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Alan Wake – Xbox 360 Review

Alan Wake – Xbox 360 Review Alan Wake Publisher: Microsoft Developer: Remedy Entertainment Platforms: Xbox 360  Release Date: May 18th, 2010 Story “When the wife of the best-selling writer Alan Wake disappears on their vacation, his search turns up pages from a thriller he doesn’t even remember writing. A dark presence...
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Indie Spotlight: Ambient Water

Indie Spotlight: Ambient Water A lot of the time, Indie games are forgotten due to lack of exposure and it is hard to compete with bigger titles. Everyone has to start off somewhere and shouldn’t be ignored because they aren’t published by a famous publisher or don’t have a three million dollar budget and a full team....
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Alan Wake DLC detailed

Alan Wake DLC detailed The first piece of DLC is called, “The Signal” and according to a countdown which currently says 27 days, it should becoming out around June 1st. The description on the first episode states that it “answers many of the questions the end of the game raised,” including “what...
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Alan Wake Achievements

Alan Wake Achievements ~~Warning: Some Spoilers~~ Below is the list of achievements found in Alan Wake. A huge chunk of them are story related, while another huge chunk is for collecting achievements. The collecting achievements are not that difficult since the game keeps track of how many you have collected, and the episodic...
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Xbox 360 Games Up To 42% off – Offer Ends Midnight

Xbox 360 Games Up To 42% off – Offer Ends Midnight   Are your digits itching for a new challenge? Bring home the cup with FIFA World Cup 2010 Pre-Order Lost Planet 2 and discover the lush tropical jungles or get physical with Pure Football we have a huge selection of 360 Games at great prices so dont miss out! Be quick these specials end Thursday May 6th at...
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Community Competition: Write a review win a game: Winner : ENZO3000 : HALO ODST Review

Community Competition: Write a review win a game: Winner : ENZO3000 : HALO ODST Review Hi everyone, Deathdude222 here bringing you the winner of the competition from April which was called “Post a review and win an xbox 360 retail game” *PAL Version* The winner of this competition is Enzo3000 with a fantastic review of Halo 3: ODST Congratulations and Capsule Computers thanks you...
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Latest Alan Wake Trailer Shows off Technology behind development

Latest Alan Wake Trailer Shows off Technology behind development The latest Alan Wake trailer shows the technical side of the game and how they built Alan Wake’s fictional setting, Bright Falls, through on site research and over 60,000 pictures. Alan Wake is out May 14th in Europe and May 18th in North America. We will be releasing a review as well as gameplay footage...
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Pay $150 get Flaming Armor?!

Pay $150 get Flaming Armor?! Due to some fluke of nature, I ended up with only 2 hours of sleep and with my trusty supply of mallow bites and tea I began playing the Halo: Reach beta once again. Today the beta releases and the Arena has finally been unlocked and can be played. While playing the arena (which is just a whole bunch of...
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Halo: Reach Beta Thoughts and Video

Halo: Reach Beta Thoughts and Video The reach beta is open to everyone with the invitation available through the Halo 3: ODST disc tomorrow. Due to the site update, this post had to be postponed to now, but with the beta being available to everyone tomorrow a preview is kind of pointless. Instead I have listed out what I enjoyed and what...
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Alan Wake Launch Trailer HITS !!

Alan Wake Launch Trailer HITS !! The launch trailer for the upcoming Psychological Action Thriller, Alan Wake is out !! Alan Wake is being released for Xbox 360 on May 14th in Europe, May 18th in North America and May 27th in Japan. For more details head over to the official Alan Wake site at http://www.alanwake.com/ or social media...
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Extended Halo: Reach Live Action Trailer

Extended Halo: Reach Live Action Trailer Don’t feel like downloading the video, and decided to just wait for it to appear on the web? Well now is your chance, below is the full extended version of the Halo: Reach live action trailer. Let it wet your appetite as you wait for the beta to open up on Monday, May 3rd. We will have some gameplay...
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First game add-on for “Alan Wake” included with all new purchases

First game add-on for “Alan Wake” included with all new purchases   Sydney, Australia – 30th April, 2010 – “Alan Wake” fans looking forward to spending some extra quality time in Bright Falls can extend their stay in the eerie small town set in America’s Pacific Northwest.  Included with every new purchase of the standard or limited collector’s editions of...
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Halo: Reach Beta info (Dates and Awards)

Halo: Reach Beta info (Dates and Awards) News has been traveling around the web and some not so pleasing information has surfaced surrounding the Halo: Reach Beta. Don’t get too depressed; however, dates and news of free awards are also abundant. First comes the bad news, the beta starts May 3rd and ends May 19th. So, you have 17 days to get...
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Halo: Reach Short is live

