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“The Battle Begins” Halo: Reach Campaign Trailer

Deadly Cyclone — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:03:46 +0000

Bungie’s swan song to the Halo franchise is a mere 6 weeks away, but we have yet to see very much information at all on how the last days of the planet Reach are played out. In the new trailer dubbed “The Battle Begins” clips from the campaign show we still have a lot to learn about one of the major stories in the Halo universe.

Modern Warfare 2 250GB Xbox 360 Announced for $399

Deadly Cyclone — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:08:22 +0000

At a press event tonight Microsoft and Infinity Ward announced a new Xbox 360 for Modern Warfare 2. The system will have a 250GB hard drive, a gunmetal finish, and will come with the game, and two wireless controllers all for $399. See the full size image below, the console is available for pre-order in the U.S. today.

Microsoft E3 2009 Trailers

Deadly Cyclone — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:29:35 +0000

A look at what Microsoft offered up for E3 2009.

Alan Wake

Metal Gear Solid Rising

Halo 3: ODST

Crackdown 2

Dead Rising 2

Halo Reach

Microsoft E309 Press Conference Wrap-up

StingJR — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:49:27 +0000

Microsoft had a lot to show off at their press conference. We’ll give you a brief list of what went down and will continue to bring you more media as the day goes on.

Games
The Beatles Rockband – Song ‘All You Need is Love’ exclusive to Xbox Live
Modern Combat 2 – Xbox 360 gets 2 map packs first
Final Fantasy XIII – Game coming Spring 2010
Shadow Complex – XBLA game from epic
Left 4 Dead 2 – Exclusive to Xbox 360 and PC
Crackdown 2
Forza 3
Splinter Cell Conviction – Xbox 360 Exclusive
Halo 3: ODST – Coming September 22
Halo: Reach – Next game from Bungie. Get multiplayer beta when you buy Halo 3: ODST
Alan Wake – Coming Spring 2010
Metal Gear Solid Rising – all new MGS featuring Raiden

New Features
last.fm – music service
sky – video service like Netflix
facebook
twitter
Video Marketplace to be renamed Zune Video

And finally the biggest thing to come out of the MS Press Conference, Project Natal. Project Natal is a motion camera that allows full body control in games and other applications. Looks like it takes motion controls to a whole new level.

Stay tuned as we bring you more media from E3.

E74 Error Now Covered Under Microsoft’s Warranty Program

Deadly Cyclone — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:27:06 +0000

The red rings may have begun to finally die down, but some Xbox 360 users are still reporting errors with the console. The E74 hardware failure error has been mentioned around the net by people who are disgruntled that they are not covered under warranty for a flaw in the system, and up until now Microsoft had brushed aside the complaints. As of today (via Major Nelson) Microsoft will begin covering the E74 errors under the warranty put in place in 2007 for the Red Lights. According to the Xbox Support website:

“We are aware that a very small percentage of our customers have reported receiving an error that displays “E74” on their screen. After investigating the issue, we have determined that the E74 error message can indicate the general hardware failure that is associated with three flashing red lights error on the console. As a result, we have decided to cover repairs related to the E74 error message under our three-year warranty program for certain general hardware failures that was announced in July 2007. We have already made improvements to the console that will reduce the likelihood of an occurrence of this issue.”

Good to hear that Microsoft is continuing to cover any major errors associated with the 360, hopefully next gen we won’t have to deal with a fiasco like this at all.

Microsoft to Buy 3DV Systems For Xbox Use?

Deadly Cyclone — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:56:43 +0000

It seems that Microsoft is currently in talks with 3DV Systems, an Israeli start-up company that produces technology that lets users control games through gestures to a camera (via Haaretz.com). Microsoft is putting $35 Million on the table to purchase the technology company possibly in hopes to bring camera-based gaming to the Xbox 360 or a future system.

With the Playstation EyeToy gaining steam through uses in games like LittleBigPlanet we can be sure that Microsoft wants to do something that actually utilizes the camera for the 360 for something other than TotemBall and taking gamerpictures only friends can see. Who knows what this means for their games, possibly a camera based avatar game? We will just have to wait and find out.

While we don’t have much more on the story yet, we will bring you updates as soon as they develop. (Thanks to Geoff Keighley via Twitter for the info.)