Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com Joystiq http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com en-us Copyright 2013 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[Hands-on: Alan Wake]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/18/alan-wake-preview/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/18/alan-wake-preview/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/18/alan-wake-preview/#comments During last week's X10 event in San Francisco, I previewed the latest build of Remedy's third-person supernatural action-thriller, Alan Wake. The scene I played takes place later in the game (as opposed to the beginning), so any chance of getting wrapped up in the mystery of the over-arching storyline was not happening; not to mention the demo was relatively short and, oh, the fact that I was preoccupied by the axe-wielding maniac chasing me.

A representative gave me a brief recap of the preceding circumstances (I won't spoil it for you) that had landed protagonist Alan Wake in the specific location of the demo level, where the scene kicked off with a "Previously on Alan Wake ... " montage -- like we'd seen before at E3 2009 -- but most of it made little sense out of context. The only thing I was sure of was that I needed to escape from the car I'd just crashed after swerving to avoid someone in the road (who, of course, vanished when Wake looked in his rear-view). After I climbed out, Wake's voice-over cued me to head through the woods to reach a gas station for help. That's when things started to get really weird.

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JoystiqHands-on: Alan Wake originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>alan-wakemicrosoftmicrosoft-game-studiosremedyx10Xbox-360Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:46:00 EST<![CDATA[Fable 3 co-op to bring full characters, dogs, weapons into friends' games]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/16/fable-3-co-op-to-bring-full-characters-dogs-weapons-into-frien/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/16/fable-3-co-op-to-bring-full-characters-dogs-weapons-into-frien/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/16/fable-3-co-op-to-bring-full-characters-dogs-weapons-into-frien/#comments If there's one thing we could've used in Fable 2, it was a more fleshed-out co-op system. Sure, we could see our friends' orbs floating about Albion and we could even invite them to play as a one-off character in our world, but it was one unable to collect experience or have any lasting impact on our game. As you might image, Lionhead's head lion Peter Molyneux is ready to deliver just that in Fable 3. Molyneux told the 4Guys 1UP podcast: "I heard you all about co-op. You want to have your own hero come into the world. Okay, fine, you can have that definitely."

Detailing the system further, he admitted that the player's dog and weapons will also be available in co-op. "When you come into my world, you come in as your hero, with your dog, with all your unique weapons, self-crafted weapons. I heard you -- you don't wanna be tied to my camera, you wanna go off and do your own thing in my world. Fine, fair enough."

That said, he warned about "consequences" from bringing in said friends to your own version of Albion. "It means careful who you invite in, 'cause they can screw the whole thing up, man!" And then, when the possibility of using the new "touch" functionality came up, things took a turn for the weird. "Yes you can use touch with your co-op partner. Yes you can walk down the street hand-in-hand. Yes you can drag your co-op partner to your dungeon and see what happens. Absolutely." Keep in mind, folks -- what happens in the dungeon stays in the dungeon. Rawr!

Gallery: Fable 3 (X10)

JoystiqFable 3 co-op to bring full characters, dogs, weapons into friends' games originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>Actionalbionco-opfablefable-2fable-3lionheadlionhead-studiosMGSMicrosoftMicrosoft-Game-Studiospeter-molyneuxRPGx10Xbox-360Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:58:00 EST<![CDATA[Interview: Remedy's Matias Myllyrinne on Alan Wake]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/15/interview-remedys-matias-myllyrinne-on-alan-wake/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/15/interview-remedys-matias-myllyrinne-on-alan-wake/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/15/interview-remedys-matias-myllyrinne-on-alan-wake/#commentsX10 was a special day for Remedy's long-in-development Alan Wake: the release date was announced at last, officially bringing the psychological thriller within a few months of release. On this occasion, Matias Myllyrinne, managing director of Remedy, shared his thoughts with Joystiq about episodic gaming, the inevitabillity of digital distribution, and high-profile competition.

Joystiq: It was announced earlier that there would be episodes of Alan Wake.

Matias Myllyrinne: It was just announced in CES by Robbie Bach.

Did you guys take a look at the experiment with Fable 2? That was surprising. What are your thoughts on that?

I think it's interesting to see how those new forms of enjoying entertainment -- how to distribute that, and get through to people in the way they want to enjoy it. I think it'll be really cool to see what happens with the Fable episodic delivery stuff. I think the jury's still out on how people want to consume media such as games. I think it's also an evolving thing, as well. If you think back to music, it's not that long ago that we all bought CDs. That changed. I thought it would happen like in two years, but it actually took more like seven for the music industry to shift and tilt.

