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Toy Story 3 Avatar Gear Available Now On Xbox Live

TheKittyMan — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 14:04:01 +0000

I’ll be honest to say when it comes to buying anything for my avatar, I’m lazy. I’d rather buy another few Rock Band songs or other DLC than to play dress up for my Avatar.

It’s sort of pointless, but the moment I read this tweet from Major Nelson, I was suddenly compelled to click and browse for possible purchase.

Link to Toy Story 3 page

I want to look like Buzz…

Great job hyping my interest, but I would’ve seen this movie with only one commercial playing and it could have been 10 seconds long and said “Toy Story 3″ in arial with the release date on the bottom. Truth.

Left 4 Dead 2′s The Passing to Include Gametype “Mutations”

Nick Salyers — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 22:10:45 +0000

Left 4 Dead 2′s The Passing DLC, due this Thursday for 560 MS points for the 360 or free for the PC, will also include another previously unmentioned perk, besides the new campaign, uncommon infected, and weapons: Mutations.

Mutations is a special set of gametypes that will, from week to week, be rotated out. These gametypes will consist of new ways to play, such as equipping the survivors with chainsaws with unlimited gas. Currently, there are more than 20different mutations already planned.

A lot of DLC comes through with nothing more than a new appearance, like Battlefield Bad Company 2′s new multiplayer skins due out tomorrow, but once again, Valve shows how to do DLC right: giving the players something worth the money.

Left 4 Dead 2′s The Passing Due Next Week

Nick Salyers — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 00:30:41 +0000

Valve’s Left 4 Dead blog was updated today to indicate that the Passing DLC, which was due out in late March, will be making a late April release date instead. The DLC, which brings us new weapons, new gametypes, a new uncommon infect, the Fallen Survivor, and an encounter with the stars from the original Left 4 Dead, Zoey, Francis, Bill, and Louis, will be priced at 560 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360 users and free for PC users.

Also mentioned is the fact that two of the songs from the Midnight Riders, the band mentioned several times during the course of the game, will be available on the Rock Band Network. The Passing will also feature a new song, a power ballad by the name of “Save Me Some Sugar.”

Free Night Vision Goggles Avatar Item

Nick Salyers — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 19:08:38 +0000

Unhappy that Modern Warfare 2 has had as many problems as Ubisoft in the past few weeks? Hoping that Activision and/or Infinity Ward might make with a peace offering to make up for it? Well, you’re in luck. Between now and Sunday at Midnight Pacific, all gold members will be able to download the NVGs for your avatar free of charge. Members who purchased the the NVGs previously will be given a refund before May 1st, so don’t feel too bad if you already bought them.

Modern Warfare’s Stimulus Package Is Live, Broken (Updated, Fixed)

Nick Salyers — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:08:50 +0000

You can check the status of Xbox LIVE anytime online.

Just when you thought we might be able to stop running stories about Infinity Ward an Activision screwing something else up, the much debated (overpriced) Stimulus Package has gone live this morning, bringing with it a myriad of problems and errors, including:

Multiplayer lobbies not working.
Images for maps not showing up.
No option to play private matches.

Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb, head of the Xbox Live team, writes via twitter:

The Stimulus Package needs a Title Update and it didn’t go out properly. We’re pushing it out now – it won’t be long

However, as of writing this, the time is 9AM Central, and it’s still not been fixed. Hryb’s second tweet says they are still working on a fix.

I feel it’s important to also mention that, due to a deal who’s numbers have never been disclosed to the public, the DLC is currently only available to Xbox 360 owners, with PS3 and PC to follow at a later date. Certainly seems curious to limit DLC to one console and then royal mess it up.

Update

Hryb’s posted an update to twitter indicating an update is live and should fix the problem. No word as of yet as to what problems that update may cause.

The MW2 Title Update is now live! It may take a few minutes for everyone worldwide to get it – our apologies for the delay. #MW2

It may take a few mins for you to get the update, or for it to work properly. Once things get in order all should be fine.

Update

Some people, including us here at the Gamerz Zone, are still having problems with connecting to the Xbox Live servers. Be not afraid, you are not alone.

Update

The Xbox LIVE support team has published a blog detailing the cause of the problems. Most issues are fixed, with some intermittent issues with account payments still possible.

One Left 4 Dead Character WILL Die

Dustin Triplett — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 03:19:06 +0000

In a recent video on GamesTrailers TV with Geoff Keighley, it is confirmed that one member of the original fab four will die. Unfortunately, it can’t be Rochelle.

The DLC poster tagline will be: Nobody Survives Forever.

In the upcoming Left 4 Dead DLC, you will play though the events that lead up to the sacrifice and death of one of the most enjoyable characters in a game to date. Seriously, those four have more history than Ellis and Keith combined.

Then in the Left 4 Dead 2 DLC, you’ll fight beside the remaining three members from the first game.

I expect a DLC boycott story to break any day now.

But seriously, fuck Rochelle.

Left 4 Dead 2 The Passing DLC Video

Nick Salyers — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:28:51 +0000

A video demo of the first Left 4 Dead 2 DLC, The Passing, is up, and it takes you through a bit of the first chapter of the DLC’s story. In it is the M60 Light Machine Gun, and mentions of the golf club melee weapon original survivors and of a new Uncommon infected, the Fallen Survivor.

The Passing is expected to be release the last week of March, followed by a prequel roughly a month later, detailing how the original survivors made their way south.

Thanks to Ryan "EmoFatGuy" for the heads up.

1200 Reasons Not To Buy Modern Warfare 2′s Map Pack

Nick Salyers — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:38:59 +0000

Infinity Ward and/or Activision, in their combined infinite wisdom, have announced the price of the Stimulus Package map pack, which includes two direct ports from Call of Duty 4, and folks, it’s a doozie. 1200 Microsoft points, or, in real people money, fifteen dollars.

Folks, regardless of what side of the DLC fence you’re on, I think we can all agree, this is not the way to go about it. For the same price that you can get some of the better XBLA games on the market, you’re getting three new maps and two regurgitated ones. So, in my opinion, save yourself the money, or if you must buy something, just go buy Call of Duty 4, and get two of those same fives maps for the same price.

Modern Warfare Machinima and Mass Effect DLC

Nick Salyers — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:07:12 +0000

Two video updates for today. First off, No Russian, a Modern Warfare 2 Machinima, made entirely from MW2 gameplay and cut scenes from different angles, is perfectly done by Michael Barnes. Let’s hope to see more of these down the road.

Second is the first look at the Mass Effect 2 DLC Firewalker Pack, due in “late March,” featuring the Hammerhead, the obvious successor to the wildly unpopular Mako, and frankly, it looks like a huge improvement. See for yourself below.

Rumor: First Modern Warfare 2 Map Pack is Just Ports?

Nick Salyers — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:08:47 +0000

VGcharts reported yesterday that a video previewing the first map pack for Modern Warfare 2, ironically dubbed “Stimulus Package” and due this spring, had leaked [video now removed "due to a copyright claim by Activision Games Inc."]. In it was, reportedly, mostly screenshots, but with some gameplay thrown in. The surprising part is that it consisted almost entirely, if not literally so, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare remakes. Even more surprising, however, was that these weren’t remakes, but literal ports, having no discernible differences between the original map.

Now, this could be fake, but with Activision pulling the copywrite card, it seems more like an admonition of accuracy than anything else. With a name like “Stimulus Package” and it being ports, one would hope it would be a free update. If not, expect Activision to take even more heat than it’s getting from this whole Infinity Ward debacle.