w00000000007 (Xbox 360 Launch)

Sorry that I have been gone guys...

Within most of the time ive been gone many things have happend!

Origen Xbox 360 Launched...

and


Toooooonns of other cool crap..also hurrican kartina...but thats not cool.



BUT!!!!!!!

w007 XBOX 360 LAUNCH DATE RELEASED....... NOVEMBER 22, 2005!!!

W00teh...Ill be picking it up!

Well, gotta go see ya...

EA and Valve Team Up to Deliver Half Life Games...

Electronic Arts and Valve, the award-winning studio behind the blockbuster franchises Half-Life and Counter-Strike, announced today that the two companies have entered a multi-year agreement to deliver a collection of Valve games to players worldwide.

The first two games to be released under this agreement are Half-Life 2: Game of the Year and Counter-Strike: Source for PC, both launching this fall. In addition, Half-Life 2 for Xbox, currently in development at Valve and targeted for release in October, will be published and distributed worldwide by EA.

“At EA Partners, our mandate is to seek out the world’s top studios and game franchises, build partnerships, empower the development teams and help get these great games to more people in more countries than ever before. We consider Half-Life and Counter-Strike to be two of the best game franchises of all time,” said Tom Frisina, Vice President and General Manager, EA Partners.

“We could not be more excited to have the opportunity to help deliver these outstanding games to players around the globe.”

“EA is the worldwide leader in bringing best of breed games, for all platforms, to market,” said Gabe Newell, Valve’s founder and president. “Valve games have sold over 18 million units at retail since Half-Life shipped in November 1998. By combining EA’s unparalleled operation structure and distribution channel with Valve’s award-winning development teams and games community, we’ve established an awesome combination for delivering great products to console and PC gamers around the world.”

Half-Life 2: Game of the Year is a special edition release of the best-selling and critically acclaimed title that includes Half-Life 2, Counter-Strike: Source, plus Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, and Half-Life: Source.

Counter-Strike: Source takes the world’s number one online action game to new heights atop the Source engine with brilliant graphics, enhanced versions of the classic CS maps, all-new CS maps, offline skirmish play with AI bots, and more. It also includes Half-Life 2: Deathmatch and Day of Defeat™: Source.

Half Life 2 for the Xbox system defines a new benchmark in console gaming with startling realism and responsiveness. Powered by Source technology, Half-Life 2 for Xbox features the most sophisticated in-game characters ever witnessed, advanced AI, stunning graphics and physical gameplay.

Blizzard ask readers if they would buy a PSP or DS version of Diablo II if a wireless enabled multiplayer mode was included.

Rumours that a handheld port of Blizzard's Diablo II is in the works have emerged after Blizzard sent out a newsletter asking readers if they would consider buying a Sony PSP or Nintendo DS version of if Diablo II featuring wireless multiplayer. In the same news letter Blizzard asked readers if they would buy a DS version of the classic RTS game Starcraft.

Blizzard has not confirmed anything as yet, but are definitely testing the waters for possible releases on the console formats.


Ohh yeah, I would love this....perfect with the upcoming DS online!

360 in the wild!

**EDITED*

First 360 in the wild...posted by dumb kid!

Maybe you can now belive some of those stories about kids saying there daddy works somewhere and kids stuff like this!

>> From 360-Hacker








































It’s pretty common for kids to go trolling on game forums and make obnoxious claims such as having a go on the Xbox 360 in their own home. Well, this thread on Gamespot started that way, except the kid actually backed up his claims with these photos:

Now the kid is begging to get the thread deleted (maybe he found out what an NDA is), but the cat is already out of the bag. Apparently his step dad just started working for Microsoft under the title of Regulatory Compliance Manager, and is currently hardware testing the Xbox 360. The wires coming out the top are for such testing. The hardware is apparently complete, and although there were no 360 games to test, he gave Halo 2 a spin in backwards compatibility.

He is claiming the power supply is external, and is enourmous. He also raved about the user interface/dashboard and the feel of the controller (and this coming from an admitted PlayStation fan, so it must be good).

You are a damn lucky kid, but I hope you didn’t just cost your step dad his new job.

