Yes, it is sadly true. The demo which was supposed to hit the Xbox Live Marketplace tomorrow (8/15) was delayed due to a minor bug. This minor bug deals with an online feature which allows you to use within the demo, a first in a demo enviroment on XBL (disregarding multiplayer demos). In this vast 30 minute time limit demo, you will be able to use the new "skate.reel" feature which allows you to cut, edit, and create your own skate clips and upload them to the EA server which will be available to watch by anyone who has the internet. It's quite neat and impressive and a nice add on to the demo which I have been waiting for eagerly for a couple months. No word on when the demo will now arrive on the XBL but according to posts on the EA Skate's forum page from the main developer (Scott Blackwood), the newly fixed demo is already in the hands of Microsoft and is awaiting to be approved. If all goes well there is a very slight chance of it coming out before or during the weekend but most likely near the beginning of next week. Let all skateboarding fans with Xbox 360s keep our fingers crossed because this demo certainly will provide the best replay value a demo can get. Just remember when the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 and 2 demos came out for Playstation, except much more exciting.
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Hey, guy e here and I'm hungry. I’ve been playing games ever since my grandfather bestowed me with an NES from his brother’s video rental store (Video Waves…RIP). Ever since then I was hooked on video games and with free rentals from the store, it was destiny for me to keep playing. I was an avid reader of Nintendo Power and spent most of my childhood playing one of the greatest video game consoles ever created, the Super Nintendo. While I still play newer video games, I still mainly love the classics and love really polished 2D games such as the Metal Slug series. Even when I sometimes get doubtful about the video game industry or feel like I'm growing out of it, I always end up realizing that I'll be playing games till I die.
Some of my favorite games include: Metal Slug (series), Earthbound, Lucky & Wild, Double Dragon 2, Megaman X (series), Castlevania: SOTN, Chrono Trigger, Resident Evil (series), Metal Gear Solid (series), Mike Tyson’s Punch Out, Final Fight (series).
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cant wait to play this game. itll be nice to play a skating game with a more realistic approach to the sport for a change.
Yeah, I was just talking about this game with some friends last night. Didn't even know a demo was coming, so something for me to look forward to!