XBox 360 Resident Evil 5 bundle officially confirmed, steaming red hot
About a month ago there was a rumor flying around about a red Xbox 360 Resident Evil 5 bundle. Didn't hear much more about that until today.
Earlier today Major Nelson officially spilled the beans on the XBox 360 Elite Limited Edition Resident Evil 5 bundle in his blog and twitter.
It should be available on March 13, the same day as the game is supposed to be available. If you want in on this, you probably should be thinking about pre-ordering sooner than later. According to Major Nelson, "supplies are very limited" (hence the Limited Edition name, eh?). Estimated retail price is going to be $399, which seems to be the regular price for Elite editions.
What I would still like to know is that which Xbox model this is, are they still cleaning the old stock or what? Jasper model is what I would want. I guess you could assume that since this is Elite, it might be a new Jasper, but who knows.
If you are wondering what the bundle will contain, here's the list for you.
Quote: * Xbox 360 Elite Console with Exclusive Red Finish * Matching red wireless controller * 120GB hard drive * Resident Evil 5 * Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix * Exclusive Resident Evil Premium Theme * Xbox 360 black wired headset * HDTV-ready component HD AV, HDMI and Ethernet cables |
on February 24th 2009 at 7:01am
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Nintendo DSi to debut April 5 in US
Nintendo announced today that the next generation of Its DS line is going to be released in North America on April 5 2009. The DSi has been available in Japan since November of last year selling an estimated 170,800 units, equaling more than 85% of the first shipment. Nintendo has consistently dominated the market with their Wii and DS systems. The DSi will be the first handheld system to lose support for previous generation games, notably the Game Boy Advance.
But where it loses the GBA cartridge slot, it has gained an SD slot, which allows for a slimmer chassis design and potential for a whole new family of mods. It also gives the option of downloadable games, which are now available through the DSiWare app store. New in the DSi is support for WPA Wifi encryption over the previous WEP that is found in the DS and DS lite. Some older games still use the WEP style of encryption.
The DSi has 2 cameras built right into the unit, allowing for more options to game makers. The earliest DSi shop games in Japan (region locked) have only just touched upon some of the things that can be done with the cameras. The DSi will retail for USD $169.99.
on February 19th 2009 at 10:33pm
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Braid for PC well on its way, will cost $15, no DRM to speak of
Actually, $14.95.
Jonathan Blow, the guy behind Braid, posted an entry in the Braid blog today about the PC version, and it currently looks like it will be arriving at the end of March. The game will be sold through various online publishers, Stardock's Impulse and Steam seem to be the confirmed ones so far.
When possible, it will not have any DRM in it, which is excellent news. According to Blow, he has only signed with the ones that have none, light or non-intrusive DRM on their publishing systems. Good decision dude!
I haven't decided where I'm going to get mine yet, it all depends what the remaining stores will be. One thing's for sure though, I will definitely get a copy. It's one of the games I've been waiting to play ever since I heard about it on X360. Speaking of which, if you own X360, you should probably go and buy Braid right now from the XBLA. I command you. GO!
on February 18th 2009 at 8:43pm
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Dungeon Party Beta Opening Soon
A new, kind of interesting looking MMORPG has just recently opened its doors by way of a new website, featuring information about the upcoming game, currently in closed beta stage. Dungeon Party appears to be more based on team play then traditional online RPGs. You play as a team of heroes, trying to captures treasures from dungeons while avoiding traps and other teams also out to get the loot!
on February 10th 2009 at 11:31pm
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Call of Duty: World At War - New Downloadable Content!
Word comes from our friends at Activision about some new content coming for the ever-popular FPS game Call of Duty: World at War. The new content should be available to gamers next month for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 platforms. Included in this update are 3 new multiplayer maps, and an additional level to the bonus co-op mode 'Nazi Zombies'. For a quick description of the new maps, read on...
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on February 10th 2009 at 10:55pm
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North American Final Fantasy XIII site live, no new content
You can find it here. No new content there though, just the same nonsensical trailer that has been doing its rounds on the internet lately. It has subtitles though, if you haven't seen that yet. It doesn't really matter though, it makes just as much sense as it did without.
But you know, maybe you want to keep your eyes on that site for more news to come.
on February 06th 2009 at 8:14am
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Upcoming Mabinogi Expansion, New Events and Skills!
Mabinogi is an MMORPG by Nexon that some of the RPGN regulars play and have fun. I thought I would drop some news on their latest happenings and upcoming content. The North American edition is current reaching the end of Generation 3, and the next Generation promises many new skills and a whole new world to explore. We are very excited to see news on this new content! Check out the link below for all the details.
on February 02nd 2009 at 5:52pm
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New Japanese Final Fantasy XIII trailer, new character, has a small chocobo
So the official Japanese Final Fantasy 13 site has a new trailer for the game. It's in Japanese of course, but everyone knows that flashy animation works just as well in any language.
It's very much what you would expect from them considering what the previous trailers have been like. So, flashy action, very little gameplay. There is a 20 seconds or so of some battle gameplay in there, which is more than than 0.3 seconds on the older trailers. It looks like some kind of a hybrid of traditional turn based action and FF12 style free movement. It's probably still random encounters unlike FF12 though, but that you can move inside the battle field. Maybe. It's hard to tell really, there's also a big chance that the movement I see in it is just AI movement, and nothing else, making the combat less of a hybrid and just generic traditional combat. The trailer is available in two sizes, 640x360 and 1280x720.
There's also a few more new things on the site, some kind of a message, but it's also in Japanese, so who knows what that says. A new character called Sazh is also revealed, who apparently has a tiny chocobo as a pet. I don't know what to say about that. It's a tiny chocobo. So I guess that's pretty cool.
on January 29th 2009 at 10:42am
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Xbox360 Resident Evil 5 bundle coming
Oh yeah.
Ben Kuchera at Ars Technica has the scoop. Apparently Microsoft will get a Resident Evil 5 bundle for the Xbox360. This just might finally tip me over to getting the console, since the game is something I definitely want to play.
Not all the details are out yet, but it looks like the console and pad will be red, it will come with a game, obviously, and a RE5 theme for your NXE. And as a bonus, download coupon for Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD.
So, the most important information for me is missing, unfortunately. I would really like to know if the consoles will be new Jasper models or are they cleaning out more old stock like they did with the recent holiday bundles. Because Jasper is where it's at.
on January 25th 2009 at 11:30am
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No news since last week?!
Yes, exactly. The work on RPGN backend is progressing slowly, and as far as any other gaming related news is concerned, nothing all that interesting happened last week.
Something about Fable 2 DLC, something about GTA IV DLC, more crazy ass news from Bob's Game, story trailer for Street Fighter IV. And other stuff. None of which are very important to me. I mean sure, SF4 looks like it will be awesome, its just too bad that I don't have X360 to play it in. Yeah, it comes to PC, but it just doesn't seem like a game I will play on my PC.
There was a trailer for Mini Ninjas, a new game announced from the IO Interactive, you know, the guys who make violent video games like Hitman and Kane & Lynch. Which is like, so bizarre. Just watch the trailer and you'll know what I mean.
But all in all, a slow week.
on January 23rd 2009 at 9:10am
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