June 29, 2007
Major Nelson Car Update!
I showed Major the Supra I made for him and he liked it, but wanted the paint job on an Aston Martin (His favorite series). So here is the Aston I have designed. Final version.
June 28, 2007
June 20, 2007
Halo 3 BR and Carbine replicas....
Halo 3 Merchandise train rolls on with scale replicas of the BR and CarbineFor $19.99!
"Earlier this year, Corgi International and Microsoft entered into a partnership to bring a comprehensive line of replica collectibles spanning the vast universes of Halo, Halo 2, and the hotly anticipated Halo 3.
An updated Gamestop listing has revealed that Master Replicas plans to release a BR55 Battle Rifle and a Covenant Carbine. Both replicas will be scaled and they will be available on September 3, 2007 for $19.99 each."
SOURCE: http://news.teamxbox.com/x
http://www.gamestop.com/pr
http://www.gamestop.com/pr
For $20 I don't know how great they will be, but as a Halo fan i'll probably pick both up.
PICS: http://achievementjunkie.c
June 18, 2007
The Cost of Exclusivity
A few days ago it was confirmed that the episodic content for GTAIV will be exclusive to the Xbox 360. This is a big move in the console war with GTA being one of the biggest selling franchises of all time. One may ask though, 'how much does it take to sway developer Take 2 into staying exclusive with MS?'Try $50 Million.
"This was revealed in Take-Two's second quarter fiscal 2007 results conference call. When asked for details on the move by analyst Evan Wilson, of Pacific Crest Securities, Take Two's CFO Lainie Goldstein disclosed both the sums involved and prospective release dates:
'The first 25 is for the first episodic content package that's supposed to go out and that is in March of '08. That's why it moved into current because it's in the next 12 months. The second 25 will be for the second episodic, the episode, and that will be later in fiscal '08.'"
*Good to see Microsoft is not scared to shell out some cash to get 360 users exclusive content.
SOURCE
June 13, 2007
My Major Nelson Forza 2 Car (UPDATED)
June 11, 2007
June 8, 2007
All three final Halo 3 packages
Regular Vanilla Edition:
Includes Halo 3 for Xbox 360 and a manual. And obviously hours, days, weeks and months of hi-intensity Halo joy.
Halo 3 Collector’s Edition:
- Collectible Metal Case
- Halo 3 for Xbox 360
- Bestiarum: A hard cover, bound collection of information and art covering the species, cultures and civilizations of Halo 3.
- On the Interactive Xbox 360 Bonus disc (included in both Collector’s and Legendary editions):
- Hi-Def Halo: Bungie’s graphics and audio engineers have created a simple to use, Halo-themed calibration tool to make the most of your Home Theater experience.
- Art Attack: Exclusive Halo 3 Gamer Pics and Dashboard theme, a vast gallery of concept and production art (complete with musical accompaniment) and a fully playable version of a classic Halo-themed mini-game.
- Featurettes: A series of short films covering a range of subjects, from making your Network play nice with Multiplayer, to the challenges of building the biggest Halo ever.
Halo 3 Legendary Edition:
Inside the Halo 3: Legendary Edition
- Fully sculpted Spartan helmet: The most collectible piece of Halo merchandise ever conceived. An accurate model of the Spartan Mjolnir Mark VI helmet.
- Halo 3 for Xbox 360
- Legendary Disc: Found only in the Halo 3: Legendary Edition, this Disc is a DVD disc that will play in your 360 or on any DVD player and features a wealth of rich, unique and exclusive content. Contents include:
- Halo Cinematics Reloaded – completely remastered, hi-res versions of the Halo and Halo 2 cinematics with 5.1 audio and complete with optional “Director’s Commentary” track featuring Marty O’Donnell, Joseph Staten and Jason Jones.
- Bestiarum – an expanded digital guide to the creatures, cultures and worlds of Halo 3, with art and assets exclusive to this interactive edition.
- The Cortana Chronicles – Jen Taylor, the voice of Cortana, takes us on a tour of the worldwide Halo fan community ,where she meets Halo fanatics from near and far, obscure and famous alike.
- Plus: All-new, exclusive Machinima episodes from Red Vs. Blue and This Spartan Life and a novel “mockumentary” voiced by Sgt. Johnson himself, David Scully.
- On the Interactive Xbox 360 Bonus disc (included in both Collector’s and Legendary editions):
- Hi-Def Halo: Bungie’s graphics and audio engineers have created a simple to use, Halo-themed calibration tool to make the most of your Home Theater experience.
- Art Attack: Exclusive Halo 3 Gamer Pics and Dashboard theme, a vast gallery of concept and production art (complete with musical accompaniment) and a fully playable version of a classic Halo-themed mini-game.
- Featurettes: A series of short films covering a range of subjects, from making your Network play nice with Multiplayer, to the challenges of building the biggest Halo ever.
