Hidden away in the text of a Microsoft announcement today was a rather interesting mention of a major new Xbox Live Arcade deal, scheduled to be announced in the coming weeks. The press release, outlining Live activities around both the Tokyo Game Show and X06 simply says, "There will also be a brand new Xbox Live Arcade title launch each week, one at Tokyo Game Show and one at X06, including a never before announced major franchise making its way onto Xbox Live Arcade."
We have no idea what this is at time of press. We've asked some of our best spies to look into it and all going well we should find out what you having coming your way in the next few days.
Microsoft also announced that trailers of games shown at both key event will be available in Marketplace.
o Call of Duty 3 (Activision)
o Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 (Tecmo)
o Forza Motorsport 2 (Microsoft Game Studios)
o Kayne & Lynch (Eidos)
o Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom (Microsoft Game Studios)
o Need for Speed Carbon (EA)
o Project Sylpheed (Square-Enix)
o Shrek 3 (Activision)
o Viva Piñata (Microsoft Game Studios)
o Plus additional high definition videos from games to be announced at Tokyo Game Show and X06
We have no idea what this is at time of press. We've asked some of our best spies to look into it and all going well we should find out what you having coming your way in the next few days.
Microsoft also announced that trailers of games shown at both key event will be available in Marketplace.
o Call of Duty 3 (Activision)
o Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 (Tecmo)
o Forza Motorsport 2 (Microsoft Game Studios)
o Kayne & Lynch (Eidos)
o Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom (Microsoft Game Studios)
o Need for Speed Carbon (EA)
o Project Sylpheed (Square-Enix)
o Shrek 3 (Activision)
o Viva Piñata (Microsoft Game Studios)
o Plus additional high definition videos from games to be announced at Tokyo Game Show and X06
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king skins 19 Sep 2006 09:54
1/4
I'm I reading to much into this or will there also be DEMO's of these games??
Its the In addition to new playable games demos that seams to suggest to me that these games will also have demos available...
A demo of Forza 2 would be amazing, and Kayne and Lynch would also be very cool.
In addition to new playable game demos, there will also be new game videos from the following titles being showcased at Tokyo Game Show and/or X06: "
Its the In addition to new playable games demos that seams to suggest to me that these games will also have demos available...
A demo of Forza 2 would be amazing, and Kayne and Lynch would also be very cool.
Jay 19 Sep 2006 11:16
2/4
I can't even see the bit you quoted in the article
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king skins 19 Sep 2006 11:19
3/4
Jay wrote:
I can't even see the bit you quoted in the article
Sorry, didn't make myself clear. It's not in the SPOnG article but its in the press release
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/news/2006/0918-bringingithome.htm
The relevant part:
In addition to new playable game demos, there will also be new game videos from the following titles being showcased at Tokyo Game Show and/or X06:
Call of Duty® 3 (Activision)
Forza Motorsport™ 2 (Microsoft Game Studios)
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men (Eidos)
Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom (Microsoft)
Project Sylpheed (Square-Enix)
Shrek the Third™ (Activision)
Viva Piñata™ (Microsoft Game Studios)
Additional high-definition videos from games to be announced at Tokyo Game Show and X06.
Call of Duty® 3 (Activision)
Forza Motorsport™ 2 (Microsoft Game Studios)
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men (Eidos)
Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom (Microsoft)
Project Sylpheed (Square-Enix)
Shrek the Third™ (Activision)
Viva Piñata™ (Microsoft Game Studios)
Additional high-definition videos from games to be announced at Tokyo Game Show and X06.
SCiARA 19 Sep 2006 12:00
4/4
I can see what you mean, but I think it should be read as two separate bits of info, as in there will be new demo's on XBLM AND there will be new game video’s from the following titles