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Greenberg remained genial even when faced with familiar questions about the ramifications of the removal of Xbox 1 Live support, and with random, odd questions generated from Joystiq's interview brainstorming session, such as:

Joystiq: Can you make Kudo in Kodu?

Aaron Greenberg: What?

I don't know. Don't worry about it.

Does not compute.

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Microsoft's X10 press event has come and gone, and with it came a stack of Xbox-related news, trailers, screenshots and more. It was so much content, we nearly broke the Internet! Alright, that's probably inaccurate but we have to assume we were close. In case you missed anything, we've wrapped it all up and have it here for you in one tidy, little package.

Gallery: Joystiq live at Microsoft's X10 event in San Francisco

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JoystiqX10: The Recap Post originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It's been a crazy 48 hours, thanks to all of the news coming out of X10. Attendees were greeted with various playable demos, a box full of mullets and, in the case of this post, the above trailer and gallery full of screenshots for Rare's upcoming XBLA port of Perfect Dark. Featuring graphics of up to 1080p and small grey alien sidekicks named Elvis, it's one of the more high-profile games coming to Xbox Live Arcade as part of the Block Party promotion.

Gallery: Perfect Dark XBLA (X10)

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Joystiq: As a game that is intended to cap off Bungie's work on the Halo series, how do you end a story by going back to the beginning?

Marcus Lehto: What we wanted to do is kind of bring everything full circle. Going back -- to a prequel -- to delve into the stories of the Spartans on planet Reach and to tell their stories; What they did, what they did that transpired and led to the events of Halo 1, was such a cool thing for us to tackle. That's the thing that really got us excited about [Halo: Reach]. We came up with an amazing story tell tell.

For us, like I said, it does literally bring things full circle for us because we're doing things in Reach -- and telling this story -- that really help us encapsulate the entire series and make sense of everything.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>bungiebungie-studioshalohalo-reachinterviewmarcus-lehtoMicrosoftx10Xbox-360Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:26:00 EST<![CDATA[Fabled interview: Peter Molyneux at X10]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/12/fable-3-interview-peter-molyneux-at-x10/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/12/fable-3-interview-peter-molyneux-at-x10/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/12/fable-3-interview-peter-molyneux-at-x10/#comments It doesn't take much for Fable III designer Peter Molyneux to get going on and on about his latest project. We even managed to squeeze in a few questions for the Lionhead boss, who was on hand at yesterday's X10 media event to unveil his studio's next grand fable.

Of course, it just wouldn't be polite to kick off a conversation with Molyneux without first checking in on the little one.

Joystiq: So, how's Milo?

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JoystiqFabled interview: Peter Molyneux at X10 originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Once you pick the video apart -- and we know you will -- be sure to post your OMG megaton discoveries in the comments. Once you're done doing that, go download the ViDoc from the Xbox Live Markeplace and watch it in HD.

Shortcut: Download the 'Once More Unto the Breach" ViDoc to your Xbox 360 [via Xbox.com]

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There you are, old Sam Fisher, minding your own business at some unknown cafe when the waiter brings you a cell phone and Bluetooth earpiece, compliments of the caller. It's Grim, it's Third Echelon, and it's the end of his vacation. Some thugs have managed to upset his vacation -- now we know why he's always carrying 12 rounds and a pistol.

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JoystiqXBLA Prices: Perfect Dark, Toy Soldiers, Scrap Metal originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 12 Feb 2010 04:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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You didn't think the X10 news was over, did you? Alan Wake, as you know, is always fashionably late to the party, and these latest screens are just another example of that fact. In them we get another quick glimpse at the havoc occurring in the small town of Bright Falls. Alan Wake is scheduled to hit Stateside on May 18, in multiple flavors.

Gallery: Alan Wake (X10)

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Thanks to a hush-hush covert op, we've extracted a handful of new Splinter Cell: Conviction screenshots to whet your appetite. Oh, okay. They were just given to us during the X10 event in San Fransisco -- but we can dream, can't we?

With Splinter Cell: Conviction (finally) hitting stores this April, these images only serve to anger us at the game's numerous delays. Also, these images are so crisp, we're not even sure they are real. If they are, someone needs to do something about that that horrific green couch (above). That is so last year.

