G-Unit member Tony Yayo has been quoted saying the the new 50-Cent adventure, Blood on the Sand; is “looking as good as Gears of War”. Apparantly, EPIC’s Mark Rein has been reported saying that during a preview last year he was ‘blown away’.
Heavy words indeed, but Im not sure I can forgive Fiddy for the abomination that was Bulletproof but it seems as though the dev team are making a genuinely good game rather than a companion for the latest album.
We’ll keep you updated.
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If like me you are waiting with baited breath for Bethesda’s upcoming offering Fallout 3 then here’s something to get you salivating just that little bit more.
Fancy playing with Marcus Fenix or even drowning Dom in your loo hows about Cole train sharing your desk space?
Breaking news across the interwebs today as news surfaces of GTA IV being leaked. It looks as though an unsavoury group of people by the name of iCON have managed to get hold of whats believed to be a copy of Asian origin. Its only compatible with PAL regions but theres rumoured to be a NTSC version in the next 48 hours. On behalf of all sane minded humans we at Xboxer360 strongly suggest that you dont download the game. Just think what a massive dis-credit it would be to the dev team behind this nigh-on perfect game.
Also a warning to all those seeking new GTA info, Massive clips and files of gameplay have been posted all over the internet so all us law abiding people best put on our anti spoiler goggles.
Once again people, Please resist the urge to download! Theres only 5 full days left!
UK retailers Game, Gamestation and Play.com are reporting that their preorder stocks of GTA IV are all but expended. Players wanting to cash in on the offers of free Gamerpics and MSPoints may well be out of luck with all retailers saying that copies ordered after April 7th may not arrive at your doorstep on release day. Makes me glad I had mine ordered last year…
Once again the Gamerscoreblog.com guys have made another great, funny video, this time based on the popular title Rainbow Six Vegas 2. Sometimes one must wonder what exactly do they do day-today for Microsoft? Clearly they have too much time on there hands 
click the link that follows to bounce on over to the blog and view the video. http://gamerscoreblog.com/team/archive/2008/03/14/558016.aspx
Bungie have been very nice to us gamers and are releasing 2 new gametypes for 2 weekends to celebrate Easter. Starting tonight at 8pm GMT till the same time on Monday night, you will be able to play Unranked Grifball, which is similar to rugby and involves 2 teams of 4 trying to take a ball into the enemies defence. Bungie has changed the rules for this slightly but all will become clear when you play.
The other game type is called Team SWAT which was a popular mod from Halo 2. This gametype starts on 20th March at 8pm GMT and will go through until 23rd at 8pm GMT.
Both gametypes will earn you Double Experience, so if that isn’t an excuse to play these mods then I don’t know what is! Bungie have also made modifications to the Herioc DLC, full details can be located here.
Ever wondered what Epic are going to do to improve on Gears of War? One suggestion points out to a new attachment for the lancer thats better bigger than the chainsaw. I can honestly say that this is the single most funniest thing I’ve seen regarding GoW2.. click the following link to see the comic. http://cad-comic.com/comic.php?d=20080225
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Its official.. Microsofts HD-DVD has ceased production and is now limited to what retailers have in stock. The price is going to drop to £39.99 within the coming weeks and there are still around 500 titles available to buy which should drop in price aswell.
Pre-Ordered GTA IV yet? Well, Rumour is that if you pre-order your copy of GTA then you can expect to recieve 4 exclusive gamerpics not available to the public. Sketchier rumours state that if you make your pre-order via an actual shop rather than the web, you’ll get a limited edition case too. Finally, inside the case there will be an entry form for a competition due to start by mid-april on xbox.com.
Remember, these are rumours but we are trying to bring you more information as we get it. Stick around for updates…
I hope you all kept those receipts for your 360 HD Drives… Electronics giant, Toshiba, are rumoured to be pulling out of the optical format war, with sources all over the world reporting that Toshiba are abondoning HD DVD and shutting down all the factories producing the discs.
While this may be good for short term price drops, it wont be so good when your packing up your shiny HD DVD player in the same box as that damned BetaMax…
Some rather tasty news has been found in the weekly Bungie Update, The long awaited Halo 3 Auto-Update will be hitting us sometime next week. The main fix is to problems associated with melee troubles, which, we’ve all wanted to melee Bungie for at times…
In lesser news the Valentines Day Massacre playlist is only available for a few days longer so make sure you get some killing done before you run out of time!
Major Nelson has confirmed over at his blog, that 3 new Xbox Original titles will be coming next week. They are; Ninja Gaiden Black, Sid Meiers Pirates! and Black. All coming in at the usual 1200 MSPoints. They’ll be available on Monday, 11th Feb.
Although please note, These are US only for the time being.
Finally the moment we’ve all been waiting for, Big team battle goes ranked! Players can now push towards that godlike General rank in 8v8 battles. Slayer games are the favoured format although, CTF, Territories and Bomb modes are supported. Matches will usually default to Assault and Battle Rifles, but the wonderful mega-maps like sandtrap are supported so prepare to be hammered with an onslaught of Killpocalypse and Invincible medals…
Microsoft’s Entertaint and Devices division (Daddy of the Xbox and Zune) has gone from losing $302 million to making $357 million, Effectively going up in value over $650 million in a year! Considering that the original Xbox never saw any profit at all, this is very good news for future consoles and development!
Activision has announced today that CoD4 was the #1 selling title of 2007 (Across all platforms). Selling more than 7 million copies, since November, As well as stealing the #1 spot for most played Xbox Live game from none other than Master Chief himself.
“We’re very excited about this achievement especially given so many competitive titles this year,” said Will Kassoy, senior vice president, global brand management, Activision “Consumer and critics agree that Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is one of the best games ever created and further establishes Call of Duty as one of the premier brands in the industry. This ground-breaking game and franchise continue to establish new standards by which all other action games will be judged.”
In less exiting news rumour is that CoD5 is being developed by Treyarch, Developer of CoD3 and it will be set in WW2. Oh noes! We’ll bring you updates as we get them.
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Microsoft games division sees games sales rise 30 per cent year-on-year!
Microsoft’s Xbox games team has announced an operating profit of $357 million for its 2008 second fiscal quarter – up from a $302 million loss the year before.
According to Next-Gen, Operating income within the Entertainment and Devices division primarily increased because of increased revenue, decreased cost of revenue and decreased marketing and sales expenses.
Lower manufacturing costs for Xbox 360 hardware pushed down the cost of revenue down $523 million, or 22 percent, during the quarter.
Total revenues for the EDD, were $3.06 billion, up from $3 billion for the same period a year prior.
Overall, Microsoft posted fiscal Q2 sales of $16.37 billion (up 30 percent year-on-year), operating income of $6.48 billion (up 87 percent) and earnings per share of 50 cents (up 92 percent).
Below is an image of on toy replica of the Gears of War Lancer - too much time on someones hands in my opinion but still its uber-cool! This to isn’t available to buy but you can great it yourself
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StripClubDJ may be a name that you recognise, Officially the top gamer on 360 with a current total of 245,825 gamerpoints, seems to be tiring of the grind. Apparantly, He is selling his gamertag which “cant sign onto live but it still works and it is #1″ to the highest bidder. Distasteful? Maybe. Imaginative? Definately.
Let us know what you think!
