XBOX 360 Release Date

I just can't wait for Oblivion, Full Auto, the Marvel Comics MMORPG, and most of all Gears of War. If u r a fan of FPS and u haven't seen the actual gameplay footage of GOW, check out team x-box's website and find the chat with Cliffy B from around 7-29-05 or u r doing yourself a disservice. Plus I'm excited to see what the creators of Chrono Trigger have in store for the 360.

real-time pics

http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/sports/maddennfl2006/screenindex.html

The graphics do look improved, but it's not the dramatic upgrade they were trying to sell us earlier in the year with the computer renderings.

I'll wait and see, but right now it looks disappointing.

think those second round of pics is same engine, just not with heavy compression. here's a third round, make sure to click on em:

http://boards.ign.com/Madden_NFL/b5973/99106262/?18

think those second round of pics is same engine, just not with heavy compression. here's a third round, make sure to click on em:

http://boards.ign.com/Madden_NFL/b5973/99106262/?18

Nice details on the jerseys and ball, but again, is this really "next-gen"??

i don't think so. and its certainly not "better than the conceptual E3 video" like EA promised.

it looks eerily like what ESPN2k6 would've looked like

i don't think so. and its certainly not "better than the conceptual E3 video" like EA promised.

it looks eerily like what ESPN2k6 would've looked like

Yeah pretty disappointing.

I doubt I'll be lining up on Nov. 22 to get an Xbox now.

The player models definitely look more like 2K... aren't the ESPN and EA development teams working together now on Madden or did I just make that up?

Yeah pretty disappointing.

I doubt I'll be lining up on Nov. 22 to get an Xbox now.

The player models definitely look more like 2K... aren't the ESPN and EA development teams working together now on Madden or did I just make that up?

pretty sure you made that up. the 2K developers were bought by another publisher (now 2K Games). EA bought the ESPN license not the developers.

but yeah the lighting and models look so 2K. nothing's been announced, maybe EA bought the 2K assets or some key guys on the team, they did have to develop two games this year. sigh i hate EA

While it would be nice to have an Xbox 360 right away, they will not have that many games out yet and it seems the only way to get 360 it is through pre-ordering bundles, which are even more ridiculously priced and will probably have 1 out of 5 games I might want. I'll just stick to my current Xbox for now. There's no shortage of games right now.

While it would be nice to have an Xbox 360 right away, they will not have that many games out yet and it seems the only way to get 360 it is through pre-ordering bundles, which are even more ridiculously priced and will probably have 1 out of 5 games I might want. I'll just stick to my current Xbox for now. There's no shortage of games right now.

the bundles r just through websites of the companies selling them and from the looks of how they r put together u only save around $20 or so bucks especially @Gamestop where it looks like the money u save equates to u getting the warranty of the system for free.

I know personally, the more screen shots I see of certain games, the more excited I get. The latest to peak my interest is a very very dark game called Condemned.