2004/2005 Xbox News Archive

Prey uses an enhanced version of the Doom 3 engine to create breathtaking graphics and solid FPS gameplay. The next big shooter for Xbox 360 is here.

Ubisoft announced today that the next chapter in the Splinter Cell series will be coming to Xbox in time for the 2004 holiday season.

A stolen Xbox results in grisly murders. Read the full story at GameSpot.

Xbox version of MK Deception gets four special edition covers plus lots of goodies.

Midway finally gave us an official list of titles in Midway Arcade Treasures 2. Check it out.

Madden is here!

Japanese gamers are going to get a special Dead Or Alive themed Xbox later this year to celebrate the release of Dead Or Alive Ultimate. The set includes an Xbox, the game, and a crazy pillow thing with Kasumi on it. Children, cover your eyes.

Bill Gates' off hand remark sends Nintendo and Xbox fanboys into a frenzy. Check out GameSpy's news story.

Street Racing Syndicate has reached gold status and is on track for release later this month.

Microsoft and EA plan to hold a virtual World Cup via Xbox Live. Read GameSpot's full news article here.

Want to play games against celebrities during the MTV Video Music Awards? Just hop on Xbox Live!

Microsoft announced today that Fable has reached gold status.

Atari's latest Test Drive game has shipped to retail.

Midway has announced the latest entry in the Rush series. This time its in L.A.

The website for the newest Xbox fighter, Guilty Gear X2 #Reload is live. Check it out.

Electronic Arts' latest NASCAR simulation has shipped to retailers nationwide. Check out our full article here.

Namco's Street Racing Syndicate has shipped to retail. Check out our full news story here.

Ubisoft announced today that the Xbox and PS2 versions of Ghost Recon 2 will be completely different. Check out our full news article for more.

Codemasters' newest title, Second Sight, has reached gold status and is on track for a September 21st release. Read our full news article for more.

Ubisoft has finally revealed the official title for Prince of Persia 2. It will be called Prince of Persia: Warrior Within. Read our full news article for more.

LucasArts' Star Wars themed shooter has gone gold and is on track for a September 21st release.

Konami shipped Silent Hill 4: The Room to retailers this week.

Atari revealed plans today to release a compilation disk in time for the holidays containing all of the best and most memorable Atari games.

The Destroy All Humans website has been updated with some strange new information. Actual reports of alien encounters from the people who experienced them. Amazing stuff.

LucasArts confirmed reports that the Xbox version of Knights of the Old Republic II will be hitting store shelves in December.

If you pre-order Tony Hawk's Underground 2 at EB or GameStop you can get a special DVD filled with all sorts of goodies. Check it out.

Midway announced that Mortal Kombat: Deception has reached gold status and will ship to retailers on October 4th.

Midway's latest collection of classic arcade games has gone gold. Read our full article for more.

EA announced today that NBA Live 2005 will ship to stores on September 28th. Read our news article for more.

Electronic Arts announced today that Tiger Woods 2005 has shipped to retailers and is available for purchase. Read our news article for more.

The music in the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater games has always been top notch, and the soundtrack for THUG 2 looks to continue that trend. Full list inside.

Ubisoft announced today that Rocky Legends has shipped to retailers nationwide. Read our full news article for more.

EA revealed the cover stars for FIFA 2005 today. Read our full news article to find out who.

SNK revealed plans today to give away an SNK vs Capcom: SVC Chaos arcade machine to one lucky fan to coincide with the Xbox release of the game. Find out more inside.

Midway and NubyTech plan to bring the first "M" rated controllers to retailers in time for the holiday season. For full details, check out our full news article.

Electronic Arts announced today plans to add a soccer title to its Street series. Read our news article for more info on FIFA Street.

Midway announced today that it has shipped Midway Arcade Treasures 2 to retailers nationwide. Read our full news article for more.

Microsoft announced today that Halo 2 has gone gold. Only a month to go before you can get your grubby mitts on it. Read our full article for more.

Majesco announced today that it has shipped BloodRayne 2 to retailers nationwide. Read our full news article for more.

