Keeping with the latest trend in the industry, EA has given the latest entry in the Mass Effect series the online pass treatment. Each new copy of the game will come with a redeemable code which unlocks the previously mentioned co-op multiplayer experience. Used game purchasers will have to spend $9.99 to join in on [...]
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Gears of War 3 Freezing Some Xboxes, Affecting Profiles
October 10th, 2011
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If you’re playing through Gears of War 3 on co-op, you may want to read this before you get back to chainsaw-bayonetting your way to world peace. According to the Epic forums, it looks like playing split-screen with two different profiles has been causing games to freeze and worse, altering some profiles unable so that [...]
Mass Effect 3 Getting Co-op Support
October 10th, 2011
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Similar tweets from both Casey Hudson and the official BioWare account have revealed that Mass Effect 3 will support co-op multiplayer. I’m sure we’ll get more details soon, but these tweets are likely just rumor control due to Australian gaming magazine PC Powerplay (pictured above) spilling the galactic beans on ME3‘s multiplayer earlier than BioWare [...]
Forza 4 Demo Available Today for Gold Subscribers
October 3rd, 2011
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Luxury, brilliance, class. There are only two things that I can think of that fit this description. Those two things are Forza Motorsport 4 and Xbox Live Gold subscribers. That’s why it’s only fitting that those with subscriptions of gold have been allowed to take their rightful position on top of the Forza 4 demo podium, TODAY. Those [...]
Xbox Music Coming This Fall
July 12th, 2011
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In a partner conference yesterday, Steve Ballmer ran down a few elements that will be happening at Microsoft. While it wasn’t the focus of the conference, he did reveal that Xbox Music will be coming this fall. According to Business Insider’s report, it will “contain more than 11 million songs, and Kinect users will be [...]
Robin to Make Appearance in Arkham City
June 21st, 2011
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Preordering Batman: Arkam City from Best Buy will allow you to play as the Tim Drake version of Robin in all of B:AC’s challenge maps as well as two additional maps. Robin will come “with his own unique gadgets and special moves” as well as a Red Robin character skin. As we mentioned earlier, the [...]
Original Xbox Controller Returning For Halo Fest
June 16th, 2011
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November 15th, 2011 marks the 10th anniversary of two things. The release of Halo and the launch of the Xbox. For those who can’t remember or weren’t there for the early days of Microsoft’s first console you may not remember the original canned ham sized controller. Pictured above and internally named “duke” the original controller [...]
[E3 2011] Kinect Sports Season 2 Brings Six New Sports
June 6th, 2011
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One of the most popular games for Microsoft’s motion device, Kinect, is Kinect Sports. Obviously, a sequel was going to happen. It worked for Wii Sports Resort, didn’t it? Kinect Sports Season 2 will feature six new sports: Darts, football, golf, tennis, baseball and skiing. The new game boasts in-game voice commands that can be [...]
[E3 2011] New Xbox Experience Detailed
June 6th, 2011
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Another year, another new Xbox Experience and this year promises to be another doozy. When Microsoft introduced the Kinect last year, they added some voice commands to the dashboard, but they were hard from comprehensive. Microsoft looks to remedy that with the newest update. In addition to very boxy and modular new look, the new [...]