Tony Hawk's Proving Ground

In Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground, you create your own story. This authentic skating experience gives you the freedom to truly define your character, story, and style based on the choices you make, the path you select, and the styles of skating you choose. Every skater has their own story. Step onto the Proving Ground, and create yours.

• Unique skills: Build your own unique skill set from various skating styles.
• New tricks: Master new skills like Bowl Carving, Nail the Grab and Manual, Skate Checking, and more.
• Multiplayer action: Transition seamlessly from single player to online multiplayer.
• Epic videos: Create your own epic skate videos with a full-featured video editor.
• Interactive environments: Modify the world into your own personal skatepark.

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Mass Effect

Game Updates

A Visit with Bioware CEO Ray Muzyka
Bioware's co-founder discusses characters, story, and good gaming.

Saren Arterius in Mass Effect
Saren Arterius is the longest-serving Turian member of the Spectres, but he has become increasingly outspoken lately on the subject of human expansion.

Urnot Wrex in Mass Effect
The Mass Effect site has been updated with a profile of one of the most notorious Krogan, Urdnot Wrex. Wrex holds the honor of being one of the last Krogan Battle Masters.

Features

Mass Effect™ is a sci-fi action RPG created by BioWare, the commercially and critically acclaimed developer of Jade Empire™ and Star Wars®: Knights of the Old Republic™. Mass Effect delivers an immersive, story-driven experience coupled with awe-inspiring visuals, delivered exclusively to the Xbox 360™.

As one of the first human beings to step onto the galactic stage, you face a grave threat that may destroy all of civilization. Your job is complicated by the fact that no one believes that there is any threat at all. Travel across an expansive universe, exploring the uncharted corners of the galaxy, searching for pieces of the truth in order to discover how to defeat the coming destruction.

-Xbox.com

Skate

Out Now!


Developed by EA Black Box in Vancouver, British Columbia, SKATE will deliver the feel of skating through innovative controls, authentic cameras and a fully reactive skateboarding city. The gamewill deliver all the style, fun, creativity and culture of skateboarding without the countless hours of practice, broken bones and hospital visits.

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Halo 3 Game Manual

Virtual Manual
Bungie has posted the Interactive Manual for Halo 3. It shows all the controls, gameplay modes and weapons before you play in the Halo 3 Interactive Game Manual. Be sure to Check it out! The link is above. Enjoy!!!
Halo Is Released This Monday at Midnight!

Viva Pinata: Party Animals Demo on XBLM

As part of its Tokyo Game Show Bringing It Home celebration, a 971 MB demo of the Xbox 360 mini-game competition Viva Pinata: Party Animals is now available for download from Xbox Live Marketplace.

Developed by Krome Studios and based on the pinata-tastic property created by Rare, Party Animals arrives in North America later this year.

GameTrailers Best of E3 2007: Most Disappointing

Brand New Simpsons Trailer

It's looking really good for all you Simpson fans out there.

Halo 3 Console

In anticipation of this year's largest blockbuster game launch, Microsoft will offer the Xbox 360™ Halo® 3 Special Edition Console in September 2007. The console features an exclusive "Spartan green and gold" finish and comes bundled with a matching Xbox 360 Wireless Controller, 20GB Hard Drive, Headset, Play & Charge Kit, and exclusive Halo 3 Gamer Pics and Theme (available via Xbox LIVE® download).

Join the Halo Nation with the Special Edition Console.

Look for this new console in September. This new Special Edition contains these components:

• Halo 3 Special Edition Console
• Halo 3 Special Edition Wireless Controller
• Halo 3 Special Edition 20GB Hard Drive
• Halo 3 Special Edition Wired Headset
• Halo 3 Special Edition Gamer Pics and Theme (Exclusive download via Xbox LIVE)
• Component HD AV Cable
• Ethernet Cable
• HDMI Port
• Play & Charge Kit
• Xbox LIVE Silver Membership
• One-month Lbox LIVE Gold Membership
• Halo 3 game not included—sold separately

Halo 3: Three Choices, Time is short.

These are the versions available to pre-order. Clicking Pre-order takes you to there official site.

Standard Edition: $59.99 This is the complete third installment of the legendary epic.

Limited Edition: $69.99 The Limited Edition ships in a sleek metal collector's case. In addition to the game, the Limited Edition includes the "Bestarium," a hardcover guide to the game's species, civilizations, and cultures. The bonus disc includes Bungie's high-definition home theater calibration tool; "Art Attack" with concept, production art, an exclusive Dashboard theme, and gamer pics; a Halo-themed minigame; and a variety of short films on a wide range of subjects.

