<a href="http://www.gamehounds.net/2008/04/23/today-in-gaming-news-april-23-2008/attachment/167/" rel="attachment wp-att-167"><img src="http://gamehounds.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/microphone.jpg" alt="microphone" title="microphone" class="alignright size-full wp-image-167" align="right"/></a>Yes, you've waited two weeks to find out what the GameHounds think of Mass Effect 2. The waiting is now over!

 

This week, Cooper Hawkes, Commander Tim and Edie Sellers tongue-kiss the latest and greatest exploits of Commander Sheppard, as well as get down and dirty with the lastest news of the gaming world.

 

This week's topics include:

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<li>Microsoft announces that it will <a href="http://majornelson.com/archive/2010/02/05/xbox-live-being-discontinued-for-original-xbox-consoles-and-games.aspx" target="_blank">end Xbox Live for Xbox 1 games and consoles</a> on April 15. The king is dead, long live the king.</li>

<li>A Sony big-wig finally says the fateful words: <a href="http://uk.ps3.ign.com/articles/106/1065686p1.html" target="_blank">PSN will be a paid-for service at some point</a>. Will it be an upgrade? What will it cost? That they're not saying.</li>

<li>Green Man Gaming execs explain more about how the service will be able to buy used digital downloads back from consumers. Of course, they don't explain everything.</li>

<li>Random stuff, emails, voice mails, thank yous and the rest of the gang.</li>

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<a href="http://media.libsyn.com/media/gamehounds/GameHoundsEp97.mp3">Enjoy</a>.

Late for work! Sorry no time for notes. Edie, Hawkes, Goalie. Enjoy.

The Humpdate this week is full. Please move on. No, I take that back. Please stay. Stay, put your feet up and listen to four great shows brought to you by the GameHounds staff. The SportsHound WillG gives us the lowdown on Madden 10 Ultimate Challenge, Mr. Maynard reviews Track Mania and give his suggestions for great free PC games, Holy Goalie digs deep into the XM Radio application for the iPhone and the Rumble Pack chats up their picks for games that deserve sequels. Enjoy.

Oh, if you only knew what that title meant. You'd be... shocked! Dismayed! Horrified! Three adjectives we can only hope you experience in this week's episode of GameHounds. GamerEdie Sellers, Commander Tim and guest host Holy Goalie crack the nut of this week's gaming news round-up. Topics include:

• Netflix's CEO announces that Netflix streaming will come to the Wii this spring. Will it survive low-def display?
• Sony reveals a PS3 DVR tuner that will turn your favorite gaming console into a multi-function DVR tuner — that is, as long as you live in Japan.
• Robbie Bach says that "70 to 80 percent of the world's publishers" are working on Project Natal–enabled games. Reeaaalllyy?
• Tons of Random Stuff, including a bunch of delayed titles and a few announcements, emails, and more.

Enjoy.

Heh. Almost wrote "09" instead of "10." Yep, two weeks in to the new year and we're still stuck on the old one. Fortunately you have two shows this week to keep you on track. First, Holy Goalie reviews some new XBLA indy games in the GameHounds Sanctuary, and The Rumble Pack tease you with clips from their recent interview with Roger Craig Smith, the voice of a ton of games, including Assassin's Creed 2 and Resident Evil 5. Enjoy.

Yes, kids. It's CES week, and that means there's lots to talk about. Finally. After a couple weeks of almost nothing of note to discuss, Cooper Hawkes, Commander Tim and Edie Sellers are happy to oblige and hit their favorite stuff coming from Las Vegas. Topics this week include:

• Microsoft announces a release schedule for Project Natal and extra details of how it will work.
• Steve Balmer also announces another Xbox Live money sink: Game Room.
• The Xbox will also become an IPTV set-top box.
• Ars Technica compiles a year in kooky gaming quotes. Some make you laugh. Others make you cry.
• Random stuff, a whole lot of release dates, and fun.

Enjoy.

The first Humpdate of the new decade! Are you excited? This week, the SportsHounds WillG and the Rumble Pack both give retrospectives on games of the past. Just looking backwards before we start looking forward, right. Enjoy.

Three... two... one... Happy New Episode!!! Kisses all around, and let's start spreading the champagne around. Oh, and we do check IDs. But seriously, Edie Sellers and Cooper Hawkes celebrate New Year's Day together chatting about what happened in the game industry as the decade wrapped itself up. Topics include:

• 2009 was berry, berry good to Nintendo, if Amazon's top-25 list has anything to say about it.
• The Czech branch of Eurogamer finds a slip-up: A Dragon Age Origins retail expansion for the PC hits Europe on March 19.
• Bioware's community manager gives up the deets on how your Mass Effect saves will port to Mass Effect 2.
• CORRECTION: Looks like PAX has closed its application for Enforcer as fast as they've opened it. Sorry guys.
• Don't forget to vote for your LittleBigPlanet level of the year.
• Random stuff.

Enjoy.

Merry Christmas, baby. Shore do like the pods! And you have two shows this week to ring in the Christmas season and ring out the new year. Holy Goalie gets into his mailbag for the GameHounds Sanctuary, and The Rumble Pack chat about the ghosts — and games — of Christmas' past. Enjoy.

Ho, ho, ho! It's the last GameHounds for the next couple weeks, and GamerEdie Sellers, Commander Tim and Cooper Hawkes bring you glad tidings and the latest in year-end gaming news. This week topics include:

• Could the end of free Playstation Network be in the future? A new survey could hint at a future premium paid service.
• Hollywood studios and electonics manufacturers agree to specifications for 3D. Expect to see it in your living room soon.
• Lots of random stuff, holiday wishes and snakebites.

Enjoy.