All Posts Tagged With: "Microsoft"

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Mass Effect “Bringing Down the Sky” DLC Review

When Mass Effect was first announced the general expectation (as is with any Bioware RPG) was that in addition to an epic main quest there would be substantial side missions that extended and progressed the game and its universe. Unfortunately, flying to wildly different planets, vast sci-fi cities and interesting subplots turned out to be […]

March 10th, 2008 | Will | 4 comments | Continued
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Sony’s Resistance 2 To Microsoft’s Gears of War 2

In an interview with GamesIndustry.biz at GDC, US VP of product marketing for Sony, Scott Steinberg, said that their Resistance 2 will be the answer for Microsoft’s Gears of War 2.
“I think one of the biggest games for us will be Resistance 2. We expect that, in November, to go toe-to-toe against Gears of War […]

February 25th, 2008 | Jordon | 0 comments | Continued
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Microsoft at GDC: Gears of War 2 Announced, Ninja Gaiden II Dated and Fable 2 Co-op

Today at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2008, Microsoft Corp. provided an exciting glimpse at what promises to be another landmark year for games and online entertainment on the Xbox 360 platform and officially announced the launch of “Gears of War 2,” exclusively for Xbox 360 this November.
Providing a dramatic close to Microsoft’s GDC keynote […]

February 20th, 2008 | Will | 0 comments | Continued
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Berzirk’s Blog- GDC Impressions

On setup of GDC the long elevator trip down to the tradeshow hall isn’t quite so bad, but come Day 1 (or even worse, the last day which hosts discounted student rates) the stench of nerds will soon exceed Star Trek Conference status. I think that might raise the US Dept. of Homeland Security […]

February 19th, 2008 | Will | 0 comments | Continued
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Rumor: Microsoft Purchasing Epic Games

GamePro assistant editor Travis Moses, has supposedly let slip a Microsoft financial plan. The company is to buy Epic Games for a sum of one billion dollars.(See Dr.Evil)
One of the more notable games that Epic has developed is Gears of War for the Xbox 360. Since the news, many fans have been wondering just how […]

February 18th, 2008 | Jordon | 0 comments | Continued
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Xbox 360 Plans To Get On Board With Blu-Ray

With all the companies switching over to Blu-Ray, it looks as if Microsoft will be doing the same. They plan to release to the Blu-Ray Xbox 360 as early as May 2008. One of the main reasons for the switch is to equally compete with the PS3.
The idea is to create a standalone Blu-Ray player […]

February 18th, 2008 | Jordon | 0 comments | Continued
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All GDC Content Available On Xbox Live

All of this year’s Game Developer’s Conference content will be available to all Xbox Live Members starting Feb. 20th. Microsoft is allowing users to enjoy the conference in the comfort of their own living room.
Available through the Xbox Live Marketplace, users will be able to download any news that the conference will announce. It will also […]

February 14th, 2008 | Jordon | 0 comments | Continued
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Marvel MMO Cancelled

Microsoft Game Studios Corporate Vice President Shane Kim, confirmed in an interview with MTV, that the new Marvel MMO has been cancelled. Cryptic Studios was in charge of the project, but have been asked be Microsoft to abandon the game. Shane Kim told MTV:
“Marvel and [Microsoft] have agreed to end development on the MMO, it’s […]

February 11th, 2008 | Jordon | 0 comments | Continued
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No Need to Fear; $129.99 HD-DVD is Here!

Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb has announced Microsoft’s plans to reduce the price of the HD-DVD movie player by 27%. Dropping the price from $179.99 to $129.99, Microsoft says the package will still include Peter Jackson’s King Kong. No word yet if the price will be higher without a bad movie included. The […]

February 8th, 2008 | Will | 0 comments | Continued
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DLC For Mass Effect Announced

Today, Microsoft and BioWare reported that downloadable content is coming for their recently released action/RPG titled Mass Effect.
Bring Down the Sky is the name of the pack that you will be able to download. Available March 10th at 2 a.m PST for 400 Microsoft Points (US4$). Rest assured that this is not the only pack for […]

February 6th, 2008 | Jordon | 0 comments | Continued