New Xbox 360 Titles Coming

Biggest known Xbox 360 “new” game listing ever !

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All listed under “P”

Parabellum: – by K2 / Acony Games – Release date 2009 TBA. Game (Information) or (More News) plus some (video interviews) and gameplay (HD video), plus (screens) and more (recent ’08 information). The game is still in the works and while the PC version has had a hands-on, there’s no mention of the earlier 360 version. PARABELLUM, developed by Acony, is a Strategy First Person Shooter (SFPS) with focus on rapid multiplayer action online or LAN. Using “NextGen” – Unreal Engine 3, Acony intends to establish a new milestone in action shooter genre. Neither troubles nor costs were spared in hiring experts from around the world to realise this ambitious project. Developed in close co-operation with international e-sports Communities, PARABELLUM is designed to enthuse professional as well as casual gamers. The Release is planned for the second half of next year.

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Perfect Dark Zero 2 – by MGS / Rare – Release date 2009 TBA. Game (Information and pics). WHile there’s no visuals on this game as yet, there is talk of it, and from an insider, the folowing. “My sources tell me “Rare” will be back and ready to take the reigns from the Chief himself. The game is probably coming along considerably well and is a step up in the genre’ of first person shooters, ……Joanna Dark is back in the “sequel” to the smash hit N64 game Perfect Dark. ALthough most parts of the story are under wraps, I managed to get hold of a couple of hints to the game. Joanna’s character has got significant changes, she is darker than usual to give the player a feeling of a twisted edge and the entire game has hints of grey surrounding att the character. The world is now based on a morality system, choices are going to have a huge impact on the gameplay, gving players a variety [of] branches in the storyline itself.

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Peter Jackson Project #2: – by MGS / Wingnut Studios-Bungie – Release date 2009 TBA. Game (Information) and more (recent information) and recent (jobs up for grabs) at Wingnut Studios in NZ. There is still not a lot known about both of PJ’s games, one of which we do know is Halo Chronicles. BUtthis second project is deeply under wraps. Soon as we do uneath something, you’ll be the first to know. ALL games take their time from conception to finally appearing on our shelves. Many thinlk bvecause they do not hear about a game that it has been canned or is not happening. Thing is, many games go through manyt stages before getting to a playable stage, whichis usually when we start hearing about them in earnest. So hang tight, it will happen, as to when, that’s anyones guess.

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Phantasy Star Universe: Ambition Of Illuminus: (Persistent Online RPG) – by SEGA / Sonic Team – Release date 2009 TBA- (Aus). Game (Information and Announcement) plus (News from PSO-World) and (screens) plus (videos). Phantasy Star Universe: Ambition of the Illuminus continues the exciting single-player action-RPG storyline as a new Human Fundamentalist group, known as the Illuminus, disrupts the peaceful Gurhal System throwing the Gurhal Government into chaos. Using their custom-made Guardian, players embark upon a series of missions where they will meet familiar characters like Ethan Waber from Episode 1 and others including GUARDIAN instructor Laia Martinez from Episode 2.  Since its introduction in 1988, Phantasy Star has revolutionized the RPG genre by creating new standards through innovative gameplay, as well as being the first console RPG to offer an online experience in Phantasy Star Online. This new installment also expands the popular online adventure of its predecessor and continues the quest for peace in the Gurhal System.

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Planet 51: (Cartoon – Action) – by / Pyro Studios – Release date 1st Qtr 2009/10 TBA. Game (informatuion) and (fan site) plus other (movie tie-in details). An action game based on the upcoming animated movie that features an “alien invasion” – a human landing on a planet full of aliens. Based on the sci-fi adventure CG family movie from Handmade Films International, which focus on an alien invasion of a different kind: the human kind! Astronot Chuck Baker has landed on a planet that has always feared alien invasion, and now a few youngsters must strive to help this “spaceman” get off their planet before the populace goes crazy!

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Possession: – by Blitz Games – Release date 2009 TBA. Game (Information) plus currently On Hold but NOT cancelled outright some (screens) and (video). n Possession, players will assume the role of The Enslaver, an evil undead madman determined to zombify all the humans he encounters. The Enslaver can command an army of hundreds of zombies and can mutate them into different forms, each with special abilities. Initial impressions have categorized the game as Pikmin with brain eating and combat.   One feature touted on the Possession Web Site (18+) is the ability to take direct control of any zombie in the Enslaver’s horde. Thus, taking control of a legless zombie will put the player’s perspective closer to the ground, in addition to significantly slowing down movement speeds. Meanwhile, using a zombie with a broken neck will yield a skewed view of the world.

