reach, players experience the fateful moments that forged the Halo legend. It's the story of Noble Team, a squad of heroic Spartan soldiers, and their final stand on the planet Reach, humanity's last line of defense between the terrifying Covenant and Earth. This darker story is echoed by grittier visuals amid a backdrop of massive, awe-inspiring environments.

Mass Effect 2

It's a bit hard to believe that after a great game like Dragon Age: Origins, that Bioware would be able to release Mass Effect 2 just four months later. Surely, something has to give, right? Well, from what we've played, it just seems like BioWare is really good at multitasking, as Mass Effect 2 already hits the "improved what work, and fixed what didn't" formula for a sequel. Not only have the graphics and loading been optimized, and combat finally feels like an honest-to-god shooter, but the story twists and turns that happen in the very beginning already give us a "dark, The Empire Strikes Back type of middle act" feeling.

Dust: an Elysian Tail

This game is so good it doesn't even need Explanation just look, This may very well be the Best XBLA game ever. It's a sidescrolling action-rpg, with an emphasis on crazy combo-based action. Everything in the game is hand-animated and painted by Dean Dodrill music is provided by Hyperduck Music Studios and Dean's long-time friend Alexandor Brandon.

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Castlevania: LOS Vs God of War 3

2010-09-29T00:39:00.000-07:00

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow is an upcoming video game in the Castlevania series, and is a reboot of the franchise.It will be an action adventure game in a fantasy setting in Southern Europe during the Middle Ages. The game is being developed by Mercury Steam and Kojima Productions to be published by Konami in 2010. Hideo Kojima, producer of the Metal Gear Solid franchise, will be involved with the title, albeit in a small role.

Now the gameplay in Castlevania: LOS looks pretty similar to a game we know as God of War

But Which one is better?

I personally think that God of War looks a little better but you can't deny the epicness of Castlevania

Take a Look at the game-play below and tell me what you think..

It may not be God of War, but it sure as hell got the qualities of a God of War game and besides this is a great opportunity for 360 gamers to know what God of War feels like, Even if its only a little bit, another plus point for Castlevania is it has a lot of RPG elements in it that equals more game-hours.

So is Gabriel Belmont Just as Epic as Kratos? You tell me..

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Top 5 IP's that would make Great MMO's

2010-09-27T20:49:00.001-07:00

MMO is one of the fastest growing genres in the gaming industry, Just second below Shooters, it has now come to a point were a lot of big IP's from the movie and the Game Industry turn into full-fledged MMO's with the likes of Lord of the rings, Star Wars, DC, Marvel, Dragonball and heck even Michael Jackson(R.i.p) is going to have his own MMO but there are some new IP's that look allot like big IP's that could have been a succes if it had a big name on it slap GTA on APB and you got a guaranteed commercial succes and don't forget to release it on consoles, So anyways I have made a list of IP's that could have been great MMO's here they are:

5. God Of War

Before you all eat me up raw think about it!

A GoW MMO were you can align yourself with different gods therefore have Different Powers and have players battle it out for total control of Greece. GoW always had been about pure Violence and would be rated M and would make Age of Conan look like Hello Kitty Online.

I mean just look at him, he can rip your heart out....with his goatee!

Imagine if you could create a Character as badass as Kratos.It could use a similar engine to the one from Blade & Soul: see video Below

Oops I mean this one hehe(poor donkey)

Alternative MMO for now: Vindictus (it has blood in it..)

4. Mario

Maybe not as cool as a God of War MMO sounds but it could be a great MMO for kids, They could take All of the Great Mario games and turn it into one big mmo with mini-games, Allow players to choose either the Good side or the Bad side of the Mario Universe or Make a Major Plot in Which the Players choose Sides to assist in a war between Mario and Wario.

Alternative MMO for now: FreeRealms

3. Yugi-oh

Of course there is that Flash game Yugioh online, But imagina a Full Fledged 3D MMO which also utilizes 3D (Anaglyph since those work on every screen) it would make you feel right in the anime imagine seeing your Monsters or Humanoids pop-out of your screen just like in the anime.

It's time to DU-DU-Du-DUELL!!

Alternative MMO for now: none

2. Avatar

No not the blue creatures from a far away planet i mean Avatar

Yes that one, Hated the movie btw but aside from that its an Awesome Ip and i suggest you should start watching it if you haven't already, like right now..really right now!! (www.animeshippuuden.com, Great site to watch it)

Imagine choosing either water, fire earth or air bending when you create your character or even normal like sokka (the one with the sword) from the start and learning from other benders as you adventure into the world making your own story or have some other major plot, something like all the Original benders(like mole, air Bison, Moon and sun) turning against the benders because of what the fire nation has done to the world, or war again but this time all the nations against each-other(would be lame, but a good excuse for PVP i guess).

