Xbox 360 News for - July 19, 2008
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  NCAA Football 09 Has a Shitload of Problems Bugs (via Kotaku) - Message boards and forums are livid at EA and NCAA Football 09, whose problems apparently go well beyond EA Locker corrupting the roster files. AOL Fanhouse went through the boards and made a full accounting, and it's grim. Sliders are borked. The CPU sliders do nothing. | |
 Street Fighter IV (via Computer And Video Games) - Okay, firstly, familiarity with the old games helps. SFIV uses SFII as a template and builds outward, so virtually every combo and counter - from Ken's four fierce to Guile's air throw - work as they always did. After complaints from playtesters, the version shown from GDC (which used 3D collision detection) has been adapted to mimic the 2D hit boxes of the original, so crossover attacks and Dhalsim's stretching kicks feel the same as before. | |
 GameTrailers TV - Episode 120 - Chapter 1 HD (via Game Trailers) -- Here is and interview with John Schappert from Microsoft with an exclusive look into the future of Xbox. Plus the first trailer for Quake Live! | |
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Worldwide Hardware and Software Chart for Week Ending July 11th, 2008 (via N4G.com) - VGChartz reports that their estimated worldwide hardware and software chart for week ending July 11th, 2008 is as follows: Hardware Totals: DSL: 449,603 (+1%) Wii: 352,054 (+3%) PSP: 199,998 (+5%) PS3: 167,286 (+1%) 360: 114,449 (-5%) PS2: 98,382 (-2%) Top 10 Software: 1 Wii Sports (Wii) 320,875 25,803,176 2 Wii Fit (Wii) 232,154 5,717,157 3 Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 (PS2) 202,338 202,338 4 Pokemon Mysterious Dungeon 2: Time / Darkness (DS) 183,001 2,657,998 5 Super Smash Bros Brawl (Wii) 164,609 6,225,950 6 Wii Play (Wii) 151,127 13,539,653 7 Mario Kart Wii (Wii) 112,523 6,259,924 8 Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3) 102,412 2,467,405 9 Battlefield: Bad Company (360) 85,489 566,274 10 Nintendogs (DS) 75,926 18,962,348 Other New Releases: 50 Legendary Stafy: Confrontation Daiiru Pirate Squad (DS) 28,775 28,775 Software Totals: DSL: 2,062,173 (-3%) Tie Ratio: 3. | |
Lips details, Lips facts and Lips love (via Xbox Scene) - From xbox360fanboy.com (http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2008/07/19/lips-details-lips-facts-and-lips-love/ ): In a sit down discussion with developer iNiS's Keiichi Yano, the chief creative officer for karaoke game Lips, Joystiq learned quite the factual load of Lips information. | |
American Hardware and Software Chart for Week Ending July 12th, 2008 (via N4G.com) - VGChartz reports that their estimate for American hardware and software chart for week Ending July 12th, 2008 is as follows: Total Hardware: DSL: 166,413 (+4%) Wii: 139,641 (+3%) PSP: 69,301 (+11%) PS3: 68,793 (+14%) 360: 48,435 (-11%) Wii: 31,537 (-3%) Top 10 Software: 1 Wii Sports (Wii) 139,641 12,830,822 2 Wii Fit (Wii) 79,725 1,425,906 3 Wii Play (Wii) 74,917 6,615,661 4 Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution (360) 69,571 69,571 5 Guitar Hero: On Tour (DS) 67,798 502,280 6 Battlefield: Bad Company (360) 52,347 387,138 7 Unreal Tournament III (360) 48,756 48,756 8 Guitar Hero Aerosmith (PS2) 47,674 192,010 9 Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3) 39,889 980,221 10 Guitar Hero Aerosmith (360) 38,862 174,982 Other New Releases: 14 Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution (PS3) 31,314 31,314 Software Totals: DSL: 965,514 (-8%) Tie Ratio: 4. | |
NCAA Football 09 Has a Shitload of Problems (via N4G.com) - Owen Good writes: "I have the game but I have not played it intensively enough to discover these issues. But if these issues are on the level and, worse, if some gameplay mechanics are not patchable, then it's an almost unforgivable shame. Especially regarding sliders - how can something | |
