Recently Xbox Solution was invited to Vancouver BC for the FIFA Soccer 08 community event. I attended last year’s event and was looking forward to see the changes for the Xbox 360 version. This is a little different than our normal Community Event coverage since the review will be up soon.
Last week XBS was invited to Vancouver BC to attend the FIFA Community Event at EAC. In case you’re not used to the lingo, EAC is simply Electronic Arts Canada and it’s the largest studio EA has. Heading off I saw they had a full schedule for us at the event. I arrived at the Sutton Place Hotel, a 5 Star Hotel that is way out of my league. I soon met up with a few others including Daylon, from http://www.unscripted360.com/, and Kyle, from http://www.gamefreaks365.com/. I also met DJ from http://www.gamingtruth.com/. We got there a bit early on Thursday and had a few hours to kill so soon we were playing Mario Kart to pass the time. Later that night we had a great dinner at Earl’s where the main action was the Mets game. We hung around talked and got to meet Rob and Clive from EA as well as a few of the other team members of the game. It was a nice group and we all got along great joking, laughing and talking about our personal favorite games. We also talked about the worst game ever made for a console, which I have to admit was not as easy but still fun. Since the flight was very long, the first night was over pretty early and we headed back to the hotel since we had a full day ahead of us.
Okay, in case you have not heard the rumors the past few days, it is official. The ESA has announced that they are changing the format of E3 for 2007. While they announced some of the changes, it ended with more information at a later date. Having attending E3 and going through their press credential process just to prove I am worthy of getting the plastic Press Badge holder, I think they are making a huge mistake! Read the rest of this entry
The Tuesday of E3 2006 Microsoft held their press conference at the Mann’s Chinese Theater. Since I arrived in LA on Monday, I already heard plenty of rumors about what was going to be shown and announced. While the journalists and others were trying to be helpful, I wanted to go into the conference without any pre-determined expectations. The theater was packed with journalists, press and camera crews. I took my seat and waited for the big event to kick off.
What you are about to read are the events leading up to and through the 2 day event held by Electronic Arts to help give community sites like Xbox Solution a better feel for what they have in store for gamers with the upcoming Xbox 360 game release of Need For Speed Most Wanted. We have another write up that is just a Hands On Preview of Need for Speed Most Wanted on the Xbox 360; but I wanted everyone to get a feeling of what was involved in this special two day event. Read the rest of this entry
Over at Paul Thurrott’s SuperSite for Windows, you can now read an indepth interview with Jeff Henshaw the Executive Producer for Xbox Digital Entertainment at Microsoft regarding the new exciting features we can expect from the Xbox 360.
Do Video Games Alone Impact Your Child’s Behavior?
Anyone who listens to the news or reads the newspapers, without being in the videogame industry, will probably have a negative view on videogames and their affect on children. We have all heard the reports of a child learning violence from a videogame title, or a crime being blamed on videogames. Even the politicians have entered the arena, and are trying to enforce restrictions on what your children can and cannot buy on their own. However, if you are in the know when it comes to gaming, you will notice one key factor missing from all of these ‘alleged’ reports – the parents.
I was just sitting here wondering why more games don’t have the co-op option on Xbox Live. Don’t get me wrong, there are a lot of games out there like Rainbow Six 3, Rainbow Six 3 Black Arrow, Ghost Recon IT & GR 2, Phantasy Star Online, DOOM 3 and Splinter Cell Chaos Theory to name a few, but there just aren’t enough. I don’t know the specifics in regards to stats on what people play the most, but I’m almost certain its not co-op, and part of the reason behind that may be the lack of availability. Playing a game against someone else, say in a deathmatch mode, is fun, but for me it gets old quick. I like working together as a team against the AI (artificial intelligence), especially in some of the newer releases where the AI is actually pretty smart, like Doom 3 or SCCT.
Editorial by: Agent Smith
As the months pass by, more and more speculation is dug up concerning release dates for Microsoft and Sony’s next generation consoles.
Take
a look at any list of upcoming titles to be released for the Xbox (among
other consoles) and you could be forgiven for muttering the words, “There
has never been a better time to be a gamer.†While these words are true
to a certain extent, in reality there really has “never been a better
time to be a gamer†whether the year was 2005 or 1995.
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