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Halo: Reach announcement coming Thursday

Last month, we were given a glimpse into Halo: Reach’s campaign revealing never before seen features, a major one being space battles. Last week at Comic-Con, we were introduced to Forge World, the largest Halo map to date designed specifically with “Forgers” in mind. Well, it looks like tomorrow we’re set to get even more.

According to CVG, Microsoft is set to release a “special” announcement this Thursday at an invite-only event in London regarding Halo: Reach.

Madden 11 Preview

First of all, huge props to EA for being the first sports game that I know of to ever release a demo featuring a full game, 5 minutes, 4 quarters. It is almost August time which mean it’s almost Madden time which means it’s time for a Madden demo that makes me ooze absolute excitement about the game. Every year this happens, and this year is no different.

First change you see in Madden 11 is the new kicking system. Instead of using the right stick, you now have a bar that on one side says “power” and on the other side says “accuracy.” You then use A to set your power and accuracy via a meter that goes in and out. At first, this change was a little daunting as I had no idea what in the world I was doing but once you actually think about it for a second, it makes much more sense and you come to feel much more comfortable with it. It’s a nice improvement to a feature that has been the same for many years.

Deadliest Warrior Review

Microsoft officially kicked off their Summer of Arcade 2010 last night with the release of Limbo, but considering my next review subject was just released last week, I don’t see why it couldn’t be part of this awesome event highlighting original XBL titles. Of course, I am talking about Spike Games’ Deadliest Warrior: The Game available now.

Based on Spike’s TV show of the same name, Deadliest Warrior: The Game takes seven combatants from the first season and the Roman Centurion from the second and pits them against each other in one of the most fun and brutal fighters to have come along in some time. With only eight fighters and five arenas to do battle in, this game works perfectly as a XBL title; available for 1000 Microsoft points (roughly $8).

Halo Reach Preview

Ray Carsillo had a chance to sit down with Brian Jarrard, the Community Director for Bungie, to talk about this last Bungie derived Halo adventure, Halo Reach. Take a look to see how far Ray emerses himself into Noble Team and the totally revamped Firefight mode!

Xbox Economist (07/21/10)

Hello, and welcome to another session of the Xbox Economist! The feature where we show you the best way to spend your buck, and give you the best fun to price ration possible. This week we leave the fun loving zombie killing we discussed last week, and focus on something far more dark and scary. Come in, and be ready to see a shockingly good deal. ***warning naughty language***

Limbo Review

Limbo has been a silent game since its announcement. Though in the past months, it’s taken full charge. Winning plenty of Indie Game awards and being placed as the opener for this year’s Summer of Arcade. Limbo has been compared vigorously to last year’s Braid. This is a tough comparison for Limbo as some could argue Braid as the best Xbox Live Arcade game yet. I never thought that, I couldn’t decide what the best Xbox Live Arcade game was. Now, Limbo has arrived and made that choice much easier.

What We’re Playing (7/13/10)

We’re back with another week of inane rambling about games! This week we’re fronting Steven Beynon, Tristan Wong, Josh Margolis, and myself. Here’s what we’re playing.

Steven – “DeathSpank currently hogs all my love and attention. This is one of the only games I’ve ever played that’s actually funny. It’s constant parody of fantasy titles feels refreshing and is a rarity in videogames. Oh, and the RPG-part is pretty cool, too. For the $15.00 I highly recommend this snarky loot-filled adventure. Check out my impressions on DeathSpank for more.”

Tristan – “This weekend, I’m actually going to shift focus and go back to an old classic on my PC, and a couple new games I finally got a couples days ago (EB games just don’t understand urgency…) I am to venture through three games, Singularity which I need to play through, Naughty Bear (terrible… god I wish I didn’t have to review this game), and ‘Sins of a Solar Empire,‘ the strategy heavy juggernaut from the guys at Stardock and Ironclad games. If you haven’t gotten to try Sins of a Solar Empire, you must do it–I mean, it takes the strategy of Civilizations (if you haven’t heard of that game, I’m going to find you and dig you out of that rock you hide under) and puts it into the real-time strategy genre, and the results as such are just… I can’t explain it, get off your ass and play it now! DO IT!