505 Games has today announced the release of "Guilty Gear 2: Overture" exclusively for Xbox 360. The latest in the popular series launches on 4th September 2009 and will take fans in a bold new direction, borrowing elements from genres outside of the traditional one-on-one fighting action for which Guilty Gear has become famed.
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Offering a full single-player campaign, four way multi-player over Xbox LIVE! or two player local multi-player, Guilty Gear 2: Overture will also feature fifty unique units designed by famed series artist Daisuke Ishiwatari. Many familiar characters return to the game, including Sol Badguy, Ky Kiske and the mysterious That Man, all of whom have their signature special attacks recreated for the first time in glorious 3D.
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411mania talks about this week's game releases. Highlights include BlazBlue, Hatsune Miku: Project Diva, Diabolik, Treasure World, Street Fighter IV PC, and Roogoo.
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411mania talks about this week's game releases. Highlights include Fight Night Round 4, BlazBlue, Wii Sports Resort, Another Code: R, Mamoru-kun wa Norowarete Shimatta, PangYa: Fantasy Golf, Resident Evil Archives: Resident Evil, Monster Hunter Freedom Unite, Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor, The Conduit, Dawn of Discovery, Rorona no Atelier, and Overlord.
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411mania talks about this week's game releases. Highlights include Oboro Muramasa, Suggoi! Arcana Heart 2, Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus, The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, Hammerin' Hero, Professor Heinz Wolff's Gravity, and Rhythm Heaven.
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The special Xbox 360 version of the most popular games magazine in Japan has just hit store shelves and its always interesting to look at the review scores. In the latest issue, Xbox 360 cracker Lost Odyssey was reviewed for the first time, and rewarded with 9/8/8/8 which brings its total to 33/40 which equals 8.25/10. Other games that have been reviewed are Guilty Gear 2, Virtua Fighter 5, Kingdom Under Fire, Conan, Stuntman and Viva Pinata Party Animals.

Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Xbox 360, Konami): 9 / 9 / 8 / 8 - (34/40)
Guilty Gear 2 Overture (Xbox 360, Arc System Works): 6 / 7 / 5 / 7 - (25/40)
Lost Odyssey (Xbox 360, Microsoft): 9 / 8 / 8 / 8 - (33/40)
Virtua Fighter 5 (Xbox 360, Sega): 7 / 8 / 9 / 8 - (32/40)
Conan (Xbox 360, THQ): 6 / 5 / 5 / 6 - (22/40)
Momotarou Dentetsu 16 Gold (Xbox 360, Hudson): 8 / 8 / 8 / 8 - (32/40)
Atsumare! Viva Pinata - Let's Party (Xbox 360, Microsoft): 7 / 7 / 7 / 7 - (28/40)
Stuntman Ignition (Xbox 360, THQ): 8 / 8 / 6 / 8 - (30/40)
Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom (Xbox 360, Microsoft): 7 / 8 / 6 / 6 - (27/40)
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This weeks' Famitsu scores:

Dragon Quest IV (NDS, Square Enix): 9 / 8 / 8 / 9 - (34/40)
Assassin's Creed (Xbox 360, Ubisoft): 9 / 9 / 9 / 9 - (36/40)
Layton Kyouju to Akuma no Hako (NDS, Level 5): 9 / 9 / 8 / 8 - (34/40)
Swing Golf Pangya 2nd Shot! (Wii, Tecmo): 7 / 8 / 7 / 7 - (29/40)
Rekishi Gunsou Presents: Monoshiri Sengoku Ou (NDS, Global A): 6 / 6 / 7 / 7 - (26/40)
Gouma Reifu Den Izuna Ni (NDS, Success): 7 / 6 / 6 / 7 - (26/40)
Nounai Aesthe: IQ Suppli DS 2: Sukkiri King Ketteisen (NDS, Spike): 7 / 7 / 7 / 7 - (28/40)
Rika-Chan DS: Onna no Ko Lesson: Oshare mo Oshigoto mo Omakase! (NDS, Takara Tomy): 7 / 6 / 7 / 6 - (26/40)
Simple DS Series Vol. 27: The Misshitsu kara no Dasshutsu: The Suiri Bangai-hen (NDS, D3): 7 / 5 / 7 / 6 - (25/40)
Disney Princess: Mahou no Jewel (NDS, Disney): 6 / 7 / 6 / 6 - (25/40)
Yes! PreCure 5 (NDS, Bandai Namco): 5 / 7 / 5 / 6 - (23/40)
Tank Beat 2 Gekitotsu! Deutsch-gun vs. Rengou-gun (NDS, MileStone): 7 / 7 / 6 / 5 - (25/40)
SD Gundam G Generation Spirits (PS2, Bandai Namco): 7 / 8 / 7 / 8 - (30/40)
Sengoku Basara 2 Heroes (PS2, Capcom): 8 / 7 / 7 / 7 - (29/40)
Sengoku Basara 2 Heroes (Double Pack) (Wii, Capcom): 8 / 8 / 7 / 8 - (31/40)
Naruto Shippuuden Gekitou Ninja Taisen EX2 (Wii, Takara Tomy): 6 / 7 / 6 / 7 - (26/40)
Tony Hawk's Project 8 (PS3/Xbox 360, Spike): 8 / 8 / 8 / 8 - (32/40)
Guilty Gear 2 Overture (Xbox 360, Arc System Works): 7 / 7 / 7 / 8 - (29/40)
Apocalypse: Desire Next (Xbox 360, Idea Factory): 6 / 5 / 4 / 6 - (21/40)
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There was some new information about Guilty Gear II Overture updated this past week. Arcade Renaissance provides a translation of some the new gameplay details and breaks down some of the new story elements revealed for the latest Guilty Gear title for the Xbox 360 console. The game is scheduled for release winter 2007.
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