Legendary Edition: $129.99 Individually numbered and available while supplies last, the Legendary Edition includes a copy of Halo 3 in a collectible Spartan Mjolnir Mark VI helmet case, as well as an exclusive collection of storyboard art and the same bonus disc included with the Limited Edition. You'll also get the Legendary Edition disc, including remastered, high-res versions of the Halo and Halo 2 cinematics; an expanded digital "Bestiarum" guide to the creatures and cultures of Halo 3; The Cortana Chronicles; and exclusive machinima episodes.

New Maps For Graw 2

The free Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter™ 2 Throwback Pack 2, now available in Marketplace, consists of seven classic maps from Ghost Recon's illustrious history. In addition to the seven maps, there is a new game mode called "Co-op Exfiltration." All of these maps have upgraded visuals and support all of GRAW 2's thousands of customizable game modes.

Ghost Town
From a map in Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® 2 Summit Strike, a rural North Korean village surrounds a temple courtyard. Narrow streets and back alleys make for intense close-quarters battles.

Aral Sea
Also from Summit Strike, this map is a forgotten harbor village on the coast of a vast, empty sea. Grounded ships provide sparse cover on the dried seabed dividing the map. The shelter of the docks above makes this map a favorite with marksmen.

District
This map from Summit Strike is a government district of a large Kazakh city. Open city streets make for long-range firefights, while winding alleys create flanking opportunities.

Bunkers
Another map from Summit Strike, these training grounds feature several simulated bunker complexes divided by open ground with intermittent cover. Move quickly from cover to cover to avoid marksmen in the firing positions above.

Rocky Cove

From the original Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter™, this is a coastal area, featuring tidal pools and an imposing central promontory. Beaches are littered with large rocks, and long sight lines invite marksmen to test their skill.

Boneyard
Also from Advanced Warfighter, this is a vehicle graveyard, with rusting aircraft parts and scrap metal piled all around. Tight quarters ensure no one is ever far from the action.

River Depot
This map from Advanced Warfighter is an old, abandoned storage facility, overrun by the surrounding jungle and repurposed for military use. Deteriorating railways run the length of the map, connecting two gates on higher ground to a warehouse near the river.

New Game Mode
In the new Co-op Exfiltration mode, work together to protect A.I. officers as you escort them to a helicopter extraction zone through a map populated with enemies.

-Xbox.com

Halo 3 Videos

A hero is more than a person, a hero is a belief. A belief that, against impossible odds, the world can be saved—and that the world is still worth saving. Heroes inspire that belief in us. They renew our faith and give us that most precious of all gifts—hope. The world needs heroes. That's why, when a true hero arrives, the world will honor him.

	Museum Master Chief's legend lives on in first-hand stories told by the men who served with him in the Battle for New Mombasa. High | Low
	Diorama The John-117 Monument, created in the year 2607, on exhibit in the Museum of Humanity, was crafted by historians to pay tribute to the greatest of heroes, Master Chief Petty Officer John-117. 90 second version: High | Low 60 second version: High | Low 30 second version: High | Low 15 second version: High | Low
	Making Of Go behind the scenes and see how the John-117 Monument was created. Built as a tribute to the fight for our very survival as a species, the monument is a three-dimensional snapshot of the battle that defined us, and the hero who pulled us from the brink. High | Low

BELIEVE—The Interactive Exhibit
Visit the John-117 Monument and get a hands-on look at the amazing detail that went into crafting this stunning tribute. The exhibit is filled with first-person accounts from the soldiers who were there, fighting for our very survival. From billows of smoke erupting from a cannon to the sweat dripping from a Marine's brow, you can explore this painstaking recreation of our greatest fight, and Earth's greatest Hero.

-Xbox.com excerpt

Tokyo Game Show

Tokyo, Japan—Flanked by a who's who of Japanese gaming luminaries and video game development legends, Takashi Sensui , general manager of the Home and Entertainment Division at Microsoft Co. Ltd., took the stage at the Yebisu Garden Hall during Xbox 360 Briefing 2007 to announce support from some of Japan's most renowned game developers and unveil an unparalleled lineup of holiday blockbuster hits and exclusives for Xbox 360™.

Take to the skies in Ace Combat 6.

Two of Japan's most celebrated game developers, Tomonobu Itagaki from Team NINJA/ Tecmo Ltd.and Hironobu Sakaguchi from Mistwalker, joined Sensui onstage to announce their support for the Xbox 360 platform. Itagaki highlighted the announcement that Team NINJA will develop NINJA GAIDEN® 2, the true sequel to the best-selling and critically acclaimed Xbox® original, exclusively for Xbox 360.

Sakaguchi revealed pricing and availability for Mistwalker's upcoming role-playing game (RPG) Lost Odyssey™, available December 6, 2007, in Japan, and around the world in early 2008. In addition, representatives from SQUARE ENIX took the stage to discuss two new games for Xbox 360: INFINITE UNDISCOVERY™ and THE LAST REMNANT™ .

