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The Low Down On Microsoft's 10 Big Games

Gaming Union writes "Microsoft went all out at their conference earlier today, as they gave details about ten games that will be coming exclusively to the Xbox 360.

Instead of talking about multi-platform titles like last year, Microsoft spent the majority of the time talking about titles that nobody else have. Many people were scepital about Microsoft's line-up for this year, and this article hopes to take a look at all the new titles, while revealing a bit more information about some that we already knew about."

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I did not murder him5441d ago

G4 asked Microsoft about 1st party games and Microsoft said they have not even finished announcing games for this year, this was after the conference.

mephman5441d ago

I can see them announcing a few more XBLA games, but not anything major.

TheHater5441d ago

or perhaps Mass Effect 2 this year? I know it has a release date for early next year, but who knows. It might release this year.

mephman5441d ago

That's not 1st party though, although it's pretty much confirmed as an Xbox 360 exclusive.

TheHater5441d ago

True it isn't a first Party game. But neither is MGS and Splinter Cell. As for Mass Effect being an xbox 360 exclusives, it isn't. It is a console exclusive, but you can find it on the PC as well.

menoyou5440d ago (Edited 5440d ago )

They had some nice games but nothing impressive at all. The amazing thing for me was Natal. Now that was a show stopper.

FreeMonk5440d ago

on these Top 10 games are (if anyone cares!):

Metal Gear Solid: Rising - Not a lot of info, but just getting a MGS on the X360 is great for the fans. It's a shame that MGS4 wasn't also announced, but with this being a completly new title, that will be outside of the original MGS storyline, Kojima probably thinks that there is no need for X360 players to play MGS4 to enjoy MGS:Rising.

Alan Wake: Very impressive. Reminded me of Silent Hill meets Uncharted. I love the way that Alan Wake narrates throughout the game, similar to the Prince in Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, which helped pull the gamer in to the storyline.

Forza 3: I'm not a big fan of racing games, but it looks impressive. Just the amount of detail throwing into this game should make it a must have for any driving fanatic.

Crackdown 2: Loved the first one for just the sheer fun factor, and as long as this offers the same sort of gameplay as the first, I'll be happy. But wait...they are throwing MONSTERS in as well. Sweet.

Halo 3: ODST - Looks great, and I like the idea of playing multiple characters. I just hope that the original announcement of it only being 5hrs of gameplay is wrong, and it gets extended due to the number of ODST's you'll play though.

Halo: Reach - Another teaser trailer, but it's obviously based on the book, which is a prequal to it all. So I'm expecting a battlefield of Spartans you can control. Is it a FPS? Not sure, but it's Halo...so I'm sure it will sell bucket loads.

Left 4 Dead 2 - Zombies, Gore, Chainsaws, Frying Pans. Looks great! Can't wait

Splinter Cell - I've never played ANY of the Splinter Cell games. Never got around to them, but this trailer looks superb. Very stylish, looks great...hopefully it plays great.

Joy Ride - It's free....but it looks like crap. Hopefully I'm wrong.

Shadow Complex - Looks great for a XBLA game. Was hoping for something a little more though when Cliffy B came on the stage. Not a Gears 3, but a new IP altogether.

For me though, the show stealer was the Milo Demo. If that camera actually does what it is apparently supposed to do, it could lead to some amazing games. For me, that was better than the Halo ODST gameplay footage, and I'm a big Halo fan.

No Rare though, which is a little weird. Where was KI3? Kameo 2? Perfect Dark? Something is not right there.

Overall though, a great conference. A lot better than last years, but I still think at the moment Sony have the upperhand. Unless they completly screw there conference up, Sony may have a better line up that MS.

KillaManiac5440d ago

I think Microsoft had a great show overall, but this article is trash and mesinformative.

They NEVER said 10 games were exclusive....go rewatch the conference...it says "World Premier" on the screen and he says "10 World Premier games that have never before been seen".

Megatron085440d ago

We still havent heard anything from rare who is said to have 3 games in the works or mistwalker.

edgeofblade5440d ago

I've seen plenty of Arcade games that play like a big title. I've learned not to count out XBLA. I played Catan more than some of my disks.

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TheHater5441d ago

Crackdown 2. I fricken love the original Crackdown and it is currently my second favorite Xbox 360 in terms of console exclusive.

Metal Gear Solid: Rising is also coming on the PC and PS3, so that isn't xbox 360 exclusive by any means.

