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#30
March 18, 2010, 04:51:55 PM
Hey! No more memory cards for the 360!

QuoteDocumentation obtained by Joystiq – and subsequently confirmed with two separate sources – reveals that "USB Mass Storage Device Support on Xbox 360" will soon be a reality. The document, authored by a senior software development engineer at Microsoft, states that due to "increased market penetration of high-capacity, high throughput USB mass storage devices, a 2010 Xbox 360 system update" will allow consumers to save and load game data from USB devices. The update is purportedly coming in Spring 2010.

Once the update occurs, Xbox 360 owners will be able to download Xbox Live Arcade games, Xbox Live Indie games, Games on Demand, DLC and Title Updates to the storage device. "USB storage devices may, however, have far greater memory capacity than MUs (at the date of writing, the largest MU is 512 MB), and may therefore support previously infeasible operations-such as installation of a full disc-based title." That's right, you can also store disc-based games to the USB device; however, it will require the disc to be in the tray for authentication, identical to the current functionality.

Woot! Need more space? Slap in an (Up to 16 GB) flash drive. Yeah, you can do it on the PS3 too, but it's never been as necessary there. It'll also make it a lot easier to transfer files next time I upgrade my system.

Compound

#31
April 15, 2010, 12:42:38 PM
BTW: This is the last day of operation for the Xbox Live service for the original Xbox. The servers will be shutting off at some point today, but until then, play and all Xbox DLC is free. That's Halo 2 maps, Kotor expansions, all of that stuff.

Compound

#32
April 16, 2010, 06:06:11 PM
Currently seen on Good Old Games:



Hmmm... Will I be able to blast Klackons again soon? One can only hope.

Doctor Who?

#33
April 16, 2010, 08:04:14 PM
I just read about that site in Game Informer!  does it work as well as they claim?  Is it really DRM free?  If so I think i will end up blowing about $40 of my tax return on it.  I hope at some point they get the Wing Commander games.  Those just will not work with any of the systems I have owned in the past 8 years and i would really like to play them again.

Pak-Man

#34
April 16, 2010, 08:23:30 PM
I buy from them a lot. Totally DRM free and everything I've purchased from there works like a charm.

Doctor Who?

#35
April 16, 2010, 08:39:01 PM
YES! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D :D :D :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive:

A SITE MADE FOR ME!  I LOVE OLDER GAMES BUT MOST OF THEM WILL NOT WORK WITH MY NEWER COMPUTERS,THIS IS A GODSENT! :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive:

SJP

#36
April 16, 2010, 09:23:42 PM Last Edit: April 16, 2010, 09:28:18 PM by SJP
They have some REALLY old games on there, too, which are real gems.  I downloaded Waxworks from them, but I haven't gotten too far in it (did the Jack the Ripper level first, figured it would be the least interesting, and the police just keep finding me and sending me off to the gallows), but another old PC adventure I played once or twice, Personal Nightmare, is up.  If you can get past the ancient, barely EGA graphics, that one's not bad, either.

EDIT: They do seem to gain and lose licenses a bit, though...I purchased a racing game from them that they would no longer be able to sell after a certain date, so if you bought it already you had to hang onto your download because you couldn't get it from them after the date passed.  Also, I can still apparently download one game I bought, but it's no longer on the site for sale (it was a Resident Evil-type game called ObsCure, pretty fun, actually).

But, they added Psychonauts when I wasn't looking, and damn if I haven't heard good things about THAT...
One Man Band Riffs.  18 riffs, over 600 served, since 2009.

MWolf

#37
April 17, 2010, 12:28:25 AM
Make sure to look up the upgrade patches for old games to work on your newer OS.... :P
For All of Humanity

Doctor Who?

#38
April 17, 2010, 12:16:21 PM
Quote from: MWolf on April 17, 2010, 12:28:25 AM
Make sure to look up the upgrade patches for old games to work on your newer OS.... :P

Looks like most of them work with W7 and XP!

Pak-Man

#39
April 17, 2010, 12:46:21 PM
They also give out nice goodies with every purchase. Soundtracks, wallpapers, icons...

Doctor Who?

#40
April 17, 2010, 01:17:06 PM
WHAT?! :o

MWolf

#41
April 17, 2010, 02:11:45 PM Last Edit: April 17, 2010, 09:54:53 PM by MWolf
Quote from: Pak-Man on April 17, 2010, 12:46:21 PM
They also give out nice goodies with every purchase. Soundtracks, wallpapers, icons...

Yeah i bought Fallout1 and 2 and I think it came with a guide and abunch of forum icons i can download and use (Which I will never). Its goodstuff.
For All of Humanity

Compound

#42
April 20, 2010, 08:21:52 AM
And the announcement from GoG is...

The action adventure game Outcast. Well, that was worth waiting for.

(Oh, and the Moo 1 & 2 bundle is hidden further down the page. $6 for the pair is well, well worth it.)

mrbasehart

#43
April 20, 2010, 08:48:10 AM
I always wanted to play that game.  I remember it getting a lot of hype over its "voxel" technology, which meant even shitty computers like mine could run the game decently.

Compound

#44
April 20, 2010, 01:57:14 PM Last Edit: April 20, 2010, 02:13:40 PM by Compound
Strong, strong rumors that GoG will have Master of Magic available soon. (And by strong rumor, I mean look here:
http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/master_of_magic)  Huzzah! It looks like the Microprose back catalog is rapidly returning.
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