If you haven't heard show #139 "Last Call" then this post will come as somewhat of a shock to you. I do encourage you to listen to our final podcast and enjoy a show that will be remembered as a milestone in both my life and possibly yours.



Rodder and I will be retiring from Squad XP and along with us so will the brand that Squad XP has built over the past 5 years. It was fun to do the show and even up to today I've enjoyed every minute of it. But I feel, just like any good series on TV or radio sometimes it just has to move along. I don't know what I'll be doing next. Maybe something with video or I'll just start other projects in my personal life.

If you would like to follow our future projects as well as our day to day lives, our twitter account are available below.

Twitter.com/krockxp
Twitter.com/rodderxp

The site will no longer be updated and our forums will be removed from the Platform Nation list. You can still expect to find Rodder and myself around Platform Nation from time to time.

I want to thank each of you that aided me in my success and I will be forever grateful that you gave us the chance to entertain you each week for the past 5 years.

If you would like to mail your thoughts/reflections or any physical materials, the information for that is as follows.

Mailing Info:

Squad XP LLC
16154 sw 44th LN
Miami, FL 33185

or Via Email ==> krockxp@squadxp.com & rodderxp@squadxp.com

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Our last community event will be the " Xbox Live Squad XP: Community Playdate"

Info can be obtained here or below.

Squad XP will be online Sunday, June 28 from 8:00 – 11:00 P.M. ET (5:00 P.M. – 8:00 P.M. PT) playing Left 4 Dead. If you're a Gold Member (if not, upgrade now!), look out for these Gamertags:

• K Rock XP
• RODDER XP
• method in chaos
• DirtyStreetz XP
• jj75 XP

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Best Wishes,

Kelly Rock Gomes // Editor in Chief // GT: K Rock XP // SquadXP.com

Download Now (06/14/2009)

We give you our big announcement, tell you who won the Xbox 360 Giveaway, talk about E3, Hollywood, touch on the new Metal Gear, Max Payne 3, Criterion thinks everyone is just lazy, Project Natal, and much more. We help out with 2 more Relationship segments, talk about meatspin.com, and an a strange story where passing out might have been the best option. Sit tight and get ready, Squad XP is in full force today.

Mailing Info:

SquadXP LLC
16154 sw 44th LN
Miami, FL 33185

Squad XP is giving away an Xbox 360 Pro Console. Over the course of the next 4 weeks just send an email with your name and GamerTag (if you don't have a GamerTag, just send your name) to krockxp@squadxp.com.

You can enter once every week and a winner will be chosen at random on June 17th. The winner will be notified via email. The giveaway is open to everyone anywhere. Good luck!


UPDATE: Contest now ends on June 10th and the winner will be announced along with a big announcement on June 14th.


Kelly Rock Gomes
Editor in Chief
SquadXP.com

Download Now (06/04/2009)

I had a little down time today so I put together this recording. My throat is killing me but I touch on some the cool things I saw while at E3. I wanted to talk more about LA and the trip but my throat just didn't allow it. I cover some highlights from the M$, Sony, and Ubisoft Conference and share some insight on L4D2, MAG, PSP go, Madden, as well as other games.

Mailing Info:

SquadXP LLC
16154 sw 44th LN
Miami, FL 33185

Relationship Email => girls@squadxp.com

Today at the Microsoft Press Conference at E3, Joe Staton from Bungie demoed Halo 3: ODST. It started as a pod dropped to New Mombassa containing "The Rookie." These specially trained fighters have access to new weapons like a low-light vision modes for the visor and the famous scoped pistol from Halo 1.

As the story of the game progresses the player switches perspectives between different Orbital Drop Shock Troopers with their own abilities. It will include a new cooperative game mode called Firefight that will be available on September 22 when the game launches.

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Two years ago Ubisoft unveiled Splinter Cell Conviction. And then, with the skill of a master spy, it vanished. Well, Sam Fisher is back and this time he's bringing his boom stick.

Forget what little you know about Conviction, only the technology behind the original concept remains. Every other aspect of the gameplay has been re-imagined and retooled. In fact, forget what you know about Splinter Cell in general. Conviction is meant to be a true evolution of the series. While it's based off the core principals of the Splinter Cell franchise, Ubisoft redefined the gameplay to such a level that to some it may be unrecognizable.


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Kojima took the stage at Microsoft's press conference and dropped a major announcement:

Remember all those teasers we saw over the past month? It wasn't the new PSP game. It was, in fact, a completely new series in the Metal Gear franchise.

Titled Metal Gear Solid: Rising, the game appears to mainly focus on the character Raiden, as there were no shots of Solid Snake at all in the extremely vague announcement teaser shown.

