Next-Gen Microsoft Exclusive Hinted, Could Be Like Halo & Gears

NowGamer: Black Tusk Studios, a newly formed Microsoft studio, hints it could be working on a new IP that might be a new space shooter like Gears Of War or Halo.

[Shadonic]

I don't really want anymore shooters -_-

[Megaton]

Too bad, you're gonna get 'em.

[greenpowerz]

Holy crap! Are there any xbox fans in here?

[BitbyDeath]

Don't think they leave the PS3 articles.

[ALLWRONG]

BitbyDeath you got that backwards

Nice try though

[BitbyDeath]

It goes both ways, was just trying for a bit of lighthearted humour. :-)

[ALLWRONG]

It goes one way much more than the other on this site.

[tiffac008]

@BitbyDeath

Your wrong it goes three ways.

Hmm... That sounded so wrong...

[SilentNegotiator]

"Could Be Like Halo & Gears"
....so, it's a shooter?

What do Halo and Gears really have in common, other than being shooters? One is a very horizontal game (Gears) and the other is a fairly vertical game. You make Gears any more like Halo in gameplay and it isn't Gears. You make Halo any more like Gears and it loses many of its gameplay strengths.

Sounds like NowGamer just trying to bolster their obvious choice of favorite for next gen (since it will have an "X" on it, most likely) by hyping with two popular titles, excusing it with a random Twitter post.

[ZombieNinjaPanda]

Exactly. Seems developers aren't capable of unique ideas anymore, so they just slap together something that seems to be a trend. Instead of coming up with their own unique ideas, they're just trying to combine two things which wouldn't work too well together to cash out easily.

[SilentNegotiator]

Don't blame the developers just yet.

Nowgamer got that idea from a "twitter sleuth"; and being very.....eh, "oriented" towards a certain brand....they'll gladly spread the rumor to create hype.

[rpd123]

Well both are sci fi shooters with alien races and bad ass protaganists. Personally, I think they should branch out from that though.

[BertlSenix]

Developers try unique stuff

ON THE PLAYSTATION 3
Journey,Uncharted,Heavy Rain,Beyond Two Souls,The last of Us(a 2nd NEW AAAAAA IP from ONE developer),the unfinished swan and a lot more...

BUT WHAT DO "GAMERS" aka shitheads of this gen buy?CALL OF DUTY AND COPY+PASTE Garbage in general cause the justin Biebers took over.

[Old McGroin]

@ BerttlSenix

The "unique" games you mention aren't as unique as you say.

Journey - third person puzzle game.
Uncharted - third person explore/shoot 'em up.
Heavy Rain - this gens version of the point and click adventure game.
The Last Of Us - another third person game with an AI partner.

All great games but nothing new, just spruced up versions of games from the past. Not too sure about Beyond and Unfinished Swan.

Uncharted might have exciting, spectacular set-peices but it's still a third person game with bells on.
Journey might have drop in/out co-op but it's still a third person puzzle game.

Let's face it, original ideas are few and far between these days.

[shutUpAndTakeMyMoney]

"Could Be Like Halo & Gears"

MS is amazing!!! Innovation.

[Pillsbury1]

Your sarcasm is awesome, surprise! They are making something unoriginal like there yearly halo/gears/forza.

[Kingdom Come]

I love how small a percentage of N4G Commentors read articles prior to commenting on them.

1) The Gears and Halo similarity is in regards to scale and genre. In regards to gameplay Gears and Halo hold massive differentiations.
2) This is by no means a confirmation of the unannounced games genre as this particular quote was taken from an "Internet sleuth".

Read the article next time.

[palaeomerus]

OMG! PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale and Little Big Planet Karting! Twisted Metal! Wheeee! So $#@#ing Original!

[andibandit]

@ShutUpAndTakeMyMoney

hmmm, so in your other comments, you praise TLOU which looks ALOT like UC, then come in and troll...

Good job.

[showtimefolks]

well easier said than done. also if there already is gears and halo why would we want another game that similar. give us something new and fresh

i really hope MS takes advantage of crackdown franchise because that IP has a lot of room to grow and huge potential

[3-4-5]

Yea I think we've gotten enough shooters, and maybe Dev's should focus on giving us combo/hybrid game types on the next gen.

* Give us more customization

* Give us more options

* Give us more replay value

* Give us Better Art Styles, and not just HD Brown & Grey graphics.

* Humans can see over 5 million different colors....Use Them !

* Give us good stories that aren't cliche.

* Give us something unexpected

[Solid_Snake]

Then don't get new MS console... that's pretty much most of what you're going to get. Oh, and kinect :-/

[miDnIghtEr20C_SfF]

@shadonic.

