• Archive of "XBox360" Category

    Do You Warp or Frag?

    03/14/2012 // No Comments »

    Win a limited edition Zero figure from N4G.

     

    Posted in N4G, PC, PS3, XBox360

    Gears 3 and the N4G Brotherhood

    09/17/2011 // No Comments »

    360Voice is hosting a Gears of War 3 Achievement Challenge kicking off September 20th and running through October 20, 2011. Players unlocking achievements and recruiting friends to the cause are scoring points toward their Brotherhood’s total score – and the top two Brotherhoods get prizes. More of a persuasive type? The top three Recruiters also win big.

    http://360voice.gamerdna.com/gears

    If the N4G Brotherhood (led by our own Eiffel) finishes in the top two we (N4G) are adding to the prize pool: The top five scorers in the N4G Brotherhood get a Gears of War 3 controller and all surviving Cogs get a brand spanking newly designed N4G t-shirt.

    Go!

    Posted in N4G, XBox360

    Go Commando with N4G to win an Xbox 360 and Gears 3 from GameStop

    09/14/2011 // No Comments »

    GameStop is providing some prizes to N4G for lucky Gears of War fans. All the details went live today at Noon. Something about underpants.

    Posted in N4G, XBox360

    Borderlands 2

    09/06/2011 // No Comments »

    Going live today on N4G are both my interview with Gearbox Art Director Jeramy Cooke and my preview of Borderlands 2. The PAX takeaway: the Gearbox team’s appreciation for their fans is off the charts.

    Here’s a pretty picture of Salvador:

    Posted in Interview, PC, Preview, PS3, XBox360

    Crimson Alliance Preview

    09/05/2011 // No Comments »

    Certain Affinity like to make FPSs. So they made an action RPG. Story goes that Max Hoberman, formerly of Bungie, wanted to make an RPG, and this is that game. Amidst all those first-person shooters the idea of an RPG was always there, and Xbox Live Arcade made it possible to take some risk, without committing a team of 120 people. Don’t worry, it works.

    Talking and playing - it's a trick!

    Posted in XBox360

    Marcus Fenix Listens to Cat Power

    09/02/2011 // No Comments »

    Probably went to every Lilith Fair, too, because brawny men emote now.

    Have you seen the new Gears 3 cinematic trailer, “Dust to Dust”? If you have then you know (maybe?) the song isn’t Cat Power, it’s Mazzy Star’s “Into Dust”, which I expect will also be featured in, say, the next Twilight movie. That hasn’t happened yet, right?

    It is one depressing chick song, and all that juxtaposition with the big strong man shapes and the violence, ooh it hints at layers, deep emotional layers! C’mon, Gears, own what you are – an expletive-laden testosterone fueled “sh*t f*ck BOOM sh*t” fest.

    Posted in XBox360

    What game should I play next…

    08/22/2011 // No Comments »

    Have you ever posted a forum thread like this? Do you have trouble deciding which socks to wear or when to blink? Penny Arcade’s Decide-o-tron is on its way – and will help you with at least one of those things.

    The gist: build a library of games “you like and own” and then it tells you what you should play next. You may never have to assume responsibility for anything ever again.

    Here’s hoping it works better than those Amazon suggestions, which seem to work like, “You just bought underpants? You, sir, are a connoisseur of underpants! You must want to buy MORE UNDERPANTS! Here is a virtual blizzard of underpants for you to choose from!!”*

    *Note from my Sense of Feminine Pride: I borrowed this example from my husband. I have never bought underpants on Amazon.

    Posted in Gaming, IPhone, Nintendo DS, PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, XBox360

    Skull Eating

    06/15/2011 // No Comments »

    In Skulls of the Shogun it’s important to ingest the skulls of your enemies. What more do you need to know?

    Preview for the insatiable.

    Posted in PC, Preview, XBox360

    Bioshockingly Infinite

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    Bioshock Infinite is worth getting excited about – especially if, like some other me-shaped people, you found the first games in the series too absolutely terrifying to play without full daylight in a brightly lit room while surrounded by puppies.

    If you’re more afraid of preview content than splicers, then don’t read this.

    Posted in PC, Preview, PS3, XBox360

    Skyrim at E3

    06/13/2011 // No Comments »

    Back from the E3 void, the content starts rolling today – with a Skyrim preview to kick things off. Why start with Skyrim? Because it’s probably the nerdiest, wordiest, nerdiest…well, hope you enjoy!

    Posted in PC, PS3, XBox360

    E3 Scrapbooking and Basket Weaving Class

    05/25/2011 // No Comments »

    Given an art project, you think the Type A would take over and that badge would be all filled out, but nothing doing: mostly just want to write in sassy things like “Ratchet is my Hero”:

    When attendees show up is there going to be that awkward moment where everyone sort of peeks around to see who actually did the homework the substitute teacher assigned? Whatever, I like stickers.

    Posted in Industry, XBox360

    Detected!

    05/19/2011 // No Comments »

    To succeed at LA Noire you need to put up with some weird running, the occasional difficulty descending a drain pipe, and have mad interrogation skillz. Seriously, I am detecting the poop outta these investigations and it is not easy. On top of that, my preferred driving style (fast, reckless, dangerous to all pedestrians and most streetlamps…) seems to be discouraged. When completing cases, you can be dinged at the end for damages to the car, to the city, to the fine people of Los Angeles – though the same does not apply if you pick up a Street Crime mission in the middle, which is a budget saver.  Oh, and I should try not to run people over. Got it.

    Within LA Noire is another, secret game – spot the celebrity (“celebrity”?). You can’t trip over a murder suspect without going through that weird “Ahhh, whose voice (and often, face) is that?” It’s distracting, but the reward of figuring out that’s Carla Gallo in the apartment is about as nonsensically satisfying as any legit mini-game.

    There’s talk about LA Noire making PS3s overheat. Haven’t toasted any marshmallows yet, but there’s no denying that the game makes the fan whir a little harder – can’t say it’s any more than playing Red Dead Redemption, though.

    Posted in PS3, XBox360

    Dragon on Dragon (on Dragon)

    05/18/2011 // No Comments »

    My friend Kyle pointed out that there will be unlimited dragons in Skyrim. Unlimited dragons. On one hand, the completionist in me wants to kill all the dragons – on the other, unlimited dragons. Either way, it’s almost like they have a dragon giving its scaly middle finger to games with “Dragon” in their name that have fewer dragons than unlimited.

    Posted in Gaming, PC, PS3, XBox360

    Something to look forward to

    05/10/2011 // 4 Comments »

    Not all E3 appointments are created equal. Bethesda, for example, will be showing off Skyrim, Prey 2 and hands-on time with RAGE. Last year’s RAGE presentation was great, but it’ll be tough to compete for my gaming affections with this around…

    Posted in PC, PS3, XBox360

    E3 2011 Microsoft Press Conference

    04/26/2011 // No Comments »

    Xbox 360 Media Briefing
    Monday, June 6, 10 a.m.
    Galen Center
    3400 South Figueroa Street
    Los Angeles, CA 90007

    Posted in Industry, PC, XBox360

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