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Postal III: Catharsis: – by Running With Sissors/Running With Sissors – Release date 2009 TBA. Game (Information) or (More news) or (Additional news) plus (Official Website). Postal 3: Catharsis, illustrating this dark comedic third-person action with a twisted sense of humor, developed by Arizona-based company Running With Scissors. The game features linear story-driven missions, huge free-roaming areas, a wide array of real-life celebrities: from Playboy Playmates to film stars and musicians, numerous NPC factions, powered by reactive AI and complex behavior, and more. Postal 3: Catharsis is powered by Source engine and will be released in Q4 2008.

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Prey 2 – by 3D Realm – Release date 2009 TBA. Game (Information) and ‘excellent” (recent ’08 news & interview) Scott Miller. “Miller: In the original Prey, the lead character, Tommy, was too reluctant, and didn’t realize his hero status until late in the game. So, in the new game we’re making him a hardened, take-charge character who’s learned fast from his previous experience, and ready to accept his status as a galactic savior. We’re definitely beefing up the combat—expect more enemies onscreen simultaneously versus 3-4 in the original—as well as the spirit powers. And while the original was too much of a corridor shooter, Prey 2 will have much more variety and wide-open areas: think CoD4 to get a good idea of what we’re shooting for in terms of open-world look and feel.”

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Precursors (The): – by Play Ten Interactive / Deep Shadows – Release date 2009 TBA. Game (Information) or (More News) and Age restricted (HD video). Developed by Deep Shadows and dubbed by IGN “a game which you should watch closely,” “The Precursors” will deliver the next level of quality and realism that will come to be expected for sci-fi RPGs. In the game, the players take on the role of a young fighter pilot who immediately becomes embroiled in a tumultuous war that will engulf the cosmos. Using an assortment of crushing weapons and perks, ranging from organic guns to buggy driving, the player and his three teammates will set out to uncover a secret of ancient races that threatens the balance of powers in the galaxy.

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Professional Bull Rider: (riding sim ?) – by Crave Entertainment / D2C Games – Release date 2009 (US) TBA. Game (information). “PBR has a dedicated fan base and the sport is poised to become the next NASCAR,” said Rob Dyer, President of Crave Entertainment. “Capturing the intricacies, adrenaline rushes and excitement of professional bull riding is paramount to the success of the games.” “PBR is the fastest growing sport in the U.S. with nearly 20 million fans watching or attending PBR events in 2006,’ said Sean Gleason, CMO of PBR. “We are thrilled to partner with Crave Entertainment and D2C Games to bring the sport of professional bull riding to our millions of loyal fans.” Players may create their own character and compete as a professional rider or a tenacious bull throughout 10 three-round events in multiple locations, including New York, Anaheim, and Atlanta. Challenge or play as top riders, including Guilherme Marchi, Justin McBride, and Chris Shivers, or play as one of the tour’s ferocious bulls!

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Project Delta: – by Playlogic / Playlogic – Release date 2009 TBA. Game (Information) and (screens). While investigating a strange, buried structure on a remote island, you suddenly find yourself in the middle of an invasion by the Cryzen, a ruthless alien race with fluid-metal bodies. Though you fight bravely alongside the local military, it is only when a second force, the Dorians, arrives that the tide of battle is turned. Betrayal mars any celebration, as you and the other survivors find yourselves prisoners of the Dorians and transported to their planet.  Escaping with the aid of a local priest, you become instrumental in unraveling a web of high action intrigue and further betrayal, in which it becomes increasingly difficult to tell enemies from allies. When you find that the planet you’re on is actually Earth, seven hundred years in the future, you quickly discover that the Cryzen and the Dorians both threaten the very future of humanity.

• IMPORTANT NOTE: Readers, with regards to Project games, please remember that these often change schape and name over many years, often sit in developers back drawers and rest in the back of their collective minds until the “time is right”. Many a recent movie has been under colaboration for 5 – 10 years before you or I even see them. Same goes for games. Gears Of War was under “development” for almost 8 years as a pet project of Cliff Belenski, we really only heard about it in the later part of 2005, and it had already changed name 3-4 times prior to that.

So when you read about “projects” and other such games, do not always dismiss them because the info is old (not current day) or that the info is scant, just take it as the “possibility” that something is on the way for YOUR benefit – now – let’s get on with the show.

