This morning a not so new Surf's Up demo was released onto the XBLM for our European, Australian and New Zealand friends allowing them to experience what hardcore penguin surfing is all about. The demo is roughly 668MBs of pure surfing madness and if you think you're experiencing a mild case of deja-vu, you're not. You see, this demo was released way back in June to North American Xbox Live members and took around two months for Ubisoft to make it fit for our European and Australian fanboys. You know, because the demo had to be ... uhh, localized ... yeah, that's it! It took two additional months to release a demo for a kids game to the rest of the world because it had to be localized. (Ubisoft's marketing team so owes us.)
This morning a not so new Surf's Up demo was released onto the XBLM for our European, Australian and New Zealand friends allowing them to experience what hardcore penguin surfing is all about. The demo is roughly 668MBs of pure surfing madness and if you think you're experiencing a mild case of deja-vu, you're not. You see, this demo was released way back in June to North American Xbox Live members and took around two months for Ubisoft to make it fit for our European and Australian fanboys. You know, because the demo had to be ... uhh, localized ... yeah, that's it! It took two additional months to release a demo for a kids game to the rest of the world because it had to be localized. (Ubisoft's marketing team so owes us.)
Reader Comments (6)
Posted: Aug 30th 2007 10:58AM (Unverified) said
Localized? I'm from europe and i had downloaded the demo with my american account in june. it worked perfectly on my PAL/EUROPEAN xbox.
Localized my ass...
Localized my ass...
Posted: Aug 30th 2007 11:13AM (Unverified) said
this isn't new to europe....it's been up for a good few weeks now.
Posted: Aug 30th 2007 11:24AM (Unverified) said
This is the kind of game that makes you just wonder... WHY?? Its so pointless the kids its aimed at will have the attention of a about 5 minutes and before you know it some parent has wasted £40 on it. Bring on War World, any news guys????
Posted: Aug 30th 2007 11:53AM (Unverified) said
As far as movie licensed games go, it's actually quite good. I had some fun with it.
Posted: Aug 30th 2007 2:03PM ShapeGSX said
Best movie licensed game I've ever played.
Pretty easy, but lots of fun. My 4 year old son actually does great with it since the controls are so easy. They need more games like this for kids on the 360.
It really makes me want an SSX for the 360, though.
Pretty easy, but lots of fun. My 4 year old son actually does great with it since the controls are so easy. They need more games like this for kids on the 360.
It really makes me want an SSX for the 360, though.
Posted: Aug 31st 2007 7:23PM (Unverified) said
Well, this kind of movies only release when the movie is also out. the movie will be out this fall!! and therefore also the game and the demo.
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