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Playstation/Gaming Discussions => Gaming Discussion => Topic started by: Riku on September 27, 2006, 08:48:53 AM
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Barcelona, Spain—On the shores of one of the world\'s most artistic and progressive cities, Microsoft Corp. today thrilled attendees at its annual X06 event by inviting everyone to experience the next generation now on the Xbox 360™ system. The announcements and hands-on gameplay experiences highlight how the world\'s greatest game creators are pushing the boundaries of what is possible in high definition and online storytelling. Highlights of the announcements included the
following:
• A landmark partnership between Academy Award-winning writer,
director, and producer Peter Jackson, Academy Award-winning screenwriter Fran Walsh, and Microsoft Game Studios will create two new interactive entertainment series exclusively for Xbox 360 and Xbox Live(r). The first will be a collaborative effort with Bungie Studios to co-create the next great chapter in the Halo(r) universe. The second will be an entirely original property targeted at bringing new audiences into the captivating world of interactive entertainment. In addition, Microsoft Game Studios will partner with Jackson and Walsh to establish Wingnut Interactive, a studio dedicated to the creation of world-class interactive entertainment.
• Halo(r) Wars is an all-new real-time strategy game based on the
legendary Halo universe and designed exclusively for Xbox 360 by Ensemble Studios, creators of the Age of Empires(r) franchise.
• Rockstar and Take-Two will provide Xbox 360 gamers with exclusive
access to two epic downloadable episodes of Grand Theft Auto IV via Xbox Live, each with hours of new gameplay content, and available only on Xbox 360 just months after the release of the title.
• Ubisoft confirmed that the next Splinter Cell title, the installment
after Tom Clancy\'s Splinter Cell(r) Double Agent™, will be exclusive to Xbox 360, a testament to the ability of the powerful next-gen game console to deliver experiences no other console can match.
• 2K Games confirmed that BioShock, a first person shooter that will
revolutionize the genre and forever change the expectations of gamers, will be released exclusively on Xbox 360 and Microsoft(r) Windows(r) next spring.
• Project Gotham Racing(r) 4, was unveiled, the latest addition to
the best-selling franchise, made exclusively for Xbox 360 by Bizarre Creations. PGR4 promises to continue the series\' pedigree of innovation by introducing exciting new experiences to racing fans worldwide.
• The beloved Banjo-Kazooie(r) franchise will breathe new,
high-definition life exclusively on Xbox 360, from famed developer Rare Ltd. Beloved characters Banjo, Kazooie and Gruntilda—among other fan favorites—will new next-gen visuals and presentation as well as their sharp wit and hilarious sense of humor.
• Microsoft Game Studios will release its highly-anticipated new MMO
game, Marvel Universe Online for both Xbox 360 and the Windows Vista™ operating system. MUO was developed by industry luminaries Cryptic Studios, creators of the smash hits City of Heroes and City of Villains.
• Expect two new additions to Xbox Live Arcade: The FPS that pioneered
the network-gaming era, DOOM(r), from acclaimed developer id Software and Activision, is available now on Xbox Live Marketplace. The game includes the original four-episode single-player game, four-player split screen action, both co-op and deathmatch, and four player co-op and deathmatch via Xbox Live. Coming soon to Xbox Live Arcade is Sensible World of Soccer from Codemasters. Based on a classic Amiga title from 1994, Sensible World of Soccer will let gamers choose between the original graphics or an updated, high-resolution look and feel—while still capturing the original game\'s wide world of football.
• Arriving at retailers in North America, the U.K, France and Germany
in mid-November 2006, the Xbox 360 HD DVD Player will retail for
$199.99 in North America (estimated retail price)* and €199.99/£129.99 (estimated retail price)* in the U.K., France and Germany. The Xbox 360 HD DVD Player comes with the Universal Pictures\' blockbuster film Peter Jackson\'s "King Kong" on HD DVD (for a limited time) and the Xbox 360 Universal Media Remote.
