Title: Bass Pro Shops: Trophy Hunter 2007
Publisher: Vivendi Universal
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Shooter
Release Date: 11/15/2006
Overview:
The hunt is more than the final moments. Preparation, location, game type, weapon choice, and ammunition choice all factor into what happens in those last, frantic minutes. Trophy Hunter 2007 lets you choose from over 35 big game animals to hunt. 10 different photo-realistic are yours to explore as you stalk your prey. Customize your hunter down to the tiniest of details. A scalable ballistics system features real tie dynamics affected by foliage, wind, bullet type, and movement. The choices you make come together to determine if you will bring down your target. Choose wisely.
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Tony Hawk’s Project 8
Title: Tony Hawk’s Project 8
Publisher: Activision
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 11/9/2006
Overview:
The goal in Project 8? Be #1. Set out to become the world’s best skater in this Tony Hawk experience that’s the skate guru’s most extensive and realistic to date. Compete in true-to-life competitions against top pros. Along the way, accomplish cool film and photo goals, including following instructions while being filmed. During the challenge you’ll play with an innovative picture-in-picture style: skate on-screen while the action unfolds on film in a super-imposed video. New features include improved physics, greater fall control with Ragdoll Bail Mode, a new respect system that challenges you to impress the locals, tons of mini-games, secret areas, and much more.
Eragon
Title: Eragon
Publisher: Vivendi Universal
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 11/15/2006
Overview:
Live the legend of Eragon in this game based on the best-selling fantasy saga and blockbuster film. Ride into battle atop your dragon Saphira and clash with the sinister forces of an evil king. Learn to harness your full power and fulfill the long-foretold destiny of the Dragon Riders. Use bursts of fire, magic attacks, a unique degradable block system, and more. Master the fight/flight combo play in multiplayer co-op mode, or team with Brom or Murtagh at any time with instant drop-in/drop-out co-op play. You’ll live the saga in full cinematic glory thanks to cooperation from the movie’s creative team, including voicework from the stars of the film.
Xiaolin Showdown
Title: Xiaolin Showdown
Publisher: Konami
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 11/15/2006
Overview:
You must gather the power of the Shen-Gong-Wu. Xiaolin Showdown is based on the television show of the same name, but this time, the action is in your hands. Enter the arena of combat as any of your favorite characters. Attack, guard, and jump your way through the battle, collecting chi from the enemies you defeat. Grab enough chi and activate your magical Shen-Gong-Wu powers! Jump on powerful artifacts to enter mini-games, including “Tag You’re It,” where you must strike enemies to make them It. Stay It for too long, and you lose the game.
Capcom Classics Collection Vol. 2
Title: Capcom Classics Collection Vol. 2
Publisher: Capcom
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 11/15/2006
Overview:
Old school is back in session as Capcom fires another blast from the past with this collection from Capcom’s arcade golden age. Play 20 favorites ranging from platformers to brawlers to puzzlers and beyond, including 1941, Street Fighter, Block Block, and more. See who’s still got it by challenging your friends in multiplayer mode. In case the memories don’t come flooding all the way back, you can unlock cheats to help finish your favorites. In addition, unlockable training videos will help you master the games’ most powerful moves. When you need a break from the action, take a stroll down memory lane with original art and some history behind the games.
Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 4
Title: Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 4
Publisher: Konami
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Music/Dance
Release Date: 11/15/2006
Overview:
It’s never been easier to join the Dance Dance Revolution! DDR Ultramix 4 invites everyone to join the party with new How to Play, Trial, and Super Easy Modes designed with first-timers and beginners in mind. You’ll groove to 65 new songs, including licensed favorites, popular hits, and exclusive Xbox remixes. Workout Mode returns, along with enhanced versions of Jukebox Mode, Party Mode, and Quest Mode. Changes to Edit Mode let you alter not just dance steps, but background videos as well. Ultramix 4 is compatible with all downloadable song packs from the first three Ultramix editions. Online competitions, rankings, downloadable dance steps, and more are available through Xbox Live.
Thrillville
Title: Thrillville
Publisher: LucasArts
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Strategy/Simulation
Release Date: 11/17/2006
Overview:
It’s a life-long dream – your Uncle has left you in charge of his five theme parks! Take on ownership of the parks and build up to five new ones in over 120 missions. Wander around your parks at person-level, talking with your customers and making sure they’re happy (so they’ll spend more money!) and enjoying the rides. Play minigames and go on all the rides to make sure they’re thrilling enough. Build your park according to one of 15 themes, including “time warp,” the movies, and paradise. Create your coasters from a first-person, flying view – the computer will fill in the correct track piece.
