There will be big announcements at GDC.

Geoff Keighly ( from GTTV ) just posted this on his twitter :

"Interesting to see Variety expecting no Gears of War-2 level announcements at GDC. They are wrong. Stay tuned."

Annoucements as big as Gears 2's announcement ? Looks like GDC will be very interesting.

[DragonWarrior46534]

its not that big if they are comparing it too gears of war 2. I love the way the gaming media has been trying to stir up gaming news since this current gen has started. They totally over hype games.

[Chubear]

DLC is now "BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS"? Oyi yoi yoi

[Marquis_de_Sade]

People are expecting far too much from GDC in my opinion, but Gears of War 2 was a fairly big announcement.

[Beast_Master]

Who is giving the keynote? isn't it the guy from ICO? perhaps a reveal of there next project is on the table. I think Microsoft is saving their stuff for E3. Nintendo is not known for big reveals at GDC but they could annouce something big.

[Sevir04]

over the last 24 hours i've been to 2 behind closed door screenings fo r2 upcoming games, Not for MS but for Sony, one i was apart of a focus group for over 5 months and 1 major website and 1 major magazine publication were the first outside of Sony and it's focus group which i am in, to see this first screening, the second screening just ended about 30 minutes ago for another Sony game due out fall 2009 by one of our favourite PS3 devs... in anycase they are big games. So yes This statement holds true. Sony and MS will be announce big things and various developers will be showing all sorts of stuff. Mr. Jaffe and fumido ueda from team ICo are also present and they are extremely eager to share stuff but Sony's got there lips sewn shut untill later this week. ^^

[Doctor_Doom]

Final Fantasy 13 Versus coming to the 360 ????

[remanutd55]

at sevir04 can you give us a hint how big the games you saw are?? i mean dont mention names just you know a clue perhaps ? and could it be Insomniac the developers you are talking about ? or incognito??

[MiloGarret]

@jimmy page: you troll you...

Funny though.

[Aquanox]

Expect big news from a highly anticipated racer. It will be an interesting TURN of events.

[Sarcasm]

I think they are saving their big guns to announce at E3.

[SL1M DADDY]

So what... Forza 3 will come with a free Farrari now? Now that is incentive I can get behind.

[ShabzS]

ok that worked i'm hyped .. now the tuff part .. LIVE UP TO IT!!!

[militant07]

how many hrs left ?

[heyheyhey]

like 96

[LordMarius]

Something tells me after today the console wars are about to get some ammunition, Im guessing Microsoft is about to show something good, Hopefully Im wrong...

[Marquis_de_Sade]

I may have misinterpreted your comment, but are you saying you don't want Microsoft to announce anything good? Bitter much? Care to elaborate?

I'm hoping for big announcements for all 3 home consoles as well as PC.

[Fowack]

it's as if he thinks all of gdc will take place today.

[JHUX]

The "hopefully I'm wrong" bit you added at the end made me burst into laughter for some reason lol. Not agreement laughter though.

[Menchi]

Variety -wouldn't- expect any GeoW2 announcements. They're probably not coming from MS, so why would they hype them.

[Socomer 1979]

microsft has me anxious and nervous.
they have been too goddam quiet and i dont think they are oblivious to thier fans being in dire need of some great ammunition for our little fanboy war.

sony shot first and we took some headshots with ninja gaiden sigma 2.
i need microsoft to answer back and make this fight intereting.

ps
journalist stay out of our fanboy war !

[table]

that you were not born in 1979 "socomer 1979" because it would be pretty sad if you are a fanboy at the age of 30. fanboys are for 13 years and under.

[Marquis_de_Sade]

Oh dear lord, I can't believe what I just read. Do you ever stop and think just how sad you are to align yourself to a console? If a company other than Sony offers a superior (for the sake of my comment I won't go into saying what I prefer) gaming experience, would you still stick with Sony? People should be fans of games, not consoles.

[Pebz]

Or people hit by cosmic rays emitted by their consoles due to over-exposure and gained amazing flaming powers. Then they saw their beloved exclusives killed (meta-critic scores) by the other corporations and now they are out to punish the guilty.

Sort of like the human torch and the punisher combined, just not.

