Sega's mech sim Chromehounds is set to close today, so what does this mean to those who have it sitting on their profile incomplete? GamerZines investigates and debates whether dead achievements are on the rise.
Sega will be shutting the servers for their Xbox 360 title, Chromehounds, come tomorrow.
That Gaming Site writes: Just moments after announcing the January 2010 shutdown of the Chromehounds online servers, a petition to save them by the remaining fanbase has sprung up.
Xbox 360 mech sim Chromehounds is about to have its online component put to sleep. Sega will be taking the game's multiplayer portion behind the barn, hopefully ending its life with the first shot.
If you're a fan of the Xbox 360's Platinum Hits line up, then you'll be glad to hear that four more games will soon be added to that list. According to Xbox Japan, the Platinum Hits line will now include: Chromehounds Burnout Revenge Battlefield 2: Modern Combat Perfect Dark Zero
This list was compiled by Gamersfeast using data from Microsoft's website. 1. Need for Speed Carbon - $35.73 - Electronic Arts 2. The Godfather - $30.80 - Electronic Arts 3. Test Drive Unlimited - $30.61 - Atari 4. Oblivion - $24.11 - Bethesda 5. Chromehounds - $23.74 - Sega 6. Call of Duty 2 - $14.99 - Activision 7. Tiger Woods 07 - $14.24 - Electronic Arts 8. Ridge Racer 6 - $11.99 - Namco 9. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell - $11.24 - Ubisoft 10. Eragon - $10.00 - Vivendi Games 10. Kameo - $10.00 - Microsoft 10. PGR 3 - $10.00 - Microsoft
The 360 has a fair selection of Mech games, with Chromehounds already out and Lost Planet available in some regions already, and most by the end of January 2007. Still, considering the need to drive the 360 in Japan and the fact that most gamers like giant machines with guns on them that remind them of transformers a new mech game is not a bad thing. Armored Core 4 was announced for the 360 a while ago, but only now do we have an official release date of March 22nd 2007 for the game.
Third Wave Games' War World is looking all set for release on Xbox Live Arcade within the next six months we've been told this morning. This stompy robot Chromehounds in miniature PC game looks like being a sure-fire winner for the Live Arcade format. Third Wave are currently hard at work trimming the game to meet the 50MB Arcade limit and tweaking the graphics and gameplay to match the Xbox 360's capabilities.
An update is out now to correct some problems. However, check this out. This translated Chromehounds website tells us about the update. The text is a little bit broken up, but you can get the gist of it.
New in game content for 'Chromehounds' is now available on the Xbox Live Marketplace.The following content is available for 100 points each in all Xbox Live regions except Mexico. Light arms 01 Heavy arms 02 Light arms 03 Light arms 04 Spacer 01 Light arm s05 Spacer 02 Generator 01 Spacer 03 Color Pattern 03
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