Xbox 360 Games Slated for September 2007 Release

Wondering what games are expected to hit store shelves this month? Here is what you can expect for the month of September, assuming there are no delays.

Medal of Honor Airborne – 09/04/07
FPS – Rated Teen

Features (from TeamXbox) :

Step into the boots of Boyd Travers, Private First Class of the 82nd Airborne Division and engage in battles throughout Europe. From rocky beginnings in Sicily to war-winning triumphs in Germany, each mission begins behind enemy lines, with an intense and fully interactive airdrop. Your ability to determine your own starting point dramatically changes the way each mission plays out. View the entire operation from the air, and then control your parachute to choose your landing spot. On the ground, gather your senses and assess the terrain. A wide variety of authentic, customizable weapons are at your disposal, each with distinct characteristics. Choose your path in this free roaming FPS environment. Medal of Honor Airborne will also feature exceptionally photo-realistic characters, adding to the intensity of the cinematic, story-driven game.

John Woo presents Stranglehold – 09/05/07
Action – Rated Mature

Features (from Xbox.com) :

Experience exhilarating third-person next-gen action as you continue the story of John Woo’s influential action film, Hard Boiled, starring Chow Yun-Fat. In John Woo presents Stranglehold, run into danger with a gun in each fist and take down the organized crime bosses who stepped over the line when they took your family.

Ensnared by a crime boss with a gripping secret, Inspector Tequila is forced to cross the line from sworn duty to bloody revenge. Engage your enemies with intense cinematic gun battles and cause massive environmental damage in real-time or revolutionary slow-motion Tequila Time.

Fatal Inertia - 09/11/07
Racing – Rated E10+

Features (from Xbox.com) :

In the middle of the twenty-second century, mankind’s thirst for excitement has spawned an evolutionary sporting event that draws from the combined disciplines of rally racing, demolition derby, and high-performance aeronautics.

In Fatal Inertia, each craft is armed with a unique array of unconventional weapons that manipulate velocity, force, and even time. Explosive magnets that impact racecraft stability and rockets that can counter thrust and velocity are just some of the dangers drivers must face.

Through harsh environments spanning dense rainforests to immense glacier fields, and canyons of razor-sharp rock there is little room for error as drivers will reach speeds of over 500 mph. But Fatal Inertia is not merely a test of speed. The brave men and women who choose to compete must face the mental and physical punishment of low-altitude combat maneuvering.

NHL 08 – 09/11/07
Sports – Rated E10+

Features (from Xbox.com) :

NHL 08 continues to push the hockey game forward with advancements in artificial intelligence, precision control, and increased authenticity. A new skating engine, improvements to the revolutionary Skill Stick system, and an all-new deking game mechanic provides greater defensive control and a more realistic hockey experience. As an added bonus, the game also now includes the American Hockey League, with all 29 teams from the NHL’s primary development league featured.

NHL 2K8 – 09/11/07
Sports – Rated E10+

Features (from Xbox.com) :

2K Sports brings back one of the hottest sports game franchises with NHL 2K8, their next-gen hockey title featuring all the National Hockey League teams and completely recognizable players. There’s nothing like checking an opponent hard into the boards, stealing the puck, then racing to the other end of the rink to score a goal. Experience the rush in NHL 2K8.

skate – 09/12/07
Sports – Rated Teen

Features (from Xbox.com) :

The closest thing to skateboarding without actually putting your feet on a board is skate. With innovative controls that take advantage of the duel analog sticks, the power of next-gen hardware, and the ability to sculpt tricks that define your own style, skate. delivers an authentic boarding experience like no other videogame.

Individual style combined with physics-driven animations promise that no two tricks will ever be the same. And there’s plenty of room to pull off those tricks—San Vanelona challenges you to explore, find, and own the best spots. You can even capture footage to create and show off your style with friends across the world—because without footage, it’s fiction.

Get ready for all the fun, creativity, and culture of skateboarding without the hours of practice, broken bones, and hospital visits.

Kengo: Legend of the 9 – 09/13/07
Action/Adventure – Rated Mature

Features (from TeamXbox) :

Kengo: Legend of the 9 features nine real samurai warriors: Musashi Miyamoto, Jubei Yagyu and Sanako Chiba, among others. Each has his/her own storyline, attack techniques and upgradeable attributes (health, stamina, attack power and defense). Four modes of play offer a range of gameplay options, including the storyline advancing Main Mode; Mission Mode which challenges players to complete 10 missions within a specific time frame; Combat Mode that features two-player, head-to-head battles; and Xbox Live Leaderboard where players compete for new equipment and the best ranking against other Xbox Live gamers by pitting AI profiles against each other.

