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26th July 2005:
360 Summit Shows Full Circle
The Xbox 360 summit in Tokyo has revealed quite a lot about the overall plan for the console when it is released.
Posted by Chris Barnett - Xbox - UK and Europe

The Xbox summit took place in Tokyo today and allowed the eager gaming world to see what is lined up for Microsoft's self-proclaimed 'full circle' (the Xbox 360). Amongst the games featured were versions of Ridge Racer and Resident Evil to keep the 'old school' happy (although old school is different from old skool, in gaming terms at least. But we may go into this in a future feature).

Peter Moore, corporate vice president of Worldwide Marketing and Publishing for Xbox (now that's a job title to take to the grave), confirmed Microsoft's increasing understanding of worldwide markets when he stated, "Japan is one of the most important video game markets in the world and is a key pillar of our global strategy for Xbox 360,". This was supported by the number of Japanese publishers confirmed for the 360.

A full list of the developers and their games, as featured at the summit, is listed below:

Activision
"Call of Duty 2"
"Tony Hawk's American Wasteland"
"Quake IV"
"Gun"

A R C System Works Co. Ltd.
"Versus Tactical Action" (working title)

Artdink Corp.
"A-Train X"

Atari Japan Co. Ltd.
"Test Drive Unlimited"

Bandai Co. Ltd.
"Mobile Suit Gundam" (working title)

Banpresto Co. Ltd.
"Super Robot Wars" (working title)

Capcom
"Biohazard 5 (Resident Evil 5)"
"Dead Rising"

Cavia Inc.
Title TBA

D3 Publisher Inc.
"E-D-FX" (working title)
"Chambara Beauty X" (working title)

Eidos KK
Title TBA

Electronic Arts K. K.
"FIFA Soccer 2006"
"NBA Live 2006"
"Need for Speed Most Wanted"

Idea Factory
Title TBA

Jaleco Ltd.
Title TBA

Kids Station Inc.
Title TBA

KOEI Co. Ltd.
"Dynasty Warriors 5"

Konami
"Winning Eleven" (working title)
"Rumble Roses XX" (working title)
"Proyakyu Spirits" (working title)

Marvelous Interactive Inc.
Title TBA

Microsoft Co. Ltd.
"NINETY-NINE NIGHTS"
"Every Party"
"Project Gotham Racing 3"

Namco
"Frame City Killer"
"Ridge Racer 6"
RPG Title TBA
"Love Football" (working title)

FromSoftware Inc.
"eNCHANT arM"

Frontier Groove Inc.
Title TBA

G.Rev Ltd.
Title TBA

Genki Co. Ltd.
"Shutokou Battle" (working title)

Hamster Corp.
Title TBA

Hudson Soft Co. Ltd.
"Far East of Eden Ziria - Tales from Distant Jipang"

SEGA Corp.
"Chromehounds" (working title)

SNK Playmore Corp.
"King of Fighters Maximum Impact 2" (working title)

Spike Co. Ltd.
Title TBA

Square Enix Co. Ltd.
"Final Fantasy XI"

Success Corp.
"Zookeeper" (working title)
"Operation Darkness" (working title)

TAITO Corp.
"World Airforce" (working title)

Tecmo
"Dead or Alive 4"
"Dead or Alive Xtreme 2"
"Project Progressive"
"Dead or Alive code: Cronus"

THQ Japan
"Saints Row"
"The Outfit"

Tomy
"Zoids" (working title)

Treasure Co. Ltd.
Title TBA

Ubisoft KK
"Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter" (working title)

Vivendi
Title TBA

Yuke's Co. Ltd.
"Wrestle Kingdom"

As you can see, there are many interesting games here, but the one that caught our eye was the untitled Treasure project. Imagine the genius of their older games but with the power promised by the 360. This next generation of hardware (including Sony and Nintendo's consoles) could well see the older companies rise up once again (Sega are on board from the launches, as opposed to the bandwagon jumping of the current generation). But it could also see them fall, but with larger polygon counts than ever before. We can only wait and see, impatiently as we can (who on this planet can wait to see what the untitled Hamster Corp. game is?).

Chris Barnett

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