Xbox 360 Spring Showcase screenshot roundup

by James Ransom-Wiley { May 13th 2008 at 6:30PM }

If a picture's worth a thousand words, we'll spare you the copious blabber and lead your eyeballs right to the trailhead (just hop past the break to get started!). Be warned though, the path through Microsoft's Xbox 360 Spring Showcase is a long one (but thankfully smooth and well lit). Be sure to sit a few feet from the screen, rest your eyes between galleries and drink lots of water! Enjoy.

Gallery: Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts

Gallery: Fable 2 (5/13/2008)

Gallery: Gears of War 2 (5/13/08)

Gallery: Ninja Gaiden II

Gallery: Penny Arcade Adventures (5/13/08)

Gallery: Too Human (5/13/2008)

Gallery: Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise

Tags: banjo-kazooie-nuts-a..., fable-2, gears-of-war-2, microsoft-gamers-day-2008, ninja-gaiden-2, penny-arcade-adventures, too-human, viva-pinata-trouble-..., xbox-360-spring-showcase

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

TheHuntIsOn @ May 13th 2008 6:35PM

b-b-b-but after Halo 3 and GTA IV there are no more 360 games left.

And really now. Do want Viva Pinata and Too Human.

Any word on Alan Wake? That game tickled my pickle.

xFenixKnightx @ May 13th 2008 6:49PM

I know right? They forgot to mention Left 4 Dead. Vids are now up on GT. Looks great!

http://www.gametrailers.com/game/4094.html

kobebryunt @ May 13th 2008 7:02PM

Left 4 Dead looks like it's going to be a great online multiplayer game.

NATO_Duke @ May 13th 2008 8:20PM

Yeah I am pretty ecited for fable, too human and VP in particular. Glad to see some new stuff being pushed out.

Leobebes @ May 13th 2008 6:35PM

Not bad Xbox 360...not bad. Adding these games to an already long line up of games can only help the system in the long run.

Also calling the 360 the shooters' console should from now on be considered sacrilege since there is only one shooter on this list.

Noshino @ May 13th 2008 6:47PM

well, thing is Leobebes that the XBOX's flagship title was a FPS, and for the 360 it was 2 FPSs (Gears and Halo)

Same goes when people tend to call Nintendo's consoles kiddie, mainly because Nintendo's flagship title(S!) is(are) the Mario game(S!)

Either way, that isn't something that people like us that keep informed about the videogame industry should be worried about as we know that it isn't true.

xFenixKnightx @ May 13th 2008 6:52PM

"and for the 360 it was 2 FPSs (Gears and Halo)"

Gears of War is a FPS?! Como what?!!! lol! I guess I missed the memo.

Noshino, do us a favor and save it already.

Anticrawl @ May 13th 2008 7:23PM

Way to look like a moron Noshino, great job.

Noshino @ May 13th 2008 7:27PM

"Gears of War is a FPS?! Como what?!!! lol! I guess I missed the memo."

I apologize, tendency to call shooters FPSs, but yah, I should have said "shooters"

"Noshino, do us a favor and save it already."

aw, are you pissed because I mentioned that you were praising Rare's history while calling Free Radical mediocre (my statement still stands as Free Radical is/was considered by many the core of Rare), or about how Gears wasn't the first one to use saws?

Dude, relax...

Noshino @ May 13th 2008 7:28PM

oh, I meant to say Chainsaws, you were probably going to also bitch about it later...sigh

xFenixKnightx @ May 13th 2008 7:39PM

Noshi

Sure change the subject, jackass. Go back and read the Banjo thread and you will see that you're still mistaken. I referred to Banjo as having history of being a good game. Nobody ever said anything about devs. Dude, seriously just shutty. Go pre-order your lame ass Halo 3 wannabe full of generic.

Noshino @ May 13th 2008 8:02PM

"Sure change the subject, jackass."

uh..I already apologized about calling Gears a FPS instead of a TPS...unless there was something else that I'm missing, I don't know what is there to talk about.

"Go back and read the Banjo thread and you will see that you're still mistaken. I referred to Banjo as having history of being a good game. Nobody ever said anything about devs. Dude, seriously just shutty. Go pre-order your lame ass Halo 3 wannabe full of generic."

"In refrencing the "great history at that" I meant Banjo, NOT Rare. Haze has no history. You cant say "oh well the ones on PS2 were good" so this will most likely also be good, like I did with Banjo."

Banjo was good back on the Rare days, yes, those pre Free Radical days...so you can't really claim that this one by Rare will be good while calling a game that was made by the core of Rare of the good ol' days a bad one...when you haven't even played them!

my "halo 3 wanna-be" was pre-ordered long ago, I haven't been disappointed by Free Radical

xFenixKnightx @ May 13th 2008 8:07PM

"my "halo 3 wanna-be" was pre-ordered long ago, I haven't been disappointed by Free Radical"

*laughs

Ok Noshino, ok. Peace.

ThePremierAssassin @ May 13th 2008 10:46PM

noshino = OWNED

God how pathetic sony fanboys have become. Quit with the lies.

Roofie @ May 13th 2008 6:36PM

Other than Penny Arcade (because of the price) and Viva Pinata, those games all look really interesting to me. Too Human seems fun, but I'll need to play a demo before I know if I want to purchase it or not.

