corkinator
Mar 3 2006, 01:56 PM
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SPECIAL DELIVERY:
Check back in the early afternoon PST for an exclusive story on a game you would never, ever have expected. IGN Xbox 360 will have the first details, news, screens, and an interview with the company's president. Can you guess who it's with?
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OK, so... just for clarification, we're hoping to post a story around noon tomorrow, maybe earlier -- that's PST time (California time) that nobody has heard about. It will be on the Xbox 360 site. It's an exclusive Xbox 360 game. None of your guesses are correct so far. I was totally unable to guess what it was until I heard about it two days ago, and I'm still amazed by the subject matter and the people putting it out. Sorry to be such a tease about it, but I haven't even told my team about it yet. I can't say a word.
Anyway, I expect the range of reactions to be wide in range and long in wind. Heh. And, in order to avoid the mess that happened last fall with a certain midnight review that never happened ( ), let me put it this way: Don't stay up all night. Please do not. The story won't be up until tomorrow -- Friday, March 3, around noon PST at the earliest. Go to sleep, do whatever, beat people up in Fight Night Round and then gather round here about noon-ish. I should have an update on the exact timing earlier than that, but not everything is tied up tight. There are still a few loose ends before I can concretely give an exact time.
From IGN Insider apparantly, I read it at a few sites and there's talk at the regular IGN boards too.
http://boards.ign.com/xbox_360_lobby/b8271/111504690/p1/
VariableElite
Mar 3 2006, 02:01 PM
Link?Oh, and it's Halo 3.
richie579
Mar 3 2006, 02:24 PM
Maybe it's something that used to be exclusive to Nintendo or Sony.....Silicon Knights is 3rd party now right?...oh man, a sequel to Eternal Darkness on 360 would be clutch....probably won't happen, but a gamer can dream right?
corkinator
Mar 3 2006, 03:11 PM
I hope it's as big as it sounds and not some crappy little 'who cares' announcement.
The way they say they are amazed by the subject matter and people putting it out, I think it may be Rockstar/GTA related. Or certainly not something else obvious anyway.
KAGE360
Mar 3 2006, 04:32 PM
QUOTE(corkinator @ Mar 3 2006, 09:18 AM)
I hope it's as big as it sounds and not some crappy little 'who cares' announcement.
The way they say they are amazed by the subject matter and people putting it out, I think it may be Rockstar/GTA related. Or certainly not something else obvious anyway.
i dont think it will be GTA, FF, or anything else that huge related which is confusing. the editor said that all of the guesses were wrong and im sure that the first guesses were GTA, FF, among other games. if its not a game that someone would automatically guess and get excited about then what makes this announcement so big? maybe its a former sony only developer siding now with MS.
twistedsymphony
Mar 3 2006, 04:39 PM
well considering he mentioned "subject matter" it leads me to believe that it's something new and NOT an existing franchise...
in which case, of course no one could guess it
Honestly the only thing that would shock and awe me if it came to the Xbox is
A. Nintendo's Mario/Zelda/Metroid etc. franchises
B. Sony's GranTorismo/Jak/Parappa/etc franchises
Anything else wouldn't phase me at all...
LowProfileWurm
Mar 3 2006, 04:39 PM
Seeing as author is excited and people are guessing... I'm left to assume it's an already established franchise and not an original title.
My first guess is Killer Instinct.
My reasons for this guess is that IGN 360 just did an interview with RARE and they seemed pretty excited about what's coming "next" in the interview. On top of that, MS is going to wring its purchase through and through.
The my other guess is...Banjo Kazooie
I am totally in the dark about it, but I'd like to think my guesses are at the very least educated. I can only imagine MS will pull both titles out of the closet and dust them off if Nintendo doesn't hold any rights to them. But I'm leaning towards Banjo Kazooie because 360 has no identity yet. Xbox1 had Master Chief... what does 360 have? Joanna? Not really. Anyone agree?
davemire
Mar 3 2006, 05:05 PM
QUOTE(LowProfileWurm @ Mar 3 2006, 07:46 AM)
Seeing as author is excited and people are guessing... I'm left to assume it's an already established franchise and not an original title.
My first guess is Killer Instinct.
My reasons for this guess is that IGN 360 just did an interview with RARE and they seemed pretty excited about what's coming "next" in the interview. On top of that, MS is going to wring its purchase through and through.
