Available for pre-order today comes the Halo 4 Limited Edition, packed with additional content to maximise your multiplayer experience, the Limited Edition will surely drop the jaws of many Halo fans.
Topic: Xbox Live
2011 – A Year of Many Things: A recap of the big events of the year
The year 2011 was one year that we will all never forget. Even though they were all in the beginning of the year, the floods in Queensland and Brazil, the earthquakes in Christchurch and the tsunami in the north of Japan are still present in all of our minds. We also saw the death of a tech luminary, Steve Jobs; and the powerful News Corporation losing its influence over politicians in the UK after the phone hacking scandal took a drastic turn from celebrities to victims of crime.
Zune Music and Zune Pass finally come to Australia
Well isn’t that nice. Right on schedule Microsoft has launched Zune Music for Australia. While this may sound like just another music store, a major key to the Zune puzzle is Zune Music Pass, which allows unlimited music downloads for $10 a month.
Free Red Dead Redemption DLC pack – Myths and Mavericks
Get ready to unholster those revolvers and saddle up this September with the release of the Myths and Mavericks DLC Bonus pack.The DLC seeks to add more characters and more multiplayer environments for such game types like Deathmatch, Grab the bag and Gang matches and “other popular online modes” and the best part of all is that its free.
Minecraft coming to Xbox Live this Summer
Source: Fileplanet
Microsoft’s E3 conference brought big news for indie developer Mojang, the creators of Minecraft. The game will be coming to Xbox 360 this Summer (probably December – February). And all that Microsoft announced was Kinect support and possible exclusivity.
Review: Halo: Reach Defiant Map Pack DLC
With 343 Industrial being the new owners of the highly acclaim Halo series, does 343 Industrial, with the help of Certain Affinity live up the exceptions set by Bungie? Does this map pack sets a good path for 343 Industrial and their future?
Review: Fable III Traitor’s Keep DLC
New areas, new creatures and new achievements; what more can’t a person want in a DLC. Fable III Traitor’s Keep DLC explores the life after the main story of the game with beautiful cutscenes and descent voice acting. With the bugs and glitches in Fable III affecting the gameplay since the being, does this DLC make up for them?
Opinion: Is it REALLY that hard? – Xbox Live
It’s the little things in life that you love, and in my case, hate. Sorry if I’m a whinger.
On the 18th of July, 2010, I created a new Xbox Live/Windows Live account. Now, on every website I’ve signed up for, I’ve made my username cjschris, including Tumblr, Twitter, Facebook. But for some reason, I made my Xbox Live account CJSchris.
Nokia and Microsoft announces partnership – ditches Symbian for Windows Phone 7
Nokia and Microsoft have announced that it will be partnering up with each other, seeing Nokia finally ditching its Symbian platform as its primary OS for Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 – a huge move for both companies as both try to compete with Google and Apple.
Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee remake in the works
Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee, the classic PS1 game, will be getting the HD treatment according to Lorne Lanning, the series creator.
The remake will be developed by Just Add Water, who are currently working on the upcoming remake of Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath for PlayStation 3.
Call of Duty: Black Ops First Map Pack Preview
Today Treyarch, the creators of Call of Duty: Black Ops, have released the first preview video of the first map pack, First Strike. This map pack will be released on the 1st of February 2011 on the Xbox 360 and will cost 1200 Microsoft Points. The details of the PC and PS3 release is currently unknown.
Review: Red Dead Redemption
The western setting has never really transferred nicely into a game that you would want to play, with most cowboy person games being forgettable. But I think that this is all about to change with the release of the best damn western game I’ve seen ever.
Microsoft launches Avatar Kinect, improves Xbox experience
Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and gaming platforms for Windows Phone 7 was the main focus of Microsoft’s latest announcements, rather than Windows PCs, as its announced new games for the mobile OS and some improvements to the UI for some Xbox 360 experiences – but also a new feature for Kinect.
First Call of Duty: Black Ops DLC
Today Treyarch, the developers of the Call of Duty: Black Ops, have announced their plans on releasing the first DLC for the game. The DLC is called First Strike and is rumoured to cost US$15 but Treyarch have yet to disclose the cost. The DLC is a map pack which will include four multiplayer maps, Berlin Wall, Discovery, Stadium and Kowloon; and one Zombie map called Ascension. The sad news is that this DLC will be released on Xbox LIVE before being release on the Playstation Network. The date for the Xbox LIVE released is February 1st.
Red Dead Redemption DLC + More [Christmas Guide]
Microsoft have been counting the days till New Year’s and are giving gamers savings for DLC. Today only Microsoft have discounted the cost for all (unless you include the free one then most) Red Dead Redemption DLC. The Liars and Cheats, and Legends and Killers DLC are 400 Microsoft Points – that’s 50% off. The Undead Nightmare DLC is 600 Microsoft Points – that’s 25% off. If you want the best savings the Undead Nightmare Collection is only 1200 Microsoft – that’s 25% off the original price and saves you 200 Microsoft Points if you buy each DLC individually.