Looks like we got some hot games heading are way, Microsoft’s confirmed that BLACK,Ninja Gaiden Black and Sid Meier's Pirates! are going to be made available in the Xbox Originals section of America’s Live Marketplace on February 11.
All 3 games will be a killer addition to your game list and if you can just pick one, i wold go with BLACK, if you havent played this adrenaline-fueled last-gen FPS, with destructible environments.
Im not going to over look Ninja Gaiden Black,but im not sure i want to spend all that time trying to beat one of the hardest games ever all over again.
Last but not least is Sid Meier's Pirates, not a bad game, its kind of fun and Innovative if your in to the Pirates thing.
Well looks like i got hit by hype, in a news post made on 2/4/08 i posted the game pro rumour about Gears of War 2.
Here is a news post by IGN that will clear that up right now.
Epic boss shoots down speculation prompted by US magazine cover Mark Rein, vice president of Epic Games, has slammed rumours that a sequel to Gears of War 2 has been revealed to US consumer magazine GamePro.
The latest issue of the magazine features a mocked-up Gears of War 2 logo on the cover, prompting speculation that Epic is due to officially unveil a sequel to the best-selling Xbox 360 shooter.
"It is complete nonsense," said Rein in a post on the Gears of War forums.
"We have not announced a sequel to Gears of War to GamePro or anyone else for that matter."
The rumour mill has gone into overdrive since the magazine cover appeared on the internet, with many expecting a big reveal at this month's Game Developers Conference.
Supposed 'evidence' that Epic will show off a sequel is that the company has a large booth at the show, rivalled only by Microsoft, but Rein has told our sister site Eurogamer.net that GDC 2008 is "the show where we sell our engine not our games."
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“Crystal Quest” will receive a free gameplay update this week. Developer Stainless Games has added a fresh twist to the puzzle action by incorporating a score multiplier. This update will make the game slicker and faster than before and opens up the possibility of even higher scores!
The score multiplier increases every time gamers pick up a crystal, but failing to pick up a crystal or getting zapped negates the multiplier. To keep a level playing field, old Leaderboards will be retired after the update, but will still be viewable for posterity’s sake. The update also includes improvements to downloadable content, which is part of Stainless Games’ ongoing commitment to constantly improve the player experience.
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Newcomer Void Star Creations, an Independent developer based in South Carolina, takes the puzzle game genre to a whole new level with “Poker Smash,” an action packed puzzler with a poker twist!
In “Poker Smash,” players rush to clear rows of cards by arranging them into poker hands. To keep things interesting “Poker Smash” offers card-blasting bombs and a super slow-motion trigger for players caught in a bind.
The game features over 30 minutes of original music set against stunning visuals, and contains seven unique game modes, including: action, timed, puzzle, practice, custom playlist, split screen head-to-head and multiplayer tournaments. Casual and hardcore gamers alike won’t want to miss this highly polished addition to Xbox LIVE Arcade.
For the Achievement junkies, “Poker Smash” contains 12 Achievements with a total of 200 points, including: “Score of the Gods,” which requires gamers to reach 1,000,000 points; “The Thinker,” which requires gamers to unlock all puzzle groups; and “Pack Rat,” which is awarded after gamers unlock all 11 in-game themes.
To celebrate the launch of “Poker Smash” on Xbox LIVE Arcade, players will have the opportunity to participate in the “Poker Smash” Play & Win Sweepstakes, where one lucky grand prize winner will receive an Xbox 360 Elite console! Plus, four other winners will be selected to receive Microsoft Point cards. To be automatically entered into the sweepstakes, simply download and play the full or trial version of “Poker Smash” from Wednesday, February 6 at 8:00 a.m. GMT (12:00 a.m. PST on Tuesday, February 5) through Thursday, February 14 at 7:59 a.m. (11:59 p.m. PST on Wednesday, February 13). This sweepstakes is available in the US and Canada only. For complete sweepstakes rules, please visit: www.xbox.com/pokersmash
“Poker Smash” will be available worldwide this Wednesday, February 6 at 9:00 a.m. GMT (1:00 a.m. PST) for 800 Microsoft Points and is rated E for Everyone by the ESRB.
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Since we already published an earlier exclusive news story about Burnout Paradise needing a HDD to function online we thought we had better follow up with a released statement from The Burnout Team.
The Burnout Team has released an online statement about Burnout Paradise and why it needs an hdd to get the full online experience.
"In the interests of clarity we wanted to let you all know why Burnout Paradise requires a HDD for full online play on 360.
When we envisioned Burnout Paradise we set out to create an amazing open world experience in Paradise City, one that ran at a blistering 60Hz, that featured incredible vehicle deformation and importantly, one that was seamless between offline and online play. We also wanted to create a game that could be extended with additional downloadable content.
We've made no secret of this fact and we see it as a great way to respond to how players experience Burnout Paradise by offering new content in the future.
It's important for us that all online players could show off new content when they go online and unfortunately it wasn't going to be possible to do this by supporting the lowest common storage denominator, the 64Mb Memory Unit, either in size or data read speeds. Crucially we also didn't want to split the playing community between those that have updated data and those that don't. We saw this as vital in maintaining simplicity to all online users; different players having different content packages wouldn't be able to play online with each other.
We opened a dialogue with Microsoft to attempt to discover a possible solution and all possible technical options were investigated to retain the seamless freedom of Burnout without requiring the HDD. Unfortunately a solution was not available and we decided together that it would be in the best interests of the Burnout community if we require the HDD for full online play.
We're disappointed that we are unable to offer Core users the complete online experience. However, Core users do get to access the online Road Rule gameplay where they can compete to see who has the best time or the best showtime score amongst their friends on each of the games 64 roads. Additionally they get access to the extended leaderboard content for this feature where they can view the Top 10 players amongst their friends on each road and see which car their friends used to set their fastest time or highest Showtime score. This is a great feature that allows players to compete against each other irrespective of whether they are actually online at the same time."
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The latest issue of the magazine features a mocked-up Gears of War 2 logo on the cover, prompting speculation that Epic is due to officially unveil a sequel to the best-selling Xbox 360 shooter.
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