Filippo Dinolfo of SmashPad sits down and slices and dices everything in XNE. This post discusses what works, what doesn't, and how to make it all better. Among the suggestions:
* Add an option to turn avatars off
* Xbox Live Silver Plus: Would allow those who don't really care about online gaming (essentially Silver Members) to still enjoy Netflix at a price lower than Gold
* Xbox Live Platinum: Would allow non-Netflix members to enjoy the Netflix Instant Watch library without having to pay for the mail-in subscription service. Would also have all of the access of Gold.
And more
We've previously seen what we can take off the Prometheans, but what will Master Chief's backup be bringing to the fight in Halo 4?
Quite a lot of old favorites, as well as some new vehicles and an old enemy.
Spartan 1 program was somewhat Mech like..so bout time :P
Wow though, they look so much like Metal gears. Or gekkos
I know there were going to be mechs for a while, but seeing it actually shoot at that ship is so awesome.
360 Magazine: Call Of Duty Black Ops 2, the XBox 720, the end of the console as we know it and crucial future gaming developments.
You mean 'Activision Presents: Man With Gun 2012, Starring Denzel Washington'.
Also, the new Xbox will be called the Ybox. You heard it here first.
More like Activision presents: one long cut-scene in which 'press X for controversial torture' comes up intermittently.
This is about Mass Effect 3. I always liked the series for its technical side and the dialogue trees. I never really liked the setting, the story, or the characters.
Other than the snow level in Mass Effect 1 and Wrex there's no memorable things really. Mass Effect 3 is going to be out on maxed out consoles so no technical or graphical leap there. Count me out on this game.
This being said Mass Effect 1 is a top 10 game this generation.
if that were true the xbox 360 would be Y box and the next generation xbox would be Z box.
They probably think the world will end after that.
I mean, Lynx have made a 'end of the world'edition deodorant.
When we are here 2013 all and well, i'll be playing some GTA V.
They should go straight for inox or soon there will only b one console that's more powerful than any PC and it will b made by apple. It will incorporate everything apple and they will rule the world. So its better to simply release the Ibox and prevent future world domination.
As far as cod and black ops r concerned, it will sell 10 million copies on day 1, 8 million paid for by r government as unemployment will b 14%. There wont b a new console in 2012 because activision says so. They aren't done yet and until they r forced to use some ingenuity, expect the status quo. Why invest more $ right now if ppl will fork over their last penny to u for a rehash. So, as cod goes, so goes consoles and PC's as they will b held back.
Star wars will release and sell many copies just like battlefield did, but everyone will return to wow because activision obviously has the best games and the most talented warlocks casting spells on their products. Ppl wont know why but swtor just wont feel right. Everyone will say that its a better game and its fresh and many hardcore players will b converted but the masses will nitpick things like hotkeys and menu animations to declare wow as the enduring king of mmorpgs...and then the next expansion will release and swtor will go free to play.
On November 3rd we will wake to see if we get 4 more years of misery or a Republican (what a choice...no hope or maybe some actual hope with alot of immediate suffering). But to r surprise, we will c that Bobby kotick is president and EA is under federal investigation. And then 7 days later...the cod cycle begins again.
funny article
all i read was the first part where it says
1.January 2012
Industry analyst Michael Pachter says that another Call Of Duty game will be announced this year and that it will sell “lots of copies”. He also states with unsual specificity that an asteroid 100Km wide at its thickest point will veer from its predicted trajectory and on 12 December at 0043:29, it will smash into the South Pacific Ocean near Easter Island and cause the extinction of nearly all species on Earth, including 98% of the human population.
i was like what?
Personally I like Pachter's CoD predictions, its the only f*cking thing he seems to get right. :D
Um. I'm like "Doh!" Of course they'll make a new call of duty game next year. It's already codenamed Iron Wolf.
We already got Black ops 2, it's MW3.. oh wait no, sorry.
To be honest though, my pet parrot Baba could have predicted that.
