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Rare sends out super secret wallpaper about Banjo Kazooie. Secret characters within
Posted on May 20th, 2008 by MASA.
Categories: Gaming, Xbox360.
And we got one! The wallpaper, sent to 30 winners of a contest that was hidden in the recent scribes update, contains characters portraits from Nuts and Bolts. But it also contains blurred out (possible spoilers) secret characters that will appear in Nuts and Bolts.
From the picture, we can make out some other characters that are possibly from other Rare franchises (Viva Piñata, specifically Furgy [3rd row 2nd picture]), and maybe that squirrel Conkor, too (but then the bottom right also doesn’t look like him).
This info is not available anywhere else (yet).
We aren’t sure about the hidden characters, but you can help us id them by posting your ideas in the comments.
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Banjo Kazooie 3 Info leaked
Posted on May 12th, 2008 by MASA.
Categories: Gaming, Xbox360.
Unfortunately for Rare, someone in the company has leaked 13 secret photos from the new BK game, which is going to be titled Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts.
You can check them out here. Use them to formulate what you think this game will be like, then you will find out on November this year.
EDIT: Sources state that the game will be very vechile based, allowing you to create your own vechiles and then test them out. You get to mix and mash stuff and build in almost a “LEGO like” fashion. You know you want this game.
Penny Arcade: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness gone Gold!
Posted on May 5th, 2008 by MASA.
Categories: Gaming, Mac OSX, PC, Xbox360.
A few days ago, Hothead Games announced that Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness has gone gold on the PC, Mac and Linux versions. According to Hothead, the Xbox Live Arcade game is under review (a process where Microsoft reviews a game/game content and then prices it for the Marketplace). The computer versions are priced at $20 dollars and rumor has it that the Xbox Live Arcade version will be 1600 points.
What does this mean? It basically means that the game is coming out real soon.
The Bourne Conspiracy Demo now on Xbox Live
Posted on May 5th, 2008 by MASA.
Categories: Gaming, Xbox360.
One of my favorite book/movie series, is now available as a game demo on Xbox Live. We’ve known about the game since The Bourne Ultimatum came out on DVD. Judging from the screenshots this game looks pretty good for a game based off a book/movie.
It’s about 1.2GB and it’s downloading pretty slowly over here (a first on Xbox Live). The Bourne Conspiracy looks exciting, and I’ll write about it when my download finishes.
Ikaruga coming to XBLA
Posted on April 7th, 2008 by MASA.
Categories: Gaming, Old School, Xbox360.
Ikaruga is a game most gamers have never heard of, probably due to it’s horrible sales on the developer’s console of choice, the GameCube (after being on two SEGA systems). In Ikaruga, you play as a fighter pilot in futuristic Japan (the details are complex), who is the sole pilot of a freedom fighter brigade that was wiped out by a group calling themselves the “Divine Ones” because their leader found unspeakable powers from something he digged up.
This game is really different from most top down, horizontal arcade shooters. Enemies and bosses come in two different ways, powered by black and white polarity (think magnets), and your ship can switch between these two polarities. For example, if an enemy is firing white polarity powered bullets, you would want to switch to white polarity to cancel out the damage (and charge your laser), and then kill the enemy by switching to black and firing black polarity blasts.
Ikaruga will be having a second chance (its sales were quite high for a port, but unfortunately, since it released on the GameCube and the Dreamcast [a year after the DreamCast was discontinued by SEGA], its the sales weren’t too well for a videogame). And this time, it will be able to see a new audience. Ikaruga is available this Wednesday for 800MS Points.
New Call of Duty 4 Maps LIVE
Posted on April 4th, 2008 by Wailord.
Categories: Gaming, PC, Xbox360.
Fire up Call of Duty 4, and you’ll see an update ready for you. Download it and go to Multiplayer, Download Maps, and buy it (on the 360) for 800 Microsoft Points. There are four new maps: Creek, Broadcast, Killhouse, and Chinatown, the last of which is a remake of Carentan from Call of Duty 2.
