Looks like Microsoft is really gonna beef up their Live library by the end of the year.

I’m fer it! It’s why I bought my Xbox.

[url=http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/xbox-live/50-new-live-arcade-games-by-years-end-187827.php]50 Live Arcade Games By Year’s End[/url] (Kotaku)

A lot of trailers just dropped on Live

[url=http://www.majornelson.com/archive/2006/07/17/Trailer_3A00_-G.R.A.W.-_2200_Chapter-2_2200_-.aspx]Trailer: G.R.A.W. “Chapter 2″[/url]
[url=http://www.majornelson.com/archive/2006/07/17/Trailer_3A00_-Halo-3-In-the-Beginning-.aspx]Trailer: Halo 3 In the Beginning[/url] – Now available to all regions
[url=http://www.majornelson.com/archive/2006/07/17/Trailer_3A00_-GTTV_2D00_NCAA-Football-07-Inside-Look-Trailer.aspx]Trailer: GTTV-NCAA Football 07 Inside Look Trailer[/url]
[url=http://www.majornelson.com/archive/2006/07/17/Trailer_3A00_-Bullet-Witch-.aspx]Trailer: Bullet Witch[/url] – Japan only

Also, there will be a table tennis demo and some free Chromehounds content soon. I need some guns for my Hound.

[url=http://www.majornelson.com/archive/2006/07/17/Coming-Soon_3A00_-Table-Tennis-demo.aspx]Coming Soon: Table Tennis demo[/url]
[url=http://arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs.ars/2006/7/16/4660]The first Chromehounds add-on package on Live to be released free on July 19[/url] (ArsTechnica)

Except for that last one, those all come from Major Nelson.

Apparently David Jaffe considers epic action adventure games fun to play, but not fun to create. Without revealing details, he claims he is going after games that fully embrace interactivity and don’t really tell a story. Of course he is still providing the oversight on the new God of War title, but someone else is handling the actual director position.

I’m curious as to what he’s planning. As for Adventure games being fun to play, but not fun to make, well, work [b]is[/b] work, Mr. Jaffe.

[url=http://biz.gamedaily.com/industry/feature/?id=13249]Jaffe: I Have Changed as a Game Designer[/url] (Gamedaily BIZ)

This one is with Tetsuya Mizuguchi (Q Entertainment), who your probably know as the Rez guy. He’s also behind the upcoming 99 Nights, or perhaps you remember Sega Rally and Space Channel 5. Read away!

[url=http://www.joystiq.com/2006/07/17/joystiq-interviews-tetsuya-mizuguchi-of-q-entertainment/]Joystiq interviews Tetsuya Mizuguchi of Q Entertainment[/url]