At times it’s really hard to believe Microsoft, for example, the Xbox 360 Blu Ray rumor has been in the news for a long time. Anybody with mediocre intelligence can concur that a new Blu Ray equipped Xbox 360 is in the works and will see the light of day by the end of the year, but they still choose to deny it.

A few days back, Take Two sent shivers down the GTA 4 fanbase when it delayed the DLC promised this year. Now M$ is questioing the develoers comment and promising the Xbox 360 gamers that the promised DLC will make it thie year and will not be delayed. Read more below, for full story click here:

Before the weekend, Take-Two announced that the Xbox 360’s exclusive Grand Theft Auto IV DLC would be delayed until next year, but it seems that Microsoft has other ideas. The company, which paid a David Bowie’s ransom for the downloadable content, is still pretty sure we’ll be seeing more from Liberty City later this year.

“Comment from us stays at: ‘The first of the Xbox 360 exclusive “Grand Theft Auto IV” episodes will be available beginning fall 2008,” stated an MS rep. I love the way that’s worded, as if to say that content will come even if Shane Kim has to make it himself out of some tins and a bit of old string. It doesn’t seem to matter what Take Two’s intentions are.

 

 

I am a big Star Wars fan, I think Yoda kicks A$# and Vader is uber-cool, combine them with super sword fighting characters and you get, Soul Caliber 4. The upcoming console exclusive is going to feature two of the most prominent and popular characters, along with their regular roster. A new character is supposed to join them, this unnamed secret agent is the lead protagonist in the upcoming Star Wars: Force Unleashed game. read more below:

It seems that Yoda and Darth Vader won’t be the only Star Wars characters featured in the latest entry of Project Soul’s long-running fighting series Soul Calibur.

Publisher Namco Bandai today revealed that the two will be joined by the Force-wielding Secret Apprentice, the main character from LucasArts’ upcoming action title Star Wars: The Force Unleashed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cud2qKz3FA

According to GameSpot, the Secret Apprentice will be the only Star Wars character to appear in both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 releases of Soul Calibur IV. Yoda is exclusive to the Xbox 360 version and Vader only appears in the PS3 edition.

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Yes you read right, the scourge of gamerkind has finally been smite down by the holy banhammer of the law. Being the verbose bulk of fail that he is, he stormed out of court during his disciplinary hearing as the Judge refused to hear him recite his LOTR -length objection letter as well as arguing about the position of the podium. The court recommends the disbarment of his career for 10 years.

Let me give you a moment to process that, a forty-ish something lawyer arguing about the position of the podium. For more laughs, check out his sincere objection letter here.

Don’t worry Jack, we in India need someone to rein in the censor board. Go for it.

With Crysis’ multiplayer mode being fairly popular around these parts, it was cause for concern when developers Crytek revealed that they have no plans to support the game any further. However there’s good reason behind that, a sequel entitled Crysis Warhead is in the works for consoles (PS3 and 360) and the PC of course.

This will be the second game in what has been planned as a trilogy in the series. And though the first Crysis game was and still is the pinnacle of technical brilliance, we do hope this time around the nice people at Crytek give some loving to other equally important gameplay elements.

The picture you see, is that of the Pyro. One of the more awesome classes in Team Fortress 2 around.

If you’re one of the many who play TF2 , you’ve had your fair share of run-ins with the Pyro. Most of which have ended in a spectacular heap of flames. Though if you’re the type who favors being on the giving, rather than the receiving end , you’re in for a bit of a treat.

While Valve had made good on their promise to release additional content, with specific achievements for each class starting with the Medic, this time everyone’s favorite flame thrower wielding Pyro is set to receive similar treatment soon enough. And as usual, Valve will ensure PC gamers will get this first. It’s good to see that some companies still deem it fit to treat PC gamers with respect.

The super successful Battlefield series is all set to introduce a new game in their long running franchise, called Battlefield Bad Company. The game is looking really good, with an awesome game engine that promises that 90% of the environments including buildings are destructible, a great multiplayer package and a interesting single player campaign. The game is releasing on the PS3 and Xbox 360 making it a console exclusive for now. EA recently launched a few character video blogs, introducing the single player characters in a very informal and amusing manner, we check out Private Sweetwater and his video Blog today.

