Podcast ...Tuesday!

This week we moved the Podcast to Tuesday, talk about the big news of the past week, do some minute reviews of FIFA World Cup 2010, Pixel Junk Shooter and Cody gives his opinion of the Halo Reach Beta so far.

[edit] You may notice a little bit of feedback here and there. I recently bought a Turtle Beach headset for the 360 and wanted to try it on the podcast. Blame them. I did the best I could to edit it out, but it is still noticeable. Also, regarding the passing of Jack Friedman. Upon listening to the podcast, I don't want anyone to feel that I took his passing lightly. He was a legend and his work in toys and video games will never be forgotten.

Kratos/PSP Reunion Will Answer Questions

Fans of the God of War series better dust off their PSPs because Kratos is having another go at the platform. God of War: Ghost of Sparta (from Ready at Dawn Studios in collaboration with SCEA's Santa Monica Studio) is "a prequel of sorts" that picks up where the first God of War left off. It is being described as, "...a journey that will reveal the origins of lost worlds and finally answer long-awaited questions about Kratos’ tattoo, scar, and family."

Sounds Epic.

Screens!:

Coming Soon to the Xbox Live Marketplace

Xbox LIVE Deal of the Week:

May 17: The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition, 400 Microsoft Points

Xbox LIVE Games on Demand:

May 11: Tom Clancy's EndWar

Xbox LIVE Arcade:

May 5: Zeno Clash Ultimate Edition, 1200 points
May 5: RayStorm HD, 1200 Microsoft Points
May 12: Rocket Knight, 1200 points
June 2: Snoopy Flying Ace, 800 points

This Wednesday May 5th the next Game Room pack will be available which will includes: Super Breakout, Pitfall!, Megamania, Night Stalker, Rack 'Em Up, Realsports Volleyball and Basketball

Xbox Avatar Marketplace:

These are just a few of the collections scheduled for the Xbox LIVE Avatar Marketplace.

May 6: FF XIII
May 6: Game Room
May 13: Army of Two
May 13: A Kingdom for Keflings

Also, the following Xbox 360 Game Add-Ons are scheduled to be available:

May 7: Lips Miley Cyrus Song Pack, 440 Microsoft Points each
May 11: Forza Motorsport 3: “Exotic Car Pack” 400 Microsoft Points
May 13: Super Street Fighter™ IV: “Super Shoryuken Pack”, 320 Microsoft Points
May 18: Dragon Age: Origins “Darkspawn Chronicles”, 400 Microsoft Points
Spring 2010: Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers “Expansion Pack 2”, 400 Microsoft Points

*This is all (obviously) subject to change.

Any Dragon Age fan noticed the "Darkspawn Chronicles" DLC near the end. That one hasn't been announced yet and no info can be found on it. Interesting, no? Stay Tuned.

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StarCraft II in stores 7/27/10

The long awaited sequel to the hit RTS will be in stores July 27th, Blizzard announced today. The Standard Edition will retail at $59.99 and the Collector's Edition will go for $99.99 but comes loaded with an art book, a 2GB flashdrive with the original Starcraft and the Brood War expansion on it and more.

Tactical View of Bad Company 2 Maps Available

This morning EA announced that a top down/tactical view of all maps in Battlefield: Bad Company 2 are ready for download via the Battlefield Blog here. I downloaded them myself and found that they are VERY detailed. Perfect for those who thoughtfully plan out attacks. Unlike Flea who just runs in, guns blazing, killing everything in his path. Including teammates.

ReTweet'd: Halo Reach Edition

The Reach Beta hits sometime tomorrow morning (PST) and Xbox Live's Major Nelson has apparently been fielding a lot of questions as to the exact time of release:

@majornelson: The official Halo: Reach beta is expected it to go live late Monday (May 3rd) morning, Pacific time. No, I don't know the EXACT time. - via Twitter

A bit later he posted a visual guide for installing the Reach Beta via ODST. Just in case you need it, you can find it here.

There has been a delay.

(Podcast) Sunday this week has been delayed until tomorrow (Monday) in order to give us more time with the Reach Beta. That way I can give my impressions of it on the podcast. As we all know, the more we have to talk about the better. You can also expect things like minute reviews of FIFA World Cup 2010, Tecmo Super Bowl Throwback, our thoughts on the Reach Beta and the Call of Duty: Black Ops reveal trailer and more!