[heyheyhey]

wow.. that's pretty hardcore, even by my standards

i mean, im a pretty hardcore PS3 fanboy... but not to the point where MS announcements make me scared

[Sevir04]

but like many of the trolls here they are 13 and above... ones like omega4/6, foxgod, ssj lates teens to early 30s lol!! it's just a shame grown ass men can behave the way they do and take video games sooo seriously.. it's as if they can realize it's just a hobby... when you start behving like that over something so trivial it makes you look like a kid.

[Marquis_de_Sade]

If you look at this site from the perspective of an outsider or a neutral/real gamer, it makes you sick at times how people are so obsessive about such a meaningless hobby. Grow up guys, not just for us, but for your sake as well.

Bubbles sev

[nix]

knowing Socom.. i think he was being sarcastic. you guys are just wasting your brain activity over this.

[table]

how did i get so many disagrees? do grown men think its cool to be a fanboy or something?! christ almighty...

[bpac123456789]

you spend hundreds of dollars on a console of your choice, so why is it so wrong to prefer your console over other ones? i want the ps3 to make better games than the 360, like killzone, and than i want the 360 to come back with something even better. this makes for good competition and it forces developers to work harder,everyone wins. there's nothing wrong with bieng a fan of your system or games just like theres nothing wrong with bieng a fan of a sports team or player, because at the end of the day there all just games. as long as your not so blind that you cant realize when your game has been bested than its all good.

[MiloGarret]

"please tell me that you were not born in 1979 "socomer 1979" because it would be pretty sad if you are a fanboy at the age of 30. fanboys are for 13 years and under."

HAHAHAH, I think I've said the exact same things to him before!

[mcgrawgamer]

big guns today. remember gamespot is doing a live video special tonight at 7pm pst. They won't say who; but Iwata already has his keynote scheduled for tomorrow, and sony pretty much have put enough of their hand out to wait and see what msft does. the ball is really in msft court at this time.

[heyheyhey]

OnLive is a pretty huge announcement if you ask me.. far more than just a game, it's a whole new world of technological advancements

but now i want to see some more games... where's ICO?

[Munky]

Since when is DLC considered to be a "big Announcement"? Statements like that should be reserved for new IP's or of unannounced games...anyways, just my opinion.

[Marquis_de_Sade]

Edit: Okay, I see what you did now and bubbles for making a fool of me ;)

[Munky]

No...i'm not taking a cheap shot at Gears of War 2, I own and love the game.

I'm just going off of the statement that Jeff Keighley made..

"Interesting to see Variety expecting no Gears of War-2 level announcements at GDC. They are wrong. Stay tuned."

Or more specifically "Gears of War-2 level announcement", so from that he is implying that their is going to be an announcement in regards to a new GOW2 level. Which would (if their is) make sense for MSoft to make it available on Live as DLC.

Hope that cleared that up enough for you. Peaz.

[Pebz]

I think they misplaced the hyphen, and actually meant to write "Gears of War 2-level announcements", implying a big announcement.

Still beyond me how completely obvious sequel announcements are big, but that's just the way it is I guess.

[Munky]

All good man, my original statement wasn't clear.

[Johnny Jiron]

not a gears of was 2 level. gow2 SIZE announcement. like whn gears2 was announced at gdc. he suggesting an announcemnet to rival that one.

[MiloGarret]

whooosh!

[syphenlimit]

such a big deal? I don't remember it being so. As I recall, a sequel was pretty much inevitable, to the breakout achievement of that year. Now, if they'd said "Miyamoto onstage, outfitted as Link-sized", well then we'd have to really crank the hype meter up. :D

Tomorrow, something will happen, though. That much seems certain!

[Munky]

Doh. After I read your comment I re-read that article... and I guess I did misinterpret what the guy was trying to say. Now I feel pretty stupid. Oh well, my bad. Peaz

[Johnny Jiron]

it seems either interpretation would suffice:
http://www.n4g.com/events_g...

I can't remember how well Gears 2 announcement was received at GDC. It was inevitable yeah, but were people expecting so sudden?

Anyhow, no "big" news yet to me personally. I'm more in anticipation for E3 than anything else.

[nix]

maybe Alan will finally wake up today!

[Heldrasil]

it better, and soon. Alan Wake is one of the reasons I bought my 360.

[MiloGarret]

Really? Ouch, that's as bad as those who bought a ps3 for GT5...

