Sensible World Of Soccer Xbox - Hands On Preview

IGN.com did an article a couple of weeks ago about Sensible World of Soccer on the Xbox 360 Arcade. It was written after a hands-on play of the new game. Makes for really interesting reading.

All I can say is July can't come quick enough!
Full article here

Halo 3 Merchandise

Check out these photos of some of the cool Halo 3 merchandise - specifially geared up for 360 gamers. Oh, and the spartan figure too which looks pretty cool.

I wouldnt mind one of the spartan controllers and the master chief model.

More info on xbox.com

New Gears of War Update

The new Gears of War update is being released today. Also included are 250 points worth of new achievements as well.

Quoted from Major Nelson:

"It has just been announced that Gears of War will be getting a title update tomorrow, June 14th after 0200 GMT. Inside the Title Update, you’ll find eight new Achievements for the "Annex" gametype and the "Hidden Fronts" Multiplayer Map Pack on Xbox LIVE.

In addition to adding new Achievements, worth a total of 250 points, Epic has improved the Roadie Run controls so players have greater control of their movement. The title update will also help squash multiplayer exploits and provide general housekeeping.

The "Annex" gametype is now available for free and the "Hidden Fronts" Multiplayer Map Pack is available on Xbox LIVE Marketplace for 800 Microsoft Points. All four multiplayer maps will be available for free after Sept. 3, 2007."


I'm still addicted to Forza so I wont be playing Gears for a few weeks yet. Good to see they're adding new features to it though.

The dashboard figure from the new Seat Rituals TV ad

I've been looking for one of these since I first saw the ad a couple of weeks ago:

And thanks to a couple of forums posts I was sent HERE where they sell them. Cool.

Xbox Live vs Playstation Network

I found an interesting article on the next-gen.biz website about the Xbox Live service and how it compares to the Playstation Network. It's an interview with the group product manager for xbox and xbox live. He talks about the differences between Xbox Live and the Sony online service.

I personally think that Xbox Live will take some beating for any service to be as good as it is. The price we pay for Xbox Live (around £40 in the UK) I reckon is excellent value for money for what you get. I know the Sony online service is free but as the chap in the interview says this isnt an issue.

Check out the interview here.

Speedball 2 Coming To Xbox Live Arcade in August

This is great news (especially for old school Amiga gamers!). Speedball 2 is coming to the live arcade in August. Quoted from c&vg website: "The XBLA version is said to be a perfect conversion of the original Bitmap Brothers classic, with the addition of new teams, download content and an obligatory high definition version."

Ice Cream anybody?? (only the old schoolers will understand this).

Screenshots:






more info here

Sensible World Of Soccer 360 - Official Achievements List

Here we go then - hot off the press from the swos forum on the codemasters site the official achievements list for Sensible World Of Soccer on the Xbox 360 Arcade.

Some of the achievements look a bit easy I have to say. I guess they're not really aimed at the old school sensible world of soccer fans from the Amiga days.

Hoping for a late-June release for this and I can't wait.



Thanks to Rubber Genius for updating us on the achievements.

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Prince Of Persia coming this week to the Xbox 360 Live Arcade

That's right. I was a big fan of Price Of Persia on the Commodore Amiga years ago. Good to see it's been updated and released again on the 360. Looking forward to this one.


More info and video here: http://www.n4g.com/xbox360/News-44560.aspx

Xbox Live Arcade Montage

Came across this link via the oxm forums thought you might find it interesting. It's basically a 3 minutes or so long video with clips of various xbox 360 Arcade titles - some already out (Rush n Attack) and some upcoming.

I especially like the look of track and field!

Link to the video: http://www.insidegamer.nl/hardware/xbox360/videos/2410

A couple more of my Forza 2 custom car designs

Check these out. The General Lee took me over an hour to do.

Forza Motorsport 2

All I can say is that it's brilliant. If you're not into driving games this might make you get into them. There's so much to do - not just racing! You can buy and sell cars via an ebay type auction site within the game (and view online) and you can also create custom designs and graphics on your cars. After you've done a design you upload it to the forzamotorsport.net website where you can show it off and download it to your computer.

Below are some of my designs. To see them all go to my Flickr page.