Epic confirms new achievements for Gears of War.

 

On the official Gears of War forums, administrator Mark Rein, confirmed a new update that will be adding extra achievements to the game.

The limited-edition Simpsons Xbox 360

Just in case if black or white isn’t your thing, Microsoft’s Homer Simpson style limited edition Xbox 360, was announced today to tie in with this summer’s The Simpsons Movie.

The film opens in the US and the UK on 27 July, but while it’ll be easy to see the movie, getting your hands on the movie-branded console will be much, much harder. Microsoft says that they are only making a hundred of them, which they will be offering at various special events and promotions come this July.

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Xbox 360 New GPU Not in Elites?

If you were planning on getting the new Xbox 360 Elite and were hoping that it would contain one of the newer Xbox 360 GPUs, think again. According to a report from the Chinese Commercial Times (via DigiTimes), the new 65nm Xenos GPU will land in Xbox 360s in the Fall.

Production will start in May on these new chips which will not only produce less heat and use less power, but they’ll be cheaper to make.

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New Gears of War maps coming this Thursday!

 

According to MajorNelson.com, Epic Games, is releasing a new map pack for 800 points, called “Hidden Fronts” on Thursday, May 3rd, at 9 a.m. GMT.

Xbox 360 Elite Pictures and Review.

 

Today I picked up my Xbox 360 Elite from Gamestop, and decided to take pictures of the Elite box and contents and thought I’d share them with everyone.

Bungie Weekly Update

In this weeks latest Bungie update, Bungie explains why some people are having trouble with downloading the new Halo 2 maps. There was a glitch in the billing system allowing some members to get the maps for free. This bug has been fixed. Bungie has also been busy testing the new save feature which will appear in the upcoming beta. Split-screen will also be available on the beta but only in two player form.

Bungie also dispelled the rumor that Halo 3 will be running at 1080p with 60fps, It would be hard to have the game run at that setting with all the action onscreen, but it will display at 1080p on the Xbox 360 Elite.

And lastly, Bungie reveals the control set-up for the beta.

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Shivering Isles patch coming next week.

According to a post on the official Bethesda Game Studios Forums, Bethesda will be releasing a Shivering Isles patch on Monday, April 30th.

Halo Continues

The Halo series will be continued by the form of a comic book, Halo: Uprising. They say it will ‘wow’ us and im not doubting it will. The first issue will retail for $3.99 and will hit store shelves on July 18th.

“Picking up from the conclusion of blockbuster video game Halo 2, the must-read issue reveals how the Master Chief, while onboard a hostile ship headed towards Earth, is battling against Covenant forces! Intertwined with Master Chief’s interstellar one-man-war is the saga of a great American city’s rebellion and downfall, two disparate lives’ collision and shared fate, and the Covenant’s hunt for an ancient relic of untold power and value. With hope dwindling and the fate of humanity hanging by a thread, is there any chance for a future?”

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Mass Effect: Revelations

Mass Effect Revelation is a new Novel written by Drew Karpyshyn who is a writer/designer for Bioware. He was the lead writer for Mass Effect and Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic. Visit the Mass Effect Official for a lot of info as well as the entire Prologue that is in the book

Mass Effect Official site