Xbox 360 Ειδήσεις {News Topic}

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TimeShift

 

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Images and trailer of Stranglehold

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Game Informer #170: Call of Duty 4 Issue

 

 

The new Game Informer has a huge 10 page spread on Activision's 'Infinity Ward' developed Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, and the game looks stunning.

 

What Game Informer had to say:

 

"The most intense first-person shooter WE HAVE EVER SEEN!"

 

"The cumulative effect is that this is the most photo-realistic video game we've ever seen, and that's no overstatement."

 

"Everything we saw looked as epic and amazing as anything we've seen in video games to date, from a night time search-and-destroy mission aboard a storm-tossed freighter to a scene in the Russion steppes with some disturbing imagery that suggests this foe [fictional, unlike previous C.O.D. games] is as brutal and despicable as the Third Reich ever was."

 

What I say:

 

The shadowing/lighting in general is on par with Gears of War (which is no trivial feat), and some of the subtleties in the pictures are simply breathtaking. The overall look/art direction of the game seems to combine some of the best elements from Gears and Metal Gear Solid, while still remaining 'unique' looking.

 

Models are awesome, tough obviously not quite as geometrically complex as those in Gears or MGS... but the lighting and texturing destroys MGS... while not quite hitting 'Gears' levels...

 

The best part...? It all runs at 60fps. That's right, here's another quote:

 

Infinity Ward:

"Being 60 frames per second is really important to us. Some people don't think that there's a difference between 30 and 60, but we feel like there's an unconscious understanding that when you're at 60 frames per second it feels more realistic... ...We push it all the way we can, but we stop at 60 - anything that would make it go under 60, we get rid of..."

 

That's right. Call of Duty 4:Modern Warfare should never drop below 60 fps. For all of those who thought that achieving similar visual fidelity to games like Gears of War and MGS wasn't possible at 60fps, this game proves you wrong.

 

Effects clearly evident in-game:

 

- Highly detailed textures that are easily on par with, or surpass anything shown in MGS (not quite to Gears level, though)

 

-Insane particles everywhere

 

-High poly geometric meshes, that while maybe not *quite* up to Gears/MGS are really, really close.

 

- Depth of field - incredible shots where the foreground is out of focus... these shots look insanely realistic... and it's in-game.

 

- Equal-to or better-than smoke effects found in COD 2 & 3

 

- Gorgeous lighting that blows away MGS, and looks about on par with Gears in many ways.

 

- Anti-Aliasing

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Halo 2 vs halo 3 (multiplayer mode) comparison video

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Sony Using PGR 3 to Promote the PlayStation 3 Again

 

http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/13524/Sony-Using-PGR-3-to-Promote-the-PlayStation-3-Again/

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http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/789/789731p1.html

 

COLIN DIRT

 

poli kalo trailer

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The Darkness trailer

 

http://www.xboxyde.com/news_4369_en.html

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Telika h sony prepei na agapaei poly to pgr3

 

http://www.bizarreonline.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=248067#248067

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Splinter Cell Conviction: Hiding in Broad Daylight

And what's being done to make that daylight believable.

 

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/789/789307p1.html

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Xbox Live Activity for week of 5/14

 

Xbox 360 Top Live Titles (UUʼs)

1 Gears of War

2 Forza Motorsport 2 Demo

3 Crackdown

4 Blacksite Demo

5 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas

6 Guitar Hero II

7 Double Dragon

8 Call Of Duty 3

9 GRAW 2

10 Oblivion

 

Top Arcade Titles (Full Versions)

1 Double Dragon

2 Catan

3 Pinball FX

4 3D Ultra™ Minigolf Adventures

5 TMNT 1989 Arcade

6 Soltrio Solitaire

7 Worms

8 UNO

9 Castlevania: SOTN

10 Centipede & Millipede

 

Original Xbox Top Live Games

1 Halo 2

2 Battlefield 2: MC

3 Star Wars: Battlfrnt 2

4 Counter-Strike

5 Forza Motorsport

6 Madden NFL 07

7 Call of Duty 3

8 Ghost Recon 2

9 Rainbow Six 3

10 Splinter Cell Chaos

 

http://www.majornelson.com/

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Privateer αφου δεν εχει τιτλους απο την βιβλιοθηκη της λογικο ειναι να περνει απο αλλου!

Το κακο ειναι οτι θα πιστεψουμε οτι τελικα το PgR 3 ειναι παιχνιδι του PS3!

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Microsoft Confirms Banned 360s

 

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/789/789640p1.html

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Riddick remake for PS3, 360

 

Starbreeze has confirmed its working on a next-gen makeover of The Chronicles of Riddick.

 

Assault on Dark Athena will be available on PS3 and Xbox 360 before the end of the year.

 

 

There will be around 50 per cent more single-player content to get stuck into - taking place on board the scavenger ship Dark Athena - and an online multiplayer mode will be included.

 

Commentary is also expected to feature in a similar way to the Developer's Cut remake on PC, as is the obvious graphical spit-shine to show off the new floating terrafloppy-tehcnotrons.

 

The Chronicles of Riddick appeared on Xbox, based on the 2004 film of the same name. It took everyone by surprise, not least because the big-screen version starring Vin Diesel was rubbish.

 

The first-person action [with third-person cutscenes, obviously! - Ed] game displayed some of the best graphics we'd seen, and earned itself a whopping 9/10. Catch up with our The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay review to see why.

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Tom Clancy's Endwar video

 

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x21a94_tom-clancys-endwar-video

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Trusty Bell (Eternal Sonata) #3 on Amazon Japan

 

Namco Bandaiʼs upcoming RPG offering Trusty Bell for Microsoft Corp.ʼs Xbox 360 has reached No. 4 in the best-selling video game products at Amazon Japan.

 

The new game title ranked at No. 16 one week ago.

 

Trusty Bell is a brand new RPG title that is slated for release on June 14 in the region.

 

In the game, a famous composer drifts between this life and the next when he encounters a tale of good and evil.

 

Strong pre-sales for the title may provide a much needed jump in Japan hardware sales for Microsoft. The Xbox 360 currently holds week-to-week sales of 2,000 - 3,000 units, well below all other video game hardware offerings.

 

In the last week of Apr., two Xbox 360 ranked in the top 30 in Japan, including Test Drive Unlimited and Rainbow Six Vegas.The Xbox 360 held strong sales during late 2006 on the release of the high-profile RPG Blue Dragon and the action title Lost Planet: Extreme Condition. However, staggered software releases and the launch of Nintendo Co.ʼs Wii and Sony Corp.ʼs Playstation 3 have moved the 360 to No. 6 overall in the latest hardware sales data.

 

In Sept. 2006, Namco Bandai announced that it will release Trusty Bell as Eternal Sonata in the U.S. It is slated for a domestic release in 2007.

 

 

http://news.punchjump.com/blog/2007/...-in-pre-sales/