Cliff Bleszinski (aka Cliffy B) from Epic Games made an appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon revealing the first trailer for Gears of War 3 titled Ashes to Ashes. Bleszinski jokes that Gears of War 3 has been the “worst kept secret in the games industry”. Before showing the trailer Bleszinski also announced that female soldiers will be making an appearance for the first time in a Gears of War game. If you missed lasts nights episode you can check out the interview and the new trailer for [Read More]

Have you ever stopped to think about how invested in your Gamerscore you really are? Releasing Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Burning Earth on the Xbox Live Games on Demand service might be Microsoft’s way of testing these waters. Since the games retail debut it’s had the reputation as being the easiest way to add a quick 1000 points to your Gamerscore. I haven’t played the game but according numerous message boards unlocking 1000 points requires pressing the B button repeatedly until the achievement icon appears on screen. Based on [Read More]

Fallout 3 DLC has been announced as the Xbox Live “Deal of the Week”. Fallout fans have a chance to pickup Operation Anchorage, The Pitt, Broken Steel, Point Lookout, and Mothership Zeta releases for $5 (400 points) each. That is half off the usual $10 (800 points) price tag. The sale only lasts seven day so if you are considering a return to the Capital Wasteland, now might be a good time to take that trip.

Joystiq published an article yesterday afternoon stating they obtained documentation revealing USB Mass Storage Device Support is coming to the Xbox 360. The document was authored by an unnamed senior software development engineer at Microsoft. The engineer states that due to “increased market penetration of high-capacity, high throughput USB mass storage devices, a 2010 Xbox 360 system update” will allow consumers to save and load game data from USB devices. The support is rumored to be included in the Xbox 360 spring update for 2010. Once released, users will be [Read More]

Walmart will be selling Xbox 360 arcade units from Nov.  7 through Nov. 13 for the standard price of $199, but the deal is they are throwing in a $100 egift card with the console.  Before you run to the store thinking you are getting a Xbox360 for $100, let me explain something.  If you don’t already know, the Xbox360 Arcade unit does not come with a hard drive. You don’t need a hard drive to play games, but if you want to take advantage of the Arcade Market [Read More]

Microsoft confirmed a list of the new features coming to the 360 Dashboard via the Xbox Live summer update expected to hit on August 11th. Curious about what this new update will be bring to dashboard? Here is a list of everything Microsoft is stating will be included in the Summer ‘09 update. First on the list is Movie Night. This will let you browse, select, and switch to your favorite movies from top genres. According to the press release there are hundreds of movies to choose from and many [Read More]

1up.com posted a story earlier this week (check it our here) reporting that Bungie President Harold Ryan, in an interview with the Seattle Times, expressed excitement for Microsoft’s recently unveiled motion control peripheral Project Natal. When speaking with the Seattle Times, Harold was quoted saying, “ I absolutely think Reach could be enabled with it.” After E3 we learned that Microsoft and Sony are working on getting into the motion control game that has made the Wii so successful.

It makes sense that Microsoft’s flag ship series would include support for [Read More]

I have been a member of Netflix on-line DVD rent-by-mail service off and on since 2002. I subscribe to Netflix for a small fee of $12.45 a month. For this price I can check out two DVD movies at a time and I have unlimited access to their on demand service. Netflix is the best solution for renting movies for a person like myself. I am not interested in Television and I would rather put in a good movie than spend an hour or two watching reality TV or some [Read More]

When the Xbox360 launched back in 2005 it changed the way I play games. The console itself didn’t really change things, it was the introduction of achievement points. For anyone who has been under a rock for the last four years, achievements are points that players receive for completing game-specific challenges. These challenges range from finishing a level to winning a certain number of matches against other players on Xbox Live. Every retail Xbox360 game has 1,000 available points and every Xbox Live Arcade game has 200 possible points. When [Read More]