Have a happy happy gaming holiday
Hexus :: Monday, December 26, 2005
This year, like every year before it, is going to be the best year ever for fantastic game performance, exciting games, super powerful platforms, affordable prices, and community playing in both your living room and on line. And next year will be even better – but why wait?
SmartXX v3 Quick Install Guide and Production Pictures
Xbox-Scene :: Monday, December 26, 2005
Team Smartxx released the v1.6x Quick Install Guide for their new SmartXX(info) v3 modchip. You can download/view it here. The more detailed guides will follow soon.
Official Xbox Magazine – Jan ’06 – Playable Demos for Xbox360 and Xbox
Xbox-Scene :: Monday, December 26, 2005
Xbox Live Diamond Card Announced
Xbox-Scene :: Monday, December 26, 2005
Who’s partnering with Xbox Live to bring you special Diamond card offers? How about Ticketmaster, Cambridge Soundworks, Timberland, McDonald’s, and hundreds more? Thought that would get your attention.
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe Xbox Review
Gamer’s Hell :: Monday, December 26, 2005
Review – The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe Xbox Review check it out
Call of Duty 2: Big Red One GameCube Review
Gamer’s Hell :: Monday, December 26, 2005
Review – Call of Duty 2: Big Red One GameCube Review check it out
Shrek SuperSlam Xbox Review
Gamer’s Hell :: Monday, December 26, 2005
Review – Shrek SuperSlam Xbox Review check it out
Pac-Man World 3 PS2 Review
Gamer’s Hell :: Monday, December 26, 2005
Review – Pac-Man World 3 PS2 Review check it out
Christmas v2005 Is Out!
Gamer’s Hell :: Monday, December 26, 2005
Christmas v2005 Is Out!
check it out
Call of Duty 2 v1.01 Patch
Gamer’s Hell :: Monday, December 26, 2005
Call of Duty 2 v1.01 Patch check it out
Act of War: High Treason Trailer
Gamer’s Hell :: Thursday, December 22, 2005
Act of War: High Treason Trailer check it out
Blitzkrieg II v1.3 Patch
Gamer’s Hell :: Thursday, December 22, 2005
Blitzkrieg II v1.3 Patch check it out
Armed Assault Trailer, RTL Ski Jumping 2006 German Demo, and more
Gamer’s Hell :: Tuesday, December 20, 2005
RTL Ski Jumping 2006 German Demo check it out
– The Sims 2 Open For Business Movie #3 check it out
– Pokemon Trozei Announced check it out
– Armed Assault Trailer check it out
The ButtKicker Gamer Review @ Legit Reviews
Legit Reviews :: Tuesday, December 20, 2005
“The Buttkicker Gamer provided a completely new feature to the games, movies, and music on my computer. Most of us are already able to watch and listen to the games and movies we interact with, but the Buttkicker Gamer activates a third sense: the ability to feel what we are watching. For me, this took my gaming experience to the next level and made some of the games I’ve already played ‘new’ again…”
Xbox 360: Call of Duty 2 @ Bytesector
Bytesector :: Wednesday, December 14, 2005
“The Xbox 360 launched with three first-person shooters in its lineup: Quake 4, Perfect Dark Zero, and Call of Duty 2. Each of these games has at least one predecessor and more importantly, at least one successful predecessor. All three of these Xbox 360 launch titles come highly anticipated by gamers the world over but the question is, which to buy if you can only afford to buy just one. After playing all three, I can without hesitation say that Call of Duty 2 is, in my books, the top Xbox 360 FPS-here’s why. Call of Duty 2 takes us, once again, to the days of World War II. Unless you’ve been living under a proverbial rock for the past few years, the concept of a World War II game probably sounds just about as exciting opening your lunch bag to find the usual egg salad sandwich. Thankfully, Call of Duty 2 makes things a little more interesting by dropping you into the battles you don’t usually see.”