Alternative MMO for now: Avatar Arena from Nickelodeon (id give this game a -5 out of 10)

1. Pokemon

Yeah who didn't see this coming?

Now there already is a MMO but its 2D and not by Nintendo itself but rather fan-made

now imagine a 3D pokemon MMO where you can travel with your friends explore all the great continents Battle against or With your friends ,catch pokemon, Challenge Gym Leaders, Frontier Brains and such, This is the perfect IP for a great MMO why hasn't this been done yet Nintendo?

You would think after being requested for like 100000 years by fans like me they would make it happen i mean come'on Nintendo!

Yes i am a huge supporter of the Pokemon MMO concept and a huge fan of Pokemon of course.

Alternative MMO for now: Rappelz or Monster Rancher

So there you have it 5 great IP's that could be great MMO's

Honorable mentions:

Naruto

Bleach

Fable

White Knight Chronicles

Infamous

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Top 5 IP's that would make Great MMO's

2010-09-27T20:49:00.000-07:00

MMO is one of the fastest growing Genre in the video-game industry just second below Shooters, It has now come to the point were big IP's like Lord of The rings Star Wars , DC, Marvel , Dragonball Final Fantasy and heck even Michael Jackson(R.i.p) Get turned into MMO's, There are also new IP's that could have been succesfull if it had a big name on it, Turn APB into GTA and it had been a commercial succes..

5. God Of War

Before you all eat me up raw think about it!

I mean just look at him, he can rip your heart out....with his goatee!

Imagine if you could create a Character as badass as Kratos.It could use a similar engine to the one from Blade & Soul: see video Below

Oops I mean this one hehe(poor donkey)

Alternative MMO for now: Vindictus (it has blood in it..)

4. Mario

Alternative MMO for now: FreeRealms

3. Yugi-oh

It's time to DU-DU-Du-DUELL!!

Alternative MMO for now: none

2. Avatar

No not the blue creatures from a far away planet i mean Avatar

Alternative MMO for now: Avatar Arena from Nickelodeon (id give this game a -5 out of 10)

1. Pokemon

Yeah who didn't see this coming?

Now there already is a MMO but its 2D and not by Nintendo itself but rather fan-made

You would think after being requested for like 100000 years by fans like me they would make it happen i mean come'on Nintendo!

Yes i am a huge supporter of the Pokemon MMO concept and a huge fan of Pokemon of course

Alternative MMO for now: Rappelz or Monster Rancher

So there you have it 5 great IP's that could be great MMO's

Honorable mentions:

Naruto

Bleach

Fable

White Knight Chronicles

Infamous

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So did Microsoft Dissapoint this TGS?

2010-09-15T19:13:00.000-07:00

Microsoft's TGS Conference was full of New Titles some from old Franchises like Steel Battalion and most are completely new IP's, Also all of the games were Kinect-Enabled(doesn't mean it uses only-kinect)

The Announced games were:

Project Draco: Described as Visually stunning and Kinect-enabled the game looks to be one hell of a trip

Codename D: Perhaps the most interesting off the bunch is developed by Suda51 describe as having A Lot of action without Guns or Swords

Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor: After 8 years this famous (Google Steel Battalion Controller) old ip finally makes a Come-back with Kinect enabled!

Rise of Nightmares: I completely did not expect this to come from SEGA this game sounds like a Hardcore Horror Kinect game

Haunt: This one is the only casual looking title, It has a Cartoony Art-style the genre for this game is Horror also, although Rise of Nightmares look's much more appealing to me (as a Hardcore gamer)

Honorable Mentions:

Child of Eden

Fire Pro Wrestling (with Avatars) (non-kinect)

Dr. Kawashimas Body and Brain Excercises

Radiant Silver Gun

Rumors: World Of Warcraft On the 360?

2010-08-22T14:28:00.001-07:00

This rumor is kinda old but allot of people don't know and have been asking me about it so here are some of the evidence:

Gamespot:

Source: A job listing on the Blizzard Entertainment Web site. The official story: "Microsoft does not comment on rumors or speculation."--Microsoft spokesperson; Blizzard Entertainment reps declined requests for comment. What we heard: Part gossip, part geek fantasy, the World of Warcraft Xbox 360...

Source: A job listing on the Blizzard Entertainment Web site.

The official story: "Microsoft does not comment on rumors or speculation."--Microsoft spokesperson; Blizzard Entertainment reps declined requests for comment.

What we heard: Part gossip, part geek fantasy, the World of Warcraft Xbox 360 rumor has been around for a while. Prior to E3 2005 in May, scuttlebutt was rampant that Microsoft would announce that the massively multiplayer role-playing game was coming to its next-gen console at its press conference. The company did indeed announce a 360 MMORPG...problem was it was Final Fantasy XI, which is already available for both the PC and PlayStation 2--hardly a system-selling title.

