Just a heads-up to let everyone know that the Xbox 360 Medal of Honor BETA is now available. Jump over to the official MEDAL OF HONOR website to enter your redemption key and download the 500MB file via Xbox LIVE.
If you don't already have a Redemption Key you can get one by preordering Medal of Honor at a participating retailer. Click here to preorder now
The Medal of Honor Beta is now available for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.
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MS offer loads of goodies in their newest press release:
"Microsoft Corp. today announced an all-in-one opportunity to jump into the controller-free fun of Kinect this holiday: the all-new Xbox 360 4GB console, the revolutionary Kinect sensor and "Kinect Adventures" packaged together for $299.99 (U.S. ERP). With "Kinect Adventures," players will make their way through 20 adventures, navigating roaring rapids and ducking and dodging through mountaintop obstacle courses and other exotic locations -- no controller, wand or balance board required. In addition, existing Xbox 360 console owners can purchase the Kinect sensor with "Kinect Adventures" for $149.99 (U.S. ERP). The sensor, which will work with each of the 40 million Xbox 360 consoles currently in households worldwide,1 is uniquely able to track your full body movements, respond to your voice and deliver a multiplayer experience right out of the box.
In addition, the new Xbox 360 4GB console, which begins shipping on Aug. 3 in the U.S., will be available for $199.99 (U.S. ERP). With a sleek new design, the Xbox 360 4GB console looks great and includes built-in Wi-Fi N, 4GB of internal flash memory, touch-sensitive buttons and a black matte finish.
"Kinect for Xbox 360 offers tremendous entertainment value for the whole family," said Dennis Durkin, Xbox 360 chief operating officer. "With full body, voice and the ability to play games with your friends right out of the box, Kinect is the most unique, complete and affordable way for everyone to enjoy controller-free fun and entertainment."
With more than 15 games available at launch, living rooms will become fitness rooms, dance clubs and sports stadiums. Kinect games, including "Kinectimals," "Kinect Sports," "Kinect Joy Ride" and MTV Games' and Harmonix's "Dance Central" will retail for $49.99 (U.S. ERP). In addition to games, Kinect changes the way you experience entertainment by putting your favorite movies, TV programs, music and live sports from ESPN all in one place. Begin a movie by simply saying, "Xbox, play," or browse through a music list with the wave of a hand. Kinect also creates new ways for friends and family to have fun together. With Video Kinect,3 share a smile with friends and family, as you open a window into living rooms around the world.
"I think Kinect is a major leap forward in the gaming experience that will appeal to both mainstream and casual gamers," said Michael Gartenberg, partner, Altimeter Group, and author of the Engadget Entelligence column.
Starting today, select retailers are taking pre-orders for the Xbox 360 Kinect Console Bundle at $299.99 (U.S. ERP) and Kinect for Xbox 360 at $149.99 (U.S. ERP). Pre-order Kinect or the Xbox 360 Kinect Console Bundle today, and at launch receive a token to download three exclusive game levels for "Kinect Adventures," the game included with Kinect.4 Those wanting more information or to pre-order now should go to http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/wheretobuy.
Xbox 360 Assassin’s Creed II fans will this week be able to treat themselves to price reductions on a variety of the game’s downloadable content (DLC) packs, as well as Assassin’s Creed II themed Xbox LIVE Avatar accessories.
For one week only, and available to Xbox LIVE Gold members, here are this week’s Xbox LIVE deals:
Assassin’s Creed II Content
Sequence 13: Bonfire of the Vanities & Secret Locations - 400 MS Points (was 560 MS Points)
Sequence 13: Bonfire of the Vanities - 240 MS Points (was 320 MS Points)
Sequence 12: Battle of Forli - 240 MS Points (was 320 MS Points)
Assassin’s Creed II Avatar Accessories
Da Vinci’s Flying Machine - 160 MS Points (was 240 MS Points)
According to some leaked screenshots, it appears that Microsoft might be preparing a cosmetic revamp of the Xbox 360's Dashboard in their upcoming Fall update this November.
As some might remember, Microsoft had already announced earlier that this update, among other things, would implement the new Family Center, which would allow a family to buy only one Xbox Live Gold account instead of having to buy individual ones.
The leaked screenshots appear to have a Metro-like appeal to them, the codename being the new UI scheme that the latest version of the Zune hardware and PC application are using, as well as the upcoming Windows Phone 7. The tiles appear to be done horizontally now, instead of the skewed angular perspective the current dashboard uses. The menu fonts, as well as some of the other fonts in the screenshots, appear to be thinner and the colors are more neutral than the heavy hues currently used.
As of yet, Microsoft has yet to comment on the leak, but the screenshots do match previous released screenshots of the Family Center from the company, so this is likely the real deal.
Mega retailer Walmart has published pricing information for the Kinect controller-free controller for the Xbox 360 - the whole package, including a game, will set you back $199.
Kinect is a hands-free controller that allows gamers to control scheduled their Xbox 360 using body movements, and forms the core of Microsoft’s plan to revolutionize gaming without actually revolutionizing the console itself.
So, what’s the Walmart offer?
So $199 buys you the Kinect controller, a choice of game and a $30 eGift card. Not a bad deal.
The games with Kinect support on offer as part of the deal are:
The main question everyone has about Kinect is the obvious one: Will people buy it? The Xbox 360 has been around since November 2005 and some 40 million have been sold (although it’s hard to know how many haven’t ended up on a trash pile somewhere because they suffered from RRoD), so the potential market is big. But a 2005 vintage Xbox 360 is, from a capability standpoint, pretty much the same as a brand new 360 S. $200 is a lot of money to drop on an accessory for a console that’s been around for so long and I wonder whether gamers wouldn’t have preferred a proper hardware refresh of the console first (although that would have been expensive for Microsoft).
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