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Worldwide PS3 releases for week of May 22nd
Ready for your weekly worldwide PS3 releases? Good. Here they are: US Games Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End EU Games Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Asian Games NBA Street Homecourt A game for each territory this week. Aren't we lucky. Ready to get started on some hardcore 1080p pirating? My brain has a habit of glossing over any mention of franchise-based games, so I'll probably be giving this one a miss. Let me know if I should reconsider.Don't forget that the PS3 is region free, so feel free to choose any of the above list as your next purchase. Maybe you're a huge Pirates of the Caribbean fan and fancy playing a copy from each territory? It could happen, I suppose. And yes, I will be reminding you that the PS3 can read discs from any country every week. It's so easy to forget. Release dates are subject to change, as always.
Homecourt content double dunks into Marketplace, 1/3 of it free
Major Nelson brings us word of 3 pieces of downloadable content for NBA Street Homecourt available on Xbox Live Marketplace. Fortunately for you, 33.333% of it is free of charge. The pro bono publico piece is "Melo's Cloverdale", and for 300 Microsoft Points a piece you can get the new "Perkins Park" court, or the "Street Legends & Brand Jordan Apparel" character/outfit pack. Of the premium content, do either of these suit your fancy, or are you ... content?
Video: NBA Street Homecourt 360 Vs. PS3
Sure, storytelling is important to game development, but let's face it, many of us are graphics whores. The draw of a beautifully rendered game is undeniable. A graphically immersive game will cause many to overlook faults that would otherwise stand out (see Gears of War). As such, graphical ability is a strong bullet point for almost any console. Case in point, we found a comparison video of NBA Street Homecourt for the Xbox 360 and PS3. First thing's first, no matter what platform it's on, Homecourt is a nice looking game. Period. It looks great. That being said, we'd say the 360 version is actually a little sharper. If we had to put our finger on it, we'd say the 360 version looks just a little bit "glossier." Granted, we have no way of knowing what sort of setup GameTrailers used to make the video, but we'd have to give the slight edge to the 360 (as did Game Informer).Hit the "read" link to watch the video (it's HD, so it'll take a while to buffer) and then come back and tell us what you think. Do graphics even matter? Given the feature disparity between the two consoles (rumble, Xbox Live, etc.) would you pick one over the other just because it looked better?
Shipping this week: no more jokes edition
Ever since it was first announced that Crackdown would contain a golden ticket to the Halo 3 beta, the jokes have been flying. We admit it, we're as guilty as anyone else, even "designing" our own box art for the game. At this point, most of us have made up our minds about the game. The demo has sealed the deal for many who now eagerly await the retail release. Good news then, 360 Fanboy readers, that time is upon us. As such, we are now retiring the "Halo 3 beta with free copy of Crackdown" meme. Crackdown is a good game that deserves its own space. Sure, we know that many are mainly anticipating the beta, but they just happen to be getting it with a fun game. Without further ado, behold the 360 titles shipping this week: North America Crackdown NBA Street Homecourt Europe Blitz: The League Crackdown If your copy of Crackdown does have that golden ticket, don't forget to sign up for our Halo 3 beta leaderboard so the 360 Fanboy community can play together when the beta launches. In the meantime, we'll see you on Crackdown.
Homecourt on 360 beats PS3's visuals
Game Informer's March issue's review of the cross platform, 1080p native basketball game NBA Street: Homecourt makes a comparison in the graphics department between the two consoles. They clearly state that while the game looks stunning regardless, the Xbox 360 edges out the PS3. Similar results can be found for the PS3 review of F.E.A.R. in the very same issue. So, those are two games that go in Xbox 360's favor, but we'll have to see how things go as future cross-platform games release. In most cases, the games will probably be nearly identical, and it will be up purely to your personal preference, give or take $200. What upcoming multi-platform games are you curious about the comparisons for?[Thanks, Jonah]
NBA Street-branded Air Jordans
EA and Nike have teamed up to do the limited-edition Air Jordan thing. 100 pairs of these decidedly un-street, Street-branded kicks will be manufactured -- 60 pairs apparently set aside for an online contest next week.Part of the Jordan "B'Loyal" line, the shoes were designed by EA in black nubuck leather with blue stitching. Note the speckled mid-sole accent. Ooohhh... Awww...%Gallery-1604%
Not so fast, Sega: EA has a 1080p game too
It's clearly a time of miracles, with mega publisher EA revealing to Gamasutra that it too, has achieved the "basically impossible" and delivered an Xbox 360 game running in that Shangri-La of resolutions, 1080p. Yesterday, Sega gushed that Virtua Tennis 3 would bring 1080p gaming to the 360 "for the first time," an issue that has prompted EA to wag its enormous finger and point towards the upcoming NBA Street Homecourt. EA claims the basketball game runs happily at 30 frames per second in 1080p resolution, and that it will see release on 20 February. Virtua Tennis 3 is due for release in March. Until then, you'd best lay low until the resolution gunfight is over -- they have to run out of bulletpoints sooner or later.
