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2010-05-09T14:38:00.000+01:00

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Xbox360Achievements.org - Square Enix Details The Next Two Pieces of Just Cause 2 DLC

2010-04-25T09:45:00.000+01:00

Xbox360Achievements.org - Square Enix Details The Next Two Pieces of Just Cause 2 DLC

News of more awesome Just Cause 2 DLC! Each is going to be at 160 Microsoft Points.

Available April 29th, the ‘Black Market Aerial Pack’ includes:

F-33 Dragon Fly Jet Fighter: a versatile attack aircraft, equipped with twin missiles and quad-mounted mini-guns.
Multi-lock Missile Launcher: a devastating weapon of destruction featuring laser-guided auto-lock on up to four targets.
Parachute Dual Thrusters: twin parachute-mounted jets which transform Rico’s trademark parachute into one of the most nimble and powerful attack platforms.

Available May 25th, the ‘Black Market Boom Pack’ includes:

Quad Rocket Launcher: half shotgun, half rocket launcher, all carnage.
Cluster Bomb Launcher: the natural successor to the grenade launcher.
Air Propulsion Gun: a highly experimental jet-powered blast weapon, powerful enough to send vehicles and soldiers skywards.

Every Thursday Free Splinter Cell Conviction Content!

2010-04-16T09:09:00.000+01:00

In a nice move Ubisoft has said they are going to be giving us free DLC every Thursday! This content includes weapons, outfits, skills and most importantly maps for Deniable Ops! This will probably not last for ever but it is still great and I applaud Ubisoft.

Forza 3 only £15.91 @ Amazon

2010-04-13T13:31:00.000+01:00

You can get the excellent xbox 360 exclusive racing sim Forza 3 for only £15.91 at Amazon.co.uk. That is an amazing price for one of the best racing games ever made and even if you have a PS3 and Xbox I would truly recommend getting this - even if you are waiting for Gran Turismo 5 (if that ever comes out)

You can buy Forza 3 here:

Gears of War 3 Trailer

2010-04-13T13:26:00.002+01:00

Here is a trailer for the recently announced Gears of War 3.

From http://www.xbox360achievements.org/

Xbox 360 UK Charts

2010-04-13T13:19:00.001+01:00

Here is the Xbox 360 UK charts. Battlefield Bad Comapny 2 is now top spot while Just Cause 2 is second. Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 is still somehow third. Does not everyone have a copy already? Mass Effect 2 also has climbed up a few places due to cheaper prices and at the bottom is Dante`s Inferno which probably has got cheaper as well!

Xbox 360 Top 20:

Last Week/This Week/Title/Publisher

2 1 BATTLEFIELD: BAD COMPANY 2 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)

1 2 JUST CAUSE 2 (SQUARE ENIX)

2 3 CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2 (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
4 4 FORZA MOTORSPORT 3 (MICROSOFT)

5 5 FIFA 10 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)

6 6 ALIENS VS PREDATOR (SEGA)

10 7 MASS EFFECT 2 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)

8 8 ASSASSIN'S CREED II (UBISOFT)

7 9 FINAL FANTASY XIII (SQUARE ENIX)

12 10 HALO 3: ODST (MICROSOFT)

14 11 GRAND THEFT AUTO EPISODES - LIBERTY CITY (TAKE 2)

13 12 SONIC & SEGA ALL-STARS RACING (SEGA)

9 13 METRO 2033 (THQ)

15 14 LIPS: I LOVE THE 80S' (MICROSOFT)

18 15 MX VS ATV REFLEX (THQ)

17 16 DARKSIDERS (THQ)

16 17 BIOSHOCK 2 (TAKE 2)

25 18 BORDERLANDS (TAKE 2)

24 19 ARMY OF TWO: THE 40TH DAY (ELECTRONIC ARTS)

29 20 DANTE'S INFERNO (ELECTRONIC ARTS)

From http://www.xbox360achievements.org/

Original Xbox Support Stopping Thursday 15 April 2010

2010-04-11T20:37:00.001+01:00

A reminder that the next couple of days will be your last chance to play the original xbox games over Xbox Live.
So you have got 3 days to play some Halo 2 and Star Wars Battlefront 2! Better get started now!

US Box Office Summary 2nd April 2010

2010-04-10T17:52:00.000+01:00

The US Box Office Charts from the Week of April 2nd 2010.