Konami today announced the official song list for the Xbox version of Karaoke Revolution. It features 40 songs from the PS2 version along with an additional 10 Motown classics that are exclusive to Xbox. For full details, read our full news article.

Microsoft announced today that Forza Motorsport will be released exclusively for Xbox on February 2005. Read our full article for more.

Sega's OutRun2 racing game has shipped to retail and is available for purchase. Read our full news article for more.

Electronic Arts revealed the soundtrack for NFSU2 and it looks pretty good. The game will also include an exclusive song by Snoop Dogg. For the full list, check our our full news article.

Microsoft announced today that a limited edition of MechAssault 2 will be available. The set includes a "making of" feature and 2 maps exclusive to the limited edition. Find out more in our news article.

The highly anticipated FPS Tron 2.0: Killer App for Xbox has shipped to retailers nationwide. Read our full article for more.

Electronic Arts has shipped Lord of the Rings: The Third Age to stores nationwide. Read more about this Middle Earth-based RPG in our full news article.

Majesco has shipped its Xbox Live enabled puzzle game Ultra Bust-A-Move to stores today. With a MSRP of $19.99. it is going to be hard to pass up.

Everyone's favorite time shifting cat is back in Blinx 2: Masters of Time and Space. The game has gone gold and will ship to stores on November 16th. Find out more in our full news article.

EA's latest street football game has gone gold and will hit stores on December 26th. Read our full article for more

Konami made it official today and announced Winning Eleven 8 for the Xbox. For more, including who the cover athlete will be, check out our full news article.

Pelican today announced the launch of its new 2.4GHz wireless arcade stick. Find out all of the details in our full news article.

GTA: SA is coming to Xbox in June 2005. Read all about it right here.

Unreal Championship 2 is scheduled to hit stores in April. Read all about it right here in our full news article.

Electronic Arts announced today that the Beastie Boys will be playable characters in NBA Street V3 and will provide a song for the game's soundtrack. The full soundtrack was also announced. Find out more in our full news article.

The latest game in the Oddworld series has shipped. Find out all about it right here.

Konami has opened the official Winning Eleven website to the public. Find out all about it in our full news article.

Microsoft finally revealed a date for the release of Jade Empire. Find out when it will hit stores inside ...

Midway has announced that it will publish games based on shows in the Cartoon Network's Adult Swim late night programming block. Read our full news article for all of the details.

After the amazing success of Midway Arcade Treasures 1 and 2, it was only a matter of time before we'd see number 3. Click here for more details.

Electronic Arts today announced that the official website for TimeSplitters: Future Perfect is up and running to satisfy your need for TimeSplitters info. Read our full news article for more.

Find out what games are hitting the shelves this week right here. TimeSplitters: Future Perfect, Iron Phoenix, MX vs. ATV Unleashed, and a lot more. Check it out.

Microsoft today announced that nine new multiplayer maps for Halo 2 will be available in late June. Read our full news article for more details.

Only a handful of Xbox games are hitting the shelves this week. Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory is the only real highlight.

Another good week for Xbox owners. Some more budget titles along with a couple of big releases. LEGO Star Wars and DOOM 3.

After the amazing success of Burnout 3: Takedown, you knew it was only a matter of time before EA announced a sequel. Scheduled for a September release, Burnout Revenge adds a few new tricks to the Burnout gameplay we all know and love. Click here for the full story.

Normally, E3 is only open to people working in the videogame industry, but Xbox.com and Xbox Live have teamed up for a copule of contests that can get you (yes you!) into E3 this May. Read on for more details.

Four games are hitting the shelves this week including Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition and BioWare's latest RPG Jade Empire.

EA announced today the next game in the long running Need for Speed series. Read on for more details.

Wrestlemania XXI, Stolen, Psychonauts, and Unreal Championship 2. Oh my! Things are definitely looking good this week.

The last week of April only has three Xbox releases, but it is all about quality over quantity, right? Check it out.

Only three games again this week, but the quality definitely makes up for the lack of quanitity here. Star Wars, Forza, and Pariah. Oh yeah.

City of the Dead is a zombie game from Hip Interactive and Kuju Entertainment, so who better to star in it than the king of splatter himself, Tom Savini. Read all about it in our full news article.

