XBox 360 Rally

These cars are looking sweet. I want you to see the screens so bad, you can read about the cars after you look at these shots.

Mitsubishi Concept-X:

McRae Enduro

HUMMER® H3™ SUV (Customized)

RUF Rt 12

Those are just some pics Sega just released, just chew on those for now, I have no doubts that the team at the Sega Rally official blog will have some updates as well, for now check this press release for details on the cars below:

(And if you haven’t yet, read about the game play by clicking here, racing sim + arcade racing = win)

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It seems that each console version of the new Simpsons game is going to have its very own unique art per system. Here for your viewing pleasure thanks to the good people at “The Simpsons Channel” is the 360 version. I pray that Simpsons fans are not as bad as Star Wars geeks and will buy every copy just because they all have different art (then again, I am that type of geek that if I could afford it, I’d do the same). To attempt to give some more substance to this post, feel free to compare it to the art from the other boxes, though I am by the gods forced to side with Xbox on all things, I must say the Nintendo DS version is my favorite, however, judge for yourself:

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Game Magazine “Game Master” has, what they call, the “final” hands-on preview of Halo 3 before it’s release. Considering Halo 3 will be released on September 25th, it would make sense.

While it’s a good preview, it’s really going over stuff that we already know by now. More or less, the people who are going to be interested in this are people who just can NOT get enough of Halo 3…

Like me.

Click on the thumbnails, blah, blah.

Microsoft, Xbox 360, Bungie, Halo 3

I admit it, I am a Bomberman fan. I know the game isnt’ for everyone, but I even like the N64 versions and the side scrolling Game Boy ones, I just love this franchise, Hudson is a great company. Well here is the info along with pictures of all the new goodies, the 2 new levels will feature a Vegas style theme while the other will be on a Zeppelin of sorts “which features tornado environmental hazards that incapacitate players.” Very cool. To make things even better at this nice cheap cost, they are offering up 10 more costumes for you to choose from, and I love the variety they present here. See pics below for a Fear and Loathing Johnny Depp throwback, a prisoner, a monopoly looking man, and afro bomberman, and.. man, just click the images below to see for yourself, one of the better updates to a game on the XBLA to date. Remember, not only do we get all these great visual upgrades, a new game play mode called “Frag” which will allow players to pre-set the number of enemies they must bomb in order to win the game. I wish I could just give Hudson a hug. So mark your calenders for August 29 (Tomorrow!!)

Holy crap. For all those Star Wars nerds awaiting any tid bit of information on Knights of the Old Republic 3, I think you should take a second out to view this video. It is an upcoming trailer for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. I will full on admit I am a trekkie, there, I said it, but even with that said, this video is turning me to the dark side. Awesome graphics, characters I haven’t seen before, great game play, and I know it isn’t a big thing, but I enjoyed the epic music as well, so check it out:

Also, another little video has been released showing the details on what is going on in the background to the making of this title, look no further than below:

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As JW just posted earlier today, keep an eye out for the Demo coming September, if you need some more reasons to check this game out, here you go.

• GeoDeformation™ – a unique feature which dynamically changes the course during each lap with revolutionary surface & environment deformation.
• Vehicles – over 30 in total across 4WD, 2WD, Classic and Bonus types, most with three variants each (Road, Rally & All Terrain).
• Environments – wide range of hyper-realistic next-generation deformable environments including Safari, Artic, Canyon and Lakeside.
• Tracks – a range of off-road and on-road tracks, with a variety of surface types and creative track designs.
• Multiplayer – speedy online and offline multiplayer modes for up to six people.
• Action-Oriented Arcade Heritage – in contrast to other simulation-themed rally racers, SEGA Rally Revo features action-oriented next-gen arcade racing unlike any other game.

Sent to us at The Rally was a brand new video, which I suggest popping in full screen (I have higher quality versions of this video in .wmv and .mov, including HD, but no place to host files that large, if you can provide space, I will gladly upload them), so for now I grabbed the one hosted by GameVideos because it is pretty good quality for flash. Also some high quality screen shots right below the video. This game is looking to be that perfect mix of arcade racing and sim, this is the first racing game on the 360 I might actually purchase.

