Microsoft Game Studios and Bungie Studios today confirmed the upcoming release of two new, eagerly awaited downloadable maps for “Halo® 2.” The maps will be available as premium downloadable content for Xbox® and Xbox 360™ on April 17.
Fans of the original “Halo” have long requested the addition of some of their favorite maps to the critically acclaimed multiplayer experience of “Halo 2.” These re-creations, developed by Bungie and Certain Affinity Inc., are a perfect way to thank fans for their support as they surpass 800 million hours of “Halo 2” gaming on Xbox LIVE®.
The two maps will bring new life to ancient battlefields and legendary skirmishes, as both are new, improved and redesigned remakes of fan favorites from the original “Halo: Combat Evolved.” For the price of $4 for the pair, these maps bring a fresh burst of action to the seminal “Halo 2” online multiplayer experience. Both of the maps will be available through the “Halo 2” in-game content downloader for both Xbox and Xbox 360.*
With April Fools fast approaching this Sunday, its time for the yearly tradition of fake news, bogus systems and wild, baseless speculation.
Which is why I’ve felt its most appropriate to compile this list of the top five hoax game consoles. Would you have purchased any of these if they actually did exist?
Number Five - The Sega Phoenix
Part Xbox 360 clone, part God-awful looking — introducing the Sega Phoenix. Born out of fanboy nostalgia of Sega’s glory days, this fake system started popping up in late Spring 2005 in discussion forums over the internets.
Promising backwards compatibility with all previous Sega systems and bogus specs boasting of “four AMD processors” and a 120gb hard drive (remember, this was in 2005) would have easily challenged Sony’s PS3 for the title of most expensive console ever.
This morning, Microsoft announced the new upgraded Xbox 360 Elite and with all product launches, the almighty PR monster went into overgear flooding my inbox with press releases, spin and (the best part) delicious photos.
After checking them out, I gotta admit - this is one sweet looking machine. For those interested, photos can be found after the jump: Read the rest of this entry »
Sorry about the delay, folks. Due to some unforeseen events, I was without my laptop for an extended period of time but I will be making up for lost time now.
Thanks to the MacLive article I wrote, 99 Lives ended up gracing the front page of Digg. 800+ diggs and three gigabytes later, I’ve also been linked by the following:
As any Mac user can tell you, Microsoft is notorious for leaving Mac users out in the cold. Being a 360 owner who prefers OS X as their platform of choice, I’ve always been green with envy of the ability to access Xbox Live and track friends within Windows Live Messenger.
This has changed recently after I discovered a nifty little application, designed by James Howard, called MacLive.
Earlier this week, I wrote a post regarding an uncanny similarity between one of my posts and one appearing on popular game blog, Destructoid. Expecting to be ignored, humliated or both, I was pleasantly surprised by a comment left behind by Faith, the author, announcing she would be linking back to my post.
While I was never angry over this, it’d be extremely hard to remain after receiving such sweet talk from a woman without requiring my credit card and a 1-900 number:
I’m sorry I forgot to link back to your site. I was having issues with my editor, cause he didn’t want me to even post about Jack Thompson.
I can go back and link you proper. Sorry sweetie. You know I love you and I plan to add your site to my link list on Girl Gamer.
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