Earlier this week, during a meeting with THQ, Gamespot had an opportunity to spend some time with the latest work-in-progress Xbox 360 version of Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights. As the game's title suggests, Juiced 2 is affiliated with the Hot Import Nights touring auto show, and as such, you can expect to be street racing not as part of some illegal "underground" group, but on streets that have been cordoned off to traffic and are lined with spectators. Gameplay will purportedly be split 50/50 between races and drifting events, though after checking out some of the game's extensive customization features, their presentation focused entirely on drifting.
Game Informer: Call us crazy, but we think one of the most fascinating things in game development is seeing how characters change from the time they're first sketched out to when they appear in the final game. BioShock's Little Sisters started out as lowly slugs before evolving into the cute yet sinister girls we're more familiar with. And most recently, Sam Fisher underwent a makeover from scruffy bum to, well, Sam Fisher in Splinter Cell: Conviction. Dead Rising 2 is certainly no exception, and we're bringing you an exclusive look at how Chuck Green has changed throughout the development process.
Major Nelson's Blog writes:
"Content: TC’s H.A.W.X
Availability: All Xbox LIVE regions except India and Japan
Content: Juiced 2: HIN
Availability: All Xbox LIVE regions except India and Japan
Content: Disney Sing It HSM3
Availability: All Xbox LIVE regions except Austria, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea"
That's one features of Live that I really enjoy. Sure, in some cases, the prices are ridiculous (see: Oblivion, in which a digital version of the original game is priced higher than the disc GOTY edition), but there is something to be said for the convenience of just having something ready to play on your hard-drive. Especially now that both Sony and MS are shipping their consoles with 200+ gigs of storage.
That's plenty of room for games.
The PlayStation Portable’s (PSP) Essentials Range of software, originally revealed by Electronic Theatre last month, has received a number of new additions courtesy of THQ. Revealed early this morning, the likes of Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights, MX Vs ATV Untamed, Avatar: The Legend of Aang and Marvel Super Hero Squad are joining LocoRoco, Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters and Patapon 2 in the budget line-up of PSP software known as the Essentials Range.
Crap game avoid it!
Not sure how many of these ricer underground games we need but dang.