Microsoft confirm launch line-up in UK for Xbox 360

14 November 2005 14:26 GMT / By Stuart Miles

Microsoft today announced that 15 Xbox 360 games, spanning all the popular genres, and 13 Xbox 360 accessories will be available when the system launches in Europe on 2 December.

The following Xbox 360 games will be available in European retail stores on or before the console launch on 2 December:

- Amped 3 (2K Sports)
- Call of Duty 2 (Activision)
- Condemned: Criminal Origins (SEGA)
- FIFA 06: Road to FIFA World Cup (Electronic Arts)
- GUN (Activision)
- Kameo: Elements of Power (Microsoft Game Studios)
- Perfect Dark Zero (Microsoft Game Studios)
- Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie(Ubisoft)
- Madden NFL 06 (Electronic Arts)
- NBA Live 06 (Electronic Arts)
- Need for Speed: Most Wanted (Electronic Arts)
- Project Gotham Racing 3 (Microsoft Game Studios)
- Quake 4 (Activision, id software and Raven Software Corp.)
- Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 06(Electronic Arts)
- Tony Hawk's American Wasteland (Activision)

Microsoft also confirmed that Dead or Alive 4 (Tecmo/MGS), The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion (Bethesda), and Ridge Racer 6 (Namco) will light up store shelves in the weeks after launch and beyond.

In the US Microsoft will be launching 18 titles:

- Amped 3 (2K Sports)
- Call of Duty 2 (Activision Inc.)
- Condemned: Criminal Origins (SEGA Corp.)
- FIFA Soccer 06 Road to 2006 FIFA World Cup (Electronic Arts Inc.)
- GUNTM (Activision)
- Kameo: Elements of Power (Microsoft Game Studios and Rare Ltd.)
- Madden NFL 06 (Electronic Arts)
- NBA 2K6 (2K Sports)
- NBA LIVE 06 (Electronic Arts)
- Need for Speed Most Wanted (Electronic Arts)
- NHL 2K6 (2K Sports)
- Perfect Dark Zero (Microsoft Game Studios and Rare Ltd.)
- Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie (Ubisoft)
- Project Gotham Racing 3 (Microsoft Game Studios and Bizarre Creations Ltd.)
- Quake 4TM (id Software and Activision)
- Ridge Racer 6 (Namco Ltd.)
- Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 06 (Electronic Arts)
- Tony Hawk's American Wasteland (Activision)

13 Xbox 360 Accessories will be available on launch day:

- Xbox 360 Hard Drive (20 GB)
- Xbox 360 Memory Unit (64 MB)
- Xbox 360 Faceplate
- Xbox 360 Wireless Controller
- Xbox 360 Controller
- Xbox 360 Play & Charge Kit
- Xbox 360 Rechargeable Battery Pack
- Xbox 360 Wireless Networking Adapter
- Xbox 360 Headset
- Xbox 360 Universal Media Remote
- Xbox 360 Component HD AV Cable
- Xbox 360 Advanced AV Cable
- Xbox 360 VGA HD AV Cable

Xbox Live Arcade for Xbox 360 will offer between 12-15 bite-sized game titles on day one. With Xbox Live Arcade, casual and hardcore gamers alike will find a wide variety of game genres for download, spanning action arcade titles such as Geometry Wars Retro Evolved (Bizarre Creations) and Mutant Storm Reloaded (PomPom Games), coin-op and retro classics such as Xbox Live multiplayer-enabled Joust (Midway Home Entertainment) and Gauntlet (Midway Home Entertainment), puzzle games such as Hexic® HD (MGS) and Bejeweled 2 (Popcap Games), casual sports games such as Bankshot Billiards 2™ (pixelStorm Inc.), light strategy titles such as Outpost Kaloki (Wahoo Studios), and card and board games such as Hardwood Backgammon )Silver Creek Entertainment) and Hardwood Hearts (Silver Creek Entertainment). Each Xbox Live Arcade game includes a free downloadable trial version so game players can try before they buy.

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Gaming, Xbox 360, Gaming hardware, Microsoft