Project Natal Out “Holiday 2010″
Posted in Kinect, Microsoft, Xbox 360 by Nick Ward on Thursday 7 January 2010 4:42 am
The rumors surrounding Project Natal’s launch window have finally been answered. Today Robbie Bach confirmed that Natal will be available this “holiday season” at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. Details are vague at the moment, but hopefully we’ll get a price, official name and some game announcements at this year’s E3.
Check out the press release here, and the Project Natal – Innovation Journey video after the break. Read More »
Give Your Dashboard Its Very Own Christmas
Posted in Xbox 360, Xbox Live by Raphael Essoo-Snowdon on Thursday 17 December 2009 1:18 am
OMG! Christmas tree’s are like, so 2008! Get with it this holiday season and decorate your Dashboard instead. With a week to go until Christmas, the team at Rare have prepared this lovely Holiday Theme to get us in the festive spirit. For only 240 Microsoft Points you can let it snow all year round and unlike that tree, it won’t be shedding needles and dying out anytime soon.
The Rare Holiday Theme is available now on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace for 240 Microsoft Points.
Holiday Gift Guide 09: Rhythm
Posted in Holiday Gift Guide 09 by Raphael Essoo-Snowdon on Monday 7 December 2009 4:00 pm
In recent years this genre has gone from strength to strength and while doing so, increased the number of plastic peripherals in our living rooms. Rockstar’s Beaterator puts a studio at your fingertips and going from the couch to the table-top while grasping toy instruments, is still perfectly normal. Music lovers unite! It’s been another cracking year for music games and in no particular order we present our top picks.
Holiday Gift Guide 09: Horror
Posted in Holiday Gift Guide 09 by Nick Ward on Monday 7 December 2009 3:00 pm
Here’s the list that’s bound to scare the heebie jeebies right out of you. If you’re into your horror titles look no further, on-rails or on foot, whatever you fancy you’ve got one hell of choice this year. With a fistful of horror games available, we wouldn’t like to spoil what’s round the next corner; what we can assure is that the titles featured after the jump will surely make you do exactly that.
Holiday Gift Guide 09: RPGs
Posted in Holiday Gift Guide 09 by Nick Ward on Tuesday 1 December 2009 6:00 pm
While I’m still waiting on Level 5 to drop Dark Chronicle 2, a game most of you know as Dark Cloud 3, whilst many others are still disappointed Final Fantasy hasn’t made it in time, we still must face facts. 2009 has been great to RPGs, whatever your system may be, over multiple platforms we’ve been spoilt with some terrific titles across the board. Don’t believe us? Hit the jump to find out what made the cut in our RPG Gift Guide of 2009, would you believe there’s even a PlayStation 2 title in the mix?
Holiday Gift Guide 09: Sports
Posted in Holiday Gift Guide 09 by Raphael Essoo-Snowdon on Tuesday 1 December 2009 5:00 pm
Sports is the only genre that can have annual releases and not get any stick, it’s also the only category where the majority of titles are from the same publisher. That said EA does a terrific job year in and year out and build upon a game so much that we scowl when we revisit a previous release. One title managed to swerve around Activision’s gimmicks with style and flair while another uses plastic peripherals to its advantage. As the year closes let’s celebrate another great year in Sports and here’s that Gift Guide you so desperately need.
Holiday Gift Guide 09: Action Adventures
Posted in Holiday Gift Guide 09 by Nick Ward on Monday 30 November 2009 7:13 pm
We’ve had our fair share of Action Adventure titles this year. Rocksteady’s Arkham Asylum surprised us, Tim Schafer’s latest project brought out the roadie in us all and Assassin’s Creed II put us back in the Animus. Whether your idea of fun involves jumping between carriages on a moving train, lurking in the shadows or working on your air assassinations there’s something here for us all. Like the season, it’s the genre that keeps giving and there’s sure to be a title here worthy of just that.
Holiday Gift Guide 09: Downloadable Classics
Posted in Holiday Gift Guide 09 by Raphael Essoo-Snowdon on Friday 27 November 2009 11:29 pm
Ahh the good old classics! Whether you’ve managed to play every single title on this list, or you missed a game or two in its heyday; you deserve to experience these masterpieces in gaming. Not only did some of these greats revolutionise the way we play, but some even set the blueprint the industry is still following to this very day. Take a trip down memory lane, you won’t regret it.
Holiday Gift Guide 09: Downloadable Games
Posted in Holiday Gift Guide 09 by Nick Ward on Friday 27 November 2009 4:55 pm
I think as the years go by it’s going to get harder and harder to nail down this particular list. Such an outstanding performance throughout the year makes this our favourite category. Hats off to Xbox Live’s ‘Summer of Arcade’ for keeping our thumbs active and beating the inevitable summer drought, if this doesn’t prove that digital distribution is here to stay, I don’t know what will. So here they are, our top five six downloadable games of the year, they’ve all earned their rightful place on this guide!
Holiday Gift Guide 09: Shooters
Posted in Holiday Gift Guide 09 by Raphael Essoo-Snowdon on Friday 27 November 2009 4:45 pm
What’s a year in gaming without a good Shooter? Our favourite pastime is only made better by the tallying up of a sweet killing spree. Gone are the days of multitaps and numerous controllers lying around; us gamers do our fragging exclusively online. As the FPS genre grows we’ve begun to see that glimmer of beauty behind the smokey war-zone, an in-depth story that’s more captivating than the weapon you’re wielding. Yeah we love to shoot and kill but that’s not the point; all of the games below have pushed the limit once again in terms of originality and gameplay, and continue to do so every year. So without further ado, here’s our Gift Guide for 2009’s best Shooters, take your pick soldier!