Surf 's Up XBOX 360 30th May 2007

Ride the swells with Cody, Lani, or any of 10 characters in Surf's Up™. With sweet moves and cool challenges, it's a sunny slice of surfing paradise.

The action is set at the annual "Reggie Belafonte Big Z Memorial Surf Off," where surfers from around the world are ready to risk it all for glory. Experience the rush and thrills of surfing in exotic surf spots around Pen Gu Island and rip it up as one of 10 characters from the film, including Cody, the young challenger from Shiverpool; Tank, the merciless champion; or Big Z, the surfing legend from the past.

Only by mastering and understanding the waves can you become not only the new champion, but a true surf legend.

• Impressive tricks: Get ready for innovative arcade and surf feeling performing a variety of impressive tricks in the air and learning to surf inside a tube.
• Single and multiplayer: Win the championship in the single-player mode or challenge your friends in the multiplayer mode with easy pick-up-and-play game controls.
• Multiple characters: Choose from 10 playable characters with their own tricks and characteristics.
• Water simulation and physics: Surf in a variety of locations, each with its own waves and obstacles. Train in the calm water of Shiverpool, ride your first tubes in Pen Gu Island, and try to surf on the explosive waters of the volcano area.
• Awesome game soundtrack: Carve waves featuring 10 licensed music tracks.

Achievements

1. Quick Learner
Complete all the lessons in the tutorial.
10 Points

2. Beginner’s Luck
Get 1 Trophy in Shiverpool area.
10 Points

3. Leaving Shiverpool
Get 2 Trophies in Shiverpool area.
20 Points

4. Welcome to Pen Gu South
Get 1 Trophy in Pen-Gu South area.
10 Points

5. Leaving Pen Gu South
Get 4 Trophies in Pen-Gu South area.
20 Points

6. Welcome to the Volcano
Get 1 Trophy in Volcano area.
10 Points

7. Leaving Volcano
Get 2 Trophies in Volcano area.
20 Points

8. Welcome to Pen Gu North
Get 1 Trophy in Pen-Gu North area.
10 Points

9. Leaving Pen Gu North
Get 3 Trophies in Pen-Gu North area.
20 Points

10. Fashion Freak
Unlock every accessory.
40 Points

11. Board Collector
Unlock all the boards in the game.
40 Points

12. Shiny Stuff 1
Collect 25 Surf Idols in surf and leaf slide levels.
10 Points

13. Shiny Stuff 2
Collect 50 Surf Idols in surf and leaf slide levels.
20 Points

14. Shiny Stuff 3
Collect 100 Surf Idols in surf and leaf slide levels.
50 Points

15. Slide Survivor 1
Beat the hi-score and get the shell in leaf slide 1.
10 Points

16. Slide Survivor 2
Beat the hi-score and get the shell in leaf slide 2.
10 Points

17. Slide Survivor 3
Beat the hi-score and get the shell in leaf slide 3.
10 Points

18. First steps
Start surfing on the Pen Gu North Legendary wave!
30 Points

19. Lucky one
Get a total of 4 Shells.
10 Points

20. Shell Collector
Get a total of 8 Shells.
20 Points

21. Shell Lover
Get a total of 12 Shells.
30 Points

22. Shell Addict
Get a total of 16 Shells.
40 Points

23. Too Many Shells
Get a total of 20 Shells.
50 Points

24. Record Man!
Get a total of 27 Shells.
100 Points

25. The Beach Kid
Unlock Arnold by getting the second shell in Shiverpool 2.
50 Points

26. Wild Encounter
Unlock Elliot by getting the second shell in Volcano 2.
100 Points

27. The Geek
Unlock Geek by getting the second shell in Pen-Gu South 4.
50 Points

28. Figure from the Past
Unlock Z by getting the second shell in Pen-Gu North legendary.
100 Points

29. King of Boneyards
Get 1 Trophy in Boneyards.
100 Points

Screenshots

More and MORE for GH fans!!!

Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80's

Activision's Guitar Hero franchise's first themed release, Rocks the 80s features new rock venues and characters, unlockable guitars, intense game play modes, and 30 new songs. Developed by Harmonix as a PS2 exclusive (at least for now). Too bad for 360 gamers huh..

BUT wait!!!!

Hard to resist deal for 360 gamers(patience are needed) as Rock Band and GH 3 titles will definitely hit the shelf later this year. Wireless guitars will be available for Guitar Hero 3 on every platform it appears on -- PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii. Online multiplayer, an already announced feature of Rock Band, will be here, as well as "boss battles" in single-player. Not bad huh....



Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80's tracks list(more to come in the final list)

* "I Wanna Rock" - Twisted Sister
* "I Ran (So Far Away)" - A Flock of Seagulls
* "Round and Round" - Ratt
* "I Want Candy" - Bow Wow Wow
* "Metal Health" - Quiet Riot
* "Holy Diver" - Dio
* "Heat of the Moment" - Asia
* "18 and Life" - Skid Row
* "Bathroom Wall" - Faster Pussycat
* "Lonely is the Night" - Billy Squier
* "Nothing But a Good Time" - Poison
* "Play With Me" - Extreme
* "Shaken" - Eddie Money
* "Synchronicity II" - The Police

GH 3 tracks list(for the time bein'... more to come.. PATIENCE is the word..)

Paint It Black (by The Rolling Stones)

Cherub Rock (by Smashing Pumpkins)

Sabotage (by Beastie Boys)

The Metal (by Tenacious D)

My Name is Jonas (by Weezer)

Knights of Cydonia (by Muse)

Rock And Roll All Nite (as made famous by Kiss)

School's Out as made famous by Alice Cooper)

Slow Ride (as made famous by Fog Hat)

Cult of Personality (by Living Colour)

Barracuda (as made famous by Heart)

Superb if ask me. Just keep em comin' !!! Long live GH!!!

owhh.... not to forget.... screen-shots...

Guitar Mania Amplifier

Short Description

The Thunderbox Amp 28r is the absolute latest technology for use with the hottest console music game in history, Guitar Hero! MTV, Gibson Guitar, Vans sportswear and music industry giants have come together to promote the award-winning game into the stratosphere, and the Thunderbox Amp 28r is the only guitar amplifier available for the game. Players love the sound and realism of a genuine guitar amp for playing along with the game's fantastic selection of greatest hits by rock 'n' roll giants.

Features

* Two 1/4" channel inputs for guitars and microphones

* One AUX RCA input

* Mic and guitar inputs have independent audio volume controls

* Master volume control

* Bass and treble controls

* 6.5" bass speaker and two 1.5" tweeters

* Power 30 watts + 2X 5 Watts, Max at 100 Watts

* Frequency 35-20KHz

* Measurement 330mm X 185mm X 350mm

It rocks to know that it could be use with real guitar. Just plug in your guitar in one of two 1/4" jacks available and rock like a superstar in your own comfort house.

TVersity Patch for PS3 FW v1.80

From tversity blog
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As you may know Sony has released a new firmware update for the Playstation 3 which added support for UPnP AV / DLNA.

We are glad to announce that we already have a patch that takes advantage of this new functionality allowing playback of almost any audio and video files on the PS3, including Divx/Xvid and many other audio and video formats.

This patch also allows playback of some Internet radio/TV channels, albeit it is still somewhat limited in this area. A revised patch that can play all the channels TVersity can typically handle with other devices is coming soon.

To apply it please follow the steps below:
* Make sure you have TVersity version 0.9.10.2 installed, otherwise install it. Please note that this patch cannot be applied on top of older versions and is designed for 0.9.10.2 ONLY.
* Stop media sharing in TVersity (via the advanced menu or the tray icon)
* Unzip the patch file and copy its content over to the TVersity installation folder (by default it is \Program Files\TVersity\Media Server)
* Start sharing and try accessing your audio, video and photos from the PS3
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It took me all nite to set tversity and the result is still upsetting. A few bugs when streaming to PS3 and 360 found. Hopefully they'll fix it as soon as possible. Tversity rocks!!

Official Website: www.tversity.com

iXtreme firmware 1.0 for TS-H943 Xbox 360

New dvd firmware for 360 modders with Toshiba drive. Hitachi owners just have to wait 4 the time bein'. Cat n mouse game that will just never end. The bright side?!!! better technology 4 next-gen console... mayb... xoxo

A new firmware replacement for the TS-H943 xbox360 drive
Features
(v1.0) Defeats all current and some future Xbox Live detection attempts
(v1.0) Boots ONLY Stealth Xtreme Xbox 360 backups
(v1.0) Boots ONLY Stealth Xtreme Xbox 1 backups
(v1.0) Boots all Xbox 360 originals
(v1.0) Boots all Xbox 1 originals on Xbox 360