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Combat Task Force 121

Title: Combat Task Force 121
Publisher: Atari
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Shooter
Release Date: 3/24/2005
Overview:
It’s the U.S. versus Marxist rebels in Combat Task Force 121 based on the Unreal engine. You’re a member of Task Force 121, an elite cover unit comprised of Navy Seals, Green Berets, Army Rangers, and Marine Corps Recon personnel. You’ll have to prevent the Marxist rebels from recruiting more allies and causing a coup, all while preventing terrorist attacks. Explore dense jungles, shantytowns, oilrigs, refinery plants, and an exotic island as you take on ten action-packed missions. Weapons include a USP pistol, M4 Assault Rifle with M203 grenade launcher, and MP5 SD. There are three difficult levels and modes will include online multiplayer gameplay for up to 16 people.

Ford Racing 3

Title: Ford Racing 3
Publisher: Globalstar
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Racing
Release Date: 3/24/2005
Overview:
With Ford Racing 3 you’ll have no choice but to put the pedal to metal and the heel to the steel. Experience 55 vehicles, including the Model T, 2005 Mustang GT, F150 Pickup Truck, and a ’68 Mustang. You’ll also be able to unlock concept cars like the 1970 GT concept as well as additional game modes, tracks, and more. There are a variety of challenging race types, including Boost, Overtake, and Relay. Of the 26 richly detailed tracks, some can even be raced in reverse! Cruise through snowy mountains, South American rain forests, and everything in-between. Race in the innovative Ford Competition mode, containing 14 unique championships to challenge even the most skilled driver, or test your mettle against friends on Xbox Live.

Iron Phoenix

Title: Iron Phoenix
Publisher: Sega
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Fighting
Release Date: 3/24/2005
Overview:
The nine weapons of the Iron Phoenix were made from the iron in a falling star. The meteoric iron used to make the weapons gave them magical properties that made their wielders invincible. For millennia warlords have sought the arsenal of the Iron Phoenix. Now you will fight in the last epic battle for the artifacts. Team-based combat combined with martial arts, fantasy-style gameplay, makes Iron Phoenix a unique experience. Players can also engage in 16-player battles via Xbox Live or System Link. Run on walls, leap across huge chasms, and pulverize enemies with dazzling moves!

Myst IV: Revelation

Title: Myst IV: Revelation
Publisher: Ubisoft
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Strategy/Simulation
Release Date: 3/30/2005
Overview:
Ubisoft’s award-winning Myst returns to the Xbox with Myst IV: Revelation. A little girl disappears and her two brothers Sirrus and Achenar are suspected of the crime. You will set out to solve the crime but as you dig deeper, your investigation will lead you to understand the brothers’ motives, motives that will lead you to a “revelation.” The Xbox version of Revelation features improved menus, a better Help Map System, a faster interface, and an improved Zip Mode.

Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Chaos Theory

Title: Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Chaos Theory
Publisher: Ubisoft
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Shooter
Release Date: 3/30/2005
Overview:
Ubisoft’s flagship franchise Splinter Cell returns with Chaos Theory! In 2008, information warfare is the new threat to world peace. Once again Sam Fisher is called upon to infiltrate deep into hostile quarters, using his stealth, lethal moves, and high-tech equipment to collect intelligence, neutralize enemies, and stop global threats dead in their tracks. New moves include inverted neck breaks and the dramatic ledge throw. Equipment includes your trusty knife and the modular SC20K rifle. Play in increasingly difficult missions. Enjoy Tom Clancy approved storylines. Play with friends in cooperative mode. Become the ultimate info-warrior and take on the enemies of tomorrow!

Doom 3

Title: Doom 3
Publisher: Activision
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Shooter
Release Date: 4/4/2005
Overview:
The Doom sensation returns with Doom 3! Plunging you right into the depths of Hell, Doom 3 brings to bear its revolutionary new graphics and gameplay engine. In first person shooter mode, you will engage in an epic single-player experience filled with awesome action and a terrifying ambience. You will make your way through grand and claustrophobic levels filled with zombies, demons, and massive monsters. At the end of each tunnel, lurking in shadows, hiding behind doors, are nightmarish enemies that you must blast into oblivion. Clean up Hell! Bam! Boom! Doom!

