Friday, August 18, 2006

urgo2 daily xBox talk

Q Entertainment and Phantagram seemed like an unlikely partnership, and now the results of that partnership are in stores in the form of Ninety-Nine Nights. I have to imagine that Q provided some of the storyline details or something, because the game definitely looks like Phantagram held the reigns. Remember the cool, strategic games of the Kingdom Under Fire series on the Xbox? Ninety-Nine Nights is like that, but with an action focus. Unfortunately, with an uninteresting combo system and a handful of other issues weighing it down, Ninety-Nine Nights isn't really the sort of game you'd recommend. Read the review for more detailed information.
The rest of this week is up in the air. Pac-Man came out on Xbox Live Arcade last week and, as of this writing anyway, there hasn't been a new announcement about what's coming next. Even when the games weren't perfect, the reasonable prices and ease of delivery got me to buy every single one of those Wednesday games, and I'd probably keep on buying them as long as Microsoft keeps on releasing them. Will there be a new game out on Marketplace by the time you read this? I'm guessing yes, but we'll have to wait and see. Or I will, anyway. You can just go look on Marketplace right now and see how it all panned out. This passage of time thing, it's insane.
The rest of this week is probably a lie. Xyanide (the shooter that wouldn't ship) and another game called World Racing 2 are on-deck for the Xbox. But Xyanide keeps getting pushed back, and World Racing 2 sort of appeared out of nowhere. Doubtful that either will make it to store shelves anytime soon.
Next week Madden's out. Really, I guess that's all I need to say about that. Those of you that know you want Madden probably already have plans to get it, and the rest of us are, you know, kind of indifferent. But in larger terms, Madden always sort of represents the return of big-name game releases after the summer drought, though this year that was sort of spoiled by stuff like Dead Rising and Prey. So if you're the sort of person who keeps looking at the tiny release calendar and wondering where all the action is, keep your chin up. Fall's almost here and we're about to be absolutely buried in games for a gang of platforms, old and new.

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