Survived 1,000,000 and Multitastic

I’ve been playing Geometry Wars for a little over 2 years and every couple months I would open up the game to try and Survive for 1,000,000 points and in the process get Multitastic. The very first achievement I have in this game was done on Dec 30th 2005 and now I’ve finally gotten the final two on January 28th 2008.

I’m so excited lol. I even invited one of my Halo 3 teammates into a chat to tell him about it.

Now before the haters come out and ruin my parade, I think it’s pretty tough to get those achievements and haven’t been “actively” trying to do it for two years. I just try every couple months.

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Almost Nobody asked,

What’s all this about Bungie and Microsoft splitting up?

Bungie Branches Off

As you have no doubt read on the web today, Microsoft Corp. and Bungie Studios, have reached an unprecedented and exciting agreement – starting immediately, Bungie will become an independent company and will retain a long-term publishing agreement with Microsoft Game Studios for “Halo” titles. The new structure became effective on Oct. 1, 2007. The official blurb follows, but since you’re a valuable part of our community, we thought we’d sum it up simply and concisely.

Bungie has long been built on creativity, originality and the freedom to pursue ideas. Microsoft agreed, and rather than stifle our imagination, they decided it was in both our best interests to unleash it. We’ll continue to make Xbox 360 games, and we’ll continue to make amazing games for MGS. In that regard, nothing has changed. All that has changed is that now Bungie Studios is once again, the property of the folks of Bungie Studios. Microsoft is and will continue to be, a brilliant, inventive and creatively collaborative publishing partner. Practically speaking, nothing has changed and you guys won’t see much, if any difference, for a while unless you come to work for us, that is – we’re hiring at http://www.bungie.net/inside/jobs.aspx

Well, I suppose the good news is at least they will still be making Halo games right? I’ve actually heard that Bungie was tired of making just Halo games several months ago from some tester friends that were working there but I didn’t know it’d lead to this. My guess is that Bungie gave some sort of ultimatum saying they wouldn’t make any more Halo games unless they’d be allowed to do other stuff as well.

Wow though. Isn’t this crazy?

Check out the official Bungie story here.

Overall I think it’s a great game, but I really don’t think there is a whole lot of room for other FPS games after Halo 3 is out. What do you guys and gals think?

What I’d require before adding someone to the staff writing position would be a well written game review of an XBLA game we don’t currently have reviewed (so we can later add it to the site). If you haven’t registered at Xbox Live Arcade yet, then go do that first

To read a sample review of what we’re looking for check out my Prince of Persia Classic Review.

The contest is in association with HaloBoards.com, XboxLiveArcade.com and Perfection-Studios.com

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