I bought my ps3, at launch... for GOW3, and its a-coming, finally.

[Sarcasm]

I bought my PS3 for MGS4.

And just so happen to have 30 other games along the way and til now lol

[Xandet]

I want some killer announcements from each end of the tri-gaming-spectrum. Give us some new IP's! Give us some sequels we know will be good! Please don't just announce some "once exclusive, now multi-plat" crap.. we need some fresh games to get excited for; on each end.

[Sarcasm]

Tri-Gaming spectrum?

Not until a true Zelda game is announced will I bother to play my nephew's Wii lol

[mistajeff]

cmon new ips

[frayer]

from Sony...

[mcgrawgamer]

say you only own sony platforms. Amirite?

[Panthers]

Haha

A Bobcats fan! Love seeing that.

[nix]

from Nintendo...

[nix]

from Microsoft...

[nix]

from Konami...

[Cheeky Gamer]

*In a shockingly stereotypical enthusiastic Jamaican accent*

Enough of da teasin', more wid da pleasin' man!

[nix]

from ICO...

well.. you guys got the drift, i hope! q:

EDIT: @Munky: thanks. no point getting serious all the time. you should visit "Hana Montana Trophy List announced" page. that news is filled with funny comments.

@heyheyhey: my fingers are crossed for this one too. q:

[heyheyhey]

sure hope so :)

[Munky]

Nice to see someone with sense of humour on this site.

[zaldare]

God damnit Microsoft announce something AWESOME! While im PS3 only owner i want to know more about the 360's upcoming games :D

[Nodoze]

Is MGS 4 for the 360. It's not like MS is secretly working in house on top level AAA titles...so that leaves them to buy something.

What better to buy than MGS 4 from Konami. Kojima may not be involved directly, but my bet is it will happen.

[ShabzS]

haha that'd be awesome but i wouldn't hold my breath on that ...

[-EvoAnubis-]

I actually hope that's true. We're getting NGS2, so fair's fair.

[artgamer]

How was Gears 2 a big announcement, everybody knew it was coming.

If gears 3 is announced will everybody be like: "ZOMG that came totally out of the blue, WOWZ waz not exzpecting diz one"

Everybody knows its coming.

[-EvoAnubis-]

I don't see how you got disagrees. There were "Gears 2 announced at GDC 08" rumors as far back as January last year. When it actually happened, it was a confirmation, not a surprise.

[gumgum99]

"I don't see how you got disagrees."

one word...fanboys

[killzone2ownsallfps]

wait news of 360 here in ps3 section?

[Marquis_de_Sade]

This isn't solely 360 news, it's regarding the scale of announcements made at GDC, he was only using Gears of War 2 as an example.

[rbluetank]

M$ has sold away most of their game studios for a reason...

onlive will kill M$ 360. Sony will not be effected by onlive because the ps3 has a blueray player built into their game console. this is some of my predictions!!! lol

[heyheyhey]

horrible prediction about OnLive... it isn't going to "kill" anything

as for MS buying Squeenix... can't say it would surprise me, but MAN! that would be shame since Square would die a sure fire death pretty soon without being able to publish games on handhelds and without any success in Japan

[Marquis_de_Sade]

Spare us the rest of your deluded predictions.

Grace/Wastelands

[Daoshai]

How do you still have two bubbles?

[Aclay]

"m$ will be buying squareEnix
M$ has sold away most of their game studios for a reason..."

LOL, You've GOT to be kidding me. Microsoft isn't going to be buying SquareEnix.

SquareEnix isn't just ANY average sized 3rd party developer, they are a Billion Dollar Company with Thousands of Employees (Over 3,000).

Microsoft has money, but I doubt Microsoft's Gaming Division would have the money to be buying out a company of the Size of SquareEnix, especially not in this time of economic turmoil.

[PS360PCROCKS]

Come on!!! Gimme something good to talk about. GOW III footage, Uncharted 2 footage, Alan Wake, announce perfect dark, killer instinct and some cool jungle game using cryENGINE 3. I dunna I wanna go back to the first year of this site, where every story was awesome because EVERY story was about a game not sales, malfunctions, comparisons and rants.

[ceedubya9]

And as big as you could get.

My only problem is that I'd worry if the current Rare people were making the game. Not saying that they aren't capable. Its just that its not like they've been spending decades making fighting games.