The my other guess is...Banjo Kazooie
I am totally in the dark about it, but I'd like to think my guesses are at the very least educated. I can only imagine MS will pull both titles out of the closet and dust them off if Nintendo doesn't hold any rights to them. But I'm leaning towards Banjo Kazooie because 360 has no identity yet. Xbox1 had Master Chief... what does 360 have? Joanna? Not really. Anyone agree?
I agree that it's probably something by RARE. Probability points to Banjo Kazooie, which I wouldn't care about, but who knows... hopefully something that is actually exciting as appossed to just an interesting market move. Because I was excited about Perfect Dark, and boy-o-boy what a let down.
yaazz
Mar 3 2006, 06:00 PM
Heres hoping for pimps at sea!!!
Deftech
Mar 3 2006, 06:16 PM
this is like the recon demo, it'll never be posted
and Please dont let it be choice "B" from Twisteds post, the less trash the better
I know I know, One mans trash......
wasting
Mar 3 2006, 06:17 PM
Kobold who runs xboxworld.nl has this to say
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You will never guess what it will be. So save yourself the energy, you will never guess what it is , and when you hear it you will not believe it.
(I don't mean in the positive way, you just don't want it to be true, well that's what I feel anyways...)
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Because when you know who's making it and what they could have been spending time on instead, you will feel taken up the ass with a serrated shovel.
kinda scares me...
prankfurter
Mar 3 2006, 06:25 PM
^that really makes me think its bungies XBLA game...
i guess we wait and see
wasting
Mar 3 2006, 06:27 PM
I dont think a bungie game would be first announced through an ign interview..
VariableElite
Mar 3 2006, 06:34 PM
Marathon ported to Xbox Live Arcade.
As far as an official announcement goes, Bungie is located in PST, and they're due for a weekly update.
revs
Mar 3 2006, 06:44 PM
Marathon on XBL would be cool. Marathon was ace. although dated.
yaazz
Mar 3 2006, 06:51 PM
hey thats right, a bungie interview IS soon to come.... Which means it MUST be Pimps at Sea
metaldevil
Mar 3 2006, 06:52 PM
I hope it's not another game starring this guy:
cyberg4
Mar 3 2006, 06:54 PM
My money's on a Rare made game. judging by the xboxworld.nl comment it will probably end up being grabbed by the ghoulies 2
KAGE360
Mar 3 2006, 06:56 PM
whatever happened to the new RARE games that Peter Moore mentioned? were they supposed to be revealed last month or this month?
VariableElite
Mar 3 2006, 06:57 PM
QUOTE(cyberg4 @ Mar 3 2006, 12:01 PM)
My money's on a Rare made game. judging by the xboxworld.nl comment it will probably end up being grabbed by the ghoulies 2
IMO, if it were a Rare game, they wouldn't have just put up the 4-page feature on PDZ and Kameo. They would have waited, and then stuck it in at the end or something.
As far as people being possibly disappointed that the team in question may have "wasted" their time on this, name any highly-anticipated game, take the team behind it, and guess at something they may be involved in as well.
Gears of War: Epic: Commander Keen on XBLA!
Ghost/WoW?: Blizzard: Three Vikings on XBLA!
See?
jfoster
Mar 3 2006, 07:08 PM
Blizzard - Starcraft Ghost
or
Archon!
Phantaxus
Mar 3 2006, 07:09 PM
Jet Set Willy 360?
kvezina
Mar 3 2006, 07:29 PM
QUOTE(Phantaxus @ Mar 3 2006, 07:16 PM)
Jet Set Willy 360?
I think it is Blizzard as well. But not Starcraft Ghost. I think this one will come out of left field and be Diablo III.
adfinder23
Mar 3 2006, 07:58 PM
Bionic Commando. Not my guess, but my dream.
jfoster
Mar 3 2006, 08:21 PM
I got it.... Ghost Recon is going to be FREE and the full version will be downloadable through the MP!
Damn, wouldn't that seal the deal on the console wars! ...or Halo 3 for free.
illbastid
Mar 3 2006, 08:21 PM
You heard it here first. Rockstar Ping Pong Baby!!!!
not a joke
jaskerzada006
Mar 3 2006, 08:23 PM
That does piss me off.
illbastid
Mar 3 2006, 08:25 PM
Hopefully it's just somewhat of a test on the 360
for future titles.
ddhex27
Mar 3 2006, 08:27 PM
QUOTE(illbastid @ Mar 3 2006, 08:28 PM)
You heard it here first. Rockstar Ping Pong Baby!!!!
not a joke
I also know someone who works at rockstar in NYC that has told me that they have been working a sort of tongue-in-cheek version of pong for 360.
jfoster
Mar 3 2006, 08:28 PM
Give me a break... so much for the big announcment... I'll wait for Top Spin 2.
