Zombie News No. 19

So I was thinking the other day, what games are coming out in the next year or so that are going to be absolute must play titles? (A game zombie's brain is constantly thinking about his next game.) The first one that comes to mind is Portal 2. That will be a shoe in for me and my gaming appetite. Alas, Portal 2 is slated for a 2011 release so what will hold me over? Well I would love to finish RDR, Alan Wake, and then get my hands on NCAA Football, Transformers, Dead Rising 2, Crackdown 2 and Naughty Bear. All in time for Ghost Recon: Future Solider in early 2011. What do you think? What games are on your zombie mind?

Now for the news!

- Red Dead Redemption Co-op pack "Outlaws to the End" Released. It's free! I will be playing this weekend. I gotta finish this beast!
- Portal 2 Preview. This is a good read. CAUTION - Drool puddles known to form under reader.
- As a bonus Joystiq got a Portal 2 Co-op Preview. More drool here.
- Ghost Recon: Future Solider Preview. Once again Ubisoft is set to amaze us with its attention to detail.
- Capcom to release Dead Rising 2: Case Zero XBLA prior to August 31. This is strange to me. More zombie content is good, but why the filler? No one cares about the story!
- Review: Dtoid gives Transformers War for Cybertron an 8/10. I had feeling this game would be solid. It's on my list. Autobots, roll-out!
- Naughty Bear Launch Trailer - Zombie teddy bears!!


- Bobby Kotick (Activision CEO) wants Call of Duty subscription service. They try to dress it up, but I can read between the lines. If this goes the wrong way, massive protests will ensue.
- Microsoft FINALLY announces a family Xbox Live plan. $99 for 4 accounts! This is perfect!
- Speaking of Live, how about a 12 month membership for only $35? Buy.com has the hook-up.
- Joystiq gives us visual comparison of new 360 vs. old and start pondering a name for the new 360's overheating prevention mechanism. Oh and Xbox prices get slashed.

That's the news....no go forth and devour said games.

Zombie News E3 Special Edition No.2

So today's Zombie News E3 edition is chock full of goodness. I won't wast any time so lets get to it!
- Dead Space 2 gets a release date of 1/25/2011 and the people are pumped. Courtesy of G4TV here is a video of the gameplay demoed during the EA Press Conference.

- Battlefield Bad Company 2 is getting a Vietnam expansion Winter 2010

- Medal of Honor is looking good. Here is an E3 Multiplayer Trailer. Watch out COD.

- Kinect will require a separate power adapter for old 360 units. Old? Wait it gets better.
- Old Xbox 360s and Memory cards are being discontinued. Yup. Most of us are now proud owners of discontinued hardware.
- If you are planning on picking up a shiny new 360 soon. Check out Joystiq's HDD transfer kit impressions.
- Multiple game sites did un-boxing articles of the new 360 redesign. Dtoid did the best IMO. Worth a look.
- Dtoid posted new shots of Ghost Recon: Future Soldier. These look bad ass. Can't wait for beta.
- Mafia II will have exclusive PS3 content. I will be playing on PS3.
- Sony's PlayStation Move will hit stores on September 19th and retail for $49.99
- Sony announces new Twisted Metal for PS3 slated for 2011 release. Flight combat included.
OMG! An old fave! They better do it right.
- For you DS fans; A new Professor Layton game is set for September 20th release. Great games. Only reason I own a DS.
- Here are some E3 previews of: Assassins Creed: Brotherhood , Fallout: New Vegas
Bulletstorm - This little gem is going to be on my radar. (insert evil laugh here)

The final E3 news is perhaps one of the biggest to come out of the conference yet. Valve is bringing GLaDos to the PS3. Yes that's right. Portal 2 will be releasing at the same time for PC, MAC, Xbox 360, and PS3. What's more is that the PS3 will be the only console to support Steamworks which is Valve's automatic update and downloadable content release mechanism. Check out Dtoid for more detail. Otherwise, watch this E3 Portal 2 trailer and stay with Game Zombie to get the only game news that matters. Natch!

Zombie News 11th Edition

The picture to the left is priceless and true milestone in zombie gaming. I am of course talking about Deadrising for the Xbox 360. This sleeper hit was one of the very first games I bought for my 360. Deadrising featured the slow shambling zombie instead of the psycho fast ones in Left 4 Dead or the movie 28 Days Later. The scene depicted to the left, while being very ominous looking, was escapable believe it or not. What isn't escapable is the release of Splinter Cell: Conviction on Tuesday 4/13. Oh yeah. What also isn't escapable, is my review of God of War III. I am nearing the end and with a few more hours of play time I will be ready to share it with you. On to the news!

Game News

Just Cause 2 is a great game for destruction. Now you can destroy things in a Ice-Cream Van. Free.
Gamespot gets hands-on with Red Dead Redemption Multiplayer. After I wear my eyeballs out playing SCC, this game is next.
Gears of War 3 announced. IGN has the scoop. You can blame Justin Bieber.
Madden 11 Screens at Gamespot. Seriously, what could be different from Madden 10?
Grab Mass Effect 2 DLC "Kasumi's Stolen Memory" here.
Dtoid reports Alan Wake coming to Europe sooner than US. May 14th mate.
Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Pack hitting PS3 and PC May 4th.
Sniper: Ghost Warrior Debut Trailer. Not Bad!





Reviews

Mass Effect 2 - Kasumi's Stolen Memory DLC
Mega Man 10 for Ps3

Cool Stuff

Japanese company called Hori makes portable HD screen for PS3. Dtoid reporting.









Other News

Apple iPhone OS 4.0 will have Game Center. A social networking platform for the iPhone/iPad that will have achievements, leaderboards, and matchmaking. Look out Nintendo and Sony.

Closing Chomp

I am really excited about the new iPhone OS. Gizmodo and Engadget have some great in-depth previews of what the new OS will entail. This next week of blogging should get pretty exciting as I should have a review for God of War 3 up and a first-impressions of Splinter Cell. It's gonna be fun! Game Zombie reader Mark should is still plodding through Final Fantasy XIII and that game is like 3 discs or something. Insane. I don't have the patience and at this rate, the review might come in sometime later this year! Well until next time. Later Zombies!!

Xbox 360 finally accepts 3rd party USB storage

Yup. The day has finally arrived for 360 owners who have stuffed their stock hard drive to the gills and are looking for a way out. The rumors going around turned out to be true and

Xbox Live's Major Nelson confirmed it on his blog. In a nutshell, on April 6th when the new Xbox system update hits, you will be able to plug in an external drive or flash drive and utilize up to 16GB of extra storage for anything you like. Games, demos, profiles, saves, etc. In fact you can plug in up to two devices at once for a total of 32GB extra storage space. Here is an excerpt from Major Nelson's site.

Since performance on flash based USB storage is usually better, I highly recommend using flash based instead of spinning media like a hard drive…it’s just going to give you a MUCH better experience.



We’ve also enhanced the memory management functions, so you’ll be able to have better control on what you want to copy or move between storage devices.



A couple of points:

You can have 2 devices connected to the console at a time, enabling up to 32GB of simultaneous storage.
The system won’t just configure the device once it is connected to the console. You’ll need to head to the memory area in system settings, select your USB Device, and choose from Configure Now (Format and Configure the Full Device), or Customize (you can choose how much memory you want configured for Xbox360 from the free space on the device.)