Xbox 360 launch titles confirmed
Microsoft have confirmed that there’ll be fifteen titles available for the Xbox 360 come the UK launch day on the 2nd December as well as 13 accessories ready to roll too. On top of this, Microsoft are also saying there’ll be a dozen or more downloadable games of varying sizes ready to go from Xbox LIVE Arcade.
The launch game titles are as follows:
• Amped 3 (2K Sports)
• Call of Duty 2 (Activision)
• Condemned: Criminal Origins (SEGA)
• FIFA 06: Road to FIFA World Cup (Electronic Arts)
• GUN (Activision)
• Kameo: Elements of Power (Microsoft Game Studios)
• Perfect Dark Zero (Microsoft Game Studios)
• Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie(Ubisoft)
• Madden NFL 06 (Electronic Arts)
• NBA Live 06 (Electronic Arts)
• Need for Speed: Most Wanted (Electronic Arts)
• Project Gotham Racing 3 (Microsoft Game Studios)
• Quake 4 (Activision, id software and Raven Software Corp.)
• Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 06(Electronic Arts)
• Tony Hawk's American Wasteland (Activision)
And for those looking to jazz up their Xbox 360 with natty extras, you’ll have the pick from the following:
• Xbox 360 Hard Drive (20 GB)
• Xbox 360 Memory Unit (64 MB)
• Xbox 360 Faceplate
• Xbox 360 Wireless Controller
• Xbox 360 Controller
• Xbox 360 Play & Charge Kit
• Xbox 360 Rechargeable Battery Pack
• Xbox 360 Wireless Networking Adapter
• Xbox 360 Headset
• Xbox 360 Universal Media Remote
• Xbox 360 Component HD AV Cable
• Xbox 360 Advanced AV Cable
• Xbox 360 VGA HD AV Cable
Xbox Live Arcade for Xbox 360 will offer between 12-15 bite-sized game titles on day one. With Xbox Live Arcade, casual and hardcore gamers alike will find a variety of game genres for download, spanning action arcade titles such as Geometry Wars Retro Evolved (Bizarre Creations) and Mutant Storm Reloaded (PomPom Games), coin-op and retro classics such as Xbox Live multiplayer-enabled Joust (Midway Home Entertainment) and Gauntlet (Midway Home Entertainment), puzzle games such as Hexic® HD (MGS) and Bejeweled 2 (Popcap Games), casual sports games such as Bankshot Billiards 2TM (pixelStorm Inc.), light strategy titles such as Outpost Kaloki (Wahoo Studios), and card and board games such as Hardwood Backgammon )Silver Creek Entertainment) and Hardwood Hearts (Silver Creek Entertainment). Each Xbox Live Arcade game includes a free downloadable trial version so game players can try before they buy.