Xbox 360 prices may be cut by Christmas
From Kotaku
"Microsoft is starting to realize that it's going to take a lot more than a couple of pinatas to expand their Xbox audience. Worried that the 360 will get "pigeonholed as a hard-core machine", Microsoft is looking at this holiday season to see what can be done. Though he declined to say for sure whether or not Microsoft will reduce the cost of the Xbox 360, David Hufford (a director of Xbox product management), sees the potential for making it more affordable for the consumer:
"Microsoft is starting to realize that it's going to take a lot more than a couple of pinatas to expand their Xbox audience. Worried that the 360 will get "pigeonholed as a hard-core machine", Microsoft is looking at this holiday season to see what can be done. Though he declined to say for sure whether or not Microsoft will reduce the cost of the Xbox 360, David Hufford (a director of Xbox product management), sees the potential for making it more affordable for the consumer:
We are well aware that the sweet spot of the market is really 199 bucks... (The Wii, at $250, makes a)strong value proposition. When mom walks into the store and sees she can get a console with a game for $250, she sees it as a $300 value. They've done a good job.'"
SOURCE
June 7, 2007
Assassin's Creed hits stores this November
SAN FRANCISCO--Today Ubisoft, one of the world’s largest video game publishers, announced the worldwide launch for the highly anticipated and critically acclaimed Assassin’s Creed will be November 2007.The Assassin’s Creed franchise will make its debut on the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system, the Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PC. Assassin’s Creed is being developed by an all-star team from Ubisoft’s world-class Montreal studio. As a testament to its pre-launch following and buzz, the latest Assassin’s Creed gameplay trailer, released on May 23, exceeded more than 1.3 million downloads via GameTrailers.com in less than a week.
“Assassin’s Creed is going to be a huge launch for Ubisoft this year along with the added prestige of being the start of this exciting new franchise that is bringing something completely new to the market,” said Tony Key, vice president of marketing, Ubisoft. “We’re confident that Assassin’s Creed will exceed expectations as a ‘must-have’ title this holiday season and will achieve both critical and commercial success.”
The game is set in 1191 AD, when the Third Crusade was tearing the Holy Land apart. Shrouded in secrecy and feared for their ruthlessness, the Assassins intend to stop the hostilities by suppressing both sides of the conflict. Players will assume the role of the main character, Altair, and will have the power to throw their immediate environment into chaos and truly experience the art of a master assassin.
In 2006, Assassin’s Creed received the Game Critics Award: Best of E3 2006 for “Best Action-Adventure Game” and swept the “Best PS3 Game” category across numerous video game Web sites.*
Assassin’s Creed will be available in North America at the MSRP of $59.99 with the Limited Edition priced at $69.99 – ESRB rating is pending. For more information, please visit www.assassinscreed.com.
June 6, 2007
Halo 2 Challenge presented by Xbox.com and Gamestop
Win Big in the Halo 2 Challenge!Master Chief wants you! Dust off your needlers, fuel up your warthogs, and recharge your overshields because the Xbox LIVE®
Halo® 2 Challenge is here—with two new never-before-seen maps and two ways to win! Register and start playing for your chance to win an Xbox 360 Elite prize package!
It's time to prove yourself worthy of the title Master Chief. Before you start dual-wielding weapons, you need to register. Registration starts on June 7 and ends on June 25, 2007.
Win with the sweepstakes or in the online tourney.
Need another reason to register? There are also two new maps available. Download "Desolation" and "Tombstone" for only $4. Start playing them now through the Halo 2 game.
Halo 2 Challenge Tournament
First, compete in the Online Tournament from June 11 through July 25, 2007. After a 15-day leaderboard qualification round, the top 64 ranked players on the "H2 Challenge" Rumble Pit playlist will advance to the live bracket round. Matches during the tournament will be played on the new maps, so get them now and practice.
- First place prizes: Top three finalists with the highest scores after Grand Final play will receive an Xbox 360 Elite game console with an accessories package including an additional Xbox 360 Wireless Controller (black) and two Xbox 360 Play & Charge Kits.
- Runner up prizes: The remaining five finalists not eligible for a Grand Prize will receive a 12 month Xbox LIVE Gold Membership subscription.
Play & Win Sweepstakes
Second, enter for your chance to win through the Halo 2 Play & Win sweepstakes. Register now and get one entry for every day that you play Halo 2 online between June 11 and June 25.
- Grand Prize: Two winners will receive an Elite Pack (console, 120GB HDD, wireless controller, headset, HDMI cable, Xbox LIVE Silver Membership, and One-month subscription to Xbox LIVE Gold).
- Second Prize: Five winners will receive 12-month Gold Subscription Cards to Xbox LIVE.
