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Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath

Title: Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 1/26/2005
Overview:
Oddworld just got a whole lot Stranger, and the Wild West will never be the same! Step into the boots of The Stranger, a mysterious bounty hunter who tracks down outlaws for cash. A brand new weapon system gives new meaning to the phrase “live ammo,” as you collect eight different kinds of upgradable furry critters to fire from your crossbow, including Boombats, Thudslugs, Fuzzles, and Chippunks. Dynamic towns, lush forests, and gigantic industrial facilities open up new frontiers in the enthralling Oddworld saga. First-person and third-person action now combine with an all-new game engine and the familiar quirkiness of the Oddworld universe for a truly unique, epic adventure. The ultimate bounty awaits you!

Playboy: The Mansion

Title: Playboy: The Mansion
Publisher: Hip Interactive
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Strategy/Simulation
Release Date: 1/26/2005
Overview:
Playboy: The Mansion blends state-of-the-art social simulation with traditional role-playing and empire-building gameplay. As Hugh Hefner, you build the Playboy Mansion and magazine into a dynamic cultural icon and powerful brand. Rub shoulders with stunning women and celebrities as you pursue the ultimate Playboy lifestyle. Grow famous and gain exclusive access to the Playboy Archives, including footage of the world-famous Playboy Mansion.

World Soccer Winning Eleven 8 International

Title: World Soccer Winning Eleven 8 International
Publisher: Konami
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 2/2/2005
Overview:
World Soccer Winning Eleven International returns! One of the best sports games of 2004, WSWEI 7 for PlayStation 2 left many soccer fans around the world weeping with joy. Now round 8 takes all the tricks, flow, and drama into overdrive! Graphics and gameplay are tweaked to perfection, as the new dribbling system allows for even deeper control as you go up against defenders. A new on-screen referee will also help control the flow of the game and help players learn what they can and cannot do when it comes to penalties. New free kick and penalty kick techniques also add to the realism. Round 8 also features 136 club teams, 57 national teams, up to 4,500 of the world’s best players, and more in-depth stats and player styles.

Constantine

Title: Constantine
Publisher: THQ
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 2/15/2005
Overview:
You are mystic detective John Constantine and your mission is to save humanity from the demonic powers of Hell. Based on the motion picture and the DC Comics/Vertigo Hellblazer graphic novels, Constantine the video game is a third-person action thriller that takes you through a Los Angeles teeming with demons and angels warring beneath the streets. As Constantine, you will hound evil to the Devil’s door, hunting demons deep down into the bowels of Earth. You will use powerful spells and holy weapons including the Crucifier, the Holy Shotgun, and the Dragon’s Breath Flamethrower. Hell hath no fury like John Constantine!

NBA Street Vol. 3

Title: NBA Street Vol. 3
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 2/9/2005
Overview:
Electronic Arts continues its “Streetball Revolution” with NBA Street V3. Basketball fans will eat up all the new moves, dazzling graphics, bumping sounds, and customization features that make EA Big’s NBA Street the household name of the basketball nation. Build your reputation with new eye-popping, bone crunching, rim jangling moves in a variety of exciting game modes. Tough it out in old favorite courts like “The Cage” and “Rucker Park” while playing in new locations, like “Venice Beach.” Streetballers can also take their devastating moves to the rim in an all-new dunk contest. And the best of the best can take their reputation online as they battle it out with other street hustlers in cyberspace.

Top Gear RPM Tuning

Title: Top Gear RPM Tuning
Publisher: Kemco
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Racing
Release Date: 2/17/2005
Overview:
Top Gear takes tuner-car racing to new heart-pounding, palm-sweating extremes in RPM Tuning, the newest entry into the Street Racing genre. Infiltrate the L.A. underground street-racing scene, exploring more than 50 miles of meticulously modeled streets to try to recover your stolen ride. Select from monster trucks, muscle cars, imports, and more, and then customize more body and tuning options than you ever thought possible. Drive where you like in free-roaming environments containing plenty of shortcuts you can use to gain an advantage over the pack. Test your ride and your racing skills in seven different race types and five game modes, including head-to-head multiplayer. Gear up for intense racing action with serious street style!

Dai Senryaku VII: Modern Military Tactics

Title: Dai Senryaku VII: Modern Military Tactics
Publisher: Kemco
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Strategy/Simulation
Release Date: 2/17/2005
Overview:
Command an entire military force with the most modern technologies of war. Join the 3-D battlefield with Kemco’s Dai Senryaku and test your abilities against the unrelenting computer AI or challenge your friends to an all out battle. You’ll need to develop a strong strategy that factors in distance, terrain, firepower, and armor. Actions create reactions and how you respond will determine your success as a dominant force in the world of war simulation. Choose from over 400 vehicles, 160 maps, and if you don’t like the terrain, create your own with the map editor.