**EDITED

EDIT: Hmmm

I think this is his Dad…

Joe Johnson
Environmental Regulatory Compliance Manager
Microsoft Home & Entertainment Division
(425) 707-4364
joejohn@microsoft.com

Whoa! Its not 666...its 616!!!

>>Orginal Information and links from Gamers Outpost.Hlrh

It was recently discovered that 666 isn't the real number of the beast. A new found fragment of the oldest copy of the New Testamate uses the number 616 as the mark of the antichrist.

Information links about this....

Religion News Blog

Edwardtbabinski

Papyrology


Funny...

Comic MMO's....

Microsoft and Marvel ink online game deal
>> From Reuters.co.uk:

"SAN FRANCISCO - Microsoft Corp. said on Thursday it won exclusive rights to develop and publish multiplayer online games starring Marvel Enterprises Inc.'s super heroes, including Spider-man, the X-men and the Hulk.The deal covers massively multiplayer online (MMO) game titles developed for Microsoft's upcoming Xbox 360 gaming console and published by the software giant's game studio.The deal is Marvel's first MMO pact. The first title is expected in 2008."


This is after SOE announced partner ship with Warnerbrothers, they have announced a DC-Comics MMO....

This is also after SOE announced they have recived Monolith Studios from Warnerbrothers, and now own The Matrix Online.....

Great a crappy game...is soon to be crappier! :)

DAMN TERRORIST AND A CHANGE!

Damn terrorist and waring reilgious groups..etc...

Reports say he painted/drawn it all by himself!

Its time to stop when Terry the "HULK" Hogan wants peace lol....

Like him ranting it will do anything....

Ohh and the new "THING" of this blog will still cover serious/important/cool stories, but also more comedy side of news like as of the daily show...I guess, maybe not....I dunno...

City of Heroes 14 day Free Trial

Yep..... get it here..... its a great game :)

GTA:SA Online 1st Online MOD

Yep.....dunno if it works very well, silentstoner says it runs though, its ok, but if you watch the players run the model looks jaggy....

Check it out here ....

Xbox Survey

A student project at the Institute for Innovation Research, Technology Management and Entrepreneurship (INNO-tec) at the University of Munich (Germany, Europe) in cooperation with xbox-linux have created an interesting online survey about the Xbox including topics like Xbox hacking, Xbox development, homebrew software and Xbox-Linux.All the answers will be treated absolutely anonymous. Moreover, the data gathered within the seminar will be used exclusively for academic purposes and will not be exploited commercially.

The results of this survey will be made public on www.inno-tec.de in September 2005.Participate now in this Xbox survey (anonymous and takes only about 15mins).

PGR 3 Update: Exhaust Fumes and Online

>> From Team-Xbox

By: César A. Berardini - "Cesar"
Jul. 7th, 2005 12:25 pm

Bizarre Creations has released new update on Project Gotham Racing 3. This new update discusses Bizarre's plans for PGR 3 online tournaments.

Here's what the developer said in today's update: Every month, we will run several tournaments over Xbox Live for PGR players who are in the PGR Live community.

The tournaments themselves will take place in two parts... The idea is this: The first two weeks of the month is the qualifying period. Race on the predefined track and car, and set the fastest lap you can muster. If you've played the weekly challenges in Project Gotham 2, you'll know what to expect here. Make sure you check the tournament leader board and see where you rank in the world.


Half way through the month, qualifying will close and the knockout phase will begin. For every tournament a set number of players with the best lap times will be split into groups (platinum, gold, silver etc.), and then organised into different seedings. Gotham TV will inform you if you've qualified, and tell you when your next race is scheduled to take place. You'll also get reminders when your race is about to start. The knockout matches (12 player online races between seeded players), will take place at a regular scheduled times each week.

The important rounds will be televised live on Gotham TV, and advertised around the world. If you're one of the winners, you get through to the next round. If you lose, you're knocked out. Simple as that. We're not talking small tournaments for the top few players either.

In the main tournaments, tens of thousands of players can qualify to the knockout stage each month. Thousands will make it through to the second round.

Hundreds will get through to the third round. Eventually there will only be twelve left. There will also be a big mix of tournaments, ranging from events where tens of thousands can qualify, down to elite events where only the top 32 best qualifiers get through to the knockout stage.

