Bungie has acknowledged that there is an issue with the ‘Recent Screenshots’. Hopefully this gets figured out soon. I have some pretty cool shots I’d like to show, and I have one below that I was able to obtain through ‘File Share’. Click for full size.
I think it’s obvious, but Sean and I are currently playing Halo 3. There’s a lot to it, but we’re currently going through the campaign, and hopefully going after the skulls next. Even though the story interests me, I bought this primarily for the mutiplayer. And not just any multiplayer, but ranked matches. What annoys me is, I’ll be in a game and get an invite to play…from eight other people…then I’ll join someone’s match and I tell them I’m only doing ranked. I also hate it when my current party wants to party up with who we just played, then the teams get all messed up. There’s too much going on at once for everyone, so I keep it simple. Campaign with my bro, or ranked online.
On the other side of that, I’m playing Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts. It’s a fantastic game. These new factions really bring diversity to the game. I’m hoping for some all out CoH LANs this weekend.
IGN – 9.5
Gamespot – 9.5
Team Xbox – 9.7
1up – 10
CVG – 9.7
Eurogamer – 10
Gametrailers – 9.8
Pro-G – 10
GamersDaily – 10
GameSpy – 5/5
GamePro – 5/5
Games Radar – 10
Aeropause – 4.5/5
GamerNode – 9.5
Gamer 2.0 – 8.8
Worthplaying – 9.6
Kikizo – 9
UGO – A
Gameplayer – 9
Wa Wa We Wa
Last weekend I bought the Halo 3 edition 360. But only because it was a ‘Special Editon’, like my previous Halo Edition XBox console. Although with this new box comes HDMI. While my CRT HDTV doesn’t have HDMI, it does have a DVI input and picks up HDMI signals through an adapter cable just fine. The thing is, the 360 requires a special dongle just so you can use HDMI and optical out. The regular A/V plug is too big, and covers the HDMI output. So, instead of just putting the HDMI out somewhere else, they just charge you extra for something that fixes it. And it’s $50. Not that it’s worth it, but it’s the only way to enjoy optical sound while using an HDMI cable. …so yeah, it’s worth it.
But when I hooked up the HDMI, I wasn’t getting a signal. It pissed me off and I figured it was just my TV. But my roommate got a new Premium 360 with HDMI, and it worked on his LCD. I then plugged my 360 into his LCD, which worked, defaulting to a very low-res that my HDTV just possibly couldn’t see. While on his LCD, I changed the resolution to 720p, then hooked it back up to my HDTV. And it worked. The picture quality, while not major for the average person, is very apparent to me.
I’m glad I have everything hooked up this way for Tuesday.
The Saints Row 2 Official Website is now online with a teaser image and logo.
I think I saw a screenshot with a motorcycle in it. Cool!
Two Halo war veterans describe a Brute handgun on display at the Museum of Humanity Weapons Hall.
These ads are AWESOME!
From 1up :
Historically, the AO rating has been to videogames what the “DOA” condition has been to emergency room patients: a legitimate status in the world of classification, but one that you never ever want to see applied to anything near and dear to you.
On the Infinity Ward’s Community Manager’s Blog, some nice little details emerge about the length of the CoD4 Beta as well as the level cap increase.
Friday Sept. 28th, (first thing aka 10 am PST) we’re going to be maxing out the level cap for the beta at Rank 25. This is going to allow you to rank up and unlock everything that’s not marked Classified including new weapons, perks, and challenges…
With Halo 3 around the corner…will I even touch this? Yeah, I probably will.
A little progress has been made with Gamer Combine. I’ll let you check it out for yourself.
I was originally only ‘thinking about it’, but today I decided to pick up World In Conflict. I was in the Beta, and I played through the demo. Both were underwhelming. But everyone and their mother are praising it, and I know I’ll be the only one left out when this thing gets LAN play this weekend. I decided to get the Special Edition. It came with an awesome mouse pad; something I’ve been needing for a long time. And the surface of this pad really makes a difference with the movements of my mouse. It also came with a piece of the Berlin Wall, which in itself is just awesome. And last, it came in an awesome box with some cloth material, featuring the Soviet Hammer and Sickle on one side, and American Flag on the other. Really cool.
This retail version played no different than what I played before. The multi-player games don’t last too long, but require a lot of team work. The single-player missions, so far, are simple and boring. I won’t give up though; I’ll continue to play.