Recently the retail sites ShopTo.net and Amazon just leaked a new version of the hit game Battlefield Bad Company 2. This new version is to be called the “Ultimate Edition,” and will be repackaged with the same game and it’s DLC and Onslaught Mode. However there’s more. There will also be some VIP content to download, and the online arcade tittle Battlefield 1943. All this for the price of $40, and with a saving of $5 if you bought all the content now.
This demo is awesome… Mafia II looks and plays awesomely, but the game ends abruptly like– How gross… there’s a spider defeating its mate through the act of eating and… oh come on! The penguin is back and he’s stealing my fish, what an asshole… oh hi! I’m Tristan Wong, back with another exciting look at another game that recently came out with a demo—I know, how exciting is that? I mean, the screenshots look great… but when you actually touch and play the game, scrumtrelasint… oh wait, I forgot to say what game it was. I’ll let you all figure it out on your own, as for now here’s the latest scoop and thoughts on this demo, available to you now! Note to all who touch the game, this isn’t an official level of the game, this is just a level built specifically for the demo. So when I go through this look, I’ll only be talking about what I saw and what I played… nothing about story, etc.
If you and your friends had any concern that you might not be blowing the heads off of zombies in the next edition of Call of Duty, lay your weary heads to rest.
Yesterday, on the fitting Friday the thirteenth, Treyarch’s community manager Josh Olin confirmed via twitter that the Hardened and Prestige editions of Black Ops will include all four of the previous Nazi Zombie maps from Call of Duty: World at War. It hasn’t been confirmed whether or not standard edition buyers will be able to download these maps via paid DLC.
This week on Xbox Economist we explore the world…and then we take it! Not only that, but we’ll do it for you for cheap! So ready your army, because we have deals for you to fight over! Hello, and welcome to another session of the Xbox Economist! The feature where we show you the best way to spend your buck, and give you the best fun to price ration possible. As always be mindful that there might be small spoilers, and that this is not a review (it’s a friendly recommendation). Also there may be naughty language.
Surprisingly, I’m going to be playing more Bully this weekend. But for more on that, check out my Respawn article. Apart from Bully, I’ve got Madden. And Madden. That’s about it. I may throw in a few hours of Civilization IV but I’m not sure yet. Mainly ready to dig further into Madden’s Franchise mode.
Great games are released monthly and occasionally, our picky little eyes miss it and someone else’s will spot it. In this week’s top list, Xbox Team members Nate Butch, Tristan Wong, and myself discuss our top 3 most underrated games on the Xbox 360.
Deadly Premonition is the butt of all jokes and for good reason; it has many bad things about it. But a lot of those “bad things” are incredibly charming in their own way. The combat is straight up abysmal, but apart from that, I can’t think of anything that made me furious, it all had a unique charm unmatched by any game I’ve played. The story is very “Twin Peaks” but along the way, it takes quite a bit of twists and turns. I will proudly say I enjoyed the story of Deadly Premonition. It’s a silly, silly story though at times it’ll blend just enough seriousness into it to make you actually care about what happens to the characters. And at the end of the game, I couldn’t help but think I had just witnessed one of the strongest endings of a game, story-wise, this year.
Summer of Arcade 2010 has featured a lot of really strong XBLA titles so far. This year’s line up is a nice balance between new takes on established franchises and completely original properties. Original properties like this weeks release from Uber Entertainment. Monday Night Combat is a class based third person shooter set in a goofy stylized future where the masses tune in to watch human clones duke it out in an arena. It comically spoofs gladiatorial combat while offering a satirical take at our own professional sports.
