OXCGN Brings Gamers All The News – Views & Details

Posted on 2 April, 2009 by xboxoz360

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Modern Warfare 2 early?Modern Warfare 2 Street Date Broken?

It seems that over at the Australian Xbox.com forums there has been some speculation that Activision’s Modern Warfare 2 could be on the shelves as early as this end of the week according to some forumites more here….>

Borderlands ReviewOXCGNs Dual Borderlands Review Debate

Aaron Klein: The more I heard about Borderlands the more I got excited to check the game out. The tone of the press had been mostly doubtful, touching on . . . more here….>

Colin McRae DiRT 2 reviewOXCGN Gets Down-n-Dirty With Colin McRae Dirt 2’s Review

It’s been a frantic last couple of months for racing fans on the Xbox 360, with great racing titles such as Race Pro, NFS: Shift, Forza 3 and also Codemaster’s . . . more here….>

Smackdown RAW RumbleTHQ Smackdown vs Raw 2010 Launch Party Rumble

Ah, wrestling. At one point in our lives, many of us may well have been glued to our television screen writhing in agony as we watch our favourite . . . more here….>

XBLA GamesOXCGN’s Most Loved XBLA Games

Not every quality gaming experience comes from a full retail-sized video game these days. The new surprising breed of gameplay fun . . . more here….>
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Gamers Forcing EA To Return To Old Ways

Posted on 12 November, 2009 by dkpatriarch

Gamers Forcing EA To Return To Old Ways

david-twiter-avatar1by dkpatriarch

© 2009 David Hilton

Remember the bad old EA so many of us gamers spent oodles of time criticising?EA: Bloodied, but not out

EA was the big time publisher that made huge amounts of cash off only releasing games from their pre-existing IPs (Intellectual Properties) like Medal Of Honor, Battlefield, and Burnout, their yearly sports ‘updates’, and off movie licenses like James Bond and Lord Of The Rings.

Most of the games were good, and some of them were bad, but what annoyed many of us the most was that they were being safe and not bothering to try and bring creative new gaming experiences, especially to consoles.  They had the money and the clout to try and be fresh and innovative, but they were just sitting back because they could.

Then they changed.  But now huge financial losses and a layoff of 1,500 staff may herald the end of their positive experiment into new IPs and innovation and a return to the old EA business model.

And it’s our fault.

The future of gaming innovation . . . >

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OXCGN’s Modern Warfare 2 Prestige Edition Unboxing (High Res)

Posted on 11 November, 2009 by Shadow Wave

OXCGN’s Modern Warfare 2 Prestige Edition Unboxing

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© 2009 Ben Cadwallader

So Call of Duty 6, otherwise known as Modern Warfare 2, is out and it seems to be making a huge impression among gamers and newsmodern-warfare-2-prestige-edition-580x329 sites. There has been so much excitement, so much anger and so much controversy all over the same game.  But now it all boils down to this: it’s released and selling like hotcakes!

Fans of Modern Warfare 2 might be aware of the highly sought after Prestige version, and may be seen already outside at night using their new Modern Warfare goggles to hunt wildlife, pick flowers or maybe to buy a late night snack at the milk bar. (Ed- Or perving at neighbours?).

Even though I’m not the hugest Call of Duty fan, I was very excited to open this badboy up!
Full close up shots here . . . >

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Lock ‘n Load: Modern Warfare 2 Limited Edition 360 Console Now Available

Posted on 11 November, 2009 by dkpatriarch

Lock & Load: Modern Warfare 2 Limited Edition 360 Console Now Available

david-twiter-avatar1by dkpatriarch

© 2009 David Hilton

Huzzah! Those discerning commandos among you will be excited to know that the official Modern Warfare 2 Limited Edition Xbox 360 console has been released here in Australia.

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Not just a new colour...

Interesting timing, with it being Remembrance Day here, a time to reflect on those soldiers who have fought for our country.

For AUD$599RRP you can get yourself (for a limited time, while stocks last etc. etc.) a custom Limited Edition Modern Warfare 2 decorated Elite 360 console with a huge 250 gig Hard Drive, two wireless controllers, a headset, and a standard copy of the Modern Warfare 2 game.

The last special edition Xbox console over here was the Halo 3 one a few years ago, unless you count the red Resident Evil 5 one (which I don’t), so it’s nice to have another one with a special design released for the fans.

So Modern Warfare fans: suit up, lock & load, and acquire the target objective.
More here . . . >

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OXCGN’s FIFA 10 Review – Top of the league standings

Posted on 10 November, 2009 by GrathiusXR

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©2009 Arthur Kotsopoulos

Fifa 2010 oxcgn #14FIFA 09 undoubtedly showed off exactly what a sports title representing the beautiful game should be all about: fluidity, great visuals, the enthusiasm of the crowd and the realism of the sport.

A year later we now have the latest iteration in the franchise, FIFA 10, and just when you think it can’t be done it’s improved in almost all areas from its predecessor and is an even more realistic representation of football.

A lot more foot-balls here . . . >

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OXCGN Discusses Games To Movies: The New ‘Prince Of Putrid’?

Posted on 6 November, 2009 by dkpatriarch


david-twiter-avatar1by dkpatriarch

© 2009 David Hilton

Movies made from video games suck right?  Even worse than games based on movies.

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I'm the Prince of Posers!

That’s the general consensus among both film critics and gamers, though I myself have enjoyed a few of the films like Resident Evil, Tomb Raider, Hitman and even Max Payne.

No, they weren’t paragons of classy cinema worthy of deep discussion or jaw-dropping amazement, but they were entertaining enough with at least some vague tributes to the source material they were using.

Soon we have Disney’s Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, based on the last-gen game of the same name, to be released May 2010.

Will this movie amaze us, mildly entertain us, or will it simply be another crappy attempt to cash in on a game’s popularity (though luckily Uwe Boll isn’t involved in this one at least)?

I’d say the fact that it is being made by Disney was already cause for concern, except that Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer also created a number of Pirates of the Caribbean adventure movies based only on a ride at Disneyland.

• Prince Of Persia: Sands Of Time Movie

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Modern Warfare 2 Street Date Broken?

Posted on 5 November, 2009 by GrathiusXR

Modern Warfare 2 Released Early?

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©2009 Arthur Kotsopoulos

It seems that over at the Australian Xbox.com forums there has been some speculation that Activision’s Modern Warfare 2 could be on the shelves as early as this end of the week according to some forumites. Has street date been broken?It seems that Big W has spoken to a few of their customers in store notifying them that they can stroll into the store as early as today (Thursday 5 November) and pick up their copy.

There’s much speculation as to this being real or not as their new catalog which starts Thursday 5th of November has the Standard Edition of Modern Warfare 2 at a nice price of $AUD82 which isn’t too bad considering the high retail price for this one, as well as the sale starting 5th of November and ending on the 11th which is the official release date of MW2.
Has another game been released early? More here . . . >

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