New Halo 3 Map Pack out on April 15th
Posted on March 19th, 2008 by MASA.
Categories: Gaming, Xbox360.
Bungie announced more details on the Legendary Map Pack’s second map today, as well as giving it a date of release, April 15th.
The first map takes elements from the first campaign level in Halo 3, based on the area near the building Johnson is held in. 
This is Ghost Town, which is an abandoned warehouse covered in foliage located somewhere in the jungle. This is a favorite of the development team, which reminds them of the old Counter-Strike days. They might also like it because there’s only one sniper rifle, and it’s placed in a great area for sniping (providing an “unfair” advantage [cries of unfairness will probably follow]).
The other map, called Avalanche, is obviously based on the Ark and the level Halo. 
Yet the development team states the inspiration was Sidewinder. The team that worked on Avalanche stated that this map is really good with One/Multi Flag CTF games. Included with this map are custom versions of the vehicles available in Halo 3. The vehicles themselves are snow terrain styled.
UPDATE: And one more map has been added, it’s called Moonlight Sonata (a codename it seems), and no details have been revealed about it.
Besides the two three new maps and new vehicle schemes, Bungie gladly fixed the Hornet “problem” by completely weakening it, removing it’s ability to shoot rockets as well as diminishing the firepower of the machine guns.
The Legendary Map Pack releases on April 15th for 800 Microsoft points. The Heroic Map Pack will be provided for free on March 25th.
Mass Effect Brings Down the Sky
Posted on March 10th, 2008 by MASA.
Categories: Gaming, Xbox360.
BioWare has released “Bring Down the Sky”, the new Downloadable Content for the Xbox 360. The content adds a new achievement that’s worth 50 Gamerscore points and includes new gameplay that is estimated to take about 90 minutes of your life. It is the first in a series of planned downloadable content.
“Bring Down the Sky” focuses on a new uncharted world that is home to a new alien race called the Batarians, who are apparently very hostile. In summary, you have to stop a hijacked mobile asteroid station in the Asgard system from crashing into the world of Terra Nova.
The new content is currently available on the Xbox Live Marketplace for 400 MS Points.
Harmonix fixes DLC bugs
Posted on February 26th, 2008 by MASA.
Categories: Gaming, PS3, Xbox360.
Some Rock Band songs that were available to download were plagued by bugs. The problems have been patched up on the 360 (when you fire up the game, you will be notified) and the patch will appear for the PS3 on the 28th.
The following songs will have to be deleted and re-downloaded:
- Can’t Stand Losing You
- Roxanne
- Synchronicity II
- Police Pack 01
- Brass in Pocket
- Limelight
The songs have been reassigned to the right categories and the bug concerning vocal volumes being set all the way down yet still audible has been fixed.
For instructions on how to redownload view this forum post on the Rock Band website.
Rock Band to have “Still Alive” sometime in the future
Posted on February 22nd, 2008 by MASA.
Categories: Gaming, Xbox360.
According to Jonathan Coulton, a future download for Rock Band will allow you to play “Still Alive”, that awesome credits songs from Portal.
No word on how much it will cost or when it will appear, but apparently, Coulton earned a 95% accuracy on the Vocals for the song. Good for you.
Play (not so free) XNA games on the Xbox 360
Posted on February 20th, 2008 by MASA.
Categories: Gaming, Xbox360.
We were right. They aren’t free. The 7 games that Major Nelson stated would be free using the XNA system, aren’t. They are all 17-day trials (what a rip) and you have to have an active subscription to continue playing after awhile (this is an XNA subscription [$60 for about 4 months]).
To play XNA games you need to download the XNA Creators Club Game Launcher. To access the games you need to go to My Games and move the the XNA Creators Club. Then press Y to download, play and stuff. Supposedly to download you need an active XNA monthly subscription.
How lame.