Fans of Microsoft’s long running racing franchise, Forza will be happy to note that the series has made the jump to mobile with its debut title, Forza Street. This is a game that promises “real cinematic racing” along with tons of cars to collect and modify. The question is, does it provide that true racing … Continue reading
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Astro Gaming Announces Special Halo Edition A50 Wireless Gaming Headset for Xbox One
This should interest Xbox One owners who plan on picking up the Halo: The Master Chief Collection. ASTRO Gaming today announced the release their new, A50 Wireless Halo Edition headset for the Xbox One. These are custom, Halo themed headsets made exclusively for the Xbox One and features Master Chief inspired graphics and paint scheme. … Continue reading
Halo 5: Guardians Announced, Pushed Back to Fall 2015
Today Microsoft and 343 Studios announced that the next Halo game will be called Halo 5: Guardians and that it will be pushed back to Fall 2015. [Source: Xbox Wire]
2 More Weeks Left in Xbox LIVE’s Summer of Arcade
If you’re on Xbox LIVE, then you probably know about Xbox LIVE’s Summer of Arcade which takes place every year. Usually these are for new games that appear in on XBLA and they offer you something free if you buy a couple of them. This year, if you buy 2 games from the event (Brothers: … Continue reading
Dead Rising 3 – Zombie Apocalypse Evolved [Video]
From time to time I’ll post these little zombie related posts only because I’m a huge zombie fan. If there are zombies involved, I’ll usually watch it or play it. It’s a shame then that Dead Rising 3, the next installment in Capcom’s popular zombie franchise will be coming to Xbox One exclusively. I’ve decided … Continue reading
Microsoft Studios PLAY for Windows 8 – 15 New Games Launched
Microsoft Studios yesterday launched their new PLAY service for Windows 8. PLAY is the hub where PC users can play all their favorite Microsoft Studios Xbox games on Windows 8 and Windows RT. There are 15 games currently available now for the new service and they are the following: Toy Soldiers (not available on Windows … Continue reading
TGWK’s Review – My Xbox Live v1.2.0 (iOS)
My Xbox Live is the app every Xbox 360 fan has been waiting for from Microsoft. Unlike other Xbox Live apps we’ve seen in the past, this one is an official Microsoft made product and it really shows. With its slick Metro inspired user interface that really displays the look and feel of the new … Continue reading
Microsoft Opens Kodu Cup Video Game Design Competition for Kids Age 9-17
Here’s a great opportunity for children who are interested in game design and/or making their own games. Microsoft has just released the full version of their Kodu Game Lab software for PC for free. The software allows users to build their own video games with no programming experience. The software is intended for children who … Continue reading
“Gaming Giants Giving Millions For Earthquake Relief”
Image from Kotaku Over at Kotaku, they are reporting that many of the industries gaming giants are assisting with relief efforts in Japan by donating large sums of money. Sony, Nintendo, Namco Bandai, SEGA, and Microsoft have all committed to donating millions to relief and many smaller game companies are also joining in by donating … Continue reading
TDU2 Update – On Behalf of Atari/Eden Games
If you’ve checkout out our gamertags to the right, you’ll see that we play quite a bit of Test Drive Unlimited 2. Even with the launch week hiccups and server problems, we still find the game very fun to play on a nightly bases. With that said, it’s great to see Atari giving something back … Continue reading
TGWK’s Quick Rental Review – Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days (Xbox 360)
Warning: Rated M for mature. Lots of violence, blood, inappropriate language, and some nudity along with adult themes and very graphic nature. NOT FOR CHILDREN! I’ve been using my Blockbuster account to play some of the much older games on the 360 lately and most of these games I have on my queue are games … Continue reading
Serious Sam: The First Encounter and Serious Sam: The Second Encounter On Sale This Week for 400MS Points Each (XBLA)
I’m throwing this up here because the game uses my name and because I used to actually play this back then on the PC with some of my previous co-workers. Serious Sam is probably one of the more humorous first person shooters and is a nice retro throwback for anyone who wants to play something … Continue reading
TGWK’s Quick Rental Review – Darksiders (Xbox 360)
Warning: Rated M for mature. Violence obviously and mature themes. Darksiders is one of those games that kind of got lost in the holiday retail season of ’09 and it’s a shame that that happened. Darksiders was created by ex-comic book artist and creator Joe Madureira and his development studio, Vigil Games. Darsiders tells the … Continue reading
TGWK’s Quick Rental Review – Alan Wake (Xbox 360)
Alan Wake is a psychological thriller from Remedy Games. The game seems to be heavily influenced by the works of Stephen King and in fact does make mention of him several times in it. If you enjoy reading Stephen King novels, you should enjoy playing Alan Wake. Alan Wake is another one of those games … Continue reading
Kinect Sports Launch Trailer
As you know, the Kinect come out this week for the Xbox 360. One of the featured launch titles is Kinect Sports. It’s basically like Wii Sports but no controller and you have to use your entire body to play. The assortment of sports games included looks pretty good and the graphics certainly look much … Continue reading