A Good Ol' Sit Down About Games
This week is a little different from the rest. Seeing how it’s been awhile since the four of us have gotten together, we decided to talk about what we’ve been playing. While the discussion starts out simple enough, we manage to stumble upon some interesting topics along the way.
Those affected by the problems during UFC 141 will get the event for free.
The Xbox 360's inaugural event for its new UFC app didn't go so well. UFC 141 was plagued with issues and connection problems. To rectify this, as a good will gesture, Microsoft will offer this Saturday's Pay-Per-View fight, UFC RIO: Aldo vs. Mendes, for free over Xbox Live.
Play a perfect game in Major League Baseball 2k12 to win!
2K Sports announced today its plans to bring its $1 Million Perfect Game Challenge back for a third consecutive year. This time, however, a competitive eight man tournament will determine the winner. Beginning April 4, 2012 (the MLB's opening day), gamers can begin competing for a spot in the final tournament.
The cloud-based gaming service is headed toward Google TV. Are you?
PB & Jason issue 71 is many things. Dignified is probably not one of them. Join me for a special week of PB & Jason, which includes things such as excerpts from Nick's Amy review, news of OnLive hitting all Google TVs, Club Nintendo downloadable titles, and more! Hooray!
Kinect for PC, 360 Sales Numbers and a Newscorp App.
CES 2012 is now underway and Microsoft's CES press conference yielded some announcements. One of the biggest announcements was the release date for Kinect for Windows. Coming on February 1, 2012, 200 companies, including Toyota, Mattell and American Express, are already developing apps for the motion control peripheral.
Kaz Hirai announced the apps at CES 2012.
Tonight marked the beginning of CES 2012 with keynote speeches from various hardware developers. At Sony's conference, Sony Computer Entertainment President Kaz Hirai announced that Netflix and Music Unlimited are coming to the PlayStation Vita.
The promotion includes Alan Wake's American Nightmare and I Am Alive.
Microsoft is promoting a few Xbox Live Arcade titles with its second annual House Party. A trailer for House Party 2012 has been released on the Xbox Live Marketplace and it shows the titles included in this promotion: Alan Wake's American Nightmare, Warp, Nexuiz, and I Am Alive.
Another exclusive WP7 title that Microsoft is hoping will get noticed.
One of the most popular XBOX Live Indie Games, I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MBIES 1N IT!!!1, is now available on Windows Phone—bundled with two other games under the title Z0MB1ES (on teh ph0ne). All three games come from the two-member development team at Ska Studios, which first became known for the XBLA title The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai.
Disney Epic Mickey 2, Avenger Controller Customer Service, and the ESA/SOPA controversy fill out this week's PB & Jason.
Listen to this week's (best ever issue) of PB & Jason and find all you could ever want to hear about my thoughts of a sequel to Disney Epic Mickey. Spoiler alert: This is one 2012 release I'm not at all excited about.
The continuation of the tutorial that is hosted by James Chen (a.k.a. jchensor), and DreamCancel.com's Kane317. The first part can be seen here.
