The Gamerscore Blog guys are confirming a few games that will be headed to the Xbox 360 Platinum Hits lineup on March 16th in North America. If you didn't know, the Platinum Hits program is a list of games that have been singled out to retail for $29.99, because they "supposedly" achieved greatness during their lifetime. We may not always agree with certain games that come to the Platinum Hits, but nobody can disagree with the cheaper pricetag. Below is a list of games that will become Platinum Hits in North America.New Platinum Hits games coming in March
The Gamerscore Blog guys are confirming a few games that will be headed to the Xbox 360 Platinum Hits lineup on March 16th in North America. If you didn't know, the Platinum Hits program is a list of games that have been singled out to retail for $29.99, because they "supposedly" achieved greatness during their lifetime. We may not always agree with certain games that come to the Platinum Hits, but nobody can disagree with the cheaper pricetag. Below is a list of games that will become Platinum Hits in North America.Two new sports demos hit XBLM
Two new treats for any sports-gamers out there. A little something
Top Spin 2 developer, Indie Built, was recently closed down by Take-Two, publishers of the 2K Sports series and owners of the Salt Lake City developer.
[Thanks, Arsamore & Carl-Tang]
(Update: corrected the timeliness of the FIFA demo. Thanks HoTHiTTeR360 and BraveQuail. Can you tell I don't play sports games much? Seriously though... they just came out with a soccer game less than six months ago! What could they have changed?!)
Top Spin 2 serves up demo date
Here's a racquet sport warm
up while you're waiting to find out if Grand Theft Ping Pong is the real deal: According to 2K Sports Senior
Producer Thorsten Moeckel, a Top Spin 2 demo will
be available on Xbox Live Marketplace a "few days" before the game's April 7 release date. How important have demos been to your gaming decisions so far? Is it pretty much a necessity for every Xbox 360 game? Have you decided not to purchase a game after being disappointed with the demo?
Delays galore! Dead Rising, Top Spin 2, Lost Odyssey
Sorry for being the bearer of bad news, but Frame City Killer wasn't
the only game to get delayed this week. - Originally supposed to launch at the end of January, Capcom's Dead Rising has been pushed back to May 2. Joystiq's hands-on with the title at CES left us thinking the title needed a little more work.
- 2K Sports tennis-sim Top
Spin 2 has been pushed back until April.
- Hironobu Sakaguchi's much anticipated RPG Lost Odyssey has not so much been pushed back, as its release date is just unknown. Using the often inaccurate sales data gleaned from Internet retailers, IGN extracted that the release date has been pushed back.
Medal of Honor: Airborne for 360?
GamersReports has an interesting release update from Gamestop. In it are some updates to noteworthy titles you may have been eyeing. However, one of the most intriguing bits comes from the listing of Medal of Honor: Airborne for Xbox 360. With a PS3 version planned, this definitely strikes some interest. Other titles include Fight Night Round 3, which has a date of Feb 14th and Topspin 2, which is slated for April 3rd. And The Outfit has a date for March 13th as well.