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The Norse Gods are fighting in Asgard (the Gods land), and now it is spilling over into Midgard (people land.. c’mon, Wikipedia this stuff, I can’t explain everything to you). Odin’s daughter Freya chooses a “troubled young warrior” named Skarin to stop Loki and his daughter Hel. You, get to play as Skarin. Game play will take place on huge, living islands, free form worlds, and epic battles will be had! This new title will feature rich viking lore and mythology, vast open world environments for you to fight and explore, a “brutal” combat engine where you will be able to dismember enemies, and mythical powers, where you will even be able to control dragons to attack your enmeies as well as call upon the Gods. Get ready to free your viking people and help end the Gods crazy war in this bad ass game. Check the exclusive screens below, click to expand them to their full 1280×720 goodness, then read a full press release about the game after the break:

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Cris Velasco who worked on both God of War and God of War II, provided the beautifully composed music for what is no doubt going to be a great original FPS, Jericho. Clive Barker hand picked Velasco with these kind words about this music, “Filled with yearning, dark energy, threat and redemption, it is the unstoppable engine in the terrifying ghost train of Jericho.” Below is a video featuring a taste of his music, as well as some game play that is a mixture of Gears of War and Resident Evil, two games I wouldn’t have thought before would make a nice amalgam, but as you will see, it is looking to be a title worthy of a purchase this October.

In addition to that lovely new video, there are four brand new screenshots of this title that are pretty large, so if you are in the mood for a new eerie wallpaper, look no further than down:
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Lets see, new first person shooter (lord knows we don’t have enough of them), set in the future/sci-fi, four player co-op, not coming out till fourth quarter 2008. I have no doubts in the end this will be a solid game, but, too little too late. I hope by the end of next year we are already having fun with 8-player co-op in games. The one interesting thing about this title to set it apart from others is the missions will be randomly generated, how this will play out remains to be seen. Two screens were sent out along with a press release (after the break).

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We’ve covered Soul Calibur IV a lot here at X360R. We were one of the first sites to officially break the news that Soul Calibur IV was headed to the Xbox 360. We also took great joy in seeing the first trailer for SC IV… me more than most *cough*. And of course, we were one of the first sites to notice the sudden “augmentations” done to the Soul Calibur IV women.

These new images of SC IV are really more of the same. We get some good looks at Sophitia and Cassandra, as well as a nice look at the ever-sexy Voldo.

Rawr!

Microsoft, Xbox 360, Namco Bandai, Soul Calibur IV

Wow, I have never seen one company screw up so many times in one day, where oh where to begin.. lets start off small. First we have the “Bullshotted” screenshot Joystiq was able to point out. The term from Penny Arcade refers to a ‘bullshit photoshop’ of a screen made by the company themselves, below is a screen from NBA Live ‘08 from Gamespot, click to enlarge and take note of the player all the way to the left:

Pretty sad isn’t it. Something so basic, really, insulting our intelligence almost as though people wouldn’t notice, I can’t believe a company so large would be able to let something like that slip. That is just the start of their slipping however, as seen in the video below put out by gamer “PSYK0MANT1S,” bugs are definitely let through until the final build of their newest big thing, Madden ‘08. (Warning: there is tad bit of foul language used, so make sure to put the ear muffs on the kids if they are in the room)
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I am a fan of racing games, just not racing sims. Give me a Mario Kart or Beetle Adventure Racing over Gran Turismo any day. Right now the 360 doesn’t give many options in this portion of the racing genre, what, Fatal Inertia (bloowwwwss). Well it looks Sega is here to help with a little arcade racing action, yet remembering to look pretty doesn’t hurt either. Using real cars and level design that just screams to me that their might be a shortcut around that tree, check out the first trailer for the game below (and after the break, take a gander at some huge screen shots Sega has given to The Rally):

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After the release of the incredibly awesome Saints Row for the Xbox 360, many members of the Volition team that developed Saints Row, as well as other beautifully gorific titles as Red Faction and The Punisher, left to form their own developer studio, Blazing Lizard.

So what would the first game to be released by a developer house formed almost entirely of men who specialize in simulating death in glorious fashion? Dodgeball, naturally.

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The title that has been in the works since 2006 has new media for you to enjoy as the time for its release draws near. IGN has 3 new videos up for this great looking title. Embedded below is one that really highlights lighting effects, water effects (nice rain), and most importantly, the time effects. Showing the character chucking a grenade at an enemy, slowing down time, and mutilating him with a spray of bullets in mid air. It is very nice looking. This is coming in October, I feel so bad for it being wrapped around all the other big titles, still, for a person who likes a more thinking man puzzle here and there type first person shooter, this might be a better buy than the ‘lets just shoot stuff’ Halo 3, at the least, throw it in your Gamefly que and just keep it in mind, it looks worth playing. New screens after the break.

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The servers are melting. Paco spilled his cola on the keyboard. JW’s out back trying to wrangle the horses. In short, we’re all kinds of FUBAR, so we may not be able to update as much as we’d like today.

Sorry, peeps. We’ll be back soon.