The grand finals will be given prime time viewing on Gotham TV - you can support your favourite racer, or watch in the hope that your arch rival is taken down. There can be only one winner though, and that person will be known as the ultimate Gotham Hero. Who knows, there might be prizes on offer? :) The nicest thing about all of these tournaments is that we can set up exactly what their contents are and how they are run.

Do we want a cone challenge instead of a hot lap for qualification? Do we want 1,000 people to qualify, or 10,000? How many players can get through each knockout round? How many people are in each race? We can fine tune it all, so you always know you're getting the best gaming experience. That sounds really cool and showcases the power of the Xbox 360 and the next-generation Xbox Live. Finally, Bizarre release a new image, this time an animated screen,
showcasing the exhaust fumes

37 confirmed dead in London blasts. At least 700 hurt, 45 seriously; Blair blames Islamic terrorists....

>> From MSNBC


MSNBC News Services
Updated: 3:55 p.m. ET July 7, 2005

LONDON - Four blasts rocked the London subway and tore open a packed double-decker bus during the morning rush hour Thursday, sending bloodied victims fleeing in the worst attack on London since World War II.
Thirty-seven people were confirmed killed, and more than 700 were wounded in the terror attacks, which a shaken Prime Minister Tony Blair called “barbaric” and blamed on Islamic militants.

“We know that these people act in the name of Islam, but we also know that the vast and overwhelming majority of Muslims both here and abroad are decent and law abiding people who abhor this kind of terrorism every bit as much as we do,” Blair said.

Witnesses described horrific scenes. “It was chaos,” said Gary Lewis, who was evacuated from a subway train at King’s Cross station. “The one haunting image was someone whose face was totally black and pouring with blood.”
The blasts coincided with the Group of Eight summit in Scotland and came a day after London won the bid to host the 2012 Olympics.
A group calling itself The Secret Organization of al-Qaida in Europe claimed responsibility but officials could not verify the claim and no arrests have been made.

Blair did not provide specifics about who was responsible, but British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said the bombings have the “hallmarks of an al-Qaida-related attack.”

Officials didn't know if the blasts were timed devices or suicide bombs, but Blair promised "the most intense police and security action to make sure that we can bring those responsible to justice."

'Remain vigilant'
The four explosions went off within an hour, beginning at 8:51 a.m. local time, and hit three subway stations and the double-decker bus. Authorities immediately shut down the subway and bus lines that log 8.4 million passenger trips every weekday.

The bus explosion seemed to go off at the back, said bystander Raj Mattoo. “The roof flew off and went up about 10 meters (30 feet). It then floated back down,” he said. “There were obviously people badly injured. A parking attendant said he thought a piece of human flesh had landed on his arm.”

As the city’s transportation system ground to a near-halt, buses were used as ambulances and an emergency medical station was set up at a hotel. Rescue workers, police and ordinary citizens streamed into the streets to help.
Doctors from the nearby British Medical Association rushed into the street to treat the wounded from the bus. “The front of BMA house was completely splattered with blood and not much of the bus was left,” said Dr. Laurence Buckman.

Some central London streets emptied of traffic. Groups of commuters who had been on their way to work gathered around corner shops with televisions, watching in silence. The mood was somber and subdued.

"The public need to remain vigilant," Andy Trotter of the Transport Police said. "This is an incredibly challenging time for London. We don't know if this is over yet."

At the request of Queen Elizabeth II, the Union Jack flag flying over Buckingham Palace was lowered to half staff.

'We shall prevail'Blair, flanked by fellow G-8 leaders, including President Bush, read a statement from the leaders. “We shall prevail and they shall not,” he said.

“Whatever they do, it is our determination that they will never succeed in destroying what we hold dear in this country and in other civilized nations throughout the world,” he said earlier.

He departed by helicopter back to London. The world leaders continued meeting but their agenda got sidetracked and they decided to delay declarations on climate change and the global economy.

Bush warned Americans to be “extra vigilant,” and his administration raised the terror alert for mass transit a notch to code orange. Security also was stepped up in the U.S. Capitol and in train and bus stations around the country.
Much of Europe also went on alert. Italy’s airports raised alert levels to a maximum. The Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, the Netherlands, France and Spain also announced beefed-up security at shopping centers, airports, railways and subways.

