Xbox 360 coming November 22!

1. Xbox 360 coming November 22!
   
2. Tokyo Game Show 2005 preview

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1. Xbox 360 coming November 22!

The Tokyo Game Show 2005 starts tomorrow, but Microsoft broke the good news early: The Xbox 360 will be on store shelves in North America November 22. It's all I can do to not to use the <blink> tag ...

It will be followed closely by launching in other territories.

If they pull it off, this'll be the first time a game console has launched in 3 territories during the same time frame:

• November 22 -- North America
• December 2 -- Europe
• December 10 -- Japan

Microsoft also announced Japanese pricing for the Xbox 360: 37,900 JPY ($344.34 US at the time of this post). Interestingly, it looks like just one Premium Edition SKU is going to be offered in Japan (as opposed to the two in the U.S.), and this price is cheaper than the $399.99 U.S. MSRP.

2. Tokyo Game Show 2005 preview

The Tokyo Game Show 2005 starts tomorrow, and Microsoft is making perhaps its strongest showing ever.

Allegedly 200-plus games are in production for the new console, and greater than 40 publishers in Japan have committed to the Xbox 360.

I tlooks like developers got the final Xbox 360 Xenon Development Kit (XeDK) on September 4, and they've had the beta kits since shortly after E3, so the stuff on display in Tokyo this week should be a site to see.

Titles announced to be showing at the Xbox 360 booth in some form:

• (eM)-eNCHANT-arM (FromSoftware, Inc.)
• Bomberman — Act Zero (Hudson Soft Co. Ltd.)
• Call of Duty 2 (Activision Inc.)
• CHROMEHOUNDS (Sega)
• Dead Rising (Capcom)
• Dynasty Warriors 5 Special (Koei Co. Ltd.)
• Everyparty (Microsoft Game Studios)
• Far East of Eden — Ziria (Hudson Soft Co. Ltd.)
• FINAL FANTASY XI (Square Enix Co. Ltd.)
• Frame City Killer (Namco)
• Gears of War (Microsoft Game Studios)
• Kameo: Elements of Power (Microsoft Game Studios)
• Mobile Suit Gundam (working title) (Bandai Co. Ltd.)
• Need for Speed Most Wanted (Electronic Arts)
• NINETY-NINE NIGHTS (Microsoft Game Studios)
• The Outfit (THQ)
• Project Gotham Racing 3 (Microsoft Game Studios)
• Resident Evil 5 (Capcom)
• Ridge Racer 6 (Namco)
• Rumble Roses XX (working title) (Konami)
• Shutoku Battle (working title) (Genki Co. Ltd.)
• Sonic the Hedgehog (Sega)
• Saint's Row (THQ)
• Test Drive Unlimited (Atari Inc.)
• Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter (Ubisoft Entertainment)
• World Air Force (tentative title) (Taito Corp.)
• Wrestle Kingdom (Yuke's Co. Ltd.)

It'll be interesting to see what Sony announces and shows off for the PS3 this week. Get ready for the rodeo ...