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Microsoft Keynote News! (Continuously Updated)
By SweetTea023Posted on Mon Jul 14, 2008 at 02:02:43 PM EST

The Xbox 360:
New Dashboard: Simple to navigate dashboard coming this fall and looks slick along with
Avatars confirmed: Design your own avatar, up to 8 friends can join a party with 8 player chat, watch movies downloaded via Live together, share pictures and much more! The avatars look silly but everything they can do is amazing. Learn more by reading 1UP's Impressions
Marc Whitten gives us even more Dashboard news over at Major Nelson's Blog!!!
Netflix comes to the 360!
LIPS Unveiled! Karaoke using any songs from your IPod or Zune!
NBC and Universal join the Video Marketplace
Games:
Television Shows coming to Live as games; Use your avatar to play 1:100, Deal or No Deal and more with friends
Gears 2 coming November 7!
PORTAL: STILL ALIVE EXCLUSIVE TO XBOX LIVE ARCADE!
Fable 2 coming this October;
Walkthrough Video Amazing online co-op via this system: Purple orbs represent your friends when they are playing at the same time as you. Wherever they are in the game, their orb will appear on your screen. Simply walk up to the orb, push a button and they instantly can join your game!
Rock Band 2 exclusive to Xbox 360! 84 Song, including ACDC
Geometry Wars 2 coming next month!
Video...Possible Co-op?
RE5 to release March 13, 2009; Gameplay Video,
Gameplay Video Online Co-op Revealed.
FINAL FANTASY 13 COMING TO XBOX 360!
"Scene It 2: Your in the Movies" Coming soon! Use the vision cam to play stupid games that are then compiled into funny movies. Looks neat.
Fallout 3 Walkthrough Also at GameTrailers
And Bungie News Coming!
New Halo Wars "5 years" Trailer!
Trailers for just about every game shown can be found on the Marketplace! Which, surprisingly seems to run much smoother...=)
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Discuss the conference!
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Microsoft Keynote Live Chat! (And a chance to win...)
By SweetTea023Posted on Mon Jul 14, 2008 at 12:54:46 PM EST

Here we go! Microsoft's Press Conference is less than an 45 mins away and from talking to various GearHeads this morning I think we're ready. You can use this thread to throw out your live thoughts on everything that's going down at Microsoft's Keynote.
As an added bonus, we'll be randomly picking 3 people who comment on this thread to win a Gears 2 EGM signed by Dan "Shoe" Hsu. On top of that, we'll be picking funny/witty comments about certain pieces of news and place that comment (and your name, of course) next to the link to that news item on our front page.
So it pays to post. ;) Be sure and hop on Skype in addition as I'm sure they'll be a ton of GearHeads carrying the discussion over there as well!
Don't forget to check out all the Live Blog's and streams that can be found found here.
Enjoy!
(Thanks to Joystiq for the pic)
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E3: Everything you need...(The updating begins...)
By SweetTea023Posted on Mon Jul 14, 2008 at 12:13:40 AM EST

Everything you need to experience E3 to the fullest extent can be found in this story. Well, other than the actual news...and tickets to see it live...But links to all the major coverage can be found in the form of nice shiny links below. Tomorrow morning the list will be updated with links to actual Live Blogs, Streams, etc.
Remember, Microsoft's E3 Press Conference will start at 10:30 AM PST tomorrow morning, so get ready! Being posted before the Keynote will be our "Live Keynote Chat". This is where you can post your reactions to all the Xbox 360 news as it happens, and see what your fellow GearHeads have to say. I'll open it up around 10:00 am PST; You will not want to miss this GearHeads conversation!
Here is a list of some of the best places to experience E3:
Microsoft Keynote Live Blog's and Streams
1UP's Microsoft Keynote Live Blog
G4's Live Stream (Both online and on air)
IGN's Live Stream USE THIS~BEST FEED
Kokatu's Live Blog
Joystiq's Live Blog
MTV's Multiplayer Blog Live Flickr Feed...
...And Twitter updates!
Major Nelson's Live Twitter Updates
1UP's E3 HEADQUARTERS
G4 E3 HEADQUARTERS...
...and their coverage.
Spike TV Coverage
1UP's Journey So far, In pictures! (David included!)
E3 Conference Times
Monday, July 18
Microsoft 10:30 a.m. PST
Electronic Arts 3:00 p.m. PST
Tuesday, July 19
Nintendo 9:00 a.m. PST
Sony 11:30 a.m. PST
Ubisoft 2:30 p.m. PST
Capcom 4:30 p.m. PST
Wednesday, July 20
Take-Two 10:45 a.m PST
Konami 2:30 p.m. PST
Those are the major player's in terms of coverage of E3. As more places make their E3 stuff available, I will link accordingly. If there's something you guy's think should be here and isn't, just let me know!
In 24 hours Microsoft's Press Conference will be over, major Xbox 360 announcements will have been made and our Gears 2 podcast will be filling ears across the internet.
E3 is here, my friends~Are you ready?
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Rolling into E3
By SweetTea023Posted on Fri Jul 11, 2008 at 10:52:22 PM EST