Robots

Title: Robots
Publisher: Vivendi Universal
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 2/23/2005
Overview:
Rodney Copperbottom is a genius inventor. He’s also a robot. Moving to the big city to work for the company founded by his childhood hero, Rodney runs into a big challenge. Rodney uncovers a plot to enslave the city and it’s up to him to save the day! Along the way Rodney makes new friends, rides in wild robot vehicles, teams up with Wonderbot to solve puzzles, and battles bad bots. Based on Robots the Movie, Robots the game takes full advantage of a sci-fi universe filled with intrigue and wonder.

Project Snowblind

Title: Project Snowblind
Publisher: Eidos
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Shooter
Release Date: 2/23/2005
Overview:
From the same company that brought you the Deus Ex series, comes Project Snowblind. As a super soldier named Nathan Frost in the year 2065, you will fight on the frontlines of a futuristic war. Go from high intensity battlefield combat to tactical stealth missions using your experimental weaponry such as the Riot Wall and the Attack Drones. Augment your cyborg body with Invisibility, Reflex Boost, and Electrical Storm. Adventure through 11 missions across 16 maps. Play online with up to 16 players using voice-over IP support in a host of classic and new multiplayer modes. Master your high-tech weapons and equipment for an experience that is truly unique to Project Snowblind.

NOTE: Online gameplay requires System Link for 2-16.

FIFA Street

Title: FIFA Street
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 2/23/2005
Overview:
Electronic Arts takes soccer to the streets with FIFA Street. Like NFL Street and NBA Street, this latest Street venture puts big action into “futbol” mix, taking you on world tour of freestyle street soccer. Join today’s star players as they leave the stadium for 4-on-4 match-ups in the streets. Show your moves 1-on-1, dancing with the ball and burning your buddies with bold tricks. Build your skills and take your team across the globe as you muscle and finesse your way into soccer history. Lead a revolution in the streets with the world’s most popular sport!

MVP Baseball 2005

Title: MVP Baseball 2005
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 2/23/2005
Overview:
MVP Baseball 2005 is loaded with enhancements! With a new Precision Pitch Meter you can catch runners with unparalleled pickoff control. Own the plate by changing your position in the box to adjust where the pitcher is working for you. Enhanced big play control means you can make an underhand toss to the pitcher as he sprints to cover first, slide around a tag at home, and make user-controlled stretches and dives. An all-new manual leadoff control helps you beat pickoff throws. In the Owner mode you can build your baseball empire, controlling every aspect of your organization. Advanced Single A squads and additional stadiums have also been added to round out the list of teams available in the minor league system.

Street Fighter Anniversary Collection

Title: Street Fighter Anniversary Collection
Publisher: Capcom
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Fighting
Release Date: 2/23/2005
Overview:
Street Fight Anniversary Collection is aimed at SF fans, delivering classic arcade versions of Hyper Street Fighter II and Street Fighter III: Third Strike. In Hyper Street Fighter you can mix and match characters from different games for ultimate fighting action. Street Fighter III: Third Strike features 19 playable characters, a Grade Judge System (evaluates your performance at the end of each match), and a Progressive Hit Frame System. Fans will appreciate minor tweaks to gameplay and the eradication of old bugs, allowing for smooth street fighting action.

Major League Baseball 2K5

Title: Major League Baseball 2K5
Publisher: Take Two
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 2/24/2005
Overview:
Batter up! ESPN MLB 2K5 is all new with robust features – K Zone Pitching, Maximum Fielding, and On Command Baserunning, to name a few. With K Zone Pitching you’ll control every aspect of your pitches using an interactive crosshair interface. Maximum Fielding is a gameplay mechanic that will have your players diving and robbing bases. On Command Baserunning has a nifty picture-in-picture display so you can take ownership of the basepaths. The utmost control and precision, a new graphics engine, and realistic gameplay combine for a one-of-a-kind baseball experience.

Chicago Enforcer

Title: Chicago Enforcer
Publisher: Kemco
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Shooter
Release Date: 2/24/2005
Overview:
Rule the mean streets of 1920s Chicago as one of Al Capone’s lethal enforcers! Make your enemies “an offer they can’t refuse” with cash bribes, or better yet, with one of the many authentic gangster weapons at your disposal, from lead pipes to Tommy Guns and Molotov Cocktails. Ten action-packed levels immerse you in missions that range from fast-paced gunfights, to bombing your rivals, and even rescuing Al Capone himself. Do not underestimate the game’s sharp AI, however, or you will become just another bloodstain on Chicago’s streets. If you think you can handle that much hot lead comin’ at you, hop online for eight-player Deathmatches, Team Deathmatches, or Turf Wars.