Unforgotten Orchestral Score With Piano (via rampancy.net) -- This is a transcription done by myself concerning Unforgotten from Halo 2. There are 3 horns, full string orchestra, and a piano. I do not have a MIDI or MP3 of this file as of yet. Shouldn't need one anyway. Just listen to the Halo 2 CD. Anyway, hope you like this one. | |
Hiphopgamer Interviews Michael Pachter To Find Out Who Had The Best E3 Conference (via N4G.com) -- Torrence Davis of The Bitbag writes, "Hiphopgamer interviewed Michael Pachter at E3. He tells us who he thinks had the best E3 Conference. " | |
Portal for XBLA gets new content, but no extended storyline (via QJ) - Valve's Doug Lombardi was recently interviewed about their upcoming Xbox Live Arcade release of the critically-acclaimed Portal. He gave some revelations as to what new content there will be and whether or not new plot elements were added.Lombardi confirmed to Kotaku that they will indeed be adding new puzzles and more ways to solve them to give players more choices. | |
Amazing field test proves FPS games make you a better real-life soldier (via N4G.com) -- An experienced gamer goes out with the SAS to see if his skills work in the real world - and they do! Don't tell Jack Thompson, now. | |
E3 2008: Sega Prez: No Shenmue 3 (via N4G.com) -- Many gamers have been breeding secret hopes of seeing a second Shenmue sequel on next-gen consoles | |
Are We About to Hit Another Gaming Depression? (via N4G.com) -- VGP comments on the similarities between the video game crash of 1983 and console gaming today. Do things need to change or are we doomed to repeat the past? | |
The Last Remnant announced for PC (via N4G.com) - Square Enix has just announced that The Last Remnant will be released for the Xbox 360 worldwide on November 20, 2008.The PlayStation 3 release date hasn't been announced yet. In addition, Square Enix has announced that a Windows version is in development, as well. No release date was announced. | |
E3: Tomb Raider: Underworld Trailer (via Game Stooge) - But why the music from Mozart’s Requiem? And why is she blowing up her pad — in reverse? It looks pre-rendered, be nice to see some live action. As usual, it’s coming to nearly every platform in existence: Nintendo DS, PC, Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, and Microsoft Xbox 360. | |
Game Informer E3'08: Fable 2 Updated Impressions (via N4G.com) - GI: "While the public seems to be eyeing Gears of War 2 as their next huge title, Fable 2 is looking more and more like it could steal the show. During our time with Microsoft here at E3, we were treated to an open demo of the game with famed designer Peter Molyneux. | |
Capcom confirms Resident Evil 5 Collector's Edition (via QJ) - We all know that Capcom's upcoming Resident Evil 5 (PS3, Xbox 360) was one of E3 2008's biggest attractions. Some hands-on action was unleashed by the Japanese publishers and along with that, some new info as well.In addition to the game's simultaneous worldwide launch date across two platforms, Capcom also revealed that a Collector's Edition of the game will be available. | |
Lips details, Lips facts and Lips love (via Xbox 360 Fanboy) - Filed under: NewsIn a sit down discussion with developer iNiS's Keiichi Yano, the chief creative officer for karaoke game Lips, Joystiq learned quite the factual load of Lips information. Informative highlights including mention that Lips will support both the Zune and iPod but will not use DRM'ed music, the microphone is in fact dongle'less, every song included will be a master track and feature the original music video and game scoring will be enabled with all custom tracks. | |
Ripten Bayonetta Preview - Includes Sketches From Memory In-Game Art Bayonetta (via Game Radar) - Ripten's Chad Lakkis writes: "A witchy librarian with big guns - why'd it take so long for someone to think this up? I took a little heat in our day four E3 podcast when I began to describe SEGA's new third person action game, Bayonetta -- so I decided to whip up some very quick sketches from memory to help those reading better visualize what I saw first hand in SEGA's Platinum Games showcase room. | |
