E3: The Aftermath continues with another dose of Unscripted 360 live today! Part 2 will feature a few who were lucky enough to attend E3 this year. This will give us an inside look at what E3 was like from ground zero. It may be interesting to hear how the show was being there as opposed to watching the terrible G4TV coverage or watching via stream on a computer.
Don’t forget to tune in and listen to opinions of those who managed to attend the show. And as always, get your crayons out for some live community interaction!
Show date: Sunday, July 15th
Show time: 1PM PST / 3PM CST / 4PM EST
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It’s finally here. Yes it was supposed to be here a few weeks ago if you remember Episode #39, but hey it’s here now. Head out to the Xbox Live Marketplace and step up to bat. I’ve been enjoying The BIGS and I’m not a baseball fan so that says a lot about the game.
Screenshots: The BIGS
Are you ready to crash & burn? THQ’s Stuntman: Ignition is the latest demo to hit the Xbox Live Marketplace during Microsoft’s Bringing It Home campaign. The trailers for this game look really wild and I’m ready to blow up some ****! (yes I edited myself for more effect) Head out and download Stuntman: Ignition before it disappears again.
The festivities will soon come to an end this week as we wave goodbye to the E3 Media & Business Summit tomorrow but that doesn’t mean it’s over. It ain’t over! What’s an E3 event if you can’t talk and mix it up with the community live to share your thoughts? Get ready for E3: The Aftermath this weekend as we go live on Saturday and Sunday!
Are you tired of hearing everyone else’s opinions and you’re ready to voice your own? Do it live with Unscripted 360 this weekend! Who stole the show? What was the best title? We’ll need two days to get it all in so mark your calendars and get your crayons ready!
Show date: Saturday, July 14th
Show time: 12PM PST / 2PM CST / 3PM EST
# to dial: (646) 478-5897
link: www.blogtalkradio.com/unscripted360
Show date: Sunday, July 15th
Show time: 1PM PST / 3PM CST / 4PM EST
# to dial: (646) 478-5897
link: www.blogtalkradio.com/unscripted360
Voicemail#: (214) 306-9459
During the Xbox Live Arcade presentation of the Microsoft press conference, I saw this little gem. I had to do a double take as I couldn’t believe it was an Xbox Live Arcade title. Ubisoft and Third Wave Games are set to bring this soon. I can’t wait. I prefer original titles on XBLA and War World is looking great.
Screenshots: War World XBLA
Super Powerful and unique Mechs − Choose from 16 different mechanoids, each having special abilities and advantages including Extreme Speed, High Damage Lasers, Powerful Miniguns, Missiles, Stealth Invisibility, Mortars, Mine-launchers, Tough Armor, Powerful shields etc.
Singleplayer Modes − Singleplayer Arcade mode boasts a 100 level campaign that can be played with 5 levels of difficulty. Singleplayer Death match and Singleplayer Team Death Match puts you up against the best Mech fighters of War World.
Fast Paced Multiplayer − Play with other Xbox gamers via online or LAN
War World multiplayer offers 4 unique game-modes: Capture the flag, Bomb Assault, Death Match and Team Death Match
Next Gen Visual Effects − Including full HDR rendering, Normal Mapped diffuse and specular lighting, Light blooms, Atmospheric effects, Real-time Advanced Dynamic Soft Shadows, Volumetric explosions and weapon effects.
During the Sony press conference today, it was announced that SCEA, Midway and Epic have entered into a deal with Epic for Unreal Tournament 3 to be exclusive to the PS3 console. It looks like the PC and PS3 will be the only options to get your Unreal fix. (at least until the timed exclusive deal runs out)
“We feel very confident that Unreal Tournament 3 will continue to deliver on Epic’s promise to gamers to develop only the highest quality titles using our cutting-edge Unreal Engine 3 technology,” said Mark Rein, vice president and co-founder, Epic Games. “The game takes full advantage of the power of the PLAYSTATION 3 system, and Unreal Tournament 3 will for the first time allow users to create robust user created content, known as “mods”, on the PC version and play them on the PLAYSTATION 3 system. We’re extremely excited about this and we feel this will bring a level of creativity, innovation and replayability not previously seen on home consoles.”
This is actually one of the more interesting things coming out of Microsoft’s press conference at E3 this year.
“Scene It? Lights, Camera, Action” brings gamers together with friends and family for a casual trivia game that they all can play and enjoy. Using the simple and intuitive Big Button Controller, players can challenge their friends to see whose movie knowledge reigns supreme, with real content from their favorite movies and actors.
It has new movies, puzzle challenges, 18,00 new questions and multiplayer action in the Xbox 360 version. It will ship with four new wireless Big Button Controllers, so each gamer has his or her own buzzer. It’s also in high defintion (HD). And it promises to have miminal repeats with its questions so players rarely get the same question twice.
I’m really ready to play something like this on my Xbox 360. It’s coming Holiday 2007 for $59.99.
Well it seems like the response that many of us thought would highlight Microsoft’s E3 2007 won’t happen at all. In a report today, news came down that there is no plan to offer a new pricing scheme for the Xbox 360.
“We have no desire, no need, to react to anything the competition has done,” Shane Kim, head of Microsoft Games Studios, said in an interview. “We feel really great about the Xbox 360 momentum right now. Customers are voting with their wallets, it’s not just about console units. We feel great about how we’re doing.”
Well I’m a bit disappointed. I’m not sure how the goal of topping both the Wii and PS3 is going to be accomplished without an adjustment to get more casual consumers in. Yes, it’s about the software but the hardware that it’s played on has to be attractive to more than just a hardcore audience.
And Mr. Kim is right saying that customers are voting with their wallets as the Nintendo Wii continues to outpace the Xbox 360. You don’t think that’s because of the awesome titles the Wii has do you?
Get ready to take to the skies with Namco Bandai’s latest, Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation. The Bringing It Home campaign continues with a demo of Ace Combat 6 now available in the Xbox Live Marketplace.
Keep your eyes on the Marketplace as each day during E3 new content becomes available!
It looks like the Xbox 360 is going a bit festive with its color arrangement later in the year. The Xbox 360 Wireless Controllers will be available in new colors. Gamers can express their identity with new pink, dark blue and light blue Xbox 360 Wireless Controllers. These new colors will be available in October. ERP $49.99 (U.S.).
Also, the Xbox 360 Halo 3 Special Edition Console features an authentic Spartan green/gold finish and comes with matching Xbox 360 Wireless Controller, 20GB Hard Drive, Headset, Play & Charge Kit, HDMI port and exclusive “Halo 3″ Gamer Pics and Theme available via Xbox LIVE download. Available in September.
