News from E3: Xbox 360’s Forza 3 Desire Possess an Audi R8 5.2 FSI
In case you're living under . rock, the big video game convention,...3, is happening this week in Los Angeles. The Xbox-only Forza series of racing games have always lived in the shadow of Sony'. more popular PlayStation-based Gran Turismo series — this despite the fact that Forza and Forza 2 are actually really good games.
But this is never-say-die Microsoft we're talking about, and at this morning'. press conference, the company announced that Forza Motorsport 3 for the Xbox 360 will include the most highly coveted Audi .8 of them all — the .8.5.2 FSI .10. Audi says it has been working with Microsoft'. in-house developer, Turn-10, to ensure the game car has all the right moves and sounds.
Equally important for the GT-vs-Forza wars, Forza 3 will let you wreck your car in full-on rollover crashes, something Turn-10's Dan Greenwalt demonstrated during today's press conference. Microsoft also announced Forza 3 will be released in October – two months ahead of the anticipated holiday release for Gran Turismo 5.
To help build anticipation for the game, Microsoft and Audi announced the AXF-24 Audi -Forza Challenge. The top 9 ranked Forza 2 racers on Xbox Live will be invited to New York on June 13-14 to play Forza 3 in a 24-hour endurance race. Drivers will be divided into three teams, and the winning team gets an all-expenses-paid trip to the real 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Microsoft has separately announced a contest in which you can design a skin for the Audi R8 5.2 FSI V10 and compete to win a wireless steering wheel.
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