Eternal Sonata – 09/17/07
RPG – Rated Teen

Features (from Xbox.com) :

On his deathbed, the famous composer Chopin drifts between this life and the next. In his final hours, he experiences a fantastical dream where he encounters a young girl facing a terrible destiny and the boy who will fight to save her. On the border between dreams and reality, Chopin discovers the light that shines in all of us in this enduring tale of good and evil, love and betrayal.

Developed by Tri-Crescendo and featuring the music of Chopin, Eternal Sonata delivers amazingly detailed 3-D graphics, a captivating storyline and an innovative action battle system.

Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights – 09/17/07
Racing – Rated Teen

Features (from Xbox.com) :

Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights (HIN) evolves the current street racing scene, letting you experience the culture of the real-life HIN tour, the nation’s largest lifestyle custom car show in an intense racing experience. Featuring track and drift racing at real-world locations around the globe, next-gen A.I. and unparalleled vehicle customization, Juiced 2: HIN brings street racing to life, allowing you to test your skills at live street racing events against a back-drop of DJs, models and musicians.

Groundbreaking new features include addictive drift/powersliding races and “Driver DNA” that tracks gamers’ personal driving traits. These profiles, along with the profiles of select celebrities will be available for download across all online gaming systems. Racing developer Juice Games has evolved the gameplay that revolutionized online racing, giving you the power to create your car, assemble your crew, and put it all on the line in intense pink slip and crew races. You can also bet cash on each event, bringing a gambling element to the game that greatly increases the importance of each race.

Blazing Angels 2: Secret Missions – 09/18/07
Flying – Rated Teen

Features (from TeamXbox) :

Developed by Ubisoft’s Romania studio, Blazing Angels 2: Secret Missions of WWII is an intense action-adventure air combat game that takes place during WWII.

In this game, you are the leader of Operation Wildcard, an undercover and elite squad of pilots secretly created by the American government. Your mission is to sabotage and destroy the Third Reich’s evil plans to create a weapon of mass destruction. During this mission you and your team discover that the bad guys also have an elite team of their own. In an attempt to disarm the enemy, you engage in dramatic and movie-like spy missions in some of the world’s most exotic locations using experimental weapons and flying never-before-seen prototype aircraft.

Warriors Orochi – 09/18/07
Fighting – Rated Teen

Features (from TeamXbox) :

Warriors Orochi boasts an amazing roster of 77 playable characters from both the Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors franchises, while four action-packed “crossover” storylines unveil events where characters from either series are pitted against one another. The game’s new “Team Battle System” and “Weapon Fusion” push Tactical Action to a whole new level. For the first time in KOEI’s Tactical Action games, players can create their own three-person tag team. At any given time, one warrior will be engaged in battle, while the other two are recuperating; restoring their Life Meters and Musou Gauges. Every character is categorized according to offensive ability, and with new fighting techniques, it’s up to the player to find the most lethal combination of warriors. “Weapon Fusion” lets players combine the attributes from different weapons for more devastating results.

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Hard Evidence – 09/25/07
Action/Strategy – Rated Mature

Features (from TeamXbox) :

Developed by Telltale Games, CSI: Hard Evidence will continue the crime-solving experience of Ubisoft’s CSI video game series. Players will join Gil Grissom, Catherine Willows and the rest of the Las Vegas cast to help solve crimes using realistic techniques and lab equipment. The game features forensic reconstructions and atmospheric crime scenes taken directly from the television show, including an all-new garage lab for analyzing large pieces of evidence, improved evidence gathering, lab mini-games and more. There are more areas to explore and increased interaction with the CSI team, resulting in a longer play experience.

Halo 3 - 09/25/07
Shooter – Rated Mature

Features (from Xbox.com) :

The epic saga continues with Halo 3, the hugely anticipated third chapter in the highly successful and critically acclaimed Halo franchise. Master Chief returns to finish the fight, bringing the epic conflict between the Covenant, the Flood, and the entire human race to a dramatic, pulse-pounding climax.

Halo 3 represents the third chapter in the Halo trilogy—an international award-winning action series that grew into a global entertainment phenomenon, selling more than 14.5 million units worldwide, logging more than 650 million hours of multiplayer action on Xbox LIVE, and spawning action figures, books, a graphic novel, apparel, an upcoming film adaptation, and more.