Modern Warfare 2 Map Packs: Infinity Ward Talk DLC

According to a report on the MTV Multiplayer Blog it seems that it is likely that Modern Warfare 2 will have two map packs released, the reason for these map pack releases is said to be because they give a game a longer shelf life, this is evident on Call of Duty World at War which has had 3 map packs released, with another one maybe on its way. Read more

Xbox 360 Dashboard Update and Achievements

Following on from our recent posts regarding the latest Xbox live update another article has now appeared on MTV Multiplayer blog, to see the fully detailed article follow this link, I will highlight some of the key information below.

First of following the update you will notice a new pane on your profile page, this pane is for your achievements and shows you your potential achievements score, and how many points you could have earned if you managed to complete every achievement on every game you played, it also shows the games you managed to get 100 percent on. This pane is currently quite basic, however is said to be laying the foundations for more advanced functionality in the future. Read more

SumoLounge Omni Bean Bag Chair: Hands-on

Around one month ago we were contacted by the guys at Sumo Lounge and asked if we would like to review one of their beanbag chairs. We would normally post a review much sooner than this, but it’s been pretty busy here at Product Reviews.

The good news is we’ve had a good month of hands-on time with the Omni from Sumo Lounge. This includes using it as somewhere just to crash, to play the Playstation 3 from, and as another seat when all the others are taken Read more

Hulu: Michael Jackson’s Memorial Service, Live TV Stream

Since the death of Michael Jackson, fans have been in mourning but will finally get to say their final farewell to the “King of Pop” as it is his memorial service today. For those who did not manage to get a ticket to attend the memorial service at the Staples Center, then the best place to be is in your home. Hulu invites you to watch the Live TV Stream on July 7th, 2009 at 12:55PM ET / 9:55AM PT. Read more

Halo 3 ODST on Xbox 360: Bungie say no Master Chief

For all Halo fans, you will already know that Halo ODST for the Xbox 360 is a side-story, in which you will play as ODSTs. These are the soldiers that have supported Master Chief while saving the planet. Game developer, Bungie have said that Master Chief will not be on the new game. Read more

Modern Warfare 2: Why Call of Duty is not in the name?

There has been a lot of debate to what the next Call of Duty game should be called, some claim it’s COD 6, while others say that’s wrong. This debate was made more confusing when Infinity Ward said the next game will be called “Modern Warfare 2”.

Simply put, it is a Call of Duty game, but that will not be included in the title name Read more

Gears of War Movie: Confirmation on Project’s Progress

If your someone who is pumped up about the upcoming Gears of War movie, then we have some updated progress on how things are going, since it has been a while since we heard anything involving the Gears film. Read more

Facebook News: Former executive aims for MySpace

Facebook’s former chief revenue officer, Owen Van Natta looks like a series contender for taking the top job over at MySpace. Chris DeWolfe has announced today that he will not be renewing his contract and will be stepping down. Read more

The Beatles: Rock Band - Remastered music and exclusive pre-order content

As the gaming world prepares itself for The Beatles: Rock Band which is due in September, we have heard news today that all 12 albums from the band will be digitally remastered for the first time and will go on sale the same time the game gets it’s release. Read more

Quickplay: TV shows on RIM’s Blackberry App Store

QuickPlay Media Inc are in the process of delivering full length TV shows on RIM’s Blackberry Smartphone’s, which will be made available via BlackBerry App World, Research In Motion’s new applications store. They have managed to forge agreements with a number of top US TV networks, such as CBS Corp, MTV and NBC. Read more

Xbox 360 blue-tinted dev kit

Microsoft will be unveiling its new blue- tinted Xbox 360 dev kit at the Game Developers Conference, and will be made available to game developers in the summer. Do not think that Microsoft have just gave the console a fancy new cover, there is more going on inside. Read more

Ghostbusters is ‘Gears of War lite’ say Atari

Atari have today compared their upcoming title Ghostbusters: The video game on Xbox 360 third-person shooter Gears Of War. The game is due out on multi-platform on June 16th in the US and June 19th over in Europe. Read more

Beatles Rock Band Gets Release Date

We finally have the news that we have all been waiting to hear, the much-anticipated Beatles Rock Band will be launched on September 9 for worldwide release. MTV Games originally announced the game back in October 2008 and said that the game will be made available on the Nintendo Wii, Sony PS3, and the Xbox 360 for around $60. Read more

Rock Band ‘Unplugged’ announced for Sony PSP

Harmonix and MTV Games have today announced that a PSP version of Rock Band is currently in development for the handheld console. Titled ‘Unplugged’, the game aims to incorporate the main gameplay from the console versions, while the PSP’s Wifi feature will allow the game to have its very own in-game music store for downloadable content. Read more

Capcom announce 4 Million Resident Evil 5 Demo Downloads

Capcom have just announced that the recently released demo for Resident Evil 5 has reached the 5 million download mark worldwide on the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles. Read more

Sony PS3 vs Xbox 360 and profit on avatar clothing sales

There are a number of ways for both Sony and Microsoft to make money when we use our avatars on our PS3 and Xbox 360 consoles. One way is by clothing sales for our avatars, Sony allow you to fully cloth your avatar in cool clothing gear for $20. Read more

Call of Duty 5 World At War: 2 or 3 map packs on way

Daniel Suarez, executive producer for Call of Duty: World at War has said that they aim to bring out two or three map packs out, stating that the DLC will be different and ‘unusual’ to that which gamers received for CoD: Modern Warfare. Read more

More PS1 Classics on the way says Sony

John Koller, Senior Product Manager for Sony has said that they are working on delivering more PS1 classics to the PS Store. Read more

Netflix Speaks about Xbox 360 and Sony Movies

Netflix has stopped Xbox 360 users from streaming movies which are distributed by Sony Pictures Entertainment. Films such as ‘Superbad’ and ‘We own the night’ will remain blocked on Microsoft’s console until Sony say otherwise. Read more

Xbox 360’s Lips: Guitar Hero / Rock Band not supported by mic

What do you get if you put Xbox 360’s Lips, Guitar Hero, Rock Band and mic together? Well basically nothing because Guitar Hero/Rock Band are not supported by mic.

Head of Lips developer Read more

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