Moore Announces Xbox 360 Holiday Line-up

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Moore Announces Xbox 360 Holiday Line-up

VP Peter Moore describes the line-up as "the greatest holiday lineup in video game history". Looking at this list, he may not be far from the truth.

Available holiday 2007:

• Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation (NAMCO BANDAI Games): Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation takes you up to the sky and into the heat of realistic air combat with next-generation audio and visual effects and online multiplayer action. Available this holiday, only on Xbox 360.

• Assassin's Creed (Ubisoft): Assassin's Creed is the next-generation game developed by Ubisoft that merges technology, game design, theme and emotions into a world where you assume the role of the main character, Altair, and have the power to throw your immediate environment into chaos and experience the art of a master assassin. Available this November.

• Beautiful Katamari (NAMCO BANDAI Games): Marking the debut of Namco's beloved ball-rolling puzzle game on a next-generation platform, Beautiful Katamari, the fourth installment of the Katamari series, features levels of quirkiness, cosmic animations, and musical stylings never seen before. Available this October.

• BioShock (2K Games): BioShock is the "genetically enhanced" first-person shooter set in the ruined undersea metropolis of Rapture. Available this August, only on Xbox 360 and Windows.

• Blue Dragon (Mistwalker/Artoon Co. Ltd.): From famed game producer Hironobu Sakaguchi comes Blue Dragon, a unique, epic role-playing game. Available August 28, only on Xbox 360.

• Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision): The new action thriller from the award-winning team at Infinity Ward Inc., Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare delivers the most intense and cinematic action experience ever. The epic title also delivers an added depth of multiplayer action providing online fans an all-new community of persistent, addictive, and customizable gameplay. Available this fall.

• Dance Dance Revolution UNIVERSE 2 (Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.): The series' encore performance on Xbox 360 delivers new gameplay options along with a mix of songs from the seventies, eighties, nineties and today as well as online play, downloadable music, enhanced graphics, and accessibility for players of all ages.

• Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar Games): Grand Theft Auto IV is the next chapter of the award-winning Grand Theft Auto franchise, available October 16. Grand Theft Auto IV will feature episodic content through Xbox LIVE exclusive to Xbox 360.

• Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (RedOctane/Activision):Fire up the fret board, crank up the amp and get ready to rock out on the new wireless Les Paul guitar controllers. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock includes star-studded tracks by such legendary artists as Guns N' Roses, The Rolling Stones, Beastie Boys, Muse, and Pearl Jam. Available this fall.

• Halo 3 (Bungie Studios):The epic saga continues with Halo 3, the hugely anticipated sequel to the critically acclaimed Halo 2. Available September 25, only on Xbox 360.

• Madden NFL 08 (Electronic Arts Inc.): EA's unstoppable football franchise returns for the '08 season in Hall of Fame fashion, featuring new players, modes, rosters and rewards to create the ultimate touchdown for pigskin fans. Available this August.

• Mass Effect (BioWare Corp.):An epic science-fiction action and role-playing game, Mass Effect delivers an immersive, story-driven experience presented in a cinematic style with high production values. Available this holiday season, only on Xbox 360.

• Naruto: Rise of a Ninja (Ubisoft):Relive the hit anime and manga and experience Naruto's transformation from noisy ninja-academy dropout to respected ninja. Available in October, only on Xbox 360.

• Project Gotham Racing 4 (Bizarre Creations Ltd.): Project Gotham Racing 4 redefines the acclaimed PGR franchise by delivering a unique, exciting racing experience complete with motorcycles and cars. Available this September, only on Xbox 360.

• Rock Band (MTV Games): Rock Band lets you perform music from the world's biggest rock artists with your friends as a virtual band. Available this holiday season.

• Scene It? Lights, Camera, Action (Screenlife Games/WXP): Scene It?brings the fun of movie trivia to players of all ages with new TV and movie clips in high definition as well as five new puzzle challenges never before shown in a Scene It? game. It also ships with four new Xbox 360 Big Button Pads and will be available this holiday season, only on Xbox 360.

• Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Conviction (Ubisoft):In the latest installment of Tom Clancy's coveted Splinter Cell franchise, experience an adrenaline rush of gameplay where hunted down as a fugitive, you have no choice other than using everything in your environment to survive. Available this holiday.

• Virtua Fighter 5 (SEGA):This new installment in the critically acclaimed series brings intense, arcade fighting action, an all-star cast of 17 fighters and, a next-generation first for the franchise, online two-player versus mode only on Xbox LIVE.

• Viva Piñata: Party Animals (Krome Studios Pty. Ltd.): An exciting new party game based on the critically acclaimed Xbox 360 exclusive and hit animated TV series, Viva Piñata: Party Animals brings back the familiar piñata animals and invites you and your friends to compete in a host of mini-games against friends at home or over Xbox LIVE. Available this holiday season,only on Xbox 360.

Available holiday 2007 on Xbox Live Arcade:

• Bomberman Live: This bomb-dropping action title features eight person multiplayer from Hudson Entertainment.

• Golden Axe: The classic action-adventure game with two-person multiplayer from SEGA is available for download now from Xbox LIVE Arcade.

• Hexic 2: Experience head-to-head competition in this action puzzler sequel to Hexic HD from Carbonated Games.

• Marathon: Durandal: This first-person shooter was the precursor to Halo from Freeverse.

• Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords: This is an engaging action-RPG puzzle game from D3Publisher of America.

• Sonic The Hedgehog: The classic platform game updated in HD from SEGA is available for download now from Xbox LIVE Arcade.

• Undertow: This underwater shooter features multiplayer for up to 16 people from Chair Entertainment Group.

Via GWN