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15 days 18 hours ago

Yes. Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory had a co-op mode. View

156 days 20 hours ago

Try reading the email - it says you will get another, follow-up email when the update is available for download.

There's also instructions on how to get into the forum if you're unable to. View

290 days 6 hours ago

Um, no.

I got both games on release. COD4 got boring after 2 weeks and hasn't seen the inside of my xbox since. As far as FPS goes, I've been playing Halo 3 for like 18 months now (and before that, Halo 2 for 3 years, and before that, Halo CE for 3 years). Same thing with Gears 2 - good game, got boring after like 2 weeks and I haven't touched it since.

Halo has legs. COD doesn't. COD just doesn't have the flexibility that Halo does - if you play 20 or 30 rounds of COD4 online, you've pretty much seen everything you'll ever see happen in that game and every match starts to feel the same. Halo doesn't have that problem. I can go on COD4 and just own people right, left and centre because the game is dumbed-down. It's EASY. The people that enjoy COD over Halo are the people who just aren't that good at a real competitive shooter - they need something more simple, and that's why they go to COD. View

294 days 7 hours ago

What are you going on and on about?!

MS cleary states that any XBL transactions for GOLD accounts by credit card are RECURRING transactions (ie: a SUBSCRIPTION).

If you SUBSCRIBE to XBL gold, and choose the monthly billing cycle, then you get billed on a monthly basis. If you SUBSCRIBE to XBL gold and choose the yearly billing cycle, then you get billed on a yearly basis.

There is no option to use your credit card and purchase only a SINGLE month or a SINGLE year. It is a SUBSCRIPTION. This is stated CLEARLY in the agreement you are forced to acknowledge before the transaction is completed (that you will continue to be billed unless you phone and cancel).

People should try reading what you're agreeing to. I swear, people are so dumb these days. It's a contract for crying out loud - try reading it!

EDIT: After reading the story, it appears that this guy had a genuine gripe after calling and cancelling. However, my comment stands in that I've seen person after person complain that they "purchased a single month but continued to get billed" when in fact they subcribed to a monthly billing cycle. People these days really are too impatient to read the details of what they're agreeing to. View

343 days 18 hours ago

It's CITE you idiot, not 'site'! Try picking up a dictionary once in a while. You're looking for the short form of the word 'citation'. God, what passes for journalism these days. What a joke. View

355 days 4 hours ago

..which is nothing new. Halo 3's "VIP" game-type is exactly that. View

380 days 20 hours ago

Those 5 countries makes up 79% of the GDP of the EU. And we also know that the 360 is leading in Australia... so... what's your point, again? You're trying to suggest that the other countries in Europe are going to magically make up those 1 million units? hahahaha - yeah, RIGHT! View

380 days 20 hours ago

Well, we know that the 360 is leading in Australia, too, so that would only make the situation even WORSE for Sony. Not sure what you're trying to say here.. View

407 days 7 hours ago

That's because people who own 360's are actually enjoying the new features, not huddled up circle-jerking RRoD threads on "gaming" (and I use the term loosely, "trolling" is probably more accurate) websites. View

407 days 7 hours ago

No major issues...

My update was seemless - it took about 3 minutes, total. And I haven't had a single problem since then. The only thing I've noticed is that the friends list is occasionally slow to populate (because XBL was getting HAMMERED yesterday with everyone downloading the update and playing around with its features, all at once).

Remember with the old blades system where you'd sometimes open up your friends list and it would take a couple seconds to populate? Or you open up a gamercard and its not instant? Same thing now. If LIVE is getting hammered, its not unreasonable to expect some lag when viewing information it has to load.

All day yesterday xbox.com was struggling to meet demand. Gamercards weren't loading, etc. Same reason. View

408 days 7 hours ago

@Fishy Fingers

EXACTLY! You can't own a patent on an idea, only on something very specific (like the software code, or device blueprints, etc). Some people need to do a little bit of learning before they start spouting off about something they obviously know nothing about. View

411 days 4 hours ago

I'm in the same boat. I've been playing on and off since friday night, and I've never had problems connecting. I was disconnected once on Friday night, but was able to log right back in. Since then - no problems.

...also in Canada. View

418 days 4 hours ago

@1.5 Ultimolu -

"There should not be a comparison between both games because they're different games!"

Hahaha! This has got to be one of the dumbest things I've ever read. "You shouldn't compare two things that are different, because they're not exactly the same! You can only compare two things that are the same!"

Seriously? Because I thought the whole point of a "comparison" is to look at two or more different things and contrast them against one another?

Give me a break.

In fact, why don't we look at the actual definition of "compare", shall we?

"1. to examine (two or more objects, ideas, people, etc.) in order to note similarities and differences"

And this, people, is the kind of asshattery that you can find only on N4G. In the name of defending one's console. Pathetic. View

456 days 20 hours ago

This looks a LOT like COD4... what's the huge deal? Definitely not living up to the hype just based on this video. I realize it's still just a beta... and just one video... but man, hype letdown! View

458 days 19 hours ago

Exactly!

I suppose because some little girl went missing that her name is now forbidden from use for all of eternity! By that logic, it's amazing that there's any names left to choose from! View

459 days 6 hours ago

Most Definitely a Coincidence!

"Maddie", if you're familiar with the Halo back-story, was the name of one of the participants in the Spartan program. This story was written LONG before some little girl ever went missing.

The fact that people are taking a completely unrelated little girl's disappearance and turning it into something it's not is, to put it as plainly as possible, pathetic.

When these trailers are released they might appear to have a whole bunch of incoherent ramblings to someone who is not a fan, or not familiar with the Halo novels and story, but they are in fact full of clues that directly relate to the story.

Get a grip. As if Bungie is going to exploit a missing girl for their personal gain. Anyone who suggests something like that is just sad. Pathetic and sad. View

476 days 20 hours ago

...a bit nervous about what will happen to the franchise without Bungie having direct control over it, however MS did take some of the creative entities from Bungie (like Frankie) to ensure that the franchise stays true to its roots - so all in all I'm hopeful that it'll end up being a great game... whenever it is that we get to see finally see it.

EDIT: Excellent article, by the way. And I agree with Erik Brudvig at IGN 110%. The other guys are calling for TOO MUCH change that would rape Halo of its identity. Growth is fine, but no Halo fan wants a completely different kind of game. View

476 days 20 hours ago

Exactly. I'd be more than willing to buy into the next gen soon - even next winter wouldn't be too early in my opinion. But 2010 is just right. 2011 is starting to be a little late. I'm an early adopter. If people are going to wait 3 or 4 years into a console's life to buy it, then don't complain when a new console comes out a few years after. I don't buy a 2008 model of a car at the beginning of 2008 and then whine when a 2009 model comes out a few months later. View

476 days 20 hours ago

yup. in my opinion, even 7 years in pushing it. with the speed that technology is advancing these days, I don't want to be playing on some out-of-date, piece-of-crap console when there's new and cutting edge stuff that I could be playing on. 5 years is a good cycle. View

480 days 7 hours ago

Sounds reasonable to me. Nothing in the article sounds like it's "too big to be true". It's just 5 hours of tv, some tv commercials, the new dashboard rollout, and possibly some other stuff.

...personally, I think the new Halo "Mythic" (whatever that entails) will prove to be another part of this. Remember those acheivements that were found (not the ones Bungie confirmed for the auto update that correspond to the extra 250 points for the Legendary pack, but the other 500 points?) - Well, some of those acheivements were to complete certain objectives "after September 25th, 2008". Hmmm... That almost confirms it in my eyes. Something's going down on Sept. 25. View