"Xbox 360 is changing the way developers are telling stories today — from the industry\'s most beloved franchises to exciting new properties," said Peter Moore, corporate vice president of the Interactive Entertainment Business in the Entertainment and Devices Division at Microsoft. "We are inspiring the imaginations of the entertainment industry\'s best and most creative talent to take their franchises in exciting directions, while also spinning new tales for everyone."
"We are incredibly pleased to be here in Barcelona to talk about the next chapter of Xbox and how Xbox 360 continues to deliver on the promise and potential of the next generation," said Chris Lewis, regional vice president of the Home and Entertainment Division, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), at Microsoft. "As we prepare to launch some of our biggest global titles and best regional content both right now and well into the future, consumers will have much to choose from with a system designed for high-definition and online entertainment. We are the only next-generation experience that seamlessly connects players to their games, friends and entertainment content."
Xbox 360 Stretches Popular Franchises in New Directions Xbox 360 continues to expand the interactive entertainment landscape, enabling industry superstars to take beloved franchises in exciting new directions. Microsoft Game Studios announced its partnership with Peter Jackson to herald in a new age of interactive entertainment that can only be realized on Xbox 360 and Xbox Live. The goal of this partnership is to create new stories and redefine the way they are told. The first part of this long-term relationship is for Jackson, Walsh and team to bring to life two new interactive entertainment experiences exclusively for the Xbox 360 and Xbox Live. The first project is to co-write, co-design and co-produce a completely new and original chapter in the "Halo" universe in collaboration with Bungie Studios. The second project is an entirely original property from the team in New Zealand that will not only bring a whole new interactive story to life, but will also captivate new audiences that have yet to discover the power of interactive entertainment.
Wow. To sum it up...
-Doom available on Xbox Live Arcade today
-Halo RTS from Age of Empire makers
-New Halo game being co-created with Peter Jackson
-Microsoft helps establish Wingnut Interactive with Peter Jackson
-Project Gotham Racing 4
-Banjo-Kazooie 3
-Next Splinter Cell exclusive
-Exclusive Grand Theft Auto IV episodic content
-Bioshock exclusive
-HD-DVD accessory $199.99, comes with King Kong
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News to me:
The beloved Banjo-Kazooie(r) franchise will breathe new,
high-definition life exclusively on Xbox 360, from famed developer Rare Ltd. Beloved characters Banjo, Kazooie and Gruntilda—among other fan favorites—will new next-gen visuals and presentation as well as their sharp wit and hilarious sense of humor.
Typo aside, that\'s good news. Hopefully Rare doesn\'t, ya know, bugger it up.
I skipped the Conker remake, but a new Banjo Kazooie? I might just have to get it.
Collect-a-thons are old, though. So we\'ll see how it develops, I s\'pose.
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Amazing Alan Wake footage :bow: ( low rez vid though ) Puts Crysis to shame imo
http://xboxyde.com/news_3570_en.html (http://xboxyde.com/news_3570_en.html)
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watch it live: http://dl.groovygecko.net/anon.groovy/clients/xbox/live/hb_1.asx
live text update:http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=68090
It was a Banjo teaser...looked really great though. Gears of War play with Cliffy B...Alan Wake looked amazing...the project gotham 4 teaser was bad ass...Assassin\'s Creed (wow. the detail!)...bioshock looks amazing, is exclusive to 360 and Windows...splinter cell double agent never before seen footage, and it\'s exclusive to 360 and windows...
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hmm only things interesting to me are the next Halo (don\'t give a crap about Peter Jackson though), and GTA episodic content.
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Assassin\'s Creed interests me. It looks like Prince of Persia without the time gimmicks. I\'m in.
Gears of War looks intense, though with Wii around the corner, I might pass it up for some other games that I think I\'ll have more fun with.
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Fable 2 will be demoed tomorrow.
