As today's E3 festivities kicked off, THQ slipped in a pair of its own announcements: Its catalog of titles based on the world's oldest sport, by which of course we mean professional wrestling, is expanding by a factor of two in the near future. First, WWE All Stars will pit legendary wrestlers against one another. Just imagine: Diamondface vs. Mr. Grabs: The Man With No Fear. We just made those two wrestlers up, of course, because THQ hasn't actually named any specific fighters included in the game, nor do we know enough about the sport to identify the wrestlers in the image above. Aren't you impressed?
The second game is WWE SmackDown vs. Raw Online, a free-to-play PC wrastlin' title with microtransaction support that's being created by Seoul-based developer Vertigo Games. The game is slated to drop in Korea in early 2011 -- no North American release plans have been announced. Hey, come on, THQ! We like wrestling, too! (Well, some of us do.)
A question you may be asking yourself: If I upgrade to an Xbox 360 Slim, how do I transfer the data on my current Xbox to the new one? It was revealed to us at Microsoft's Xbox 360 Slim unwrapping event that the new console will support the current data transfer cable (originally made for the Xbox 360 Elite). We also learned that the cables will be available at retail for $19.99 -- a very good thing considering how hard the cables are to find these days. The cables should be available when the new consoles hit the shelves (which should be any day now).
The transfer process is easy enough: Attach the cable to your old hard drive and connect the other end into the USB slot of the 360 Slim. No additional software is required to initiate the transfer process.
If you prefer more cumbersome data transfer methods, of course, you could always move data 8GB at a time with flash drives. If that's still too convenient, you can redownload each and every piece of content from Xbox Live.
EA is bringing back Medal of Honor in a big way this summer, bringing the award-winning first person shooter series into the current day conflict in Afghanistan and the deadly world of Tier 1 Operators. Gamers who pre-order Medal of Honor through Direct2Drive.com can gain access to the online battles early with guaranteed access to the Beta test running from June 21st to July 18th.
These guys really need our help. They started today and are playing through Zelda (NES), Link to the Past, Ocarina of Time, Majora’s Mask, Wind Waker, and Twilight Princess. That’s a long list and they have a ways to go! Child’s Play is a great cause and we all should do what we can… [...]
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With the announcement of the new Xbox 360, older models are dropping price by 50 bucks, according to an internal memo from major retailer Target. More »
A question you may be asking yourself: If I upgrade to an Xbox 360 Slim, how do I transfer the data on my current Xbox to the new one? It was revealed to us at Microsoft's Xbox 360 Slim unwrapping event that the new console will support the current data transfer cable (originally made for the Xbox 360 Elite). We also learned that the cables will be available at retail for $19.99 -- a very good thing considering how hard the cables are to find these days. The cables should be available when the new consoles hit the shelves (which should be any day now).
The transfer process is easy enough: Attach the cable to your old hard drive and connect the other end into the USB slot of the 360 Slim. No additional software is required to initiate the transfer process.
If you prefer more cumbersome data transfer methods, of course, you could always move data 8GB at a time with flash drives. If that's still too convenient, you can redownload each and every piece of content from Xbox Live.
Every year and everywhere you turn, your going to run into some E3 predictions. I love reading predictions, but sometimes I find that it hypes me up so much that I’m ultimately disappointed with the actual announcements. Here is what I want to see: Pikmin, Luigi’s Mansion, Zelda Wii, and Beyond Good and Evil. [...]
#gunclub
Bang bang! Game publishers Electronic Arts is rolling out "Gun Club", a rewards program that gives players benefits for doing what they love best: shooting people. More »
For your viewing and re-viewing (and re-viewing) pleasure, we've uploaded the official Halo Reach E3 trailer after the break. Yes, you can expect footage from the campaign, but even more exciting: space battles. Battles. In space.
The Ubisoft E3 keynote is set to begin in about an hour and we're on site at the Los Angeles Theatre. We've got our heavy game scoopz lifting gloves on, ready to haul all of the previous gaming news away and onto our webzone here, for you, dear reader.
Feel free to let us know what you're looking forward to in the comments below. As for us, we're going to spend the pre-show time trying to make Beyond Good & Evil 2 exist ... with our minds.
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Halo: Reach is out soon (September), so the time for fancy pre-rendered cutscenes is over. This E3 trailer, then, is all gameplay (or at least all in-engine). And yes, there are space battles. More »
