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What do I do?
Unfortunately problems can happen when we play games, but what do you do? Well, Activision and Xbox do a great job of helping for all issues. But how can you contact them?
Lets start with Activision. If you have any problems with anything Activision you can easily contact them in these three ways.
If you have any problems or just want to know why somthing on Xbox is the way it is, you can contact them in these ways.
- On Twitter
- On the phone (800) 4MY-XBOX
- On their site
The people at Activision Support and Xbox Support are great and will help you with your problems. And guess what! They are REAL gamers! But if you want them to take you seriously, do the following.
- Don’t yell at them!
- Don’t ignore their suggestions
- Be kind
Follow all this and you will get your problem solved.
[Review] Darwinia+
Posted by CoyAndChris in Consoles, Reviews, Xbox on February 19th, 2010
Darwinia+
Developed by: Introversion Software
Published by: Introversion Software
Platforms: Xbox 360 (XBLA), also available on PC as Darwinia & Multiwinia
Players: Singleplayer and Multiplayer (up to 4 players online)
Rated E for Everybody by the ESRB
Link to Purchase from Microsoft
The Breakdown
It’s hard to describe an RTS that takes cues from games like Lemmings and Smash TV and that also visually pays homage to old school vector graphics in a single sentence; so let’s use just a single word. Awesome!
The Important Stuff
Back in 2006 Introversion Software won a few prestigious awards at the Independant Games Festival, including the Seumas McNally Grand Prize, for their PC title Darwinia. Now their hard-to-classify-yet-extremely-addicting creation has made its way onto the Xbox Live Arcade. Read the rest of this entry »
Hello Kitty Saves Lives
Have you been looking for a good reason to join Hello Kitty Online? Well now you have a good reason to. As you know, Haiti just had a horrible earthquake that claimed the lives of millions and left the survivors homeless and injured. Well now this amazing game is doing an amazing thing.
Hello Kitty Online will have “Food for Friends 2.” This event lasts from January 21-30, 2010. When you play you earn donation points. The donation points will be added up and real money will be sent to Doctors Without Borders for aid in Haiti. This sounds like a great charity event, Hello Kitty and helping people? That’s the best combination EVER!
Well now you have a reason to join Hello Kitty Online. And remember to tell your friends your doing this not only because this game rocks, but to help survivors in Haiti.
But seriously, earthquakes stink so lets help the survivors of Haiti out by doing what we do best. By that of course I mean palying Hello Kitty Online.
The Blanket Project
Posted by kiki kat in I thought this was cool, Xbox on January 13th, 2010
Living in a cold climate effects causes more then chilly fingers and noses for a lot of people, and together we can help. There are tons of shelters in which you can donate your time and money but me and our friend and my fellow Microsoft MVP, kilaMOMjaro, are putting together a blanket project to create blankets for donating to a local family shelter – Solid Ground Family Shelter. The blankets are super warm and cuddly (I have seen and felt them firsthand).
On Saturday the 20th of February anyone local (Seattle/Eastside) area can gather with us and donate their time to make the quilts for these children. If you can make it, awesome! Please stop by. If not, bummer, but you can also donate towards supplies. Click on the nifty graphic for more info and to donate directly to the cause. We all care and I am sure we can all find $10 to support a good cause. Contact GOFBlankets@gmail.com for more info.
Thx!
What About Tiger Woods PGA Tour?
Let me get one thing cleared up before I start writing this. The following is written just to clear things up about a videogame and has nothing to do with Tiger’s personal life.
As you’ve probably heard, all of Tiger’s sponsors are leaving him. But what about EA’s hit golf game Tiger Wood’s PGA Tour? With all that DLC bought and online points won, whats going to happen? I was really worried, that game’s one of my favorite sports game. With all the live weather and live golf tourneys, I was fearing we would lose all of that.
Well thank goodness good old Peter Moore answered our long awaited call yesterday. EA Sports will continue with the franchise. Here’s what Peter said on his blog:
By his own admission, he’s made some mistakes off the course. But regardless of what’s happening in his personal life, and regardless of his decision to take a personal leave from the sport, Tiger Woods is still one of the greatest athletes in history.
