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Billed as the spiritual successor to System Shock, 2K Boston’s (formerly Irrational Games) Bioshock is, at it’s heart, an FPS released for a console spoiled for choice where shooters are concerned, coming after high profile games like Gears of War and The Darkness and releasing a few short months ahead of heavy-hitters like Halo 3 and Valve’s The Orange Box. It manages…

Editor’s note: Review preformed on a Sony 60” SXRD 1080p TV, ISF calibrated by me. Your mileage may vary.   Right off the bat, I am going to tell you this game is a total blast, and I highly recommend it. Now if you want a little more in the way of details’, read on. The…

Kameo: Elements of Power, developed by Rare Studios, is Microsoft’s “family oriented” offering for the Xbox 360 launch. And at first glance, Kameo appears to be your standard sugar-coated, kid-friendly platformer, but a good helping of gratuitous animated violence (Rated T for Teens) and a relatively complex and always-changing control scheme make this an engaging…

Editor’s note: Review preformed on a Sony 60” SXRD 1080p TV, ISF calibrated by me. Your mileage may vary.   Polished. Deep. Refined. Exciting. Live.   Project Gotham 3 fits the X360 like a pair of supple leather racing gloves. It has become the game you expect to show up for any new Xbox launch. Pouring on…

Betting that this information is true”, Game Informer says based on it’s “inside sources” that any delay will come out of the mere fact that Microsoft simply cannot produce enough of their next-gen machines to cover all 3 major markets. Microsoft’s plan all along was to have a near simultaneous release for the X360 covering…

I cannot substantiate this info but it seems that there was a slip-up on the Microsoft Partner site where November 4th, 2005 was announced as the launch date for the X360. This info was then quickly removed.   Much of the X360 rumors over the past few months have proven to be very accurate, so it…

Codemasters has announced that its latest installment of the TOCA Race Driver series for Xbox, PS2 and PC has been pushed back from fourth quarter 2005 to February 2006.   I have the current TOCA Race Driver for Xbox and love it, but I don’t see this game, no matter how good it is, getting much…

Ninety Nine Nights is an X360 exclusive being developed by both Phantagram, who made Kingdom Under Fire for the Xbox and their partners, Q Entertainment. Phantagram’s boss Sangyoun Lee says, “If you looked at our operations on this project, you would think that we were a single company.”   With their new Dynasty Warriors-type game, they…

“The Godfather is one of the most cherished franchises in entertainment,” said Executive Producer David DeMartini. “Releasing the game in early 2006 allows us more time to perfect the open-world experience of being a member of the Corleone family.”   The X360 version gets the sometime “later” in 2006 treatment.   I saw a this game behind…

Today in San Diego at Comic-Con International, the world’s largest comic book convention, Microsoft and Marvel Comics announced a new licensing agreement. Microsoft will have exclusive rights to develop and publish MMOG’s featuring Marvel’s iconic universe of Super Heroes for use in games developed for the Xbox 360.   “Marvel has created some of the most…

C-News, a Japanese news agency asked 1,000 Japanese consumes between the age of 10 and 59 which next-gen console they would most likely buy and the X360 got a whopping 2 per cent. PS3 clocked in at 60 per cent and Nintendo’s Revolution at surprising low 8 per cent. Those who picked the PS3 said…

Jeff Minter of Britain’s LlamaSoft studio has created a special version of his Lightsynth software known as Neon that will come pre-loaded onto all X360’s. Not only will the software gyrate to your Funky Cold Medina (based on the audio input), but now you will be able to control a different display element with each…

Blend of SEGA IP, Western Content Prime Publisher for Growth   SAN FRANCISCO & LONDON (July 6, 2005) – SEGA® of America, Inc. and SEGA® Europe Ltd. today announced a partnership with Secret Level, a San Francisco-based development studio, to recreate a classic SEGA franchise for PlayStation®3 (PS3) computer entertainment system and the Xbox 360TM video…

It’s nowhere near its November launch and already Microsoft is talking about Xbox 360 shortages. Microsoft expects an enormous amount of demand for the new Xbox console and thus they are openly stating that they don’t believe they’ll be able to meet all of it. In an interview with the Brit publication MCV, Senior-Regional Director…

We recently had a chance to go hands-on with the controller of the Xbox 360. Borrowing aesthetically from the highly acclaimed current Xbox controller the S-pad, the silky white 360 controller features physical updates and various changes that separate it from its original counterpart. To say that the 360 controller is better than my original…

At their press conference, Microsoft confirmed backwards compatibility for the hottest selling Xbox games. The comments have confused a number of people, as Microsoft’s wording was far too vague to interpret. In addition, this may come as a blow to those who have enjoyed the various cult favorite Xbox titles that didn’t quite sell accordingly….

