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Mark Marrow
23 Sep, 2005

Xbox Roadshow

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Microsoft Australia recently announced that they’ll be holding gaming nights in most states across Australia. The events are aimed at retailers selling Xbox hardware and software, however several have been opened to the public. At this stage the locations are as follows:




PUBLIC

  • Monday 26 September
    The Church Nightclub
    9 Synagogue Place, Adelaide SA 8000

  • Wednesday 28 September
    Metropolis Freemantle
    59 South Terrance, Freemantle WA 6180

  • Thursday 6 October
    The Venue
    Salamance Place, Hobart TAS 7000


NON-PUBLIC

  • Tuesday 4 October
    AFL Hall of Fame
    QV, Level 2, 292 Swanston Street, Melbourne VIC 3000

  • Tuesday 11 October
    Minque
    17 Franklin St Manuka ACT 2603

  • Wednesday 12 October
    Home Nightclub
    Cockle Bay Wharf, Darling Harbour, Sydney NSW 2000

  • Monday 17 October
    Family - The Empire Hotel
    339 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley QLD 4006


Each event goes from 6pm-10pm. You must be at least 18 to register. The non-public events are still in the early stages of planning, but may be opened to everyone once the retailers have all registered.

The events will allow participants to see and play some of upcoming software from various publishers, including EA and Activision, Ubisoft, Vivendi Universal, THQ. All attendees will also receive an Xbox Gift Pack and an exclusive sneak peak at the Xbox 360.

People interested in registering can do so by calling 1800 233 033. Each venue has limited places, so first in, first served.

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29 Comments
6 years ago
Thanks for the update guys. Were all the games shown playable - King Kong included?
6 years ago
Almost everything was playable. Only a few levels in each demo, and some were a bit glitchy. From memory, there was: need for speed most wanted, shrek superslam, prince of persia two thrones, king kong, crash team racing, shadow, incredibles 2, hulk, and 3 FPS games I can't recall, but one of them did have vampires.

The king kong demo consisted of several levels, but pretty much everyone went for kong vs trex.

There was also a demo given of gun, where the demonstrator went to great pains to show how you can kill the horses. And puppies.

That bastard.
6 years ago
Hmmm... that's a pretty solid line up. Two thrones and king kong playable is cool - very few people would have played those before.
6 years ago
What was in the show bags exactally?
What I'm getting from those pics in the blog is the following:
A pen, a lapel, a curly key-chain thingo, the glowy necklace, an xbox hat, and an xbox bag.(as well as the t-shirt and Forza hat)
Anything else aside fromt he above? icon_biggrin.gif

Also, did everyone have to wear name-tags saying which store they were from or anything like that?
6 years ago
Well I went tonight, I got everything above except for the glowy thing and the forza hat.

Games there were:
Need For Speed: Most Wanted
Prince of Persia 3
Fifa 06
Heroes of the Pacific


King Kong was breifly shown on the projector, but that was it.

Got free pizza, and forgot to get my free drink.(I was driving)


On the plus side I can wear the Xbox shirt at work now. icon_wink.gif
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