I do want more shooters. Oh well for you I guess?

I love that MS has an exclusive coming out, and now it's... "Oh.. another shooter."

LMAO at the SDF.

[GraveLord]

Kinect: Space Heroes

[Qrphe]

If the 720 is indeed integrated with Kinect 2, definitely expect Kinect features (or even controls in the worst of the cases).

[ArmrdChaos]

I am sure most will take that over a Wonderbook title any day. Some of you people try too hard sometimes for any of it to really matter.

[mysterym]

Given what halo and gears did for console first person shooters and third person shooters respectively, i'm excited to see what emerges.

[Jinkies]

I understand Halo but what did Gears do, it pretty much had things that were done before like the over the shoulder gameplay from RE4 or even had things which during it's development at the time other games like Uncharted which was in development longer then Gears. already had the same ideas.

[lastofgen]

Gears of War (2006) was unveiled and shown off at e3 2005 and Uncharted (2007) was unveiled at e3 2006.

[Ben_Grimm]

Gears was still a huge success that further put gaming in the spotlight and became a staple/household name.

All games have ideas from others it doesn't mean they're bad or shouldn't be recognized. There were games before Uncharted that that did the same thing too. That arguement could be applied to almost any game.

[SephirothX21]

Come on now. Epic games are the creators of the Unreal Engine. Don't say that they're not creative.

[Jinkies]

@lastofgen

Just because someting is shown off and released first dosen't mean anything

As I said Uncharted was in development longer, Nolan North since he had played the character since 2005 when they brought him in to do the motion capturing, then they would of had to start planning it before they got to that development stage.

They started Uncharted under the codename "Big" straight after Jak 3 was finished and went gold. So that would of been October/November 2004

Uncharted was in development for longer and didn't release untill later because ND had to do the motion capturing which apparently took nearly a year to complete and thats just the mo cap.

@SephirothX21

What...when did I say they that. Please don't make crap up to try and start an argument.

[maniacmayhem]

Good lord Jinkies take your own advice.

You don't think Gears was in development and planning well before 2006? It takes year(S) to make these types of AAA games.

And what does Uncharted being in development longer have anything to do with what Gears brought to the table? Nothing.

[Jinkies]

@maniacmayhem

Don't come off as an arse maniacmayhem, thats how you went from 5 bubbles to 3, remember that.

"You don't think Gears was in development and planning well before 2006? It takes year(S) to make these types of AAA games."

Yeah but they didn't do motion capturing did they.

"And what does Uncharted being in development longer have anything to do with what Gears brought to the table? Nothing."

because people keep saying "Oh Uncharted copied Gears" all the time even though Gears wasn't shown off when Uncharted was 2/3 years into development. If it wasn't shown off then it couldn't of coped, people make out because Gears was released first that they didn't copy anyone despite Killswitch being a massive infuencea and RE4

EDIT

OMG thank you CalvinKlein...perfect timing, you've just help me prove my point. As I said above if Uncharted was in development longer how could it NOT "exsist" without Gears which probably hadn't even started development or was shown off

EDIT 2

"and sony puts out WAYYY MORE SHOOTERS than MS"

Are you serious...

Sony puts out more of everything...racing, platforming, third person shooters, RPGs, indie games etc. MS just does shooters

[humbleopinion]

@Jinkies
Wrong 1: Gears was already shown behind close doors to other developers before GDC 2005 - it was a selling point of the new unreal engine. And regardless of motion capture, ND didn't show any cover based gameplay until way after Gears introduced this mechanic.
And it was identical - with the exact same cover to cover manouvers, something that was never shown before gears. You don't have to be such a fanboy: admitting that Uncharted copied the mechanics from gears 1to1 is practically admitting a fact. It doesn't make any less of a game.

Wrong 2: Sony makes more shooters, hack&slashers and platformers. MS makes more racers, RPGs and obviously more indie games (not to mention the indie channel alone on the X360 has more games than the entire PS catalog).
If you don't count simply go to gamerankings.com and browse each platform by genre.

Hey, but that's pretty good trolling what you did here :) sidetracking the topic from the next-gen game a new studio is working on.
For all I care, this gen can die and it's time to bring out the next gen, so that' really good news.

[maniacmayhem]

"Don't come off as an arse maniacmayhem, thats how you went from 5 bubbles to 3, remember that."

Funny how you know I had 5 bubbs even though your account was made this year in October. Which tells me this Jinkies must be a multiple account maybe from another that was banned or stuck at one.

You just remember that.

