Live Content for 10/23 - GHIII and Need For Speed: Pro Street Demos

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Need for Speed: Pro Street

Content: Demo - Need for Speed ProStreet
Price: Free
Availability: All Xbox LIVE regions
Dash Text: [ESRB: E10+ (Everyone 10+) SUGGESTIVE THEMES] Compete at the highest level of street racing. Experience the intense rivalry of Grip Racing and prove yourself in the all-new Speed Challenge - the ultimate test of speed and control. Visit needforspeed.com for full product info. Need for Speed ProStreet is in stores November 14, 2007.
Size: 654.64 MB

Guitar Hero III

Content: Guitar Hero III Demo
Price: Free
Availability: All Xbox LIVE regions
Dash Text: [ESRB: T (Teen) Lyrics, Mild Suggestive Themes] Unleash your inner rock legend! Crank up the volume and prepare to rock around the globe with Guitar Hero? III: Legends of Rock. -Challenge guitar icons Slash and Tom Morello! -Rock out with a friend online or offline with the new wireless Les Paul Guitar Controller. -Features over 70 of the biggest and loudest songs ever compiled in a game from such legendary artists as The Rolling Stones, Beastie Boys, and Pearl Jam.
Size: 544.82 MB

Update

From Looney Tunes and iCarly to Shrek and SpongeBob SquarePants, Xbox 360 Launches Massive Library of Family Games and Entertainment
Warner Bros. and Nickelodeon add new TV shows for kids on Xbox 360, including exclusive content from Nickelodeon?s ?The Backyardigans?; new kid-friendly games ?SHREK-N-ROLL? and ?SpongeBob SquarePants: Underpants Slam? will be available soon on Xbox LIVE Arcade.

REDMOND, Wash. ? Oct. 22, 2007 ? Today Microsoft Corp. expands its selection of family-oriented programming on Xbox LIVE with more than 100 new episodes of popular Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. and Nickelodeon TV shows. Now families looking for the ultimate entertainment experience need look no further than Xbox 360.

More than any other next-generation video game console on the market, the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft offers a wide variety of fun-for-all content with more than 700 episodes of TV shows specifically for the family and more than 200 family-friendly games the whole household can enjoy. The company also introduced two new game titles, ?SpongeBob SquarePants: Underpants Slam? and ?SHREK-N-ROLL?,? based on the popular animation characters SpongeBob SquarePants and Shrek®, for Xbox LIVE Arcade, the premier destination to download high-definition games for Xbox 360.

?What?s Up, Doc??

Starting today, Warner Bros. for the first time offers more than 50 episodes of the classic Looney Tunes library in high definition for on-demand download to own. Fans of all ages will be able to digitally download Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck episodes and all the other classic characters episodes directly to their TV via Xbox LIVE. In addition, 10 episodes will be available in Spanish.

?Looney Tunes cartoons have been family favorites for generations, and now everyone can download them anytime on Xbox 360,? said Michele Edelman, vice president of marketing for Warner Bros. Digital Distribution. ?We are particularly proud to offer programming in Spanish as well as high definition, both of which help enhance the appeal of these great shows for Xbox 360 owners.?

Exclusive Content From Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon delivers three top shows to Xbox LIVE, also available today, including programming for the Nick Jr. hit series ?The Backyardigans.? The show?s double-length ?Super Secret Super Spy? episode featuring the vocal talents of special guest star Cyndi Lauper will be exclusively available for download on Xbox LIVE. In addition, kids of all ages can download the entire first season of the educational and imaginative, play-to-learn, top-rated preschool series ?Blue?s Clues.? Tweens will love episodes of the network?s latest smash ?iCarly,? as new episodes will be added to Xbox LIVE immediately after they air on Nickelodeon?s TEENick.

Xbox LIVE Arcade Adds New Family Games

Also being introduced today are new kid-friendly game titles, ?SHREK-N-ROLL? and ?SpongeBob SquarePants: Underpants Slam,? based on two of the most popular family icons in animation. These new games will both be available soon for download from Xbox LIVE Arcade.

