Edge is reporting that Microsoft has added Ryan Payton (formerly with Kojima Productions), Corrine Yu (formerly with Gearbox Software), and her husband, artist Kenneth Scott (from id Software) plus David Wu (from Pseudo Interactive), and Frank O’Connor (ex-Bungie content manager), who will be “working on upcoming and existing Halo games.”
Phil Spencer said that Bungie will be making a major announcement regarding the recently-released Halo teaser video at the upcoming Tokyo Game Show.
Meanwhile, Grunts R Us has published the new Halo 3 experience ranking system, though some ranks are still missing.
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October 2nd, 2008
Sales figures for first half of 2008 in the Japanese console market have just come out, revealing a drop in sales overall of more than 20%. The Xbox makes a slimy bottom place with sales for the period a bit more than 10% of the Nintendo DS in the number 1 slot. Meanwhile, in the UK, Microsoft’s price cutting strategy is paying off, with sales up more than 200%. The Xbox 360 is currently outselling the PS3 two to one there, but there’s still a long way to go if they want to outrank the Wii.
About Electronics is reporting that Xbox 360s based on the Jasper 65nm process chip are being shipped now. Microsoft is hoping that the new chip will reduce the problems it’s been having with the RROD, which might be connected with the 90nm chip currently in use.
Microsoft will be regretting it hasn’t got an exclusive deal with EA for their Dead Space
title, which is set for release on October 14 in the US, October 24 in the UK, and has gone gold. EA announced 2 free console-specific limited editiion downloadable outfits for the game, with increased toughness and inventory slots, one for the PS3 and one for the Xbox - and only available for download within 14 days of the game’s release. Not sure if this is October 14, or the date the game is released in your country, beloved reader (if that’s different). But either way, if you’re going to buy the game, it seems your best bet is to pre-order now, and cross your fingers that you get it before the deadline expires…
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October 2nd, 2008
There’ve been persistent rumors that Microsoft is going to bring out a new Slim Xbox in time for Christmas. These have been partially confirmed, according to Seriously Unreal, although it won’t be on sale until the beginning of 2009. Whether this new console will suffer from the RROD problems of its predecessors is unknown.
A new patch for Command & Conquer 3: Kane’s Wrath Worldbuilder is now available from WorthDownloading.com, which incorporates fixes for the tile feedback and terrain painting mode, as well as preventing a crash when creating a new map.
If you haven’t got your copy of Kane’s Wrath
yet, it’s currently in stock at Amazon.
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September 29th, 2008
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