MX World Tour featuring Jamie Little

Title: MX World Tour featuring Jamie Little
Publisher: Crave
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Racing
Release Date: 4/6/2005
Overview:
Experience the MX World Tour with Jamie Little riding shotgun. The voice of motocross narrates every one of your hairpin turns and gets in on a little of the racing action to boot. Explore 30+ indoor and outdoor levels with fully customizable bikes and riders. As you progress through the game, you’ll attain horsepower and handling upgrades. Check out the never-before-seen Super-Moto game or challenge a friend in Multiplayer mode.

LEGO Star Wars

Title: LEGO Star Wars
Publisher: Eidos
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Family/Party
Release Date: 4/6/2005
Overview:
Traveller’s Tales brings us LEGO Star Wars, taking gamers on an unforgettable ride through the first three episodes of Star Wars. Play alone or with a friend in co-operative gameplay building LEGO teams of characters from the Star Wars stories. Interact with Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, and Jango Fett. Elements from the blockbuster movies The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, and Revenge of the Sith deepen the game’s storyline.

Spy vs. Spy

Title: Spy vs. Spy
Publisher: Globalstar
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 4/7/2005
Overview:
The Mad comics duo of Spy vs. Spy comes to the next generation as a wild, wacky platformer perfect for multiplayer mayhem! Use a broadband network and split-screen to compete against three adversaries. Use disguises and traps to fool your opponents. Unlock items, weapons, levels, and disguises. Play in eight game modes, including Modern, Classic, Story, Death Match, Armed and Loaded, Get Mad, Run and Gun, and Last Man Standing. Spy vs. Spy brings its twisted sense of humor and fast paced gameplay, perfect for hilarious digs against friends and family.

Close Combat: First to Fight

Title: Close Combat: First to Fight
Publisher: Take Two
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Shooter
Release Date: 4/7/2005
Overview:
Created with the help of over 40 active-duty Marines fresh from firefights in the Middle East, First to Fight puts you behind the barrel of an M16-A4 as a Marine fire team leader. Lead your four-man fire team through the perilous streets of Beirut in modern urban combat. Close Combat: First to Fight is an action-oriented, first-person 3D shooter that is being developed under the direction of the US Marine Corps as a training simulation for use by the Marine Corps.

Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition

Title: Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition
Publisher: Take Two
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Racing
Release Date: 4/12/2005
Overview:
Rockstar Games has teamed up with DUB Magazine to bring the bling back to the streets in a new version of Midnight Club that looks as good as it drives. Gameplay delivers the insanely quick, open-city racing through the streets (and airspace) of San Diego, Atlanta, and Detroit that fans of the series have come to expect. DUB Magazine, the authority on automotive aesthetics, adds the most complete car customization system ever seen in a video game. Trick out licensed SUVs, muscle cars, import tuners, choppers, and luxury cars from top to bottom with rims, trims, upgrades, and more chrome than oughta be legal. Take on up to 7 friends online and get ready to wreck some righteous looking rides!

Jade Empire

Title: Jade Empire
Publisher: Microsoft
Platform: Xbox
Genre: RPG
Release Date: 4/12/2005
Overview:
Note: Limited Edition Bonus Disc not included with game rental.

We have seen countless incarnations of European-inspired fantasy RPGs. But no one has made a definitive East Asian fantasy RPG game. Jade Empire is that game. Always riding the cutting-edge, BioWare delves deep into the East, drawing on China’s rich mythologies and history for inspiration. Moving from this starting point, BioWare has created a vibrant world that breathes with imaginative new life. Enter and study under a master of the old ways. Learn ancient, forgotten martial arts and magic. From the Land of Howling Spirits to the Imperial City, uphold your master’s honor and become a legend. Journey East to the Jade Empire, another pitch-perfect RPG from the minds of Bioware.

Spikeout Battle Street

Title: Spikeout Battle Street
Publisher: Sega
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 4/13/2005
Overview:
Rid the Diesel Town streets of thugs in this latest action-packed installment from the Spikeout franchise. It’s Team Spike versus Team Inferno and winner takes all. You’ll play as one of twelve intimidating street fighters and throw down in true hand-to-hand melee combat with brutal, over-the-top attack moves. Modes include Story, Battle Street, Training, and Multiplayer Cooperative (with Xbox Live).