EA's NBA Street Homecourt to be first 1080p 360 title
Yesterday we pointed out that Virtua Tennis 3 was going to be playable in 1080p. It was going to be the first Xbox 360 title to official support the resolution announced back in September. But that was yesterday, and this is today. EA has announced that NBA Street: Homecourt will be shipping on February 20th, a month earlier. On top of that, the game will support 1080p at 30fps among the other standard resolutions, squeezing out VT3 as the premiere title to deliver the 1080p goods. So, you've played the demo, now it's coming to you in 1080p, are you interested in this game? If it's only the "True HD" experience you're after, will you wait a month longer for Virtua Tennis 3?
NBA Street Homecourt impressions: 2 pts!
Let's get one thing out of the way: we're not sports gamers (at least not this blogger). Sports fanatics may want to take that into consideration when reading this. So, we downloaded the NBA Street Homecourt demo and played a few pickup games. All in all, Homecourt seems like a very decent title. Each baller has a plethora of tricks to shake opponents and go in for positively monstrous dunks. The tricks are activated using one button. Different tricks are activated depending on how long you hold the button or if you're holding a modifier button. In essence, it felt a lot like pulling off tricks in a Tony Hawk title. You also get rewarded for linking lots of tricks in a row (again, like Tony Hawk). The tricks, though, are secondary to the dunks. If you've seen the dunk video we posted earlier, you'll know what we're talking about. Dunks in Homecourt are insane. On top of the already huge dunks, players can score double dunks if they time things right -- and yes, a double dunk is worth double points. The game is fast and furious, and you can lose the demo pretty quickly if you don't pay attention. Controlling the game was a little confusing at times, especially given the variety of tricks and maneuvers available, but we imagine that this would be overcome with practice. Overall, we liked the demo and look forward to trying out the real thing.Did you like the demo? Did you hate it? Leave a comment and tell us what you think.
NBA Street Homecourt demo hits Live
Basketball fans rejoice! The NBA Street Homecourt demo is now available for Xbox Live Gold members. We're not sure what happened to the Def Jam: Icon demo that was supposed to hit Marketplace yesterday, but Homecourt is definitely welcome. Honestly, we've been waiting to try this game ever since we saw videos of the game's insane double dunks. Here's hoping the game lives up to our expectations. We'll post our impressions later today.Has anyone managed to grab this already? Tell us what you think.[Thanks, Rob]
NBA Street: Homecourt demo dated
Unscripted360.com is reporting that the NBA Street: Homecourt demo will hit the Xbox Live Marketplace on February 2nd. Yes, that's only two days after the release of the Def Jam: Icon demo. Now, you'll have two games to try out this weekend, pick a favorite (or favorites if you like both), and be able to preorder by Monday. Now that's some fine multitasking that wouldn't be possible without the help of the XBLM. Long live video game demos.[Thanks, dpcough]
NBA Street Homecourt demo coming soon
Planet Xbox 360 is reporting that a demo of NBA Street Homecourt is on its way to Xbox Live Marketplace. Homecourt is expected to arrive in March with the demo arriving in February. We haven't seen a lot of NBA Street Homecourt, but what we have seen looks very promising. Nice player models, insane dunks, and plenty of attitude, Homecourt looks to be shaping up nicely. Here's hoping that EA can deliver NBA Jam for a new generation.Anyone else out there waiting for this?
NBA Street Homecourt's amazing dunks
Our compatriots at Gamertag Radio recently went to the NBA Street Community Day sponsored by EA, and they've put up a barrage of new content to cover it. Check out the video above for a developer rundown of the new dunks in NBA Street Homecourt (including some monster dunks that are worth double points). You can check out another video at GTR's site. GTR also has two new audio sessions available, one covering the day's events, and another with the developers themselves. We've said it before, sports game aren't for everyone, but this one gives us fond flashbacks of NBA Jam. Watch the video above, listen to the audio, and surround yourself in NBA goodness.
NBA Street Homecourt shots, nothin' but net
DeaconBlade 360 let us know about some exclusive shots of NBA Street Homecourt that he snagged. Unfotunately, the shots only tell us two things. One, well, it's basketball. Two, it's damned pretty. Obviously, we don't know how schmoove it looks in motion, but the shots are definitely promising, showing off plenty of detail in both the characters and the backgrounds. Here's hoping EA releases some video to go with the shots. Do we have any NBA Street fans out there? What would you like to see in Homecourt?
