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Week in the Xbox 360: 4/14-4/20/08

by April 23rd 2008 9:35 PM CDT1 Comments

Welcome to yet another late Week in the Xbox 360! Last week we had some cool stuff happen, and even though it was 4/20, we were here bustin' the majicks.

A 360 power supply was cited as part of the cause of a fire in a Little Rock, Arkansas home. While 99.99% of people have had no such problem, local Little Rock news site todaysTHV.com is reporting to stay away from 360's, their power supplies and all electronics ever created. Because, you know, electricity creates fire. Duh.

There's a Condemned 2 demo up on XBL, as well as an Iron Man demo that will most likely make or break your buying decision for both titles. Recommend that both of those be checked out, regardless of what you like to play. Use that bandwidth damnit.

Unreal Tournament 3, which has so far only graced the PC and PS3 thus far, is set for a Summer release. Not only that, it'll come with 5 exclusive multiplayer maps (as if anyone would buy it for the single player). Can anyone say awesome?

Quake Wars: Enemy Territory also got the lowdown with descriptions based on the differences between the 360 and PS3 versions, which mainly how the 360 is awesome while the PS3...just tries to keep the experience. Nerve is doing our version while Activision's Underground Development is doing the enemy's PS3's. They are "...focusing in on other things like ... making the game look as good as it could on the PS3" and "creating systems that do what Xbox Live [already] does like matchmaking [and] server migration." How pitiful.

DC has been making headlines this week, first by announcing that they are going to publish the Gears of War comic book series, which we can only be excited for since DC does that for a living (a welcome change). Midway also announced that the newest Mortal Kombat would venture into the DC universe, with MK vs. DC. Sure, Marvel vs. Capcom was ok, and SNK vs. Marvel vs. Capcom worked, but the one thing Mortal Kombat had was a completely unique universe. Putting it together with DC? Hopefully I'm the only one going WTF. A fight between Batman and Scorpion is not exactly a fair fight, at least not in my book.

Finally, some news on the Xbox Originals. Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory and Metal Arms join the ranks, which are some good choices if you asked me. Though I see no reason to start at Chaos Theory...why not start from the Original? No matter, both were and are excellent games, and there's no good reason why any of you shouldn't have both.

That about wraps up this weeks, once again late, Week in the Xbox 360. Come back next week to see, hopefully, some good news on GTA4 gameplay that we've had, the latest news, and for once something timely.