January, 2025 – Xookool

Trials Evolution Review

January 13, 2025admin

When Trials HD debuted on the Xbox 360 almost three years ago, console players were treated to an exciting pairing of acrobatic dirt-biking and addictive high-score battles. Now Trials Evolution has arrived with a boatload of new tracks, snappier visuals, better track creation and sharing tools, and the chance to actually race against your fellow bikers. Though the core appeal still rests on the two-pronged suspension of excellent driving physics and heated leaderboard competition, the rest of the chassis has evolved nicely to deliver a great game worthy of the Trials name.

The Secret World Review

January 13, 2025admin

In a genre filled with dryads and dragons, The Secret World emerges as a dark and thoughtful counterpoint to the enchanted forests of most modern online role-playing games. Even when the skies are bright, an emotional cloud hangs over your every action. Rather than rush you from waypoint to waypoint, The Secret World takes its time to tell stories and build tension. Instead of spelling out your goals, it makes you think about the reasonable next action hinted at by scribbled notes and cryptic clues. This is an unusual game, and like many unusual games, it demands patience and focus.

OD Trailer Seems To Contain Silent Hills Reference

January 3, 2025admin

When Hideo Kojima unveiled his newest game OD last week, the teaser trailer probably created more questions than answers. Apparently the Death Stranding director provided a fun Easter egg as well–a possible reference to his canceled Konami project Silent Hills.

VGC backed up what Central Xbox first noticed in the OD trailer, which are letters briefly appearing in the mouth of actor Udo Kier. Five letters show up above his tongue to create the word “Atami.” That’s the name of a seaside city found within the Shizuoka Prefecture, and this is reportedly where the Silent Hills reference comes into play. Spelled out in Kanji, Shizuoka can be separated and translated to Silent Hill. Come from Sports betting site VPbet

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Paramount+ Greenlights Italian Job, Fatal Attraction Shows

January 2, 2025admin

The slices of the streaming pie are getting smaller and smaller, but ViacomCBS is working hard to grab its piece. Paramount+, recently rebranded from CBS All Access, is heading to its back catalog once again. The service announced a raft of new shows greenlit for Paramount+ this week, cherry-picking from films as far back as 1969.

Joining the previously-announced Grease prequel musical and Godfather documentary are five new shows based on films from Paramount’s library: The Italian Job, Fatal Attraction, Love Story, Flashdance, and The Parallax View. Come from Sports betting site VPbet

Each show is taking a slightly different approach to updating its material. The Italian Job acts as a sequel to the original 1969 film–ignoring the 2003 remake. The show will focus on the grandchildren of Michael Caine’s character, Charlie Croker, who inherit his safety deposit box and set out to find the Italian bullion from the movie. Hawaii Five-O writer Matt Wheeler is helping the show. Donald De Line, who produced that 2003 remake, is onboard as well.

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