Major Nelson has confirmed that the Xbox 360’s add on HD DVD Player has dropped from $179.99 to $129.99 effective immediately. The new pricing is only good in the following regions: United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Keep in mind that the purchase will net you 5 free HD DVD movies by mail. I have to admit that I am still waiting for my movies and I purchased my player back in November.
The Wii is by and large still a very gimmicky machine to me. That said, I think we can all agree that the Wii’s gimmick-ocity (I’ve resorted to inventing words in this post) is in fact the reason the demand has outstripped supply for nearly 14 months in a row.
Gimmicky or not, I think some developers are falling into the trap of ruining very good concepts with very poor execution. Let’s take for example, the newest title in KOEI’s Warriors Franchise, Samurai Warriors Katana. As a big fan of the franchise, I couldn’t wait to see what Omega Force had done with the wii-mote and what kind of first person hack and slash adventure they had put together.
After sinking well over an hour into it this evening, I am just about ready to throw in the towel. The combat is maddeningly linear and the action is incredibly slow. Both of these things are the opposite of what Warriors titles are known for. Furthermore, the accuracy of pulling off anything more than a standard attack is bad enough that it’s barely worth attempting.
I’ll have a full write up for you on Samurai Warriors Katana very soon, but for now things are looking mighty grim.
I was never real big on the Metal Gear Solid titles. This is due in part to my extreme lack of patience in my gaming. That aside, Konami has announced that they are going to be releasing a bundled MGS pack in the form of The Essential Collection for the Playstation 2.
The Essential Collection will carry a budget price tag of $29.99 and will come with the original Metal Gear Solid (PS), the director’s cut of Metal Gear Solid 2, and Metal Gear Solid 3. All three titles come in a commemorative package with some special artwork courtesy of renowned MGS artist Yoji Shinkawa.
No release date has been given, but Konami has confirmed that it will be available before the release of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots.
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It’s been a rough few weeks around here in case you hadn’t noticed. Problems with our webhosting company forced me to do an emergency migration of our forums to phpBB 3, which I wasn’t ready to do. That move in turn forced me to make some major modifications to our back end that prevented us from adding content to the site. To add insult to injury, the hosting company also disabled The Cover Project’s entire website forcing me to setup a new web host and move the site over late Friday evening. I think I finally have all the bugs worked out so we can get back into the groove around here. Thanks for being so patient.
