Britxbox.co.uk's Podcast Expansion Pack #33

Britxbox writes: "After a week away due to Slicker's strange leave of absence, the Expansion Pack crew is back! This week we talk about:

* Battlefield 1943
* The Secret of Monkey Island
* Tiger Woods 2010
* Guitar Hero: Greatest Hits
* Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is now £55
* Microsoft say the Xbox Portable is a matter of "when" not "if"...

Also, after the most bizarre response to the Rocket Riot competition in the last episode, we have a winner! Was it you? Check the show and find out."

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Battlefield Legacy - Sunsetting Announcement

EA: "As we close in on 15 years since the release of Battlefield 1943, and Bad Company™ 1 & 2, we are announcing that their journey is coming to an end."

darthv72406d ago

This reminds me... I have ME on my PS3 hdd. Never really played it, but it was free.

XiNatsuDragnel406d ago

Digital future ppl is good they say nope imo

Eidolon406d ago

And it still says nothing about being able to downloaded even when it's off the storefront, that's a huge ouchie for some who somehow still have it in their backlog...

Shane Kim406d ago

Dont make it an issue when it's not. If you haven't played it in 15 years, chances are you'll never play it.

isarai406d ago

That all digital future sure looks great!

/s

zidane1341406d ago (Edited 406d ago )

Online game servers shut off eventually all the time. Doesn’t matter if you have the disc or not. Even if you have the disc, it’ll be just paperweight unless the game lets you connect directly to a friend or LAN play.

isarai406d ago (Edited 406d ago )

Read the article bro. They are delisting the games, including mirrors edge which is an offline game. Online servers i can understand, not being able to buy/download the games anymore? Completely separate issue, especially seeing as how some these games had lengthy sp campaigns and not just mp.

zidane1341406d ago

@israrai, you can still buy the disc for less then 10$. Hardly a loss.

TheEnigma313406d ago

You shouldn't have to buy the disc, that's the issue.

OhReginald406d ago (Edited 406d ago )

Some brilliant minds created servers to keep these old online games alive. A lot of ps2 and ps3 games that had there servers shut down a long time ago have been restored by fans to keep it going. Warhawk, killzone 2, socom 2/ confrontation, resident evil outbreak series, etc.

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DankSinatra405d ago

The disc still exist. I don’t understand the issue. You guys are upset about that “all digital future” yet these games are not “digital only”. Hell digital only is a minority in the gaming world and so far we haven’t moved into it, the only digital only games are games as a service or online only games, which end up failing in the end.

This is no different than a store that stops selling old games, just go and buy a copy somewhere else. So which is it, you hate all digital or you like it? Make up your mind.

isarai405d ago

Talk about missing the point entirely. I'm not going to sit here and explain it to you, figure it out.

DankSinatra405d ago

Talk about whining about something and not wanting to explain from an off handed sarcastic original comment.

I got the point just fine. You’re literally complaining about something that has an easy alternative to it.

ManMarmalade405d ago

I don't think you got the point

DankSinatra405d ago (Edited 405d ago )

@ManMarmalade

No I got it, it has to do with the push towards a future of all digital and reprocussions of losing games. Something I already stayed that hasn’t happened nor is it large enough right now to cause any issues as the games that are all digital are online only to begin with or make up the minority of games

So I’ll say it again, the disc still exists for these games that are over a decade old and can still be played easily. You guys are contradicting the whole “we don’t want a digital only future” crying when the dude I originally responded to stated:

“Read the article bro. They are delisting the games, including mirrors edge which is an offline game. Online servers i can understand, not being able to buy/download the games anymore? Completely separate issue, especially seeing as how some these games had lengthy sp campaigns and not just mp.“

So again, which is it? Do you hate all digital or do you want it?

Inverno406d ago

On PC I don't think it's much of a problem but I'm sad to see BF43 being shut down. I haven't played it in a while since it's stuck on PS3, but i preferred it way more over BF3. It was the lack of invisible barriers which made it better for me.

badz149406d ago

BFBC2 was still the best overall package offered by the franchise so far IMO

porkChop406d ago

Absolutely. BC2 was such a great game. It's a shame we never got BC3.

P_Bomb405d ago

I had a great run on Bad Company 2. Pound for pound, as solid a BF package as there’s been.

InUrFoxHole406d ago

Does anyone play the last BF anymore? I searched crossplay servers and it was 20 people the most on all the servers? Can never find a game

SonyStyled406d ago

The last BC you mean? I was still able to find 10v10 on ps3 2 years ago on NA servers during the evenings. I have all the free and paid dlc installed, but there want any matches in the Vietnam dlc.

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The Secrets of Monkey Island's Source Code

Unused art, deleted scenes, and more secrets revealed.

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gold_drake1251d ago

hi so i want all of the games to be remade, on one blu ray disk and for the ps4/5 thanksss

VenomUK1251d ago

I want to see Ron Gilbert's third Monkey Island game.
I can't overstate how much I used to love these games, the characters, the music and the adventure of them all.

gold_drake1250d ago

same, me mum introduced me to the series out of all people haha. 3 and 4 are some of the best games xD

Popsicle1250d ago

Played this on DOS as a kid and again with my wife when the 360 remaster was released. Great series!

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Looking Back to 1990 and The Secret of Monkey Island, When Point-and-Clicks Clicked

Dave writes: "Holy-moley, the insult-fighting in The Secret of Monkey Island deserves the praise it gets. Anyone who’s played it can probably recite an insult from memory. The Dairy Farmer line would be in danger of being worn out, but, like most of the lines in Monty Python’s Holy Grail, the purity of its genius will always be there."

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TheScotsman1293d ago

I miss those days somewhat, I bought a remastered version of monkey island recently and gosh I do like it still