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Lots of rumors flying around about the Halo franchise right now, starting with the one quoted at the top here, which came from the lips of Phil Spencer from Microsoft Game Studios.
So, what can we expect? There’s a RTS in the works from Ensemble Studios, due for release some time in the first half of next year. They were also working on a Halo MMO, but this has been canceled by Microsoft, who intend closing the studio after the release of the RTS - which came as a shock to Bruce Shelley and the rest of the staff at Ensemble, as you might expect.
Meanwhile new achievements have been added to Halo 3 on XBL, including three “Vidmaster Challenges” which carry no extra points - but will eventually lead to a “pay-off… a pot of gold at the end of the Vidmaster rainbow and it is something you will want,” according to Bungie. There’s now a total of 79 Achievements, many of which lead to new maps and skulls, but Bungie’s not letting on what the details are for now.
Macfarlane is releasing more figures and collectibles, some are due to arrive in November, and a further batch next June. Pictured is an 18 inch (50cm) Master Chief action figure, which isn’t in stock yet. Entertainment Earth have a big range, and are offering $15 off any order of $99 or more if you click through from here and enter the code 4503080 at the checkout.
Technorati Tags: bungie, ensemble studios, halo 3, halo achievements, halo collectibles, halo wars, macfarlane action figures, xbox 360 halo
September 23rd, 2008
It’s reported that EA keeps moving back the release date of Dead Space in Europe. First it was the end of October, then the 24th, and now the news is that it’s coming out on the 14th, although the site still says the 24th. Whatever, it still means you can get hold of a copy in time to freak yourself out totally on Halloween, if staying in and playing games is your preferred holiday activity.
There’s a special site at NoKnownSurvivors.com with some preview material if you click through to “Dream,” but I got bored after 3 rotating views of the same scene with nothing new apart from a few sound effects… ymmv.
Activision have announced a beta release of the new COD game, World at War in October. The full game is due for release on 11 November. If you’d like to get in on the beta, go over to the Call of Duty site.
In other news, XBL is offering “Extended play downloads” until the end of October, mostly at good savings, on content for Guitar Hero 3, Forza Motorsport 2, Oblivion, Mass Effect and Lost Odyssey.
Technorati Tags: call of duty, cod world at war, deep space, xbl discounts, xbox live, xbox marketplace
September 5th, 2008
Yesterday Warner Brothers announced a deal which means that the music videos available for download on Xbox Live (which currently only contains items from the Sony catalog) will be increased, at the same price of $1.99 each, starting this week.
Cute is What We Aim For, Death Cab For Cutie, Flo Rida, Matchbox Twenty, Panic! At the Disco, T.I. and Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” are mentioned in the press release. Not sure if this is the total offering for now, so take a look and see if there’s anything that you like.
Microsoft has just signed a deal with Netflix to stream movies and tv episode to your television, via the Xbox. You have to be a XBL Gold member and a Netflix subscriber to use the system, which is exclusive to Xbox. “Xbox 360 will be the only game system that lets users instantly watch movies and TV episodes streamed from Netflix.”
Netflix has a library of more than 10,000 movies and tv shows, more added all the time.
The system goes live in late Fall, just in time for the holiday season.
Technorati Tags: microsoft netflix deal, xbl, xbox live, xbox netflix deal
August 15th, 2008
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