Maybe if Microsoft payed a third party with fighting game experience to make it, then I'd feel more comfortable.

If I had to to choose between KI3 being a letdown, or just no KI3 at all, I'd rather the game stay in limbo than to tarnish its potential.

Okay, rant over. :)

Edit to below: I see what you're saying. I'll give them the benefit of the doubt at least, as long as they don't try to do anything drastic. If they want to a little something different but take more of a Street Fighter 4 approach, then I can live with that. But if they try to make it some spinoff sidescrolling fighter or something then I give up. We'll see how, or if, things go.

[PS360PCROCKS]

No offense but I'm sure there are still employees with Rare that made parts of the first 2 Killer Instincts. Even if there wasn't, what's the big deal? As long as they follow the roots, characters, combos and gameplay, I'm sure KI fans would be happy. Honestly, gimme KI2 with better graphics.

Oh ya case in point, Rockstar is bringing out Max Payne 3, which I'm sure has to do with their "RAGE Engine" but that frightens me because I see it being a GTA IV clone.

edit:: completely agree. If they do drastic changes they will make people angry. Hopefully if it's real, they will just make a true successor. Time will tell, I really would like to see it as MK now sucks, Tekken is 800 years past due, Soul Calibur was fun and DOA hasn't been released since 2006 so I want another true old school fighter. Oh and SF IV which I'm getting this weekend

[Aclay]

Even with this news, my anticipation for any big announcements will be VERY low. GDC really isn't the place for a bunch of big game announcements, but I'll take it with a grain of salt.

Just because there might be some Gears of War 2 announcements doesn't mean there's a whole bunch of other huge announcments lined up. I think people are taking what Geoff Keighley said out of context and are hyping it up more than it should be.

I expect new info and details on games that we already know of from GDC, but I'm not expecting a bunch of news on brand new newly announced games because that's what E3 is for.

[Zeus Lee]

So please stop with the Announcements of Announcements.

[mephixto]

Gears of War Sigma 2 for PS3!! Lol...

[II Necroplasm II]

of all the franchises 360 has that was Sony's.... so you are not funny.

I think that joke was lame

[NegativeCreep427]

What else does Microsoft have than that???

@ Jason 360: You just sh*t on yourself there, you idiot. PS3 gamers have Infamous in a few months. What does Xbox 360 have in the next 9 months after Halo Wars???

More Halo Wars DLC??? LOL! Stupid impressionable kids like you would take pride in that.

[KingKionic]

why dont we wait and see ,and dont speculate.

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

Better than having one game for 9 more months.

[Nelson M]

You got halo wars for the rest of the year
How can you justify playing that for 9 months
You must be a Dumb Bot
Everbody else Got Sick of it the day after they purchased it

Ha Haaa
Looooser

[heyheyhey]

yeah Jason... what DOES the 360 have in the next 9 months?

PS3 has GOW3, GT5, Infamous, Quantum Theory, Uncharted 2, The Agency, DC Universe Online, NGS2, R&CF2 and more

360 has..... NADA, oh wait no... MOAR HALO!!!!!

man i do love Halo.. but it must get boring playing the same game all the time

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

heyheyhey How many of those are confirmed for this year? Like I said, 9 more months to go till you guys get your next game you wont buy :)

[heyheyhey]

..most of them

where are the 360 games?

better waiting for games than not having them at all

don't fret... maybe you'll get Mass Effect 2 sometime in 2010, and maybe it won't be on the PS3... or you could, ya know, get the superior version on PC... like with all 360 "exclusives"? (or wait for the superior PS3 version, a la NGS2 and Eternal Sonata)

[syanara]

infamous is confirmed this year. as is U2:AT GoW3 confirmed this fiscal year but sony is pushing a holiday release. and killzone 2 is good enough to last for a long time anyways. now compare that to the 360 which has halo wars and what else for 9 months?

(I understand that the holiday is 9 months away so if u come out saying GoW and U2:AT are 9 months away RETARD, then i would come back saying as compared to what though. we got games actually confirmed for the holidays a game in the summer, and PSN games in the fall so we are pretty good on games. not to mention insomniacs sure to mention something else they are working on next at E3 and other games to be released this year at GDC or E3. ditto for xbox though.

