Archive for the ‘XBox 360’ Category

Rock Band from PAX 2007

Here we are melting faces in Rock Band.

The $150 Million Dollar Debut of Halo 3

Microsoft is setting its sites high for Halo 3, shooting to have a $155 million dollar debut of the game. To put some perspective on it, Halo 2 launched with over 2 million copies sold in 24 hours for around $125 million. While one would think the 155 Million dollar number might be a little [...]

What You Should be Playing

It’s another week of WYSBP.  The fall rush is almost upon us, and with that there are quite a few demos out there which should keep you occupied. Bioshock Demo (PC/360)  – While the demo is only available on 360 right now, this shouldnt’ stop you from downloading it immediately.  Initial impressions of the demo [...]

Xbox 360 to have HDMI Standard

According to ArsTechnia journalist, Ben Kuchera, there’s a strong indication that all Xbox 360′s will begin to have the HDMI port standard. The rumor goes back to E3 where Microsoft announced their special edition Halo Xbox 360 unit. The unit was a traditional premium model with a Halo paintjob and an HDMI port. The rumor [...]

Announcing EvAv Arcade Fridays!

It’s Friday, that can only mean one thing. Evil Avatar Radio! But alas, during all the shuffle last week with the server outages and whatnot, you may or may not know that the last Friday show of EvAv Radio was broadcast last week. That’s right, Evil Avatar Radio hosted by Philip “Kefkataran” Kollar is no [...]

Resident Evil 5 Screenshots

I’ve just posted 14 new screenshots from Resident Evil 5 for the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. I absolutely LOVE the look of this game. It’s a setting we rarely see in any games, and the style of the art is just drop dead gorgeous. You can also see the new trailer over at GameTrailers.

What You Should be Playing

Step away from World of Warcraft. Put down Halo 2. This week these are the games you should be playing. Project Sylpheed (Xbox 360) – So who knew Square-Enix could create a space shooter? I certainly didn’t. I’m only 5 or 6 missions in, but the game is incredibly beautiful and exciting. The game features [...]

27,200 Microsoft Points

27,200 Microsoft Points. That’s how many I’ve purchased since 11/29/2006. So doing some math at 80 points per dollar that comes out to be… $340. I do have 43 purchased Live Arcade games. So that’s not bad. $340 isn’t even 6 “regular” games. Plus I’ve purchased a few songs and albums through the Zune Store [...]

Hitler Banned from XBox Live

The Satisfaction of Multiplayer Games: Halo 3 and Design Decisions

The term gamer has become cool in the last couple of years. So much in fact that sites like MTV and NewsWeek have dedicated columns and writers used to bring gaming information to the general masses. Stephen Totilo of MTV and N’Gai Croal of NewsWeek have decided to do an email exchange of sorts discussing [...]