Hyams @ May 13th 2008 6:36PM

Apart from Gears 2, this list is really rather 'meh' for me.

Jake11 @ May 13th 2008 6:38PM

you don't like banjo? have you no heart?

Hyams @ May 13th 2008 6:46PM

Nah. I played the origional aeons ago, and wasn't really a big fan of it.

mcatrage @ May 13th 2008 7:15PM

Ninja Gaiden is meh? I'm going to guess you either never played it or you did and it was too hard for you.

Hyams @ May 13th 2008 7:23PM

I downloaded the Sigma demo and didn't like it.

I'll admit that the difficulty was a factor, but it wasn't the only one. The main problem I had was that I just didn't have /fun/ playing it.

Jake11 @ May 13th 2008 6:39PM

solid line-up MS

where's Alan Wake though??

voodoo_craig @ May 13th 2008 7:08PM

He's Alan Sleeping for the time being

voodoo_craig @ May 13th 2008 7:09PM

Crap, meant Alan Sleep.

Stupid lack of edit button exposing all my flaws!

kobebryunt @ May 13th 2008 6:42PM

Banjo,Gears and Ninja Gaiden. I think I'm done for the year

Chris @ May 13th 2008 6:42PM

I see fable still uses it's patented "AH MY EYES OH GOD AHHH TOO MUCH" bloom technology.

Ally @ May 13th 2008 7:12PM

crankin up the "Realism" factor :P

sifer2400 @ May 13th 2008 6:42PM

i plan on getting every thing but BK and penny arcade crap thats a rippoff

kobebryunt @ May 13th 2008 6:44PM

Again why do you even bother? No one cares to hear you senseless dribble -_-

arrrgh @ May 13th 2008 6:46PM

agreed

flameofdoom666 @ May 13th 2008 6:46PM

This line up is amazing. Also, Alan Wake, Halo Wars, Resident Evil 5, and Silent Hill 5 are coming out this year. This is the year of the Xbox 360, and no other console- period.

arrrgh @ May 13th 2008 6:54PM

arent silent hill and resevil multiplatform?

xFenixKnightx @ May 13th 2008 6:58PM

arrrgh,

yup

flameofdoom666 @ May 13th 2008 7:00PM

So what? Multi platform games with achievements! (And usually something better, like 720P in the case of GTA4)

tmacairjordan87 @ May 13th 2008 7:01PM

Yeah but that pretty much means for 360 nowadays.

SWAT Kats are back! @ May 13th 2008 7:06PM

Plus Resident Evil 5 is 2009, isn't it?

Ninjakamster (PSN: Chin-Poh) @ May 13th 2008 7:25PM

The 360 AND PS3 have a great line-up this year.

PS360 FT(Motherfucking)W!

Vamp @ May 13th 2008 6:46PM

So what else are they holding for E3?

flameofdoom666 @ May 13th 2008 7:00PM

Alan Wake, & Halo Wars

xFenixKnightx @ May 13th 2008 7:04PM

Halo 4, no wait...that will probably be announced after Gears2 releases.

Alan Wake, Halo Wars and I'm pretty sure E3 is where we are going to see 360's waggle.

Smoke_Dawg_187 @ May 13th 2008 7:34PM

Don't forget Xbox LIPS. Can't wait to see what that will be about. Hopefully something awesome.

xFenixKnightx @ May 13th 2008 6:56PM

Damnit! Why did I hit the [-] button? I meant to hit the [!] button because your comments here are of no value to anyone. Sony fanboys themselves wouldn't want to be associated with you, jackass!

qbix @ May 13th 2008 7:31PM

Looking good, and surprisingly I'm excited about Viva Piñata 2 and Banjo-Kazooie

BrokenAbacus @ May 13th 2008 7:38PM

Did Microsoft reveal what "LIPS" is/was today?

GI-Joe @ May 13th 2008 7:55PM

While Too Human looks interesting to me and I am looking into that game, everything else on that list is on my horizon.

I love Viva Pinata. I had great times with Fable back on my original xbox. Gears is just awsome fun times. Ninja Gaiden is basically testosterone on a disc. Can't wait to beat that game. And I never owned an N64 back before 2000, so I never got to beat any of Banjo Kazooie's, but I did get to play them. They're great.

And for the record. I love Rare. From Donkey Kong Country on the SNES all the way to the release games, PDZ and Kameo on the Xbox360. By the way, a few posts back about Rare, someone said DKC sucked and was a horrible game. I normaly don't responde to trolls or idiots, but Fuck You.

BrokenAbacus @ May 13th 2008 8:04PM

I fully agree with your last remark. I always thought that DKC was way ahead of it's time, graphics wise on the superNES. I don't think theres any other game that came out that looked better on it.

finaldarklord @ May 13th 2008 8:06PM

Man, what the flying FUCK happened to Rare? You can't be serious, that every last person that was worth a damn abandoned ship and made Free Radical? Every last god damned one of them?

Because Banjo? You know, that series many of us loved growing up? It looks like shit. And Banjo himself looks terrifying, and this is coming from a Marilyn Manson fan ( or rather, former MM fan).

Its time for them to start doing what Sega does:

Let other people handle the developing, and they just slap their names on it.