Two new sports demos hit XBLM

Posted May 4th 2006 3:45PM by Christopher Grant
Filed under: Downloads, Top Spin 2, FIFA Soccer 06, Xbox Live, Xbox Live Marketplace

Two new treats for any sports-gamers out there. A little something old not so old -- a demo for EA's FIFA World Cup 06 soccer game, which launched alongside the system in November -- and a little something new -- a demo for 2K Sports' tennis-sim Top Spin 2, which came out late last month. A nice little pre-E3 treat.

Top Spin 2 developer, Indie Built, was recently closed down by Take-Two, publishers of the 2K Sports series and owners of the Salt Lake City developer.

[Thanks, Arsamore & Carl-Tang]

(Update: corrected the timeliness of the FIFA demo. Thanks HoTHiTTeR360 and BraveQuail. Can you tell I don't play sports games much? Seriously though... they just came out with a soccer game less than six months ago! What could they have changed?!)

Top Spin 2 serves up demo date

Posted Mar 18th 2006 9:15PM by Ken Weeks
Filed under: Top Spin 2

Here's a racquet sport warm up while you're waiting to find out if Grand Theft Ping Pong is the real deal: According to 2K Sports Senior Producer Thorsten Moeckel, a Top Spin 2 demo will be available on Xbox Live Marketplace a "few days" before the game's April 7 release date.

How important have demos been to your gaming decisions so far? Is it pretty much a necessity for every Xbox 360 game? Have you decided not to purchase a game after being disappointed with the demo?

Delays galore! Dead Rising, Top Spin 2, Lost Odyssey

Posted Jan 13th 2006 9:00AM by Christopher Grant
Filed under: News, Top Spin 2

Sorry for being the bearer of bad news, but Frame City Killer wasn't the only game to get delayed this week.

• Originally supposed to launch at the end of January, Capcom's Dead Rising has been pushed back to May 2. Joystiq's hands-on with the title at CES left us thinking the title needed a little more work.
• 2K Sports tennis-sim Top Spin 2 has been pushed back until April.
  
• Hironobu Sakaguchi's much anticipated RPG Lost Odyssey has not so much been pushed back, as its release date is just unknown. Using the often inaccurate sales data gleaned from Internet retailers, IGN extracted that the release date has been pushed back.

This Spring will have plenty of great titles being released for the 360; unfortunately, the period between now and then may prove pretty dry. Another round of Geometry Wars anyone?

Medal of Honor: Airborne for 360?

Posted Dec 13th 2005 2:00PM by Adams Briscoe
Filed under: News, The Outfit, Top Spin 2

GamersReports has an interesting release update from Gamestop. In it are some updates to noteworthy titles you may have been eyeing. However, one of the most intriguing bits comes from the listing of Medal of Honor: Airborne for Xbox 360. With a PS3 version planned, this definitely strikes some interest. Other titles include Fight Night Round 3, which has a date of Feb 14th and Topspin 2, which is slated for April 3rd. And The Outfit has a date for March 13th as well.

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