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Job’s Open!

Brent Cheetham — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:34:57 +0000

Hey guys! Long time no see… Anyways, e-mail me at sramcdangle14@aol.com if you’re interested in a job at the site, tell me what job you’d be good at and your skills.

We REALLY need some more active forum members and active FORUM MODS, so hop to it guys!

That’s All! Peace!

F.E.A.R. 2 Banned in AU

keatonsworld — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 17:44:08 +0000

Monolith’s sequel to the much-loved horror shooter, F.E.A.R., has been refused classification by the Australian Classifications Board, formerly known as the OFLC. The ACB banned F.E.A.R. 2 over what it claims is ‘high violence’ in its content.

According to a representative from the distributor, “Warner is actively working through the appeal system with the ACB and is exhausting all options. We are doing all we can to get F.E.A.R. 2 released in the AU market.”

The game, which is slated for release on February 11 in Australia, is still far enough off that there is hope the game will make it through the appeals process and onto shelves unmodified in USA – though, Warner was unwilling to comment officially on this portion of the matter.

Tutorial: Posting your Walkthroughs on The360Extreme.com

Brent Cheetham — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 00:46:15 +0000

GTA IV DLC Set to date Feb. 2009!

keatonsworld — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:47:04 +0000

Since GTA IV’s release, everyone has been enjoying the game. Everyone has been talking about Downloadable Content for it, and now, it is official. GTA IV:Lost and Damned is set to release on February 2009. The story? The story is based around a bit-part biker who Niko bumps into. The storyline runs parallel with Niko’s but that’s about it. I’m hoping it’ll flesh out the whole GTA back-story a little – how he hooked up with Niko and Playboy X and so on. so I’m guessing the DLC will provide more of a story of how it all ties together and maybe even provide a bit more info on Playboy X. One thing that’s obviously going to feature heavily is bikes – bike races through the city, that kind of stuff. But one thing I’d really like to see is gang stuff – going up against rival biker gangs to take over turf, similar to how it worked in San Andreas. This is really going to be alot. GTA IV’s DLC will include two episodes(story missions),new weapons,multiplayer game modes, and many more!

The Lost and Damned will be coming to Xbox Live on February 17 – and no doubt we’ll have more information for you in the run-up to its release.

Gears of War 2 Insane Walkthrough

Brent Cheetham — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 03:46:00 +0000

In association with: NextGenWalkthroughs.com

Gears of War 2 Insane Walkthrough w/ Collectible Guide

Guide Contributed by BrentCheetham14

http://www.youtube.com/brentcheetham14

Playlist URL:

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p … 450329A0E5

Gears of War 2 Walkthrough – Intro

Gears of War 2 Walkthrough: Act 1 – Ch. 1 – Welcome to Delta

Gears of War 2 Walkthrough: Act 1 – Ch. 2 – Desperation [1/3]

Gears of War 2 Walkthrough: Act 1 – Ch. 2 – Desperation [3/3]

Gears of War 2 Walkthrough: Act 1 – Ch. 3 – Rolling Thunder [1/2]

Gears of War 2 Walkthrough: Act 1 – Ch. 3 – Rolling Thunder [2/2]

Gears of War 2 Walkthrough: Act 1 – Ch. 4 – The Big Push [1/1]

Gears of War 2 Walkthrough: Act 1 – Ch. 5 – Roadblocks [1/3]

Gears of War 2 Walkthrough: Act 1 – Ch. 5 – Roadblocks [2/3]

Gears of War 2 Walkthrough: Act 1 – Ch. 5 – Roadblocks [3/3]

Gears of War 2 Walkthrough: Act 1 – Ch. 6 – Digging In [1/1]

Gears of War 2 Walkthrough: Act 2 – Ch. 1 – Scattered [1/1]

Gears of War 2 Walkthrough: Act 2 – Ch. 2 – Indigenous Creatures [1/2]

Gears of War 2 Walkthrough: Act 2 – Ch. 2 – Indigenous Creatures [2/2]

Go Sign Up on the Forums! Gaming Night this Thanksgiving weekend!!

Brent Cheetham — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 01:43:30 +0000

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Live Chat Tonight! 7:00PM EST

Brent Cheetham — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:01:40 +0000

Go check out the live chat tonight! http://www.blogtv.com/people/greendaydud14 …

It’s evey Monday, Wedsnday and Friday at 7:00PM EST..

Gears of War 2 Achievements and What you’ll get from Gears 1…

Brent Cheetham — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 01:59:27 +0000

OMGZERRZ MEGA TON! I almost soiled myself, just read the below from IGN.com

The November 7 release date of Gears of War 2 is steadily approaching and that means that the hype train is steadily starting to pick up steam. As with every massive holiday release, Gears 2 has some serious expectations to live up to. The first game has sold more than five million copies and with Epic’s Design Director, Cliff Bleszinski throwing around the phrase “bigger, better, more” at every turn, gamers the world over are expecting a lot from the second entry.

