Thursday, April 12, 2007

Halo 3 Beta.. omfg! Rejoice!

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Halo fanboys and fangirls rejoice!

The Halo 3 Beta will premiere on May 16th at 12AM PDT and run for three weeks until June 6th at 11:59 PDT. Anyone who purchased specially-marked copies of Crackdown, won a place through the "Rule of Three", or other regional promotions, will be able to go onto their Xbox Live Gold accounts, then download and play the beta game to enjoy a spiffy sneak peek at probably the most anticipated game of the year.

Keep in mind the game IS in beta, so it'll have all those quirky things we gamers love to hate when we think of our favorite games. Ahem, anyway, onto the goodies!

The beta will include three maps: Valhalla, Snowbound, and High Ground, but they'll only be playable in Matchmaker mode only, but you'll be able to choose which type you'll play, so hey, that's a good thing. In addition, there will be one or two levels not disclosed to the public, so keep your ears peeled, people.

It'll also include new weapons and a new vehicle. Weapooooons.. *drools* And another vehicle for people to smash into walls and mow down others! :D

Those weapons would be the Brute Spiker. Nasty, eh? Other weapons are the Spike Grenades (ouch much?), the MA5C Assault Rifle (whooo buddy, lookin' good!), and the infamous Spartan Laser (pretty... o.o). The new vehicle is the Mongoose.

Sounds like a helluva party, folks. Hope you Halo freaks got into the Beta. =P

Happy nuking people, you insatiable Halo players.

Thursday, April 5, 2007

Xbox 360 Elite... Oooooooh... O_O

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Heads up 360 fanboys... teehee~ no pun intended! The Xbox 360 is getting a facelift, or bodylift, whatever you want to call it. The HDD is bigger, meaner, and it's black! Woo! Click the picture above for a better view.

Microsoft confirmed that they're releasing what's been dubbed the Xbox 360 Elite. It costs a mere $479.99. Wow... only $79 more than it's 60GB cousin. It includes a 120GB harddrive, an HDMI cable port (it's basically a high-definition TV cable), a black wireless controller, and a headset.

Sounds yummy, doesn't it? Almost makes me wanna buy a 360 now xD.

Also being launched along side of it is black Xbox 360 Play & Charge kit ($19.99), a black 360 Rechargeable Battery ($11.99), and a black 360 Wireless Controller ($49.99). What a line-up, eh?

For those who already have a 360, there's also going to be a 120GB add-on drive released separately for $179.99, which will also have a data transfer cable from the 360 to the HDD. Unfortunately the 360 Elite isn't going to have this cable. Awww.. *pats the poor fanboys* poor babies. Fear not! Microsoft promised some sort of solution for anyone who decided to upgrade from the Premium and Core systems to the Elite.

Praise be to the Gaming Gods, ye fanboys and fangirls! Worship them well, for they provide plentiful bounties upon us!

It comes out on April 29th.

What the F#^@?!




This has got to be, by far, the funniest video I've ever seen off of Youtube. I know I'm deviating from posting about gaming news, which I'll do in a bit, but I just had to post this. It's the game Kingdom Hearts II with the song "The Internet Is For Porn" from the Broadway show Avenue Q. Kingdom Hearts 2 meets Broadway. Gotta love it.

More later on games.