Awesome Radical Gaming

Gaming news that is both awesome AND radical.

XBOX 360

  • The Xbox 360 Brutal Legend demo is now available to all Xbox Live Gold members. Previous, it was only available to those who pre-ordered the game (which seems to essentially defeat the purpose of a demo, to me). Regardless, more details here (Slightly off topic, and I know it’s not exactly a brand new feature,…

  • Microsoft is currently running a pretty good deal, if you buy an Xbox 360 Elite between now and October 5 you can get $50 back through a mail-in rebate. This puts the Xbox 360 at $250 (until October 5), which is pretty awesome. Unfortunately it’s through a mail-in rebate, which always seem to take forever…

  • It’s Left 4 Dead news day, apparently. At a press conference held in Tokyo, EA announced that a Left 4 Dead 2 demo will be out October 27th. No details on if the demo would be for the PC, Xbox 360, or both.

  • Valve announced today that Left 4 Dead’s new campaign, Crash Course, will be out next week. The campaign takes place between the No Mercy and Death Toll campaigns, fleshing out what happens once you escaped from the hospital and how you end up trying to get to the airport. The DLC will be available on…

  • If your an Xbox Live gold member and want a Halo 3 ODST theme, well now’s the time to get it. This week only the theme is free. [ Major Nelson ]

  • Airtight Games’ upcoming third-person shooter Dark Void just got a community site, which is pretty cool. And, if you recruit enough friends to join, you get a chance to win an Xbox 360 console. Dark Void fans unite as Capcom is proud to bring you the new and improved Dark Void Community site with lots…

  • It interesting to see how the game evolved from a “mini-campaign” to a full game, in about a year’s time. Can’t wait to play it next week.

  • After watching the video, I’m really excited to try out the demo. The dialog seems really well done, I don’t know just seems like the game will be awesome. I especially like: “From time to time, Brutal Legend may need to utilize strong language in order to accurately portray the authentic roadie experience to the…

  • Infinity Ward announced at a press event that Microsoft will be releasing a new Xbox 360 model based on Modern Warfare 2. The new console will be black and branded with Modern Warfare 2 images, a 250GB HDD, two wireless controllers, and a copy of Modern Warfare 2. It’ll be $399 and available on November…

  • The Halo 3 ODST soundtrack will be out next week, to coincide with the release of the game. The soundtrack contains new music composed by Martin O’Donnell and Michael Salvatori. According to O’Donnell: “I’m happy to be able to share all new compositions and recordings created for Halo 3: ODST. The music reflects the new…

  • Microsoft announced this week that Halo Waypoint, a section of Xbox Live containing all things Halo, will be open November 5th. Halo Waypoint will have Halo podcasts, Halo trailers and Halo screen shots. It will be interesting to see what how it actually works when it’s released, I’m curious about the podcasts in particular.

  • Lucasarts, at least in recent years, has focused primarily on Star Wars and Indiana Jones games. They used to do other stuff, especially in the mid 90’s (their complete list of games is here). Perhaps attempting to branch out again, Lucasarts unveiled a new 2D platformer on GTTV today. Lucidity is part 2D platformer, part…