Xbox Horde

worms 2How about that? Worms 2 is coming out on XBLA today. Well, if you are a fan of those cute crawly creatures, you will want to check out Worms 2: Armageddon. So what is new? Seems like the good folks might have added to the arsenal of these super pink fighters. This includes super bunker buster, Buffalo of lies, the Holy Hand Grenade, the baseball bat (hurrah!), napalm and the petrol bomb.

Players can also look forward to a variety of new modes (e.g. rope racing mode and fort mode). You are also going to get a whole lot more arenas. Examples on the list include Cheese Moon, Construction Site and Medieval England. Looks like the guys behind the game heard all the complaints and whining and decided the first game did not do justice to this cult classic. Read more

Two new games will be released on Xbox Live Arcade this weekend - Droplitz and Fatal Fury: Garou-Mark of the Wolves. The former is a fun puzzle solver whilst the latter is a port of the popular fighting game known as Fatal Fury: Mark of the Wolves.
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It is Wednesday and a new bad boy has come into town today. I'm talking about Rocket Riot, the fast-paced XBLA game from Dutch Game Studio CodeGlue. It is a game that boasts bazooka-toting, jet-fueled players. Offering a side ways glance at the mayhem and destruction evident within the game, the aim of the game is blasting your enemies out of the water, land, ship ... you get the drift. 

While it is basically a shooter game, the overall gameplay appears to require a certain amount of control, which definitely adds to its appeal. So there you are, maneuvering your way through the nooks and crannies of various maps as the enemy lurks in hidden spots, steadying your aim as you come across your enemy and then boom!  Read more

Calling all of you video game loving, movie watching cats out there: did you know that if you have a Netflix video rental account online you can actually stream more than 12,000 different titles to your Xbox 360? It is really easy to setup, provided you have an active Xbox Live account of course. But, imagine watching any movie you like for free (free add-on to existing Netflix customers), and whenever you like? The world of Xbox 360 just got amazing for movie lovers around the globe!

The Xbox 360 Just Got a lot More Useful
Now that you can watch DVD movies on your Xbox 360 – which we all already knew about – and you can watch on-demand movies for free from Netflix, with more than 12,000 titles to choose from, the offerings of the Xbox 360 just got that much better. And sadly, once again you Playstation 3 gamers get screwed, as this service is only available for the Xbox 360 through Xbox Live people. So while PS3 gamers may have the Blue-Ray, they don’t have Netflix, and the amenities pale in comparison. Hooray for Xbox 360! Read more

Finally, what all of you Xbox 360 gamers have been waiting for, the third and the final expansion for Fallout 3. PS3 gamers will weep, as this expansion, like the other two which preceded it, is only available for download on the Xbox 360. But, if you are an Xbox 360 gamer, you are lucky, because this expansion adds tons of game play to your favorite role playing game. And you thought you had beaten it already…shame on you!

Why Broken Steel is the Third and Final Expansion for Fallout 3
The dudes over at Bethesda, the makers of Fallout 3, have decided that they will be embarking on their next gaming project, after spending nearly six years working on Fallout 3. Keep in mind it took fours years to create the game anyways. So after six years, they are all done making this game and are moving on to their next big project. We will keep you informed of what that project is. Read more

98989If you don’t own a hard drive for your Xbox 360 you are truly missing out people! The reality is that the Xbox 360 requires a hard drive to store game saves, downloads, media, video and graphics. Many people use their Xbox 360s as multimedia centers, where they store their favorite musical albums and movies for viewing. But, if you don’t have a hard drive for your Xbox 360 you won’t be able to enjoy any of these fine features.

Why Game Consoles Use Hard Drives Now
Video games of the past took up far less data to operate. But that notion has become – like the older consoles – obsolete in the future of video gaming. The video game consoles of today require far more storage space to save games, necessitating the usage of high storage capacity hard drives. Additionally, in the day and age of downloading game expansions, hard drives are necessary to store additional game info, as well as music, movies and graphics downloaded from live mediums, from which such advanced consoles connect to. Read more

Have you ever wondered who the current market leader for video game consoles and video games is in general? Well if you guessed that Xbox 360 was the undisputed leader, you were correct. Recent numbers – created by industry analysts and professionals – have purported that Microsoft currently dominates the marketplace once again (wow that is nothing new) with their Xbox 360 video gaming system and the vast amounts of Xbox 360 games that currently saturate retail store shelves. If you thought that they were slowing down, think again. Still not convinced? These top eight reasons should change your mind. Read more

The mantra of Madden is a dynasty franchise that has spawned around twenty years of amazing football video games. They have outdone everybody in between. They have put other video game companies to shame. EA Sports has really dug their stakes in deep with Madden, and never has let us down – at least not all that much. But still…this blogger has some quips with the 2009 Madden!

Five Pros and Cons for Madden NFL Football 2009 (Yes Five of Each!)
I have played this game nearly to its death. I love it and I hate it. One could easily say that it is most assuredly a love and hate relationship. Obviously there are many reasons that cause me to feel this way about such a great video game. So…I felt it necessary to fully explain myself by highlighting five pros and cons that this ever so popular – and one of the best selling video games of all time – has to offer; or not to offer! Read more

There are roughly a bit over a hundred of backwards compatible games (games that work from the old Xbox to the Xbox 360 provided that you have downloaded the required emulator from Microsoft) that one can play on the Xbox 360. However, many of them just plain suck when crossed over. Yet at the same time there are few titles that just have never been downplayed since their glory days on the original Xbox. So, let’s take a look at my top three picks for crossover games that are still fun to play today!

Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2
One of the best skateboarding video games ever to be created—and this game added the front and rear manual tricks and the build-a-park editor. To this day I still enjoy the simplicity of this game, the tricks and the custom boards. And yes…Skate 2 rocks!

Red Faction 2
This game was perhaps the best shooter and multiplayer death match game of its time. It is now being remade into a free-world game for the Xbox 360. Read more

If you are an avid Xbox 360 gamer, then you already have – without me having to even second guess – taken your gaming prowess to the next level by signing up for and using the all too popular internet medium that comprises Xbox Live. But let’s not be brash here shall we? Indeed, Xbox Live is a product of Microsoft, their servers and their defunct software. That being stated, we all know that it can be glitch-ridden and frustrating from time to time, or all of the time! So read on further to know why it sucks and how they could make it better!

Top Five Ways that Xbox Live Could be a Whole Lot Better!
1. No more freaking Xbox Live Points! This is a conundrum that really peeves me off! You already pay tons of cash to play the games, but now you have to pay to go Live? Please!
2. Real time servers that are updated! That’s right…how about giving us servers that can actually handle the intense payload that they are struggling to barely cover at the present? Read more