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Project “Dimitri” [working title - aka Project X]: – by NGS/ Peter Molyneux – Release date 2009 TBA. Game (Information) and from within the Lionhead community comes (this). All we know about Project Dimitri to date is details we scored exclusively from Peter Molyneux in early 2005. At the time, he described a typically ambitious Lionhead venture: “It’s a game about… you. It allows anyone who plays the game to relive their life, their entire individual life”. Intrigued? So are we. via CVG:

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Project Gotham Racing 5: (Racing) – by Microsoft Games / Bizarre Creation ?TBC – Release date 2009/10 TBA. Game (information). We all know it’s coming, but as to when and who will be at the helm (Turn10 has been hinted at recently ), but we sure as hell will keep you posted. But this from the game desinger himslef. “Project Gotham Racing 4 lead designer Ged Talbert mentions about the inevitable racer sequel that: “Obviously Gotham 4’s about to come out and we’re really happy with it, but behind the scenes we’ve already started ripping our game to pieces. We know where we failed in certain areas; for instance we wanted more trackside damage, more particles and smoke effects, a bigger damage system – and all of these things are being stripped out in a post-mortem. Next time it’s more on the detail. That’s what we think; we think the devil’s in the detail. Anyone can make a good looking game but the top games blow you away by being super-realistic, adding things that you didn’t expect and surprising you.  I personally believe there’s a lot we can do by taking our vehicles we’ve already got and putting them into different, more interesting environments.

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Project Inis 360: (Rythm based game?) – by Inis – Release date 2009 TBA. Game (Information) Yanos (confirms) games developement.. However, when if there were Xbox 360 games that iNiS itself is in development on, Yano guardedly confirmed: “Yeah. We are currently working on a title. I can’t really get into it more than, ‘Yes, we’re working on something!’” No further details on publisher or genre were available for the game.

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Project John McTiernan (untitled working title): (Action) – by / – Release date 2009/10 TBA. Game (information) while it is older information, these things do often sit for many years with film directors until they think it’s right, or not. But this suggested title has been thrown around for a few years now, bith in the film and game industry, so there’s a decent hope that he could lend his talents to a really well presented “This-Gen” game. Like many “Projects”, they can sit and wait for ages, unlike many gamers these days who seem to demand instant action and an almost games-on-tap mentality. We will keep close eyes on all “projects” so that we’ll be there to let you know when any game comes into reality.

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Project New Jersey: (Working title) (Obsidian Project #2) – by Sega / Obsidian Entertainment – Release date 2009 TBA. Game (Information) or (More News ). The idea of a new intellectual property appealed to Obsidian CEO Feargus Urquhart, who founded Obsidian upon his departure from Interplay’s now-shuttered internal shop, Black Isle Studios in 2003. While there, he worked on the famous Fallout, Baldur’s Gate, and Icewind Dale RPG series. Since its inception, Obsidian has only worked on a pair of sequels to BioWare hits–Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II and Neverwinter Nights 2.  “We are excited to be working with a great publisher like Sega, as they are willing and excited to launch new and visionary IP on next generation consoles,” said Urquhart. “At Obsidian, our focus is to make exceptional games, and we see Sega as a true partner in achieving that goal for our next epic RPG.”

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Project Offset: (Working title)– by Offset Software – Release date 2009 TBA (Official Site) & (Further information) and (New Screen shots) a nice (SD video). “Project Offset” (working title) is a game like no other first person shooter to date. We wanted to make an FPS set in a epic fantasy world. A game where you can choose one of many character classes. A game where clans can combat over mission based objectives and be ranked accordingly. A game where you can play alone, coop, team based objective or deathmatch. The controls feel exactly how an FPS player would expect. Play as an archer and your skill using the bow and leading your target is what will set you apart. When the battles get close up, pull out your sword and continue the fight melee

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Project Progressive: – by Tecmo / Team Ninja- Release date 2009/10 TBA. Game (Information) plus some (concept art) for a game with no name. This may well be a different game by now when it was first mentioned in ’06, but Team Ninja also have (3 other un-named titles) in the works that will be mentioned at this years (’08) TGS. These titles are litsed eleswhere in this listing as well.