"because people keep saying "Oh Uncharted copied Gears" all the time even though Gears"

And nice edit after the fact that Klien stated it and who else says that Uncharted is a Gears clone and how is that even relevant to the topic of this article which you have still managed to not answer and continue to troll.

[Qrphe]

So Uncharted is a copy of Gears because of cover mechanics?
Are you guys implying Gears invented the cover mechanic?

Are you the same people that say that Halo invented a lot of things of its own such as regen, driving cars, melee and grenade buttons?

Geezus

[DigitalRaptor]

@ CalvinKlein

Wow! Okay, so let's begin:

"uncharted was a copy of gears, without gears uncharted would not exist"

So Gears came out November 7, 2006. Uncharted 1 came out November 19, 2007 - a year later. You can't completely redesign your game and its gameplay to copy another game in the space of 12 months. Since Uncharted would've already been in the advanced stages of development with all its mechanics working as designed (after years of work following Jak 3), I don't think that's feasible. Though, even if they did copy Gears's cover mechanic, the games are fundamentally different in their design and gameplay elsewhere. So it's not exactly a strike against Uncharted or Naughty Dog. Nice try.

Killzone was a self-proclaimed foray into sci-fi from Sony's Guerrilla, going after the Halo gamer. No one is denying that, and it's well documented. I do like Killzone's more grounded background and gamplay which added something valid to the sci-fi shooter genre.

Resistance 1-3 is INSOMNIAC GAMES, not Sony.

All-Stars (and LittleBigPlanet Karting to some extent) is the game that Sony fans were actually asking for for quite some time, so your point as some sort of downside to Sony's developmental stirring pot is irrelevant. Gamers wanted it based on existing Nintendo games that they knew were good. They wanted it, they asked for it, they got it.

PlayStation Move was in development as early as 2000 with videos of proof out there on YouTube. Now I'm not saying Nintendo weren't also working on Wii as far back as that, but we have proof that Sony were working on motion tech before Nintendo announced anything of a Wii-mote controlled technlogy in development. This is just some more misinformation that you guys love spreading. We tell you the facts and now I'm convinced that you're just ignoring it to troll.

Sony creates way more shooters, just like with most genres by comparison to Microsoft, because they have more studios making games. Now that's common sense. When it comes to shooters, Killzone 2 is more highly rated than Halo 4. It's rated that same as Halo Reach. KZ3 is rated lower than Halo 4, but not much lower. Halo 3: ODST is rated lower than KZ3. I don't like using aggregated sites like Metacritic, but make of those stats what you will.

Sony's shooters are varied when compared in terms of background, story and gameplay. And they did put guns in inFamous, but it was the enemies using them. Cole doesn't need guns because he had fuggin lightning coming out of his hands. Idiot.

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@ humbleopinion

I don't think Microsoft MAKES more racers, RPGs or indie games. They have and always have had third party companies making games exclusively for them, but not making themselves. Perhaps racers because of Forza and what was Project Gotham some years ago, but that's it.
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I know this is ridiculously off topic, but just clearing things up.

[Tr10wn]

@Jinkies

"Don't come off as an arse maniacmayhem, thats how you went from 5 bubbles to 3, remember that."

Actually no, he went down to 3 bubbles because in this site your opinion must always be that Sony is Godlike and anything else just suck and is inferior and if you dont agree be ready for the horde of disagrees that awaits you, the bubble system is broken you can't let a horde of sony fanboys control your opinions because you dont agree with them i rarely post here because of that and i have 2 bubbles lol ready for one after this post.

Has for the topic i think Gears did alot for this gen lets face it Uncharted one was a ripoff from a lot of series especially tomb raider but it has things from gears, even tho gears was that great i like it alot and MS should stick making them.

[Kingdom Come]

Actually, Gears of War had been in development prior to Uncharted's.
Gears of War started development shortly after the release of the original Unreal Tournament back in 1999. It was originally titled "Unreal Warfare" and was intended to be a large multiplayer title. Development was delayed and following the release of Unreal Tournament 2004, the titles development was resumed, taking on the new identity of Gears of War.

Uncharted: Drakes Fortune was in development following the release of Jak 3, of which released at the tail end of 2004, development hasn't begun of the game until the technical staff had been assembled, presumably making the starting date early 2005.

[Gazondaily]

Lol Jinkies, you just got caught out really badly for your multi account making antics. For shame!

And regarding your point about Gears of War, I think it's safe to say, you have been well and truly schooled by manicmayhem and others.

[Hicken]

You shouldn't even have bothered, Jinkies.

