Xbox 360 News

Halo: CE and Halo 2 playable on Xbox 360 from day one. Halo 3 44% complete and set for a Spring 2006 release. These are some of the latest rumors reported on several large game sites today.


That Halo: CE and Halo 2 will be the first backward compatible games for the Xbox 360 is hardly a surprise. I for one though this fact was settled long ago when MS stated that they would first concentrate on the best selling Xbox games, and then work their way down the list.


That Halo 3 is set for a Spring 2006 release is an old rumor that started after Bill Gates said they would try and sabotage Sony’s PS3 launch by releasing Halo 3 the very same day. Though Sony has not officially confirmed a Spring 2006 launch, many are expecting Sony to launch around that time, at least in Japan. Several top Xbox people have later said that Bill’s comment wasn’t meant to be taken literally.

The forthcoming launch of the next-generation-defining console, the Xbox 360, is the most hotly anticipated launch this year.

Origen. Xbox promises a gamers paradise. What is paradise for gamers? We think we know. What do you think?

The internet is already buzzing with rumours. Is Origen the announcement of Halo 3? Is it an Xbox 360 shop on Times Square, is it the announcement on an Unreal Engine 3-powered Fable sequel.......?
Origen is? The debut of next generation gaming. A real place dedicated to gaming pleasures. A place to play Xbox 360 before anyone else. A place to play all the Xbox 360 launch titles. A place to take on other gamers.

How do you get to Origen? Over 600,000 gamers have already tried to find out. They find a page at www.origenxbox360.com, but paradise is not there yet. The gates of Origen open soon. The European race for entry into Origen starts on 27 September 2005.

As was recently reported, there is a school of thought that believes the Origen Xbox 360 site is counting down to an announcement regarding Halo 3 for the Xbox 360.

According to film industry pub Variety, Fox and Universal have finalized the deal with Microsoft for the upcoming movie based on Bungie's hit videogame Halo. The movie studios will pay Microsoft $5 million against 10% of the gross. The script, approved by Microsoft and Bungie, was written by Alex Garland, who wrote 28 Days Later; former Columbia president Peter Schlessel is set to produce.

North American retailer Electronics Boutique, which expects Microsoft to ship the Xbox 360 as early as November 2, 2005 for an MSRP of $299.99, has comprised a complete, albeit questionable, list of X360 games for the console launch, IGN learned today from several EB outlets.

The list IGN acquired from EB retailers today, features 21 launch titles, including three first-party games from Microsoft Game Studios -- Perfect Dark LE (i.e. Limited Edition), Kameo: Elements of Power, and Project Gotham Racing 3, approximate pricing, and sku numbers for every game.

The rumor first came to my attention in this months GI (Game informer) as they spoke of supposed Halo 3 leaks- i found more information on the matter.

Here are some RUMORED specs to the new Halo 3 game for the Xbox 360:
* Dark & gritty storyline
* Online co-op campaign for 2+ players
* Multiplayer bot scenarios
* 50+ players on Live!
* New editions of Zanzibar, Sidewinder &
Hang Em High
* Map editor
* Movie editor

It seems Bungie has adressed the Modding community by allowing custom content that can be shared through Xbox Live. Also, a movie editor? Perhaps for Mechenima such as Red V.S Blue. All this is now posisble thanks to the new Xbox which is a power house compared to its basis( The Xbox). Which is what would allow 50 + players to go online, or even smart bots. We'll have to wait and see what the future has in store for us.