Despite the early success of Fight Night Round 3 with Live Marketplace, developers still hadn't been fully sold on the whole downloadable demo idea last E3. Not the case this year, the Hedgehog's got ears on a massive list of demos that'll be landing on Live next week. Fore sure are Ace Combat 6, Blue Dragon, and Mercenaries 2, quite possible are Devil May Cry 4, Tom Clancy's Endwar, and Halo 3 single player demo!!!

Also expect a massive bevy of new games for the Wii to appear at the show; including new ones from Sega, Capcom, and Konami. I guess having no obvious competition in Japan has those developers hifting priorities. Oh dear oh dear, poor Sony! They need big franchises like MGS and FF to hit the PS3 so people will buy them.

Problem is a new rumor states that Square-Enix is actually holding back FFXII until the PS3's install base reaches a more profitable level, classic Catch 22! Finally Ubisoft will be showing off a new Prince of Persia title in limited form next week. Expect to be mesmerized all over again!
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Despite poor sales of the console in Japan, Microsoft has stated that there are no plans to cut the price of the Xbox 360 in the region but future discounting not ruled out.
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Good news today for Xbox 360 owners. The first E3 2007 demo has been confirmed by NACMO Bandai on this weeks Gamespot On the Spot. A playable demo from Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation will be released next week during E3. The demo will be released globally and is available for everyone, including Xbox Live Silver members!

No further details from the demo have been announced, so its still not clear if it will be a singleplayer or a multiplayer demo. The demo will be released somewhere between the 10th and the 13th July. The full version will be available on the 23th of October, exclusively on Xbox 360.
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NAMCO BANDAI announced today the release date of its highly anticipated flight action title, Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation.

Leading video games developer and publisher NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. announced today that its highly anticipated flight action title, Ace Combat® 6: Fires of Liberation will hit store shelves nationwide on October 23, 2007. Exclusively for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation brings the popular Ace Combat series to the next generation with a massive multiplayer online experience, photorealistic high-def graphics, an all new story, and brand new gameplay that includes features like the Allied Support System and Dynamic Operations System, that radically change the way missions can be completed.
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If you took a quick poll of IGNs most anticipated 360 titles right now in the IGN AU office, we're pretty sure Eternal Sonata and Ace Combat 6 might crack the list somewhere. The two games couldn't be more different, but both have their charms. For instance, Eternal Sonata is going to add some RPG credibility to the Xbox 360, while Ace Combat is compatible with a downright sick-looking flight stick and throttle combo. Nice.

Both games are due for release this coming Spring in Australia and New Zealand, according to Atari Australia.
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Namco Bandai's pair of 360 titles, Ace Combat 6: Fire of Liberation and gorgeous RPG Eternal Sonata, are officially heading to Europe, under the distribution arm of Atari.

"The further expansion of our line up with Namco Bandai Games is the fruit of the excellent quality of their games and the performance of our European distribution network," said Atari Europe president Jean-Michel Perbet. "These two titles are superb additions to our growing product portfolio as Atari pushes ahead with renewed confidence."

Both games are dated for the autumn.
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With over 9.5 million copies sold worldwide, the ultimate flight action series soars onto Xbox 360! This fall, the entire Flight Action genre will be single handedly redefined as Ace Combat 6, the latest in the No.1 flight action series arrives on the next generation console system to continue its absolute domination.
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Namco announced today the Ace Combat 6 ACE-EDGE Flightstick Bundle, which will include a copy of the highly anticipated new flight action game, an exclusive Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation collectible faceplate for the Xbox 360 and the Ace Combat 6 ACE-EDGE Flightstick, manufactured by HORI. The bundle will cost $149.99.
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Being the ardent Ace Combat fans that we are, we've covered the living daylights out of this 360-exclusive, and did it months ago. Didn't catch our massive Week of War? Now's the time to get totally caught up with interviews, retrospectives, the first hands-on and plenty of eye-popping screens. But wait - there's even more today. Our latest hands-on revealed very little in the way of new info or features that we haven't already discussed, but it did run much, much smoother than before. In ...
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It's almost been two weeks since we broke the news that longtime Sony-exclusive Ace Combat had bailed and taken refuge on Xbox 360. We also promised you a ton of new coverage, and said coverage begins now. We've got a weeklong look at Fires of Liberation, the eleventh overall game in the series, which lands exclusively on 360 this fall. If you've never had the pleasure of taking a $30 million joyride, this is the best possible place to start working towards that lofty dream. Each day begins a ...
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