College Hoops NCAA 2K7
Title: College Hoops NCAA 2K7
Publisher: Take Two
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 11/20/2006
Overview:
It’s time to find the unity. Team unity, that is! Build up your team unity meter by pulling off awesome plays and great shots. Soon your team will start to play like a team on fire, dropping three-pointers from all over the court and executing behind-the-back passes like pros. Utilize the new control scheme so you can perform your favorite trick moves with ease. Loads of new animations have been added, along with dynamic crowds, cheerleaders, and mascots. Coach mode is back, and this time, you’ll watch right through the coach’s eyes as the action unfolds. Over 200 school fight songs are here, but if you don’t like them, write your own fight song using the chant-creator tool.
Superman Returns
Title: Superman Returns
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 11/21/2006
Overview:
We’ve all thought about what it’d be like to be Superman. Well, here’s your chance. You are the Man of Steel, charged with protecting an expansive, open-world Metropolis that spans 80 square miles with more than 10,000 buildings. And you’re not chasing down small-time crooks. You’ll be saving the city from threats only a superhero could overcome. In play that includes rescue, combat, and flying challenges, you’ll face Superman’s constant choice: pursue supervillians or save citizens from certain disaster. The city evolves and reacts based on your choices. Superman Returns features voice talents from all the stars of the film, multiple modes, and more.
Major League Baseball 2K7
Title: Major League Baseball 2K7
Publisher: Take Two
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 2/27/2007
Overview:
Step up to the plate with MLB 2K7 and experience next-gen baseball like never before. The diamond comes alive with improved throwing mechanics, Signature Style animations, and Inside Edge data. Bring your best game online and go head-to-head in leagues and tournaments with players all over the world. Lead your franchise to success by tracking finances, negotiating contracts, and generating fan buzz throughout the season. Jon Miller and Joe Morgan deliver commentary from the booth while bands like Sublime rock you with adrenaline-pumping tunes.
NCAA Football 08
Title: NCAA Football 08
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 7/17/2007
Overview:
Want to be a champ on the football field? Then you’ve got to go the extra mile to execute key moves and big plays – and this is the year to do it. The all-new Leadership Control lets you boost the motivation level of your teammates, so make sure you take risks if you want rewards. The Campus Legend mode and Dynasty mode let you put your coaching prowess to the test and take your team all the way to the BCS National Championship Game. Incorporate auto-motion into your plays so your receivers are moving before the snap, allowing you to have fluid motion and great reaction time to keep your opponent off guard. If that’s not enough, use the trick plays and wild new formations to keep the other team on its toes.
Madden NFL 08
Title: Madden NFL 08
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 8/14/2007
Overview:
This year, you’ll join the cream of the NFL crop to attack and defend on the gridiron one more time. Madden NFL 08 is bigger and better, and promises to deliver football at its finest. The Read and React System lets you identify on-field strengths and weaknesses – read it, respond, and exploit the opponent’s weaknesses. NFL Superstar Mode has been updated and all-new Franchise Mode brings back your favorites for more field action. The game’s new branching system makes tackle, juke, and catch animations blend together seamlessly every time for an even more realistic football experience!
Madden NFL 09
Title: Madden NFL 09
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 8/11/2008
Overview:
Superstar football player Brett Favre is on the cover, but anyone can play this year’s Madden! For the first time ever, the difficulty level will be set dynamically, based on a series of holographic training exercises the player performs before taking the ball. Skills easily recalled by expert Madden players will be detected, while rookie players will get a bit more help along the way. As you progress in skill, the level will shift with you, opening more options. It even works in head-to-head matches! Improved animations make spinning out of tackles and ball-stripping a bit more fair. Plus, now you can sub in new players at the touch of a button on the play-calling screen!
Sniper Elite
Title: Sniper Elite
Publisher: Namco
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Shooter
Release Date: 10/19/2005
Overview:
It is spring, 1945, the final days of World War II. A furious battle rages for control of Berlin. The Russian Secret Service has descended upon the city to steal plans for the A-bomb. You’re invisible, elite, and working alone, with the fate of the world entirely in your hands. Infiltrate enemy-occupied territory and stop Stalin’s forces from harnessing the world’s nuclear technology. Roam freely through war-torn Berlin in extensive, non-linear levels across three modes of play – Single-Player, Co-Op, and Multiplayer Network. Learn to account for heart rate, posture, wind speed and even your breath, to hone your skills and complete 28 missions in this thrilling sniper simulator.
