Xbox 360 is designed with a singular platform vision that fuses high-performance hardware and intelligent software and services so the player is always in power. The Xbox Platform - Powering the Xbox 360 Games and Entertainment Through riveting games and new community features, Microsoft expects to connect half of all Xbox 360 consoles to Xbox Live. For example, in “PGR 3,” gamers can watch any of their friends and the world’s top players on live spectator feeds, get live ticker-tape information when friends break records, and compete with anyone, anywhere, anytime. Special features available to Gold subscribers only also include Spectator Mode, which will supercharge the entire Xbox Live game experience. Players can also voice chat with friends, and send and receive text and voice messages.
With the Silver level of service, gamers immediately access the Xbox Live Marketplace to download demos and trailers along with new game levels, maps, weapons, vehicles, skins, classic arcade games, card and board games, community-created content, and more to the detachable Xbox 360 hard drive. More exponential growth is on the horizon, because a Silver level of Xbox Live service will be available at no extra cost to Xbox 360 players who choose a broadband connection for their system. : A 2-Million-Member Movement and Rapidly Expanding The following games are among the exciting new titles, many console-exclusives, in development from the biggest names in publishing today: All are optimized for high-definition output (720p and 1080i). In addition, more than 160 games are in development for Xbox 360, with 25 to 40 games slated for release this calendar year. The company also announced Xbox 360 will be backward-compatible with top-selling Xbox games. Demonstrating the strength of a world-class portfolio, EA has committed to a broad lineup of Xbox 360 titles including “Madden NFL 06,” “Need for Speed (TM) Most Wanted,” “FIFA 06,” “Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® 06,” “The Godfather (TM) The Game” and “NBA Live 06.” Reinforcing the electricity accompanying Xbox 360, leading video games publisher EA announced that its groundbreaking Xbox 360 games symbolize its largest commitment to a next-generation platform launch. “Together, we will chart a new course for the future of video game entertainment.” “We’re honored that Square Enix will make games like ‘FINAL FANTASY XI’ for the millions of Xbox® fans who have anticipated this historical moment for quite some time,” said Robbie Bach, senior vice president and chief Xbox officer in the Home and Entertainment Division at Microsoft. “FINAL FANTASY XI” is just the beginning: Square Enix will work closely with Microsoft on Xbox 360 and Xbox Live. an industry-leading developer and publisher of the world-renowned “FINAL FANTASY®” series, which has sold more than 60 million units worldwide - will release “FINAL FANTASY XI” for Xbox 360 and Xbox Live (TM).
Bolstering the promise that Xbox 360 immerses players at the center of the most powerful next-generation games and entertainment experiences, the company revealed that Square Enix Co. released a flurry of announcements tonight to a packed house at the Shrine Auditorium. LOS ANGELES - On the heels of the Xbox 360 (TM) video game and entertainment system worldwide premiere on MTV last week, Microsoft Corp.