Xbox 360 Ειδήσεις {News Topic}

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New Line nabs 'Gears of War'

Studio wins rights to videogame

 

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117961472.html?categoryid=13&cs=1

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Is Devil May Cry 360 the Future of Third Party?

Last night's announcement shouldn't have been a surprise.

To anyone following Capcom (or the industry), last night's revelation that Devil May Cry 4 is no longer a PlayStation 3 exclusive came with little shock. And yet, the announcement's spawned message board threads spanning dozens and dozens of pages -- half filled with celebratory remarks, the other damning Sony for losing the game. Others went so far as to accuse Capcom of dumbing the game down in the endless pursuit of money.

 

Thus far at least, Capcom offers little allegiance to any platform this generation. Dead Rising and Lost Planet both seemed to arrive on Xbox 360 because Capcom was willing to take a risk with Microsoft on jumping into the next-generation pool early. Even then, their zombie thriller didn't show up until nine months after the machine launched in the US. The risks have paid off for companies like Capcom and Ubisoft (see: Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter). And, as of January, Dead Rising had sold over a million copies and talk's already underway for sequel.

 

Rumors puttered about in EGM that Sony was surprised at Dead Rising's success and working with Capcom to secure a PS3-exclusive sequel. To date, that's not come to fruition and DMC4 makes it all the more unlikely. Lost Planet found similar success when it launched in January, allegedly pushing more than a million copies across Europe and North America combined. The NPD Group numbers put sales for the adventure across the frozen tundra at 329,000 in January -- still mighty impressive.

 

Japanese publishers have flirted with Xbox 360 because of its head start in North America. Japan is still an important stomping ground, but there are more dollars here. Why would Namco Bandai have given Ridge Racer 6 to Microsoft, a historically Sony-exclusive franchise, and then drop the almost identical Ridge Racer 7 a year later on PlayStation 3? And, today, the publisher revealed they're bringing the Ace Combat series to Xbox 360 first, too, with no indication of a PS3 version. Sure, it's probably coming, just later.

 

Capcom made their intentions clear from the outset with Resident Evil 5. They may have taken a gamble with Nintendo on the last outing, but they won't risk the marbles this time -- the next sequel will arrive on both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 simultaneously. Dead Rising and Lost Planet were experiments to see what kind of success they could muster by sinking some time and money into Xbox 360 (more with the latter, given its intense marketing push) and it's proven a successful formula.

 

Not that they've been explicitly public about the matter, either. Even in January, rumors started circulating that DMC4 had left the exclusivity camp, but Capcom stuck to their guns, telling Kotaku:

 

"Capcom does not comment on rumors. Devil May Cry 4 is exclusive to PS3. No other announcements have been made."

 

Yet, that's exactly what happened last night. Microsoft is clearly pleased, but how indicative is this of future third-party attitudes towards support aligned with Xbox 360 and PS3? Other rumors have suggested Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots is just waiting to be ported, and while Konami's remained silent, so did Namco Bandai and Capcom -- originally. Boris Schneider-Johne, Xbox product manager at Microsoft Germany, pasted the this check list on his blog in response to the news:

 

1. Devil May Cry

2. Final Fantasy

3. Metal Gear Solid

 

Schneider-Johne quickly claimed it was only a wish list and not representative of franchises Microsoft is actively pursuing. That would, of course, be a lie -- they would kill for them. The question's whether Konami and Square Enix are already taking that next step. In the next year, we'll find out -- but try to hide your surprise.

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Rumor: Microsoft's 'Zephyr' 360 Becomes 'Elite'

$479 LE console coming in late April, or nothing more than a joke?

 

Reports are flying across the Internet today suggesting the "Zephyr," which we'd believed to be a codename for Microsoft's revised Xbox 360, is becoming more and more real. Two sources have lead credibility to these murmurings ver the past 24 hours -- scans from the upcoming issue of Game Informer and trusted sources sharing info with Engadget.

 

Based on the multiple posts and blog entries, here's what we know:

 

* The unit will be called the Xbox 360 Elite, cost $479, and launch sometime in late April

* The unit includes a 120GB HD, but does not include a HD-DVD drive because the format is "not proven"

* The Elite, in black, is considered a limited edition, and will eventually get white casing

* This will be the third SKU for the 360, as it will exist on shelves next to the Core and Premium units

* The Elite will be cooler, but 65nm chips aren't confirmed

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We're poking Microsoft to see if they can confirm any of this information, but we imagine the answer will be the standard "we don't comment on rumors or speculation," until later.

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Devil May Cry 4 Famitsu scan

 

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Castlevania SOTN OUT

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[p3tran]

Forza 2 pitpass report

 

 

H forza ferrari risi competitione κερδισε το 12hours GT2 sebring.

 

η m$ ειχε καλη παρουσια και ολα τα πιλοτια κανανε προπονηση στο forza2 πριν μπουνε στην πιστα.