Click here to view the blog.
So there you go golf fans, the game will be continued.
Kefling Time!
On December 9th, Ninja Bee released a update for the award winning game, Kingdom for Keflings for Xbox LIVE Arcade. Here is what the update included.
- Local Multiplayer
- Keflings can now carry three resources
- Only the host and hosts friends can tear down buildings on Xbox LIVE
- Two new DLC packs
Heres a quick look at the DLC packs.
- 160 Microsoft points each ($2.00)
- extremly small download, under a MB
- each pack contains two new maps
- kingdom pack two is harder than kingdom pack one
Click here to view a video with all the information about the update and DLC.
Well bye for now; I’m off to boss some Keflings around!
Army of Two: The 40th Day Demo coming
And it is coming very soon actually, as in this Thursday. Army of Two: The 40th Day is a squeal to EA’s first game in the series Army of Two. In the demo, players will be allowed to play the first level of the game, continuing the story about the two-man private military team of Salem and Rios. In the first level of the game, players will find themselves trapped in Shanghai as it falls under attack. Following the same gameplay as the first game in the series, players must work together with a partner (either coopertive online or with a computer player) to shoot their way through enemies and help each other survive through teamwork.
Army of Two: The 40th Day is set for release on January 13, but until then, be sure to check out the Xbox Live Marketplace for the demo. Also for more information about this upcoming game, be sure to check out the press release and/or the Army of Two: The 40th Day website!
Get ready for another Invasion!
Get ready for another Invasion on the Xbox LIVE community. A bunch of my MVP buddies have agreed to hop on an participate in the Invasion! We plan to do this every month so get ready!
This month’s will feature Left 4 Dead 2 and will take place on December 27, 2009, between 5 PM and 8 PM PST.
Check out the post by Peench at PGL: The Invasion is an event where gamers who know what gaming is about and simply want to have fun can all get together and have fun gaming. There will be loads of different rooms to hop in and out to meet other cool gamers and have a few hours of gaming fun without having to instantly mute everyone in the room.
Keep your eyes peeled across various comunity sites as more information is revealed and save the 12/27/09 date on your calendar for some gaming fun!
About the Invasion (From Deacon Blade):
The voice of those who aren’t pleased with behavior on Xbox Live is growing and I wanted to create an avenue bigger than just finding a friend of a friend of a friend…hence the reason why The Invasion began.
I wanted to coordinate a huge gaming night for as many communities as possible and it worked. There were over 23 communities involved in the first attack and they all left thinking it was amazing to play with people who weren’t shouting racism around or stupid profanities etc.
It was one big night of making friends and gaming with complete strangers…one big night of everyone letting their hair down.
First Look into Halo: Reach
Since the first announcement of Bungie’s newest title in the works, Halo: Reach, any information about this game has been kept deep within the vault of Bungie’s deepest secrets. The only knowledge we have of this game is the story we know from the Halo novel Fall of Reach. If you aren’t familiar with the novel, in a brief summary it’s about the training of the Spartan-IIs and the Covanent attack on the human world Reach. You can pick up the novel at the Bungie Store for more Covanent ass kicking!
Spike TV will have a first glance into Halo: Reach with a first world premiere video from the opening of the game. Catch this at 8:00 PM EST on December 12, 2009. Until then, check out the promotion for it below:
Modern Warfare 2 sets Preorder record
Gamestop has now set a new record for most preordered game, and no, this time it was not a halo game. In fact it is Infinity Ward’s most hyped game, Modern Warefare 2. According to Tony Bartel, executive vice president for GameStop. “As of today, the number of pre-order reservations we’ve taken for the game is the highest for any title we’ve ever sold in our 6,200 store network.”
Modern Warefare 2 is Set to release next Tuesday I am sure it will be a busy day, with many stores opening to sell the game at midnight. I myself have not preordered the game but I am going to pick it up on Tuesday, there is no doubt about that. For more information, be sure to check out this article in USA Today.
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