Gallery: Splinter Cell: Conviction (X10)

JoystiqWe've exfiltrated these new Splinter Cell: Conviction screens from X10 originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 12 Feb 2010 02:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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albion my way, just as soon as you click through to this gallery
Microsoft has just sent off a handful of screens for the upcoming Lionhead adventure, Fable III. Featured in the images is a gruff-looking anti-hero, who has clearly lost more than a few followers from a slew of evil decisions. The pirate isn't all bad, though; one image shows the gun-toting maniac playing with his son ... unless, of course, kidnapping is a brand new Fable III feature.

Gallery: Fable 3 (X10)

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When asked if Bungie was sticking to the tried-and-true multiplayer formula in the upcoming prequel Halo: Reach, creative director Marcus Lehto told Joystiq the developer would be taking some "pretty big risks" for its final Halo title. "While we'll still have all of the good stuff that players have come to know and love about Halo, we've made that better and given them new features on top of that," Lehto said.

Lehto wouldn't detail the new risky features, but he would confirm players would see the "new multiplayer features" during the Reach multiplayer beta; beginning May 3. Lehto also reiterated that "currently" the multiplayer beta would only be accessible through a Halo 3: ODST disc.

Brainstorm with us, folks: What new features do you hope for in Halo: Reach multiplayer?

Gallery: Halo: Reach

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click to lose yourself in the galleryIf you're a huge Resident Evil nerd and a huge Gears of War nerd (a nerd squared, if you will) and are considering pre-ordering Lost Planet 2 solely for fan service, your head is about to explode. In these latest screenshots out of X10, the downloadable Albert Wesker, Marcus, and Dom appear together for the first time.

It's like seeing all of your favorite Hanna-Barbera characters interacting with each other in the Laff-a-Lympics, except instead of Scooby-Doo and Yogi Bear, it's a bunch of giant dudes with guns.

Gallery: Lost Planet 2: Wesker/Marcus/Dom


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"I came, I chainsaw, I conquered" -- killer weapons in Dead Rising 2

Friends, I have seen the future and it is not so bleak after all. It is a world that Max Brooks and Sam Raimi have prepared me for, but neither could anticipate the sheer awesome power of the paddle saw: two chainsaws tied to both ends of a paddle. The goal of our Dead Rising 2 demo at X10 was simple: 20,000 pp in 10 minutes. My friends, I've failed you, but it was not for lack of trying and it certainly was not without its grandiose moments.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>capcomdead-rising-2hands-onMicrosoftx10Xbox-360Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:06:00 EST<![CDATA[X10: Fable 3 impressions (spoiler: we're not pissed off)]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/11/x10-fable-3-impressions-spoiler-were-not-pissed-off/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/11/x10-fable-3-impressions-spoiler-were-not-pissed-off/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/11/x10-fable-3-impressions-spoiler-were-not-pissed-off/#comments Receiving a live demo of Fable 3 from Lionhead, er ... head and Microsoft Games Studio boss Peter Molyneux during today's X10 event, we learned that it, in his words, "is all about power and uniqueness." Well, that and Charles Dickens. (More on that in a sec.) Yes, the game is up, running and actually looking pretty far along at this point. But Molyneux was much more keen to talk about some of its new gameplay mechanics than anything involving graphics, sound or other trimmings.

First up, he revisited the premise of the game. It's set in Albion, which -- as we noticed right away -- has become heavily industrialized. You play as the son or daughter of the hero from Fable 2, with Molyneux confirming that you can import your saved game from that title, but that it "will make minor, not major, changes to the story." The game's structure will have you starting out as a "nobody," getting people to believe in you and eventually starting a revolution. About half-way through, you'll be the king or queen of Albion.

The Albion in the demo could certainly stand a change in ownership. It's smoggy, grimy and the streets are full of the homeless, poor and starving. The factories are full of everyone else, including children as young as five-years-old. Molyneux says that all of this is inspired by the works of Charles Dickens; in particular, Oliver Twist. As bad as it is, he promises you'll eventually have the power to change it all, should you choose.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>fable-3LionheadLionhead-StudiosMicrosoftmicrosoft-game-studiospeter-molyneuxX10Xbox-360Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:47:00 EST<![CDATA[Molyneux: A cute 'outside of Fable 3 experience' coming]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/11/molyneux-an-outside-of-fable-3-experience-coming/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/11/molyneux-an-outside-of-fable-3-experience-coming/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/11/molyneux-an-outside-of-fable-3-experience-coming/#comments Can gamers expect a tie-in product similar to Fable II: Pub Games for Lionhead's upcoming Fable III? Microsoft's Peter Molyneux told attendees at X10 that something was in the works.

