RockStar Games has requested another custom 360 based on their Table Tennis game. This time Llamma did two boxes one will go to the developers, the other will be on display and will be given away by RockStar at this weekends Penny Arcade Expo
Be sure to check out our Stock To Rock article that goes over the process we used to make this box.
Well it looks like the Xbox 360 Live Vision Camera will come in two flavours. I Can't wait myself to meet up eye to eye with some other HQ members.. :)
STANDARD KIT:
$39.99. Bundle includes Xbox Live Vision Camera, Xbox Live Headset, One 'free' month on Xbox Live Gold, TotemBall Live Arcade Game, and Uno Live Arcade Game.
GOLD KIT:
$79.99 Xbox Live Vision Camera, Xbox Live Headset, Free' Xbox Live Gold subscription for a year month, TotemBall Live Arcade Game, Uno Live Arcade Game, an unspecified third Xbox Live Arcade Game, and 200 Microsoft points.
GameFest: Xbox 360 Camera To Ship With Free Game As part of Microsoft's Gamefest this week in Seattle, Gamasutra has obtained exclusive new details on the launch of the Xbox Live Vision video camera accessory for the Xbox 360, including confirmation of a gesture-based game that is set to be included for free with the hardware.
Microsoft's Jeff Stone revealed the new information on the Xbox 360-exclusive game in question, TotemBall, which was first announced in May of this year. It is being developed by UK-based Strange Flavour and Freeverse, both of whom are mainly known for their Macintosh titles.
TotemBall is controlled almost entirely through gestures; that is, the game tracks a player's arm movements to control a rickety, wheeled totem pole tower around each level, collecting items and trying to reach the exit within a time limit. Gesture-based gameplay is not foreign to Freeverse, who previously developed ToySight for the Macintosh, compatible with Apple's iSight camera.
The title shows that Microsoft is willing to compete with the gesture-based gameplay control concepts also utilized by Sony's EyeToy for PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3. Though no further gestural-controlled game concepts using the Xbox Live Vision camera have yet been officially announced, more gestural games are in early development, according to Stone.
In addition, the peripheral is compatible with selected Xbox Live Arcade games such as Uno, to allow video chat while gameplay is in progress, and with a facemapping feature for Activision's World Series of Poker, another new announcement.
The Xbox Live Vision camera is apparently set to ship alongside TotemBall in September, at a thus far unannounced pricing point - U.S. retailer GameStop currently has the camera listed for $39.99 with a September 19th release date, but neither of these specifics have been officially confirmed. Gamasutra will have additional details on the software in development for Live Vision in an upcoming feature.
In a presentation at the Gamefest event in Seattle, Microsoft's product unit manager for hardware Robert S. Walker made some comments suggesting that the company may release a new optional "advanced" version of the Xbox 360 controller at some point in the future. The presentation was largely focused on Xbox 360 peripherals coming in the near future, such as the Xbox Live Vision camera and the Xbox 360 Wireless Racing Wheel, but at a certain point the topic shifted to the issue of fine control in genres such as first person shooters which are arguably less suited to traditional console controllers than to a mouse and keyboard. After confirming that, as previously stated, the company has no plans to allow in-game mouse and keyboard support on Xbox 360, Walker noted that Microsoft is looking at ways to modify the right analog stick on the controller to make it more conducive to the precise movements used in shooters and various other genres. This controller would not replace the original controller, and would merely be an option available to players looking for a more advanced control scheme.
When asked for clarification by Shacknews, Walker reiterated that Microsoft does not yet have any concrete plans for the workings of such a device, nor is there any projected release period. Rather, it is something under consideration by Microsoft's hardware development teams as a long term possibility.
After the Special PGR3 bundle for Canada and another PGR3 bundle for Mexico, sources at kotaku.com suggest Europe (or atleast some EU countries) will get a Saints Row bundle for 439EUR (normal Pro Bundle is priced 399EUR, Saint Row is priced ~65EUR):
Karsten from Shizzle Games points out that Microsoft is listing an Saints Row Bundle on their official press site for Europe.
The bundle, which includes the premium system and the game, will be released on Sept. 8 for 439 Euros. Right now it's only showing up as coming to France, but chances are it will be hitting the rest of the continent too. When the hell is the US getting a bundle, that's what I want to know?
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