Archive for the ‘Xbox Original’ Category

Imagine a calm, relaxing little town, away from the noise and the pollution of the big city… perfect for a weekend getaway. Spend a relaxing evening at the Toluca Lake, grab a couple of drinks at Heaven’s Night or visit the Historical Society. Meet strange new people, visit alternate dimensions, solve interesting puzzles and did we mention the monsters?

Welcome to Silent Hill…

Unarguably the pinnacle of survival horror, the Silent Hill series has been continuously scaring and captivating gamers since the release of the original Silent Hill in 1999. The fifth installment is set to release just a few days from now and so we decided to take a look back at the franchise before we brave the twisted little foggy town again.

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While the world hasn’t exactly been going ga-ga over the Xbox 360 Originals service, gamers in India had much to cheer about. When it comes to finding an original Xbox game, it’s probably as easy as finding Altair in a hay-stack. Sure, we don’t have the 120 Gb Elite HDD but that hasn’t deterred us from trying to give ourselves a heartache and download the games on our so-called broadband connections.

The recent addition of Burnout 3 to the Xbox 360 Originals roster meant that Microsoft was serious about “frequently” updating the catalogue. We had hoped that they will use the term “frequently” in a more literal way and it seems like some one is listening!

According to CVG, come 11th January 2008, and the Xbox 360 Original’s game roster will be expanded with three brand new (in a manner of speaking!) Xbox titles in the form of Tecmo’s hit Ninja Gaiden, Criterion’s orgasm-inducing BLACK and Sid Meiers Pirates! The price point is expected to be the same as all the other Xbox 360 Original games i.e. 1200 Microsoft Points which is approximately INR 850.

Ninja Gaiden is one of those few games, after the Halo series, that proved to be system-seller for the Original Xbox. It’s a no-brainer for those who didn’t have the fortune of playing the game on the original Xbox or are looking to own a copy of the game. For those looking for a gun-orgy in completely destructible environments will surely find putting down there moolah for BLACK worth it. And if neither slashing through hordes of ninjas nor blasting your way through baddies is the way you like to relax, then maybe Pirates! is the one which will catch your fancy with it’s open world game play as you merrily sail away sinking merchant ships while romancing the mayors daughter.

Now that we have more choice as far as the Originals game catalogue goes, we have our fingers crossed that Microsoft-India launches the Elite HDD as a separate add-on soon.