Claim of responsibility.
A group calling itself “The Secret Organization of al-Qaida in Europe” posted a claim of responsibility, saying the blasts were in retaliation for Britain’s involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The statement also threatened attacks in Italy and Denmark, both of which have troops in Iraq. It was published on a Web site popular with Islamic militants, and the text was republished on Elaph, a secular Arabic-language news Web site, and Berlin’s Der Spiegel magazine.

The authenticity of the statement could not be immediately confirmed, but terrorism experts said the coordinated explosions had the trademarks of the al-Qaida network.

“This is clearly an al-Qaida style attack. It was well-coordinated, it was timed for a political event and it was a multiple attack on a transportation system at rush hour,” said Lawrence Freedman, professor of war studies at King’s College in London.

Deputy Assistant Commissioner Brian Paddick said there had been no arrests, and it was unclear whether suicide bombers were involved.

Asked about the claim of responsibility, Paddick said: “We will be looking at that ... at the moment we don’t know if that’s a legitimate claim or not.” He added British officials had received no prior warning nor did they have any advance intelligence that the attacks would occur.
The attacks recalled the 2004 train bombings in Madrid that killed 191 and were blamed on al-Qaida.

The Islamic Human Rights Commission warned London Muslims to stay at home to avoid any violence aimed at them.
Casualty numbersThree U.S. law enforcement officials said at least 40 people were killed. They spoke on condition of anonymity and said they learned of the number from their British counterparts.

In London, Paddick said at least 33 people killed in the subway system alone. He confirmed other deaths on the bus but gave no figures. The death toll was later raised to 37.

Buckman, the London doctor, said ambulance staff told him about 10 people died in the bus blast. BMA doctors treated about nine seriously wounded people in the building's courtyard, two of whom later died, he said.
Police put the number of wounded at more than 700, nearly double early reports. Among them, at least 45 were in serious or critical condition, including amputations, fractures and burns, said Russell Smith of London Ambulance Service.

London Mayor Ken Livingstone said the blasts were “mass murder” carried out by terrorists bent on “indiscriminate ... slaughter.”
“This was not a terrorist attack against the mighty or the powerful ... it was aimed at ordinary working-class Londoners,” said Livingstone, in Singapore where he supported London’s Olympic bid. Giselle Davies, an International Olympic Committee spokeswoman, said the committee still had “full confidence” in London.

Timeline of attacks
Deputy Assistant Police Commissioner Brian Paddick said the first explosion, at 8:51 a.m. local time, hit a London Underground train that was 100 yards into a tunnel outside Moorgate station in the financial district in east London. Seven people died there, he said.
The second blast, at 8:56 a.m., was in the King's Cross station area of north London, and killed 21, Paddick said.
The third explosion, at 9:17 a.m., was near the Edgware station and killed seven people.

The bus explosion occurred at 9:47 a.m. At least two people were killed there.
Jay Kumar, a business owner near the site of the bus blast at Tavistock Square in central London, said he ran out of his shop when he heard a loud explosion. He said the bus’s top deck collapsed, sending people tumbling to the floor.
Many appeared badly injured, and bloodied people ran from the scene. “People were running this way panicked," he said. "They knew it was a bomb. Debris flying all over, mostly glass.”

Office worker Kibir Chibber said at one subway station that “I saw lots of people coming out covered in blood and soot. Black smoke was coming from the station. I saw several people laid out on sheets.”

Simon Corvett, on an eastbound train from Edgware Road station, described “this massive huge bang ... It was absolutely deafening and all the windows shattered.”

“You could see the carriage opposite was completely gutted,” he said. “There were some people in real trouble.”

Evening commute a mess.
British Home Secretary Charles Clarke said efforts would be made to resume underground and bus operations as soon as possible but gave no indication of when that might be.

“People are strongly advised not to travel into central London as the emergency services must be allowed to do their work in the most effective way they can,” he said.

Most of the transit system still had not restarted by the evening rush hour, forcing tens of thousands to find alternative ways home.
Thomas Carr, a 63-year-old electrician who faced a two-hour walk home, said he would keep using the underground.

"It won't put me off using the Tube," he said. "You can't let them beat you."