Buena Vista Games today announced that it has acquired the rights to the Turok license. Find out how they plan to restore this one great series to it's former majesty right here.

GameRiot is the world's largest travelling video game festival and competition, offering gamers the chance to play the hottest new and unreleased game titles. Find out everything you need to know right here in our full news article.

Hip Games is running a contest that will allow three lucky winners to be immortalized as zombies in the upcoming zombie horror game, City of the Dead. Find out how to enter right here.

Far Cry Instincts' Technical Creative Director Laurent Mascherpa revealed some key information about the artificial intelligence for Far Cry: Instincts in this release from Ubisoft. From the sound of it, we can expect some very cool stuff when the game is released in September. Find out all about it right here.

Lionhead Studios is adding some extra features and giving the game the coat of polish it lacked in its original release for Fable: The Lost Chapters. The best part is that this enhanced and updated version of Fable is only going to be $20. Find out all about it right here.

Midway is reinventing the Rush franchise and it is looking pretty good. We have the official car list as well as information on celebrity talent and music right here.

Electronic Arts and Valve have announced a new agreement that gives EA publishing rights to the Half-Life franchise. This deal includes, of course, the Xbox version of Half-Life 2 scheduled for releae in October. For more information, check out our full news article.

Code was recently uncovered in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas that unlocks a sex minigame. Politicians have been in an uproar ever since and the game has been slapped with an "AO" (Adults Only) rating from the ESRB. Find out all of the details right here as well as our thoughts on why this isn't as big of a deal as some would like you to believe.

Namco today announced that it is bringing Ridge Racer 6 to the Xbox 360. Find out all of the details right here.

EA announced today that actress/model Josie Maran will star in Need for Speed Most Wanted. Find out all of the details right here.

The Evolution fighting game tournament is held each year and crowns champions for several different games. Marvel vs. Capcom 2, Tekken 5, Street Fighter III: Third Strike, Guilty Gear X2, and Soul Calibur II are just some of the titles that have been featured. The 2005 tournament is in Las Vegas, Nevada August 12-14. Find out all of the details right here.

EA has finally revealed the course list and roster for Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06 and it is very impressive. Find out all of the details right here.

Activision and ID Software are holding a fan art contest for Quake 4. Find out all of the details right here.

Activision today announced that a soundtrack CD featuring songs from Tony Hawk's American Wasteland will be released alongside the game this fall. Find out all of the details right here.

After lackluster sales and some serious technical issues, Majesco has cancelled the $1,000,000 Race to Save Humanity Advent Rising contest. As consolation for cancelling the contest, Majesco is offering two free games to anyone that can prove they participated. Find out all of the details right here.

Electronic Arts today revealed the full track list for the Burnout Revenge soundtrack. Find out all of the details right here.

Microsoft and Tor Books have reached an agreement that will see the release of three novels based on Perfect Dark. Find out all of the details right here.

Starting in October you can buy a bundle that includes Halo, Halo 2, and the Halo 2 Multiplayer Map Pack. Find out all of the details right here.

Microsoft and Rare have jump started the hype train with the announcement of a limited collector's edition of Perfect Dark Zero. Find out all of the details right here.

EA is joining the collectors/limited edition craze by offering a special version of Need for Speed Most Wanted. Find out all of the details right here.

Ubisoft today announced the official title for Prince of Persia 3. Find out all of the details inside.

Activision has revealed the full song list for the Tony Hawk's American Wasteland soundtrack and it looks like another classic. Find out all of the details right here.

EA has finally revealed the track listing for the Need for Speed Most Wanted soundtrack and it looks pretty good. Find out all of the details right here.

Electronic Arts announced today a $250,000 online tournament for the newly released Battlefield 2: Modern Combat. Find out all of the details right here.

Tecmo and Bungie today announced that character and level from Halo will be appearing in Dead or Alive 4. Find out all of the details right here.

Konami has revealed the song list for DDR Ultramix 3 and it looks to be the best Ultramix yet. Find out all of the details right here.

Activision announced today the official track listing for True Crime: Streets of New York. Find out all of the details right here.

Midway announced today that it has acquired the rights to make wrestling games using the TNA license. Find out all of the details right here.