Doesn't Black Ops take place during Vietnam? That isn't exactly what I would call modern warefare since it's 40 years old.
I don't believe the next Call of Duty game will be called "Black Ops 2." Treyarch has a habit of changing names with their games.
World At War and Black Ops are different names. Iron Wolf may be a code name, but I believe the next game in the series will be different.
World at War didn't sell like black ops did. I wouldn't be surprised if they tried to capitalize on the "Black ops" name.
That's right, this IS the ninth CoD isn't it...
I wonder how long they can keep this up.
Actually Black Ops had more innovation than Mw3, altough i like Mw series gameplay, maps and guns better i have to admit when it comes to innnovation Treyarch is winning the fight over IW. The emblems customization, the weapons customization and alot more were awesome additions to Cod that IW didnt put in Mw3... I wonder why
Black Ops' campaign really wasn't that good. The original Modern Warfare is still the best, by far.
@petitpipi
No it doesn't MW3 story is a joke cod4 story is still by far the best MW story.
MW3's campaign doesn't kill anything, unless you bought the game for SP, then you probably killed yourself.
@ Isujester
I bought the game for SP, MP & Spec Ops. Why else would I buy the game? What a stupid comment on your part.
@ Vag
MW3's story is a joke? And you call yourself a gamer? lmao! PLEASE send me over your GT or PSN id. I need to see the games you've played.
I agree 100%. Though arn't you sick of buying a game with no new modes in at all (multiplayer wise) BLOPS had no new game modes in competitive multiplayer and mw3 only had 3 new ones!! But I agree with the innovation side and I enjoy the maps more in IW games but I do hate the maps in MW3! I do... i try and enjoy them but I can't. I liked the crisp, clean look of cod 4 and mw2 maps to the look and feel of mw3. I also loved every map in cod 5! But hated every map in BLOPS!
I am not really defending Blops of poo, I hate the game, but I am sure it had 1 or 2 new game modes.
You had the one were you start with a single weapon and every time you kill someone it would randomly change to something else.. or something like that.
I took blops back to the shop after about 4 weeks or so, so thats why I can hardly remember it but I know it had one or two new modes.
cod4:MW has been,currently is, and will probably always be my favorite cod game
even to this day i go on and play it every now and then.
Sam, Geoff and Jordan talk about the return of Arrested Development, some Mass Effect 3 rumors and much more. Cat, Peench, Jagger, Pickel join in via the Ustream.tv chatroom and help out with The Weekly Whatchas. Your music this week is Techno Syndrome (Mortal Kombat) by The Immortals from the Mortal Kombat Soundtrack.
I definitely like the idea of Xbox Live Silver Plus. I was telling a cousin of mine about Netflix on the Xbox 360. He games, but doesn't really have any interest in playing online. He was annoyed when he found out he had to pay for the Xbox Live Gold subscription in order to get that Netflix access since he really won't take advantage of the other Gold services.
So I think a Silver Plus that gives your Netflix access could work, but $29.99 may be too steep. $19.99 would be better, IMO.
I think they need to fix the psychotic install issues. Some games load fast as hell, others slow like crazy. It may be the issue mentioned in the article, but either way they gotta fix it.
I want the netflix I really do! It's something I would love to have on my PS3, but then again, when you don't have to pay to watch movies, well, I go for the free way!
The avatars look sweet, just that I don't see the point with them. It looks cool and all, but can you use them in anyway? Except dressing them up like dolls?
The Innstall thing isn't something for me, I don't mind changing the discs, and I play one game for some time so the disc is inside my PS3 all the time anyways. Anyone know if that can make my discs to go get broken?
The parties are a brilliant idea, I don't play much online so not a big for me, but something I would like to have on PS3 anyways : )
Perhaps Sony could respond with BlockBuster on the PS3. See...easy fix.
I love the party mode. It's been great for me and my buddies. It's the simplest addition, but probably my favorite so far.