Arcade Games Journal

Sport simulator the American football. You can pass with might and main the championships and improve the achievements in the American football. Game series Madden NFL has missed on the world in circulation of 40 million, hundred thousand virtual football players of a planet have recognized a serial as the leader in a genre. Madden NFL 07 has opened new horizons for all serial. Never before management was not so convenient, and combinations with transfer of a ball - such refined and smart. You can plunge into the world of the American football both on a floor, and behind its limits. In your authority style of the under control football player, including - its hairdress and tattooes. You can employ agents, and be removed from their submission in films, the truth, all over again it is necessary to deserve popularity and love of broad masses. Game leaves on practically all consoles and the version for each platform will be filled by an exclusive content.

Organizers Electronic Entertainment Expo have announced the list of participants of the nearest exhibition.
It is known, that in 2007 in action only 32 developer and the publisher of games will take part. On E3 will be presented Activision, Atari, Disney Interactive Studios, Capcom, Eidos, Electronic Arts, Konami, LucasArts, Microsoft, Namco Bandai Games, NCsoft, Nintendo, Sega, Sony Computer Entertainment, Sony Online Entertainment, Square Enix, Take-Two Interactive, THQ, Ubisoft, Vivendi Games and some other companies.
Let’s note, that in the past to year the number of participants of an exhibition exceeded 400. Besides organizers E3 have declared, that plan to let out in 2007 of all from 3000 up to 4000 invitations. Thus, the number of participants will noticeably decrease (in the past to year action have visited 60000 person).
Electronic Entertainment Expo 2007 will pass in Santa Monica from July, 11 till July, 13th.

The new, fifth part under the account of game serial Silent Hill will appear on consoles Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. It was declared Akira Yamaoka, by the composer of a serial, and also the producer of games Silent Hill 3 and 4.

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First console Xbox 360 Elite has appeared on the Internet-auction eBay, informs DailyTech. According to the seller, the prefix has been got in shop Target. About same the cash voucher which is visible on one of photos lot testifies also.

At present cost of the console on auction makes 800 US dollars. The termination of the tenders is appointed to April, 21st. Thus, the buyer who has offered the highest price for the console, becomes the owner of a novelty eight days prior to official release of a prefix. According to rules eBay, names of the persons who have staked, are not disclosed.

Let’s remind, that Xbox 360 Elite is the updated version of prefix Xbox 360. The novelty is equipped by 120-Gb hard disk (against 20 Gb at the Premium-version) and a digital output for connection of the TV of high clearness.

Companies Microsoft and Namco Bandai have declared, that will lead the championship on classic arcade game Pac-Man, is informed on a site 1up.

Gamers will show the skills in the version of the game distributed through service Xbox Live. Tournament will begin on April, 25th, 2007. By May, 9th nine winners from various regions of the world (on two of the USA and the Europe and on one of Japan, Canada, Mexico, Asia and Australia) will be defined.

The final stage of competitions will pass in New York on June, 5th, 2007. To the winner will hand over prize Toru Iwatani, the founder of original game. The award to the champion become 100000 Microsoft Points which can be spent on Xbox Live, the opportunity of times in a week free of charge to eat in cafe of fast service Quisnos and the special version of console Xbox 360 with image Pac-man.

Original Pac-Man has appeared in 1979. Game process was rather simple: operating Pac-man yellow color, gamers were offered to collect all points in a labyrinth, turning aside from ghosts. Distributed through Xbox Live the port of game has been let out in August, 2006.

Codemasters announced on the site at once three new games which will appear in 2008.
In following year the company will let out the second part of a tactical shooter from first person Operation Flashpoint. Developers characterize the creation as the extremely realistic military simulator.
Also Codemasters works above a new series of races TOCA which has received name Race Driver One. It is informed, that gamers should compete on lines of the USA, Japan and the Europe. Both mentioned games are developed on the basis of cursor Neon.
Besides in 2008 on sale will appear RPG Rise of the Argonauts. Events of game will develop in the Ancient Greece. Heroes Rise of the Argonauts become characters of the Greek mythology.
All three games should appear on personal computers and consoles of last generation.

Company Bethesda Softworks has started a site, devoted to game Fallout 3.

While on a site the board of game and the reference to the official forum devoted Fallout 3 contains only. Developers do not specify, when game will appear on sale. But on the poster it is possible to notice slogan Prepare for the Future (” Be prepared for the future “).

Let’s remind, that the first part of RPG-serial Fallout has been let out in 1997. Game told about destiny of the American citizens who have gone through nuclear war. In 1998 there was a first sequel; then two games-branches have been let out. First two parts Fallout were created by developer Black Isle Studios, instead of company Bethtesda Softworks.

The game based on television serial Lost, will appear on personal computers and consoles PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in 2007, is informed on site Eurogamer.
Producers of an original television movie have informed on it. Also it is known, that Canadian division Ubisoft is engaged in creation of computer version Lost. We shall note, that the company has got the rights to release of the game based on a teleserial in 2006.
The first episode of serial Lost has been shown in September, 2004. Heroes appear on the desert island forgotten in Pacific ocean and are compelled to survive in unusual conditions.

In Castlevania: Symphony of Night which is 12-th game in a series, you should become Alucard, the son of the most well-known vampir Dracula. Alucard should pass all rooms of well-known lock Dracula, collecting various subjects, the weapon, the reservation and battling with mighty bosses who protect an input in a following location of the lock.
Features of game:
- the Original version of game and the version with improved graphic and a sound
- Support of a large-format mode
- 12 achievements (аchievements) and 200 glasses
- Castlevania: Symphony of Night - the first game for Xbox Live Arcade which size exceeds 50 Mb

Wandering on the surprising world, the hero gets experience and develops not only personal qualities (force, dexterity, magic abilities, etc.), but also gradually types political weight - in due course rising all above on a class ladder of world Neverwinter. In cities of a fantasy-Universe the life boils - in streets children play, peasants conduct cattle on pastures, uncountable passers-by hasten somewhere on the unknown affairs. And having returned once in familiar settlement, the hero will find out the appreciable changes which have occured since time of its old visit. In addition to an original plot the convenient editor is built in game - a tooling by means of which it is possible to create own campaigns and new adventures.