Rank	Title	Weekend	Gross
1	Clash of the Titans (2010)	$61.2M	$63.9M
2	Why Did I Get Married Too? (2010)	$29.3M	$29.3M
3	How to Train Your Dragon (2010)	$29M	$92.1M
4	The Last Song (2010)	$16M	$25.4M
5	Alice in Wonderland (2010)	$8.21M	$310M
6	Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)	$8.07M	$27.9M
7	The Bounty Hunter (2010)	$6.09M	$48.9M
8	Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010)	$5.3M	$46M
9	She's Out of My League (2010)	$1.52M	$28.7M
10	Shutter Island (2010)	$1.49M	$123M

From imdb

Gears of War 3 announced

2010-04-10T17:43:00.000+01:00

After a lot of speculation and rumours Gears of War 3 has been officially announced! It is set for release in April 2011!

Hopefully it will improve on the previous games and be a fantastic Xbox exclusive!

Free Just Cause 2 Ice Cream Truck!

2010-04-09T09:14:00.000+01:00

You can get the first item of free DLC for Just Cause 2 today - an ice cream truck! It looks pretty cool actually and will be great fun to drive around in!

Here`s a picture of it

Bought the MW2 Stimulus Pack? Then you Get a Free Week of Xbox Live Gold

2010-04-06T09:03:00.000+01:00

In a weird move you get a free week Xbox Live for buying the Stimulus Map Pack on Day 1 you get a free week Gold. This is sort of nice but I think it is to apologize for problems with the game, the map pack and the price of it!

Still it is better than nothing but a month would have been a hell of a lot better! Here is the message anyway "To thank you for your loyalty to Xbox LIVE and for buying the Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus package on day 1, we will extend your Gold membership for 7 more days of adrenaline-pumping action with your friends on LIVE. Your account will be updated by May 1."

UP Review

2010-04-05T15:02:00.000+01:00

Up is the latest Pixar film and is rated very highly at the moment and is the 42nd best film at the moment according to Imdb. I watched this film at the cinema two days ago in 3D and really enjoyed it!

* * * The Plot * * *

Carl Fredrickson idolises the explorer Charles Muntz. He meets a young girl called Ellie who also admires Muntz and both of them have a great sense of adventure and marry! They both want to go to Paradise Falls in South America but they never get to visit or live there. There is a section of the film showing their life together in a few minutes which was very moving and quite sad to watch. It shows many financial problems stopping them going to Paradise Falls, the life they had with each other and them growing up and Ellie passing a way in a few minutes!

Carl is left alone in his house where he first met Ellie. Outside his house there are builders changing the area and basically making a right nuisance of themselves! He meets Russell the Wilderness Explorer who wants to get his "Assisting the Elderly" badge and Carl reluctantly listens.

Carl then is forced to move into a retirement home after an incident with one of the builders so decides to follow his and Ellie`s dream to go to South America. He lifts off with thousands of balloons attached to his house and goes up and up and heads towards South America. He does not know however that Russell has accidentally hitched a ride. This leads to a funny scene where someone is knocking in the door while he is high in the air and you do wonder who it could be! The movie continues with an old house flying in the air by thousands of balloons, a young Wilderness Explorer and an old man for a very interesting and unexpected adventure! Especially for Carl who thought he was travelling on his own!

* * * Opinion * * *
I think the plot is absolutely brilliant and is different from anything else that I have seen. I think it is very cleverly written with many funny moments and includes a variety of strange animals. The section which shows most of Carl`s life is very sad as I have said and very clever too. The film is also very funny in parts and had many sections for the audience to laugh out loud.

The characters all have good roles where Carl captures an old, grump, lonely man brilliantly and you can really sympathize with him. Russell also plays the role of an annoying little child but you still like him and provides many laughs as well.

The characters all look great as well and the computer effects and graphics look brilliant! The scenery is really pretty in areas like Paradise Falls and very impressive. The 3D is used to good effect as well and helps the already excellent computer effects and animation.

The voice actors also are brilliant and all play their roles and characters well. With Russell sounding like a typical child and you can tell Carl is a grumpy, sad, lonely old man before he sets off on his adventure and is annoyed at first at having to have Russell with him.

* * * Summary * * *
Overall Up is a brilliant film and one I think everyone should see! The plot is excellent, the animation and special effects are brilliant, the characters are great, there are many laughs and it is overall an excellent film. One sections that is particularly good as I have mentioned a few times is about Carl and Ellie and their life and is quite sad. The film however is suitable for all and can`t see anything that anyone would find scary, violent or has bad language. I would recommend UP to one and all and think you would blow up if you missed it!

