The 360 thread!

[Governmentyard]

Nah, it's another dose of perfectly fun free gaming on account of advertising crisps we all buy from time to time anyway. Dash of Destruction didn't exactly provide me with months of free gameplay but it was bloody good fun while I maxed the cheevos, these two look like having a little more longevity. Both games would have been fairly big titles a few generations ago.

[Mark]

Woo! Just cleared 85 million on Score Rush. Still haven't managed to clear all the bosses yet, but it's a work i progress and is beginning to feel possible, despite initial impressions of sheer bullet-madness impossibility.

James

Just managed a tad shy of 99 million - my best score by a huge margin. My eyes feel like they've been given a vigorous workover with coarse sandpaper. Top game!

[Muttley]

Nah, it's another dose of perfectly fun free gaming on account of advertising crisps we all buy from time to time anyway. Dash of Destruction didn't exactly provide me with months of free gameplay but it was bloody good fun while I maxed the cheevos, these two look like having a little more longevity. Both games would have been fairly big titles a few generations ago.

The driving game is a bit poo, but the other is a laugh. The boys will love that due to the combination of using your avatars and the fact it's a bit like Total Wipeout which they find hilarious.

[Deckard]

Woo! Just cleared 85 million on Score Rush. Still haven't managed to clear all the bosses yet, but it's a work i progress and is beginning to feel possible, despite initial impressions of sheer bullet-madness impossibility.

James

Just got 89 millions and just the one boss left How does the high score table work then ? Is it done on the normal leaderboard gamertags as cant see you on there and I thought I had added all the YYakers.

[Jamesac]

No online high scores at all, sadly. Indie Games can do a few things to integrate them, but the developer is under the impression Microsoft has an official, XBLA-style leaderboard solution in the works. That would be much more efficient than whatever they hack together, so they're waiting.

Sad, this game needs functioning online leaderboards. I'd love to have seen it released as a full-fledged XBLA title. In fact, I wish MS had a program offering promotions from the Indie Games tab to XBLA, so the deserving games could get that extra bit of exposure and support.

James

[betamax]

Didn't see a mention, but the Marvel tables are available for Pinball FX 2. Unfortunately they only come as a set for 800 points, but the Spiderman table alone is almost worth it to me.

I find myself driven beyond my will to buy up these tables in order to suck out loud at them. I can't help it- Its so bloody addictive.

I'll be having those when I get home tonight.

[Mark]

Radiangames Crossfire 2 is now available on the Indie Game marketplace. The first Crossfire is my favourite game of theirs so this one's a no-brainer for me.

http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Produ ... cid=search

[PVB]

Grabbed, ta for the heads up.

[disciple]

Lara Croft Guardians of Light 600 points today only, other discounts to follow!

Alledgedly this is what's coming.

Posted this yesterday, but I don't know how many people saw the comment. They accidentally leaked the info on the deals through the Download to Win contest info on the Dashboard yesterday. Here's the (probably) Complete List of "Countdown to 2011" Daily Discounts.

(Note I found this by going to the Dashboard > Countdown to 2011 > Other Holiday Deals > Enter to Win > Go over 3 Panels to "Eligible Content" ... This has since been removed).

**Arcade Games:

-Lara Croft: GoL

-Castlevania Harmony of Dispair

-Perfect Dark

-Monday Night Combat

-Sonic the Hedgehog

-Sonic the Hedgehog 2

-Sonic the Hedgehog 3

-Sonic the Hedgehog 4

-Sonic Adventure

-Sonic and Knuckles

-Limbo

**Add-Ons:

-Halo Noble Map Pack

-Fable III Understone Quest Pack

-RDR: Liars & Cheats, Legends & Killers, Undead Nightmare

-Alan Wake: The Signal and The Writer

-Dance Central: I Gotta Feeling

-Mass Effect: Lair of the Shadow Broker

-Mass Effect 2: Overlord; Kasumi

**Avatars:

-2011 Glasses

-Pet Monkey

-Rock Band Keyboard Prop

-Alan Wake Raincoat

-Kinect Sports Giant Foam Finger (Red)

-Modern Warfare 2 UAV Prop

-Fantasy Pets Minotaur

-Cool Jobs Policeman Outfit

-Plants vs. Zombies Mask

-Sonic & Sega All Stars Racing Car

-Yoda Green Lightsaber

-Free Premium Theme

**Movies:

-Layer Cake

-13 Going on 30

-The Spy Next Door

-Wall Street

-Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist

-Brothers

-I am Legend

-GAMER

-Semi-Pro

-The Notebook

-Kick-ass

[Terrypantsman]

Wasted an entire afternoon this week on Miner Dig deep the little indie game. Bloody addictive.

enjoyed it a lot.

Good job I cannot play mine craft on my mac I reckon.

[Bod]

I see Dead Space 2 demo is up!

[Bod]

Microsoft has confirmed a pair of small updates to its Xbox 360 gaming platform, one to launch today and the next tomorrow, designed to restore missing functionality and offer a cleaner look to player's Gamercards.

Today's update restores the ability to have a console load a game the instant it's turned on - the so-called 'boot to disc' mode. In an earlier update, Microsoft had made the decision to remove this functionality in order to encourage use of its redesigned dashboard interface - which, incidentally, contains numerous adverts for downloadable content and streamable films.

The update, which is mandatory for all Xbox Live users, has gone live today and will download and install the next time an Xbox 360 is connected to Xbox Live.

The second update, due to go live on the company's servers tomorrow, changes the appearance of the console's Gamercards - personalised identification cards that contain player information such as reputation received from other players as a result of multiplayer gaming, the most recent games to be played, and a player's Gamerscore.

While the layout of the Gamercards in general will be overhauled, the biggest change is the removal of the Gamerzone - a self-selected category that is supposed to represent the player's gaming style, choices included 'Underground,' 'Recreation,' and 'Family.'

[Governmentyard]

Proof it never did anything anyway. Would have been good if it did, though.

[Deckard]

Not convinced by Zeit (squared) - the time rewind mechanic seems flawed and totally contrived - I like my games to flow and rewinding all over the place just seems to make it too bitty for me

[Jonesey]

Crysis 2 multiplayer demo tomorrow. Shame it's not single-player, like - I would've downloaded that.

Bulletstorm playable demo tomorrow as well - I'll be having some of that online or off.