Microsoft announces Xbox 360 European launch lineup

Welcome to the next generation of gaming. Microsoft today announced that 15 Xbox 360 games, spanning all the popular genres, and 13 Xbox 360 accessories will be available when the system launches in Europe on 2 December.

Exclusive games Project Gotham Racing® 3, (Bizarre Creations-Rare Ltd.); Perfect Dark Zero, (MGS-Rare Ltd.), FIFA 06: Road to FIFA World Cup (Electronic Arts), key franchises like Need for Speed Most Wanted (EA), Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 06 (EA) and games for a broad audience like Kameo: Elements of Power (MGS-Rare Ltd.), Peter Jackson’s King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie (Ubisoft) and Amped 3 (2K Sports) contribute to the broadest and deepest retail launch line-up in console history.

The following Xbox 360 games will be available in European retail stores on or before the console launch on 2 December:

• Amped 3 (2K Sports)
• Call of Duty 2 (Activision)
• Condemned: Criminal Origins (SEGA)
• FIFA 06: Road to FIFA World Cup (Electronic Arts)
• GUN (Activision)
• Kameo: Elements of Power (Microsoft Game Studios)
• Perfect Dark Zero (Microsoft Game Studios)
• Peter Jackson’s King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie (Ubisoft)
• Madden NFL 06 (Electronic Arts)
• NBA Live 06 (Electronic Arts)
• Need for Speed: Most Wanted (Electronic Arts)
• Project Gotham Racing 3 (Microsoft Game Studios)
• Quake 4 (Activision, id software and Raven Software Corp.)
• Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 06 (Electronic Arts)
• Tony Hawk’s American Wasteland (Activision)

The powerful pipeline of spectacular Xbox 360 games – all optimised for high-definition game play – doesn’t stop at launch.

Great games such as Dead or Alive 4 (Tecmo/MGS), The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion (Bethesda), and Ridge Racer 6 (Namco) will light up store shelves in the weeks after launch and beyond.

“The next generation of gaming begins on 2 December in Europe, and there has never been a more exciting time to be a gamer,”

said Chris Lewis, regional vice president, EMEA, Home and Entertainment Division, Microsoft.

“Xbox 360 will deliver mind-blowing experiences across multiple genres, no matter what your personal gaming preferences are.

We’re excited to be able to confirm this diverse games line-up for day one, but it’s only the beginning. Gamers everywhere will be overwhelmed with the pipeline of amazing Xbox 360 games yet to come.”

Taken from official Microsoft press release