Got this email from Rockstar today regarding the Xbox Live weekend: Game with Fame.. Checkout the detailed below.
"Log on to Xbox LIVE® on Tuesday June 2nd from 7:00 until 9:00 PM EST with your copy of Grand Theft Auto IV:The Lost and Damned to take part in a special Game With Fame event featuring the one and only Busta Rhymes.
The electrifying rapper will be taking on all comers who dare to challenge him at The Lost and Damned's online multiplayer gameplay modes. Just log on at the date and time listed above, and look for the gamertag BustaRhymes GwF (*note space between BustaRhymes and GwF) to find him online and throw down the gauntlet.
Busta appears in Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned on radio station The Beat 102.7; you can hear him phone in as a special guest caller on Funkmaster Flex's in-game radio show, and hear Flex spin his new single "Respect My Conglomerate." Busta also appears on DJ Green Lantern's in-game radio show with his original song produced exclusively for Grand Theft Auto IV, "Where's My Money." Busta's new album Back On"
So fancy yourself kicking Busta's Rhymes butt. There is only one way to find out, log on and see if you have what it takes.
Two new xbox originals on the horizon of the Xbox Live Marketplace
Announced today that there will be two new xbox originals on the Xbox Live Marketplace starting May 19th. The first being Stubbs The Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse, the second is Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows.
I have never played either of these games personally so I can't tell you my opinion on them but I can give a short description of each
Stubbs The Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse
Stubbs the Zombie has been disturbed from his eternal rest 50 years after his death, and you can help him get revenge on those that woke him. Roam the city of Punchbowl while using your zombie powers to take control of its inhabitants. You can turn citizens into zombies, possess them, or use your other undead abilities in battle. You'll fight civilians, police, and militia on your way to getting your revenge on the city's designer, Andrew Monday. Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse is a third-person action game that uses an updated version of the Halo game engine.
Stubbs the Zombie was originally released October 17, 2005 with an ESRB rating of Mature. Expect to pay 1200 microsoft points to download this original on Monday. It's Gamerankings Average is 75%
Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows
The arcade classic returns with Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows. The game improves upon the old title with a deeper fighting system and light RPG elements. Now you can choose from six heroes, each with their own fighting style, abilities, and backstory. Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows has solo, cooperative, and online play modes. You can go online to join parties of fighters and trade goods.
Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows was originally released on December 12 2005 with an ESRB rating of Teen. Expect to pay full Xbox Original price of 1200 microsoft points. It's Gamerankings Average is 65%
This Sunday and continuing through till Monday Sept 3, 2007 all Xbox Live Users will be able to download four arcade favorites for Half Price!
Celebrate this Labor Day weekend by downloading four Arcade favorites for half the price! For the 48 hour period beginning at 12:00 a.m. GMT on Sunday, September 2 (5:00 p.m. PDT on Saturday, September 1) and continuing through 11: 59 p.m. GMT (4:59 p.m. PDT) on Monday, September 3, the following Xbox LIVE Arcade games will be available for half their usual price:
“Small Arms”
– 400 Microsoft Points (normally 800 MP)
Small Arms is a hybrid fighting/platforming/shooting game. Up to four players battle it out with a set of interchangeable "gun arms". Each character starts with an initial weapon, and can pick up new ones as the match progresses. The levels in the game are looking really cool, and contain a number of interactive elements. Easy to pick up but hard to put down, “Small Arms” is a frantic multiplayer action game with the feel of an arcade shooter.
“Zuma Deluxe”
– 400 Microsoft Points (normally 800 MP)
Do you have what it takes to unearth the secrets of this fast-paced action puzzler that is sweeping the gaming world? Quick reflexes and pattern-solving strategy will serve you well as you rotate the stone frog to shoot colored balls into place. Make sets of three or more balls to succeed – and don’t let the chain of balls reach the golden skull! Explore more than 20 realms in Adventure mode and put your skills to the test in this fast-paced puzzle game.
“Gauntlet”
– 200 Microsoft Points (normally 400 MP)
The original dungeon crawler lets four adventurers explore and fight together as a warrior, valkyrie, wizard, and elf. Four-player online support makes the Xbox Live Arcade version of this fantasy arcade classic a worthwhile, inexpensive indulgence for nostalgic fans of the good old days of gaming.
“Dig Dug”
– 200 Microsoft Points (normally 400 MP)
The classic arcade action title Dig Dug is now available for play on your Xbox 360™ through Xbox Live® Marketplace. Experience the fast-paced action of this quarter-cruncher from 1982 as you take control of Dig Dug himself and vanquish Pookas and Fygars. Experience the fast-paced action of this quarter-cruncher from 1982 as you take control of Dig Dug himself and vanquish Pookas and Fygars.
Here are the top games for 2006, based on Xbox Live connectivity.
The following rankings are based on data collected from 1/1/06 – 12/29/06:
2006 Top Xbox 360 Titles (UU's)
1 Gears of War
2 Hexic HD
3 Call of Duty 2
4 Ghost Recon 3
5 Oblivion
6 PGR3
7 Perfect Dark Zero
8 Call Of Duty 3
9 UNO
10 EA SPORTS™ Fight Night Round 3
11 Saints Row
12 Geometry Wars Evolved
13 DEAD OR ALIVE 4
14 Texas Hold 'em
15 Madden NFL 07
16 DEAD RISING
17 Need for Speed™ Most Wanted
18 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas
19 BFMC
20 Splinter Cell Double Agent
Thanks to services like GameTap and Xbox Live Arcade, classic games are being given new life and are bringing in revenue years and years after they first hit the market. GameTap's Stuart Synder, XBLA's Greg Canessa and others chime in on the retro phenomenon.
Want to feel really old? It's been 26 years since the sound of "waka-waka-waka" first resounded in an arcade. Yes, 1980 was the year Midway licensed and installed the coin-op version of Namco's "Pac-Man" in the U.S. And 2006 is the year that "Pac-Man" has become one of the most popular downloads on Xbox Live Arcade and GameTap.
Talk about a game with legs.
In fact, while most of the video games industry is marveling over the success of today's casual games -- those small, downloadable games with simple rules that make it easy for a mass audience to begin playing almost immediately -- less-noticed is the fact that a subset of casual games has become hot this last year and is getting hotter. Indeed, here come the retro arcade classics!
While the Xbox 360 has seen healthy sales in the Western world, it has scarcely 1 percent of the Japanese game market. The man in charge of changing that is Takashi Sensui, general manager of the Xbox division in Japan. Today, ITmedia published an interview with Sensui, who is working to get more Xboxes into Japanese living rooms with a better lineup, better marketing, and better Xbox Live support.
Sensui says Microsoft Japan has fundamentally revamped the Xbox 360's advertising campaign--dubbed "do! do! do!" Shiyo ze!--by promising 80 new games by year's end and hiring local celebrities. "Japanese pop band Tokio provided the single 'do! do! do!' that gave this campaign its name," he said. "Our use of Tokio has made a good impression. ... They have been very effective in that they have shrunk the distance between the Xbox 360 brand and the users."
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