No Plans to Cut the PS3 Price — in Asia, At Least (via Gaming Today) - Take this with a grain of salt as to its relevance in Europe and North America, but Sony CFO Nobuyuki Oneda said last week that the company is focused on profitability — not selling more units — with the PS3 this year. As a result, a price cut is not currently in the cards. | |
Flagship Studios is Still Open (via Gaming Today) - We jumped the gun a bit when we said that Flagship Studios had been closed, even though that certainly seemed to be the case. An official statement from the company has set the record straight, explaining that while most of the company’s staff has been laid off, the company remains open and still owns the rights to the IPs for both Hellgate: London and Mythos. | |
Del'knightful Castle Crashers achievements (via Xbox 360 Fanboy) - Filed under: News, Xbox Live ArcadeAchievements news plus The Behemoth's Castle Crashers equals epic win. And what an epic win today is with the release of all twelve Castle Crashers achievements and artwork detailing how you and your colorful knight comrades will earn a 200 Gamerscore come release day. | |
A Brief Peek at Themes in the New Xbox 360 Dashboard (via Gaming Today) - Gaming Today (I’m simply going to refer to it as the “new dashboard” because I can’t help but feel like a walking press release if I refer to it as the “New Xbox Experience.”) One question some gamers have had is in regards to how dashboard themes will work now that everything is being completely redesigned. | |
Xbox 360 and GeoW UT3 for $299 (via N4G.com) -- May be interesting for some looking to pick up an Xbox 360 sometime soon. Comes with two great games as well | |
Exclusive Peter Molyneux Video Interview About Fable 2 (via N4G.com) -- Platform Nation scores an exclusive interview with Peter Molyneux as he talks to us about his upcoming hit Fable 2. | |
You're in the Movies bundled with Vision for $60 (via Xbox 360 Fanboy) - Filed under: NewsRelease details were lacking when, during their E3 conference, Microsoft announced their Vision enabled B movie creation game You're in the Movies. But now, thanks to some Joystiq detective work, we know that the game will in fact be bundled with the Xbox 360's Vision camera peripheral for a B movie price of $60. | |
Ubisoft: time and place for E3 not appropriate, needs to be bigger (via QJ) - Although we've had a lot of great news from E3, I can't help but notice that a lot of people have been expressing their gripes that the event was lackluster, and a little anticlimactic. I can't say I disagree - the event has been getting bad vibes ever since Activision left (or ever since last year, even). | |
Man punches kids for beating him at Halo 3 (via N4G.com) - According to The Rurland Herald, "a West Hartford man denied charges that a violent video game drove him to violence against children." According to the the two children involved, they had been playing Halo 3 with the man and "every time one of the boys killed Barr's character he would punch the boy in the arm. | |
The Best of Big Download: July 13-19 (via Joystiq) - Filed under: Mac, PC, Meta (about Joystiq) It's E3 week and we were there getting some hands-on time and some eyes-on time with some of the biggest PC game releases in the next several months. Here are the highlights from Big Download for the past week.Exclusive Features E3 2008 articles: Check out our impressions of a number of PC games at the show this week (with more to come next week) for games like Spore, Dragon Age: Origins, Far Cry 2, Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3, Empire: Total War, Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War II, Wanted, Left 4 Dead, Crysis Warhead and more. | |
E3 2008: Universal PSN ID on PSP is the Plan (via Gaming Today) - Sony made a pretty major stride forward by introducing universal IDs. It might seem like a minor feature, but it’s another step towards creating a more unified online service, like the one Xbox Live members have been enjoying for quite a while. During Sony’s E3 press conference this week, the concept of expanding the PSN universal IDs was mentioned. | |
