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X06 Big News Summary
- A new Halo RTS, Halo Wars has been announced and is in development at Ensemble Studios (makers of Age of Empires), exclusively on Xbox 360.
- Doom added to Xbox Live Arcade with online play. Sensible Soccer coming soon.
- Sonic the Hedgehog Demo on Live.
- HD-DVD Player is $199/£129/€199, with King Kong bundled infor a limited time, and the Universal Media Remote (non-limited). Arriving in mid-November.
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Splinter Cell 5 will be 360 exclusive.
- Bioshock is 360 exclusive.
- Cryptic Studios (those City of Heroes guys) are creating the Marvel MMO, which will be cross platform on 360 and Vista.
- Peter Jackson (Lord of the Rings, King Kong and Halo movie director) now has a game development studio called Wingnut Interactive, and will help in the development of a new Halo game and another new IP.
- Xbox Live will have two exclusive episodes of GTA4, each with hours of gameplay and available a few months after release.
- New games PGR4 and Banjo Kazooie unveiled.
- Guitar Hero 2 confirmed with new wireless controller and the possibility of song downloads.
Screens & Trailers:
Halo Wars Trailer
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