Archive for September, 2007

Halo 3 Screenshots Issue

September 27, 2007 By: Adam Blue Category: News No Comments →

    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.

MC in Chopper


Now Playing

September 27, 2007 By: Adam Blue Category: Editorial No Comments →

    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.

Halo 3 Reviews

September 23, 2007 By: Sean Blue Category: News No Comments →

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

Halo 3 Edition 360

September 22, 2007 By: Adam Blue Category: Editorial No Comments →

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.

Saints Row 2 Website Online

September 22, 2007 By: Sean Blue Category: News No Comments →

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!

New Halo 3 TV Ad

September 22, 2007 By: Sean Blue Category: News No Comments →

 Two Halo war veterans describe a Brute handgun on display at the Museum of Humanity Weapons Hall.

View Here

These ads are AWESOME!

Gamestop Would Consider Stocking AO Games?

September 21, 2007 By: Sean Blue Category: News No Comments →

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.

Call of Duty 4 Beta Level Cap Increase

September 21, 2007 By: Adam Blue Category: News No Comments →

CoD4

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.

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PGR4 demo details

September 20, 2007 By: Sean Blue Category: Uncategorized No Comments →

From Eurogamer :

The demo will consists of five vehicles (made up of cars and bikes), with a
demo-only Arcade mode chapter set in Macau. This will consist of new challenges
that have been custom-built for the demo.

Cool!

Gamer Combine

September 19, 2007 By: Adam Blue Category: News No Comments →

A little progress has been made with Gamer Combine. I’ll let you check it out for yourself.