Cover - PDZ
"Project Gotham 3 will offer possibly the most complete package of 360 features of any game at release - sensational graphics, immersive 5.1 audio, open-ended gameplay providing quick access to the coolest toys, and Gotham TV, where Xbox Live's interaction will truly shine. COD2 will deliver an intense WW2 action experience that displays the power of 360. And Oblivion will demonstrate a scale of game-world design, story telling, and depth that we've never seen."
Day One Launch Titles
99% Confirmed:
Call of Duty 2
Dead or Alive 4
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Kameo: Elements of Power
Madden NFL 06
Need for Speed: Most Wanted
Perfect Dark Zero
Ridge Racer 6
Saint's Row
Project Gotham Racing 3
Probable:
Amped 3
Condemned: Criminal Origins
FIFA 06
NBA Live 06
NBA 2K6
Quake IV
Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf 06
Tony Hawk's American Wasteland
Top Spin 2
They list Oblivion as the pick of the month, they guess the launch date to be 11/15.
Rumors -
Wireless Headset codenamed Emestine
F.E.A.R and Hellgate rumored for 360... F.E.A.R is already running on kits
Midway woking on sequel to Area 51
Halo 2 will upscale to 720p on 360
Bio Shock = unofficial sequal to System Shock
Ripping CD-Rs mp3s to 360 easier then with Xbox
Demo Disc - playables:
Star Wars Battlefront 2
Need for Speed most wanted
L.A***sh
Land of the Dead
Marvel Nemesis
NCAA Football 06
The Suffering
Xbox Arcade Demos
Features:
Tony Hawk- AW. Videos
Star Wars Battlefront 3
Star Wars Ep.3 DVD
Blitz
Samurai Shodown
Brief Snippet on Blitz: The League
Brief Snippet on Shattered Union
Previews -
Total Overdose
Battlefront 2
Prince of Persia 3
Stubbs the Zombie
Sims 2
From Russia w/ Love
COD2 Big Red One
L.A. Rush
Driver: Parallel Lines
Reviews -
Far Cry Instincts 8.7
Dynasty Warriors 5 - 7.0
Indigo Prophecy - 8.9
Fifa 06 - 7.9
Tiger Woods 06 - 8.6
Ghost Recon 2 - 9.0
Namco museum - 7.5
Tecmo Classic - 7.6
Midway Arcade 3 - 8.0
R6 Lockdown - 6.7
MotoGP - 8.0
187 Ride or Die - 3.9
Ty the Tasmanian Tiger - 7.0
Evil Dead - 6.5
Scooby Doo - 6.4
Burnout Revenge - 9.8!!!!!!!!!!!!! Game of the Month
Ninja Gaiden Black - 9.0
More PDZ
Hands on: Single Player - Played first three levels..
Datacore Training - Training level in an underwater base. Full of sweet looking tech brought to life by new lighting and parralax mapping. Cover mode = context sensitive actions allowing you to peek around corners, dodge moves allow you to roll in 4 directions. Play with gadgets... fly a camspy down a vent shaft to destroy a circuit breaker and open a door. Minigame to hack open locked doors. Other gadgets = locktopus and demolition kit, all involve minigames to use, which increase in difficulty depending on what you're trying to do.
Subway Retrieval - Enter through elevator into parking garage, face guys on cool futuristic motorcycles. Dual wielding and secondary firing. Game will keep track of your stats and present them at the end of level, posted over Xbox Live.
Rooftops - They played this co-op, and said this is true co-op. Players take different routes that criss-cross each other, and are put in situations where they have to help each other out. Example - Joanna has sniper rifle, and has to snipe enemies to allow her father to get through back alleys below
Multiplayer - Played deathmatch against devs. Customizable bots like in the last one, but much better and smarter bots. Great weapon balancing, cool environmental features like ziplines. Destructible armor that you can see, so you know where to shoot someone for more damage, or see who is a weaker target
They say it would be tough to compare to Halo, but it's still going to be great. "If you like good shooters made by the people who made two of the best FPS ever, or if you need a good multiplayer till the next Halo comes out, or if you like hot British chicks in skintight outfits, then the answer is looking like a resounding yes."
Weapons -
Jackal Sniper Rifle
Secondary Function - EMP Marker: Target player... scrambles radar and lights up target on your radar
Laptop Gun
Secondary Function - Sentry Gun: Provides auto fire
P9P Pistol (dual wield)
Secondary Function - Silencer Also has flashlight
UBL Liberator SMG
Secondary Function - Booby trap. Acts like a proximity mine
Superdragon
Secondary Function - Bouncing Grenade Launcher
All weapons have melee attacks. Best is Viblade... attacks can be chained into combos.
They say that the next issue will have a report from the Tokyo Game Show, where even more games will be announced. Also, they will unveil a hot new property never heard of before, but will be a must have game when released.
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