This past week I took the time to play through the PlayStation 3 launch title Resistance: Fall of Man. While I’ve had the game for a few months I didn’t play it that much once I realized it came out before Sony added Trophies (Achievements) to their games. For some reason the lack of a…
Tag: xBox 360
Xbox360 Arcade Review: Dead Rising 2: Case Zero
Dead Rising 2: Case Zero is an Xbox 360 exclusive demo/prologue for the soon to be released Dead Rising 2. The game includes 12 achievements (worth 200 points), progression to level five, carrying forward of loot found, and sells for 400 MS points. There is also a free version that does not allow for the…
Fallout: New Vegas Collectors Edition Announced
Long time readers know that I am a huge fan of the Fallout universe. From it’s inception on the PC all the way to its recent appearance on the Xbox360 and PS3. Yup, I love this game!I was stoked this morning to read that a collectors edition of the Falout New Vegas game had been…
Borderlands DLC: Killing Crawmerax
For the past few days a friend and I have been trying to take down the ultimate boss monster in Borderlands: Crawmerax. This gigantic craw wurm is the baddest boss in the game and fights at level 64 while the players are capped at level 61. He is surrounded by level 61 craw wurms and…
Red Dead Redemption to Get Free Co-op DLC in June
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Rockstar Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), is proud to announce the ‘Outlaws To The End’ Co-Op multiplayer Mission Pack for Red Dead Redemption. Available FREE this June simultaneously for Xbox LIVE® and PlayStation® Network, this brand new co-op mode adds an entirely new dimension to Red Dead…
Guns, Guns, Guns
I recently picked up a copy of the game Borderlands for the Xbox 360. When I first heard about this game I was excited. Shortly after reading about the game I began to become skeptical. What at first looked like pure awesome had begun to look like only partial awesome.What made me change my mind…
Achievements
Before I acquired my Xbox360 I had no idea why many gamers valued achievements. For those who may be unaware, the achievement system (trophies on the PS3) awards points to gamers based on miscellaneous actions performed during a game.Some achievements require a lot of work to get (the Valve ‘garden gnome’ achievements) while others require…
Xbox360 Review: Panzer General: Allied Assault
The Panzer General series of games has been out since 1994 when SSI published the first one. Seven sequels were produced with Allied Assault being the most recent. SSI is no longer its own company and this particular incarnation of the title was created by Petroglyph Games for the Xbox360 Live Arcade.Unlike the previous titles…
Xbox360 Review: Star Wars Republic Heroes
When I picked this game up I had two options. I could have picked up a used copy for the Wii for only $30 or a new copy for the Xbox 360 for $50. The fact that a used copy of a new game was available should have clued me in to the quality of…
The True Metal Perspective On Brutal Legend (a.k.a. The Footnote to Steve’s Article)
If you didn’t make the Sign of the Hammer the moment you read “True Metal”, chances are you’re one of the many people who will see Brutal Legend for what the rest of the world sees it as: a really cool metal game. But for those of you metalheads, punks and freaks out there who…