Archive for March, 2008

4/1 Rock Band DLC

Monday, March 31st, 2008

Only one song this week but most Portal fans will love it. Yes, Still Alive by GlaD0s and Jonathan Coulton (master) is the song of the week and guess what? It’s free. The song will be available April 1st for 360 only as of now due to Sony upgrading their store.

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Everyone’s A Rat Trailer

Friday, March 28th, 2008

The final Pre-Release GTA IV trailer has been released.
Enjoy!

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50 Cent: Blood On The Sand Announced

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Rapper 50 Cent will be making another video game appearance, in his new sequel, 50 Cent: Blood On The Sand. Blood On The Sand will be available on the Xbox 360 and PS3 sometime this fall.

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CoD4 DLC Being Certified

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

The four maps were sent off today to Microsoft for certification. We can expect to see them April 3rd or 4th costing 800 MP. The was also an issue with the clan tags where players could put in button symbols like Left Stick etc… and this has caused Infinity Ward to pull the special characters. […]

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Last Legendary Map Revealed!

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

A few days ago, we told you the final Legendary map would be a remake of Lockout, and we were right.
Bungie has just revealed the last map, which is titled Blackout. Blackout’s architecture is basically the same as Lockout’s, but Blackout is set at night on a human weather station. Read more to see […]

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Achievements: The Sensation

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

 
Live-360 takes a look at the Xbox 360 Achievement. This one idea has completely changed gaming forever and has been a stimulus to rental services across the world.
Why are we so addicted to them? What drives people to great lengths just to get more points? In this story we will investigate this and more.

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Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 Review

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

Clearing out buildings, overlooking the lit up city in Nevada, and a compelling story line are three great features in the franchise. But could it be repetitive the second time around? See what Live-360 gives Ubisoft’s second title in the Vegas series after the break.

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Last Legendary Map To Be Remake

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

As most of you already know, on April 15th the Xbox Live Marketplace will welcome the Legendary map pack for 800 points. It will include 3 maps, two of which, Ghost Town and Avalanche, have already been announced. The third and final map will be officially announced Tuesday, however we now know it will be […]

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Why Do We Pay?

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

We’re all paying for XBOX Live here. Other consoles have inferior, but free online gaming features. The PC has free and much superior online play. So my question is why do we continue to pay for a service that doesn’t even have a server for an individual game? When Halo 3 came out, Live froze […]

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Heroic Maps Free on Tuesday

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

Just a reminder to those that have not purchased the pack already, the heroic maps will be free on Tuesday, March 25 at 2 AM Pacific. As of the April playlist, the Heroic Map Pack will be required to play Ranked Big Team, Social Big Team, Team Slayer, and Rocket Race. Heroic Map pack trailer […]

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3/24 Rock Band DLC

Friday, March 21st, 2008

All six songs this week are the original recordings. The pack will be set at 800 Points ($10) with each song being 160 points ($2).
Boston Pack

Hitch A Ride
More Than A Feeling
Peace of Mind
Rock and Roll Band
Smokin’
Something About You

Song previews after the break.

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Live 360’s Top 5 RPG’s

Friday, March 21st, 2008

Live 360 is back with another installment of our Top 5 Xbox 360 Games. Last week we brought you the Top 5 FPS, and now it is time for the Top 5 Role Playing Games on the Xbox 360. The following list is compiled based on graphics, gameplay, story, sound, longevity, innovation, and plain […]

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Two Worlds: The Temptation Announced

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

 
Today, Southpeak Games has officially announced a sequel to their Open World RPG, Two Worlds. Two Worlds: The Temptation will continue the story of the first game and will feature graphics, “that have to be seen to be believed.” The Temptation will build upon the flaws of the first game and will be out sometime […]

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Did you buy an HD-DVD player/360 add on? If you bought yours at Best Buy before February 23rd you are elidgable for a $50 gift card. All you have to do is call up Best Buy (or go there) and show them your reciept or if you payed with credit card you will show […]

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On April 3rd you will be able to pick up CoD4 Game of the Year edition and this is also the day the map pack will be released. In case you missed everything about the maps theres four in the pack. Creek, Chinatown, Broadcast, and Killhouse will be available via download token in the GOTY […]

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Halo 3: Legendary Map Pack

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

Well Bungie just released another map to go along with the vehicles released earlier in the week(Avalanche Vehicles). The official name of the map is Avalanche and it’s a tribute to the map sidewinder from Halo: CE.

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The 8th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals agreed with an earlier ruling that a Minnesota law meant to limit sales of M- and AO-rated games was unconstitutional.
Under the law, anyone under 17 who rented or purchased games rated M or AO would be fined $25. Shortly after it was enacted, retailers contested the law and […]

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XBLA Game Update

Monday, March 17th, 2008

Doom and Assault Heroes, will be available for half price starting on Wednesday. Both originally priced at 800 Microsoft Points, the two games will now be available for 400 pts.
Also here is an sneak peak on some upcoming Xbox Live Arcade Games.

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