Xbox 360 News for - July 17, 2008
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Sony's Playstation 3 is back on track (via N4G.com) - TheStreet reports on their industry view of Sony and other industry players in this article about Sony's strategy and the results shown in the latest NPD numbers: "Sony's latest PlayStation 3 console has stretched its lead over rival Microsoft's Xbox 360 last month, though it still lags behind Nintendo's Wii system, according to industry research firm The NPD Group. | |
Sony Pushing Developers For Exclusives? (via N4G.com) - Rumour? It seems that the E3 Press Events have begun to shape the landscape of the exclusivity battlefield with one major developer suggesting that Sony are 'mandating' Trophies for every title in the future. This unamed developer has also gone as far to say that Sony may demand that there are exclusive rewards for the PS3 over the 360 version. | |
E3 '08 - Bringing it Home , Tales of Vesperia Demo Today (via Planet Xbox) -- NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. today announced that as a part of Microsofts E3 Bringing it Home campaign, a playable demo for the upcoming role-playing game Tales of Vesperia is now available for download from the Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for the Xbox 360 | |
Giant Bombcast 07-17-2008: Electronic Three Edition (via GiantBomb) -- We close the books on E3 2008 with our thoughts on Red Alert 3, The Agency, Left 4 Dead, The Force Unleashed, Saint’s Row 2, and much more! | |
Giant Bombcast 07-17-2008: Electronic Three Edition (via GiantBomb) -- We close the books on E3 2008 with our thoughts on Red Alert 3, The Agency, Left 4 Dead, The Force Unleashed, Saint’s Row 2, and much more! | |
Stuck In My Head: Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe (via GiantBomb) -- E3 is over, which means I can turn my attention back to the site behind the site. But I’ve been thinking a lot about Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe all day today, so I felt I had to quickly get some info on the game out of my system. Using our development server’s built-in page | |
Stuck In My Head: Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe (via GiantBomb) -- E3 is over, which means I can turn my attention back to the site behind the site. But I’ve been thinking a lot about Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe all day today, so I felt I had to quickly get some info on the game out of my system. Using our development server’s built-in page | |
Refusal to accept a mistake? (via LazyGamer) - One of the fundamental things that I think everyone is told is that when things are not working you need to sit back and assess if you are doing it right and maybe, just maybe, you should change what you are doing. Apparently this sort of mentality doesn’t exist for Jack Tretton. | |
NPD: Wii usurps Xbox 360 as best selling US game console, pulling away (via Engadget) - Filed under: Gaming It's neck-and-neck but Nintendo looks to have just slipped past Microsoft in terms of total US sales for current generation game consoles. What's more, it's pulling away with a 3:1 sales lead for the month of June. NPD Group reports more than 666,000 Wii consoles were sold in June compared to 405,500 PlayStation 3s and 219,800 Xbox 360s. | |
Stuck In My Head: Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe (via GiantBomb) - E3 is over, which means I can turn my attention back to the site behind the site. But I’ve been thinking a lot about Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe all day today, so I felt I had to quickly get some info on the game out of my system. Using our development server’s built-in page editing tools, I quickly whipped up some new info on the game for what will eventually be our MKvDC page. | |
Top 5 Trailers Of E3 2008 (via N4G.com) - via AnalogHype:The E3 bonanza is over & we at Analoghype have decided to compile a list of the top 5 trailers we saw at this years conference. With so many trailers being released around this time we had a lot of trailers to watch but after hours of arguments & tantrums we managed to get our final 5. | |
Medals Coming to New Xbox Experience (via N4G.com) -- While achievement's have been around since the 360's initial launch it seems that along with the new Xbox experience will be medals. Yes, Medals are coming to the 360's dashboard update. Strangely enough no one has really caught onto this but it was slipped in a recent interview. | |
Gears of War 2 Collectors Edition to feature Gold Plated Lancer (via kotaku) - As listed on GameStop's site. For $70, you'll get the game, a "Collectible SteelBook DVD case", a small art/character book with foreword by Dude Huge, a making-of DVD, a cheesy photo of Dom and his missus and an in-game item. Which is a "gold-plated" Lancer, that you'll be able to use in MP matches. | |