Greg Hastings Tournament Paintball MAX’d
Title: Greg Hastings Tournament Paintball MAX’d
Publisher: Activision
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Shooter
Release Date: 10/19/2005
Overview:
Gregs Hastings Paintball Tournament became one of 2004’s sleeper hits, with over 100,000 paintballers registered on Xbox Live. Greg Hastings Tournament Paintball MAX’d ratchets up the intensity with enhanced gameplay and more furious paintball action. The tactical first-person shooter centers around single-player Career Mode and features Hastings, paintball’s acknowledged top gunner, and more of the game’s top shooters. MAX’d adds a field editor (featuring name-brand bunkers and other customizable cover), the ability to assign your squad to pre-match positions, and split-screen head-to-head and co-op play for 4 players, with competitions for up to 14 available online.
Crash Tag Team Racing
Title: Crash Tag Team Racing
Publisher: Vivendi Universal
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Racing
Release Date: 10/20/2005
Overview:
When we last saw Crash Bandicoot, he’d just embarrassed his nemesis Cortex in Crash Twinsanity. Cortex is gunning for revenge by challenging Crash to a “friendly” contest at a condemned raceway in hopes of burying the bandicoot under the racetrack’s ruins. This freewheeling action racer gives players the ability to “clash” a rival’s ride and create a super-car with a blast-ready turret gun. Keep firing the engine or fire the weapon (or switch off with a friend in multiplayer mode). Each character has a custom cannon with a 360-degree range. Wander the world on foot to find vehicle upgrades, unlock bonus tracks, and avoid an ugly end for our furry hero!
SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, Pants!
Title: SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, Pants!
Publisher: THQ
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Family/Party
Release Date: 10/20/2005
Overview:
Spongebob’s favorite superhero show, “The Adventures of Mermaidman and Barnacleboy,” is coming to Bikini Bottom! Talent scouts have created a series of challenges – 30 party-style games – to determine which of the locals will get a shot at stardom! Play as SpongeBob, Patrick, Plankton, Sandy, Squidward, and Mr. Krabs in an action-packed “audition.” Ten roles are up for grabs in a 15-minute episode. For the first time in a SpongeBob game, up to four players can compete in head-to-head or co-op play. Story, Quick Game, and Do-It-Yourself Tournament Modes keep gameplay fresh. A special cross-game save system unlocks hidden levels, characters, and cheats from a variety of Nickelodeon games.
Disney’s Chicken Little
Title: Disney’s Chicken Little
Publisher: Disney Interactive
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 10/24/2005
Overview:
The sky is falling! The sky is falling! No, really! Disney’s Chicken Little catapults you into the adventures of Chicken Little and his gang of misfit friends in missions based on the movie and beyond. Use gadgets like jet packs, slingshots, soda bottle rockets, and hover boards to work your way out of sticky situations like alien invasions, plummeting asteroids, and cornfield mazes. Switch characters and play as Chicken Little or his buddies Fish-Out-of-Water, Abby Mallard, and Runt of the Litter. 17 action-packed levels feature key moments and environments from the movie, while six multiplayer mini-games let friends play together. Bonus movie clips and an extended storyline offer even more adventure.
Zathura
Title: Zathura
Publisher: Take Two
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 10/25/2005
Overview:
Create your own space adventures in this game based on the best-selling book from author/illustrator Chris Van Allsburg, now a movie directed by John Favreau. Two young brothers, Walter and Danny, find a board game that transports them, along with their entire house, into outer space! The boys have to overcome a variety of challenges and their sibling rivalry. Play as Walter, Danny, or a rampaging robot. Use each character’s unique abilities to handle every obstacle. Fifteen levels span the universe and go beyond what’s seen in the book and movie. Take on over 36 intergalactic adversaries including lizardy Zorgons, evil robots, and a host of other twisted alien creatures.
Battlefield 2: Modern Combat
Title: Battlefield 2: Modern Combat
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Shooter
Release Date: 10/25/2005
Overview:
Return to the war zone in Battlefield 2: Modern Combat, the follow-up to the original award-winning Battlefield. Flash forward from 1942 to the modern era and engage in firefights and warfare with today’s most advanced weaponry, tanks, aircraft and naval vessels. Choose to fight as the United States, China or the fictitious Middle East Coalition. Control soldier units of various types, including Snipers, Special Ops and Combat Support. Best of all, enter the battlefield with up to 24 players simultaneously in epic online multiplayer campaigns!