Call of Duty Elite Fix - 2 Weeks Out

Call of Duty Elite has had an awful launch, on occasion (if lucky), you can get it to at least launch and use some of it's very basic features.  At other times, good luck getting it to load.  But according to the publisher, a fix should be here within two weeks time.

VP of Production Daniel Suarez mentioned in a recent Game Informer interview, "Our goal is to have [Elite] up and running at 99 percent, in terms of features and stability, in the next two weeks."  He also compared Elite's issues with trying to find a space to park at a football game.

Halo Combat Evolved Anniversary Review

Currently, I am playing the latest Halo Anniversary Combat Evolved and love it! While it does feel a bit dated in terms of repetition in scenery in some areas (in comparison to the more recent Halo games), it still has the makings of what started it all and is definitely a must play for any die hard Halo fan.  The music is beautifully remastered, however, there is no adjustment options for music and voice sound - good luck hearing a damn thing Cortana says to you during the game (which often includes instructions on what you are to do) and cut scenes require subtitles to catch most anything they say.  Quick tip, while playing single player campaign, hit the back button and you will switch between the original Halo graphics and the remastered version.


Microsoft has awarded Halo 10th Anniversary recognition badges to those dedicated Halo series fans, as shown below, in addition to provided some interesting stats of how you stack up against the rest of the XBOX Live community.

Halo 10th Anniversary recognition badge for RedLace

Stats of RedLace vs. all of XBOX Live Members

 

Free Gears 3 Map Pack on Thanksgiving

5 Free Maps, available on XBOX Live Marketplace Thanksgiving Day

Free maps? Yes, you heard me.  On Thanksgiving (Nov 24 2011), Epic has announced they will be releasing another map pack DLC, the Versus Booster Map Pack, which will include a total of five maps; three from Horde Command (Azura, Blood Drive, Rustlung), and two others (Bullet Marsh, Clocktower) from the original Gears of War.  

Unfortunately, even though the new free DLC will include all the maps from the latest Horde Command Pack (released yesterday on XBOX Live), it will not include all the other goodies.  So if you want the new fortification upgrades, characters and weapon skins, you'll have to shell out the 800 MS Points for the Horde Command Pack.