Avid Gamer writes:
Gamezone writes: "The gauntlet has been thrown down and your challengers await! For the first time, Xbox 360 players will get their chance to take-on PC players in action-packed strategic battles thanks to Universe at War: Earth Assault. We've been touting the virtues of Xbox 360 vs. PC play since the announcement of UaW, and now that truly revolutionary feature has become reality. Pop in your copy of Universe at War: Earth Assault tonight and take on someone from the dark side. You'll unlock special achievements that can only be gained though playing someone of the opposite platform. To all combatants¿Good Luck!"
Gamesite XGN posts her weekly European Xbox Live Marketplace Roundup. This week there are a great number of new demos released.
A Universe at War: Earth Assault demo has been released on the XBOX Live Marketplace today. Weighing in at 546.57MB, the demo's dashboard descriptions reads: [ESRB: T (Teen) MILD LANGUAGE, VIOLENCE] Get in the mood for global warfare with this exciting demo that features Novus and the Hierarchy, two of the three factions you can play as in Universe at War: Earth Assault!
SEGA of America, Inc. today announced that Universe at War: Earth Assault for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft has shipped to retailers in North America. Developed by Petroglyph, this combat-intensive real-time strategy (RTS) game thrusts players into an epic struggle to prevent total annihilation of life on planet Earth. Universe at War: Earth Assault supports Microsoft's Games for Windows Live initiative and allows cross-platform play between Windows-based PC and Xbox 360. In an effort to even the playing field, cross-platform play will be made available via free download in early April 2008.
Today sees an XBOX Live Arcade release, themes, episodes and game content. Here's the full list:
In most Xbox 360 games, unlocking an achievement serves no other purpose than to boost your ego a bit and give you bragging rights. Occasionally you might also unlock some artwork, gamerpics or videos, but rarely do you gain something useful with your hard work. Universe at War will reward those that put in the time to unlock multiplayer achievements. Not only will you get some points, you'll also unlock a medal that can be used in multiplayer matches to give you an in-game bonus. IGN have the full list of achievements, including what medals and bonuses you'll unlock for completing multiplayer objectives.
Sega has sent out a specific European release dates today, confirming the exact release dates of some rather anticipated games like Condemned 2, The Club & Universe at War.
Sega sent out an email today, confirming the release dates for a number of their upcoming games. Among others, relase dates for such highly anticipated games like The Club (Feb 8th '08), Condemned 2 (Feb '08) and Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Nov 23rd '07) were confirmed.
Petroglyph's PC version of its RTS Universe at War: Earth Assault has been delayed. Originally the game was due out on November 2 for PC, but it's now been pushed back to January 2008
Much-anticipated Sega title The Club will miss the Christmas release window, after the publisher admitted that its release has slipped until next year.
The semi-official Gamerscore Blog run by Microsoft employees confirmed in the article "The Sixth Tech Myth" that Live Service will be available on Windows XP.
This morning, Sega has also unveiled it's Games Convention Lineup for this month, with less than three weeks away from the event, gaming publishers have been showing their line up of titles that will be present at LGC in Germany this month. They will be showing the online version of Virtua fighter 5 for the X360 for the first time along with other surprises and guests.
In years past, publishers have used the Electronic Entertainment Expo to announce new games, taking advantage of the global audience tuned in to the trade show. However, as it did last year, Sega has played the bricklayer, paving its road to E3 well in advance with announcements for games such as Mario & Sonic at the Olympics, Ghost Squad, and NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams. However, while the publisher isn't using the annual trade show as a venue for its big reveal, Sega's lineup includes many games whose details have been sparse at best.
Petroglyph's upcoming real-time strategy game Universe at War: Earth Assault will support cross-platform multiplayer gaming between Xbox 360 and PC, publisher Sega announced today. Universe at War is the first strategy game to have such functionality announced, with Petroglyph and Sega the first third-party developers to support the feature through Microsoft's Xbox Live and Games for Windows Live services.