Dela via

That Was The Week That Was 6/29-7/3

  • Artikel

Once you're done with the hamburgers, hot dogs, and fireworks for the U.S. Independence Day, spend some time on Xbox.com checking out these links and playing games.

  • Through the weekend, the Deal of the Week is the Knothole Island add-on for Fable II  for only 560 Microsoft Points, 30% off regular rate.
  • July 3 through July 6 is Double-XP Weekend for Call of Duty: World at War. Level up, soldier!

                   Worms 2: Armageddon

  • Tomorrow, July 4, we have a Game with Developers session with Team17 Software who made Worms 2: Armageddon, and we'll be playing Fight Night Round 4 in our All-Nighter. The next day on the 5th we'll be playing the folks from Battlemouth.com in Left 4 Dead. Then, get ready for next Saturday July 11, when you can play the developers NinjaBee in their game Band of Bugs. There's big news with the game as of July 8, the game will now support in-game avatars meaning you can play with your own character creation. Also on July 11, you can play the metal band Static-X in Halo 3, and be sure to save the date of July 29 for a Game with Fame with the band Killswitch Engage.
  • Forza Motorsport 3 has announced that it will include three Japanese race tracks and a slew of hot Japanese cars.
  • The Gamer Spotlight shines on Jake8bitJoystik, the man behind 8bitjoystick.com.
  • Reader Jay wanted to point out this cool article from Carnegie Mellon University on graduate Arnold Blinn, who had a hand in the upcoming melding of Xbox 360 and Twitter.
  • We've posted some additional info and new discussion forums on upcoming games, including the innovative new music title DJ Hero , the funny and fast Cars Race-O-Rama , and the supremely commanding Supreme Commander 2 .