 

 

να ο jamie melo, νικητης του αγωνα (του αληθινου)

 

να κι ο Giuseppe Petrotta, για οσους δεν γνωριζουν πρωην πιλοτος, μηχανικος και υπευθυνος εξελιξης υπεραυτοκινητων της ferrari οπως η Enzo και η Modena,

φαινεται αρκετα χαρουμενος στο βολαν του forza2

 

 

 

 

 

να και ενα video με τον τερματισμο-σφαγη αναμεσα σε porsche και ferrari.

 

 

καλη φαση τα βεγγαλικα στον τελευταιο γυρο 8)

[asmilon]

να κι ο Giuseppe Petrotta, για οσους δεν γνωριζουν πρωην πιλοτος, μηχανικος και υπευθυνος εξελιξης υπεραυτοκινητων της ferrari οπως η Enzo και η Modena,

φαινεται αρκετα χαρουμενος στο βολαν του forza2

 

 

Συγνωμη αλλα βρες μου εναν (1) που δε θα ηταν χαρουμενος απο κατι τετοιο

[Daredevil]

Συγνωμη αλλα βρες μου εναν (1) που δε θα ηταν χαρουμενος απο κατι τετοιο

 

 

egw, 8a h8ela na odhgaw thn ferrari me ena wiimote

[p3tran]

κοιτα asmilon, απο τη μια εχεις δικιο, αλλα απο την αλλη σιγουρα εχει να κανει και με το τι ειναι ο καθενας και τι εμπειριες εχει.

 

o petrotta ειναι απο αυτους που θα χαρακτηριζα οχι απλα χορτασμενους, αλλα ΣΚΑΣΜΕΝΟΥΣ στο χωρο των αγωνων και της υπερ-αυτοκινησης.

το να εισαι υπευθυνος εξελιξης της ferrari (enzo included) δεν ειναι και κατι απλο..

 

 

 

forza 2 rocks!!

...τάδε έφη Giuseppe Petrotta, ο υπεύθυνος εξέλιξης και παραγωγής της Enzo

(απο την παρουσιαση της ferrari enzo στο autotriti)

http://www.in.gr/auto/dokimes/pr_dokimes_ae/ae_Ferrari_Enzo_Fiorano_01_052003.htm

 

 

 

 

 

κατι αλλο τωρα:

 

 

η επομενη μου καρτα γραφικων στο pc! η εξελιξη του xenos.

 

κι ενα video

 

[MiltoZ]

egw, 8a h8ela na odhgaw thn ferrari me ena wiimote

 

ώρες ώρες γίνεσαι πολύ κακός! :-P

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New Line plans Gears film

 

Homoerotic shooter on steroids Gears of War has been snaffled up by Hollywood bigwig New Line Cinema, for a possible summer 2009 release.

 

Collateral and Pirates of the Caribbean writer Stuart Beattie will be handling the screenplay, but there's no word on a director just yet. Perhaps Mr. Boll might show interest.

 

 

The rights were handed over by game developer Epic, whose lead designer for Gears, Cliff Bleszinski, will take a role as executive producer - presumably making sure his life story is correctly portrayed.

 

There's no news on which stars we can expect to feature, or what kind of story we can expect, but given the amount of back story Epic somewhat presumptuously created - with one eye on future films and novels - there should be plenty of content to draw on.

 

"We wanted to make an entertainment property that's not just for games but for other media," Mark Rein, Epic's co-founder and vice president told Variety. "Our first and foremost philosophy is to do no harm, so we debated heavily the idea of doing a movie at all, but we feel we stacked the deck in our favour by working with the best players."

 

Whilst nothing has been announced yet, a sequel to the first game is "assured", perhaps even in time for a summer 2009 release with the film.

 

"Sweet".

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Halo 2: 4.75m gamertags

 

If you were in any doubt about how much of Xbox Live's popularity is down to Bungie's legendary Halo 2, consider the following statistic: at the point of scrapping its old recording system recently, Bungie had logged 4.75 million gamertags, out of around six million Xbox Live subscribers.

 

 

The number of games played is now almost 670 million, with (in case you're interested) 4.5 billion slots filled across those games, suggesting that the mean Halo 2 game was contested by around seven players. (That also explains the confusing "4.5 billion played" stat we remarked on in November - they meant slots filled.)

 

In case you're (still) interested, that 670 million figure means that around 170 million games have been played since the start of June 2006, when Bungie revealed it had passed the big five-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh. It's the sort of success they will be hoping to repeat with Halo 3, due out on Xbox 360 later this year - and one of the reasons they have relaunched Bungie.net in prettified form this week.

[damis72]

Δεν ξέρω αν έχει αναφερθεί σε προηγούμενο Post

 

 

Πάντως είναι καλή περίπτωση για όσους παίζουν και σε PC Και στο 360...

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Jericho 'Clive Barker' interview

 

[polakis21]

Review Virtua Tennis IGN 8.0 impressive

 

Πολή καλή βαθμολογία.Με βλέπω να πορώνομαι πάλι

 

Πάλι χειρότερο review το virtua tennis στο ps3!Πήρε 7.8 no online play...

 

Κατάντια το ps3.Ακόμα και στο τέννις χάνει