It's Midnight Madness all over again! Microsoft's new Xbox 360 goes on sale at midnight tonight many retailers around the country. (Read more about it below -- see the earlier November 17th entry.) Would be nteresting to hear any stories ...
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We’ve got “Harry Potter” opening tomorrow, but the news around our house is the Xbox 360 launch next
Tuesday (11/22/05). Launches in Europe (12/2/05) and Japan (12/10/05) will follow. According to Microsoft, this is the first time a game console will be launched in three territories in the same time frame. Am sure these launch dates are planned to get this goodie into as many stores as possible in time for the all-important holiday shopping season.
Promising to be more than a game box, with the Xbox 360 and the Xbox Live service players can play online, connect with friends for voice and video chat and download new content.
Xbox 360 is also being called “the ultimate amplifier” for music, movies and photos stored on MP3 players, digital cameras and Windows® XP-based PCs. The systems comes with a 20GB detachable Xbox 360 Hard Drive for storing music, video and games, an Xbox 360 Wireless Controller, an Xbox 360 Media Remote control, an Xbox 360 Headset, a Component HD-AV Cable for connecting to component and composite television inputs, an Ethernet cable and batteries.
The recent Tokyo Game Show marked the first time that consumers were able to experience the Xbox 360 firsthand. While more than 200 games are currently in development, games on display in the Microsoft booth included:
- Bomberman — Act Zero
- Call of Duty® 2
- CHROMEHOUNDS
- Dead Rising
- Dynasty Warriors 5 Special
- Everyparty
- Far East of Eden
- FINAL FANTASY XI
- Frame City Killer™
- Gears of War™
- Kameo™: Elements of Power™
- Need for Speed Most Wanted
- NINETY-NINE NIGHTS
- The Outfit™
- Project Gotham Racing® 3
- Resident Evil 5
- Ridge Racer 6
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Saint's Row™
- Test Drive Unlimited
- Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter™
- Wrestle Kingdom
Will it look good under the tree?
Star Wars fans rejoice! Star Wars fans have twice the reason to celebrate today with the simultaneous release of the Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith DVD and Star Wars Battlefront II™, the sequel to the best-selling Star Wars video game of all time.
The two-disc Sith set includes a brand-new, full-length documentary produced by Lucasfilm Ltd. and two new featurettes – one exploring the prophecy of Anakin Skywalker as the Chosen One, the other providing an in-depth look at the movie’s stunts.
Star Wars Battlefront II adds all-new space combat, playable Jedi characters and never-before-seen environments straight out of Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith. Fans of the original Star Wars Battlefront will also enjoy an all-new single-player experience that takes players through an epic, story-based saga centering on Darth Vader’s elite 501st Legion of Storm Troopers where every action the player takes impacts the battlefront and, ultimately, the fate of the galaxy.
Available for PlayStation®2, Xbox®, PC and PSP™. Price: $49.95
The Global Gaming League (GGL) is providing Internet coverage of BlizzCon, the pre-eminent gathering for Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo fans, in Anaheim, CA, today and tomorrow. Blizzcon showcases the developers of World of Warcraft ("WoW") and StarCraft: Ghost. WoW is the world’s largest multiplayer online game with more than
4 million subscribers. This year’s Blizzcon is expected to draw the largest online audience for any event in video gaming history via GGL’s website, www.ggl.com. Coverage both days begins at 10:00 AM and ends at 10:00 PM.
From Engadget:
The PlayStation Portable has been getting a lot of love lately (it has only been six days since its big debut last week), but we thought we’d toss a little something out there for Nintendo fanboys who have clearly been suffering through all of this. Not sure how old this is (it’s from at least three months ago), but check out this Japanese subway car ad for the Nintendo DS.
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From Engadget:
Okay, so back to the PSP: as if the first or second thing you think about after getting your gadget isn’t cracking it open to see how well they really did cram all those bits in there. You can’t fool us. And while it may not be the first time a PSP has been, uh, taken apart, informit’s got a serious guide on how to get up in that PSP. Naturally, spending an hour reassembling the unit is the least fun part of the job, but fear not, at least you’ll end up with a few extra screws (as always). Careful now, careful!
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