XBOX 360 Information

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Some information I've put together from various sites.

You can wait until Christmas night to open your gift or keep reading for what might be the very first real info on Halo 2 Director’s Cut.

OXM was the first to report about Halo 2.5 revealing that the game is planned as an Xbox 2 launch title but now you’re going to read the very first details, straight from one of our most trusted sources:

“Halo 2.5 will be an Xbox 2 launch title and is going to run in HDTV resolution with new, improved textures and graphical effects. All the stuff that people expected from Halo 2 but didn’t make the cut will be there.”


Although our source didn’t specify which HDTV resolution the game will run at, HDTV’s lower spec is enough to get excited. Can you imagine Halo 2 running at 1280x720?!!! We also wonder what was meant by “all the stuff people expected from Halo 2 but didn’t make the cut.” With this kind of top-secret info, you don’t ask; you simply listen. We cross our fingers that this will include online co-op, more multiplayer maps, and the final conclusion to the Halo 2 story.

“The technology that powers Halo 2 has been designed from day one to take advantage of the next generation hardware,” the insider added. “In Halo 2, the Xbox was pushed to its limits but now the game will reach new heights with the advanced hardware.”

But that is not the only info our insider had for us as soon after he dropped the bomb: “Now, here is the twist. Halo 2.5 will come preloaded with the optional HDD. It’ll be one of the two reasons to get the Xbox 2 that comes with a hard drive. The other reason… well, you’ll just have to wait”

Sounds crazy to us but that’s what we have been told. Interestedly, if this is true, the rumor confirms the existence of, at least, two editions of the Xbox successor. Last month, we reported about the supposed Microsoft plan to release three versions of the Xbox successor. Although never in console history has an add-on sold enough to represent a large percentage of the install base, the inclusion of Halo 2.5 would probably sell millions of hard drives and/or other peripherals that includes this special edition.

Xbox 360 Developers and Publishers?

Xbox 360 Third Party Xbox 2 Publishers:

Activision - (Quake 4, Tony Hawks Underground 3, Ultimate Spiderman, Call of Duty 2)
Atari
Bandai
Bethesda Softworks
Capcom
Codemasters
Eidos - (Tomb Raider: Legend)
Electronic Arts (Battlefield: Modern Combat, The Godfather, ' Secret Marvel project ', Black, Fifa 2006, Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 2006, Need for speed: Most Wanted, SSX 4, Urbz 2, Harry for the and the Goblet or Fire, Burnout Revenge, James bound: From Russia With Love, Fifa Street 2 )
From Software
Koei
Konami
LucasArts
Majesco
Midway
Namco
Phantagram - (Kingdom Under Fire 2)
Rockstar Games - (Take-Two Interactive) (Midnight Club 4, GTA Europe)
Sega of America
Tecmo
THQ
Ubisoft - (Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 3, Peter Jackson's King Kong, Splinter Cell 4, Killing Day (working title)
Vivendi Universal Games - (Chronicles of Riddick 2)
Webzen
2KGames

Xbox 360 First/Second Party Xbox 2 Publishers:

BioWare - Jade Empire 2?
Bizarre Creations - Project Gotham Racing 3?
Bungie Studios - Halo 3?
Epic Games
FASA Studio
Lionhead Studios - Fable 2?
Mistwalker
Q Entertainment
Rare Ltd - Perfect Dark Zero ? Kameo Elements of Power?
Real Time Worlds

First Xbox 360 Madden Screenshot

Gawd I can't wait to get my hands on this system