' Talkxbox spoke with someone at EA (who's developing 'Need For Speed Most Wanted') '
I asked about PGR3 and how they are planning to market Most Wanted with another racing title launching so close. The answer: most everyone there at EAX doesn’t expect PGR3 to make launch.
' The official Xbox 360 site has been updated with a great new video montage featuring footage from all of the following games that ranges from the craptacular to spectacular '
Once you’ve loaded the site, seek out the Madden thumbnail and click that for the video.
Here’s the list, in order that the games appear.
1. Kameo, Elements of Power (Microsoft Game Studios)
2. Quake 4, (id Software)
3. Test Drive Unlimited (Atari)
4. Call of Duty 2 (Activision)
5. The Darkness (Majesco Entertainment)
6. Madden NFL 06 (Electronic Arts)
7. Project Gotham Racing 3 (Microsoft Game Studios)
8. Gears of War (Microsoft Game Studios)
9. NBA Live 06 (Electronic Arts)
10. Frame City Killer (Namco)
' So what's happened since E3? Why has all the hype, all the 360 noise disappeared? Will Xbox 360 games look any better? And are Xbox fans doomed to have PS3 fanboys laugh at their underwhelming new system? '
IGN has spoken with several developers on the subject of the newly released Xbox 360 Beta Kits to get a better idea the progress developers have made sine E3, and whether the beta kits have helped, hindered, confused, or improved game development.
We asked several developers what they thought of the Beta Kits. Epic Games' Mark Rein was frank with us but slim on details. When asked about the power of the system, he said the best example of that was Gears of War. "You've seen the answer to (all of your) questions. It's called Gears of War. What you've seen is just a tiny sample of what we'll be able to achieve in our first generation Xbox 360 title and clearly we're pretty darn excited about it. More will be revealed over time." Other developers were more forthcoming.