Archive for the ‘Xbox360’ Category

Xbox’s Forza Celebrates 10th Anniversary — What’s Your Favorite Memory?

The original Forza Motorsport for Xbox was released on May 3, 2005, meaning Microsoft’s racing series his now ten years old. Developer Turn 10 celebrated the news on Twitter, as did Xbox boss Phil Spencer. May 3, 2005 it all began. Ten amazing years of Forza! Thanks to all our fans around the world. — […]

Watch the Mayweather-Pacquiao Fight in Punch-Out!!

A YouTube video from Noober Goober Gaming uploaded on Saturday before the Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao fight predicted the outcome just about perfectly. That’s not all that surprising, given Mayweather was the favorite and his fighting style isn’t exactly a secret. But the video is still funny and worth a watch. To fight Mayweather, players must […]

Star Wars Day Celebrated With "Starch Wars" for I am Bread

Indie developer Bossa Studios (Surgeon Simulator) is celebrating Star Wars Day with a new Star Wars-themed update for its funny action-adventure game I am Bread. The update, which Bossa is calling “Starch Wars – A New Loaf” takes players to outer space instead of the kitchen from the base game. Check out a trailer for […]

Watch Miyazaki’s Spirited Away Reimagined as an 8-Bit Game

The folks over at CineFix, who specialize in reimagining your favorite movies and television shows as 8-bit and 16-bit games, have done it again. This time, they turned their attention to Hayao Miyazaki’s animated film Spirited Away. As always, CineFix created something that looks like it could have been an actual game back in the […]

Banjo-Kazooie Spiritual Successor Raises $1.5 Million in 24 Hours

The Kickstarter campaign for the Banjo-Kazooie successor called Yooka-Laylee from a team of former Rare developers went live yesterday and quickly hit its funding goal of £175,000. A day later, the Kickstarter campaign crushed that initial target, raising a whopping, £1 million, or roughly $1.5 million. “Obviously we would like to offer our sincere thanks […]

The Last of Us Fan Cinematic Cut Gives You Just the Story

The Last of Us has great characters and story, but not everyone is good enough at video games to get through its stealth combat gameplay. Thanks to YouTube user Grant Voegtle, now anyone can enjoy the game’s story, even if they don’t like playing video games. Voegtle has been working over the last month to […]

Why Are Current Consoles Not Backward Compatible?

We’re in the eighth generation of home video game consoles, and of the three most popular options, two are not backward compatible. Nintendo’s Wii U offers access to its back catalog of Wii games through a separate console mode and to games from the company’s early days through the Virtual Console. But for the PlayStation […]

How The Legend of Zelda Wii U’s Open World Could Spark A New Sense of Adventure

The Legend of Zelda Wii U looks as close to being an open world adventure as the Zelda series has ever come. Though previous games in the series usually featured large overworlds to explore, they weren’t exactly open worlds in the true sense of the term. Consider how Hyrule is physically segmented in The Legend […]

Watch GTA 5’s Top Mods Take Cows to the Strip Club and More

The Grand Theft Auto V modding scene on PC is still in its infancy, but there are already a few good tools out there that will let you modify the game in some interesting ways. GameSpot’s Robert Handlery and Mary Kish took the top GTA V mods for a test drive, and as you can […]

What Two Game Series Do You Want To Be In a Crossover Together? – GameSpot Q&A

Welcome to GameSpot Q&A, a weekly section where we ask our staff and readers an interesting discussion question about video games. Look at this as a forum where you and others can discuss and compare your opinions of this beloved hobby of ours. So don’t hesitate to let us know what your answer is to […]