Join NASA TV live from Mission control at the JPL on your Xbox 360 as "Curiosity" is scheduled to touch down on the surface of Mars this weekend.
Keep an eye out for a special Mars Rover section on your Xbox 360 dashboard right on the main page. You can take a quiz about the mission, learn about the incredible engineering that has gone into the mission and much more. Plus, from the Mars Rover section of the Xbox 360 dashboard you’ll be able to join NASA TV live from Mission control at the JPL during the final moments before landing. Don’t forget that while you are waiting for the big moment you can play the free Kinect Mars Rover simulator available for download and get a few achievements and Gamerscore.
More information on Mars Rover Landing for Kinect is available by browsing the 360-HQ Xbox 360 Video Games database.
Deadlight is now available on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace for 1200 MS Points ($15).
Deadlight follows the journey of Randall Wayne, a man searching for his family across Seattle during the aftermath of a 1980s event that has decimated life on earth. This visually stunning Cinematic Survival Platformer will challenge you to run, jump, climb, and struggle for your life as you look for answers and the ones you love. The world has ended. There is no hope. No new beginning. Only the survivors. Check out the official launch trailer.
The Transformers: Fall of Cybertron demo is available now on Xbox Live. The free downloadable demo includes both single and multiplayer modes and it weighs in at 1.98GB.
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron transports you to the final days of the planet Cybertron where you will experience the darkest hours of the apocalyptic war between the Autobots and Decepticons. Embark on an adrenaline-fueled journey through a wide range of missions and massive environments designed around each character’s unique abilities.
Check out the official Transformers: Fall of Cybertron UK Multiplayer Trailer here and browse through all of 360-HQ's previous coverage by hitting the 360-HQ Xbox 360 Video Games database.
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron launches August 21 in North America and August 24 in Europe.
Microsoft’s Surface tablet will arrive alongside Windows 8 in late October.
CNET reports the company confirmed the release date in an annual report filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission earlier this week.
"The next version of our operating system, Windows 8, will be generally available on October 26, 2012. At that time, we will begin selling the Surface, a series of Microsoft-designed and manufactured hardware devices," the report reads.
The tablet will be offered in Surface for Windows RT and Surface for Windows 8 Pro models. No pricing details were provided for the two versions in the report.
New information has come to light this week on the XBOX 720 developer kits codenamed "durango".
The development kit is described as "an anonymous-looking black box" that has many parts in common with standard gaming PCs".
It's placeholder dashboard contains the name Durango, a word that has long been rumored as Microsoft’s codename for the next Xbox.
The dashboard’s two options are D3D11Game1 and NuiView, described as "a simple tool for rendering camera views and data from an attached kinect peripheral."
Kinect functionality is a logical inclusion for the dev kit, as upgraded kinect features have been heavily rumored.
Recent rumored job listings for the next gen console are as of now:
Halo 5
Skype integration
Deus ex 4
Just Cause 3
Enhanced 3D capabilities
There are Reports that the most recent round of development kits were sent out in February, with Intel CPUs and an NVIDA graphics card. The kits sport 8GB of RAM (though other sources say 12GB) and have a 64-bit operating system.
Electronic Arts has officially announced details on Aftermath, the third expansion pack for Battlefield 3, which will take players to the shattered districts, streets and surrounding villages of a post-earthquake Tehran.
Aftermath will feature four new maps, heavily modified military and civilian vehicles, new assignments, achievements, dog tags and a new game mode which has yet to be identified.
With operational capacity severely compromised the opposing forces must adapt and engage in vertical and horizontal urban combat amongst the dust and rubble with cracks and fissures in the terrain providing unexpected cover and paths to objectives. Additional support comes in the form of heavily modified troop transports and civilian vehicles specially adapted to deliver deadly force to the enemy.
Battlefield 3: Aftermath Features
Urban warfare on four new maps
Fight through the dust and rubble, use the earthquake damaged terrain to your tactical advantage
New heavily modified military and civilian vehicles – ingenuity and firepower combined
New game mode
New assignments, achievements and dog tags
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Battlefield 3 "Aftermath" DLC is due December, "End Game" in March. Battlefield Premium subscribers gain access to DLC content two weeks early.
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