The 360 thread!

[Bod]

Updated. Liking it so far ... all very swish.

[Mark]

If you're a fan of pinball and haven't already given it a pop, you may want to check out Pinball FX 2 which was released last Wednesday on XBLA. It's really rather spiffy, with shiny new graphics and physics and a bunch of new tables which seem to be generally better than those from the first game (from the little I've played of them so far).

It's also very nicely done as a sequel, because the base pack is free (you only pay to unlock tables), and if you own the original you can grab updated versions of all your old tables for nothing too (and there are 3 new achievements for each, if that's your thing). The leaderboard integration is good too - with in-game notifications when you're nearing friends' scores and so on (perfect for making you panic and lose your last ball a few thousand points shy of the person above you in the table).

[PVB]

Wow! If only there was some way the xbox itself could let you know when there was an update available..

Some of us don't switch it on every day and not always online too.

I hadn't planned on turning my 360 on today until I saw this, so thanks.

It'd also be of help to anyone who had arranged for some online gaming later, as the update could take a while on less speedy net connections, making for impatient gamers.

Had to re-download/install the Sky Player after the update too. Haven't tried the Twitter or Facebook apps to see if they need d/ling too.

[The Caffeine Kid]

It's a bit too white. Very garish. 2/10

[PVB]

It's a bit too white. Very garish. 2/10

Looks pale grey on my set, so not too bad, but I do have brightness and contrast set lower than is probably normal, due to a ghosting/burning in issue with my screen.

[The Captain]

I like it - in Microsoft's usual manner it's taken about 281 revisions to result in something that is at least functional, so we all feel mighty grateful. But everything is a lot, lot faster; lists populate quicker, and things are better arranged.

So now it's only a third as awful. Well done MS.

[jawafour]

"Can't download the update"... repeat...

Oh well, back to Deadly Premonition :-)

[The Captain]

Oh damn! Hope you're enjoying it.... Isn't that right, Zach?

[chub]

"Can't download the update"... repeat...

From what I've read, you're not the only one having problems. Microsoft are having a few of their own, as shown by the Service Alerts on their status page: http://support.xbox.com/en-gb/Pages/xbo ... tatus.aspx

[Bod]

If you're a fan of pinball and haven't already given it a pop, you may want to check out Pinball FX 2 which was released last Wednesday on XBLA. It's really rather spiffy, with shiny new graphics and physics and a bunch of new tables which seem to be generally better than those from the first game (from the little I've played of them so far).

It's also very nicely done as a sequel, because the base pack is free (you only pay to unlock tables), and if you own the original you can grab updated versions of all your old tables for nothing too (and there are 3 new achievements for each, if that's your thing). The leaderboard integration is good too - with in-game notifications when you're nearing friends' scores and so on (perfect for making you panic and lose your last ball a few thousand points shy of the person above you in the table).

Thanks for the heads up. I have the original, so will be downloading this.

[axel000]

Wow, liking the look of the next PacMan CE edition, this time also coming to PSN as well as XBLA. The first one was the best Pac Man since, well, Pac Man IMO.... now it looks like he has gone, well, all LLamasoftie

http://kotaku.com/5688915/the-new-pac+m ... -many-ways

Very trippy, nice

[fog]

Wow, liking the look of the next PacMan CE edition, this time also coming to PSN as well as XBLA. The first one was the best Pac Man since, well, Pac Man IMO.... now it looks like he has gone, well, all LLamasoftie

http://kotaku.com/5688915/the-new-pac+m ... -many-ways

Very trippy, nice

That does look nice.

I wonder why the Pac Man style of game is rarely copied these days? They still seem to be popular enough and ""casual gamer" friendly.

[Meow]

My update come with Assassin Greed Brotherhood. Didn't need to go on-line. I prefer the older dash. I guess it just a matter of getting used to the odd choice of colors...Looks very bright and the text clashes...It's the telly I think.

[Mark]

Ilomilo early access here:

http://wp7supersecretaccess.ilomilo.com/

This link should give you a code to download the demo, with the option to purchase the full thing early too if you want to (haven't tested it yet - still waiting for the last few percent to download).

But you may well want to - here's a re-post of the rather lovely Ilomilo trailer:



It's going to take some major fucking flaws to stop that being an essential purchase, IMO.

[PVB]

Ta for that, grabbing now.