What’s X10? It’s Microsoft’s Xbox 360 media event for 2010 and boy were there announcements made there. I’ve taken the liberty of gathering all the fun and placed it all in one post.
Announcements
- Xbox 360 Final Fantasy XIII Special Edition bundle will be available on March 9 for $399.99 USD
- Includes a 250GB Hard Drive, two wireless controllers, exclusive Xbox avatar items and a standard copy of the game
- Perfect Dark XBLA & Game Room will launch in March
- Splinter Cell: Conviction debuting April 13
- Alan Wake debuting May 18 exclusively for Xbox 360 (trailer below)
- Lost Planet 2 debuting May 18 as well
- Dead Rising 2 debuting August 31
- Xbox Live! exclusive Dead Rising: CASE ZERO is a prologue to Dead Rising 2 and will be available prior to Dead Rising 2 launch
- Left 4 Dead 2: The Passing DLC coming to Xbox 360 and PC
- Fable III will debut holiday 2010
- Crackdown 2 debuting later this year
- Halo: Reach multiplayer beta starts May 3 and will be accessible via Halo 3: ODST disc
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I was reminded of the Xbox 360′s four year anniversary the other day and that got me thinking.
“What are the Xbox 360′s graphical showcases?”
I can list the PlayStation 3 and Wii efforts as they’re clearly a step above the competition on the platform or otherwise, but not with the Xbox 360; it’s tougher. There is Gears of War and its sequel, but that’s Unreal Engine 3.0 and I’ve seen good looking Unreal Engine 3.0 games on the PS3 before. Where are the true Microsoft exclusives which are putting that Xenos GPU to work?
I don’t think there is one. (Feel free to correct me if I’m wrong) It’s a bit of a surprise considering how powerful the Xenos GPU is. Instead, I see Microsoft is pushing their console’s limits in other ways. Specifically, with community and networking.
Halo 3 is still unrivaled in the field for community features. Recorded videos, online stats, flexible co-op and party options — the list goes on and on. Then there is 1 vs 100 on Xbox Live! which is an online game show with a live host.
So am I right or am I wrong?
Two respective console exclusives bound for October have gone gold today. One is a simulation racer and the other is an action packed adventure. Both will eventually enter the household.
While Sony simply announced Uncharted 2′s gold status and cinema plans, fans of Forza 3 will be pleased to know that a demo will be hitting Xbox Live! on September 24. They’ve also announced a few details concerning the demo including the featured cars:
- 2007 Porsche #80 Flying Lizard 911 GT3-RSR
- 2010 Audi R8 5.2 FSI quattro
- 2009 Ferrari California
- 2008 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X GSR
- 2009 Mini John Cooper Works
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves hits store shelfs October 13, 2009 exclusively for the PlayStation 3. While Forza MotorSport 3 debuts a couple of weeks later on October 27, 2009 exclusively for Xbox 360.
If I see any deals for either of these, I’ll post them up on the GameDealsCanada feed.
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Update: Added some Xbox Live! related items
Instead of breaking down the Microsoft E3 2009 press conference and include both multiplatform and exclusive content, I’m going to focus on the stuff you can find “exclusively on Xbox 360” — or as exclusive to the Xbox 360 as it can get.
A shit-ton of Microsoft announcements await you below. For everything else, check here.
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Announcements
- Lego: Rock Band (via Press Release)
- Brutal Legend Releasing October 13th, 2009 (via Press Release)
- Killzone 2 DLC Price & Dated (via PlayStation.Blog)
- Releasing on April 30th, 2009
- $5.99
- Fallout 3 Broken Steel DLC Price & Dated (via Kotaku)
- Raising level cap to 30
- Removes the ending for further exploration
- Additional perks, enemies, weapons etc
- Releasing on May 5th, 2009
- Exclusively on Xbox Live! for 800 MS points
- Muramusa: The Demon Blade Has New Publisher & Launch Date (via Kotaku)
- Ignition Entertainment took over for XSEED
- Given a September 2009 launch window
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