[mastiffchild]

just want something bright shiny and new from MS as rught now Sony are holding up their end of the bargain with some great looking games for my PS3. I don't want my 360 to get lonely do I? Of course I don't but as I prefer the dualshock to the 360 controller(why I think most people choose a console of preference is controller based)I always buy multiplats for PS3 -DLC or not. Therefore I've zero interest in FF13 DLC exclusives for 360 or KH3 going there.

No-just games please MS. We all know they show their hand later than Sony but ny all accounts even Sony haven't shown everything they've got and from what we already know of the first and second party devs they have we can believe this. So that leaves us with MS themselves or Rare or prolly Valve to give out something juicy for 360 gamers and with Sony having a pretty impressive number of exclusives already chalked out maybe MS can let us into some secrets.

As for Nintendo I'm only really hoping for Kid Icarus or at least a Zelda announcement that gives us hope of something beyond GC remakes, S&P2(which will be a cool game mind)and Punchout!! this year from them.

Make with the damn goodies you three and don't leave your respective fanboys with empty clips-the console war can be deadly!

[Siraris]

This person obviously thinks it's on the level of Gears 2. He meant new Gears 2 LEVELS announcement. LAME

[KingKionic]

i think he was just saying how big this gdc is going to be . gears 2 could have been a rumour but no one actually knew if it was coming or not. many people were shocked. wouldnt be surprise if microsoft or sony,or nintendo show something .

[patb]

Gears of war 2 level? LOL!!!

[SkolarVisari]

All I know is that they had better announce a new game and not a port of some other console's exclusive. If that is thier biggest news it will just confirm that the 360 is nothing more than a bootleg PS3. I don't know about you all but I did not buy a 360 for it to be a bootleg PS3. If they do announce MGS4 (A miracle if it happens.) I will laugh hysterically because it won't mean a thing except that Microsoft cannot come up with thier own games.

[redsquad]

C'Mon Microsoft, CONVINCE me to spend out on a 360!

[Socomer 1979]

check his comment history of the past 9 months.
He admitted being a victim to rrod abuse.
If you like punishment that much then pm me your fat wifes phone number & I'll
break that too.

[AbyssGravelord]

Keeping my fingers crossed for Kingdom Hearts 3 and the Darkness 2!!!

[Digital Commando]

Maybe a new Rare game? Perfect Dark 2? KI3?

[II Necroplasm II]

You speaking ma language

[Sarcasm]

Or Better

Banjo Kazooie 4!!!

MGS4 look out, there's a new king comin your way.

[Pootie Tang]

I'm most curious about MAG and ALAN WAKE, these 2 games seem to be secret weapons for their consoles, and yet we know virtually NOTHING about them,

[Phantom_T]

When Xbot's used to cry "PS3 HAS NO GAMES!
Ironic.

[360community59_95]

Hardly interesting. Not to mention Microsoft doesnt have anything bigger than gears and never will. The first part of that is fact the second part is opinion.

[Cheeky Gamer]

A Perfect Dark sequel would be awesome.

[TooTall19]

The biggest news is onLIVE.

[Microsoft Xbox 360]

The 360 is looking kinda dry. So sad, so sad.

[xdye017]

MS need lots of AAA titles to compete with sony or they can quite.
PS3 has:
infamous
uncharted 2
GOW3
MAG
Heavy rain
3 rockstar exclusives
GT5
FF13 versus
NGS2

Xbox has:
Alan Wake
Halo 3: ODST

I hope MS gives more exclusives and hopefully not another RPG or halo game. Its getting frustrating...

[Chuk5]

Your a bit naive if you think all of that is coming this year.MAG,ff13 versus,and 3 rockstar exclusives are not all coming this year.GOW3 may sadly come early 2010 and no knows where the hell gt5 is

[Etseix]

mmm is today SONY's confference?

....m.... aside that, i wonder if theyll announce some RPG or something.... i mean, ok ok they already announced almost 7 new games ( holy ***) but if its possible.. the new 1 can be an RPG?....SONY? :)

[Yomiro]

Hopefully we'll see a new video from uncharted 2

[gigakain]

I think it will just be some ghey crap from Nintendo.

[maverick1191]

jason360 i suggest you shut up as your bubbles will go down alot you are clearly a fanboy the xbox has no great games coming out why wait for DLC? thats all MS seem to be making now DLC make some proper games instead of add ons