SSX - demo on PS3 and Xbox 360 released

According to Ubisoft's "Shaun White Snowboarding" from the year 2008, it was right in the snowboarding video game scene, still, if only one PC, the Xbox 360 and considered the PlayStation 3. This is on the Xbox and the PlayStation but now have an end, as "SSX" by Electronic Arts is coming to this event can EA all Xbox Live and PlayStation Network owners now have the Rocky Mountains, and a trick event in New Zealand unsafe.

With the resumption of the project to the next gen consoles SSX, EA will again build on previous successes. So in the demo EA granted exclusive insights not only on two-fidelity tracks that have been using NASA satellite data, created, but also provides the new "Explore" gameplay on display. The above-mentioned game mode you can upload your best times and craziest tricks as exact duplicate "ghost" SSX on a server, from which then all your friends can be a hard nut, the teeth of these spirits. Of course, the whole works in the opposite direction and you can judge you at the dizzying high scores of your friends.

Self it seems completely and entirely convinced of the new edition of the acclaimed arcade-game series to be. Especially since breaking with the virtual ghosts, supposed to represent the full schedule now no longer an obstacle to personal bests or "high scores" of friends. Likewise, should any problems on this basis, global events that can occur at any time, be denied in real time against real people, with a constant entry and exit function.

Of course, standing in the "Explore" mode more than just "normal" race to the freedom of choice, such as Runs, where you order your survival, or just ride for pleasure trick loaded your fans. In addition, is also an online mode is available with a newly-built line of EA function, the RiderNet you want to do without lobbies or waiting.

Who is the only way to the front of adrenaline strotzendem title could never resist anyway, should make haste to be downloading the demo available until 20/03/2012. Or buy directly on 03.01.2012 published a full version.

Source: EA

AMD: Xbox 720 will offer avatar image

After the start of the then next-gen consoles is a few years ago now it's time for the successor. The PC hardware is significantly more powerful than PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, so AMD did recently, the big drum, as far as it also takes on the graphics part of the Redmond console. This image is supposed to match the blockbuster Avatar, which would obviously be a significant increase.

Reason for this statement could be that Nintendo was a pioneer for this year's E3 information about the new console and also a rather impressive tech demo of the Wii was underground. In any case, the new Xbox - whether she really carries the additional 720 is still uncertain - at E3 next year for the first time be shown to the public and will almost certainly dominate DirectX 11.

 Neal Robinson, Director of ISV Relationships at AMD, was at least his mouth quite full, with the announcement that they will offer a similar avatar graphics. AMD, however, did not even acknowledge publicly that it is working on the successor to the Xbox 360, but apparently this is fixed now.
Apart from Robinson also mentioned that the possibilities for the computation of physics and artificial intelligence will improve dramatically and could think of any pedestrians in Grand Theft Auto or Saints Row independently.

Whether it is confirmed or just a clever advertising campaign was to show itself until the next E3 still pass at least 10 months, by then the Wii is U probably already on store shelves.

Source: Examiner

Xbox 360 receives firmware update - Standby mode and PayPal

Microsoft is known for its updates and improvements to the customers, and not just at the desktop Windows operating system. The mobile phone sector and the brackets from experience and updates to lock out hackers or furnish new features, such as a beautiful surface. Today, it's that time again and for the Xbox 360 is an update released, which contains, among other things, a standby mode.

This standby mode sets the console after an hour of downtime in a sleep mode to reduce power consumption and avoid unnecessary periods. But this was by far not the only innovation that have been entered into the system. IT IS now also the PayPal payment service available to purchase content from the Market Place, such as games or the fees of an Xbox Live Gold membership. Unfortunately, PayPal was even more fun than brake and turns the switch on this service only in 20 out of 200 countries, among them is whether Germany is still unclear.

Next we implemented a new DVD format that has the name XGD3 and allows the game developer and squeeze a rich Gigabyte more on silver discs. This can take the current 8 GB to 9 GB now accommodate some additional, visually appealing textures, so that future titles can compete with those of the competition - the PlayStation Network in Europe for the part is still offline. The update is now distributed, but not simultaneously to all Xbox systems, but from country to country in order to reduce traffic. Currently, the update seems to have not yet reached Europe, but this should be the case in the coming days.

But these were not all the advantages of the new XGD3 format. Apart from the increased capacity will accommodate even more stringent Microsoft anti-piracy measures it intended to prevent copying of the discs. According to some Microsoft Game Studios has since been really hard and is now working with them to develop this system further.

The new update is why reflashing the firmware directly including the DVD drive should also mean any firmware mod will be deleted. Among other things, but it should give some consoles that are incompatible with the update. Microsoft is offering a free upgrade for this program, however, that the console is replaced by a newer 250 GB version and also donated one years Xbox Live.
source:MajorNelson