Xbox 360 News

Halo Anniversary Kinect Controls Detailed

It’s already been announced that the upcoming Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary will feature Kinect controls in some capacity. Well, now we know that not only will you look like a doofus in front of your television, but other people in the room might think you’re talking to yourself (or an advanced AI in your head).

Voice commands dominate the functionality, and will allow you to reload, throw grenades, and switch to the original Xbox graphics. That last one has me dying to know what the voice commands are, but unfortunately we’ll have to wait to find out. You’ll also be able to pull a Metroid: Prime and say the word “scan” to examine points of interest. No matter what you do though, you won’t be able to utilize your Kinect like this guy.

Devil May Cry HD Collection Announced

The Amazing Spider-Man Movie Will Have Game Tie-in

Even though it’s only been a little
over a week since the release of Spider-Man:
Edge of Time, there’s already a trailer for the next Spider-Man game. Unveiled by Activision at the New York Comic-Con, The Amazing Spider-Man video game will
tie into the upcoming movie. The minute-long gameplay trailer shows bits and
pieces of Spider-Man rapidly web-swinging his way across New York. The trailer
ends with a summer 2012 release date for the game, which presumably will be
close to the July 3^rd date the film hits theaters.

Halo Waypoint Revamp in Fall, Anniversary Goes Gold

With Call of Duty Elite and Battlefield 3’s Battlelog entering the
fray, tracking services for multiplayer statistics is becoming a huge deal, and
now the Halo franchise’s Waypoint
service suddenly finds itself with competition. While Waypoint will not have a
premium component, 343 Studios plans to expand this service. The most notable
addition is ATLAS (which stands for “Advanced Technical Assault System). ATLAS,
which runs on a Windows Phone 7, provides the player with a top-down view of
any Halo Reach or Halo: Anniversary multiplayer map. This
map is updated in real-time, allowing players to keep track of their teammates’
position and weapon drop placements.

Microsoft Studios Acquires Twisted Pixel

Game developers Twisted
Pixel, the team behind the acclaimed ‘Splosion Man on Xbox Live Arcade
and The
Gunstringer on Kinect for Xbox 360 have been acquired by Microsoft
Studios, a move that will allow them to ‘incubate new game and entertainment
experiences’ under the Microsoft umbrella.

Batman: Arkham City- Nightwing DLC Bundle Announced

It’s only 9 days until the release of Batman:
Arkham City, the sequel to the record-breaking Arkham Asylum which
gathered a host of accolades as the highest-scoring superhero game ever
created, and to whet our appetites even further, the publishers of the game
have announced some DLC for the title already.

Former Celtic Great Bill Russell Suing EA Sports and NCAA

Bill Russell, the former Boston Celtic and owner of 11(!) championship rings, is the latest athlete to sue the NCAA and EA Sports for using his likeness in a sports game without compensation.  Russell’s likeness was used in NCAA Basketball ’09, as his University of California at San Francisco college team was part of the game’s Tournament of Legends mode.

Why RAGE Doesn’t Have Deathmatch

Gamers across the globe have always looked to id Software since the days of Wolfenstein and Doom as the pioneers of the deathmatch.  With virtually every shooter released since those glory days in the early 1990’s having some sort of “kill everyone you see” multiplayer mode, it came as quite a surprise that id’s newest release, RAGE, was lacking the staple of first-person shooters.  In an interview with Kotaku, id’s Tim Willits sheds some light on the decision.

Paul Dini Interested in Writing Superman Game

Batman:
Arkham City developer
Rocksteady has made the Batman video
game franchise a force to be reckoned with, but now they could have their eyes
set on another superhero – Superman. Paul Dini, writer for Arkham Asylum and the upcoming Arkham
City, spoke to Yahoo Games recently about the future of DC superhero games,
and said “I think it would be fun to do a character like Superman or Captain Marvel
or maybe Green Lantern…there’s a lot of reinvention being done on Superman at
the moment, both in the comics and in the movies and I think it would be fun to
revisit that character and kind of see what makes him tick.” Because Batman is “real world-centric,” according to Dini, in his next
game Dini wants to “amp it up a bit as far as the power level
goes and do more of a superhero with more superpowers.”

Early Release Event Planned for Batman: Arkham City

Batman fans, take note: On October 17 at 4 p.m., which is a full
day before the launch of Batman: Arkham
City, Toys R Us in Times Square will host an early release event for the
game, where 500 copies of Arkham City will
be available for purchase. Starting now, the first 100 people to preorder the
game through Toys R Us’ “Personal Shopping Department” will have the
opportunity to have their copy signed by Batman voice actor Kevin Conroy, DC
Entertainment co-publisher Jim Lee, and Arkham
City game director Sefton Hill. 400 copies of the game will be
available for those who missed out on the first 100 copies.