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Project Redlime – by Electronic Arts / Starbreeze Studios. Release date 2009 TBA – (Official Press Release) and  (Studio Website). EDWOOD CITY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Feb. 21, 2008–EA Partners today announced that it has teamed up with Starbreeze Studios, the award-winning developers of The Darkness and The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay to reinvent one of EA’s most acclaimed classic franchises. The title, with the internal code name Project RedLime, is being developed for the PLAYSTATION3 computer entertainment system, Xbox 360 system from Microsoft and PC.  “EA Partners is thrilled to hand over the keys to one of EA’s most acclaimed franchises to Starbreeze Studios,” said David DeMartini, vice president and general manager of EA Partners. “Starbreeze’s pedigree is undisputed and we could not be happier to welcome them to the EA Partners family. The team is creating an incredibly innovative take on a classic property and EA Partners is poised to deliver a blockbuster launch on the global stage.”  According to Starbreeze CEO Johan Kristiansson, the team is “already deep in development” on Project RedLime, though no other details on the game were revealed. EA has a number of beloved dormant franchises on its hands, not the least of which being Wing Commander, Desert/Jungle Strike, Road Rash, and Syndicate.

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Project TimeGate #2: (RTS) – by TimeGate – Release date (unknown 2009) TBA. Game (Information) and (Press Release). TimeGates 1st Project turned out to be “Section 8″ see it listed in the “S” section, a simply brilliant shooter. but more from TimeGate Studios: “We have a long history with Emergent, having used the Gamebryo Element to make both Axis and Allies and our critically acclaimed Kohan series,” said Adel Chaveleh, President and CEO of TimeGate Studios. “This new project is very ambitious and conceptually innovative and calls for a robust, integrated, turnkey solution – a system that will allow us to make our online transition seamless. We are confident that Emergent’s technology is the best choice to meet that challenge.”  Emergent Elements, a family of modular tools designed to give developers the flexibility and control they need to create breakthrough gaming experiences, is comprised of the following products:

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Project TimeGate #3: (??) – by TimeGate – Release date (unknown 2010) TBA. Game (Information) and (Press Release). “We have a long history with Emergent, having used the Gamebryo Element to make both Axis and Allies and our critically acclaimed Kohan series,” said Adel Chaveleh, President and CEO of TimeGate Studios. “This new project is very ambitious and conceptually innovative and calls for a robust, integrated, turnkey solution – a system that will allow us to make our online transition seamless. We are confident that Emergent’s technology is the best choice to meet that challenge.”   Emergent Elements, a family of modular tools designed to give developers the flexibility and control they need to create breakthrough gaming experiences, is comprised of the following products:

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Project “Warren Spector”: – by poss? Vivendi Universal / Junction Point Studios – Release date 2009 TBA. Game (announcement on 2 new IP’s) and (GDC ’07 discussion) plus (Additional discussion) plus (Disney buys up Spector) and GamePro (interview) with Spector on his new game/s. Here’s some interesting bits to gove you a slant on the “project”. “As described by a desription on Junction Point’s jobs page, the game will be different from others on the market. “For this project, we are NOT looking for people who do space marines or urban gang-bangers… we’re not looking for concept artists who specialize in elven archers or guys in black trenchcoats who wear sunglasses at night while wielding twin Uzis. And we’re not looking for people who can sketch believable inner city locations, World War II battleground scenes or incredible fantasy and SF landscapes. We’re looking for artists who can conceive, sketch (and maybe even model and animate) cartoon mice, cats and wabbits. We need help creating and fleshing out surreal Wagnerian opera sets and places like Balloonyland or Wackyland. (If you have to ask about Balloonyland and Wackyland you might not be right for this job…)”

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Project Witches: (Working Title) (3rd Person combat) – by Revistronic (Spain) – Release date 2009 TBA. Game (information) and (Announcement – News) plus (screens) and excellent (concept art). And I just LOVE scanty clad witches with big axes . . . Project WITCHES (Provisional Title) is a third-person tactical combat game developed by REVISTRONIC and designed to exploit the capabilities of new generation consoles. Players find themselves in terrifying dark medieval surroundings in an epic struggle for survival against the repellent deformed Hordes of the Beast, an evil creature that has established a reign of slavery and terror throughout the land. Across a landscape of devastation, you have to direct Gwen, a sultry warrior that still resists his dark will and leads the rebellion against his satanic power.

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Psychopath (Project by John Carpenter): – by Titan Production – Release date 2009 TBA. Game (Information). Titan Productions has announced a new title in development for next-generation consoles. Psychopath, a first-person action game, is being made in collaboration with horror director John Carpenter (The Thing, Halloween, They Live). Titan has not yet announced a publisher, platform, or release date for the thriller. The only details that Titan has released about the game’s story is that it revolves around a former CIA operative who is forced back into duty to stop a serial killer. Titan’s aim in the industry is to push projects through multiple forms of media. In conjunction with the game, a film version of Psychopath is also in the works. Carpenter will direct the film and the game’s cutscenes and character design.

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