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By the time you read this, Valve will have announced the existence of Left 4 Dead 2 at Microsoft's E3 press conference. By watching the announcement trailer, you'll discover that there are new characters, special zombies, and even melee weapons like a chain saw. But if you want to learn more, read on, because we were at Valve last week to actually play through one of the sequel's campaigns (the E3 demo only features the first two levels of the campaign that we played), and we got all the bloody details.

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In the world of Saint's Row 2, the Ultor Corporation isn't looking for a massive government bailout -- it has an internal "civil war" to deal with. "Corporate Warfare," the second DLC offering for THQ and Volition's open-world crime game, hits Thursday, May 28, bringing a new mission and multiplayer maps, more vehicles, expanded customization options and additional Achievements (for Xbox 360). Also: corporate warfare. Who'd have thunk?

The pack will set purchasers back 560 ($7) for 360 and $7 in non- space-money for PS3. Check out the gallery below for a glimpse of what awaits down on the 'Row.

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According to a 1 vs 100 Twitter page, a US beta for the Xbox Live Primetime games service is planned and will be announced within the next 24 hours. Of course, as natural skeptics, we bothered Major Nelson to confirm the account is actually affiliated with the upcoming game. According to Major, "The 1v100 team put that up. So, yes it's real."

However, when contacted for comment, Microsoft PR hastily denied the Twitter account was connected to the game and insisted no announcement was planned. Thus, the miscommunication parade from Microsoft continues. Over the last month, Microsoft's communication guns have been firing blanks, beginning with accidentally claiming a Wolverine demo was available weeks before it was actually scheduled, followed by the incorrect pricing of Lode Runner and Blazing Birds and mistakenly categorizing Bionic Commando Rearmed as this week's Xbox Live Deal.

Joystiq has since contacted Microsoft again, hoping that both hands of its communication arms consult and come to some kind of mutual conclusion.

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Let's just say it before you do ... old! Over a month ago, we spotted signs of future DLC for Tom Clancy's HAWX and were proven correct when Ubisoft revealed the US Eagles pack at the beginning of May. Although we knew aircraft from Russia was next on the list, we've waited patiently. Today, we wait no more.

Ubisoft has finally confirmed a new DLC pack for Tom Clancy's HAWX en route to the Xbox 360 and PS3. The Russian Falcons pack clocks in at 400 / $4.99, adds five new flying, killing machines and is available now. If you'll excuse us, we need to translate this Kenny Loggins album into Russian.

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Bizarre Creations' Ged Talbot admitted that the developer's long-running, Xbox (and Xbox 360) exclusive racing series Project Gotham Racing was beginning to lose its sizzle, according to an interview with CVG. Talbot explained, "By the time we got to PGR4 I certainly felt that the time was right to move on and do different things." That's a desire the developer will be fulfilling with its upcoming "Mario Kart meets Forza" racer, Blur -- a project Talbot calls "a breath of fresh air."

Yes, they're breaking up the monotony of their worn out racing franchise, and rejuvenating their stagnant creative juices by generating a totally new ... racing franchise. Bold!

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Listen, we know you want to freak out after reading that headline, we do too. But let's work through this together, OK? GamerBytes says it spotted Secret of Monkey Island, the first in Ron Gilbert's revered adventure series, listed for Xbox 360 (likely XBLA) on the website of the German USK ratings board. The listing -- which actually called the game a "Special Edition" -- shows Activision as having some involvement, but likely because it handles European publishing duties for LucasArts.

However, the only evidence we have of the game now is GamerBytes' screengrab, as the listing's apparently been pulled. We're hoping against hope it was removed not because the listing was in error, but because it popped up a bit earlier than the companies behind it would have liked. You may now commence the freakout.

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Scans of the latest issue of Game Informer detail controller options and gameplay for Activision's upcoming mixmaster sim, DJ Hero. According to the scans (via Raging Gamer), gameplay will feel at home for Guitar Hero fans, setting tunes upon a three-note track with the outside tracks (green and blue) crossfading left and right. As a note track shifts in position, players must use the crossfader switch on the controller to correctly play the note (think of it as drawing within the lines).

Similar to drum fill sections in Rock Band, DJ Hero allows players to customize certain sections of gameplay with an effects dial on the controller. Certain note tracks will ask players to scratch the controller's platter to successfully complete the note. Also, a rewind setting allows gamers to replay sections of a tune and, of course, the game includes a Star Power-esque multiplier (dubbed "Euphoria"), activated by a button. It can be swapped to accommodated left handed players.