At the moment, when you buy an Xbox 360 with Kinect from Amazon, you’ll get a $100 credit. Plus all of their Lightning Deals” today will be on video games. This is the 4Gig model which means that you’ll probably need to spend some of that $100 credit on a bigger hard drive, but still the Kinect bundle costs $299, and with the credit, you’ll essentially be paying $199 for it, which also includes the Kinect Adventures game.
Coming up on its seventh anniversary, Xbox Live Arcade has close to 400 games that cost up to twenty dollars. So, which of these is worth your hard-earned Microsoft points, and which should you stay away from? After some painful research I’ve found the two games that represent the absolute best XBLA has to offer along with the worst.
Crytek has always been at the forefront of modern gaming technology, with graphical pioneers such as Far Cry and Crysis. Therefore, it was almost believable when a rumor linked the German developer to Microsoft’s new next generation console last week. The report cited a “high ranking” source at Crytek as saying that the successor to the Xbox 360 would most likely be revealed at E3 2012, and that it would feature DirectX 11 integration. However, Crytek has stated that this rumor is not true, and that they have no knowledge of Microsoft’s future technology.
Remember that awesome Fallout fan film last year, Nuka Break? No? Well, do you remember a short film where cutie actress Tybee Diskin was strutting aoround the desert in really tiny shorts? Aha, I thought you’d remember that. Well she’s back, along with the film’s Creator/Director/Lead Actor Zack Finfrock and co-star Aaron Giles and they’re looking for funding to turn it into a web series, with some help from fans. Take a look at their pitch.
Well, aside from the obvious 14 year development time, which meant that they probably had to essentially start from scratch about three times, there are some core elements of Duke Nukem Forever that aren’t merely out-dated; they’re just plain bad. The arrival of Duke Nukem Forever has sparked a lot of debate, people are defending it and others are ripping it apart, but all I want to do is highlight the main things that made it a failure as a first person shooter in 2011. As I mentioned in my review, this genre has certain standards, and Duke Nukem Forever fails to even skim the bar of requirement on a lot of levels.
Mass Effect 3 has its fan excited and
eagerly awaiting its arrival. Exploring and saving the universe with an
arsenal of futuristic weaponry… could it get any better? As a matter of fact it
possibly could! There are some major rumors circulating about a possible four player co-op mode
being added.M
If you’re a fan of Lost or simply a fan of games where you have to use your wits to survive, and you play Xbox I have good news for you. An Xbox Arcade Indie game inspired by the PC game Minecraft has hit the Xbox is available on XBLA, Fortresscraft. It brings you the joys of creating your own world or destroying it with the click of a button.