NOTE: Online gameplay requires System Link for 2-8 players.

Judge Dredd: Dredd vs. Death

Title: Judge Dredd: Dredd vs. Death
Publisher: BAM
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Shooter
Release Date: 2/25/2005
Overview:
Move over Judge Judy! Judge Dredd is coming to town, and he’ll be dealing out sweet death and judegement 22nd Century style! Join the Judges as they patrol the teeming, filth-ridden streets of Mega-City One, a megalopolis overflowing with over 400 million desparate souls. Blast your way through 11 chapters of first-person shooter action with the “lawgiver,” using incendiary bullets, armor piercers, stun gas grenades, ricochet rounds and more! Take on your friends in 1-4 player head-to-head and 16 different multiplayer modes! You are the Judge, Jury and Executioner!

Star Wars: Republic Commando

Title: Star Wars: Republic Commando
Publisher: LucasArts
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Shooter
Release Date: 3/1/2005
Overview:
Star Wars: Republic Commando is an action-packed stealth-tactical, first-person shooter set in the early days of the Clone Wars, as glimpsed at the end of Star Wars: Episode II. Using an enhanced Unreal engine, LucasArts brings to bear the thrilling designs and storyline of Star Wars while taking fans far into a more brutal battle experience. As an elite squad member of a Republic Special Operations unit you will penetrate deep behind enemy lines on a series of missions involving cooperative gameplay between Jedi Knights and Clone Troopers.

Fight Night: Round 2

Title: Fight Night: Round 2
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 3/2/2005
Overview:
EA Sports keeps the punches coming with Fight Night: Round 2. The main draw is again the Total Punch Controls, which allow virtual boxers to fight with ease and accuracy. As each punch hits its target, the boxers’ ability to fight is altered. But boxers will also be able to heal between rounds as Round 2 allows gamers to control players outside the ring. But the newest trick Fight Night boasts is the EA Sports Haymaker, which allows gamers to add extra power to punches, allowing for more intense damage and the ability to knock out opponents with one well-placed blow.

Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30

Title: Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30
Publisher: Ubisoft
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Shooter
Release Date: 3/2/2005
Overview:
Immerse yourself in the historic eight-day invasion of Normandy with more authentic sights, sounds, and action than you’ve ever seen before! As Sgt. Matt Baker, you must lead your squad of 101st Airborne Paratroopers through the French countryside, confronting tough choices that pit the success of your mission against the lives of your “brothers in arms.” Historical events and the true stories you play through will place you on real battlefields – carefully recreated from U.S. Army Signal Corps photos, reconnaissance images, and eyewitness accounts. Command a three-man team using intuitive squad controls that are accessible to both hardcore gamers and soldiers on their first tour of duty alike.

Worms 3D

Title: Worms 3D
Publisher: Sega
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 3/2/2005
Overview:
Moving from the 2D format of past classic Worms titles, Worms 3D adds another dimension to demented Worms warfare. Playing now in first-person, third-person or bird’s eye view, you can now engage in battle in a more intuitive and immersive manner. As usual, the environments are randomly generated and entirely destructible. All the humorous weapons are also here, including flying sheep, exploding moles, holy hand grenades and mad cows. Only this time you’ll have the added challenge and delight of using them in a 3D environment! Using those weapons can be tricky, and friendly fire and sudden turns of fate make for constant surprises and laughs. There’s no better way to blast and vaporize your buddies than in this thoroughly entertaining and addictive franchise!

American McGee Presents Scrapland

Title: American McGee Presents Scrapland
Publisher: Enlight Interactive
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 3/8/2005
Overview:
Welcome to world of Scrapland where robots rule and there’s not a human to be found. This futuristic sci-fi adventure has you playing as D-Tritus, a robot assembled at a distant space junkyard who will need to investigate a series of mysterious murders in Chimera, a large city on Scrapland. This tale of conspiracy has a strong storyline and is visually robust. Explosive combat and racing combine with a dash of humor as you build and pilot ships, participate in action-packed races, and freely explore a dynamic, detailed world. Using your handy talking camera, you’ll transform into one of 15 different characters each with unique abilities. Modes will include hardcore multiplayer mayhem, Deathmatch, Capture the Flag, and more.