There are some free, online multiplayer Xbox 360 games and pigs aren’t flying. What’s going on? A special Microsoft promotion involving multiplayer Xbox 360/Games for Windows titles is what’s going on. In order to promote the joys of online multiplayer, Microsoft is allowing Silver level Xbox Live online play for Lost Planet: Colonies Edition, Shadowrun and Universe at War.

So for a limited time, Xbox 360 owners will be able to actually play some online multiplayer games without purchasing a Gold subscription. Microsoft hasn’t announced when this promotion will end, but has clearly stated that it is a limited time deal and will not be permanent.

 FASA Studio, the developers behind Shadowrun, has been shut down and most of its employees have been relocated throughout Microsoft Game Studios. The news was posted the night of September 12, 2007, in Shadowrun’s forum by Mitch Gitelman, manager of FASA studio:

“It is my sad duty to announce that FASA Studio has officially closed its doors. Today was the official last day of employment for those of us who had not moved on to other positions within Microsoft Game Studios. While the rumors have been circulating forever, we chose to…

PC and PS3 gamers are on a collision course, as another game Brothers in Arms will come pre-loaded with cross-platform online gameplay feature that will allow PC and PS3 gamers, who own a copy of the game, to compete against each other online.

This has been made possible courtesy of Epic’s Unreal Engine 3, which now incorporates licensed Gamespy online technology. Since there are many games that have this game engine at its core, more and more games are expected to hop onto the cross-platform playability bandwagon.

The technology not only makes it possible for gamers to…

For all the fans of Rooster Teeth Production’s wacky web series Red Vs. Blue, this is a bittersweet date.

The 100th and final final episode of the comedy series that used the Halo engine to pioneer machinima – movies made out of in-game video footage – will be released this evening (June 27, 2007). This will also complete the storyline that began in 2003 and has included time travel, interspecies mating, talking bombs and all manner of animated military hijinks. Though Rooster Teeth will occasionally release Red vs. Blue specials, the 15 minute finale will be the end the series as we know it.

Last week saw the launch of a free Shadowrun multiplayer demo for Xbox Live gold members. Fans of the original Halo will recognize John Howard as the lead designer for the project and FASA studios has been the force behind some great games — they did Crimson Skies, for example, the oft under-rated StarFox spinoff for the first Xbox console.

Gamers who were worried about suffering the symptoms of Halo 3 Beta withdrawal were glad to be able to sink their teeth into something new and all for the economical price of zero dollars. The game got a lot of good press …

Coming to the close of its Halo machinima series Red vs. Blue, Rooster Teeth is getting busy on a new miniseries based on the new Shadowrun game for PC and Xbox 360. Titled 1-800-Magic, the first episode features a gun fight, commentary on morale boosts, the titular help line and a fellow with a mustache more »

In a move that isn’t that surprising, Microsoft has again delayed the release of Halo 2 for Windows Vista. The original release date for the title was May 8, 2007. As the release date rolled around Microsoft announced that it would be delayed for unspecified reasons with a new release date set for May 22, more »