It is kind of crazy that Halo: Reach is out in about a month only on the Xbox 360 and even though I haven't really been paying attention to what is new with this new game, I still have my high hopes about being Bungie's swan song to the franchise that made them famous. I do know that they are going all out with a bang with Reach being stacked full of features with the campaign that is solo and cooperative, all the new multiplayer shenanigans that the beta had along with additions, Firefight making a return from ODST, Forge being bigger than ever, and more. Who knows if Reach will be the shooter of the year in terms of how long the multiplayer will last especially with stiff competition by the Call of Duty franchise these days with Modern Warfare 2 and the upcoming Black Ops, but I'm pretty sure the shooter crowds will still play all those games as each game does have its own tempo of craziness. I was a little excited about Bungie bringing back some Halo 2 Maps like Ivory Tower and Midship into Reach, but my excitement overall for the game has been on the down low since I don't have a 360 now and having shooter fatigue during my times with that console. We'll see how Halo: Reach does when it comes out next month and I don't mind making a return to the franchise by buying the Reach Slim bundle too.
UPDATE - So the game has been leaked a month early, which is crazy stuff. Good luck avoiding spoilers if you are eagerly awaiting this game to come out.
EGMi recently had a cover story featuring the game I'm most excited for, which is Child of Eden as they interviewed Testuya Mizuguchi about the game's origins and what the game is really intended to do. As you know, Rez is still one of my favorite games of all-time as a life-changing experience seeing games in a totally different way, so the giddiness had reached its peak with the announcement of Child of Eden at E3 back in June. Just hearing Miz talk about the game above makes me believe in him in delivering the goods as he knows what he is doing to make something truly special. Games these days will still be games, but Child of Eden is not just your ordinary game like how Rez was as it is shaping up to another memorable experience when it comes out next year for Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.
New previews for Harmonix's Dance Central showed up earlier this week on the big game sites and still living up to be the killer app for the Xbox 360's Kinect. It is indeed still my only reason I would buy the thing because it looks like a blast to play with multiple people. Let's just hope I have a decent Kinect setup for a game like this with enough room for people to go crazy. New modes and new songs were announced for the game as it is expected to come out around Kinect's launch on November 4. In the meantime, there's a new trailer above and the Giant Bomb interview for more as well as other shenanigans the guys did.