This ping pong crap would have gone over a lot better without the hype, I might have been more interested, but now I just feel let-down.
LAME
Deftech
Mar 3 2006, 08:28 PM
prankfurter
Mar 3 2006, 08:35 PM
QUOTE(Deftech @ Mar 3 2006, 03:35 PM)
lame
KAGE360
Mar 3 2006, 08:39 PM
so its been revealed?
even though it looks to be nothing but dissapointment, can someone post the article here?
illbastid
Mar 3 2006, 08:39 PM
Not too different from the first Xbox how most of the big name
franchises only make to the $ony console and they use the Xbox
for experimental crap(not that that's a totally bad thing)
and when one of the "big name games" finally come out,
it's already been on the other console for a couple years.
I have to agree that the industry needs more innovation and less
sequels,(how innovative can table tennis be?)
but with a console like the 360 still in it's infancy,
a new GTA game would help take the system a lot further.
Just my 2 cents.
JimmyDeushku
Mar 3 2006, 08:41 PM
LAME
Is this some kind of sick, sick joke?
twistedsymphony
Mar 3 2006, 08:41 PM
good... I was getting sick of the GTA series anyway
it's an XBLA game it could be really fun, but if it's full retail my money wont be making any appearances.
ILLusions0fGrander
Mar 3 2006, 08:42 PM
QUOTE(illbastid @ Mar 3 2006, 02:28 PM)
You heard it here first. Rockstar Ping Pong Baby!!!!
not a joke
lmao.. nice call
illbastid
Mar 3 2006, 08:43 PM
$39.99 Retail.
Stravos
Mar 3 2006, 08:44 PM
ping pong 360 at the $39.99 price point
I'm definitely interested to see how they make a true ping pong game viable with the fast pace.
autiger
Mar 3 2006, 08:47 PM
what a disappointment....but it would be cool if it had a paddle controller and a first person view so it'd be like really playing.....but that's probably the only way.....hopefully this is a joke (and part of a bigger, cooler game), but for some reason I doubt that
wasting
Mar 3 2006, 08:47 PM
Im actually looking forward to it, sounds awesome..
ikecomp
Mar 3 2006, 08:53 PM
What a waste of hype
I wish they would save all the suspense for games that really deserve it
cyberg4
Mar 3 2006, 08:59 PM
ping-pong
Is this the first rockstar game that won't come under fire for contriversial content, that is unless there's a "hot coffee" mod for it
ximmortalxxkingx
Mar 3 2006, 09:01 PM
crobar
Mar 3 2006, 09:04 PM
YES!!!!!!
MORE MEDIA HYPE FOR A LACK LUSTER GAME!!!!!!!!
i love this stuff
im tired of
over hyped movies and games... what ever it is i bet its lame...and not fun.
if its killer instinct...then it will probably be a broken sequel just like perfect dark....
sorry if im being negitive it just seems like for all the hype we get over 360 media there is a huge let down involved...
best game for the 360 wasnt hyped to be anything and its an arcade game....
LowProfileWurm
Mar 3 2006, 09:07 PM
Well, the hype worked... how many of you clicked on IGN's website at noon PST for their "exclusive"? Hit-count thru the roof!
Besides, It's IGN.. what do you expect? Good news reporting?
tonloc79
Mar 3 2006, 09:34 PM
I gotta go get my preorder on so i can score a PING PONG Faceplate! Ill be back.................
jaskerzada006
Mar 3 2006, 09:47 PM
All this talk about next gen games and the HD era.
Now we're back to fuckin pong!!!!!
lowendfrequency
Mar 3 2006, 10:05 PM
Let's all give Rockstar a round of applause for finally catching up with the rest of the industry in the graphics department. Aside from that, what a bogus announcement. Yeah, Ping Pong... that's the kind of game everyone is craving on their next gen console... freakin ping pong.
Now if this was being developed for the Revolution, then it would be an entirely different story.
esc1
Mar 3 2006, 10:45 PM
That's as lame as Greg Hastings paintball. Just a sport you can only enjoy in real life.
This just in. IGN exclusive for next month:
Bad Fuck'n Mitten'
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