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Halo 3: free Cold Storage map coming July 7th

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:31:25 +0000

Cold Storage map is coming July 7th and will be free of charge courtesy of Bungie. Watch the aptly name “On the Seven7th Day” video from Bungie showcasing this remake of the classic Halo multiplayer map.

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Halo 3: free Cold Storage map coming July 7th

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Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise To Be Released

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:09:00 +0000

New addition of Xbox 360 game Viva Piñata - “Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise” will be released this autumn.

With more than 30 additional new piñata species, expanded co-op options and multiple gameplay modes, “Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise” offers limitless fun for every animal-lover in the family.

In a new game Piñata Island is bigger. Players can explore wild areas outside of the garden where they will need to bait and retrieve exotic piñata species who won’t venture into the garden on their own.

Now you can play the game with your friends or family members, who can share in the joy of creating a garden by plugging in an extra controller. The second player has access to all tools, actions, activities, and can help by collecting magic. It's an entirely new way to play. You can also teach Piñata different tricks with the new trick stick tool.

Using the new photo mode in “Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise,” you can snap, print and upload pictures of your unique garden or customized piñatas showing them off to your friends. You also can photograph your piñata and turn it into a piñata card, share it with your friends so they scan it and put it into their own garden using the Xbox LIVE Vision camera.

“Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise” will hit the store shelves on September 2 in the United States and on September 5 in Europe and UK.

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http://www.gamespot.com/news/6193366.html?om_act=convert&om
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http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/v/vptip/

GoNintendo Podcast Webisode 151

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:00:25 +0000

Did we really do one-hundred and fifty shows already? I can’t believe that we did over one-hundred! Well, now we are on our way to the 300th show! Maybe we should try adding in a new feature. What do you guys have in mind?

Download the show here (it’s a lot better than creating Miis…alone…)

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GameTrailers updates

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:26:55 +0000

MLB Power Pros 2008 trailer

Lego Batman ‘Bruce and Ivy’

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince trailer

Uh ohsomeone needs a little more help than Wii Fit

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:09:45 +0000

I swear, this is what I think will happen to me sometimes!

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Three Steps to Success: Summary

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:04:23 +0000

With these topics discussed it’s time for me to tease out some conclusions. Basically I wrote the past three articles to analyze what I see as our most significant issues holding our industry back from going to the next step. These are by no means guaranteed solutions but rather a few suggestions of my own that I think if adopted will do some good.

Implications with Classification of Hardcore and Casual

When using the terms hardcore and casual in reference to games we need to ensure that we recognize that they are just loose terms to roughly describe a set of games or players. Caution needs to be taken to not use them in a polarizing or overly definitive manner.

Fanboys and How to Deal With Them

The only way in which we can defeat fanboys is to embrace them and take on board their enthusiasm. Attempting to prove their interests invalid is unfair and not the kind of culture that we should be encouraging. Players should not feel pressured by others if they have a strong interest in a particular game, console, company or brand.

Game Reviews: Critique, Subjectivity and a 10 Point Scale

The checkbox way of analyzing games has to go, in favour of describing your personal reaction to the experiences within the game through critique. Subjectivity, much like fanboys should be embraced and we need to reform to a 10 point scale in order to alleviate ourselves of the petty arguments generated over a bloated grading system.

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Halo: What's The Big Deal?

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:29:15 +0000

Neocrisis - Halo was Xbox's staple game in the early days. It was the driving force behind the success of the Xbox. Halo 2 solidified the Xbox's spot among the top game consoles, beating out the Playstation 2 in sales across the USA. Halo 3, being the newest release, and the supposed last installment of the Halo series, has enjoyed a ridiculous amount of success. According to Wikipedia, "Halo 3 grossed $300(US) million in its first week. More than one million people played Halo 3 on Xbox Live in the first twenty hours. As of January 3, 2008, Halo 3 has sold 8.1 million copies, and was the best-selling video game of 2007 in the US."

911 Call Describes Killing Over Stolen Xbox 360

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:36:26 +0000

WHIO-TV in Dayton, Ohio has posted a video which includes portions of a 911 call in which a man reports that his roommate shot a man who was stealing his Xbox 360 and then hid his body in the basement.

The 911 caller told a police dispatcher that 30-year-old Mark Burwell shot and killed 24-year-old Johnny Robert Hyde, Jr. as Hyde was in the process of pilfering Burwell's 360.

Burwell, who is being held on a quarter-million dollars bail, has pleaded not guilty.

Achievements for Geometry Wars 2 Surface

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:30:51 +0000

Geometry Wars has been on Xbox Live Arcade since day one with no sign of any real sequel on the system. Geometry Wars: Waves, which was included in PGR4, was a mini-sequel at best, and Galaxies only came out for Wii and DS. But Geometry Wars 2 looks like it might be right around the corner, if the game’s achievements popping up are any indication.

MyGamerCard.net has the full list if you’re interested in particulars, but I’m just really excited that it looks like a new Geometry Wars is potentially imminent. Can you say “E3 announcement”?

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One DVD not enough for Infinite Undiscovery

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:30:11 +0000

The upcoming Japanese RPG Infinite Undiscovery will be released on two DVD’s, according to Square Enix and tri-Ace. Unsurprisingly, Blu-ray fanboys use this as an example of how outdated the DVD is, but I really don’t see the problem here.

I actually smirked when I read it was going to be released on two DVD’s. Final Fantasy, Diablo, Baldurs Gate and Shenmue also had games in their series that came on several discs, and that wasn’t really a problem. Quite the opposite actually, there’s a certain feeling you get when that “Please insert CD 2″ message pops up, a feeling of accomplishment and advancement. I do realize that’s just the sentimental side of me speaking, I could praise those nostalgic pixly animations in ten year old games and it would be the same thing. Kind of.

Multiple DVD’s are justified as long as Infinite Undiscovery turns out good. And it ought to, you might remember that tri-Ace have said that the game will make the RPG genre “undergo a true evolution“. Just cross your fingers that the evolution will be in terms of gameplay and not just a truckload of cinematics.

Above you can see four minutes of gameplay and listen to Japanese people talking. It looks good, and it seems to have a high tempo which I personally like (games such as Red Studio’s The Witcher could sometimes be frustratingly slow-paced, making long distance-traveling tiresome.) The fighting system also looks interesting, but it’s either difficult to swing your sword, or the person playing it enjoys getting a beat-up and do nothing about it.

Infinite Undiscovery will be released in the US on September 5th for the Xbox 360.