E3 2008 Microsoft Press Conference Thoughts
Here we are at E3 time again. Microsoft once again started the show with their press conference, and pretty much anything would be better than last year’s snooze fest at the high school. Thankfully, this year was hosted at E3, but was it any better?
The press conference kicked off with a great start. We got trailers & gameplay from Fable 2, Fallout 3, Gears of War 2 & Resident Evil 5, which were nice, but not a whole lot we hadn’t seen before. Getting a look at Fallout 3 actually being played was comforting to see they pulled it off right. Bethesda seems to be trying to make a game for everyone, AND they may just actually be able to pull it off. Play it in first person, third person, as a shooter, as a thief, with real-time combat or strategic targeting. It all seemed to work nicely in the demo.
After those game, at only a few small points in the presentation did the audience even clap and applaud a little bit, much less enthusiastically. Those brief moments were at the announcement of Portal: Still Alive, RockBand 2 offerings (including Guns and Roses, AC/DC and Metallica), and Square Enix announcing Final Fantasy XIII for the 360. Basically PC gaming got the shaft. Oh wait… I think they might have mentioned Fallout 3 was also PC. It was hard to tell, I kept nodding off.
The rest of the time was basically summed up as blah, blah, ugh, blah, ugh, ugh, blah! Seriously.
I think Microsoft was thinking their big announcement was the Mii-vatars, no Ava-Miis, no Wii-60 Avatars. Something like that. Just imagine your Nintendo Miis created by Rare for the Xbox 360. Oh, and steal the interface from the iPod/iPhone, and viola, you have the new 360 dashboard and Avatars. Beyond that, you have brand new party games that have been done before like Sing Star, wait I mean Lips.
But hands down, the best part about their conference actually had NOTHING to do with gaming. Netflix is teaming up with Microsoft to add their streaming library to the 360 for subscribers! Now that’s awesome, and I can’t wait to stream movies through my Xbox 360.
And speaking of the Xbox 360, I found this awesome site that has a guide on how to fix the Red Ring of Death! Click Here to check it out!
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Cheat Codes & Hints - FF7
Unlockable: New Game+
To unlock a New Game+ option, beat the game once through and save after the ending and credits have concluded. You can then play through the game again with your items, gear, Materia, and more from your previous quest.
Unlockable: Item Fusion Tome
To unlock the Item Fusion Tome, complete mission 8-2-1.
Unlockable: Genji Armor
Acquiring the Genji Armor requires you to complete your DMW gallery and to achieve 100% for each piece of the gallery. Genji Armor allows your max HP to reach 99,999, adding permanent Endure and Regen to Zack for as long as the gear is equipped.
Unlockable: Genji Shield
The Genji Shield is an extremely powerful piece of gear that’s located in Mission 7-6-6. You have to fight the Magic Pot using the following attacks in this order: Gil Toss, Costly Punch, 99,999 Damage and Octaslash. The Genji Shield, when equipped, gives you permanent Omni Status Guard, absorbs elemental damage and keeps permanently active Barrier and MBarrier.
MGS4 Metal Gear Solid 4 Hints & Tips
This is the second MGS4 Guns of the Patriots post. This post will go over boss strategies & hints for the game. Enjoy!
Boss Battle: Screaming Mantis
This video shows you how to beat the screaming mantis
Hint: No More Camo
Shake the Sixaxis controller to return Snake’s Octocamo to its neutral (black and blue) pigmentation.
MGS4 Metal Gear Solid 4 Unlockables - Cheats & Tips
There are a huge ammount of cheats, unlockables and hints about Metal Gear Solid 4 - Guns of the Patriots. This post shows you all the different unlockables in the game and how to get them.
This video shows you the stealth & bandana unlockables
Unlockable: New Difficulty
Earn the final level of difficulty “Big Boss Extreme” by completing the single-player mode once (and saving the cleared data). Load the cleared data to reap your benefits.
Unlockable: Combat Vests
Clear the single-player game once to unlock new combat vests for Snake.
Mass Effect PC Cheat Codes
Mass Effect is one of the greatest Role Playing Games to come out in recent years, it is the latest endeavor from BioWare, makers of many top-notch RPGs like Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic and Baldur’s Gate.
The cheats for the PC version of Mass Effect are hidden, to enable the cheats you must first edit the config file in you install directory. Do this at your own risk.
Browse your computer to where you installed the game … > BioWare > Mass Effect > Config. Open the file BIOInput with a text editor like Notepad. Find the line that says “Engine.Console” and directly underneath that line, place a new line that says “ConsoleKey=Tilde” (alternately you can use a different key command, but this is recommended). Save your file. Launch the game again, and now you can press the tilde (~) key to bring up the cheats console, then type in one of the cheats below.
Grand Theft Auto IV Cheat Codes
These cheat codes for Grand Theft Auto IV will work on the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of the game.
Cell Phone Cheat Code Passwords
Most of the cheat codes for Grand Theft Auto IV are entered through your cell phone as a call. At any time during the game open up your cell phone and dial the following numbers. Luckily, once you enter the number once, you can redial the number using the Cheats menu on your cell phone.
- Get Song Information - (948)-555-0100
- Change the Weather - (468)-555-0100
- Refill Niko’s Health and Fresh Armor - (362)-555-0100
- * Refill Niko’s Health, Fresh Armor and Ammunition - (482)-555-0100
- * Remove Your Wanted Level - (267)-555-0100
- * Add Stars to Your Wanted Level - (267)-555-0150
LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures Cheat Codes
These cheat codes for LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures will work on the Xbox 360, PS3, Wii and PC versions of the game.
Unlockable: Characters
Go to the math classroom at the university and insert the code to unlock the listed character.
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