SouthPeak brings Raven Squad to 360 this fall

Actually, that's not entirely true. The full name of the game is actually Raven Squad: Operation Hidden Dagger. No, seriously. That's the title. Silly names aside, Raven Squad sounds interesting, as it incorporates both real time strategy and first person shooter gameplay. No, that doesn't mean it's an FPS with RTS elements or vice versa. Instead, players can actively switch between RTS and FPS modes. Throw in eight different squad members with "distinctive skills and weaponry" stuck behind enemy lines and it sounds like Raven Squad might be a decent game. The game is being developed by Atomic Motion with SouthPeak planning to distribute the title for PC and Xbox 360 this fall.

X3F Week in Review: June 27, 2008 - July 3, 2008

Well kids, it seems like everyone is holding their cards close to their collective chests as we begin the final run up to E3. That doesn't mean we don't have a few interesting news bits to share though. For one, the Xbox 360 Mega Man 9 evidence continues to pile up, despite Capcom's claims to the contrary. Gears of War 2 news also continues to dribble out, and we're more than happy to relate it to you. Find these stories and more below.

Community Stuff

• Xbox 360 Fancast 075 -- Pornoisseur
  What does Pornoisseur mean?
• X3F TV -- XBLA in Brief: Soulcalibur
  Awesome game. No online play. WTF?
• X3F TV -- Points>Life: Shedding Light on Secrets
  IGN gives this Points>Life a 3.5
• Ask X3F: Revolution edition
  This one has a haiku in it

News

• Rumor: Samsung releasing Xbox 360 TV this fall
  Us: Baloney
• Penny Arcade teases PA Adventures Episode 2
  Is that spider wearing a hat?
• SCIV Character Creation: Hey, it Ryu!
  So many possibilities to infringe copyrights
• Gears 2 video straight from the UT3 disc
  So much for buyer's incentive
• Gears of War 2's active sniper will not insta-down
  No more sniper spam, yay!
• More MM9 nuttiness: USK rates the game for 360
  So, we getting Megaman 9 or not?

:xbox360fanboy.com

Dead Space gets box'arted

You've gotta hand it to Electronic Arts. For all the flak they get in the industry they certainly try their hand at a ton of new IPs. OK, enough with the hand gag. Back on topic. Army of Two, Spore, Dead Space are a few new titles from the mega-publisher trying to shy away from being known as the annual release factory.

As for Dead Space, the survival-horror space action-shooter, EA released an image of the box art a few days ago and boy is it grim. A severed hand floats in cold space searching for a body to call home. It makes sense when you think about it. The owner is probably dead and it is floating in space. Creative. Creepy, but creative.