Dead to Rights II: Hell to Pay

Title: Dead to Rights II: Hell to Pay
Publisher: Namco
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Shooter
Release Date: 4/13/2005
Overview:
There’s gonna be hell to pay! Officer Jack Slate and his trusty K-9 partner Shadow return in Dead to Rights II. This third-person action shooter won’t disappoint! The storyline takes place before the first Dead to Rights game. After a judge is kidnapped, it’s up to you to take care of business. You’ll have 25 brutal disarm moves at your disposal, as well as a stocked arsenal (rocket launchers, grenades, molotovs, etc.), and a melee fighting system (wield bats, pipes, chainsaws, meat cleavers, machetes, and swords). It’s up to you to rid Grant City of crime and corruption!

Obscure

Title: Obscure
Publisher: Dreamcatcher
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 4/15/2005
Overview:
Enjoy movies like Scream and The Faculty? You’re in luck – high school slasher flick action finally comes to the Xbox! Something’s haunting Leafmore High and students are disappearing. It’s up to five sometimes-intrepid high schoolers to get to the bottom of the strange occurrences in this survival horror game. Play as one of five students (with the choice of changing characters throughout the game, so long as your character doesn’t die) in single or team modes as you battle faceless creatures and monsters. Keep your eyes peeled for “Black Aura” – imminent dangers will be indicated on the game screen. Utilize light sources to weaken monsters and make your weapons more effective.

Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict

Title: Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict
Publisher: Midway
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Shooter
Release Date: 4/19/2005
Overview:
A more perfect, unreal union of single-player adventure action and multiplayer fighting, Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict for Xbox, is sure to please fans of both genres. More frenetic and eye-popping than the smooth, honed Halo series, Unreal Championship features bigger action with awesome Reflect moves, Adrenaline super-combos, and special character attacks, weapons and armor. Play as Anubis in single-player mode, or enjoy 8-player Xbox Live tournament modes. Wicked graphics and stunning third-person camera-work make Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict a must-play for Xbox and sci-fi action fans.

Stolen

Title: Stolen
Publisher: Hip Interactive
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 4/20/2005
Overview:
Your name is Anya Romanov. You are a high-tech thief looking for the next big heist. And in a city overrun with crime and corruption, you now find yourself as the unlikely hero at the center of a massive conspiracy. Aiding you is Louis Palmer, who guides you remotely with his voice. High-tech tools and weaponry will even the odds as you go up against an intricate, fortified enemy. But smarts and acrobatics are your chief assets. Break in and breakdown the conspiracy. Steal the future!

Psychonauts

Title: Psychonauts
Publisher: Majesco
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 4/20/2005
Overview:
When students are abducted from the Psychonauts boot camp, it’s up to you to save the day. A mad scientist is collecting students so he can get his hands on their psychic brains and harness them for evil. It’s up to one cadet, Raz, to take on the mad scientist using an arsenal of paranormal powers – telepathy, telekinesis, invisibility, pyrokinesis, clairvoyance, and confusion! Navigate 13 levels and wander through imaginations, emotions, memories, and more!

Ford Mustang: The Legend Lives

Title: Ford Mustang: The Legend Lives
Publisher: Globalstar
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Racing
Release Date: 4/21/2005
Overview:
The Ford Mustang is an American legend. Ford Mustang Racing lets racing and Mustang enthusiasts ride over 40 years of slick, humming history on 22 tracks in 7 cities. Race Mustangs from the earliest 1964 model to the latest 2005 model. Arcade-style racing and advanced AI make for thrilling rides while “Coin-op” Challenges and Career Mode let you unlock secret cars and courses. Become a Mustang legend in Career Mode or take on a friend in split-screen head-to-head racing for some good ol’ American kicks!

WWE Wrestlemania 21

Title: WWE Wrestlemania 21
Publisher: THQ
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Fighting
Release Date: 4/21/2005
Overview:
The next generation of Wrestlemania has arrived on the Xbox with WWE Wrestlemania 21! Adding to the ring mayhem this time are superstar voice-overs and commentary. With motion capture technology, THQ recreates all the slamming moves of real-life pros. New character animation and graphics also deepen the realism as you create and refine your own characters. Wrestlemania 21 also features the first ever countering system as well as four-player head-to-head online matches via Xbox Live.