5/5 A brilliant film that everyone has to see!

Canon Ixus 960 IS Camera Review

2010-04-05T09:52:00.000+01:00

I thought I would do something a little different and write a camera review so here goes.

The Canon Ixus 960 IS is a very impressive camera especially for a pocket camera. I have had it for a bit longer than a year and am delighted with my purchase! I chose it due to good reviews and being very impressed with the specs compared to the price! You do also get a 32 mb memory card which I was surprised to see but it only takes a few photos and it is full so you will need to buy another one!

How the camera looks!

The camera is actually made from titanium so has a very strong and good build quality. I can`t imagine how many knocks this thing could take but I imagine it would take many and it has even survived when I put the SD card in the wrong way which broke my old camera! The camera is a little larger than other pocket cameras but it has many functions and a fantastic build quality which make up for this.

The Canon Ixus 960 IS also boasts some fantastic features. One of my favourite features is the face detection which somehow automatically detects faces and zooms in on them. The camera also has a really good zoom which is 3.7. The camera also has a viewfinder but I don`t actually use this. It even is 12 megapixels! The flash also works very well and can be turned on or off or left on automatic depending on what you want to do with the camera.

See some photos others took with this camera on Flickr

There are many different modes to suit the situation and I think you can even create your own modes to use! You can also play around with the colours and make it black and white and other colours.

The camera is also reasonable quick to turn on and while there is a short delay to take pictures this probably less than a second which is perfectly fine.

The camera also shoots videos and while I have tried it a couple of times I have not really tested it very much but it all seems to work perfectly fine and at a decent enough quality but I don`t buy cameras to take videos so I don`t really care how good it is!

The pictures I take with the camera always appear to be of a high quality with nice sharp colours and other features like face detection, colours and modes helping to get the perfect shot. It does everything I want it to and more and I would really recommend it!

I can`t really think of any faults with it and I think this is probably as good as point and shoots will ever come!

Overall this is a great camera that I would really recommend highly which is fantastic. It has an amazing build quality, fantastic features and takes great shots!

The Canon Ixus 960 IS has quite a high standard price but sells for much cheaper than that price now and was roughly £130 when I bought it which is brilliant value!

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Marble Blast Ultra Arcade Game Review

2010-04-04T21:07:00.000+01:00

Marble Blast Ultra is a puzzle game for the Xbox 360 and is developed and published by Garage Games. This is an arcade game and therefore you buy it with Microsoft points and this game now costs only 400 points which is really cheap and about £3.20!

The objective of the game is to control a marble and you have to get to the end point in a set amount of time and then unlock a new level and you continue like this through the game but the levels get harder and harder and sometimes you have to collect other things to pass the level. Some obstacles include moving platforms, gravity changers and you also get some power ups to help you and my favourite is mega marble which makes you a massive marble temporarily.

There are 3 difficulty levels, hard, intermediate or beginner. There are 60 different levels some harder than others to complete and some fun to be had on the way!

You can also play online but it is less fun and I prefer the single player campaign. Online you have to try and collect gems quicker than the other players.

The controls are good and are quite accurate so you cannot blame them if you fall off the egde or are not quick enough!

This is a fun little game which is very cheap and well worth downloading due to its unique fun and price. I have never seen or played a marble game before in my life but apparently there are a couple but in my opinion this is the best one as I have never played any others!

Overall this is a good game and it comes with a very reasonable price tag making it worth buying!

Microsoft Points offer at Woolworths.co.uk only £4.00!

2010-04-04T20:56:00.000+01:00

A fantastic deal has been spotted at Woolworths.co.uk by Dealspwn where you can get 2100 Microsoft Points for only £4.00 using two special codes. I have done this myself and it does amazingly work!

To get them at this price you have to:

Add the points to your basket and check out
Create a new account
Use the code ZZ437 for a £15 reduction
Use the code XV002 For free delivey
Wait and celebrate!

Hot Fuzz Review

2010-04-04T20:34:00.001+01:00

The main character is Nicholas Angel who is a policeman working in London and is being transferred because he is doing his job too well making the others look bad! He is sent to the village of Sandford where there appears to be no crime and yet on his first day he arrests underage drivers and someone who has been drink driving who turns out to be his partner!
Shortly after Nicholas arrives a series of strange murders occur...

