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Monday, October 10, 2005

Xbox 360 launch titles

Xbox 360 launch day titles
Xbox 360 launch window titles

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(?) = Xbox 360 versions of Xbox games
(might not have new content)
[Unmarked] = Da rest (yo')

1. Xbox 360 launch day titles

OK, Microsoft has been stupidly mum on what next month's launch day titles for the Xbox 360 are going to be (uh, it's October, yo?).

Anyway, thankfully, third-party publishers have stepped to tell us what titles will be out no later than November 22 (some, like Need for Speed Most Wanted and Madden NFL 06 are supposedly going to be ready for lucky sods who get their 'box early).

Amped 3 (Take-Two Interactive)
Call of Duty 2 (Activision)
Condemned: Origins (+) (Sega)
Gun (+) (?) (Activision)
FIFA 06 (?) (Electronic Arts)
Kameo: Elements of Power (+) (Microsoft Game Studios)
King Kong (Ubisoft)
Madden NFL 06 (?) (Electronic Arts)
NBA 2K6 (?) (Take-Two Interactive)
NBA Live 06 (?) (Electronic Arts)
Need for Speed Most Wanted (?) (Electronic Arts)
NHL 2K6 (?) (Take-Two Interactive)
Perfect Dark Zero (+) (Microsoft Game Studios)
Project Gotham Racing 3 (+)(Microsoft Game Studios)
Quake 4 (+) (Activision)
Ridge Racer 6 (Namco)
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06 (?) (Electronic Arts)
Tony Hawk's American Wasteland (?) (Activision)

2. Xbox 360 launch window titles

OK, Microsoft has been hedging the games list for the 360 launch by talking about the games that will fill in the consoles "launch window" a three-month span that will take us through February.

Dead or Alive 4 (+) (Tecmo)
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (+) ( Take-Two Interactive)
Frame City Killer (Namco)
Full Auto (Sega)
Saint's Row (THQ)
Laura Croft Tomb Raider: Legends (Eidos)
The Outfit (THQ)
Top Spin 2 (?) (Take-Two Interactive)

Check out my separate blog on the backwards compatibility list.

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Adam Creighton, Computer and Video Gaming (Subscribe)

Monday, October 10, 2005

Xbox 360 launch titles

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