E3: Details Emerge on Lips (via Game Stooge) - Joystiq scored an interview with the chief creative officer at iNiS the developer of Lips, Keiichi Yano. In the interview quite a bit of information came out about the game and just how it’s going to work: with your MP3 player, your Xbox, your friends, etc. The good news is that Yano was explicit that both [. | |
Prince of Persia Developer Walkthrough (via LazyGamer) -- I have to say that I absolutely love the artistic direction of the new Prince of Persia game, it is truly looking fantastic. This is just one of the many developer walkthrough’s that have come out of E3 and if you are a Prince of Persia fan then I recommend heading over to Gametrailers | |
E3: Gameplay of Silent Hill V (via Xboxyde) - And to end the day, what could be better than a best of Silent Hill: Homecoming's first level ? After having cut out some puzzles and other long wanderings, we offer you some disgusting monsters, creepy settings, a really mean elevator, and, last but not least, the almighty Pyramid Head. | |
The Ending of 360plex, the Start of Something New (via 360plex) - Today, at 2:00AM Halifax time, 360plex ended it's final podcast, #56. There was many a good time to be had, many a emotional. Read here, to see the blog that sparked what could have been the biggest Live Show turnout ever, in the history of Plex. Fear not, however, as the live listeners were given a sneak peek at something new. | |
Penny Arcade's Take on MS', Sony's and Nintendo's E3 Press Briefings (via Xbox Scene) -- What did Penny Arcade (http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/7/16/ ) think of the "big 3" press briefings at E3 2008? (http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/7/16/ ) | |
E3: Warhammer: Battle March trailer & screens (via Computer And Video Games) -- Real time tactics on 360. Twelve new screens and a brand new trailer for Warhammer: Battle March have hit the internet, revealing in-engine action from the 360 version. Click here to read the full article | |
E3 08 - Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic MMO Announced (via Squad XP) - Ever since it was announced in 2006, BioWare's massively multiplayer role-playing game has been shrouded in mystery. Though the Canadian developer opened a satellite studio in Austin, Texas, just to develop it, its cofounders Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk maintained an iron wall of silence. | |
The Showdown: who won the war of the press conferences? (via Arts Technica) -- With E3 winding down, Frank and Ben reflect on the show.The war of the press conferences is always the subject of debate; our thoughts inside.Read More... | |
E3: S.White Snowboarding video (via Xboxyde) -- Once again, a developer walkthrough excerpt! This time it'll be Shaun White Snowboarding, the bone breaking simulator from Ubisoft. You'll be able to see some nice slopes, as well as a few orignal camera angles and some quite impressive tricks. | |
E3: Gameplay of Street Fighter IV (via Xboxyde) -- Walking by Capcom's showroom, I couldn't resist the temptation of some Street Fighter IV ass kicking. In all modesty, I would underline the fact that my Ken made some grown men cry. I'll let you judges ! | |
Xim360 - A Mouse And Keyboard Device (via Xbox Scene) - From tweak41 on forums.xbox-scene.com (http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=656116 ): Just wanted to let all of you in on a bit of good news from the Mouse and Keyboard on the Xbox360 world. For those of you who may already be familiar with the XIM (Xbox Input Machine), you know that it was capable of taking the XFPS's capabilities and enhancing them 10-fold to make a usable mouse and keyboard experience with most games on the console. | |
The Bungie conference that never happened (via LazyGamer) - So after all that ridiculous build up around the new Bungie project the conference gets canceled. For the love of how do you go about building the hype over the last couple of months only to cancel the conference at the very last second. I still haven’t found a really valid reason for [. | |
E3: Gameplay of Naruto: TBB (via Xboxyde) -- Here is a little excerpt from the developer walkthrough of Naruto: The Broken Bond, sequel to Ubisoft Montral's Rise of a Ninja. You'll discover an action sequence and a fight. And if you're nice enough, we might upload the full video of the demo soon. | |
LEGO Batman Gameplay Clips & Screens (via Team Xbox) -- Some direct feed footage of LEGO Batman in action along with a batch of new screenshots. | |
E3: Wii Motion gameplay (via Xboxyde) -- While endlessly wandering through the Convention Center showfloor, we grabbed some gameplay sequences from upcoming Wii titles. Jet ski and staff duel in Wii Sports Resort, and some drum action from Wii Music. Pheww, exhausting. | |
