With the holiday season upon us, the crew kicks it into overdrive after the slow Thanksgiving week.
Like many weeks prior to the last, this week has been especially busy. Each day has revealed an abundance of news, a review, a unique feature from Chessa, and a special podcast with Chessa's friend Sam about the upcoming Silent Hill.
A number of reviews, the latest Developer Special podcast, as well as a steady stream of news before the holiday.
Given the holiday, this week was somewhat slow both in general gaming news and on PixlBit. Regardless, the crew has managed to release the standard number of reviews, the podcast, the latest Developer Special podcast, as well as a steady stream of news.
A new logo and stars alongside the regulars, as well as a poll where you get to decide Luke's fate, in review form of course.
As promised, this week PixlBit was officially included on Gamestats.com and will continue to be on their aggregation lists going forward. While there have been no official confirmations, early next year, we should start being listed on both Metacritic.com and Gamerankings.com.
Netflix confirmed that the service won't be integrated into the XMB interface for a while.
Steve Swasey, the Netflix Vice President of Corporate Communications has confirmed with G4 that PS3 owners will have to use their Netflix streaming discs for at least a year in order to access the service.
Players will be able to enjoy the Aussie rocker's live track pack without purchasing the title at Walmart.
AC/DC Live: Rock Band Track Pack is one of many Rock Band track packs that have been released in standalone form to retail outlets. However, given the exclusivity deal AC/DC has had with the mega-corporation, Walmart, when the game released last November, it was limited to just that chain of stores.
A recent interview reveals some disappointment in the reception of the series.
MTV Multiplayer recently had the pleasure of talking with famed game designer, Shigeru Miyamoto, specifically about Nintendo's Star Fox series.
The NES classic has been updated for WiiWare.
Nintendo announced today via their Nintendo Week show featured on the Wii's Nintendo Channel that Excitebike is coming to WiiWare in just two short weeks.
Frustrating control and a lack of options produce an undesirable result.
Gravitronix is a simple title created by upstart company, Medaverse Studios. Players will control a small device that can both attract and reflect the floating items on the field. They must keep the items from hitting their shields on one quadrant of the circular field, and ultimately keep the items from penetrating their shields. A single item to bypass the shields will result in loss.
Gearbox Software's Mad Max-inspired title is finally complete.
According to Gearbox Software, their upcoming "RPS", Borderlands has gone gold. The title, inspired by the movie Mad Max, blends both RPG and First Person Shooter genres.
The 2.5D title, Rocket Knight, will make the series a trilogy.
Fans of the Sega Genesis titles Rocket Knight Adventures and Sparkster: Rocket Knight Adventures 2 will be happy to hear that a third iteration in the side-scrolling series is set to release in early 2010.
