Today the Xbox 360 gets yet another media app. Crackle joins the likes of Sky Go, Netflix and Lovefilm in bring movie and TV streaming to Microsoft’s console – but unlike those, it offers content that’s totally free. Yeah, free.
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Soul Calibur 5 enters a fight scene currently benefitting from a welcome resurgence. If 2011 was the year of the first-person shooter, then 2012 is the year of the beat-em-up, in a year that will also see new Street Fighter, Tekken and Dead or Alive games hit the shelves. As the series returns after a four-year break, we ask, has it been worth the wait?
Before I get to Final Fantasy 13-2, let me explain a few things.
There are three things I don’t understand in life. Economics is the most gaping chasm in my knowledge: if Greece is bankrupt, why doesn’t it just print more money?
The second is why Square-Enix keeps refusing to remake Final Fantasy 7, the best video game of the 1990s, but is happy to rehash Chrono Trigger, the second best game of the 1990s, on Nintendo DS and iPhone.
The third, by coincidence, also relates to the Japanese gaming giant. I can’t comprehend why it would amalgamate elements from both these iconic titles, then try and staple them on to the sequel of the worst single player entry in the Final Fantasy series so far.
Last month, we gave you folks the chance to win an Xbox 360 with a whole sack of stash, including Kinect as well as limited edition Halo goodies. All you had to do was enter through Twitter. We’ve now picked a winner: step forward Matthew Tyrrell, a student from the University of East Anglia, and long time Dell Streak fanatic.
Heard of Steam? You should have. Not only is the online PC and Mac gaming store a very carefully maintained and updated service run by Half-Life creator Valve, it’s also just pulled off a complete masterclass in customer care and rewards that its console counterparts seriously need to take note of. Read more
Fancy a free top of the line Xbox 360? How about one with Kinect, the latest Halo title and extra goodies thrown in for good measure? Step this way.
To win, we’re asking you to fire up your Twitter account, follow @electricpig and tweet one simple hashtag to encourage your friends to do the same: #ep5000. We’re on the march towards 5,000 followers. Help us get there, and you’ll be in with the chance of bagging a brand new Xbox and accompanying swag!
We knew Blinkbox, the online movie streaming service, was headed to the Xbox 360 shortly after its latest dashboard update, and right on cue, it has. There’s an extra surprise in tow though: there’s a Blinkbox iPad app now too.