Luckily it seems that Microsoft’s biggest game of the year is poised to deliver. While there’s little doubt that you’re going to be blown away by the single-player and multiplayer trimmings, Gears 2 isn’t forgetting about the details. Linked Achievements were first announced at Comic-Con but now we’ve got the skinny on all three of the newly created rewards. Here’s what to expect:

Complete Act 1 in Gears of War: Unlock Anthony Carmine multiplayer skin in Gears of War 2.

Find 10 COG tags in Gears of War: Unlock Minh Young Kim multiplayer skin in Gears of War 2.

Defeat RAAM in Gears of War: Unlock RAAM multiplayer skin in Gears of War 2.

RAAM is back.

For a look at all three unlockable player models, be sure to check out our full image gallery.

Now on to the real list of achievements.

Gears of War 2 Achievements
Green as Grass	Train the rook (any difficulty)	10
It’s a Trap!	Story progression in Act 1, Chapter 2	10
Escort Service	Story progression in Act 1, Chapter 4	10
Girl About Town	Story progression in Act 1, Chapter 6	10
That Sinking Feeling	Story progression in Act 2, Chapter 4	10
Freebaird!	Story progression in Act 2, Chapter 5	10
Heartbroken	Story progression in Act 2, Chapter 6	10
Longitude and Attitude	Story progression in Act 3, Chapter 3	10
Tanks for the Memories	Story progression in Act 3, Chapter 4	10
Water Sports	Story progression in Act 3, Chapter 6	10
There’s a Time for Us	Story progression in Act 4, Chapter 2	10
Better Wrapped in Beacon	Story progression in Act 4, Chapter 3	10
Have Fun Storming the Castle	Story progression in Act 4, Chapter 6	10
And the Horse You Rode in On	Story progression in Act 5, Chapter 1	10
You Are the Support, Son	Story progression in Act 5, Chapter 2	10
Brumak Rodeo	Story progression in Act 5, Chapter 4	10
Does This Look Infected to You?	Story progression in Act 5, Chapter 5	10
Tourist of Duty	Complete all campaign acts on Casual Difficulty	25
Guerilla Tactician	Complete all campaign acts on Normal Difficulty	50
Artist of War	Complete all campaign acts on Hardcore Difficulty	75
Suicide Missionary	Complete all campaign acts on Insane Difficulty	150
Collector	Recover 5 collectibles (any difficulty)	5
Pack Rat	Recover 20 collectibles (any difficulty)	15
Completionist	Recover all 41 collectibles (any difficulty)	30
One-Night Stand	Complete 1 chapter in co-op on any difficulty (Marcus or Dom)	10
Open Relationship	Complete 10 chapters in co-op on any difficulty (Marcus or Dom)	30
Friends with Benefits	Complete all acts in co-op on any difficulty (Marcus or Dom)	50
Once More, With Feeling	Perform 30 perfect active reloads (any mode)	10
Takes a Licking	Melee 30 Tickers (any mode)	30
Organ Grinder	Kill 30 enemies with a cover mounted Mulcher (any mode)	10
Shock and Awe	Kill 30 enemies with the heavy Mortar (any mode)	10
Said the Spider to the Fly	Kill 10 enemies with a planted grenade (any mode)	10
Crowd Control	Melee 10 enemies down with the Boomshield equipped (any mode)	10
Smells Like Victory	Kill 30 enemies with the Scorcher Flamethrower (any mode)	10
Variety Is the Spice of Death	Kill an enemy with every weapon in the game (any mode)	30
Seriously 2.0	Kill 100,000 enemies (any mode)	50
Standing Here, Beside Myself	Win 3 matches of Wingman (public)	10
Beat the Meatflag	Capture 10 meatflags in Submission (public)	10
It’s Good to be the King	Win 10 rounds of Guardian as the leader (public)	10
You Go Ahead, I’ll Be Fine	Win three matches of King of the Hill (public)	10
Back to Basic	Successfully complete the 5 lessons of multiplayer Training Grounds	10
Party Like It’s 1999	Play 1999 rounds of multiplayer (any mode)	30
Around the World, Again	Win a multiplayer match on each map (any mode)	30
Dirty, Dirty Horde	Survive the first 10 waves of Horde (any difficulty, any map)	20
Hoard the Horde	Survive all 50 waves of Horde (any difficulty, any map)	30

You might notice that there are five achievements missing from our list. Check out GearsofWar.com for the remaining handful. Also, click through to the second page for a chat with Cliff Bleszinski where he reveals other unlockables in Gears 2 as well as the fate of the PC version of Gears of War 2.