Molyneux wouldn't detail the tie-in, only teasing that the product is "a really cute, very very cute 'outside of Fable III' experience that I'm not talking about." Molyneux, who felt a need to reiterate how adorable the "experience" will be, proclaimed: "It's really, really cute. It's not Pub Games." Sadly, whether the "really cute" experience would be a Xbox Live Arcade release wasn't confirmed. What is confirmed, however, is that this thing should be pretty ugly. No. Wait, forgive us. We're pretty sure he said cute.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>fable-2-pub-gamesfable-3Microsoftpeter-molyneuxX10Xbox-360Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:25:00 EST<![CDATA[X10: Left 4 Dead 2 'The Passing' DLC in March, L4D1 tie-in DLC to follow]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/11/l4d2-the-passing-dlc-in-march-l4d1-tie-in-dlc-to-follow/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/11/l4d2-the-passing-dlc-in-march-l4d1-tie-in-dlc-to-follow/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/11/l4d2-the-passing-dlc-in-march-l4d1-tie-in-dlc-to-follow/#comments So what's the appropriate greeting for when you pass another survivor in the zombie apocalypse? We'll find out next month, when Valve plans to release the first Left 4 Dead 2 DLC campaign, "The Passing," on Xbox 360 and PC. The Passing will feature non-playable appearances by the original Left 4 Dead cast (those shadowy figures in the background there), who will aid L4D2's four survivors during the third act of the new campaign, which is set in rural Georgia.

Not one to leave holes in a good story, Valve will explain the original survivors' frantic journey to Georgia by way of -- yes, it's really happening -- a new DLC add-on for Left 4 Dead 1 (not compatible with L4D2). No additional details were provided about the upcoming L4D1 DLC by Valve at X10 today, but it will follow the release of The Passing campaign and a digital comic (illustrated by Michael Avon Oeming) that will tie together the two DLC stories.

Additionally, Valve confirmed that The Passing will also include new arenas for Survival, Versus and Scavenge modes, and a new co-op challenge mode. Players will also encounter a new "uncommon common" infected, dubbed the Fallen Survivor, which can drop random items when killed. The Passing is currently on track for a "late March" release.

Gallery: Left 4 Dead 2: The Passing

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Bungie's "community guy " Brian Jarrard and Halo: Reach creative director Marcus Lehto were on-hand at X10 to provide a much deeper look into the workings of Reach, what they are calling "the best Halo yet" and "the most ambitious title Bungie has ever produced." The duo talked us through many of the changes being made to the established Halo formula, and new elements they believe make this "the definitive Halo experience."

Lehto talked about the team's desire to "throw new things at the player," building on the hallmark underpinnings of previous Halos and even changing some things to suit the new game's more serious tone, but said Bungie wouldn't "be pushing it." Another key goal with Reach, according to Lehto, is to "reintroduce the Covenant," by both making them look different -- more alien, more savage -- and giving established enemies new behaviors. It was also mentioned that, to keep with the more realistic tone of Reach, players won't be able to understand what the Covenant are saying.

Gallery: Halo: Reach

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>bungiehalohalo-reachmicrosoftx10Xbox-360Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:39:00 EST<![CDATA[Joystiq @ the Microsoft X10 media event]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/11/joystiq-at-the-microsoft-x10-media-event/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/11/joystiq-at-the-microsoft-x10-media-event/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/11/joystiq-at-the-microsoft-x10-media-event/#comments Okay, so, we're here and we're blogging the youknowwhat outta X10 and you probably already figured that out just by reading the posts streaming down the front page -- but! We just had to share this candid shot of Major Nelson with you. Isn't he precious?

Follow all X10 updates here or explore the gallery below for an inside look at the event. Pics courtesy of our superfriend Ross Miller at Engadget.

Gallery: Joystiq live at Microsoft's X10 event in San Francisco

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Launching simultaneously with Final Fantasy XIII in the US is a limited edition 250GB Xbox 360 console. Included in the box is a copy of the game, two wireless controllers, a headset, a FF-branded hard drive, and "exclusive downloadable avatar items" -- perhaps something to go with your pet Chocobo. All of this will be packaged together for $399, according to Major Nelson.

