Smash TV is also available.

I'm waiting for Backwards Compatibility, not demos.

That's great news! I was waiting for the release of a wheel to buy PGR3 but with this demo I should be able how much I suck with the gamepad...

Thanks for the heads up.

Boy, that 20GB HD is now going to be down under 5GB

Chris

Yay!!!

Once they update Kameo for online co-op we need to hook up and knock those acheivements out.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=13960

Halo 3 will ship when Bungie is ready, says Gates

Tom Bramwell 12:30 10/01/2006

Earlier comments about launching against PlayStation 3 are retracted by MS chairman

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates has admitted he doesn't have any idea when Halo 3 will be released, saying that the launch date of the game is up to Bungie and recanting his earlier claim that it will arrive to spoil the launch of the PS3.

Gates had previously commented that Sony would "walk right into Halo 3" when they launched PlayStation 3, drawing a lot of attention in the process. Former Xbox chief Robbie Bach had later claimed his comments were more "philosophical" in nature, but now it seems we have the real answer: it was "speculation", judging by Gates' reaction to the question posed by technology blog Engadget during the Consumer Electronics Show.

Asked whether Halo 3 would launch around the time of PS3, Gates replied, "No, I have to make sure that any speculation I did about that is -- it's up to the team when they want to ship that, and they're going to take their time to make that a super great product. So even we don't know when that will come out. That's one of many games that are just phenomenal that are in the works, but it's up to the artists to do it when they feel good about it."

Gates also had a couple of other 360-related comments for Engadget. He rejected suggestions that the introduction of an external HD-DVD drive would fragment the userbase, claiming, "There's no fragmentation here. The developers are creating games that run on the DVD-9 format that's in every Xbox, and whatever we do with the drive, they'll all be upwards compatible with that," and even going onto clarify the "whatever we do" comment by adding, "the HD-DVD is a peripheral, that's a nice option for our users".

He also spoke about the Xbox webcam, about which relatively little has been said in the last year. It'll launch in 2006, Gates said, "as well [as] some of the connections to the PC on the communication side so you can text message between PC and Xbox".

Finally, Gates said he expected "a substantially higher [market] share in this generation than we had last generation," and declined to speculate on how many units the 360 would sell beyond the 4.5 to 5.5 million Microsoft's hoping to do before the end of June.

On a related note, claims supposedly backed by a Financial Times article that Microsoft had dropped its previous 2.75 to 3 million unit shipment target for the first 90 days have been debunked. US website GameSpot made contact with the article's author who said that while Microsoft executive Peter Moore had dodged a direct question about it, he hadn't actually confirmed that the new target for June was a tacit admission of a failure to live up to the previous one.


Chris

I had no idea there were rumors of an update to allow this. I hope it comes out and they aren't just blowing smoke.

I wasn't really planning on buying Kameo, but if they did something like that I'd pick it up in a second.

Where the hell is that Marble Blast game? I've looked through all of Marketplace and can't find a demo, full game, trailer, anything for it.

Yeah, well, Bill, you might actually sell that many if you would actually fucking ship some!

Yep. Check these out. "Supposedly" these popped up in someone's game accidentally. None of the buttons, or Live functions worked though. They were posted this week.

Image 1 Image 2 Image 3 Image 4

Major Nelson* confirmed that online co-op is in the works recently on his site. He runs his own webcast which he spoke about it a few weeks back.

Now how about some burnout shots? Courtesy of IGN.

Great news.

And I almost posted a few of those pics myself when I saw them earlier today. They look pretty good but they only make the wait more painful.

Gates doesn't have to worry about Halo 3 making the PS3 launch. I doubt the PS3 will even be out this year.

^ I've been thinking the same thing for some reason. Just a gut feeling.

I believe IGN is reporting that DEAD RISING will be released on MAY 2nd now. I've been looking forward to this game for a while now.

I'm almost relieved at the lack of new games. I bought too many launch games and could use a break.
I'll pick up Burnout 360 but don't see anything to buy for the next 6 months.
Time to get back to PC gaming for awhile.

I am also relieved. I too went overboard. I have bought:

Kameo
Call of Duty
Dead or alive 4
condemned
NFS most wanted
PGR3
Madden 06
King Kong
Perfect Dark 0
Quake 4

I have really only been playing NFS and DOA4. You can say I have a little gaming to do.

I think I picked up just the right amount to keep me until Burnout comes out in March then Top Spin in April.

Snagged (in order of play time)

Kameo - garnered the most play time
COD2 - Gone though all but the US campaign on Hardened and done a handful on veteran
Zuma(arcade) - can't get enough of this one
Condemmed - just got it for Christmas, done 3 missions
PDZ - played 2, maybe 3 missions
Joust (arcade)- just bought last night

So PDZ, Condemmed & the remaining missions on COD2 should keep me busy enough until Burnout hits.

Yeah, I'm content until some new games come out.
Here is what I own and playtime:

--Condemned - Finished the game, probably won't play again (MAYBE one day)
--Quake 4 - Playing single player now, I think I'm half-way through...maybe more
--PDZ - Finished single player on EASY, multiplayer is fun still
--PGR3 - My newest game, playing both online and off...fun game.
--Tiger Woods - Don't play much, kinda gets lost in the other games, I do enjoy it though
--Madden - I play franchise in this. In my second season now, play it once in a while
--NBA 2K6 - MY current game of choice. Playing my franchise.
--CoD2 - Finished on the default difficulty, might play through again at harder levels...LOVE this game.

I honestly don't go on LIVE much, not suer why though. Maybe I will with Madden or NBA. I honestly enjoy the franchise modes a LOT though. So, I guess I'm busy for a while. I'm sure I'll get Burnout (already have the XBOX version, but it collects dust now.)

Looking for this as well

Funny you mention that. The 360 is pretty much build around Live and I've only played one round of COD2 and one PDZ mission on Live. I think it is that the single player games(Kameo, Condemmed, COD2, etc) are so excellent right now the multiplayer games are taking a back seat.

YEah, I mean I LOVE LIVE...great service, top-notch. I guess only a handful of my friends have a 360 and I don't always like playing with random people. But, I'm sure once I finish ALL my single player games, I'll play LIVE more.

Turns out it isn't available yet, IGN jumped the gun w/ their review.

Also, I've noticed there are slower framerates in 1080i mode vs. 480i mode (which is obviously going to happen.. and most noticeable in Call of Duty 2 (always smooth, but noticeable framerate sags)) I was just curious, has anyone tried Half-Life 2 (Xbox) on the 360 in 480i mode?

Heads up!

Fry's has Condemned & NBA Live 06 for $44.99 (at least in the LA area)

Chris

Thanks for the info. Guess I'll try to save my points for now (though Joust & Robotron are continually beckoning me to unlock them).