Texas Hold 'em added to Xbox Live Arcade releases

Friday 14 Jul 2006 : 17:28 PM



Another game has been added to Microsoft's Live Arcade Wednesdays release list.

Users will be able to download Texas Hold'em on Wednesday 23rd August and apparently it will be a free download.

It's not often that Microsoft gives something away for nothing so it has got us thinking. This is wild speculation of course but it wouldn't seem to sily to suggest that microsoft is slowly trying to get us used to the idea of gambling on Xbox live before entering the massive online gambling market for real ?

Tags: Online Gambling , Texas Hold 'em , Tik Games , Xbox Live , Xbox Live Arcade

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

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

UNO most successful demo on Xbox Live Marketplace

Tuesday 13 Jun 2006 : 16:52 PM




Microsoft says that UNO by Carbonated games has become the most successful demo on XBLM ever in terms of conversions to full paying customers. Apparently between 40% and 45% of users that download the demo have been snapping up the full game beating the previous record of 39% set by Geometry Wars.

The game has been incredibly popular online and will be the first game to use the new XBOX 360 camera which will supposedly hit the shelves in September.

Tags: Puzzle Games , Uno , Xbox Live , Xbox Live Arcade , Xbox Live Marketplace

Formats: Xbox 360

Lumines Live and more coming to Xbox Live Arcade this summer

Monday 12 Jun 2006 : 17:49 PM



A leaked magazine article has launch dates and prices for loads of new 360 game content and Live arcade games according to a story on GamesRadar.

New games coming to Live arcade this summer include an online enabled version of the classic PSP puzzler Lumines, to sell for 1200 points (around a tenner) , which is great news. Other arcade games coming over the summer include updates of Pac-Man and Frogger and new games Cloning Clyde and RoboBlitz to be priced between 400 and 800 points.

There is also going to be more downloadable content for PGR3 (5 new cars and 2 new racing modes – cat and mouse and proximity based racing) along with new maps for Perfect Dark Zero and a new co-op mode for Kameo.

Looks like the Xbox live content drought may be coming to an end.

Tags: Lumines , Xbox Live

Formats: Xbox 360

Xbox 360 Dashboard update finally live

Monday 12 Jun 2006 : 14:05 PM



Microsoft finally released the long-awaited update to the Xbox 360 dashboard on Friday. According to Microsoft main man Major Nelson the update contains 125 improvements, some of them very noticeable such as the background downloading (at last!) and some of them less noticeable such as the ability to clear the memory cache.

We upgraded our 360 over the weekend and we're pleased to report that the process was incredibly quick (although it was over an 8meg broadband connection) and completely painless. So far we've noticed that your music selection keeps playing when you go back into a game (although initially disappears for the intro screens), the live arcade games list is more organised. and we've immediately set our box to “boot to dashboard” , a feature which should have been there from the start but is very welcome.

So full marks to Microsoft. We wouldn't be surprised if the next major update was around the time Sony launch the Playstation 3, to steal a bit of their thunder.

For a full list of all 125 changes click here

Tags: Xbox 360 Dashboard , Xbox Live

Formats: Xbox 360