Microsoft is trying to make sure Final Fantasy fans from the PS2 generation will choose Xbox 360 as their console of choice. The carefully worded press release notes that this is "the only console outside of Japan to be bundled with the game." In other words, don't expect the limited edition PS3 to make its way Stateside. Ever.

In addition, Microsoft also plans to release a Final Fantasy XIII faceplate designed by Tetsuya Nomura and not included with the special edition bundle. The press release doesn't explain exactly how to get one, only stating that a "very limited number" will be available "promotionally in fixed quantities across select retailers in Europe, North America, Australia, and New Zealand."

Gallery: Final Fantasy XIII Special Edition Xbox 360 bundle

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 Though most may require little more than a premise involving zombies, a besieged casino and a chainsaw-wielding motorcycle to get hooked on Dead Rising 2's ultra-violent charms, perhaps you demand greater narrative fortitude from your gaming pleasures. Perhaps you're a thespian, desperately seeking an answer for untold undead anarchy. What is my motivation? you wonder as you route another rigor-mortis special.

Well, you'll have to turn to Dead Rising 2: Case Zero, a "game add-on" launching exclusively on Xbox Live shortly before the full game's release on August 31. Case Zero will serve as a prologue to Dead Rising 2, introducing new protagonist Chuck Greene (who has not covered wars as far as we know) and elaborating on the events that followed the first game.

Pricing and exact release details have yet to be announced. It's also currently unclear how the add-on will work prior to the launch of the full game -- it may be packaged as a separate downloadable game (a la Halo Waypoint) that can interact with Dead Rising 2 ... and explain whence all those zombies came.

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So, what do you have to look forward to? Well, Toy Soldiers kicks things off on March 3. If that doesn't grab you, don't worry, it'll be followed throughout the month by Scrap Metal, Perfect Dark and classics hub Game Room. Also, if it's anything like every block party we've ever been to, cocktail weenies will also be served. So that's something.

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Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>game-roomMicrosoftperfect-darkrarescrap-metaltoy-soldiersx10xblaxbla-block-partyXbox-360Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:06:00 EST<![CDATA[Alan Wake flashlight-tagging U.S. store shelves May 18]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/11/alan-wake-flashlight-tagging-u-s-store-shelves-may-18/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/11/alan-wake-flashlight-tagging-u-s-store-shelves-may-18/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/11/alan-wake-flashlight-tagging-u-s-store-shelves-may-18/#comments One of the more substantial pieces of news from Microsoft's X10 megaton clusterbomb: A release date for Remedy's psychological thriller Alan Wake has been announced. The game's seemingly endless development cycle will finally terminate on May 18, when the game lands in US retail outlets. Our friends overseas won't have to wait much longer than that to get their Wake on -- it's being released in Europe on May 21.

In addition, X10 brought word of the game's attractive pre-order bonuses, which include "exclusive content such as avatar gear, an Xbox LIVE theme, and a 'making of' video." We're not sure we want to deck out our Xbox 360's background with shadowy monsters. We're big fans of our current, non-terrifying theme.

Microsoft also released product shots of the Limited Collector's Edition (pictured above), as previously detailed on retailer sites. No additional information was provided, but we assume the limited edition release will also hit retail on May 18.

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Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>alan-wakeeuropemicrosoftpre-orderrelease-dateremedyx10Xbox-360Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:03:00 EST<![CDATA[X10: Modern Warfare 2 first exclusive DLC pack officially coming this Spring]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/11/modern-warfare-2-first-exclusive-dlc-pack-officially-coming/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/11/modern-warfare-2-first-exclusive-dlc-pack-officially-coming/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/11/modern-warfare-2-first-exclusive-dlc-pack-officially-coming/#comments Those of you not into getting your hot gaming scoops from specially branded Modern Warfare 2 energy drinks will be happy to hear that Infinity Ward's Modern Warfare 2 will be officially receiving its first infusion of post-launch DLC this Spring. As Microsoft is keen to point out in its press release announcing the release window, the content will only be available (at least initially) on the Xbox 360. Unfortunately, no other information is given on the first DLC pack (though the energy drink case you see above seems to indicate that it'll be maps), but the announcement does note that this is but the first in a series of "content packs" that will be exclusive to Microsoft's console.

