The unadulterated rush of sitting behind the wheel of a $500,000 car, speeding down the streets of Italy while some chumps desperately try to catch up with you. This is the feeling of supreme automotive mastery Forza Motorsport 3 has to offer. For those without the extra cash to drop on multiple luxury vehicles, this is the closest you can get to the real thing.
Live in Toronto or Montreal? Like really fast cars? Well, Microsoft is bringing the much anticipated Forza Motorsport 3 to your city for a special public preview event that will give gamers some early hands-on time with the title’s 100 tracks and over 400 cars. Canadians will be the first to get their hands on it before it launches and have a chance to win the Ultimate Drive Your Dreams Experience consisting of an Xbox 360 Elite Console, an Xbox 360 Wireless Racing Wheel, a Limited Edition Forza Motorsport game, and a 12-Month Xbox LIVE Gold Membership. If that weren’t enough the winner also gets a full day behind the wheel at Bridgestone Racing Academy.
X’09 comes once a year and is Canada’s largest Xbox gaming showcase. It’s the one venue most major publishers choose to showcase their best and brightest coming in the holiday season to the Xbox 360. Activision, Ubisoft, EA, and more were present at the event to give some hands-on time to some of this year’s most anticipated titles. The following is a recount of GeneralGames.ca’s first hands-on experience with many of these games.
Every year Toronto is host to a countless swarm of nerds, geeks, and dorks of all persuasions at the annual FanExpo convention. The show is a melting pot of comic books, science fiction, table-top gaming, horror, anime, and of course video games. Major game publishers come to show Canadians a quick preview of their fall line-up before it’s released and GeneralGames.ca was given the opportunity to have a grand tour of all the unreleased titles.



