Xbox Live's Major Nelson : Show #227 The one about Forza 2 and The Matrix on HD DVD

"This week’s show:
I give away a lot of stuff!
Special Co-host: e (and TriXie)
Win Tickets to the Pac Man World Championship event in NYC
Interview: Dan Greenwalt, Forza Motorsport 2
Name the Game
Xbox 101
Gadgets
Win a copy of The Complete Matrix Trilogy on HD DVD and an Xbox 360 HD DVD Player
And more"

Forza Motorsport 2 Review 9/10

"The sun’s shining, the birds are singing and after another massive session behind the virtual wheel of Turn 10’s maiden 360 title, we’ve got that Zen-like feeling of tranquil satisfaction passing through our bodies. Yes folks, we’ve got the finished version of Forza Motorsport 2 and we’re pleased to report that it’s not only everything we’d hoped it was, it’s much more besides."

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EndWar to feature persistent online campaign

As part of the Tom Clancy's EndWar press kit, creative director Michael de Plater confirms that the game will feature a persistent online campaign. In EndWar's Q&A section, Plater states that "one of our most ambitious features is a massively-multiplayer persistent online world campaign" and that "every time you log in you will see the shifting front lines of an entire world at war, where everyone is participating in a unified global version of World War III".

A living, breathing online war changing every second of every day is a rather interesting concept. Though, it sounds as if this persistent campaign will be nothing more than some sort of stat tracking feature that updates the "online war" rather than actually interacting with other players. But we guess any sort of persistent online experience is better than none. So, what do you think? Are you moderately interested in such a feature?