Final line-up of Xbox 360 launch titles announced at X05.
Microsoft today announced an extremely impressive launch line-up for the Xbox 360 when it hits shelves this November and December in respective continents around the world. J Allard, Robbie Bach, Peter Moore and Chris Lewis were joined by a series of special guests including Cliff Bleszinski, lead designer for Epic Games Inc., Todd Hollenshead, co-owner and CEO of id Software Inc., and Gerhard Florin, Executive Vice President and general manager of International Publishing for Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) to announce the list of games.
The following games will be launched between the Xbox 360 launch and Christmas:
- Kameo: Elements of Power (Rare/Microsoft Game Studios)
- Perfect Dark Zero (Rare/Microsoft Game Studios)
- Project Gotham Racing 3 (Bizarre Creations/Micorosoft Game Studios)
The following titles have also been announced at X05 and will feature at the show:
- Crackdown (Real Time Worlds/Microsoft Game Studios)
- Gears of War (Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios)
- Too Human (Silicon Knights/Microsoft Game Studios)
- Mass Effect (BioWare Corp/Microsoft Game Studios)
- FIFA 06: Road to FIFA World Cup (Electronic Arts)
- Saint's Row (THQ Inc.)
- Full Auto (SEGA Corp.)
- Condemned: Criminal Origins (SEGA)
- Superman Returns: The Videogame (Electronic Arts)
- Call of Duty 2 (Activision Inc.)
- Castle Wolfenstein (id Software)
- The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks LLC)
- Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell 4 (Ubisoft Entertainment)
- Quake 4 (Activision, id Software and Raven Software Corp.)
- MotoGP Ultimate Racing Technology (URT) 2006 (THQ)
Microsoft's Peter Moore, Corporate Vice President of Worldwide Marketing and Publishing for Xbox at Microsoft had this to say on the list:
"The biggest and the best names in publishing are committed to the success of Xbox 360, and looking at the titles we have announced tonight we are very excited. From exclusive titles to debuting the next installment of some of the world's best-loved franchises, Xbox 360 will redefine gaming and entertainment. The high-definition era of gaming starts now."