The same way they claim that "you can't say anything negative about Sony," that's also true in this, a Microsoft-themed article. No way would they let you see anything resembling "correctness" while you weren't kissing Microsoft's rear.

Simply put, they're not gonna hear it.

[Imalwaysright]

Neither Uncharted and Gears are original or creative. They both copied concepts and gameplay mechanics from other games so who gives a shit about wich one came 1st? You know what came 1st? Killswitch, RE4, Pitfall, MGS, PoP etc etc. Those are the games that really pushed the bounderies and moved gaming forward and those are the games that ND and Epic copied. LMAO arguing about wich copy came 1st!

BTW @ humbleopinion Indie games made by MS? Really? Indie games? REALLY?!!

[shempo]

gears was a rip off killswitch a ps2 title
to the new kids who started this gen go check this game....gears brought some stupid aliens,zero story and 4 steroids typical americans marines,nothing that innovated the genre,moving on

[cooperdnizzle]

To all of you, who cares what came first, uncharted is ten times better than gears of war. Part one two and three, the awards speak for themselves. Anyone who says gears is better hasn't played uncharted. Plat-former/shooter/cinematic/ great writing/great voice acting. Gears just sit there and shoot. And i play all games own ever console including the wii u. So suck on that!

[LAZL0-Panaflex]

Uncharted 1&2 were great, but 3 was a letdown. Campaign and multiplayer bigtime letdown. If they just kept part 2's multiplayer the same and fixed the disconnects and added sprint it also would have been great,...but they chose to copy call of duty,...plus the graphics and textures looked not as good as the first two games,...i think maybe adding 3-d had something to do with that, because killzone 3 also did looked dummied down compared to the previous installment.

I dont know why you guys take these comments so seriously. Its not like you designed the games. You would think someone was dissin your mother.

Gears 1 had better graphics then part 2,...but part 3 was fixed nicely.

God of war was tight.

Halo was a "B" or "B+" maybe.

Resistance series was average although part 3 looked good.

Both infamous games were awesome.

Lesson of the day...both consoles got good games, competition is good for both sides, don't be a slave to a brand,...because quite possibly apple, samsung, valve, can come along and knock their dicks in the dirt. Every dog has its day.

Take the pebble from my hand grasshopper!

[Lvl_up_gamer]

The gears of war franchise is overall higher rated then the Uncharted franchise stated by the industry.

The gears of war franchise has sold more then the Uncharted franchise as voted by the gaming community.

I own both franchises and I prefer the gears franchise over the uncharted franchise....

If you enjoy the uncharted franchise over the gears franchise then that is simply your preference....but your opinion is far from fact and clearly you don't speak for the gaming community since reviewers and gamers have voted and they chose the gears of war franchise

[cooperdnizzle]

Level up gamer you are smoking crack. Uncharted has won ten times the awards gears has, and no you are flat out wrong, gears is not rated higher then the uncharted series. Go a head and flat out lie, whatever helps you sleep at night/. 88 to 91 gears. 96 to 91 uncharted 2, 94 to 91 uncharted 3. You do the math smart guy. And these are the metitcritic scores. Not to mention everyone knows uncharted two has won more awards then any game in one year ever!!!!!!

[Kingdom Come]

The Gears of War franchise has an average score of 92.67.
The Uncharted franchise has an average score of 92 precisely. (89 including Golden Abyss)

If you prefer the Uncharted franchise, that is perfectly acceptable, but don't attempt to belittle the fantastic quality of the Gears of War franchise.

[princejb134]

actually is opposite for me
what has halo done that it hasnt done in the other games
gears was awesome when it first came out and thats mostly what everyone played on xbox live

[deafdani]

Guys:

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Cover mechanics. From a third person shooting game released in 1999.

So, tell me. What's this discussion really about? What does Uncharted and Gears have in common, besides both being third person shooters with cover mechanics?

Nothing. They're as different as two games can be being in the same genre.

>_>

[Imalwaysright]

And i thought that Killswitch was the 1st TPS with cover system.
+ helpful.

[jimbobwahey]

More exclusives to bolster Microsoft's first party line-up is only a good thing in my opinion. They seem to be relying a bit too heavily on Halo, Gears of War and Forza, so something to add to that and provide an incentive to invest in their next generation console would do them well I think, especially since many people have doubts given their heavy focus on Kinect.

[memots]

As long that it's not another kinect on rail game maybe there is hope.

[lastofgen]

I agree. I'm all for Xbox 720, but if this title is a kinect title, then I'll be bummed.

[Vandamme21]

Oh lord

[Ben_Grimm]

Would love for them to re-visit Perfect Dark and Crackdown and really do those two titles justice.