Hot Fuzz is a spin at American cop movies with an English feel. I think Hot Fuzz is hilarious and I was laughing through most of it. I have to say that this is a brilliant film with a mix of humour, drama and some bloody murders. Simon Pegg is incredibly good and funny and because of this film I watched Run, Fatboy Run which is also a funny film. There are also a lot of other big names involved in the film - see if you can spot them!

I especially love the scene where they take a shortcut through the garden! You can see it from about 15 seconds onwards in this video!

I would definitely recommend this movie for anyone about 15 up as it is quite gruesome in parts and has some very strong language with a certain c word appearing a couple of times on things like the swear box!!! This is a little bit of a shame as it is such a fantastic film that I would recommend it to all if I could.

As I mentioned earlier I got this film cheaply and it can be found cheap and is well worth picking up for less than a fiver!

The film is excellent and I hope everyone watches it!

5/5 Watch it!

The Secret Millionaire Review

2010-04-04T20:03:00.001+01:00

The Secret Millionaire is aired on Channel Four on Wednesdays and lasts for an hour.

The show has a different millionaire every week (normally through working hard and creating businesses.) They then have to leave their family, house and other luxuries behind and move into a struggling community and put in very shabby houses and normally only given a very low amount of money each day.

The millionaire then spends most of the programme visiting charities, organisations and individuals in the community and tries to find some worthy causes for his money. At this point you meet some very kind people and also some people who really have poor lives and it makes you feel quite lucky!

As the show goes on the millionaire normally gets a bit closer to some of the communities and you also see the kindness of some people who spend most of their lives helping others even though they could probably do with a little help themselves! The only thing I don`t really get is that there is a camera crew there and although they say they are making a documentary I wonder if people actually believe this and as the show gets more popular I wonder if it will be able to continue due to people working out they are a secret millionaire.

Towards the end the millionaire decides who he is going to give his money to, why and how much. It is really quite moving at times and nice to see the kindness of some people and also some deserving people getting some money and the rich person helping the poor.

I would recommend this programme as it is quite moving and interesting and something positive and showing some people generosity in this usually very selfish world.

Son of Rambow Review

2010-04-03T22:54:00.002+01:00

Son of Rambow is an interesting and slightly different film and was released in 2007. It is a very good film and probably is a little under rated.

The film is about the lives of two very different backgrounds. One is from a strict religious family and is not allowed to do anything (not allowed to watch TV, have a computer, have a CD) and his mum is also very strict with him. The other is a very naughty boy who is pretty much allowed to do what he wants and is often in trouble.

The film is actually really good and has nothing really to do with the Rambo movies other than a very vague connection - you will need to like or have watched to enjoy this. It is actually really quite funny and has some great moments. I would not say it is a must see film for some reason but there is nothing bad about it. The acting is good considering the age of the actors and the actors are all pretty much unknown. The plot is quite interesting and funny as well and also quite powerful at the same time!

The film is just over 90 minutes and is the perfect length really - it is not too long or too short and I feel if they tried to make it last another 30 minutes it might have started to get a little boring!

It is rated as a 12 for a bit of swearing and apparently violence but I don`t think anyone would be offended by this! Unless they were the religion in the film which the strict boy comes from - but they would not even ever see it as they would not be allowed!

Overall this is actually a really good film and I would recommend it!

2010 Fifa World Cup Achievement List Revealed

2010-04-03T17:35:00.000+01:00

The achievement list for the upcoming Fifa World Cup Game has been released. To see the achievements go to http://www.xbox360achievements.org/game/2010-fifa-world-cup/achievements/. It looks a pretty decent list but it is stupid EA once again encourages people to quit with an achievement for it!

Coraline Review

2010-04-03T17:21:00.000+01:00

Seeing this film came with four pairs of 3D glasses and I wanted to see how 3D at home would work I bought Coraline.

Coraline Jones moves into a new massive home that is quite dull really with her loving family - who have lots of work to do so don`t have much time for her and means she quite often looks after herself in quite a large house. She meets a variety of strange characters from a strange cat to her very weird neighbour Mr Bobbinski. She eventually finds a little passage which leads to another version of her house in the Other World. Her new parents are nearly identical to her other parents but both have buttons in their eyes and she gets everything she wants like new clothes, parents to play games with her, nicer food e.t.c Eventually they become very possessive of her and want her to stay in the Other World and have buttons sewn in her eyes. Things then get a bit worse and the film goes quite dark for a children`s animation - especially in 3D!

