I love the fact that it shows how behind the board controller is to the game is when he flicks the board at 1:36 (the board flicks round after the board is back in the straight position.) and how the caracter does a wierd glitch at 1:43.

So you haven't fixed your animation glitchs then Activision, lets see if this fixes its gameplay when its playable (if we can try before we buy at the retailers that is, not taking the risk without a taste of the reward.).

Ms 1 consumer 0

(until the Office of Fair Trading (UK) and EMCR (Euro) gets onto this and Action Replay + Datel both get a lovely payout)

Microsoft should have learned by now that monopoly pays until you land on someone elses square.

If you want to know more you can either watch the Eve Fantfest talk on the game from 1:07:00, for the actual gameplay video watch from 1:16:00 (thats 1hour 1mins in and 1hour 16mins in respective)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNhPig8inEY

I recommend using youtues 'lights off' feature.

I have bought DLC, GTA's TLAD DLC is well worth it, but others....

Skate 2's unlock all? Horse armour?

Its Monkey business as they know its virtually impossible to try before you buy on these, its even more diabolical when said data is on the disc already, and just unlocked....

We need the rom hackers of the day to go through these discs and shine a light on what's in and out of these disc, and show up such gems such as Hot Coffee, 'Unlock DLC' (should be a free cheat, like its been for the last 15 or so years) & Street Fighter IV's DLC costumes already being on disc controversy's,

My opinion? send the disc to the company and ask for a refund as all wasn't given for the cover price, if you really want the game, re-buy it second hand, and enjoy the extra few bucks you saved while not letting the original company have your sale...

Hit the pocket, it hurts there..

Truth be told I don't think it was helped by the fact that EA are the delivery peeps for Rockband, and with Gamestop/EB's vs EA 'blackballing' (in UK at least) being in force, My local store put Rockband games behind the counter as 'ask for only' by orders of head office and GH3 - until World Tour came out - games and controllers in 'prominent placements' due to EA's lower profit margins for Gamestop (the distribution price for EA games are higher than others, and EA wont cut a deal.).

I went to 3 HMV's, a Zavvi, Game, Gamestop, Gamestation, Argos and PCWorld today, Argos and 1 of 3 HMV's had it on shelf (Bullring HMV - being the only one with AC/DC Live aswell) and Gamestop staff on counter wern't sure they had it (found out from friend who does later shift they did when first released but they only ordered small amount and never restocked.) - its like EA did a 'soft release' with gamestation(!) thinking it wasn't even out yet.

To clarify some things I wrote earlier...

The bug was a joke, we even take the piss out of it.

Stuntman argued I was wrong on the account of mpg and selling, pointing out the Ford Focus, and he's right, its Euro's best seller, but it isn't American made nor designed, it was designed by Ford Europe in Cologne, while some profits do go back to USA it mainly stays in Europe.

The American Focus and the Focus's sold elseware are different cars. The availability of lower mpg versions is also different, The American Focus (least mpg available in USA) does 31.6mpg, the rest of the world focus (least mpg available) is 42.2 mpg, if I included diesel that would be 54.9 mpg.

Some also argued that General Motors also sell well elsewhere as well, they do, but with company's they bought from those markets and still design and sell their own cars, Vauxall/Opal and Daewoo.

People also argue that its cause of safety standards (Hi Jake B), the Euro safety standards are higher than USA's, we even include pedestrian safety requirements for people who might get hit by your car, and Japanese cars have a lot of new tech included that won't reach any other shores for years to come, yet still have lower mpg's, all you need to do is see the average MPG of an American car compared to a Euro or Japanese (or even emerging Indian cars.) and see its broken (btw heads up, according to MSNBC, 40mpg Euro - 20.4mpg US).

People are getting Patriotic here, that's not the point, the market is now global and you have to be able to sell to all markets, Hummer, Chrysler, Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Pontiac, GMC, Lincoln, Mercury, Dodge & Jeep are all American badges, and designed for the American market, but unless they change to suit the world they will not sell well elsewhere.

I agree Joker, My car is from '72 (a Bond Bug) and it gets more Mpg that that hunka trash, also more stylish lol.

American cars have terrible Mpg, and are oversized so don't sell well outside of America, but because European and Japanese cars are small and not so thirsty they can sell anywhere.

And now the US Govt is giving them a bailout, well done, probably getting what they've paid the senate in backhanders back, here's an idea for helping your company and your country, sell something that will sell around the world and give better rewards for your dough, cause a cup holder just don't fly over here.

I forgot to add, this law applies from receiving the product, so if you get a replacement 7 months after first buying it and 7 months later it mess's up again, it only counts the last 7 months of ownership of current product, not the 14months since the original was bought.

http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/products/pro17.shtm

Implied Warranty, reason why I have never bought warranty for a product ever.

It basically states that Microsoft and the store implied that your product would...

A. Do as advertised (i.e. play games and watch movies.)

B. Last a reasonable time doing what it was meant to do (so don't use it to hammer nails into a board.)

The extra warranty you buy at a store only adds protection in case you do something stupid like spill coffee over it, even then not all warranty's have accidental clause included so your basically have 2 warranty's doing the same thing, one provided by law and one paid for.

This law also goes over borders, I'm from England yet we have the same law, so does virtually all of Europe and Canada, so as long as you use whatever you bought as it was meant to be used and you don't mess around with it, its covered.

NFL is recording in 3D over the next season to test it out, the first game being Chargers Vs Raiders, as 3DTV sets are not out in the market yet its being streamed to 3D theatres in Los Angeles, New York and Boston.

This is going to be... next week I believe, and this isn't the first time they tested it, they tested it out in 2004 at the Super Bowl, but that wasn't streamed live, but recorded and played back.

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081124-now-were-talking-sports-fans-nfl-to-demo-3-d-technology.html