From IGN
The news conference, held at the Theater National Catalunya in Barcelona, holds approximately 400-500 people, and is packing about 95% capacity. On the front screen the Xbox Live Gamer names appear in green handwriting and fade from the front screen after a few seconds. Microsoft\'s Ken Lobb is here, as is Lionhead\'s Peter Molyneux, who revealed to us earlier in the evening that he\'ll present Fable 2 tomorrow afternoon.
The link, third paragraph.
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/735/735683p1.html
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Microsoft\'s Ken Lobb
That just ain\'t right.
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so the HD-DVD addon with a 360 is 100 bucks less than a ps3. Just have to figure out if the extra 100 bucks is worth it.
Im not even sure if id get a HD-dvd addon..not that picky about the picture, im happy with dvd\'s.
I just wish theyd make better packages. I dont want king kong if i got the hd-dvd..looks like a crap game..at least the pc demo was pretty boring.
The splinter cell and GTA announcements are the main intriguing ones to me. Adn assassins creed..didnt know that was exclusive.
Anyone know if by exclusive they mean splinter cell wont be on PC either. Iv been really debating whether to get splinter cell on PC (as iv always done), or 360..whenever i get it. Theres rumors of a price drop a year after release date, which is november something, which is when ps3 comes out and might be up to 100 bucks...might as well hope
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I just wish theyd make better packages. I dont want king kong if i got the hd-dvd..looks like a crap game..at least the pc demo was pretty boring.
Isn\'t it referring to the movie and not the game? I\'m confused.
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im dumb
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Nice!
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HD-DVDs are for movies only.
And King Kong was probably my favorite game that I played on the 360. But I think I\'m putting Saints Row as my new number one.
Call it Grand Theft Auto: Clone, but I\'m enjoying it.
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Doom is f-ing awesome.
I really wasnt expecting it to have live or even multiplayer. Very cool. My brother hasnt gotten the full version yet, but doom was the first game i ever played online.
how much are credits? its 800 credits so is that 8 bucks?
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Doom is f-ing awesome.
I really wasnt expecting it to have live or even multiplayer. Very cool. My brother hasnt gotten the full version yet, but doom was the first game i ever played online.
how much are credits? its 800 credits so is that 8 bucks?
$10
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doom + gamepad = suck
and lol at 10$
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X360 is getting more and more attractive. Now price-drop the Premium to $300 and make me your slave, MS.
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doom + gamepad = suck
and lol at 10$
the left stick is to walk up and down, right stick is to point left and right. It\'s a pretty good translation. seeing as doom used the arrow keys and not a mouse, not like the aiming was fluid like a mouse.
and yea..10 bucks is hefty for an old game like that. i think the price is more for the online deathmatch/coop. i guess the stat tracking thing is really good..not that i pay attention to it since most of the people on the top of those lists are gay bitches.
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it\'s good to see that xbox is doin\' some good things in their 2nd coming, and they aren\'t stumbling like how sony was doin these past few months...to be fair tho i haven\'t really heard anything negative comin from the sony camp as of late tho, so i guess that\'s good news. It really seems ms is on their way this time around....i\'m still rollin with sony, but i\'m impressed with what ms has been doin with the 360...
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seeing as doom used the arrow keys and not a mouse
sure about that?
+mouselook is different than mouse control
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so the HD-DVD addon with a 360 is 100 bucks less than a ps3. Just have to figure out if the extra 100 bucks is worth it.
360 Premium ($399) + HD-DVD Add-on ($199) = ~$600
PS3 Premium = $600
PS3 has HDMI out which is a nice future-proofing bonus.
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360 Premium ($399) + HD-DVD Add-on ($199) = ~$600
PS3 Premium = $600
PS3 has HDMI out which is a nice future-proofing bonus.
Dont forget Wifi, and mem stick support as well as removable HDD that can be replaced with a PC HDD
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Dont forget Wifi, and mem stick support as well as removable HDD that can be replaced with a PC HDD
Having the choice as to whether or not you want all that crap: Priceless
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Anybody that has Doom on live arcade, go to the leaderboards for the first level. Cuzimjesus, yea thats me, baller.
