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Where's the GR:AW?
We got an email today from a reader who was frantic... no, frenzied trying to get his hands on Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter. After months of nothing much showing up in the 360 aisles, it seems gamers have descended on gaming retailers to snatch up all their copies, leaving lesser titles like Full Auto in their A completely unscientific and informal survey of local gaming stores in Philadelphia resulted in a mix of response: several reported selling out their entire stock in pre-orders, others had a handful, and others yet unsure when their shipment would be in. This is a sad song for 360 owners to hear, the wounds of 360 shortages still fresh for many of us. Shortages of the most anticipated 360 title thus far only add salt to those wounds. Who's to blame here? A marketing ploy by Ubisoft to get blogs and gaming sites all over the world to write paragraphs like the one that precedes this bullet point, where sycophantic fanboys gush nonsense like calling GR:AW "the most anticipated 360 title thus far"? An unfortunate underestimation by Ubisoft of what percentage of 360 owners would buy their title? It's unlikely they would knowingly not make enough, they're just discs! A coordinated effort on the part of specialty-game retailers to convince gamers to pre-order games when we all know there's no reason they should ever sell out. What's going on here? Who here got their mitts on GR:AW and are online right now GR:AWing it up with other GR:AWers?[Thanks, todd--who was actually pretty composed]
Rainbow Six: Vegas screens have Vegas glow
Rainbow Six: Vegas was "officially" announced today--although everyone knew about it last week. Along with the announcement comes some fancy screenshots, courtesy of Xboxyde. A couple thoughts on the screenshots: I don't trust screenshots, for two main reasons. Games invariably look better in motion and rarely look as good as early screenshots. So it's a lose-lose situation. If they do show them in motion, and they look that good, they're probably CGI (see Killzone 2 trailer). The videos of Ubisoft's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter and the screenshots of Splinter Cell: Double Agent have convinced me that Ubisoft is capable of walking their talk, as it were. This bodes well for the validity of these screens. Get ready to shove more cash into Tom Clancy's bulging pockets this fall.
Splinter Cell: Double Agent screenshots
The always popular Splinter Cell series is making its way to the 360 in the form of Splinter Cell: Double Agent. These new screenshots might be just enough to whet your appetite until the next media drop. GamersReports tell us "this time around it has been revealed that the cinema sequeneces will all be real time and have a certain amount of player control. This means more than likely they are not stills from CG movie sequences." You should be able to get your neck-breaking stealth groove on this September.[Via Joystiq]
GRAW gameplay video returns, in pieces
Xboxyde posted a 17 minute video of the first level of Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter last Friday. It was only up for several hours before Ubisoft politely asked them to remove it... grouches. Now it's returned, albeit in a slightly altered form: two videos, five minutes each. The game is beautiful in motion, sure would like to play it myself. There's a demo coming "soon" but, with the title launching next week, soon isn't soon enough!
