| This Week in Xbox: July 2-9, 2008 Games Editor Denny Atkin brings you all the latest in what's going on this week on Xbox.com. xbox.com |
Scene It? Box Office Smash! (Bundle) - Xbox 360 (T) One of several new social party games coming to Xbox 360 this year, Scene It? Box Office Smash! is a great way to entertain guests at your next social gathering letting up to four players or teams match their wits in a trivia game featuring the movies they love. Complete with more HD content, all new questions and engaging puzzle types, Scene It? Box Office Smash! provides hours of laughter as you challenge your friends and family to see whose movie knowledge reigns supreme. Scene It? Box Office Smash! also is Xbox 360’s first game to debut with the New Xbox Experience’s player Avatars. Players can literally put themselves into the game through personalized characters that respond to your play and interact with each other throughout the course of the game! Scene It? Box Office Smash! contains content from more than 250 movies, spanning classic films and family favorites like The Breakfast Club, The Sting, and Shrek to recent box offices hits including, Charlie Wilson’s War, The Last King of Scotland, and Juno. With such a wide array of content, there’s something for everyone to enjoy with Scene It? Box Office Smash! this holiday. Release Date:Tue, 28 Oct 2008 gamecrazy.com |
BattleForge - PC (T) Build the perfect army and lay waste to your foes in an amazing new fantasy RTS from developer Phenomic. Combining strategic cooperative battles, the community of MMO games, and trading card gameplay, BattleForge is set to take the RTS world by storm. Unlike other RTS games, BattleForge players are free to put their creatures, spells and buildings into combinations they see fit. These units are represented in the form of digital cards from which you build your own unique army. With minimal resources and a custom tech tree to manage, the gameplay is unbelievably accessible and action-packed! Journey to a fantasy realm where mortals are caught in a clash between gods and giants, and standing together is their only option. Command amazing creatures in battle while casting spells to sustain your forces or wreak havoc among your foes. Whether or not you triumph on the battlefield will depend on how you build your deck of digital cards and how you deploy them in the heat of combat.Select a deck of 20 cards consisting of creatures, buildings, and spells. You can buy "boosters" online, win cards in events and quests, and trade and auction cards online. Four different colored card groups have their own strengths and weaknesses, giving you many different ways to play. More powerful cards have higher power costs (and thus take longer to play) so build your deck carefully to strike just the right balance and forge your victory.When your army is ready, head into battle with your friends, charge through a single-player campaign, or take on fellow players!Use the forces of Fire, Frost, Nature, and Shadow to stake your ground and battle for survival.Card-based gameplay makes BattleForge easy to pick up and play yet provides countless hours of challenges and strategic action.Win, trade, auction, and buy cards online to create your ultimate deck and build the most powerful army possible. Take full advantage of a wide range of community-based features including guilds and cooperative online battles with friends!Wage epic warfare on 40 expansive, detailed maps.Fight for supremacy in intense player-vs.-player combat.Up to 12 players can team up for epic co-op quests and warfare on massive battlegrounds.Pre-order BattleForge and receive a unique code to gain access to BattleForge Beta. Please see store for details. Offer good while supplies last. Release Date:Mon, 23 Mar 2009 gamecrazy.com |
Half-Minute Hero - PSP (E 10) For centuries, an epic battle between humans and evil lords has been raging and destroying everything in its path. The civilized world is under attack by the relentless evil lords and all that remains are the ruins of castles and the bodies of the faithful knights who once proudly protected them. Throughout time, heroes and legends have risen above the chaos, only to eventually disappear into the pages of history. As the last wandering sage and final hope for humanity, it is up to the protagonist to somehow transcend time and death to unite these legends and their unique powers in one last battle against the Ultimate Evil Lord. Half-Minute Hero is a bold new concept of having the player save the world, 30 seconds at a time. The player must fight, shoot, summon, and protect in the four distinct modes, each containing a different perspective and game play style, across a total of 120 varied stages. The 8-bit graphics and story elements provide a unique style and humor, while the hard-rocking soundtrack keeps pace with the fast game play.Fast-paced Action for Instant Gratification—A fresh new way to play games, clearing stages in 30-second intervals.Four Completely Different and Unique Game Play Modes—Four distinct storylines and game play modes that encompass an action RPG, a shooter, an escort mission, and a strategy game keep the game play fresh and varied.Over 15 Hours of Total Game Play—With each of the four unique modes containing 30 distinct stages, short individual play times add up to multiple hours of total game play.Old-School Graphics, New-Age Metal Sound—Classic 8-bit graphics give the game its unique visual style, while original music by one of Japan's most critically-acclaimed guitarists keeps a pace as fast and furious as the game play. Release Date:Tue, 13 Oct 2009 gamecrazy.com |
R.U.S.E. - The Art of Deception - Xbox 360 (RP) Developed by Eugen Systems, R.U.S.E is the first strategy game where your ability to deceive and manipulate your enemies determines your nation’s fate. Lead your army to victory by camouflaging your troops, luring your opponent with decoy units, sabotaging enemy logistics and much more. Strategy has never been so intuitive and deep. R.U.S.E features cutting edge graphics and effects, the incredible IRISZOOM Engine, immersive combat and a simplified interface that allows you to determine your nation’s strategy and fight to defeat your enemies.Fight a war of perception using recon units & your spy network to gather intelligence on your enemy and then strike his Achilles heel! Use deception techniques to mislead your enemy: decoys, camouflage, radio silence, deciphering…From captain to the chief in command, live an epic campaign full of manipulation, jealousy & betrayal!Test your strategic skills with fast-paced, addictive cooperative and adversarial skirmishes, up to 8 players.Face unpredictable battle situations and reverse the balance of power by deceiving your opponents.Choose your nation – choose between 6 Axis or Allied powers with specific units and abilities. Release Date:Tue, 01 Jun 2010 gamecrazy.com |