Also, recently announced by bungie was a big update to their website. Not only will pictures you upload to your fileshare be tagged facebook style with peoples gamer tags, but any changes you make to your character armour wise, will be reflected in you bungie.net character portrait.

Expanding on the great community website is one thing, and keeping the multi player fun is another, but will this be enough for you to purchase a 5th Halo title? Will the dreaded onslaught of the 14 something year old kids be enough to keep you away? Or will you go out and buy this on day 1?

Personally, I love the halo multi player experience, with reach’s more balanced multi player I am hoping that the playing field will be a bit more level than with titles like Halo 3 and Modern Warfare 1 & 2. Of course, you will still get the folks who seem blisteringly good (thanks partly to THIS product, I bet) the cheats and the smack talkers, but with a good bunch of friends and party chat by our side, maybe Reach will be exactly what we need. Oh, and some more Left 4 Dead… Let me know when you guys play!!!!

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The Passing also introduces a series of weekly game mode events dubbed “Mutations.” These week-long runs of new gameplay modes range from “Realism Versus” mode to “Chainsaw Massacre,” which gives all players chainsaws with an unlimited supply of gasoline. There are over 20 Mutations planned, each playable on all L4D2 Campaigns. Mutations are exclusively available to owners of “The Passing” DLC.
In addition, “The Passing” offers a new co-operative challenge mode of play, support for infected bot play in Versus, a new “uncommon common” zombie class (the fallen survivor), melee weapon (golf club), and firearm (M-60).

So, what do you guys think? Will you fork the cash over right away or wait for an inevitable sale?? I for one will try it out on the PC… I get in on there for… FREE!

I wanted to let you know that on April 15, 2010 Microsoft will discontinue Xbox LIVE service for original Xbox consoles and games, including Xbox 1 games playable on Xbox 360. Our first step in this process will be to turn off auto-renewals for those members who only use Xbox LIVE on a v1 Xbox. While I can’t comment on the specifics, this change will allow us to continue evolving the LIVE service with new features and experiences that fully harness the power of Xbox 360 and the Xbox LIVE community. We did not make this decision lightly, but after careful consideration and review we realize that this decision will allow us unprecedented flexibility for future features.

So, I guess this means that the 100 friends limit will finally be lifted… Microsoft previously stated that the original Xbox was the reason that the limit could not be removed. Only the future can tell what other features may come to light due to this move.

Also, it means that those copies of Ghost Recon that some of us still have for the original Xbox won’t work on-line anymore. A big shame as it was a great game. I was going to suggest a last meet up for old times, but that would be pointless as the voice communication was never fixed for people that played them on a 360!

Thoughts??

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Left 4 Dead - NES styleeeee!

4 images have been posted in the ‘Muppet Meets’ section of the website. 1 is particularly grim, maybe don’t look at them if you feel ill or are eating!

President of marketing, Doug Lombardi has been noted as saying, “The Passing will become the most important campaign in the Left 4 Dead story, as all the survivors are being called together in one campaign.”

The Passing takes place right after the Dead Center campaign of L4D2. Set in a small town in rural Georgia, players assume the role of the L4D2 Survivors as they meet with the L4D1 characters. In addition to a new co-operative campaign and an all new narrative, “The Passing” will include new arenas for Survival, Versus and Scavenge modes and introduce a new co-operative challenge mode of play. The Passing will also include a new “uncommon common” zombie class, melee weapon, and firearm.

Look for Left 4 Dead 2: The Passing in early spring for the PC and Xbox 360. Pricing will be announced closer to launch says Valve. For more information, check out www.l4d.com.

Sounds really cool to me, had a look to see if I could find images or more news, but this is it for the moment. Stay tuned for more!

Wish I could play with you all on this one, but I doubt I will be able to. Who knows, maybe I will see someone on-line today!!

News is, this campaign is made for faster sessions of Versus (but can be played co-op) lasting only 30 minutes and for 2 stages. Here is a bit of info from play.tm because I am lazy and can’t be bothered to write about it in my own words! !

“Called Crash Course, the new DLC kicks off after the No Mercy campaign, and before the beginning of Death Toll. A new campaign is the order of the day, then, and there are Survival maps aplenty to savour.

Gameplay-wise, the new content will usher in a recharge timer for infected teammates, while spawn behaviour is newly ‘balanced’, too. Fresh dialogue from the original game’s cast will spice things up further – while we’re promised footage from this very soon.

The update will be free for PC players, and will cost 560 Microsoft Points on the Xbox 360.”

Well, apart from the fact that PC users get it free whilst Xbox users have to pay, I myself am quite excited at some more time with Zoe and the gang… Apparently a release is scheduled for September… something to keep us occupied until November then, eh??

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