At Comic-Con in San Diego, you announced “Linked Achievements” and gave three examples of unlockable content in “Gears of War 2“: the characters Anthony Carmine, Minh Young Kim and General RAAM. Will these be characters in the campaign or for multiplayer only?

Cliff: Well considering that those characters were killed in the first Gears of War, I’d say it’s pretty hard to bring them back for the campaign! Seriously though, these three characters will be unlocked for play in all of the multiplayer modes in Gears 2.

You also revealed the mystery behind the return of Carmine. Speculation ranged from “he was cloned!” to “he wasn’t really dead!” but now you revealed in “Gears of War 2” that Carmine is in fact his brother, Benjamin. How many brothers does Carmine have? Will we see “Charlie Carmine” up next (A, B, C…)?

Cliff: That’s an interesting idea! To be honest I was surprised that players thought we’d clone Carmine or that we’d somehow claim that the bullet through the head didn’t kill him; the answer always seemed so obvious to us that it’s his brother. Benjamin Carmine is just as green and gung-ho as his brother, in fact, he’s even a bit more excitable. Ben has some great lines and moments in Gears 2. His family is a military family and it remains to be revealed exactly how large his clan is.

“Linked Achievements” makes it sound like earning Achievements in “Gears of War” unlocks Achievements in “Gears of War 2” automatically. Is this the case?

Cliff: No. Players’ Achievements in Gears 1 will unlock content in Gears 2, but they won’t automatically give you Achievements in Gears 2.

Do you need to earn these Achievements in “Gears of War” on Xbox 360, or can you earn them in “Gears of War” for Windows?

Unlockable Carmine

Cliff You can unlock these characters in Gears 2 if you earn the Achievements in Gears 1 through Xbox 360 or PC, provided you are using the same Gamertag.

Does this mean you are planning a Windows version of “Gears of War 2”?

Cliff: Gears of War is a great franchise first and foremost for Xbox 360, and therefore we’re focusing on that platform for Gears of War 2. We’ve decided we’re not going to do a PC version this time around.

What was the motivation to offer these unlockable multiplayer characters in “Gears of War 2”?

Cliff: We know that fans really liked these characters and thought ‘Hey, wouldn’t it be cool if we rewarded Gears fans by letting them play the characters who died in the first game?’

Will there be other ways to unlock these characters apart from completing the necessary Achievements in “Gears of War”?

Cliff: We really wanted to reward the fans who unlocked certain Achievements in Gears 1. This content is truly exclusive and you’re not going to unlock it any other way. Which means no, we’re not going to make you pay for the unlockables – it’s strictly a reward for Gears 1 fans.

There’s been a lot of speculation about those three unlockable characters and if those were just examples of “Linked Achievements” or if there’s more in store. Can you tell us anything more?

Unlockable Minh

Cliff: Yes, the unlockable Carmine, Kim and RAAM characters constitute all of the unlockable content awarded for progress made in Gears 1. We didn’t want to go overboard and create 100 things that you get for playing the first game, but just provide a nice little bonus to those who did play through the first game.

Will there be any unlockable content in “Gears of War 2” earned for playing through “Gears of War 2” itself then?

Cliff: Yes, just like the first game, players can unlock the “Insane” difficulty level by completing the game. I can’t wait for everyone to try out Horde mode on Insane, it is truly one of the most challenging feats you’ll ever play. Also, as players progress through Gears 2 they will have the opportunity to unlock additional characters for multiplayer, including:

Ben Carmine

Dizzy Wallin

Tai Kaliso

Locust Kantus

Flame Grenadier

A new villain that we’ll reveal very soon. He makes RAAM look like a pussy cat.

Check back to IGN.com for more coverage on Gears of War 2 as we draw closer to E-Day Part Deux.

Thickcowhideshoes has left the building.

Brent Cheetham — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:42:00 +0000

Unfortunately, Thickcowhideshoes is no longer apart of our site, it was a mutual agreement upon both sides and we both understood that he wasn’t comfortable here, he was a pretty decent writer, this decision is unfortunate, but necessary, but there are many more writers, so, if you’d like to apply to The360Extreme.com, send you’re applications to brentcheetham@the360extreme.com…

I’m looking back into hiring some of the other applicants who were denied because we chose thick, but we’ll be hiring so send us an application.

Dark Sector written and video review coming this week!

Brent Cheetham — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:25:07 +0000

As many of you know I have been hard at work with the Dark Sector walkthrough, I’ll be finishing it this week and then I’ll be doing a brief video and written review, so look forward to that.

ALSO! THE 360 EXTREME PODCAST IS COMING BACK THIS WEEK! WE ARE RECORDING MONDAY AND HAVE A GREAT PANEL! PLEASE TUNE IN!