Archive for August, 2010

Xbox 360 Wireless Controller

August 11, 2010 - 1:39 am 37 Comments

Xbox 360 wireless controller to provide you with a free, accurate, fast response and entertainment experience.
- 2.4GHz wireless technology, the effective distance of 30 feet
- Provide Live Headset Interface
- To provide force feedback vibration effect, you can choose to turn off to save power
- Only use the Xbox 360 console
- Each Xbox 360 console can [...]

Xbox 360 game, James Bond 007: Blood Stone

August 10, 2010 - 1:17 am 24 Comments

James Bond 007: Blood Stone captures the cinematic intensity of a Bond film by immersing players in an intriguing conspiracy that will require them to think and act like James Bond,” said David Pokress, Head of Marketing for Licensed Properties, Activision Publishing. “In addition, the game will feature a diverse array [...]

Microsoft sued over Xbox Live points system

August 9, 2010 - 2:01 am 173 Comments

Microsoft’s system for selling content through Xbox Live is anything but straightforward. Rather than using real-world currency or an easily understood conversion rate, the publisher has adopted its own system, where 400 Microsoft points is equivalent to $5. Further, Microsoft sells point packs only in multiples of 400, often leaving gamers [...]

Specific performance parameters of Xbox 360

August 7, 2010 - 1:48 am No Comments

XBOX360 hardware performance
1, supports DVD video, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, WMA CD, MP3 CD, JPEG CD (This is very interesting, except that support the DVD side of the video, did not say definitely DVD drive)
2, all games support 16:9,720 p, 1080i, full-screen antialiasing completely
3, can replace the front panel (DIY [...]

Crysis 2 is upcoming, looking forward it

August 6, 2010 - 9:12 am 41 Comments

Three years after the events of Crysis, the world has been ravaged by a series of climatic disasters and society is on the verge of total breakdown in Crysis 2. Now the aliens have returned, with a full invasion force bent on nothing less than the total annihilation of mankind. As Prophet, the [...]

Kinect Response Time and Lag to Vary From Game to Game

August 5, 2010 - 2:44 am 12 Comments

A recent interview with Andrew Oliver over at Blitz Games explored the challenges of developing a game for the Kinect. One key issue addressed is the issue of lag between player movements and how quickly the game responds to those movements. Oliver attributed any lag to development of the game being [...]

Call of Duty Map Packs is over 20,0000

August 3, 2010 - 1:01 am 39 Comments

Santa Monica, CA – August 2, 2010 – Activision Blizzard, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) today announced that during the quarter ended June 30, 2010, life-to-date map packs for the Call of Duty® franchise surpassed 20 million units. Call of Duty remains the #1 best-selling first-person action franchise in the U.S. and Europe, [...]

Top Ten Most valuable XBLA Games for Microsoft

August 2, 2010 - 1:43 am 18 Comments

Digital download market research firm Forecasting & Analyzing Digital Entertainment (FADE) has announced the first half of Microsoft’s XBLA in 2010 sales revenue of 46 million U.S. dollars.
XBLA market in the first half of 2010 (June 30 only) results, compared to last year, up 36%. FADE said the turning point of [...]