Halo: Reach Short is live Microsoft announced a live action short for Halo: Reach and everyone (most everyone) got real excited. The ODST live action short graced our eyes with the Honorificabilitudinitatibus (I did not make up that word,  Shakespeare used it so I can too!) of awesomely prodigious epic wonderfulness, and because of...
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This Week on XBLA (April 26, 2010)

This Week on XBLA (April 26, 2010) Deal of the Week This week, Xbox LIVE Gold members can purchase the Xbox LIVE Arcade game Dishwasher Dead Samurai for 1/2 off (400 points.) “The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai is a 2-D stylistic action platformer for Xbox LIVE® Arcade showcasing fast action, deep gameplay, and a unique visual...
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Breath of Death VII: The Beginning Review

Breath of Death VII: The Beginning Review Breath of Death VII: The Beginning Publisher: Zeboyd Games Developer: Zeboyd Games Platforms: Xbox 360 (Reviewed) Release Date: April 5th, 2010   Overview: Remember the good old days? Before everything became extremely complicated and it took five presses of a button to even swing your sword at the...
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“Bright Falls,” the Chilling Live-Action Film Prequel to “Alan Wake”

“Bright Falls,” the Chilling Live-Action Film Prequel to “Alan Wake” Below is a Microsoft press release that details the information on the Live Action Prequel to Alan Wake, Bright Falls. ~~~ Turn down the lights but keep your flashlight and batteries handy, as Xbox 360 unveils “Bright Falls,” a six-part live action series that serves as a thrilling prequel to the...
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Modern Warfare 2 Community Night with Capsule Computers Crew NOW SHOWING !!

Modern Warfare 2 Community Night with Capsule Computers Crew NOW SHOWING !! If you wanna know where we all are tonight.. Well we’re all playing Modern Warfare 2 with the AUSTRALIAN/NEW ZEALAND Xbox 360 Community If your in the neighbourhood login to Xbox Live, Whack in your Modern Warfare 2 disk in your XBOX 360. Look up and send any of us a friends request and have a great...
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Alan Wake Interview with Managing Director of Remedy Games : Matias Myllyrinne

Alan Wake Interview with Managing Director of Remedy Games : Matias Myllyrinne Last night Microsoft hosted a Community Event for a selected number of Community sites and fans to get an exclusive look, play and feel for the highly anticipated Alan Wake by Remedy Games on Xbox 360. (Left : Remedy Community Manager Peter Papadopoulos and Right : Managing Director : Matias...
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Crackdown 2 Dev Diary 2. We have Beachballs!

Crackdown 2 Dev Diary 2. We have Beachballs! You heard right! Beachballs! Oh, and rubber duckies! Confused yet? Just watch the crackdown 2 dev diary below and enjoy. Crackdown 2 is set to release on July 6th in North America and July 9th in...
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Konsoles For Kids Charity Auction !!

Konsoles For Kids Charity Auction !! Microsoft are Celebrating their 1 million Xbox 360 sold in Australia and New Zealand,  and in doing so have organized this fantastic Charity Auction called Konsoles for Kids. Check out some of the fantastic Celebrity signed Xbox 360 consoles available to be won simply by placing a bid.  The HALO Console...
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NPD Sales for the Month of March

NPD Sales for the Month of March Sony / Santa Monica Studio’s GOD OF WAR III smashed its way to the top of the MARCH NPD’s selling a whopping 1,100,000 units.  It just made it past Nintendo’s Pokemon SoulSilver on DS.  Congratulations to Sony for taking out the March sale, normally Nintendo are there smashing...
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HALO:Reach Multiplayer BETA details

A massive amount of HALO:Reach Multiplayer BETA details have been released. Get all the details here, it’s a long article but well worth the read for the true Halo fans. HALO: Reach Multiplayer Beta Details Some points from the article. - Elites are much taller than the Spartans, instead of the same...
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Procreate in Fable 3

Just wait until the devil media get their hands on this one. (The devil media are the game hating, self doting, no research, old people you see complaining about side boob in Mass Effect.) According to the Official Xbox Magazine, a new feature enables you to create children with your co-op partner in Fable...
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Microsoft XBOX Test Subjects Needed !!

Yes that’s right… there seems to be secret some Lab work happening in the research facilities over at Microsoft Game Studios.  Just today we received this mysterious link with not too much information.  But we all have a very big hunch that it smells like a NATAL Project of some sort.  I like...
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Gears of War 3, ending the trilogy April 2011

Everything within the video games market is based on schedule. Games must be developed within a certain time window. They then put it up for a scheduled sale which falls on a day that makes sure their sales will be maxed.  All announcements are also scheduled way in advance and fall into place on...
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