GRAW 2 is gold, new feature revealed

Xbox 360 Fanboy: "Tom Clancy fans eager to get their hands on GRAW 2 will be happy to learn that the game has officially gone gold. TeamXbox reports that Ubisoft made the announcement today, stating that the game should be available on store shelves by Thursday, March 8th (just in time for our heads to asplode from covering GDC). In celebration of this momentous occasion, Ubisoft also revealed the entire list of achievements for the game. Achievements are more or less evenly spread among campaign, co-op, and adversarial modes. The adversarial achievements all require that at least 5 gamertags be in the session, presumably to prevent boosting. So, the game has gone gold and the achievements have been uncovered, but that's not the best part. No, Ubisoft had one more surprise for us. GRAW 2 will feature an in game achievement tracker. The achievement tracker, surprisingly, keeps track of your achievement progress. In other words, if you're wondering how many more sniper kills you have to make to acquire the '100 sniper kills' achievement, all you have to do is pull up the tracker and check. We're going to go on record and say that this feature should be in every game. You listening Microsoft?

Now that we've all had a chance to try both campaign and multiplayer demos, what do you think? Is a GRAW 2 purchase inevit"

Virtua Tennis 3 Web Site Launches

TeamXbox: "SEGA announced today the launch of the official web site for Virtua Tennis 3. The first title on Xbox 360 to support 1080p resolution, Virtua Tennis 3 lets you take on the world’s greatest tennis stars on any court surface worldwide; with newly added players and improvements to the game’s AI. You can also take part in Ranked or Friendly modes, and enter Exhibition games or Tournaments in both singles and doubles matches across the Xbox Live network. The all new VT:TV real-time spectator mode allows players to view their friends or other top-ranked players compete in tournaments, adding an all new strategy in sizing up the next opponent.

Stacked full of everything you need to know about the upcoming game, this new web site includes smashing trailers, awesome 360° screenshots, and allows you to find out what lies in wait for you when you embark upon that all important career in the World Tour mode. "

VMP Content for the week of 2/26

Xbox Live's Major Nelson: "Here is a list of some of the new content that will appear in the Video Marketplace* this week. Note the exclusive South Park content!

TV
South Park (Seasons 5 - 8) - Exclusively For Download On Xbox Live This Week
The OC
Laguna Beach (Seasons 1 & 2)
All of Us (Season 4)
New UFC Fights
Robot Chicken (Season 2)
Tim & Eric Awesome Show Great Job (Season 1)
One Tree Hill (Season 4)

Movies
South Park: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut (SD)
Grumpy Old Men (SD)

Trailers
Blades of Glory
Pathfinder (3/1)
Bee Movie (3/1)
Simpsons Movie (3/1)
Fred Clause (3/2)
Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix (3/2)
Transformers (3/2)

*All content is U.S. Only. Sorry."

New PSU: Ambition of Illuminus details

Xbox 360 Fanboy: "PSO World reports that a recent issue of Famitsu confirms new details regarding the expansion to Phantasy Star Universe. Entitled Phantasy Star Universe: Ambition of Illuminus, the game is set to expand upon the original in many ways. First and foremost, several new weapon types have been revealed, including photon whips. The expansion will also include new weapons from familiar categories (many will be familiar to PSO fans) as well as new Photon Arts and SUV attacks. The game is set to feature new levels, enemies, clothing, and even a casino. Whether or not Ambition of Illuminus will have a single player story mode has yet to be determined. No other new details have been discovered at this time.

Anyone out there play Phantasy Star Universe? Is it time for an expansion?"

Winning Eleven 2007 demo free kicks XBLM

Xbox 360 Fanboy: "Sure, today may be a momentous day because we have an Arcade release that is neither retro nor nonexistent, but we also have a footy demo just in time for humpday. That's right, we have a demo of (deep breath) Winning Eleven Pro Evolution Soccer 2007. Whew! That's a mouthful. The demo clocks in at a whopping 1.3 GB, so you may want to go fix yourself a sandwich while it's downloading. Go grab the demo and tell us what you think."