I think that parents should definitely consider whether there child would like this movie as some parts could be quite scary for them and the film is also quite dark! One thing I liked was the 3D glasses which surprisingly did actually work and made the characters look closer to you - I wonder if all TV, films and games will be like that in the future as it was quite impressive!

I did actually quite enjoy the film even though it is aimed at children and found it different to other children`s animation which was good as normally they are all very happy and boring! The story also has a bit of a moral that you should be grateful for what you have and not to be greedy!

The film looked really impressive in 3D and I think it is probably more enjoyable watching it that way so if you are going to get it on DVD I would recommend getting the 3D glasses version.

Overall I quite enjoyed Coraline but think it could scare some young children as it is quite dark compared to other animations.

The Great Escape Review

2010-04-03T17:16:00.000+01:00

Watching the Great Escape on Sky Anytime last night I thought I had to review it. This movie is based on a book by Paul Brickhill who actually was in the camp in March 1944! The film is therefore based on true events but there are some inaccuracies so you should not believe everything that happens in the film! The film was made in 1963 but is still on every Christmas!

The Great Escape is set in World War 2 and begins with the P.O.W at a new camp which is meant to be very high security. The idea is to have "all the rotten eggs in one basket" so they can all be kept inside this one impossible to escape camp!

You see the prisoners of war in the camp and follow their escape plan. They want to be as much nuisance to the Germans as possible wasting their time, money and men! There plan is to get over 250 men out of the camp out of tunnels. You get to see how they manage to dig the tunnels, trick guards, get various things and forge documents! It really is interesting to watch. You also find out how many escaped from the camp and how many of them really escaped!

There are many stars in this film including:

Steve McQueen
James Garner
Richard Attenborough
James Coburn
Charles Bronson
Donald Pleasence
David McCallum
Gordon Jackson

The acting is really good and Steve McQueen probably does the best job but the others also act well.

The film is a long one - heading towards three hours! However it was very enjoyable and I would recommend it to everyone!

I also found the film a little funny in parts and you do think if it was made now it would be a little shorter and I am sure there would be a bit more blood and gore! Also just in case you are wondering it is in colour!

Overall this is a brilliant film and is really interesting to watch. It is exciting, easy to relate to and also interesting and has some great acting! I also like the fact it is based on a true story and just generally really liked this film!

New Site Design

2010-04-03T17:07:00.000+01:00

The site has received a fantastic update today with a new more attractive site design. It really looks great and I hope you like the new look as well! We are really pleased about the new look!

Split Second Trailer

2010-04-03T15:09:00.000+01:00

Take a look at the exciting Split Second Trailer! It looks really cool and a game I really want to get! The other amazing thing is that it is made by Disney.

The Highest Grossing Movies of All Time

2010-04-03T14:57:00.000+01:00

This piece is actually mine and is from one of my Bukisa articles but I thought it would be quite good here so here it goes anyway!

With Avatar`s recent success overtaking the previous highest grossing film Titanic I thought it would be a good time to make a list of the highest grossing films of all time and that it would be a very interesting article.

Content Source: Bukisa - The Highest Grossing Movies of All Time

Avatar Drop Review

2010-04-03T12:30:00.001+01:00

Avatar Drop is an Xbox Live Indie Game. An Indie Game is made by small developers and are like short, cheap and basic games. This game only costs 80 Microsoft Points which is very cheap and probably like 60p to buy! It is a fun game where you control your Avatar and you have to try and get the most points. You get points by going through rings. Gold rings give you the most points but are smallest, silver are medium and bronze are biggest but give you the least points. Your Avatar is sort of a ragdoll which is quite funny!

I also like the use of the Avatars and it is funny seeing them hit sort of balloon objects and going through rings! The balloon objects basically make it more interesting and harder as you have to wait for them to get smaller before being able to go through some rings. You can control your Avatar by spinning and moving them and it works quite well!

You can also play multiplayer with other people on the same console or with computer controlled players which makes it more interesting!

The graphics are quite good and the same goes for the sound.

Overall if you have some spare microsoft points you could do much worse than buy this game instead of wasting it on a theme or avatar clothing! This game is nothing major but if you have a spare few minutes and can`t be bothered to change the game this is really good!