Sweet Water: Private Sweetwater isn’t one to laugh in the face of danger. In fact, he’d rather find a good cave to hide in, but in B-Company, he’s faced with dangerous situations every day! See how he’s holding up as he talks to his loyal video blog subscribers.

We have loads of info on BF:BC, keep watching this space.

Sony has always promised gamers better content on the PSN, the Xbox Live rival has a long way to go, before it can match content on the Live service. A new initative called Qore will be launching on the PSN, as described on the blog it is a highly interactive, monthly lifestyle gaming program covering the world inside PLAYSTATION. The following is the official blog post:

“Our premier episode will be available on Thursday, June 5. The premier episode includes in-depth exclusive and never-before released content on upcoming PlayStation titles such as SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, Secret Agent Clank, Soul Calibur 4 and Afro Samurai, as well as the latest Blu-ray Disc trailers, an exclusive SOCOM: Confrontation theme with an invitation to the SOCOM: Confrontation beta, art galleries and other surprises. We also know that many of you are big fans of Veronica Belmont, the widely-known host of numerous online video programs and podcasts and an avid gamer, so we’ve chosen her to be your host.


From Crackle: Qore preview

The catch here is that the service is not free and one needs to pay up to $24 for the full years subscription, monetized content isnt new on the web, but this is still new for a console. you can get a sneak peek at the show above and decide if you would actually pay for the service.

With the hotly anticipated MGS4 just days away from hitting the stores, reviewers of the game revealed that the publisher, Konami had barred them from speaking about what we already knew. Namely lengthy cut-scenes and a 4.64GB installation. These two things however, seem to be the tip of the iceberg:

 According to two anonymous gaming media sources speaking to MTV Multiplayer, Konami representatives asked print reviewers to omit details concerning the cut-scene length and installation size. Moreover, a recently published MGS4 review on IGN UK says that the concessions were made in exchange for a pre-release review.

“In return for letting us play Metal Gear Solid 4 before its release,” wrote IGN UK editor Dave McCarthy. “Konami issued us with a list of things that we’re not allowed to discuss. This list of prohibited topics is pretty long, and even extends as far as several facts that the company itself has already made public.”

Most of these requests are reasonable such as being asked not to talk about the last two levels of Ninja Gaiden 2, popular gaming magazine, Electronic Gaming Monthly has taken offense to the massive barrage of restrictions for MGS4. So much so that they’ve carried a roundtable discussion of the game rather than a regular review.

Is this a sign of things to come or is it just standard industry practices coming to light? Watch this space.

Hot on the heels of Guitar Hero: Aerosmith comes another Guitar Hero title, this time featuring Metallica. Scheduled for release in 2009, the details were uncovered in an SEC filing made by Activision.

While this bodes well for the series commercially, one can’t help but feel that this series is being milked to proportions that would make EA’s usual treatment of their franchises seem normal (NFS: ProStreet anyone?).

“In fiscal 2009, we plan to publish Guitar Hero: On Tour for the NDS; Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, Guitar Hero: Metallica, and Guitar Hero IV across multiple platforms,” the company said in the filing.

The charm of the Guitar Hero series was to play songs from bands you never even heard of rather than bask in the already popular tracks from well-known acts.

According to our sources (the voices in our head) Activision plan to release Guitar Hero: Madonna and Guitar Hero: Britney Spears as soon as possible.

According to the GRiD developer, Codemasters’ forums and Destructoid, the game’s 360 iteration suffers from bouts of stuttering. As Destructoid’s Jim Sterling puts it:

Reports are coming in of problems with the Xbox 360 version of Codemasters’ Race Driver: GRiD. There is an issue with the game where it suffers from perpetual freezing and stuttering during races. I can confirm that the review copy Codemasters recently secured for me suffers from this as well.

GRiD’s dev team say they’re close to figuring out the problem and that a patch is on the way. Meanwhile, those suffering from freezing issues are advised to take out their hard drives and play using a gamertag that’s been saved to a memory card. I am sure I could say something acerbic and nasty, but I’ll leave it.

While it is great that the guys on GRiD are close to rectifying the issue, this reeks of poor quality assurance and not enough testing. A rush to get this superb racing title out it seems?