[isyourhouseonfire]

Its one thing to be on top of the industry, its another thing to actually stay on top. Congrats Microsoft, looks like the future is as important as the present.

[memots]

Microsoft on top ?

The only thing that ms has on other gaming company or system is a great Eco-system with xbl but it's going downhill with all the ads all over the place. They need to start refocusing and no they are not "on top" not even close.

[DiRtY]

MS sold 50% more XBL gold subscriptions than last year.

http://majornelson.com/2012...

Please check the 2012 best sellers in video games on Amazon.com

1st: 1600 MS Points (digital)
5th: 12 months of XBL Gold (digital)
5th: 12 months of XBL Gold
17th: 3 months of XBL Gold (digital)
49th: 3 months of XBL Gold
75th: 800 MS Points (digital)
77th: 1600 MS Points

So the best selling video game item is money to spend on XBL. XBL Gold for 12 months is probably second, given the split between digital and non-digital.

http://www.amazon.com/best-...

MS just announced that never before people spent more time on XBL in the past weeks than ever before!

http://venturebeat.com/2012...

So stop spreading nonsense. XBL is healthier than ever before.

[Dannycr]

When did the guy attacked XBL? He said that XBL was healthy. He did not say it was bad or in danger.

By the way, You do know that Amazon.com = USA. Of course the sales are going to be astronomical, but what about Amazon in the Europes, Japan, etc?

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Regarding the REAL topic, I always thought that maybe they can do a crossover between Halo and Gears. I do not like Halo at all and I think Gears is great, but I have not played any of them (not an xbox user) so I don't know if the stories are "open" enough for something like that, but maybe fans will go crazy with a crossover like that. Marcus Fenix meets Master Chief.

[lastofgen]

they're going downhill because of the ads on the dashboard??

How does that make any sense? The majority of those ads are for games anyways, while other ones are for movies, music, etc., things that actually get me interested in them to check it out.

By that definition, should tv be going downhill because of all the ads on it??

[360ICE]

What do Microsoft and Naughty Dog have in common?
One major franchise per console generation...

BUT, that's about to change.
The Last of Us is coming out for PS3.

Please step up the new IP game, MS.

[Jinkies]

I can tell you what they don't have in common....creativity, ND is bursting with it since they like to try new things, MS on the other hand don't and this article proves it.

Why not make a Platformerr, RPG, RTS, Open world game instead.

[maniacmayhem]

A platformer? MS has plenty of those try Ms. Splosionman which is an MS title and a platformer.

RPG? Well MS has Lost Odyssey and Blue Dragon and many other third party rpg's that are exclusive (Magna Carta, etc.) and third party.

RTS? Well the only MS made one is Halo:Wars but there are others made by third parties for the 360.

Open World? Crackdown 1 and 2 is the only ones that that come to mind and maybe Nuts and Bolts.

And ND bursting with creativity? Besides Uncharted what else have they done for Ps3?

[360ICE]

I'm not disagreeing with you.

@maniacmayhem

I think you can make a better list than that, because that was awful in regards to new IPs.
Two of those are not new Ips, one of them is an XBLA title, most of them are third party, one of them is not even exclusive.

Meanwhile, inFamous, Uncharted, Resistance, LittleBigPlanet, Motorstorm are all major franchises that have spawned several sequels and performed well on the shelves as well as with the critics.

Then you have things like ModNation, MAG, Journey, The Unfinished Swan that would all be more suited in the company of your list. Also, new IPs are still coming out for the PS3 (Beyond, Last of Us, Last Guardian). While they pretty much ended in 2008 for Xbox. (Even though Gears was really the major one this gen)

Not hating on MS though, I'd like to see Nintendo back to its former "a new IP each day" glory too.

[OC_MurphysLaw]

@360ICE actually @maniacmayhem was responding to the other poster saying Naughty Dog was this creative genius studio on the PS3 compared to what MS has created on the 360...not a fulll comparison of PS3 vs 360 IP.

@Jinkies... MS has made all of the game genres you suggested this generation...and more. Why not ask Naughty Dog to make something other than a 3rd person cover shooter this generation?

[rpd123]

You do realize that the developers for the Microsoft games you are bashing are third party don't you? Microsoft is in charge of Halo, that's pretty much it. It has plenty of those genres you mentioned made by third party developers. You are a massive fanboy.

