UPDATES! Madden, Bioshock, Site News

There’s much to catch up with here at Xbox Topic, but first off I’d like to apologize for the slow updates.  But wow, what a week!  Madden 2008 has finally been released, and I’ve been pretty much playing the 360 version when I’m home, and the DS version when I’m away.  The game is tight, and while I didn’t much play Madden 07 on 360, it seems as though having 2K sports pushing EA (with All Pro Football 2k8), a more inspired product was released.  Full review will be forthcoming, once I’ve done some more with the franchise mode.

Secondly, I have one simple command for all of you.  Download the Bioshock demo.  If you weren’t one of the lucky ones to grab it from Toys R Us before they halted the broken street date, that is.  I played through the demo last night, and was met with an amazing world, immediately reminiscent of Ayn Rand, right down to the fonts used.  The game is stylistically superb, the gameplay tight, and the story captivating.  With the game scoring 10/10 from most reviewers, it’s easy to understand what all the buzz is about.  Without a multiplayer option though, Bioshock’s audience will unfortunately be more limited than it’s Unreal Engine cousin Gears of War.

As I mentioned earlier, updates have been slow from time to time, and typically those times coincide with me spending a lot of time on DS.  As such, I’m thinking of ways of expanding Xbox Topic to incorporate other topics as well.  Stay tuned for details as I work through the kinks.  But worry not Xbox faithful, the 360 coverage will remain.