The 360 thread!

[Phineasfool]

Extended Play Download Days (price drop on DLC)
http://majornelson.com/
A few GH3 Packs, Oblivion Shivering Isles 1600 Points, ...

Cool. I hadn't got the Mass Effect expansion yet.

Same here, I'll have to snag it before the end of Oct.

[Deckard]

Quite a good read about the clusterfuck that was/is the 360 hardware stability - http://gizmodo.com/5046314/the-shocking ... -xbox-360s

[Mark]

Wednesday's XBLA splurge - Rocketbowl, Samurai Shodown 2 and Shotest Shogi:

http://gamerscoreblog.com/team/archive/ ... 60832.aspx

I've a mate who's a fan of the first so it may be worth a look, I know tits all about the second apart from seeing it in the list in Mame as I scroll past to better things, and my only experience of Shogi is somehow bruteforcing a win on the DS game 42 All Time Classics with barely a read of the rules. My MS points are safe this week, I feel.

[HGFB]

Sounds like they're dumping all the shit before Sept 25th. The 25th you say?

Have a rumour http://kotaku.com/5046921/rumor-xbox-36 ... free-games

[benedictw]

Sounds like they're dumping all the shit before Sept 25th. The 25th you say?

Have a rumour http://kotaku.com/5046921/rumor-xbox-36 ... free-games

It certainly looks like a heaping pile of stinking fanboy fantasy, but we suppose it could happen.

Best quote evar.

[Bod]

Just tried the Fifa 09 demo ... actually pretty good & I think I will get this when it's released.

[mrsmr2]

Just got some extra points so it was Shred Nebula for me. The controls take some getting used to but I think the game is really good. Looks good, ship is responsive to fly, and so far, it's not dropped below 60fps. A solid, smooth, and responsive shoot em up with exploration elements - ideal.

[Mark]

Domino Master and Feeding Frenzy 2 this week for XBLA. My points are safe again, I reckon.

http://gamerscoreblog.com/team/archive/ ... 61095.aspx

Actually, from the little bit I've seen of it, Domino Master seems rather nicely done. Little touches like placing a domino shaking the board a tad, and the coup de gras of a winning domino having a big old thump make the difference. OK, so I'm easily impressed.

If Dominos are your thing though, it's definitely worth a look.

[aureole]

Just tried the Fifa 09 demo ... actually pretty good & I think I will get this when it's released.

If the 10vs10 comes off and isn't ruined by griefers and idiots, it's an amazing selling point.

[Flabio]

Price drop on the 360 for the UK. The arcade is now 130 quid, the 60 gig HD one is now 170 quid. Yup, that means one with a decent size harddrive is now less than the wii.

Should help Fable2 sales a fair bit, heh.

[benedictw]

Wonder how much the 60gb HD is on its own. I am fairly tempted to pick up a new Arcade, retire the Pro to the living room as a media player.

[WiredWorm]

Wonder how much the 60gb HD is on its own. I am fairly tempted to pick up a new Arcade, retire the Pro to the living room as a media player.

Knowing Microsoft it'll still be stupidly expensive for what it is - if I had to put money on it i'd say they'll be charging between £80 and £120 just for the 60GB drive, which is really stupid when you consider the reductions in the cost of the consoles themselves.

I ended up using this guide to upgrade my 20GB drive to 120GB using a specific SATA laptop drive. Thus far it all seems to be working just fine and of course i've still got my old 20GB drive just in case I ever need to revert back - and i've also got the warm fuzzy feeling that i've not handed over cash to the evil Microsoft.

[The Caffeine Kid]

Price drop on the 360 for the UK. The arcade is now 130 quid, the 60 gig HD one is now 170 quid. Yup, that means one with a decent size harddrive is now less than the wii.

Should help Fable2 sales a fair bit, heh.

I wish my birthday had been the 21st of this month rather than the 21st of last month. LOL

But then again there is no right time to buy tech is there, it marches on and prices drop, just a fact of the world.

Hopefully this 20gig HD will be fine for me though.

[Flabio]

it marches on and prices drop

Unless you're Sony it seems.

They *have* to drop price of the PS3 now surely?

[fog]

Mercenaries 2 will almost certainly be ridiculously average in the most delightful way.

The original certainly was. Shallow, not technically that great, but huge fun.

Well Mercenaries 2 is flawed but it's exactly what I wanted it to be. It's essentially the same as the original, but with better graphics and bigger explosions and consequently great fun.