check out 360Monsters interview with Xbox Main Man Major Nelson....
A brutal reset, a smarter story, and a return to what made it great—Mortal Kombat (2011) revived the series.
Underrated comment. I used to hate that game so much that any time my siblings asked me to play it, I just picked Hom and shut myself down mid-match.
15 years went by so fast. I remember playing through the story mode at launch.
The name "Hewson" carries a special weight for anyone who grew up during the golden age of British computing. As the son of Andrew Hewson—the man behind legendary publisher Hewson Consultants—Rob Hewson didn't just grow up playing video games; he learned to spell his name from their title screens. However, Rob didn't just rest on his family's 8-bit laurels. From leading major LEGO franchises at TT Games to tackling the high-stakes world of technical porting at Huey Games, Rob has carved out a unique path in an ever-evolving industry. In this candid interview Rob to discussed the burden and beauty of a family legacy, the technical "scar tissue" left by the ambitious Hydrophobia, and why porting a masterpiece like Inscryption to consoles is far more than a simple copy-paste job.
To celebrate Tomb Raider: Legend's 20th anniversary, the official channels have shared an early in-development gameplay demo.
I am VERY interested in his first answer. The update will contain new features that games released around Christmas will use! Now it wont be camera support because they took care of that with the last update... maybe a uniform Clan system? I sure hope so!
there was a lot of interesting things said...wow. the 360 is a nice place to be. he makes a hint at movie downloads to tv shows.
i don't know if any of you downloaded that BattleStar Galactica download, but it was 2 hrs long and only took a few mins. to download.
more on the humor side he mentions being called by your gamertag and how it becomes a true 2nd I.D. he is right, a lot of my friends now refer to me as charger.
here is some interesting things said about the hd-drive add on from the interview. i think it shows the M$ really does have the gamers best interest in mind...the rest of my post is a copy and paste:
What about plans for HDMI?
Major Nelson: We haven’t announced anything yet. Some people really got hung up on that! A lot of people can’t tell the difference between that and regular component video, but there seems to be a group of people who’ve got really upset about it. We’ll have to see how it shakes out.
And what about the HD-DVD drive? There’s been some negative feedback from the community about that…
Major Nelson: It’s all about giving people choice. We’re not telling gamers that they need to pay for it. I’m really worried that gamers are going to become collateral damage in a DVD format war. Do we want that? Of course not! We’re saying that you can get the Xbox 360 as a great gaming and entertainment console, and if you want to watch HD-DVDs on it you can buy an add-on. But if you don’t want it, you don’t have to have it! You can pick and choose. We’re not forcing you to pay for something you won’t necessarily use. And if you look at the transfer speed for Blu-Ray, they’re pretty slow. Gamers are impatient. They don’t want loading delays.
I like this guy. He seems like a gamer that anyone can relate to. He even answers to posts on his blog; on the other hand Nintendo’s and Sony’s are out of reach of the regular Joe gamer. I think M$ is doing a nice job when it comes to creating communities. I like the Idea that there are ways to get your opinion or thoughts about the 360 directly to the people working on it. This is impossible when it comes to Nintendo and Sony.
I can't wait for this camera to come out! I've made so many friends on Live over the past 3 to 4 years and still talk to a majority of them as I walk around with my wirless controller! I do however hope that they one day increase the amount of friends you can have on your friends list!