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Official CN E3 '08 Discussion
Topic Started: Jul 14 2008, 01:46 AM (372 Views)
Gabeomabo
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The Force Unleashed is looking amazing, def going to buy it. So is that new xbox game an anime game? I only caught the end of the coverage.
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TK-429
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I've been excited about the Force Unleased ever since they released the devs months ago, thats def my number one want

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ODST117 Nick
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Yeah, Force Unleashed i'm definitely getting. Also the secret game was probably gonna be Bungie's little release but they changed it probably without changing the name. I don't like Naruto anyway so it doesn't interest me. Also they never showed halo wars on the coverage, this E3 sorta sucks with only a few highpoints.
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TK-429
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E3 has been toned down a lot from its former glory. I mean its stll E3 and will forever hold that special place in gamers' hearts, but an old school gamer would piss himself at the mention of being able to go. Now we'd only get excited.

I blame Jack Tompson for some reason. Must be his rep. lol
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ODST117 Nick
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Microsofts explanation for Bungie not showing.

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Halo Nation has been abuzz since Bungie, the developer of the blockbuster video game franchise Halo, put out a cryptic letter on its website Tuesday apologizing for not making an appearance at E3, the game industry conference taking place this week in downtown Los Angeles.

"For the last several months, we've been building toward a reveal of something exciting that Bungie is working on," studio President Harold Ryan wrote. "We were looking forward to sharing that with our fan community during the week of E3. However, those plans were changed by our publisher."

"We realize that many of our fans are disappointed by this turn of events" Ryan said. He added a note of the spurned partner: "Members of the Bungie team share that disappointment."

This morning drew an explanation from the publisher not named in Bungie's note -- Microsoft.

Turns out that Bungie's latest project was originally part of the program for Microsoft's press conference on Monday, but it was taken out of the lineup at the last minute. Don Mattrick, senior vice president of Microsoft's Xbox games business, said the company decided to pull the release ...

... to help trim its E3 presentation to under 90 minutes, from 2 1/2 hours, to accommodate attention-challenged reporters. "We had an embarrassment of riches," Mattrick said. "We felt we could do this game more justice with a more dedicated event."

Bungie, which was acquired by Microsoft in 2000, split from the software giant last year but agreed to give Microsoft first dibs on publishing its games.

For Microsoft, the decision was a blow but not a critical hit. Although the Halo games have contributed over a billion dollars in sales for the Redmond, Wash., giant, the company is less reliant on the franchise than it once was. The first Halo game cemented Xbox as the console of choice for many serious gamers at a time when Microsoft was just entering the market and struggling to earn respect. Halo 3, released in September, singlehandedly pulled Microsoft's console division into the black for the fiscal year ending in June, giving the division its first profit since entering the market in 2001.

So Microsoft's decision to pull the announcement from its presentation led to quite a bit of head scratching.

Mattrick put a positive spin on the development, saying that Microsoft had managed to build such a solid foundation that it no longer needed to depend on one or two games to succeed. He noted that the company also left out Grand Theft Auto IV. Microsoft snagged exclusive content for the game that will be made available to its Xbox 360 players this fall.

"Two big kahunas were left out of the show, and we were still able to deliver a strong performance," Mattrick said.

-- Alex Pham


Oh well I guess it's gonna get annouces soon enough though. Anyways found a Halo Wars walkthrough demo.

http://www.gamevideos.com/video/id/20150
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TK-429
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okay, maybe its just me but Microsoft is toning down the awesomness for some reason. It seems like they are trying to join Wii's bandwagen of conforming to non-gamers. That is so not cool

Wii- for non-gamers and "lite" games, family friendly

360- real gamers intense games, mature

PS3- people who think $400 is a bargin

Don't mess the natural order!

I'm open to new things like the new dashboard, I'll try that before I complain (but I will admit I love the dashboard as it is right now so thats a minus for this overhaul, doe now)

but the avators? I understand the idea, especially to compete with the Wii Mii but it seems like its going to replace icons which is not cool. The graphics make them look like cartoonish people (which is fine, thats how they wanted it to be) but I'd rather have my US Army next to my underground zone. then a wierd image of me next to it. I hope they let you choose cause forcing me to use the avator system is not cool.

I'ma stay loyal and not make real complaints til I've tried it but I'll admit it has me worried for the furture of Live's greatness
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