The 360 thread!

Kamineko · Post by **Kamineko** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 10:11 pm 0

Crikey that Asteroids is pants, eh?

PVB · Post by **PVB** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 10:56 pm 0

Arcade: SpongeBob SquarePants Underpants Slam!
Content: SpongeBob Underpants!
Price: 800 Microsoft Points
Availability: Canada & United States
Dash Text: [ESRB: E (EVERYONE) COMIC MISCHIEF, MILD CARTOON VIOLENCE] Single Player, Xbox LIVE Multiplayer 2-4, Local Multiplayer 2-4, HD (High Definition). SpongeBob SquarePants Underpants Slam! is a fast-paced, side-scrolling multiplayer slapstick collect â€˜em-up set deep in the sea. A Royal Laundry shipment of Neptune, Lord of the Sea's undergarments, has been spread across the sea bottom by an incredibly powerful storm current! Neptune has called upon the commonfish to collect his lost undergarments and fix this â€˜delicateâ€™ situation. Heâ€™s offered a bounteous reward to the sea creature who collects the most bloomers! There are no refunds for this item.

PVB wrote:
Anders wrote:FS, I thought I was going to play SG today, but I get disconnected from XBLA all the time. It seems to happen with all my Live games.
Yup, it's happening again (or still not fixed), as people are still reporting problems over on the Xbox.com forums.

Live seems to be down at the moment, for me at least.

PVB · Post by **PVB** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 10:35 am 0

Demo: KUF:COD Playable Demo
Content: KUF:COD Playable Demo
Price: Free
Availability: Asia, Australia, Canada. Mexico, New Zealand, and US
Dash Text: [ESRB: M (Mature) BLOOD AND GORE,SUGGESTIVE THEMES,VIOLENCE] Battle through 2 stages of Act 1 as Kendal or Leinhart with enhanced level and abilities against a unique set of monsters. Coming this Winter, Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom is a dark and twisted Action RPG filled with demented monsters to battle using nearly infinite combos of weapons, abilities and spells.
Size: 1.2 GB

Edit: I have confirmed that this demo is coming to European Xbox LIVE regions in mid-January, prior to the game shipping in those regions.

Heads up!

Just for today (28th) only, you can download either SD or HD versions of the film 300 for just 100 MS points.

BTW, the Live online service is still playing up, so be careful with scoring in games such as SG and any achievements, as they may not be saved/registered.

benedictw · Post by **benedictw** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 12:57 pm 0

PVB wrote: Just for today (28th) only, you can download either SD or HD versions of the film 300 for just 100 MS points.

SD only for 100 MSP, looks like the HD version is still 500 ish MSP.

PVB wrote: BTW, the Live online service is still playing up, so be careful with scoring in games such as SG and any achievements, as they may not be saved/registered. [/b]

Highscores won't register - achievements will (Live considers the Xbox to be 'important' for achievements - your live gamerscore will update when you next connect to live.

PVB · Post by **PVB** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 1:26 pm 0

benedictw wrote:
PVB wrote: Just for today (28th) only, you can download either SD or HD versions of the film 300 for just 100 MS points.
SD only for 100 MSP, looks like the HD version is still 500 ish MSP.

I couldn't find the post on Major Nelson to quote, so couldn't check the prices.

benedictw wrote:
PVB wrote: BTW, the Live online service is still playing up, so be careful with scoring in games such as SG and any achievements, as they may not be saved/registered. [/b]
Highscores won't register - achievements will (Live considers the Xbox to be 'important' for achievements - your live gamerscore will update when you next connect to live.

I know several people (including my nephew) who have got achievements while not connected to Live and it hasn't accepted/saved them, and if they get them again once Live is back up, then it gets confused and still won't accept them, as I imagine somewhere it's shown as already attained.

So it's just a warning that you might not get them.

Post by **Muttley** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 10:37 pm 0

The HD version of 300 is now definitely up for 100 points...

benedictw · Post by **benedictw** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 11:42 pm 0

Metal Slug 3 next wed - 800 pts.

PVB · Post by **PVB** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 11:55 pm 0

Muttley wrote:The HD version of 300 is now definitely up for 100 points...

Yup, just started to download it now.

Guess I'll be leaving the 360 on overnight. Hope I don't wake to a RROD.

Post by **Muttley** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 1:34 am 0

PVB wrote:
Muttley wrote:The HD version of 300 is now definitely up for 100 points...
Yup, just started to download it now.

Guess I'll be leaving the 360 on overnight. Hope I don't wake to a RROD.

Load of wank, isn't it!

The download has bailed out 3 times one me and you have to start from scratch each time (after manually deleting the INCOMPLETE video file). I could have driven to blockbusters, hired it, driven home and watched it by now.

PVB · Post by **PVB** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 9:13 pm 0

Muttley wrote:
PVB wrote:
Muttley wrote:The HD version of 300 is now definitely up for 100 points...
Yup, just started to download it now.

Guess I'll be leaving the 360 on overnight. Hope I don't wake to a RROD.
Load of wank, isn't it!

The download has bailed out 3 times one me and you have to start from scratch each time (after manually deleting the INCOMPLETE video file). I could have driven to blockbusters, hired it, driven home and watched it by now.

I'd only be able to hire the SD version from Blockbusters though, as I don't have the HD-DVD player.

Live's playing silly buggers again; logged me out and won't let me log back in.

The Xbox.com site says Live Status is 'Up and running', but then says:

Users may experience issues performing transactions dependent on Windows Live ID availability including but not limited to Xbox 360 and Zune account creation, renewal, recovery, all DMP transactions, and logging into or creating Windows Live ID accounts. We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your patience.

Funny description of Up and running.

Flabio · Post by **Flabio** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 9:23 pm 0

Amusingly, LiveID has to be up in order to log into Xbox live, but they're run by completely different teams. LiveID covers everything that used to be under the control of .NET Passport.

Bubba · Post by **Bubba** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 9:34 pm 0

Gotta get back to the service place on Monday and kick up hell as my newly returned from service centre 360 has been banned from live - I knew the quick turn around of about a week would be trouble - I'm guessing some overworked underpaid tech forgot to enter something when changing DVD drive or motherboard which has resulted in the ban. But trying to convince MS that I'm not some filthy filthy pirate is proving an upwards struggle...

Cheers

Bubba

Rod_S · Post by **Rod_S** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 10:30 pm 0

Yeah Live is totally fucked again, the dash is hanging, downloads are dead and I can't join any games. I bet they'll put a positive spin on this with a press release that talks about "unprecedented demand", and "the busiest gaming Christmas ever".

The only reliable thing I've ever bought from MS has been a fucking Intellimouse. Seriously, never again. Fuck this.

RageMatrix · Post by **RageMatrix** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 11:03 pm 0

Yup, Live isn't letting me log in to the dashboard, either. I hope this is only temporary.

teamonkey · Post by **teamonkey** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 11:17 pm 0

It's been fine for me all evening. I wasn't trying to join any games but downloads and the dashboard are fine for me. I saw a few other people from here pop on and off over the last few hours so it's not a global problem.