To say we at GearHeads are ready for E3 would be an understatement. Our Pre-E3 Gears 2 podcast passed 1,000 downloads just two days after hitting the web. Our follow up podcast that will take the E3 Gears 2 news to a deeper level has already been recorded and has potential to blow up when posted Monday. A few days later Greg Ford, Managing Editor of EGM will be joining us to talk about the Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft's Press Conferences. Not to mention two high profile guests coming on our podcast to finish up the month.
We've finished the pre-game, set up the after party and are just awaiting the big game. Bring it on, E3; GearHeads is ready and waiting.
If you actively use GearHeads (ie post diaries, visit regularly etc) you'll want to click "Read More" to see how exactly we're handling all the news coming out of E3. We've decided on a rather particular way of doing it and hope everyone plays along! =)
So go ahead and open up this story to see exactly what we're doing next week (Pics included!) and how you can help!
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Friday Night FragFest: July 11, 2008 - Happy Early Bastille Day Edition
By papi blezPosted on Thu Jul 10, 2008 at 11:20:41 AM EST

So maybe we should bust out of a prison tomorrow night and kill some Locust in order to properly celebrate Bastille Day, which happens to be Monday, July 14th. Hey, that's the same day E3 opens. Next week is always awesome in terms of gaming news. I'm looking forward to all the new videos and footage. Especially of Gears 2.
Regardless, I'm putting the FFF thread up early this week because I have a pretty busy day ahead of me. I'm not sure if I can be there tomorrow night or not. I think I mentioned that I'm going to be traveling a bunch this month and this weekend is one of those weekends. I'm going to Oakland to cheer for my Oakland Athletics against the hated Anaheim Angels.
So you guys will probably need a host this week without me. I'm sure you'll have plenty of volunteers to take over hosting duties. Have fun, Gearheads and I'm hoping to see you next week instead, only I'm also traveling to Austin, Texas that weekend. I'm just not sure if I can play or not since I'm not sure the timeframe. Regardless, sign up below and have a blast.
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Gears 2 Pre-E3 Podcast
By SweetTea023Posted on Mon Jul 07, 2008 at 12:06:12 PM EST

All aboard! The GearHeads E3 Hype Train has officially left the station. Below you will find the link to our first podcast in a series centered around Gears 2 and E3. You can expect the second next week that will feature even more 1UP and GameVideos special guests to talk about all the Gears 2 E3 info as well as the "Big 3's" E3 news. Like I said, look for that next week!
But first, lend an ear to our latest podcast that features David Ellis and Jason Bertrand joining Tyler, Kenny, and I as we force every bit of Gears 2 info that they can give us out of them. Now a big DISCLAIMER here as we had huge technical difficulties that made the editing process torture. The sound quality is perfect throughout, however, we lost about half of the first edition of this podcast and had to re-record.
So instead of airing half of one podcast and then another that covers some of the same stuff I've patched together the best from each and this is what we've got! So you may hear Jason or David start talking without being introduced.
But fear not! The discussion is good, the info amazing and the theme music is sexy. Enjoy, GearHeads~
As has already been posted, this is what you can expect:
An Epic battle between David Ellis and Cliff Bleszinski's teams in a Gears 2 tournament- Find out who wins.
In-depth discussion of Guardian, Wingman, and MeatFlag (Which has a new name!).
An awesome feature reveal regarding the Torque Bow
Talk of the new Shield.
How using the new grenades work (Sticking them to anything, stun effects, etc.)
Hear how the Scorcher treats opponents like a cigarette.
How Gears 2 feels compared to the original.
A huge special thank you to GameVideos Jason Bertrand, David Ellis, and of course- our resident GearHeads!
A note from David:
"Hey Guys, I posted this in the podcast thread, but I wanted to post it again to make sure people saw it. Some of the things I talked in the podcast (Boomshot changes, Subway map, Shield decapitation) were in the context of rumors. I guess through the coarse of editing two different podcasts together this part of the conversation got lost. So, just for the record, the boomshot was normal except it now has four shots, and although though I've heard rumblings about a Subway remake and the Shield decapitation, I haven't actually seen them to confirm anything. Sorry for any confusion."
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Foreplay...
By SweetTea023Posted on Mon Jul 07, 2008 at 01:58:25 AM EST
As you all know, E3 is almost one week away...and we've got the goods. IT SHOULD BE Tomorrow morning at 9 AM PST, that we'll be posting 2 podcasts edited into one (due to mass technical failures) that features both David Ellis and Jason Bertrand from GameVideos discussing their hours upon hours of time with Gears 2 multiplayer with Tyler, Kenny (Blankman!), and I. Included will be:
An Epic battle between David Ellis and Cliff Bleszinski's teams in a Gears 2 tournament- Find out who wins.
In-depth discussion of Guardian, Wingman, and MeatFlag (Which has a new name!).
An awesome feature reveal regarding the Torque Bow
Talk of the new Shield.
How using the new grenades work (Sticking them to anything, stun effects, etc.).
Hear how the Scorcher treats opponents like a cigarette.
How Gears 2 feels compared to the original.
And much, much more! Again, look for this sometime tomorrow morning...and get ready to hit Gears 2 hype into over-drive.
Enjoy! =)
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