COULD BE FUN

I'm glad to admit my love for boardgames, and even more so my encyclopaedic knowledge of the useless facts about films.

This movie quiz game has teamed up with Xbox to create a quickfire gaming version that looks right up my street.
The game comes with the quiz features as found on the original DVD version like movie clips and actor trivia, but this time the format's been switched up, seemingly for the better. For the Xbox 360 the game comes with wireless custom made buzzer-style controllers, so you can sit back and look smug about your quick-fire knowledge.

looks to be about £60 for the whole package.

E3 Show

“COD4” was best FPS at E3 (it beat Halo3)
“Fallout 3” was best game of show at E3
“Assasins Creed” was best Action Game of show at E3
“Burnout Paradise” was best driving game at E3

...according to IGN

All good news in my opinion as these games all look great!

Gotta Love That Little Fat Plumber...

COD4 is gonna RULE!

Easter Egg-a-go-go

Cod Pickles spotted a movie poster for the new transformers film on a wall in the Rainbow 6 universe! Cool Huh?

Anybody else spotted anything new/weird/cool in a game recently?

Sorry, got my foot caught in a Nazi....

...but it's free now, which gave me some spare time to actually finish the DVD. So it's all done, just got to pull the other head out of my arse and go out and get some supplies to burn off some copies for you all. There are a couple of glitches here and there but sod it, still a cool memento of the day...My DVD authoring stuff is for Standard Definition TV's only I am afraid, looks OK on an HDTV, just don't sit too close to the TV.....anyway, you should all have your discs soon.....

Laters

Dude

BOMBERMAN

I used to play this game all the time on my N64.... get in!!!!!

The cover

a sneak preview of the up and coming "Warfighters DVD"

Our "new" friends at 360gamer

I have just had a e-mail from the chaps at "360GAMER" asking if we wanted to be in there mag, they asked for a bit about the CODDAY clan so here it is.

CODDAY CLAN
www.callofdutyday.blogspot.com


Founder members:

PAWNKING (THE BOSS)
MGB Dude (THE TALENTED ONE)
footfall (THE KEEPER OF THE PEACE)

Number of members
12

A quick history of the clan
We all got together through Xbox Live playing Burnout originally in 2005 and then numbers grew as we all started to play C.O.D 3. PAWNK1NG suggested a get together at WARFIGHTERS.CO.UK to celebrate his birthday in June 2007, where we all met in person for the first time The actual number of regular players in “the clan” is about 6 as some of the guys do not have an Xbox but are our ‘real’ friends and they wanted to join in.

The games we play regularly
Call of Duty 3, call of duty 2, G.R.A.W , G.R.A.W 2, Rainbow 6, Test Drive, Burnout Revenge, Forza & Crackdown

The clan philosophy
“Gaming is not your job, stop taking it so seriously, have fun and play games like you did when you were a kid” “gamerscore and achievement monkeys not welcome”

Whether you are recruiting and what you look for in members.
More the merrier, as long as they share our philosophy, and more impotantly, actually use the headset to talk, we tend to kick players who don’t chat - it should be a social friendly thing.

A couple of paragraphs from two members on your opinions of Gamerscore, the best game to play on Live and the last thing you downloaded from the Marketplace.
Gamertag: PAWNK1NG
Its fun sometimes trying to get that one achievement or nuging up the gamerscore, but 99% of the time to me its just having fun and getting chance to play with old and new friends.the best game on live mmm that’s easy Call of Duty 3, you have a great game, lots of people ready to try and kill you, and you meet lots of new friends. The last things I downloaded from live was Blue Dragon, maps for COD and halo beta.

Gamertag: MGB DUDE
Gamerscore and achievements mean very little to me, one of our guys has a score of about 97 and always kicks arse! I’m more interested in simply enjoying the games, can’t really be bothered to ‘compete’ with strangers for bragging rights demonstrating how little time I spend with my family! Our favourite game on Live is without a doubt Call of Duty, big lobbys, great social game with a brilliant set of options, it is also a game which you can ‘break the rules’. We do quite a bit of Burnout style destructive racing on the COD maps with the jeeps, with one person standing on a high point with a rocket launcher trying to take out the other ‘racers’. The last things I downloaded from the marketplace was the demo for Ace Combat 6, more maps for R6, and Missile Command (the first video game I ever played).

Also if you could provide your Logo in the highest res format possible and a recent photo of some of the members that would be great.
Any graphics and photos of us can be “stolen” from our blog at www.callofdutyday.blogspot.comyou will find some great group shots of us at the warfighters event, as featured in the current issue of Official Xbox Magazine on page 38 (also featured on our blog).

let me know what you all think!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THANKS 360-GAMER

Thanks to the chaps at 360-gamer for all the latest E3 news
hope you did not mind me borrowing it.