Koping Corp. and 3001 ad Bringing Virtual Reality to Consoles

Kopin Corp., the largest U.S. manufacturer of microdisplays for mobile consumer electronics, announced June 23 that virtual reality gaming developer 3001 AD, LLC has incorporated the BDM-230K into its Trimersion virtual reality system, which for the first time will bring virtual reality gaming to the Microsoft Xbox, Sony PlayStation and PCs. 3001 AD unveiled Trimersion last month at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the world's largest gaming exposition.

Trimersion brings full immersion and 360-degree head tracking to home gaming, and is the only system to deliver high-quality, cross-platform virtual reality for this market. The Kopin BDM-230K, a complete binocular video subsystem, delivers crisp, full-color, QVGA-quality (320 x 240 resolution) video with a virtual image equivalent to a 35-inch display viewed from a seven-foot distance.
"For years, virtual reality game systems were prohibitively expensive, available only to high-end arcades and research facilities," said 3001 AD CEO Jimmy Barker. "Kopin's plug-and-play BDM-230K subsystem lets us concentrate on developing great virtual reality environments while letting Kopin take care of video delivery. With stereo sound and Kopin video in the Trimersion, viewers will no longer be playing games: they'll be living them."


Head-tracking capability lets gamers control key elements of their virtual environments, such as point of view and player position, with an intuitive turn of the head instead of a thumb or finger command. A non-tracking version of the Trimersion is available for players who prefer a mouse or hand control. Trimersion also lets gamers wield a pistol-style input device, rather than push buttons, to shoot within the game. Thousands of gamers, analysts and businesspeople thronged to the 3001 AD booth at E3, which took the form of an oversized Trimersion virtual reality helmet.
"Virtual reality is the Holy Grail of gaming and will soon be the status quo in homes around the world, thanks in large part to the strides we've made in bringing ultra-small, ultra-high-resolution microdisplays to the mass market," said Dr. John C.C. Fan, Kopin's president and CEO. "The availability of our BDM should shorten the time to market and lower the cost for virtual reality systems, allowing them to be affordable and fun for the home. In addition to gaming applications, the BDM-230K is ideal for mobile video eyewear for watching movies and music videos, as well as photography, Web surfing, ultra-compact computing and personal communications."

"I am very pleased we have the first design-in for our BDM," said Alan Richard, Kopin's director of display marketing. "3001 AD has chosen BDM-230K for its high image quality and easy-to-use features. I expect our BDM will have many design-ins going forward for various applications."

This is Kopin's second major foray into virtual reality. Kopin's CyberDisplay microdisplays were instrumental in an unprecedented entertainment experience at the 2005 World Exposition (Expo) called "Nature Contact," an interactive mixed-reality ride that is taking 8,000 visitors per day through the virtual habitats of endangered species in the Hitachi Group's ultra-modern Expo Pavilion.


3001ad
Kopin

My Preview 7/10.... Nice system, but as Kopin and 3001 ad said, it is affordable....that it is not it will cost you $499 last time I checked

Xbox 360 Beta kit?

>> From Xbox-Scene Forums

Keva posted this pic he scrounged from the net...

Looks interesting.

Major Halo 2 Hacking Forums Close

Since I just started, I would like to report on things that has happend recently...

Original post From Xbox-Scene
>> It’s been an interesting 24 hrs in the scene.

With the recent rumblings from Bungie regarding Cheaters/Hacks, there has been a shift in the hack HALO 2 scene. Bungie’s most recent post goes into a fair amount of detail what they are doing about cheats and people who use mods on their service.

From Bungie:

"Our team is aware of the types of activity taking place as well as the websites and individuals who are propagating these files through the community. Anyone who is found to be using hacked tags or modified game content will be PERMANENTLY banned from Halo 2 matchmaking. This is a serious issue and we will not be issuing any warnings. In addition, the Microsoft Legal Team is pursuing any websites or individuals found to be distributing Halo 2 game files or content.

Please note that contrary to some rumors floating around the internet, this does not solely apply to ranked games. Anyone using modified content or hacks in any game of Halo 2 over Xbox Live is subject to the full wrath of the Bungie Banhammer. You have been warned.
endquote"

When you read their release, it reads like so many they’ve published in the past. All the same words are there. “we’re doing our best” and “we’re gota lot of members.. blah blah blah”. But, despite all their well meaning words, all you have to do to tell how effective Bungie is at stopping and dealing with the cheaters is to look at their own numbers.

