Xbox Live Marketplace and Live Arcade discussion Part III

[Flawless]

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Space Giraffe and Street Trace Coming to XBLA This Week

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Switchball Hands-on Preview

If you were a fan of Marble Madness (and, really, who wasn’t?), we can safely say that you’re going to fall in love with Switchball. Although the game starts out fairly easily, it won’t be long before you’re cursing up a storm, slamming your controller down with frustration (and we mean that in the best way possible). The ability to switch between different balls makes for some very interesting puzzle elements, and we’re hopeful that there will be multiple ways to solve the tougher ones. We had a blast with the game's co-op and head-to-head multiplayer modes, and we were happy to hear the jawing get pretty heated every time someone got knocked over the edge. Playing with balls has never been so much fun! (Editor's Note: Seriously, stop snickering.)

[ExtremeGamer]

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Uh...Space Giraffe and Street Trace? Seriously.

[fishepa]

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I would never buy a game called Space Giraffe even if it had the gameplay of Bioshock.

[Acid]

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Buying Space Giraffe would make me feel like an Earth ***.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Damn, the censor totally ruined the joke.

[Behindshadows]

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Space WTF....grow up Microsoft....this isn't Nintendo....

[Bacardi151]

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http://www.xbox360rally.com/fall-dashboard-update-list-leaked/

Fall Dashboard Update List Leaked?



<center></center> Those Xbox message boards are always a cornucopia of information that Microsoft really doesn’t want us to know. That seems to be the case again, as Xbox.com forum goer by the name of “Post Up” has posted what appears to be the list for what we can expect in this fall’s Dashboard Update…
…which you can read after the break. Ha ha.

Compatibility with 3rd party wireless controllers
Compatibility with messenger pad
Xbox Live Vision firmware upgrade, sharper image filtering
Many more Vision Cam settings
New screensaver settings - when away from Xbox 360, screensaver will play for optional time, before screen goes dark
New Xbox Live Arcade blade - where you can download, play and learn about Xbox Live Arcade
Brand new “web based adver-games” flash games which aren’t downloaded, but are playable bite sized games, accessed via new Xbox Live Arcade Blade
New Screensaver option in Themes and Gamer Pics option in Marketplace blade
New functionality with Messenger, works with chatpad
New XNA Game Launcher for those that have the program, new options
New language, time and date settings
New “advertising opportunities” in gameplay
Xvid support
New “favourites” option via Xbox Live Arcade, can rate according to preference
IPTV Functionality - support for TiVo like PVR options. Will be able to record TV direct. Options include source by channel, director, actor and distributor
Filter friends list, will be able to filter friends via games
New clan support - will be able to launch clan games direct from dashboard, can “fold” friends into new clan category in friends list
Better translations in settings and other options for Japanese, German and Spanish languages
New quick option to delete via X Button in memory viewer.
Option for having downloadable In-game content not inform when completed download
Option for having video content not inform when completed download
Faster settings for viewing unfinished video content downloads
New option in Games tab - beta and others, will be launcher for MMO and multiplayer betas
New option in Marketplace Games tab, search by letter, can be inputted via text pad or console
Smarter game settings - you can be messaged via publishers about new in-game content for your games
Picture in picture functionality for DVD Drive and some other updated settings
Improved USB Keyboard settings
Improved voice chat settings in game and from dashboard
Faster response times to Redeem Code settings
Option to play a Redeemed Code game straight after redeeming code
Console will now recognise low Hard Drive space, will inform you immediately if can’t download current item, will automatically download next available that is able.
Increased space size for gamerpics and dashboard themes
Themes can now be animated
Themes may now have sound effects
Better slideshow capabilitiesm new options added. New sound effects and integration with Hard Drive/ PC music capable.
New estimated timer for downloads, informing how long download will expect to take

Something to get excited about? I don’t know about that just yet, but it does sound fairly legitimate, doesn’t it?

[RockyTop1]

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If true, the clan stuff sounds cool

[Holic]

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Skate demo is up, 1.1 GB for anyone that is interested. 30 minutes of playtime.

[sportsdude]

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since this is the XBL thread, I didn't want to start a new topic so I'm hoping one of you guys can answer my question.

How many MS points (aka, how much money do I have to spend) does it take to change an XBL gamertag?

I've had my same gamertag for three years now and I kinda want a new one.

[Lordcledus]

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since this is the XBL thread, I didn't want to start a new topic so I'm hoping one of you guys can answer my question.

How many MS points (aka, how much money do I have to spend) does it take to change an XBL gamertag?

I've had my same gamertag for three years now and I kinda want a new one.

800 points equal to 10 dollars

[sportsdude]

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800 points equal to 10 dollars

that's a lot of money to change an online video game screen name.

Unfortunately, I'm going to change it.


edit: does changing my name take away achievements or alter them? What about the DLC I have like the map packs for Gears and R6 and the roster updates for Madden and MLB2k7?

[RockyTop1]

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that's a lot of money to change an online video game screen name.

Unfortunately, I'm going to change it.


edit: does changing my name take away achievements or alter them? What about the DLC I have like the map packs for Gears and R6 and the roster updates for Madden and MLB2k7?

No, all that stuff will still be there.

[DrStrangepork]

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Blazing Angels 2 demo up.

[ExtremeGamer]

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Just played Street Trace and Space Giraffe. Both trials, both quickly deleted.

Street Trace is terrible, I have no idea what I was doing or what I was supposed to be doing. Is it a Tony Hawk futuristic game with weapons? I don't know, but it sucked.

Space Giraffe...oh God, where to begin. MS will get sued for this one, I think after 3 mins I went into an epileptic seizure. That has to be the worst game design in history. How could anyone play that piece of ****?

[Holic]

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Just played Street Trace and Space Giraffe. Both trials, both quickly deleted.

Street Trace is terrible, I have no idea what I was doing or what I was supposed to be doing. Is it a Tony Hawk futuristic game with weapons? I don't know, but it sucked.

Space Giraffe...oh God, where to begin. MS will get sued for this one, I think after 3 mins I went into an epileptic seizure. That has to be the worst game design in history. How could anyone play that piece of ****?

Congrats on wasting 15 minutes of your life. With a name like Space Giraffe, what'd you expect? LMAO.