Were WoW to become available for the 360, though, it would be a much different story. Given World of Warcraft's popularity--it already has over 4.5 million subscribers and has been among the top five top-selling PC games since its 2004 release--many gamers would gladly buy a 360 just to get in on the Azeroth action. Also, the PC hardware required to run the game costs several times the hard drive-enabled 360's $399 sticker price.

Enthusiasm for a 360 WoW was flared up with the recent discovery of several Blizzard job listings for next-generation console positions. The site has positions for next-gen engine programmers, next-gen tools programmers, and next-gen game physics/collision programmers.

So will the Xbox 360 be WoW-ed? It is a possibility. However, a more likely scenario was outlined this past February, when Blizzard sent out a product catalog that announced that Starcraft: Ghost was "coming soon to next-generation consoles." Though a rep said the ad was a misprint and denied the long-delayed console game was in development for next-gen platforms, the game's current release window, Q2 2006, is the same as that of the PlayStation 3. Mere coincidence, perchance?

Gamespot.com

1up Said:

Looks like Microsoft wants to see Blizzard Entertainment's World of Warcraft appear on Xbox 360, reportsGamesIndustry.biz.

"We've been in contact with Microsoft...," said Paul Sams, vice president of business operations at Blizzard. "World of Warcraft was really built with a focus on PC, and while I think it certainly could get to Xbox, it's not something that at this moment we've decided to do."

The incredible popularity of the developer's first stab into the populated MMO market with World of Warcraft has proved a unanimous success. As next-generation consoles advance online integration, the lack of a console version becomes all the more surprising.

Right now, Blizzard sees the lack of a keyboard and mouse holding back any console renditions of World of WarCraft. "Those are things that are not standard, they're peripherals, and peripherals have historically not done well for any of the console companies unless you're talking about additional controllers or memory cards," said Sams.

Seeing as how Square Enix overcame this problem with Final Fantasy XI on the PlayStation 2, World of Warcraft landing on Xbox 360 seems a question of "when" more than anything else.

1up.com

So Will we ever see World of Warcraft On consoles? I am not getting my hopes up but there are some hints out there.

With all the news about how difficult time's Console MMO's are having I decided to make a list of the next wave of MMO's intended to be on consoles

2010-08-16T15:05:00.001-07:00

1. Arenanet's Guild Wars 2 (360/PS3)

NCsoft's CEO Kim Taek Jin Confirmed Development of 360/PS3 Version of both

Guild Wars 2 and Blade & Soul,

Although it's been made clare that only a small team is looking into it.

Blade & Soul is looking to be the best action orientated MMO ever and Guild Wars 2 is definitely going to reinvent the whole genre.

Source

2. Team Bloodlust's Blade & Soul(360/PS3) (see above)

3. Realtime World's APB (360)

This next one is kind

of a weird case first it was announced for the PC and the 360..recently it has been rumored to be dropped with no official reason given and more recently they claimed it will be a totally different game on consoles (not specified which of them).

Im kinda confused myself about this one.

Source

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4. Sony Online Entertainment's Agency (PS3)

This one comes from Sony's online Entertainment Department

Its been confirmed that upon beginning the game you will choose between 2 agency's(There's been hinting at more)

And that there is one main story which ties them all together.

It will feature Firstperson-shooter style gameplay.

Not Much has been revealed of this MMO

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5.Funcom's The Secret World (360)

Perhaps one of the most original mmo's this

generation is The secret world, it combines urban legends, magic and reality together creating a world that resembles ours only the lochness monster is a real thing in the game that is.

Recent news revealed that they rebuild London in the game, from the

empty forgotten streets to the fish & chips restaurants.

This game is definitely looking to be one of the best MMO's this generation as gamescom is coming closer and closer(tommorow actually) we will be getting more and more information about this awesome MMO/

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6.Blizzard's World of Warcraft (360)

This is either the biggest CRAP I've ever heard or A dream come true.

YES! its Blizzard's beast of an MMO

World of Warcraft...coming to the 360?

it doesn't seem impossible Microsoft and Blizzard are best buddy's,

They have been talking about the Xbox 720 together and we all know they both love

themselves some money...so maybe A launch title for the 720 then?

This has been rumored for about 2 years now.

When are you gonna make it happen Microsoft? Throw some money at them!

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SO these are some the biggest MMO Games coming to the 360/PS3.

Honorable Mentions:

Blue side's Project T (360)

Turbine's MMO (360/PS3)

Undead Labs Zombie MMO (360)

Dust 514 (360/PS3)

Huxley (360)

Marvel MMOG (360)

Stargate Worlds(360)

Free Realms(PS3)