[Cueil]

You blow my mind... You clearly have no idea the breath of IPs that MS owns... just on creative side... how about Viva Pinata... Kodu and ilomilo... you don't need to go big to create something awesome... they also own huge franchises that I'd like to see make a come back this coming generations... Black and White... Age of Empires/Mythology, Lost Odyssey, MechAssult/MechCommander, Phantom Dust, Sudeki, True Fantasy Live Online oooh and PGR... where is our new PGR? And Voodoo Vince... I loved that game and WTF Killer Instinct please

[Godmars290]

After a name change which really changes nothing, they'll announce a FPS with sci-fi motif but may as well be called Call Of Duty: Sci-Fi

[KwietStorm_BLM]

Lol that title

[Locksus]

Really glad they won't be supporting Kinect on their first title. I can't wait to see how it'll look on the next Xbox.
Yeah, I think this http://www.gamespot.com/new... might be related to it.

[Eldyraen]

I'd love them to do something new besides a shooter but more AAA shooters isn't necessarily a bad thing as it'll add something fresh to fight. Hopefully it won't be too much of the same though. I wonder if it'll be a FPS, TPS, or a space shooter more like Star Fox (which I doubt but would be cool to have a new flight game even if arcadey). Hopefully it'll have a mix of gameplay mechanics though as that's one of Halo's strong points IMO.

Many people (mostly fellow PC gamers) complained about Crysis 2's more linear approach and change of alien design but for all of that it was a solid shooter with some cool fights/aliens so I'm sort of interested in where Crysis 2'a lead designer might take it. From the looks I doubt we'll be seeing anything soon but am curious what they're working on.

[torchic]

another shooter though Microsoft? :/

[aftershock]

I don't want another Halo or Gears! Too burned out on that stuff. I love my xbox but if next gen is more of the same crap I will be buying the PS4 only

[Pillsbury1]

Welcome to Sony you will love our varied exclusives.

[SJPFTL]

varied exclusives ...what he really means is only 2 good ones = Uncharted and Littlebig Planet

[Pillsbury1]

@ SPTLFQ what you mean is heavy rain, mgs4, god of war, resistance, beyond, the last of us, gran turismo, sly cooper, and killzone.

[AngelicIceDiamond]

It should Hopefully be a 360 and 720 title. Seeing how MS doesn't wanna abandon the the 360 right away.

MS should have a great line up of new Ips come next year with a push of AAA XBL and free 2 Play games, and the next Box emerging should be a great 2013 for Xbox overall.

EDIT: My little disagree and familiar Sony fanboys faces in here tells me one thing, well 2 things.

1.) You guys are Hypocrites, if Sony announced a brand new Studio that was gonna be as big as Killzone. This post would explode with comments showering Sony with praises. But nope not here that's fine lets downplay it. This could be the next game to sell almost as big as Halo and Gears.

2.)You guys are Liars. So MS opened up a F2P studio which focuses only one F2P experiences.

Vancouver Studio which making a new Ip. New Alan Wake in the future, Potential Fable 4, Cryteks Ryse and Rares rumored secret project, Bungies Destiny (Timed exclusive)
But yet you guys still bash, whine and cry about MS?

"M$ has abandoned the hardcore, therefor I'm going with PS3." Ok that's fine. But, look at the list of potential games I listed, MS probably has more down the line I dunnno but as far as I'm concerned, these are hardcore titles that you guys scream. So what's the problem? Oh the problem is the ones who left Xbox for a PS3 for the hardcore 1st party titles aren't excited by this. That's fine, happy gaming on whatever console you own.

[Pillsbury1]

M$ doesn't want to abandon 360 right away? You forget they immediately dropped Xbox 1 support when 360 came out where as ps2 was still being developed for.

[AngelicIceDiamond]

.....Seriously probably the stupidest response ever.

Xbox 1 didn't have NEARLY the install base like PS2. Devs eventually abandoned the Xbox, with certain 3rd party games Still making it on the platform (if lucky).

Thanks to Halo MS garnered enough success for a a brand new console, Xbox 360.

MS has 70million consoles out with multimillion selling exclusive games. 40+ million Live subscribers. And one of the most recognizable consoles in the world.

Why would MS pull the plug on that?

Save your comment if your gonna have stupid replies.

Your comment wouldn't be so bad if you didn't have a fanboy status.

"M$" please...

[ozzywazzy]

"Potential games" he says.

[MasterCornholio]

I hope it isn't a kinect title because those games are horrible. I still have nightmares about my agonizing hour with Steel Batallion.

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[StrongMan]

Still no Kiler The Instinct 3. I give up.

[Belking]

Still not a safe bet that a new killer Instinct will be successful. The audience for that game just isn't there anymore.