E3 ’07: Green 360s, pink pads and buzzers

The announcement of the European release date for the Elite wasn’t the only big hardware news to come out of the Microsoft press conference this morning, with a new Halo 3 Limited Edition console, coloured controllers and buzzer controllers announced, along with the pricing for the Xbox 360 Messenger Kit.
The biggest story of course is the Halo 3 Special Edition 360. The console - essentially a premium spec 360 with the console, headset and joypad finished off in authentic Spartan green and gold and bundled with a Charge & Play kit and Halo 3 dashboard theme and picture packs – will launch (presumably alongside the game) in September.
No pricing was announced, but assuming it remains the same as the regular Premium spec 360, Halo 3 fans looking to get this and the Legendary Edition of Halo 3 could be in for a very expensive September.

On a slightly more mundane note, Microsoft will also be relaunching its 360 wireless controller in three new colours in October. Alongside the familiar off-white and (if you’re American) black models, you’ll also be able to choose from light blue, dark blue and pink when the new pads arrive. According to Microsoft, the pads will cost $49.99 in the States, so expect that to translate to the usual £32.99 over here.
In addition to this, Microsoft also revealed the American price for its forthcoming Xbox 360 Messenger Kit. Essentially a miniature keyboard that plugs into the headset port on the controller and occupies the space between the controller’s arms, the unit will cost $29.99 when it’s released, which should hopefully translate to £25-25 in the UK.
Finally, Microsoft also took the wraps off a new Buzzer controller for forthcoming casual quiz game “Scene it?”, which will feature the familiar face buttons alongside a big red buzzer at the top - although contrary to earlier reports, it seems this won’t have tilt controller functionality

E3 ’07: CoD4 Multiplayer beta trial announced

Speaking at Microsoft’s E3 conference, Infinity Ward big cheeses Grant Collier and Jason West announced that the company would be holding a beta trial for the multiplayer portions of its stunning looking FPS over Live.
Sadly, no specifics were outlined – such as when it will start or how you apply – but those that are interested should keep an eye on the game’s official website, where more information will be appearing

Alan Wake

I have been quite intrigued by this for a while...have a look.

www.alanwake.com

(Sorry couldn't get the link to work)

Don't Panic

Hi All, I am just really lazy, so if anyone is wondering where that DVD that MGB DUDE said he would do of the warfighters day....it is coming, well it's actually finished but I need to go and see a mate about the authoring, which I keep forgetting to do.....sorry.

MG

Brilliant!

This shit is coming out soon on XBLA I reckon it'll be a right laugh, might cost loads in controllers through!

Also I got the new Missile Command yesterday, It's always been a big favourite of mine as it was the very first video game I ever played....anyway it's great, get it!

Xbox 360 warranty extended to three years! Globally!

It looks like the whines of the world have paid off - Microsoft has announced an extension to its Xbox 360 warranty, covering all "Red Ring of Death" hardware failures for three years from the date of purchase.
An official press release over at MS insider news site Gamerscore Blog has all the details, but basically don't worry - if your Xbox 360 breaks, it can be repaired for free from now on.
“The majority of Xbox 360 owners are having a great experience with their console and have from day one. But, this problem has caused frustration for some of our customers and for that, we sincerely apologize,” said Robbie Bach, president of Microsoft’s Entertainment & Devices Division, showing rare public humility from the computing giant.
Oh, and MS is also taking a one billion dollar hit on this - and will refund all out of warranty repairs carried out to date. This puts all of Bill Gates' previous charity work to shame. Well done, MS. Best move you'll ever make. Consider the internet happy today

www.warfighters.co.uk

Holy Recoil Batman! We're on the homepage of the warfighters website, probably for a limited time so tell your mum and make her proud!

You might have to 'refresh' your browser a couple of time as the site appears to be running a slideshow of some sort.

www.warfighters.co.uk

Warfighters

Apologies to the guys at warfighters.co.uk We have a little spot going in next months OXM magazine about our day out which is somewhat mis-leading. Warfighters has strong associations with Ghost Recon and Rainbow 6 by Ubisoft, NOT Call of Duty and Activition. Although our little spot in the mag does promote how much fun Warfighters is, it does forget to mention the true association with Ubisoft and the events held at Warfighters.

Cheers

"MGB Dude"

Warfighters Pictures

Hi Troops!

Scroll down to check out some of the new photos from our day at Warfighters in Warwickshire. I think I speak for everyone when I say we all had a brilliant time. Thanks again to everyone who was involved in making it a great day out.

Big thanks to Richard Seymour (www.richardseymour.net) for shooting the day and getting us around 100 great photos.

Another big thanks to Ben at Official Xbox Magazine for the spots in the mag, hopefully we'll get some "new recruits" for the next session!

Ta ta...."The Dude"

Warfighters!!!

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