Category: Xbox 360

Crackdown 2

Crackdown 2 multiplayer mode

Crackdown 2 is set to feature 4-player co-op. 2-16 players will be able to play online against each other but this expanded co-op mode should make for double the fun of the original. Related: InFamous review, Red Faction Guerrilla review

Screenshot of Ghostbusters

Ghostbusters Xbox 360 release date

The Ghostbusters Xbox 360 version won’t be region locked according to Atari. This means if you’re from the UK and want to play Ghostbusters on the Xbox 360 on the 16th whilst PS3 owners have the exclusivity, you can import one from North America. Related: Interview with Ghostbusters the videogame developers, Ray Parker Jr interview

Xbox Live screenshot

Xbox Live downtime

If you love your Xbox Live be warned, it’s got scheduled downtime for maintenance next week. On 16th June 2009, it’ll be down for up to 24 hours for scheduled maintenance. The reason is probably to prepare the service for all those lovely E3 announcements last week. Get Live and buy Xbox 360 Wireless Network Adapter now New: Buy an Xbox 360 Wireless Network Adapter from Amazon.com Related: Microsoft give free Xbox Live games away to say sorry for downtime, Free Microsoft points codes

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince screenshot

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Release Date

After such a long wait we can finally look forward to the upcoming blockbuster movie and accompanying video game releases of Harry Potter’s 6th adventure; Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. Electronic Art’s have spent many months and worked very hard to make this the best Harry Potter video game to date and promise to keep as close to the storyline of the film whilst making the game fun and interactive for the player. This time around Harry Potter faces his darkest and most terrifying battles yet and will need all of his magic skills and cunning to defeat...

GI Joe Rise of the Cobra

GI Joe Rise of the Cobra Release Date

Rather unusually for a series of action figures, G.I. Joe (or Action Man for British Readers) actually started off as a toy and then moved into comics, a cartoon show and now the upcoming blockbuster movie G.I Joe The Rise of the Cobra. As most of you will probably already know, GI Joe is a tough action hero who can adapt to any scenario and learn any skill necessary to stop bad guys from the evil Cobra Organization. You could say he’s a tougher version of James Bond although I wouldn’t like to commit and say who would win if...

Virtua Tennis 2009 picture

Virtua Tennis 2009 review

For reference the last tennis game I played most recently was Sega Superstars Tennis for Wii and whilst it was fun it neither managed to recapture the initial fun of Wii Sports Tennis nor the typical Nintendo charm found in Mario Tennis. As much as I like Sonic and his friends they just don’t have the same level of personality as Mario and his pals do but maybe I’m just being a biased Nintendo fanboy. Anyway I digress. Virtua Tennis was first seen in 1999 but in my opinion didn’t really take off until it appeared on the Dreamcast later...