[HarryMasonHerpderp]

They really need to use Rare to make a proper game instead of Kinect crap.
Iv'e read about so many games by Rare that sounded awesome and were cancelled by Microsoft.
I don't understand why they won't let Rare make games that people actually want.
Killer Instinct 3 could be a great exclusive for them.

[deletingthis34675334]

I agree, we need yet ANOTHER generation saturated with shooters...

[DiRtY]

People criticise MS and the 360 for

- developing too much shooters!
- Focusing on Kinect / Casual games!
- Relying on 3rd party games!
- Focusing on entertainment applications!
- exclusive DLC!
- pushing digital distribution of games and movies!

at the same time.

All this tells me, that MS is doing an outstanding job and the 360 is a hell of a console.

[JeepGamer]

"Could be like Halo and Gears of War"

Extremely over rated you mean?

[Dread]

Gears and Halo overrated.... lol

both are objectively very good games in almost every aspect (single and multiplayer, and overall value)

very few games this gen offer so much content and replay value, as proven by the thousands who still play Halo 3 and Gears of War 1 online...not to mention Halo 4 and Gears 3.

also, most reviewers and gamers consistently praise both franchises.

you have a right to your opinion, but I respecfully disagree with you.

[Drainage]

if its overrated, then what are ps3 games? Garbage? Because Halo has way better MP features than any PS3 game and i hate the xbox

[Gazondaily]

Lol overrated? Yeah name one exclusive FPS on the PS3 that even comes remotely close to Halo please.

Also let's not get into the all the imitations that followed Gears.

[mr_kubrick]

If it was like:
"Next-Gen Sony Exclusive Hinted, Could Be Like Uncharted & Killzone"
all the N4G-Sony-Kiddies would freak out.

But this way its just "Microsoft. Lol." "Halo & Gears is overrated", "Im bored of shooters"
and not to forget the millions of agrees of this comments.

People here really make me sad.
Hate is all they got.

[OC_MurphysLaw]

^^^ Nailed it. +bubble

[Shadonic]

Uhh I only have a 360 I just don't want another shooter there's no deep meaning or fanboy thing I just don't want another shooter. I love halo and gears buy em whenever a new ones out I just want something different I'm sure this will bean amazing game and I may get it .

[BananaEatingSquid]

This really interests me. I find Halo amazing, so if this is "on scale with Halo," that's perfectly... freaking great to me! lol

[rickybadman]

MS is investing in another AAA shooter franchise and people are actually upset. I get that all these sequels got people jaded but think back at big a deal the original Gears and Halo was. How new and refreshing they were. And now MS believes they have a new franchise that can be on the level of HALO and GEARS.

People should really get excited about this. MS doesn't like having franchises that are similar to each other. That's one of the major reasons the cited for no buying Crytek. Gears was much different than Halo, and I expect this new IP to be much different than the previous two.

[Npugz7]

Good! I love shooters!

[mochachino]

I'd prefer if it was like nothing else I've every played.

[OC_MurphysLaw]

and the best part....it could be. NOBODY on this thread knows jack sh*t about this game other than the assumptions being made. And we all know what happens when we "ass u me".

[dkeat]

More Wheel of Fortune games. That is what we really need.

[tigertron]

We need more Xbox exclusives like Alan Wake and Mass Effect 1 (that was until it came out on the PS3).

I don't think there's any more room for other Xbox exclusive FPS games when we have Halo.

[BitbyDeath]

Can't wait for some nextgen.
The way the dev kits are going out i'm thinking we might hear from both early next year.

Like 1st/2nd quarter early.

[chrish1990]

Yay, more guns and aliens.

Not.

[KMCROC54]

The Name of the studio sound s F ING COOL.

[NeoTribe]

Great they finally make a new exclusive and its the same crap they been spittin out this gen. Have fun with that.

[QuantumWake]

And how do you know exactly what it is? Do you have any other concrete info you'd like to share with us? Other than it's "apparently" on the scale of Gears and Halo, we know absolutely nothing about it.

[Munky]

If the budget for this new game is anywhere near what MS threw down for Halo and Gears, this game should be one to watch for.

[5eriously]

Cannot wait for the next gen to arrive. All the fun and arguments all over again. Fanbois unite!

[Nes_Daze]

Expect anything that caters to the unintelligent shooter crazed fans, whether it is some scifi crap, or old western junk, it's gonnna be far from original, oh and they're gonna market the crap out of it.

[DeadSpaced]

All I'm saying is Borderlands and Borderlands 2 did not ruin this gen. Generic shooters did.

[Jek_Porkins]

People complain that Microsoft doesn't work on new IP's, then they complain about the type of new IP's they do work on. Once again I say that this generation will only be remembered for complainers that are never happy.