?To truly entertain our audience, we know we have to seed our content on every platform they are using, and the Xbox 360 is a great entertainment console for our target demographic,? said Steve Youngwood, executive vice president of digital media for Nickelodeon-MTVN Kids and Family Group. ?We?ve seen tremendous response to the Nickelodeon content already available on Xbox LIVE, and we expect ?Blue?s Clues,? exclusive content from ?The Backyardigans? and our newest TEENick series, ?iCarly,? to perform just as well.?

All these developments coincide with the announcement today of a new Xbox 360 console for families, Xbox 360 Arcade. Available in stores beginning today, the Xbox 360 Arcade console includes five arcade games, a wireless controller and 256 MB of memory ? useful for storing games and entertainment content ? all for an estimated retail price of just $279.99 (U.S. estimated retail price). Xbox 360 Arcade console invites everyone in the family to play and comes with five best-selling games: ?Pac-Man Championship Edition? (NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc.), ?Uno? (Carbonated Games), ?Luxor 2? (MumboJumbo), ?Boom Boom Rocket? (Electronic Arts Inc.), and ?Feeding Frenzy? (Sprout Games).

In addition to this great value, this holiday season families will have a selection of more than 200 ?E?- and ?T?-rated games appropriate for everyone from kids to teens for Xbox 360, including ?BEE MOVIE? GAME? (Activision), ?Guitar Hero III®: Legends of Rock? (Activision), ?Naruto: Rise of a Ninja? (Ubisoft Entertainment), ?Scene It? Lights, Camera, Action? (Screen Life Games) and ?Viva Piñata: Party Animals? (Krome Studios). No matter what type of content users decide to play or watch on their console, every Xbox 360 comes equipped with leading Parental Controls, known as Family Settings, to let parents control the access their children have to games and entertainment, as well as who they can play with on Xbox LIVE. More information about Family Settings is available at http://www.xbox.com/isyourfamilyset.com.

 

[blurredvision]

Awesome, looking forward to trying out Pro Street. I'd be equally as stoked about the GH3 demo, but most of us have already played it .

 

[CPA]

huh, the GHIII demo is about 120mb larger than the one you can find on the internet. I wonder if there's an additional song.

 

[Hyperlite]

just finished the prostreet demo...it was fun, but too easy. and too short. they should have had a race from each mode. lots of fun though.

 

[RagingBITCH]

Originally posted by: CPA
huh, the GHIII demo is about 120mb larger than the one you can find on the internet. I wonder if there's an additional song.

CPA - the 421MB file is an ISO. I think in ISO form it's just compressed. (Should be the same demo) I'll check later on tonight, but I'm 99% sure it's the same demo. (Will be easier than playing it from the CD)

 

[yllus]

Damn it. I'm still trying to finish Need For Speed: Most Wanted.

 

[CPA]

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH

Originally posted by: CPA
huh, the GHIII demo is about 120mb larger than the one you can find on the internet. I wonder if there's an additional song.

CPA - the 421MB file is an ISO. I think in ISO form it's just compressed. (Should be the same demo) I'll check later on tonight, but I'm 99% sure it's the same demo. (Will be easier than playing it from the CD)

Gotcha, that makes sense.

 

[bigrash]

Originally posted by: yllus
Damn it. I'm still trying to finish Need For Speed: Most Wanted.

lol, me too. I think I was 61% done and I stopped playing. It's a really fun game and I've been meaning to play it again.

 

[blurredvision]

I played Pro Street last night, and I have to say that when you are sitting at the start, waiting for the race to begin, if you look only at the combination of the car, the concrete, and the shadowing, it is one of the few times in gaming that it looks absolutely real. The textures and everything are simply amazing. This was at 1080p. Once you start moving, though, that realism drops a bit.

However, for some reason, when I was jetting down the first speed race, I had flashbacks to Cruisin' USA. I guess something just looked familiar with the surroundings, or the speed of the game, or something. I don't care much for how far back the camera goes during high speeds with the default camera.

 

[foghorn67]

I am downloading ProStreet now. I am trying to read some user opinions on it, but they all suck. Some said the graphics are almost bad as PGR4. Wait, what? Out of all the things you can fault PGR4 for, graphics isn't one of them.
So, I can't rely on crap like this.