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With the X10 event underway in San Francisco, Microsoft has finally announced the first details surrounding the Halo: Reach multiplayer beta. The beta test will officially begin on May 3, 2010. As promised, owners of Halo 3: ODST will be able to access the beta through the ODST game disc.

We'll have more details about the beta shorty. For now, sit tight and direct your attention on that new box art!

Gallery: Halo: Reach

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Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>betabungiehalohalo-reachhalo-reach-betamgsMicrosoftmicrosoft-game-studiosrelease-datex10Xbox-360Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:39:00 EST<![CDATA[Alan Wake gets new trailer for X10]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/11/alan-wake-gets-new-trailer-for-x10/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/11/alan-wake-gets-new-trailer-for-x10/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/11/alan-wake-gets-new-trailer-for-x10/#comments Can you feel it? After all the delays and waiting, can you feel how close Alan Wake is? If the reality of the situation hasn't fully sunken in yet, we've got a new trailer after the break, slated to be shown during today's X10 festivities.

As for the trailer itself, it looks pretty good, right? Not a ton of gameplay, but it certainly rams home the creepiness and the importance of light in combat. Here's hoping we get some more details when the trailer is shown for real later today.

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Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>alan-wakemicrosoftMicrosoft-Game-Studiosremedytrailersx10Xbox-360Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Molyneux: Fable 3 news at X10 will make you 'super pissed off']]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/07/molyneux-fable-3-news-at-x10-will-make-you-super-pissed-off/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/07/molyneux-fable-3-news-at-x10-will-make-you-super-pissed-off/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/07/molyneux-fable-3-news-at-x10-will-make-you-super-pissed-off/#comments Speaking to Gamereactor, Lionhead maestro Peter Molyneux revealed that there will be some big Fable 3 news at the X10 event this week. "There's some very, very big things happening in Fable," said Molyneux, "Bigger than you think, and it's going to really upset people." Molyneux added that he is "really scared" about telling people the news, saying, "They're going to get super pissed off, they really are." Still, he concluded that it's "the right thing to do," and confirmed that he will be demonstrating the mystery announcement at X10 in San Francisco. Joystiq's theory: The entire story of Fable 2 was a dream sequence. Whatever it is, we'll be delivering the news directly from X10, so Joystiq's staff and readers can all get pissed off together.

In the meantime, be sure to watch the whole interview, which also contains some really interesting talk about Project Natal.

[Via VG247]

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Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>fablefable-3lionheadlionhead-studiosMicrosoftmicrosoft-game-studiosnatalpeter-molyneuxproject-natalx10Xbox-360Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Perfect Dark XBLA playable at X10, new screen]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/05/perfect-dark-xbla-playable-at-x10-new-screen/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/05/perfect-dark-xbla-playable-at-x10-new-screen/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/05/perfect-dark-xbla-playable-at-x10-new-screen/#comments
click to Perfect-size Rare has announced that its upcoming XBLA remake of Perfect Dark will be playable at the upcoming X10 event next week in San Francisco. In celebration of the announcement, Rare also released a single new screen from the game, featuring one Mr. Daniel Carrington. Click the image above for a nice, high resolution version.

With appearances expected from Fable III, Alan Wake, Halo: Reach, Final Fantasy XII, Splinter Cell Conviction, Crackdown 2 and the Microsoft Game Room, X10 is certainly shaping up to be quite an event. Rest assured, we'll be covering it from the get-go next week.

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Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>microsoft-game-studiosperfect-darkrarex10xblaFri, 05 Feb 2010 13:45:00 EST<![CDATA[Fable 3, Halo: Reach and more to be shown at X10 event in February]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/01/26/fable-3-halo-reach-and-more-to-be-shown-at-x10-event-in-februa/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/01/26/fable-3-halo-reach-and-more-to-be-shown-at-x10-event-in-februa/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/01/26/fable-3-halo-reach-and-more-to-be-shown-at-x10-event-in-februa/#comments Microsoft will hold its X10 event in San Francisco next month, giving us our first looks at Fable 3, Halo: Reach and Left 4 Dead 2 add-ons. The invite-only event will also include other games expected in 2010, including Alan Wake, Crackdown 2, Splinter Cell Conviction, Final Fantasy XIII and the Xbox Game Room.

Microsoft's "X" events have been held for the last few trips around the sun by our health-insured brothers in Canada. We'll surely be in attendance for the February 11 event and get you info as soon as we can. We'd let you tap into our ocular implants, but the event won't have wi-fi for an uplink. Sorry.

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