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Having the choice as to whether or not you want all that crap: Priceless
Riku getting pissed because the $600 60GB PS3 > $600 20GB 360+HD-DVD: Priceless
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Sounds like a pretty sweet lineup. Would love to play the Halo RTS.
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Riku getting pissed because the $600 60GB PS3 > $600 20GB 360+HD-DVD: Priceless
Why would I get pissed? I don\'t even want a HD-DVD player? 0_o
Give me the core, let me have my Viva Pinata and Gears of War and I\'m good.
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Sounds like a pretty sweet lineup. Would love to play the Halo RTS.
Supposedly the guys at Bungie are already playing it. Shouldn\'t be too far off then.
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Uni, how many gigs do you expect a save file to be?
60GB is a bit ridiculous.
The selling feature for the $600 model is WiFi and that\'s it.
And a chrome accent on the front of the console.
60GB version of the PS3: $600
One copy of Resistance Fall of Man: $60
Rehashing those credit card commercials: old and not funny.
-Dan
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YOU\'RE not funny.
....yeah weeks of not posting and that about sums up my ability to contribute to these forums.
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Why would I get pissed? I don\'t even want a HD-DVD player? 0_o
Give me the core, let me have my Viva Pinata and Gears of War and I\'m good.
the core is ass dude. just fork out the extra hundred.
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Why would I get pissed? I don\'t even want a HD-DVD player? 0_o
I know. Thats the weird thing.
Give me the core, let me have my Viva Pinata and Gears of War and I\'m good.
Oh...so now MS gives you a choice as to whether or not you want that crap too
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I know. Thats the weird thing.
Oh...so now MS gives you a choice as to whether or not you want that crap too
I haven\'t bought a DVD in almost two years. I\'m just not into movies like I used to be. I see no value in having a HD-DVD player or Blu-ray player, especially given the fact I don\'t have a HDTV.
Yes, they do. I don\'t need the HD-DVD player or HDD to play those games. I might, however, end up buying a HDD sooner or later because I like the idea of trading items in Viva Pinata, or downloading new stuff for games, but I could get by without. I\'m glad I have the choice.
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the core is ass dude. just fork out the extra hundred.
I might end up doing that in the end. It\'s just that I don\'t feel like I need all the stuff that comes in the Premium package. The HDD, sure, I\'ll take it, not sure how much use I\'ll get out of it, but I don\'t need the other things.
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I didn\'t know there were other things. Wireless controller maybe?
For me, the harddrive was huge. It\'s the perfect memory card, allows for a lot more freedom online and sells for $100 anyway.
If you can get around it, God bless ya, but add the cost of at laest a memor ycard to the price of the core system.
It\'s a rip off, from where I sit.
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i think the "premium" package of 360 have component video cables, wireless controller, and other gadgets beside the 40 GBytes HDD, all for $100 more than the "core" version.
of course, if riku wanted to buy them seperate, it will cost more than $100.
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its not even that itll cost more if he buys it all separate. You just get a lot more out of ur money with the premium.
And even though ur pretty set on not getting the extra stuff, riku, you never know in the long run. Eventually ull probably have to get the 3 memory cards that add up to the HDD already in there in the premium, and THAt alone will cost more.
iv decided to get one in a couple weeks..after my history midterm. Doubt there will be a price drop in november
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I haven\'t bought a DVD in almost two years. I\'m just not into movies like I used to be. I see no value in having a HD-DVD player or Blu-ray player, especially given the fact I don\'t have a HDTV.
Yes, they do. I don\'t need the HD-DVD player or HDD to play those games. I might, however, end up buying a HDD sooner or later because I like the idea of trading items in Viva Pinata, or downloading new stuff for games, but I could get by without. I\'m glad I have the choice.
Having the choice as to whether or not you want all that crap: Priceless
:rolleyes: