Unexpected Surprises
- Gears of War headed to PC. Although this announcement doesn't come as a shock,
Epic Games' big hit is going to be shooting it up on Vista, and surprisingly, XP this fall. The PC version sports a much faster Frame Rate and extra content, including new Campaign levels and Multiplayer maps, and Modes. Hopefully 360 owners who bought the game last year aren't left out in the dark, and the additional content is made available on the Xbox Live Marketplace.
- Viva Pinata headed to PC. Unlike the Gears announcement, which was accidentally leaked last week, this was unexpected, although not a shocker, as the Mouse and Keyboard are perfect fit for Viva Pinata's gameplay. Hopefully, the PC version will attain more success than its console counterpart, on account of the fact that most families with young children have PC rather than consoles
- Viva Pinata: Party Animals Announced for Xbox 360. Viva Pinata is also returning to the Xbox 360 as a party game in the vein of Mario Party, and is being developed by Krome Studios.
- Sonic the Hedgehog, Golden Axe, and Marathon Durandal headed to Xbox Live Arcade. Xbox Live Arcade's library of available titles continues to grow with theses and many other additions.
- Scene It! Coming to Xbox 360. The popular family game is coming to the 360, with a special controller, which retails fro $59.99 along with the game.
A Limited Halo 3 edition Xbox 360 will be launched alongside Halo 3 on September 25th. This is another separate SKU that will compliment the Core, Pro, and Elite SKU's that are already on the market. From what we've heard, it appears to be a Pro system thats decked in Halo 3 livery. No Price point has been officially announced.
Updates
- Rock Band: After seeing the Live Demo at the beginning of the Conference, its quite clear that Guitar Hero is going to have a big fight on its hands when Rock Band comes out later this Year. Also, it has been announced that Rock Band Will have New DLC every week after it is released, and users will also have the option of purchasing entire albums, the First of which being The Who's Who's Next.
- Resident Evil 5: While no actual gameplay was shown, a trailer was debuted which teased the audience with real-time graphics. It will be released in 2008. Expect to hear more about this from Capcom around TGS.
- PGR4: The next entry in the Project Gotham Racing Series brings motorcycles and Weather effects into the mix, all while looking gorgeous. Bizarre also announced that PGR4 would be released in September.
- Lost Odyssey: Mistwalker's 2nd Original 360 RPG (the first being Blue Dragon) is set to debut world wide this December. The graphics are certainly good, but we'll have to see if it plays any better than it did at TGS.
- Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare: This game has arguably stolen the show from heavy hitters, like Killzone 2, and Halo 3, with its realistic graphics, and modern setting. Infinity Ward has apparently been working on this since the Release of Call of Duty 2 back in 2005, and boy, does it show.
- Mass Effect: Bioware's epic Sci-Fi Action RPG will be making its way to store shelves this November. While the textures, and animations looked good for the most part, there was some apparent slowdown during the action sequences. Hopefully, these framerate issues can be smoothed out by November.
- Halo Wars: The RTS based on the Halo universe, is coming along well graphically, though we are curious to see how developer Ensemble designed the Control Scheme. Judging from EA's Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth II and Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars, and this game, the era when RTS's were stuck on a PC is long gone.
- Halo 3: As expected, Microsoft closed out the event with a Trailer from Halo 3's campaign. The graphics have definitely improved since the Beta, and the game is on track for its September 25th release.
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