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offline staz on 2006-09-27 12:33 [#01978531]
Points: 9844 Status: Regular



For those who are interested, the conference just ended.

Some news:

Halo

- A Halo RTS developed by Age of Mythology creators Ensemble
Studios is on its way. Looks badass, no ingame footage
but a very nice pre-rendered trailer.

- Peter Jackson came onstage and mentioned development of a
new Halo series that focused on a sort of "interactive
movie" type of experience. Not sure what to expect, so stay
tuned I guess. He's developing it with Bungie. He also
mentioned new intellectual property being developed between
them.

GTA 4

- GTA 4 will receive 2 episodes of Xbox 360-exclusive
content shortly after its launch in Nov 07.

HD-DVD

- The HD-DVD player will launch this year in the
US/UK/Germany/France at £129/€199/$199. Other regions
will receive the units next year.

- Limited offer of bundles with Peter Jackson's King Kong in
HD-DVD format and the Xbox 360 Mutltimedia Remote (the big
one).

Bioshock

- New Bioshock trailer, prerendered stuff. Looks scary. A
few fights with some Big Daddies and a lot of screaming.
This game is worth keeping an eye on.

Gears of War

- CliffyB demoed a bit from the singleplayer game. Not much
happening, just some duck/cover gameplay and a nasty, bloody
chainsawing close-up at the end of the demonstration. Very
pleasant graphics, although they haven't really divulged
much in the gameplay area yet. Coming Nov the 12th in the US
and Nov the 17th in the UK.

Viva Piñata

- Microsoft's attempt at reaching out to kids. The graphics
are great, but the theme song is fucking annoying. I'm
clearly not the target audience here.

Assassin's Creed

- Ubisoft's Hashshashin simulator, live gameplay test for
the public. Looking fucking amazing, probably one of the
prettiest games I've ever seen. The aim is basically to
assassinate important figures and getting away with it. Some
very interesting gameplay features introduced. Dynamic
crowds allow you to blend in for stealth's sake.

DOOM



 

offline staz on 2006-09-27 12:34 [#01978534]
Points: 9844 Status: Regular



The original DOOM is now available on Xbox Live.

The full conference will also be available shortly. I'm
betting there are some pretty sweet standalone demos/videos
queued up for the fans too. I think Xbox Live Gold is free
until the end of X06 as well, which is in a few days.


 

offline giginger from Milky Beans (United Kingdom) on 2006-09-27 12:45 [#01978542]
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I was hoping they'd announce the rumoured black 360


 

offline Ophecks from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2006-09-27 12:46 [#01978543]
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Yes, Assassin's Creed looks so fucking good, makes the
demise of the Thief series much easier to accept. I love
stealth games.

Bioshock I've got mixed feelings on... the 15 minute demo
looked cool but a bit goofy compared to System Shock. The
whole ''faction of different creatures'' thing was more
''WTF?'' than ''OMG!''. The whole art-deco underwater city
thing is awesome though.

They also mentoined Banjo Kazooie is coming to 360. I was
never a fan of the N64 games, they were too cloying.
Hopefully the new one has some chutzpah.


 

offline staz on 2006-09-27 12:51 [#01978545]
Points: 9844 Status: Regular



Banjo Kazooie was an amazing game. I forgot to mention that,
it was the intro, basically. They didn't show the 15 minute
demo of Bioshock, just a prerendered trailer. I don't see
the "WTF?" factor of the factions, though.


 

offline staz on 2006-09-27 12:51 [#01978546]
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Faceplates? ;O


 

offline Ophecks from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2006-09-27 12:59 [#01978563]
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Because of Bioshock's pedigree, I guess I expected something
creepier or something, but the ''enemies'' just seemed
strange to me. The little kid things especially sounded
annoying and the whole bloodsucking thing was dumb. But it
was just a clip anyway, it's not like I know enough about
these factions to judge them anyway. Just first impressions.


 

offline giginger from Milky Beans (United Kingdom) on 2006-09-27 13:07 [#01978569]
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LINK!


 

offline Oddioblender from Fort Worth, TX (United States) on 2006-09-27 13:39 [#01978586]
Points: 9601 Status: Lurker



Gears of War is the game all the 360 owners are up in arms
about - i'm not the biggest shooter fan, but it seems like
the must-have this season, though Bioshock looks promising.
They're also bringing a version of Half-Life 2 to the 360,
hopefully it will pull off more than the Xbox version did.

My current faves on 360 have to be Hitman: Blood Money (i
love stealth games too) and Dead Rising, which is brilliant.
Assassin's Creed does look amazing - the gameplay and the
setting seem like an original mix (Crusades-era England and
stealth gameplay as opposed to usual medieval slash-fests).
Oh, and the game is gorgeous.

I'm likely not gonna waste money on a ps3 - with the money
it costs for one i could buy a 360 and a Wii - which i plan
on doing, but i'm getting the Wii first.


 

offline vveerrgg from life (Canada) on 2006-09-27 14:03 [#01978601]
Points: 846 Status: Lurker



fucking 360 distracts me from doing anything productive....

I've been playing Oblivion & Amped 3 instead of making
music. friggin thing is more evil then crack for an OCD
nutter like me.


 

offline staz on 2006-09-27 14:41 [#01978647]
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gaining achievement points = productive


 


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