Following Square-Enix’s showing of Final Fantasy XII, their tech demo of FFVII rendered via PS3, and their announcement of a 13th FF game in development for the PS3, Square-Enix also made an appearance at the Microsoft conference announcing their involvement with the big M’s new machine by releasing a version of Final Fantasy XI for…

Microsoft said they plan to launch the Xbox 360 with around 25-40 games to be available within the first three months of the console’s lifespan. So we’re looking at a launch of around 20 games, while the other 20 trickling in during the months. Some of the launch games of the 360 will include Tecmo’s…

Atari today announced Test Drive Unlimited for the XBOX360, a game that not only reinforces our love affair with cars—but also adds the element of motorcycles to the mix.Players will be able to choose from over 125 officially-licensed vehicles from manufacturers like Lamborghini and Saleen as they race through over 1,000 miles of Hawaiian roads. The vehicles…

SEGA took the wraps off of their E3 showcase today, unveiling two games each for the XBOX and XBOX360. Both of SEGA’s XBOX360 games– Condemned: Criminal Origins and Full Auto– will be completely original, while the XBOX will see the solo debut of Shadow the Hedgehog and will let players experience the ferocity of Rome with Spartan: Total Warrior.Condemned challenges players…

Namco has officially announced their first XBOX360 game, called Frame City Killer. The game will be powered by Epic’s Unreal Engine 3 and is currently slated for release before the end of 2005.Frame City Killer is set in an East Asian metropolis, some time in the future. Players will assume the role of Crow, an assassin who is sent…

Well, MTV’s show sure did put all of the Xbox 360 commotion to rest. Like it was mentioned in the previous article regarding the alleged specs of the system, there was a good chance that the entire list was legit. As we found out today, indeed the list was absolutely correct (though missing a few…

Today, Activision updated their E3 lineup with two more games for the Xbox 360; Call of Duty 2 and Quake 4. Both games were partially showcased at the MTV unveiling of the 360; but most folks probably didn’t notice, seeing as how the MTV special was pretty abysmal with any significant game footage. That aside,…

Namco has revealed their extensive of list of titles to be shown during the upcoming E3 event in Los Angeles. It’s a hefty list, so here’s the dirt, straight from the press release:   New installments of popular Namco franchises will make their debut at this year’s show including “SOULCALIBUR(R) III,” “We Love Katamari(TM),” “MotoGP4,” “Pac-Man…

Majesco has revealed exacly what games they will be showing at the 2005 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), which takes place from May 18-20. “Our compelling lineup of premium and value games, cool gadgets and mass market video content reflects our commitment to delivering high quality entertainment,” said Jesse Sutton, president of Majesco Entertainment. “These unique…

Not wanting to be left out of the wave of announcements this week, Hip Games has released a list of titles they will have on the show floor at E3. For the entire list, ripped straight from the press release, see the information below.   George A Romero presents City of the Dead   Release Date: Q1…

The list of Xbox 360 leaks just continue to pile on. Coincidentally, you may remember me stating that it seemed as if the only thing that hasn’t leaked regarding the 360 is a spec sheet. Well, just a number of hours after the original story was posted, a list-sheet detailing the Xbox 360’s (alleged) features…

EA Sports today continued to parade their list of cover athletes for this year’s upcoming wave of games and officially announced that Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb will grace the cover of Madden NFL 06 when it hits retail for the XBOX in early August.Although there have been leaks about McNabb being this year’s Madden cover athlete in the…

Ubisoft, in coordination with Universal Studios, announced today that they will be unveiling Peter Jackson’s King Kong at E3 in Los Angeles later this month. E3-goers certainly won’t be able to miss the King Kong display, as it will stand 20 feet tall and account for almost 40% of Ubisoft’s booth. As for the game itself, very…

We’re just a few short days away from Microsoft’s official unveiling of the Xbox 360 and yet, we’ve already seen and heard so much that it makes you wonder just how much more Microsoft’s got left to show. Obviously, we’ve yet to see any of the system’s finalized specification details; so no one but the…