So, the most wonderful time of the year for gamers has arrived and Microsoft was given the duty of kicking off this year’s festivities with their press conference this year. In my opinion, last year Microsoft “won” E3 in a big way with their press conference, even though I’m always rooting for Nintendo deep down. Hopefully Nintendo has something insanely huge up their sleeves, because Microsoft again had a pretty good showing this year. Read on for the highlights.
New screens have emerged today of what may be the next Sonic game. Both the resolution and the general quality seem to point to the game being on either the 360 or PS3, but SEGA loves Nintendo, so some sort of similar Sonic game can essentially be assured. There are screens both from cinematics and supposed in-game play, and the difference between the two should be obvious. I’m looking forward to this game already, it looks like (if they’re real) SEGA’s trying to get Sonic back to his old awesome as opposed to the loading and bug laden last Sonic games.
You can download a .ZIP file of the images here:
http://gameusagi.com/downloads/su_screens.zip
Edit: A video from the Xbox 360 version of the game has been leaked! The screens are apparently from the 360 version as well. You can watch the after the jump:
Edit 2: Confirmed! Sonic Unleashed was officially accounced by SEGA to be on its way to Wii, 360, PS3, and PS2 this year.
Play Time: 4½ Hours
Progress: 35 Single Player Missions Cleared
Addicting, fast paced, neato physics, multiplayer mayhem and the power to be a pink ninja. From a small flash game to a 10 dollar xbox 360 live arcade game, this game has evolved to have everything that I want in an arcade game!… and maybe you too.
Cost: $69.99
Receive: Vision Cam, Headset, XBLA Game, 12-Month Xbox Live
I sit in my chair, with my controller in one hand and apple juice in the other. As I place my juice aside, the timer runs down, ticking away. My heart beats faster and faster… almost equivalent to the rotation of wheels and as loud as the roar of the engine. I’m dazed by the acceleration, by the speed, by the power! … and then it stops, everything stops… they’re watching me… <_<
Play Time: over 100 hours
Progress: Beat game on Insane difficulty
Maybe a little late with this review, but better late then never. This may be one of the older games for Xbox 360, but if that is what is keeping you from playing this game FOR SHAME.
The Metroid Prime series has garnered a very respectable amount of interest since it’s introduction in 2002. Five years later, we find ourselves faced with the final entry in this unique series. I, like many of you, picked up this game as soon as was humanly possible and haven’t been able to move myself away from it since (hence the delay in this review).
Here are the revelations that were revealed during Microsoft’s Press Conference, as experienced by us first-hand — through the magic of the internet and GameSpot’s streaming conference feed (this is not a play-by-play, but a highlight summary):