Category: Xbox

Ye olde Xbox console.

EA is shutting down online servers

EA is starting to shut down a bunch of online servers, for some reason, but it’s likely the servers will be put out of use because the games are old. Anyway here is the list of shutting down servers that will be gone by the weekend.

This weekend:

FIFA Soccer 2005 for PS2, Xbox and PC
EA SPORTSâ„¢ Fight Night Round 2 for PS2 and Xbox
NCAA® March Madnessâ„¢ 2005 for Xbox and PS2
NBA LIVE 2005 for Xbox, PC and PS2
NBA STREET V3 for PS2 and Xbox
NCAA® Football 2005 for PS2
Need for Speedâ„¢ Underground 2 for Xbox and PC
NHL® 2005 for PS2, Xbox and PC
Total Club Manager 06 for PS2
Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® 2005 for PS2 and PC
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUEâ„¢ 2004-2005 for Xbox, PC and PS2

EA also announced that on October 1st, Madden NFL 2005 for PS2, Xbox and PC and  NFL Street 2: Unleashed for PS2 and Xbox will be shut down as well.

Reservoir Dogs gets banned in the Australia

Australian officials have reported today that the new game, Reservoir Dogs will not release in Australia. The game has been banned from being sold or reviewed in Australia because of the ultra violence. If you thought something like Chronicals of Riddick or Silent Hill 3 or Resident Evil is violent, then you won’t believe how evil the game sounds. According to Australian Rating boards, “Players can take police officers hostage and go on to burn out their eyes with a lit cigar, chop off their fingers with a cigar cutter, and hack off their ears using a scalpel, while [the police officers] plead for their lives and scream in pain”…

Wow. That sounded violent. Watch as every single politician attacks this one. And watch how some stupid parent will buy it and then sue companies that aren’t even involved (reference to the GTA:SA lawsuit where they were suing: Nintendo, and a bunch of other companies that weren’t involved).

Need For Speed Carbon News Update

carbonEA previewed Need for Speed Carbon at E3 this year and today we learned more about the game.

In the game, players will race as part of a crew in a turf war for the city to gain your rivals’ stomping grounds. But it doesn’t stop there. The Police eventually force the war out into the Canyon area where you continue to fight.

EA is going to finally be serious about customization by giving you new options in Carbon, like the ability to set the configurations of your car, as well as controlling and modifying your crew.

Need for Speed Carbon will be released this November on all current generation systems plus the PS3 and Wii.

Bill Gates Steps Down

Bill Gates is fading out of his full-time role at Microsoft, the software giant that’s been under pressure due to a sagging stock price, competition from Google, and nagging delays in the Vista operating system.

He will officially quit on June 2008 and Microsoft’s chief technical officer Ray Ozzie will immediately assume the title of chief software architect. In addition, chief technical officer Craig Mundie will immediately take the new title of chief research and strategy officer and will assume Gates’ responsibilities for the company’s research and incubation efforts.

SSX4

EA has announced that (other then their lawsuit they are currently having with its workers) SSX4 (the sequel to SSX3) will be coming out early. The maker’s snowboarding franchise has been a big hit with almost all video game owners. SSX3 was one of the best ever made. The DS and PSP versions will be released at a later date. More details to come