Xbox Live is now host to the “Collateral Damage” map pack for THQ’s The Outfit. Available through the broadband network for 500 points, the map pack offers three all-new maps – the Luftwaffe Finale, Bleak Mile and Eagle’s Nest.
The Outfit is a next-gen WWII squad-based shooter for the Xbox 360 that combines “Destruction on Demand” with multiplayer through Xbox Live. The game is available in US stores for $60.
Jackie Chan is now a legend, but as with other actors, had a humble beginning in Hong Kong movies. He starred in films such as Rumble in the Bronx, Supercop and First Strike which were directed by Stanley Tong, who, after Chan’s movies became hits in the US, saw him showered with offers to do Hollywood movies. Unfortunately, his first (and up to now) last Hollywood endeavour – Mr. Magoo with Leslie Nielsen – saw critically panned and didn’t do well financially.
Tong, according to a new report by Hollywood Reporter, has been approached with offers to do a movie based on the Fear Effect games. It comes as relief to gamers who were stricken with horror to learn that Uwe Boll was attached to the project first.
As the report claims, Tong is being considered because the movie is to be set in Hong Kong, his homeland. The movie is being green lighted a budget of $25 million and will begin shooting later this year for release sometime in 2008.
Most interesting is the mention of a next-gen Fear Effect game in the works near the end of the article. Apparently, “Eidos is developing a third Fear Effect game for next-generation consoles” – no platforms or developer was mentioned. As expected, Eidos would not confirm this, nor deny it.
The Fear Effect games were developed by Kronos Digital which has since been closed. The last game to come out was Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix in 2001 for the PS1.
These titles went gold:
- Rogue Trooper
- Hitman: Blood Money (PC, PS2, Xbox, Xbox 360)
- X-Men: The Official Game (PC, PS2, Xbox, Xbox 360, Gamecube, DS and GBA)
E3 2006 saw a variety of announcements, one of which was from Microsoft who offered all features of Xbox Live for free during the week of the event. Now that it is done and over with, the company has announced that over 1.5 million gamers connected to the network last week and downloaded exclusive content, including the latest HD trailers of Halo 3, Fable 2 and Gears of War, as well as game add-on content and demos of Lost Planet. Game With Fame multiplayer sessions were also held during the week.
Consuming more than 600 terabytes of data, the traffic on both Xbox Live and xbox.com double during the week. Microsoft released a list of the most popular content downloaded during the last week, and the results aren’t very surprising:
- Halo 3 Game Trailer (Microsoft Game Studios)
- Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Free Playable Demo (Capcom)
- Test Drive® Unlimited Free Playable Demo (Atari)
- MotoGP ‘06 Free Playable Demo (THQ)
- X-MenTM: The Last Stand Pack (20th Century Fox)
- Gears of War GameTrailer (Microsoft Game Studios)
- Call of Duty ®2: Skirmish Map Pack (Activision)
- Spiderman 3 Game Trailer (Activision)
- Fable 2 Trailer (Microsoft Game Studios)
- Uno® Xbox Live Arcade Game (Microsoft Game Studios)
Playing ninja for once, Activision silently announced the “Game of the Year” edition of Call of Duty 2 for the Xbox 360. The GOTY edition will include the original game along with the Skirmish Map Pack, two new multiplayer maps (400 points on Xbox Live) and bonus DVD containing making-of footage, historic interview, commentaries and mission walkthroughs from the developers at Infinity Ward.
It is now available throughout North America.
In an excruciatingly short release, Majesco announced its first Wii project – Bust-a-Move Revolution. Latest in the popular puzzle franchise, BAMR is scheduled for release early next year.
A few patches were released over the last few days:
- Keepsake v1.6 on Lighthouse Interactive
- Loco Mania v1.1 on Lighthouse Interactive
- Strike Fighters 05.15.06 on ThirdWire
- SiN Episodes: Emergence on Steam
Nintendo has unveiled its summer lineup for the Gamecube, DS and GBA. Since the list is pretty big, it can be found after the jump.
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Citing high-level sources in Microsoft, GamePro is reporting that the PC version of Halo 2 will hit some time after the launch of Windows Vista in Q1 2007.
They also learned some details on the game, one of which isn’t so exciting: Halo 2 will not feature cross-platform multiplayer, meaning that Xbox and PC gamers will only be fighting between themselves and not each other. However, the source cited was optimistic that a solution could be found.
It was also reported that Halo 2 will look “great” thanks to the use of DirectX 10 graphics in Vista. No details on the “great” look were offered. It was also stated that Microsoft will include a built-in map editor and modding system to help make the aging game more popular.
Halo 2, according to the report, is slated to hit sometime after the release of Windows Vista in Q1 2007.
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