Japanese Developers Embrace Xbox 360
NINJA GAIDEN 2 is the long-awaited sequel to the platinum-selling Xbox original, where you once again assume the role of Ryu Hayabusa as you guide the ninja hero on a quest to avenge his clan and prevent the destruction of the human race. Team NINJA's announcement that NINJA GAIDEN 2will be exclusive to Xbox 360 and available worldwide in 2008 provides plenty of reason for excitement, and serves as yet another example of the blockbuster games being created by Japanese developers exclusively for the platform.

Lost Odyssey lands in Japan in December.

Xbox 360 owners in Japan will be the first to experience the magical world of Lost Odyssey, created by Mistwalker/feelplus Inc., and featuring a beautifully told story by Hironobu Sakaguchi, creator of the Final Fantasy video game franchise. Available December 6, 2007, in Japan, January 2008 in Asia, and February 2008 in North America and Europe, Lost Odyssey headlines a lineup of games by Japanese developers for Xbox 360 owners around the world this holiday, including:

• Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation (NAMCO BANDAI Games): Zoom up to the sky and into the heat of realistic air combat with next-generation audio and visual effects and online multiplayer action. Available this holiday, only on Xbox 360.
• Beautiful Katamari (NAMCO BANDAI Games): Marking the debut of Namco's beloved ball-rolling puzzle game on a next-generation platform, the fourth installment of the Katamari series features levels of quirkiness, cosmic animations and musical stylings never seen before. Available in October.
• Lost Odyssey (Microsoft Game Studios/Mistwalker/feelplus Inc.): Famed game producer Hironobu Sakaguchi leads a staff of gaming masters to bring a truly next-generation role-playing experience to Xbox 360 in Lost Odyssey. Experience a dramatic story of massive scale that features breathtaking visuals and an epic adventure made possible only by the power of Xbox 360. Available December 6, 2007, in Japan, and worldwide in 2008, only on Xbox 360.

Infinite Undiscovery is an epic RPG.

Plus:

• Battlefield: Bad Company (Electronic Arts)
• Battlestations: Midway ( Eidos)
• BLADESTORM : The Hundred Years' War (KOEI Co. Ltd.)
• CASTLE SHIKIGAMI III (ArcSystemWorks Co. Ltd.)
• Dynasty Warriors 6 (KOEI Co. Ltd.)
• Dynasty Warriors: Gundam (NAMCO BANDAI Games)
• Final Fantasy XI Play Online All in One Pack 2007 (SQUARE ENIX)
• Final Fantasy XI Wings of the Goddess (SQUARE ENIX)
• Just Cause (Electronic Arts)
• Mobile Ops: The One Year War (NAMCO BANDAI Games)
• Operation Darkness (S UCCESS Corp.)
• Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Konami)
• ZOIDS ALTERNATIVE (TOMY Co. Ltd.)

Last Remnant was another big show announcement.

This incredible lineup joins many other amazing games from developers around the globe that will be available this holiday in Japan and around the world, including the following:

• Assassin's Creed (Ubisoft Entertainment): Assassin's Creed™ is the next-generation game developed by Ubisoft that merges technology, game design, theme and emotions into a world where you assume the role of the main character, Altair, and have the power to throw your immediate environment into chaos and experience the art of a master assassin. Available this November.
• Halo 3 (Microsoft Game Studios/Bungie Studios): In Halo® 3, the third installment of the landmark Halo trilogy and hugely anticipated sequel to the critically acclaimed Halo 2, take on the role of Master Chief and experience Master Chief's greatest battle as he launches an epic mission to stop the Covenant, destroy the impending Flood threat, and ultimately save mankind. In this third chapter of the Halo trilogy, Master Chief returns to face his greatest challenge as he readies himself for the final battle and seals his place in history. A hero must rise. Believe. Available worldwide, with availability in the United States on September 25 and Japan on September 27, only on Xbox 360.
• Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom (Microsoft/Blueside Inc.). Six heroes from the Kingdom Under Fire universe fight their way through the Dark Dimension against hordes of demented monsters in a twisted action-RPG exclusive to Xbox 360. Coming this winter, KUF:COD features seamless four-player co-op via Xbox LIVE®, randomly generated maps, and nearly infinite weapons combos with unique abilities, enhancements, and magical powers to learn and master.
• Project Gotham Racing 4 (Microsoft Game Studios/Bizarre Creations Ltd.): Project Gotham Racing® 4redefines the acclaimed PGR franchise by delivering a unique, exciting racing experience complete with dynamic weather and iconic cars and motorcycles. Available this October, only on Xbox 360.
• Viva Piñata: Party Animals (Microsoft Game Studios/Krome Studios Pty. Ltd.): An exciting new party game based on the critically acclaimed Xbox 360 exclusive and hit animated TV series, Viva Piñata™: Party Animals brings back the familiar piñata characters and invites you to compete in more than 40 mini-games against friends at home or over Xbox LIVE. Available this holiday season, only on Xbox 360.