- Third Prize: 25 winners will receive 3-month Gold Subscription Cards to Xbox LIVE.
The Play & Win promotions from Xbox.com are an easy way to jump in and interact with the growing Xbox LIVE community. It's easy to enter and you could win some great prizes. Look for more exciting Play & Win promotions in the future.
SOURCEHarmonix asks YOU for song submissions for "Rock Band"
On the Rock Band official website Harmonix is asking the people for song submissions for the new game, Rock Band. So go ye the people and submit your favorite songs with the best guitar parts, vocals, or just plain great songs.
June 5, 2007
Xbox employees abusing their power?
From a few people on the Xbox.com forums a story came about being banned by a mysterious person on xbox live for nothing at all. Here is the whole story:
"I'm sorry but I can't let the story go untold. I think the community has a right to know that they are at risk. I'm not asking for your comments, I'm not asking for your opinions, I just want this to reach someone who can actually do something. I know you can't just press a BAN button and make the guy dissapear, but I definately want the issue recognized and I can't do that without the forums.
Now, for the uninformed, here is the story.
If things are not being explained enough with the bullets, here we go.
Me, Red 001, and SPARTAN 121 were playing together in Shadowrun. We were RNA on Power Plant. We were proceeding the game like normal ( the only thing that wasn't normal was us getting OWNED. Stick out tongue [] ). I think it was around 4 - 0 Lineage when I teleport down and the "guy" ( I will call him "guy" due to his massive amount of gamertags ) accidentally friendly fires upon me.
I jokingly tell him to calm down. Out of nowhere he says, " SHUT THE *** UP -LAST NAME- OR I'LL BAN YOU FROM THE SERVERS. " I tell him to seriously calm down, and it was just a joke. He proceeds to cuss me out as well as my friends ( SPARTAN and Red. ) I never cussed once in the game, I don't even cuss on Xbox Live period. The worst thing I said to this guy was, " Dude, did you have a bad day or something? "
After the cussing spree ( achievement unlocked! ) from the "guy" Red 001 votes to boot him from the match. We all boot him due to the anger he seemed to have. We continued to get owned, and then Red 001 drops out. I figure his Xbox froze and continue playing. No more than 3 minutes later I get a message from Red saying, " DUDE I WAS BANNED. " I am shocked. I tell SPARTAN and continue to play.
Minutes later, I am banned from Xbox Live.
I post on the forums. The "guy" changes his gamertag. Red gets unbanned. I get unbanned. Once we figure out his new gamertag, he changes it again.."
I really hope this gets sorted out, these kind of people should not have access to our personal info and should not be banning unfairly.
SOURCE
"I'm sorry but I can't let the story go untold. I think the community has a right to know that they are at risk. I'm not asking for your comments, I'm not asking for your opinions, I just want this to reach someone who can actually do something. I know you can't just press a BAN button and make the guy dissapear, but I definately want the issue recognized and I can't do that without the forums.
Now, for the uninformed, here is the story.
If things are not being explained enough with the bullets, here we go.
Me, Red 001, and SPARTAN 121 were playing together in Shadowrun. We were RNA on Power Plant. We were proceeding the game like normal ( the only thing that wasn't normal was us getting OWNED. Stick out tongue [] ). I think it was around 4 - 0 Lineage when I teleport down and the "guy" ( I will call him "guy" due to his massive amount of gamertags ) accidentally friendly fires upon me.
I jokingly tell him to calm down. Out of nowhere he says, " SHUT THE *** UP -LAST NAME- OR I'LL BAN YOU FROM THE SERVERS. " I tell him to seriously calm down, and it was just a joke. He proceeds to cuss me out as well as my friends ( SPARTAN and Red. ) I never cussed once in the game, I don't even cuss on Xbox Live period. The worst thing I said to this guy was, " Dude, did you have a bad day or something? "
After the cussing spree ( achievement unlocked! ) from the "guy" Red 001 votes to boot him from the match. We all boot him due to the anger he seemed to have. We continued to get owned, and then Red 001 drops out. I figure his Xbox froze and continue playing. No more than 3 minutes later I get a message from Red saying, " DUDE I WAS BANNED. " I am shocked. I tell SPARTAN and continue to play.
Minutes later, I am banned from Xbox Live.
I post on the forums. The "guy" changes his gamertag. Red gets unbanned. I get unbanned. Once we figure out his new gamertag, he changes it again.."
I really hope this gets sorted out, these kind of people should not have access to our personal info and should not be banning unfairly.