There are tons of different genres this generation, if you didn't find what you like, you obviously didn't look hard enough.

Also, they said they want to make their "Halo or Gears", it doesn't mean its a sci-fi shooter per say. I'd wait to see what its all about before jumping to conclusions.

[PopRocks359]

Another sci-fi shooter?

[KingKevo]

At least a new IP. I hope we'll see even more when the next gen comes. It's not just about time for new platforms, but also new creativity in new franchises.

[whoyouwit04]

I think sony fans are complaining cause MS is delevering what sony can't a game that can compete with gears or halo, remember when killzone was suppose to be a halo killer how did that work out. O I know the sequel actually sold less, This game won't be a halo killer but knowing microsoft they will make sure it is as big. You sony fans need to stop with your double standards you praise any thing sony does, but no matter what MS does you will find something to biotch about.

[solidt12]

I am so ready to start getting information about games for next gen. it has been too hush hush lately with news. Nothing but article about nothing.

[knocknock]

There are still good games to play this gen I'm sure next year we will hear all out the new consoles. For now finish what you started ;)

[ghostrider32]

Lmao at the comments from people that clearly don't care about Xbox. You'd think with with all of those AAA exclusives they brag about, they would be busy.

[Silly gameAr]

Hooray.

[IWentBrokeForGaming]

Possibly debuting with a non-fresh idea...

Im going PS4 first between the 2 of them (more variety in their game library)... it'll look nice next to the Wii U my girlfriend got us!

[McLuvn]

could be hell, guaranteed to be.
kinect enabled.

[A7XEric]

As long as its a great universe and is doing something new on the gameplay front, I have no problems with another shooter franchise.

Though I must say I would rather have a new platforming or action/adventure series instead.

[WiiUsauce]

I really want 3D platformers to make a come back!! as much as I love them, I'm getting pretty tired of shooters.

[HalfNerdHalfAmazing]

Microsoft enough with the shooting games can ya give us something different

[felidae]

thank god there's Nintendo!

[black911]

Halo & gear Wow. The only two exclusives that sell on your console. What about an exclusive like alan wake & crackdown. Or banjo & metro 2033. Or dead rising & splinter cell

[knocknock]

Is it really a surprise that ms leads the charge to there new console with a shooter. It would be insane for them to choose a fringe genre, currently shooters are king or haven't you all heard of cod and bf, halo and gears, kz and res, or bl fallout mass and all the other semi shooter games out there, it may be a saturated market but when such a market still sells out, again and again, as a company how would you choose to represent the next step in gaming; with a giant leap? Nope that would be awesome, but that's just fantasy talk, with millions on the line a safe bet is all that can be expected.
Personnaly I couldn't care less, doom duke wolfenstein goldeneye turok unreal metalgear metroidprime splintercell halflife farcry halo killzone gears crysis cod borderlands on and on I've played and loved them all and I've probably not even listed half, shooters make good games, end of.
People stop complaining and play the games you love.
If you really don't like shooters guess what? There are thousands of other great games that don't even have guns play them insted. I'm sure all the platforms will have a fair share of exclusives or thirdpartys that produce good games for many a genre, let's let the consoles come out first shall we.

[Gigglefist]

Alright, I play all systems, so I'm in no way a fanboy. I play PC and Xbox 360 much more than PS3, but I have to state that PS3 has much better and varied exclusives.

Xbox exclusives are pretty much all shooters (I'm sure there are a couple that aren't, but I can't think of any).

PS3 has more variety though :/
RPG, Platfomer, Shooter, what have you
Not to mention it has Demons Souls. DEMONS SOULS! <3

[Clarence]

How original.

[ozzywazzy]

Console of choice is ps3. But, I do love me some halo. I do hope MS takes more chances next gen a la fable etc. If they do, that console will be sitting pretty with my PS4.

[sdplisken]

its either gonna be a kinect shovelware game or ANOTHER
sci fi shooter

nice variety M$
nothing but space marine shooters for 13 yr olds
i mean do they think thats all people want?

Sony playstation variety FTW

[vlonjati77]

PersonMan-

No genre sucks.I seldom play shooters.BUt im sure they are good for people that like them.Personaly I dont like RPG's at all,do I think they suck ?NO.Just I prefer action adventures.Remember to put the word opinion in parenthesis.I own only ps3 and vita,I read any article dont mind which console.I wouldn mind playing xbox or wii U,but I dont have time with so many games I have(including PS PLUS).I wish xbox the best this way woud be better for the competition.
PS.anyone dont bother replying I wont read,I put it behind,and moved on to next article.good luck