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"Busy Friday Coming"

Well I just called a place to see what was coming out next Friday and theres quite a list ! Of course it'll be no surprise if a few are delayed at the last minute, but this is what I got for release on 31st October...

Crimson Skies
TOCA Race Driver Online
Outlaw Volleyball
Celebrity Deathmatch
ESPN NFL
ESPN NHL
Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes
Ford Racing
SSX 3
Next Generation Tennis

Think there might be 1 or 2 other titles I've forgotton too, but those are the ones I remember. Theres a few lemons in there, but overall some pretty sound titles.
I'll be picking up TOCA Online, Crimson Skies and maybe Outlaw Volleyball. Anyone else gonna be grabbing any of these ?
Might also pick up ESPN NFL at some point - probably after Christmas.

Got Gun Metal, it's pretty much close to the PC version visually ( not quite as good but hey), and I got Wallace and Gromit, and it cost me nothing 'cause I traded in 6 old DVDs. Bargain (especially seeing as said DVD's would get about £10 on eBay)

I can't say I'll be buying any of those games. I'm looking forward Broken Sword: the Sleeping Dragon. George Stobbart & Nicole in 3D. A proper adventure with proper puzzles. It's like a miracle.

Savatt said "coming".

*giggles*

Gun Metal is good but not all that special.

Plus people who enjoy "Game"ing will have 24 hours of fun on Halloween, so I might just save my money until I've seen what's on offer on the site. Better not be any more blatant than that about it...but anyone who has the newsletter from them should have seen it.

Plus after seeing it on Gamezville I want that old Gun Metal game...however *gloats* should be getting the beta Steel Batallion Lines Of Contact this week according to Capcom. To be honest I never expected to get onto the beta, I've tried for loads of PC stuff and never got anywhere, but it sounds really interesting.

Still well pleased with my purchase of the new Buffy game :) Played the Voodoo Vince demo as well and it reminds me of Blinx/ I want a new platformer ( I actually liked Blinx) but the Wallace and Gromit games looks nice as well, plus it is cheaper.

And I can't wait for Rainbow Six 3 now I've finally gotten into the demo.

Crimson Skies is a definite, people have pictures of genuine copies right now on eBay, and yes they're PAL.

Might get Crimson Skies, going into my bank this week to see if I can push my overdraft up more :)

Yeah how gimpy can they get?

MS should hire Konami to make an exclusive Pro Evo online with an actual license. How much would that rock?

I've been thinking about getting an NHL game at some point, but I'll probably wait till NHL Rivals comes out for the XSN Sports support. Microsoft seem to be pretty good when it comes to sports games so far - be good if they put some money into a football game well worth playing. Especially using XSN Sports to set up tournaments.

I was reading the Fifa 2004 booklet I got with XBox World last night and I came accross an online section - I didn't know wether to laugh or feel offended. Get this, a little red box entitled "What about XBox ? Its not all bad news for XBox."
This is what they say on the online play..
"XBox owners feeling slightly short changed by the lack of online play in their version of Fifa Football 2004 should take heart. Like they say, every cloud has a silver lining. They might not be able to play their friends online, but at least they can enjoy the significantly sharper visuals that the XBox version employs. Plus theres still the standard multiplayer game, ensuring you'll always be able to go head to head with your friends in your living room. So don't go feeling too left out now XBox faithful"

Now I have an answer to that which consists of two words, the other being "you."
So there you have it folks, we don't need to feel short changed on the lack of online play, cause we have the standard multiplayer mode - ha ! Suck on that PS2 and PC owners !
Somehow, I really don't see the visuals being that "significantly" better than the other versions.
I mean overall the online play probably lacks any voice communication anyway, so its not as major as it could be with a number of players on each side. But still, I find that pretty insulting to not only come up with some bullcrap about majorly advanced visuals, but also use the standard multiplayer as a consolation ! EA skanks - can't wait for a decent football game to come out with Live and hopefully XSN support - once that happens I won't be touching another Fifa game.

Damn. A bit longer for XIII and BG:DA2 then.

D&D Heroes looks good as does Crimson Skies.

I want to have Live by the end of next month though so those might have to wait.

I can't be bothered to calculate it all now.