SOURCE
U.S. Sales Charts ending June 3rd '07
Name your F.E.A.R. Contest
How would you like to name a video game? Now you can, here is the scoop:" Monolith is excited to offer our loyal community the unique opportunity to name the sequel to F.E.A.R.! We will be accepting name submissions from June 4th, 2007 to June 22nd, 2007. Submissions will be narrowed down to 3 finalists who will receive an all-expense paid trip to Monolith to meet the development team and tour our facilities. Additionally, each of the 3 finalists will have their name and likeness included in the game! Once the 3 finalists have been chosen, voting will be open to the public from July 23rd, 2007 to July 27th, 2007 to let our fans decide the name that will take this exciting franchise to the next level. Check out the Official Contest Rules for details! Submit your name today!"
See HERE to start!
NCAA Football 2008 Stadium Blowout
The guys over at Team Xbox have posted pictures of 150 stadiums from the new game. Check it out HERE.
Jack Trice Stadium - Iowa State University
Jack Trice Stadium - Iowa State University
No Final Fantasy for the 360
(From Kotaku) "According to IGN, producer Shinji Hashimoto, who's just the king of bad news lately, told the Nikkei BP that the Xbox 360 isn't going to see any Final Fantasy games for a long time. No Final Fantasy XIII. No Final Fantasy XIII Versus. Nothing! He describes the current development plan for Final Fantasy titles as "a completely blank page" meaning Xbox fans with a hankering for stuff from the school of Square-Enix RPG development will have to settle for The Last Remnant."
Pac-Man Released to XBLA
"Pac-Man creator’s X360 exclusive:
Legendary Namco game designer Toru Iwatani returns to the game he created in 1981.
Microsoft and Namco Bandai have announced Pac-Man Championship Edition which will feature the first new mazes for the game for 26 years.The Xbox 360 exclusive game arrives on the Xbox Live Marketplace tomorrow and features dynamical shape-shifting mazes that alter during play, new timed game modes, new soundtracks and HD graphics."
June 4, 2007
Microsoft Launches "Ignition"
REDMOND, Wash. — June 4, 2007 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the launch of Ignition, a new program that gives recording artists with new releases a unique channel to reach tens of millions of consumers, whether they are browsing music online, playing games or catching up on the latest news. For the first time, Microsoft has packaged promotional opportunities across Zune™, Xbox® and MSN® to help artists more efficiently reach consumers in all three audiences.
SOURCE
Major Gaming Announcement from Microsoft Tomorrow?
The guys over at Gamertag Radio had a chat with Xbox Team Member Aaron Greenberg and he let out this quote:
“we have a secret unveil for gamers around the world that I think will go down in video game history.”
What could it be? Check back here for an update as soon as the news hits.
STORY
“we have a secret unveil for gamers around the world that I think will go down in video game history.”
What could it be? Check back here for an update as soon as the news hits.
STORY
1Up's Week Long Need for Speed: ProStreet Coverage
Over on 1Up this week they are having complete coverage of EA's new Need for Speed game, ProStreet. Check it out for all the info on the new game including new images and exclusive developer interviews.
Check it out.
Gears of War NOT coming to a PS3 near you
Last week an interesting story popped up on a PS3 message board saying that Epic, and Cliff Bleszinski, were not happy with Microsoft and were threatening to move Gears to the PS3. This is not true, just check out what Mark Rein posted on the Gears forums about the story...."This story is complete bull****. I emailed the site and asked them to take it down. We're very happy with our relationship with Microsoft. If it weren't for them Gears wouldn't be the huge hit it has become."
Rein went as far as posting on the PS3 forum saying:
"Please remove that complete b******* story about Gears going to PS3. Cliff Bleszinski has NEVER been quoted as "threatening Microsoft to port over Gears to the PS3". We're very happy with our relationship with Microsoft and are extremely grateful of everything they've done to help make Gears the huge success it has become. Part of that success came from being an Xbox 360 exclusive FIRST PARTY title and Microsoft getting behind it in a huge way. They're the publisher of Gears of War and, unless they say otherwise, there is no chance Gears is coming to PS3. For PS3 we have Unreal Tournament 3 and it's going to be fantastic."
SOURCE
June 3, 2007
Forza 2 Launches in the United States
As the launch of Forza 2 kicks off we finally see the reviews start rolling in...
OXM Italy (XMU): 9.3
Eurogamer.de (German Edition): 9/10
Weekly Famitsu: 9/9/9/9 = 36/40
XboxDynasty.de: 9.5
360-gamer : 9/10
TeamXbox: 9.3
OXM Germany: 90%
Looki.de: 91%
Gamezone.de: 9,3
Famitsu 360: 9/8/9/8 = 34/40
Xbox-Newz.de: 91%
GameSpot: 9.2
IGN: 8.9
1UP.com: 8.5
Yahoo! Games: 4.5/5
Playscope: 8/10
Spieletester: 90%
XboxFront: 92%
360-live magazine: 8.8/10
GameMedia.de: 9/10
OXM Brazil: 9.5
Most reviews listed the only downsides as graphics and sound. Overall the gameplay was rated to be outstanding.
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