urgo2 daily xBox talk

The summer might seem slow, but hey, this week we're getting two new retail 360 games, and we might finally be hearing a firm schedule for Xbox Live Arcade releases. Could Lumines Live, Contra, and Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 be waiting in the wings?
A double shot of Xbox 360 excitement is upon us this week as 2K Games releases its topsy-turvy first-person shooter, Prey, and Sega drops a mech bomb on the North American market with Chromehounds.
Man, Prey is a really crazy case. That game has been around in one form or another since before Microsoft was even making console hardware. That's just weird. But hey, don't let that fool you into thinking that Prey's built on old technology. The game's running on the same Doom 3 engine that powered Quake 4 on the Xbox 360... except without all the busted frame rates that Quake 4 had on the 360. So, yeah, it's a great-looking game. It plays pretty well, too. If first-person shooting is your thing, you should definitely give our review a look for some more details.
Chromehouuuunds! I had a house party a few years ago that was overrun by hooligans, including one jock-looking knucklehead that kept shouting "booooozehouuuund!" So every time I think of this mech game, I'm reminded of that jackass. Anyway, Chromehounds apparently has some crazy online stuff in there, like a persistent battle mode that has you pick one of three sides in a war that'll last a few weeks. So stop taking all those sleeping pills, I guess.
OK, so get this, last week I predicted that we'll see a new release on the Xbox Live Arcade. That didn't happen, but Microsoft had an event in San Francisco this week where they announced that new releases will be happening on Wednesdays. So, if what I'm reading here is true, by the time you get to read this newsletter, Frogger will be available. Like Robotron and Joust, there are two graphical modes in the game, one that duplicates the arcade original and one that is updated. The sound and music will also change, apparently. No promises, but there might be a review of this on the site by the time this newsletter goes out. So take a look and find out for yourself!