Over the weekend, Activision began emailing CallofDuty.com members beta invitations to World at War, the latest Call of Duty installment. World at War trades in CoD4’s modern warfare for a return to a World War II backdrop. The beta is currently limited to Xbox 360 online play, with PC beta invites to follow. PS3 owners … Read more
Below are the fall 2008 video game releases that I’m most looking forward to: • Max Payne 3 – Only Rumoured, but the Mark Walberg movie comes out Oct 17. Max Payne 1 and 2 were two of my all-time favourite games. (Oct 17?) • LittleBigPlanet (PS3) – Who isn’t looking forward to this one? … Read more
Leaving comments across the blogosphere… XBox Live Video Store – where’s all the content? There’s plenty of content here in the US, though as you observed it’s kinda of random – but that’s not limited to the Xbox. The bigger problem is presentation. It’s just long lists of genres. Again, Microsoft isn’t the only one … Read more
SOCOM got me. For the first time in this decade, I’ve pre-ordered a video game. It runs $5 at Gamestop, but provides access to the public beta – ahead of SOCOM: Confrontation‘s October 14th release. I opted for the $60 bundle which will include the official Playstation 3 Bluetooth headset. While most BT headsets probably … Read more
LG’s out with pricing and timing details on their forthcoming network-connected Blu-ray player: The $400 BD300 launches nationwide next month. Of course, the big draw is that bundled Netflix Watch Instantly. While I’ve been down on their service (with Roku), the content selection will only improve over time. Hopefully the resolution does as well. Compared … Read more
While Amazon and SonyStyle don’t yet have inventory, the new 80GB Playstation 3 SKU slated for a September release started shipping to various other retail outlets as early as August 20th. In fact, my local GameStop received inventory last week. And today I swapped my (former) Xbox 360 for the new PS3. Sony’s more compact … Read more
Last week, Netflix and LG unveiled the BD300 – a Blu-ray player capable of accessing Netflix’s streaming content and expected to ship in September for less than $500. At $400 or more I expect integrated WiFi connectivity, but LG’s betting the target audience has hard-wired their living room. Statistically, they may be right. But why … Read more
The biggest ‘news’ out of Sony’s E3 press event earlier this week was the U.S. launch of the previously announced Playstation video service. Sony, Fox, MGM, Lion’s Gate, Warner, Disney, Paramount and Turner Entertainment have partnered with Sony to provide movie and TV content for the on-demand download service. The system uses progressive downloads so users … Read more