Simpsons movie trailer on Xbox Live

Wednesday 12 Jul 2006 : 00:25 AM



360 owners can now download a trailer of the new Simpsons movie.

The film is still quite a way off but it's nice to see something actually worth downloading in the video section of Xbox Live Marketplace. Actually, it's just nice to see anything at all there.

Interestingly the trailer is available to download everywhere except France but we have no idea why. We'll let you know if we find out.

Tags: Xbox Live Marketplace

Formats: Xbox 360

Bomberman Act Zero - Trailer released

Wednesday 12 Jul 2006 : 00:11 AM



Hudson have released a new trailer for the slightly ...err... 'different' looking new Bomberman due out on the Xbox 360.

The game definitely looks graphically different from it's predecessors and apparently the game has a new "power bar" mode meaning that you can get bombed more than once. We're not sure if this sounds lika a good idea.

Still, the good news is that the game will contain 99 levels and will be playable online over Xbox Live.

Tags: Bomberman Act Zero , Hudson Entertainment , Xbox Live

Formats: Xbox 360

Street Fighter 2 : Hyper Fighting and more release dates

Tuesday 11 Jul 2006 : 23:54 PM



Street Fighter 2 is set to hit Xbox Live Arcade at long last on 2nd August as part of Microsoft's new promotion - XBLA Wednesdays.

Every wednesday for the rest of the summer we'll be treated to a new XBLA game every wednesday, starting tomorrow with the classic Frogger. The following wednesdays will bring Cloning Clyde, Galaga, Street Fighter 2 : Hyper Fighting and Pac-Man.



Tags: Microsoft , Street Fighter 2 : Hyper Fighting , Xbox Live , Xbox Live Arcade

Formats: Xbox 360

Zidane Flash Game

Tuesday 11 Jul 2006 : 23:40 PM



Well that didn't take long did it.

Head on over to funnymovies.net to practise headbutting Italian defenders.

Now if only somebody would replace Materazzi with Christiano Ronaldo we'd be more than happy.

Tags: Flash Games , Silliness

Formats: Multi Format

UK DS Download Stations

Monday 10 Jul 2006 : 23:49 PM



British Gaming Blog has compiled a list of every DS Lite download station in the UK. It's a very long list and we were surprised to find one near us that we didn't know existed. Actually we found a whole game shop we didn't even know existed.

See the list

Tags: DS Download Stations , Nintendo

Formats: DS

Microsoft handheld before the end of the year ?

Thursday 06 Jul 2006 : 15:25 PM



Rumours of microsoft entering the handgeld gaming market with an 'xboy' have been refuelled by a Bloomberg story yesterday that MS is planning to release an "ipod-killer" before the end of the year which will play music and video.

The device will be wireless compatible, users will be able do download music as long as they are within range of a wireless router, meaning that downloads could be sold in shops, hotels, petrol stations etc. At the moment the ipod can only download music by connecting it to a pc/mac with iTunes on it.

There is no word on whether you will be able to play games on it but given that they are hell-bent on being number 1 in the video games market it would make sense for them to release a handheld at some pointas it's crucial to strengthening the xbox brand.

The xboy is only a matter of time, you'll see.

Tags: Microsoft , Microsoft Handheld

Formats: Multi Format

How much is a Microsoft point worth ?

Thursday 06 Jul 2006 : 15:11 PM



Finally, what we've all been waiting for, somebody to tell us what we're actually spending on our downloadable Xbox 360 content.

Now you'll know exactly how much you've spent on that Downloadable horse armour, if those big guys battering down your front door and taking your furniture away last week hadn't already given it away.

Check out the converter at Steve Hunters website.

Universal Microsoft Points Converter

Tags: Microsoft , Xbox Live , Xbox Live Marketplace

Formats: Xbox 360

Sony talks about E-distribution

Thursday 06 Jul 2006 : 14:54 PM



They're still not giving away any details but Sony are happy to talk up their "xbox live killing" e-distribution service. Still no details on features, prices or even a name but Sony man John Hight did have this to say in an interview this week with Gamasutra.

"We're looking for fresh, new ideas that fully exploit the power of PlayStation 3. Our 1st party projects are all unique to PS3. Some of our games, by virtue of their design and hardware demands, simply couldn't work on Xbox 360."

Hear that ? That's the sound of us still being completely underwhelmed.

He's basically saying that some of the games downloadable to the PS3 will use all of the machines processing power , that you'll be able to download games that are too cool to run one the 360. They haven't even shown us that they have any games that couldn't run on a 360, now they're telling us you'll be able to download them directly to the PS3!

Only time will tell of course if Sony's new online service can cut the mustard, we'd love to be proved wrong.

Tags: Sony

Formats: Playstation 3

Nintendo Wii coming earlier than thought ?

Thursday 06 Jul 2006 : 14:42 PM



Warning: this article is complete conjecture and hearsay!

The latest rumours say that Nintendo has already started manufacturing final units of the Wii and it could be released in October or even late September.

The rumour originates from Chris Morris at CNN Money but we're not sure how much credence it deserves as, even if Nintendo was ahead of their production targets, it's unlikely that the launch titles will also be ready early.

Tags: Nintendo , Nintendo Wii Launch

Formats: Wii

New Alan Wake screens, no new details.

Thursday 06 Jul 2006 : 00:38 AM



Microsoft has released some new screens of it's 360 exclusive game "Alan Wake".

For those of you that don't know, Alan Wake is a survival horror game, not unlike the resident evil games but with what sounds like a deeper plot and amazing visuals. The trailers and screens have been wowing us since this time last year but the game has already been put back and very few details have emerged. Either developer Remedy is being cagey or it's nowhere near finished. We think it look like it'll be worth the wait though.

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Tags: Alan Wake , Microsoft , Remedy Entertainment , Survival Horror

Formats: Xbox 360