WarRock Free Full Game
Gamer’s Hell :: Wednesday, December 14, 2005
I guess this is a free game… I can’t tell because GAMER’S HELL NEVER GIVES A FREAKIN’ DESCRIPTION OF THEIR NEWS POSTS!…
but I digress…
WarRock Free Full Game check it out
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex PSP Review
Gamer’s Hell :: Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex PSP Review check it out
Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil Xbox Review
Gamer’s Hell :: Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil Xbox Review check it out
Unreal Tournament 2004 Mega Bonus Pack
Gamer’s Hell :: Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Unreal Tournament 2004 Mega Bonus Pack check it out
Quake 4 Stupid Angry Bot Alpha 8 Released, Unreal Fortress: Evolution Beta 1 Released, and more
Gamer’s Hell :: Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Out of Hell 12 December 2005 check it out
– First New Sam & Max Comic Released check it out
– Meridian4 And Space Hack Expands Online With Chips & Bits check it out
– Quake 4 Stupid Angry Bot Alpha 8 check it out
– Midway Arcade Treasures: Extended Play in Stores check it out
– Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows Ships check it out
– Unreal Fortress: Evolution Beta 1 Released check it out
Quake 4 v1.0.5 Beta Patch
Gamer’s Hell :: Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Quake 4 v1.0.5 Beta Patch check it out
Lik-Sang Real-Life Report of Xbox 360 Japanese Launch
Xbox-Scene :: Sunday, December 11, 2005
Event which was embarrassingly anticipated with much lower expectations in Japan than in the western world, analysts predicting the 360 to be yet another big flop for Microsoft in the mother country of video games. Tim Rogers, who braved the cold and went on “36 hours without sleep mode” again for the occasion, reported a situation that fits with what we all came to expect: there wasn’t such a big of a party going on and it was incomparable with crazy release days that Japan is known for when it comes to a new PlayStation, a new Nintendo system or even a new Dragon Quest or Final Fantasy opus.
Tim Rogers reports: “We — that is, me, Tim Rogers, my friend Francis “Chuck” Franklin-Dorstervelt, Matt, Israel, and Jake all met in front of the lounge at a little before seven-thirty. Our goal was to go inside and shoot a little video of the games and the really hip look of the place. Well, that wasn’t going to happen: they’d locked the place down. The reason was because they were planning a party, some kind of countdown to the launch. They weren’t letting us near the door. The window shades were down. We loitered around outside, got a little angry, and headed down Tokyo Highway Route 246, headed for Shibuya. We ended up in front of the Tsutaya store — where, uh, nobody was doing anything. There was no one in line, nothing going on. We went inside and went upstairs, and saw a few new-release Sony PlayStation 2 titles (the wonderful Ryu ga Gotoku and amazing Rogue Galaxy — both worth importing, you know. Go ahead, buy them!) hogging all of peoples’ attention. We shot a video of four Japanese people lined up to play Mario Kart on DS . . . and no one touching the 360. Hmmm.”
Xbox 360 ISOs and Game Dump Extractor!
Xbox-Scene :: Sunday, December 11, 2005
The ‘PI’ group released Xbox 360 game ISOs today. Note that downloading such releases is illegal and you can’t do anything with them yet (they will not boot on your Xbox 360). You can find the NFO of one of their releases here[Condemned – nforce.nl]. They also released an open-source tool to extract these releases (basicly it’s an ‘x360-ISO extractor’) so you can check out the files in the image. It will NOT work on original discs as a PC DVD-ROM can’t read those. Just like the original Xbox (xdvdfs) the 360 does not use the ISO9660 or UDF filesystem for the content on game DVDs. This tools allows you to extract the files from an image in the ‘Xbox 360 DVD file system’, it does NOT bypass the protection that prevents you from reading an original Xbox 360 disc on your PC. From readme/nfo:
[QUOTE] So you’ve seen all our raw dumps? but what can you use them for? Nothing in their current form, yet! – But here we go with a nice extractor tool so that you can extract the dumps and check out the files, we even decided to release the source code, so that you can figure out the filesystem and make even nicer tools and clean up our horrible looking code, cause we are lazy and old! Usage: extract360.exe gamename.360 [wildcard]… For example: extract360.exe pi-nfsmw.360 Sit back and relax, and enjoy, these xbox360 games are quite large!
And a note to the tech guys: Yes, once you get past the protections and down to the raw bits on the disc, its just the standard xboxdvdfs, however the offset and layer breakpoint are different!
