Eidos today released details of upcoming downloadable content for the fairly well-recieved Battlestations : Midway. Due to hit Xbox Live tomorrow, the pack contains several new maps and units for players to use and abuse.
Midway is one of those titles I’ve been meaning to pick up since release. The demo looked good but I didnt have a clue what was going on half the time. Tutorial needed! Anyway, details from the press release after the jump:
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Posted by Bleem - February 28th, 2007 - No Comments
Peter Moore has announced (during an interview with respected gaming site Game Informer…) that Microsoft is currently looking at it’s Xbox 360 strategy with a view to diversifying in to a more family friendly persona.
“From a first-party point of view, it’s not just about E-rated games, it’s going to be about the experience that, quite […]
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Posted by Bleem - February 27th, 2007 - No Comments
Joystiq have reported on an interesting little tidbit of information for guitar-wielding Halo fans. Apparently the electric-guitar remixed version of the Halo theme prevelant in the Halo II soundtrack could find its way to the game via the 360’s downloadble content initiative.
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Posted by Bleem - February 27th, 2007 - 4 Comments
According to the latest MCV, games publishers and suppliers are set to be charged an annual fee of £10,000 for shelf space in Tesco stores. MCV states “the payment is non-negotiable, non-refundable and does not even guarantee business with Tesco”.
Although Tesco have distanced themselves from the new policy stating “this is not a Tesco initiated […]
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Posted by Lee - February 23rd, 2007 - 2 Comments
ASDA currently have a sale on 360 games, most of them are older titles but for those who didn’t pick them up first time round there are a couple of games at good prices. The likes of Hitman and GRAW are included at £25 a pop, with some games down to £15.
Head over here to […]
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Posted by Mr-J - February 23rd, 2007 - 3 Comments
I recently read this report over at the BBC site. For many gamers the concept of the ‘uncanny valley’ is nothing new. It is essentially a scale used when talking about realism in games and virtual worlds. As an industry gaming has been gently progressing towards the Uncanny Valley for some time, but are we […]
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Posted by Mr-J - February 23rd, 2007 - 1 Comment
It seems the buzz around Crackdown is never-ending at the moment. Company spokesperson Colin Macdonald today revealed that the demo has now been downloaded over 1,000,000 times since its debut on Xbox Live a couple of weeks ago.
With strong sales in the US and a European launch today, things are looking good for the Scotland-developed […]
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Posted by Bleem - February 23rd, 2007 - 2 Comments
Ending months of speculation, developer Pandemic today announced that ‘Mercenaries 2 (World In Flames)’ will be released on PS3, Xbox 360, PC and PS2 during the 2007 festive season.
Long assumed to be a PS3 exclusive, rumours began circulating towards the end of last year that a 360 version was also in the works. This became […]
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Posted by Bleem - February 22nd, 2007 - No Comments