"Gamers around the world can look forward to the gr eatest holiday lineup in video game history," said Don Mattrick, senior vice president of the Interactive Entertainment Business in the Entertainment and Devices Division at Microsoft Corp. "We continue to evolve our strong relationships with Japan's best and most innovative developers, and we're looking forward to delivering exclusive high-definition titles for consumers worldwide, this year and beyond."

Rez is a legendary action shooter.

Xbox LIVE Arcade
Japanese developers have long embraced and championed Xbox LIVE Arcade, with hits including PAC-MAN Championship Edition (NAMCO BANDAI Games), Bomberman Live (Hudson Entertainment), Frogger (Konami) and Fatal Fury Special (SNK PLAYMORE Corp.). Several new titles from these and other Japanese developers will be added to the diverse portfolio of digitally distributed, high-definition original and classic games currently available on Xbox LIVE Arcade, including the following:

• Every Extend Extra Extreme(Q Entertainment): The latest creation from Q Entertainment, Every Extend Extra Extreme, or E4, is a unique action-packed shooter where the goal is to perfectly time your self-destruction to create chain reactions that explode surrounding enemies. With outrageous visuals and the ability to play your own favorite music, E4 puts a new twist on puzzle shooter games.
• EXIT (Taito): An addictive, frenzied puzzle game, EXIT use your decision-making skills and wits to escape numerous obstacles, while rescuing people from more than 100 different emergencies. Save as many lives as possible while finding the fastest way out when EXIT arrives on Xbox LIVE Arcade by the end of the year.
• Ikaruga (Treasure Co. Ltd.): Ikarugais a quick-paced shooter with strong strategy elements featuring a slow-motion training mode and co-op play for two. Available soon for download from Xbox LIVE Arcade, Ikaruga is the perfect combination of beautiful, manga-style storytelling and refined, ultra-challenging arcade heroics.
• OMEGA FIVE (Hudson Entertainment): OMEGA FIVE is a next-generation, high-definition shooter with awe-inspiring graphics. Players fly through dangerous 3-D environments in this side-scroller and try to avoid the enemies that come at them from all sides, even from behind.
• Rez (Q Entertainment): Rez , the legendary action-shooter created by Tetsuya Mizuguchi, is coming to Xbox LIVE Arcade. A fast-moving, wire-frame adventure backed by industrial beats, the story of Rez takes you deep into the world's computer network, where you must hack the system, altering the visual output and even taking over the music, creating your own rhythms and eye candy as you dig deeper into the dreamlike cyberworld.
• Triggerheart Exelica (Warashi):A shoot 'em-up game where you battle against hordes of enemy ships, Triggerheart Exelica dynamically adjusts the difficulty to match your skill level. Triggerheart Exelica launches on Xbox LIVE Arcade this year.

Other exciting Xbox LIVE Arcade games available in the coming months include these:

• Braid (Number None Inc.): Arriving in early 2008 on Xbox LIVE Arcade, Braid is a platformer/puzzle game. Journey across seven worlds to rescue a princess—in each world, time behaves in its own peculiar way. Cleverly manipulate the flow of time to solve puzzles. Braid aims to provide a mind-expanding, filler-free experience.
• Castlecrashers (The Behemoth): Arriving in early 2008 on Xbox LIVE Arcade, Castlecrashers is the second title currently in development by award-winning independent developer the Behemoth. The four-player RPG adventure lets you hack, slash, and smash your way to victory. Castlecrashers delivers unique high-resolution illustrated visuals, including memorably hand-drawn characters that are cute and menacing at the same time. Play with up to three friends locally or over Xbox LIVE and discover mind-boggling magic and mystery in the amazing world of Castlecrashers.
• Schizoid (Torpex Games LLC):Schizoid, from independent studio Torpex Games, is the first Xbox LIVE Arcade game to be created with XNA™ Game Studio. Debuting on Xbox LIVE Arcade later this year, Schizoid is an action-packed game focused on co-op gameplay where you smash barrages of glowing enemies while cooperating closely to protect each other.

Bringing It Home on Marketplace
Once again, Microsoft will bring the Tokyo Game Show experience into living rooms worldwide as it offers its "TGS Bring It Home" programming, delivering hours of coverage from the press briefing, all the best highlights from the show floor, interviews with developers, gameplay videos, exclusive cinematic trailers, and a variety of Xbox 360 content to download over Xbox LIVE Marketplace, beginning September 13, 2007.

-Xbox.com