EA and Dice announced today that Battlefield 1943 has become the fastest selling game on Xbox Live to reach one million units. The game was released in July 2009 and is also available on the PlayStation Network. A PC version is in the works, but no word of a release date yet. Gordon Van Dyke, producer of Battlefield 1943, responded to the news saying, “The reception of Battlefield 1943 continues to amaze us, even months after the game was released. Being the fastest game to reach this milestone is an [Read More]

Game Demos are the equivalent of a “Hands on Preview” for the average gamer. Instant access to these free samples is a feature that has quickly been taken for granted now that our consoles are jacked into broadband connections 24/7. Publishers are able to use Xbox Live and Playstation Network as distribution platforms for releasing game demos to a larger audience of gamers than ever before. Just a few years ago the only way most people could get their hands on a demo was by purchasing magazines, joining fan clubs, [Read More]

Ska Studio’s I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1 has slowly evolved into the most well known Xbox Live Indie Game release since the service first appeared on the Xbox 360. Gamasutra reported that the game has sold over 200,000 units since it first released in August of 2009. This means the developer, James Silva, has pocketed somewhere in the ballpark of $140,000.00 after Microsoft took their cut. The best description I can come up with for I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1 is a twin-stick shooter featuring multiple weapons that [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]

Microsoft has announced that Grand Theft Auto IV: Lost and Damned will be featured as their Deal of the Week starting on August 24th. One of the more interesting Deal of the Week announcements to date, the first Grand Theft Auto IV episode will be available for 1,200 Microsoft Points, instead of the usual 1,600. After purchasing the Lost and the Damned myself (read my review here) I believed it was definitely worth its original price tag, but with the upcoming discount, every GTA fan should give the add-on [Read More]

The idea of video games becoming a social experience has been a major staple of the current generation of consoles. Games like Rock Band and Wii Sports have broken the barriers of traditional gaming audiences and have friends and family of all ages lining up across couches everywhere to play games together. The integration of social networking tools into game consoles combined with the growing broadband adoption rate means that playing with friends is as easy as turning on your console. The majority of games released these days include some [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]

I spent the last two weeks logging into Xbox Live to play 1 vs.100, a new online game show. 1 vs. 100 is a two-hour game show featuring live gameplay between players, multiple rounds, and a rather boring host commenting on the action. That sounds like a real game show, right? The idea of bringing a game show with real world prizes to peoples living room is very intriguing. Millions of people connect to Xbox Live everyday and this game has been designed to give anyone the opportunity to get [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]