They reported...

"The Bungie Banhammer has been dropped on nearly 3,200 people to date. Currently, approximately 2,600 players have active bans in place. We realize that this is probably a drop in the bucket but we are continuing to make progress. "

Take that number, divide that by the number of days HALO 2 has been on the market, and you’ll see that very few people have been banned for cheating or hacking with Halo 2.

Then the other shoe dropped…

From HaloMods:
"
As some of you may have read on Bungie's website lately, the cheating problem on Xbox Live has grown out of control. While our moderating team has been vigilant in eliminating any information about these cheats on HaloMods over the past month, I feel the time has come for me to take more drastic measures. Starting today, I have decided to temporarily close both the files forum and the main forum until Bungie releases their next auto-update. From what I hear, this will likely be in the next few weeks. I know this will disappoint many of you, but I think it is better for the long-term health of our community. You may remember a similar situation on the HBO forums when Halo 2 was leaked.

I believe the majority of our community despises what these XBL cheaters have done to ruin the Halo modder's reputation. Modding is supposed to be about being creative and adding new content to our favorite game. We will not tolerate their intrusion into our community.

During this time, the main HaloMods webpage will remain up, so please do your part to help Bungie out. If you see ANYONE using mods on live, please click the "report cheaters" button on the right side of this page. You need to have an account with the main site. In addition, if you find any links with step-by-step tutorials on how to mod and get on XBL, links for warezing the new maps, or cheat ppfs, send the link to cheaters-list@halomods.com. We will forward the information to Bungie so they can take appropriate action.

Even though the forums will be closed, you may still contribute stories to our main page. Our IRC channel will remain open. Again, sorry for the inconvenience this may cause many of you. "

Even before those News Posts.. Xbox Scene had been reviewing our own forums, and making sure our house was in order. However, we’ve also seen the changes in our Halo 2 hack forums. A shift in focus from simple mods that people can enjoy and maybe share with a few trusted others.. to a more seedy, underground, less scrupulous user who asks for and researches the myriad methods of possible cheating.

Worse still, these same people have turned the Halo 2 Hacking forum upside down in a short period of time requesting Cheat files, offering Cheat files, while others are offering or can tel you where or how to download Maps. So, with our own XS membership not respecting XS site policy about NO PIRACY (by frequently asking for or attempting to link to files) and with the cheaters making life hell on LIVE and bringing down heat on sites like ours, we’ve decided to follow in the Steps of Halomods and close the Halo 2 Hacking Forums temporarily, and possibly permanently.

It’s with a heavy heart, that things have come down to this. However, we’ve devoted more than enough time and resources working hard to keep XS legal, and above board. We’ll wait and see what and how Bungie deals with the cheaters/hack users. I hope they get their ship in shape and actually do something about the cheating on LIVE. Cause, to date.. their record is piss poor. As a paying member of LIVE, and an owner of many copies of HALO 2 I'm upset and dismayed at how often Bungie continues to drop the ball on the issues of hacks and cheaters.

Bungie may well wish sites like HaloMods and Xbox-Scene didn’t exist, and they may blame us and other sites for their headaches, but until Bungie takes REAL responsibility and starts banning people for cheating and using mods/hacks the problems on Halo 2, and LIVE for that matter will only get worse. Closing our forums, will NOT fix the cheating problem on Halo 2.

Bungie.. Step up, and fix your game. Fix your service!

Krayzies! Ultimate UXE (At this time)

There are many Auto-Installing Soft-mods out there, but one of the best at this time is krayzies! It is totally for new people wanting to get into the modding scene.

Full tutorial and saves are located here!

To learn how to do things once you have done this check out Xbox-Scene poke around and check out there forums over there.

Text-To-Speech With Pics

There is a nice Text-To-Speech program called Pulse 3d made by veepers that allows you to put your own pics in, unlike others where you have to use crappy pre-drawn or other crappy images. Learn about Pulse 3d here!

Or directly try the technology here!

WHOA!

This is just the start of my entry into the blog scene....WooT!