I might get Halo: ODST if I see something that interest me in that game. I just feel like they are kinda milking the Halo franchise a little not.

somekyle5440d ago

Man, can't believe an MGS is PS exclusive!

jalen2475440d ago

They don't have anything else to announce. They saved it for e3. All their studio's projects are accounted for except rare. So maybe RARE has something ready but I doubt it. I think they have september and october covered and they will lean on multiplats in novemeber (cod:mw2 and assasin's creed). So nothing else will come this year.

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Gamer buys 4,000 copies of Alan Wake, none of them work

Alan Wake, from Max Payne and Control creator Remedy, is a horror classic, prompting one player to buy 4,000 copies that don’t even work.

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roadkillers8d ago

Kind of a goody story...

On a serious note, that is why I try activating gift cards asap. It's happened to me where the store didnt scan it right where the card was unusuable. Happened at Wally World.

gigoran88d ago

wait, that place is real? national lampoon wasn't kidding?

Tacoboto7d ago

I just bought two of the MonsterVerse Godzilla movies on 4K - both had digital copies expiring in 2023. Both were actually expired.

I'd be surprised but it's WB, of course they'd actually expire them

Knightofelemia8d ago

Usually most of those redemption card have an expiry date on them. If they expired all buyer did was buy recycled paper. And some of those codes are country locked to certain countries. I buy a card from the States I can't use it in Canada.

Chocoburger8d ago

Dumb and silly story. She wasted her money for no reason.

Is it really that hard to go to Steam or GOG. She spent $240, when its currently 70% off on GOG, and only costs $4.49.

Gee, I wonder, should I spend $240 on eBay, or $4.49 on GOG? 🙄

Rynxie8d ago

Most likely she wanted to resell a few or most of them. However, it was a too good to be true situation.

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Profchaos8d ago

So in short she paid $240.00 assuming usd for a bunch on unactivated game codes.

I still don't understand why I guess cause there's not a physical version and she wanted something for a collection or art project.

Rynxie8d ago

No, most likely to resell. However, she ended up getting screwed.

Asplundh8d ago

This is Alan Wake 1, it had physical copies.

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15 Xbox Games That Should Make the Multiplatform Jump

While there’s likely already a list behind closed doors, one can still speculate and offer logical suggestions for titles new and old that should find their way into the PlayStation and Switch libraries.

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GamerRN39d ago

Single A games and live service games. Those make sense

S2Killinit39d ago

None of it makes sense. But its happening.

Ps5conehead39d ago

That’s up to Microsoft they want return on there investment. From buying up those publishers. That’s what there in business for. And they made a mistake putting day one exclusive on game pass. So now Microsoft wants to profit any way they can.its called buisness . Just like Sony putting games on pc a year are two after ps5 launch.
So if they can make money off PlayStation and Nintendo. They will do that. And I bet soon real soon they will release some aaa exclusives .and I bet one day it will be same day release

TheEroica38d ago

Sony gamers begging for Xbox games.... Who would've thunk it?

BISHOP-BRASIL38d ago

Yeah, because random site off the internet represents all Sony gamers, they have the letter of attorney and all...

S2Killinit38d ago

Lol what a spin. You dizzy?

AsunaYuukiTheFlash38d ago (Edited 38d ago )

We don’t care about shovelwares. Get that junk out of PS5

StormSnooper38d ago

More like MS begging to put their games on PlayStation.

TheEroica37d ago

Keep begging Sony gamers!

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Friendlygamer39d ago

Some of these seem to be exclusive for lack of enthusiasm of the publisher rather than because of deals. A lot of cool indies skip ps for some reason like katana zero, el paso, elsewhere and gunbrela

S2Killinit39d ago

Even more indies skip xbox. We know that right?

Friendlygamer39d ago

Quality over quantity, Microsoft got some really interesting and curated niche games on their machines, maybe in part because of gamepass

S2Killinit38d ago

Quality and MS are not things you bring up in same sentence.

shinoff218339d ago (Edited 39d ago )

Alot of indies skip xbox to. It goes round and round. Personally I think your off base on that but no need to have the argument.

Friendlygamer38d ago

Between katana zero, valheim, Battletech, el passo... I don't feel off base. maybe ps got a million of light novel games that will never release on Xbox but like I've said, I'm talking about niche games highlights, the 10%.

  Heck, it's probably thanks to Microsoft that the s.t.a.l.k.e.r games came to console ps included, meanwhile Sony backwards compatibility continues to be extremely anemic.

And I'm sure most ps5 users are happy to ignore these games and just play wathever new 3rd person action game is trending but it's cool that Microsoft gives some love to smaller audiences and software preservation

shinoff218338d ago

Again your off base just to be snide. All it's showing though is your ignorance.

One light novels wtf is that even. Ps has plenty of pretty damn good indies.

Speaking of indies and ms being responsible. You know F.I.S.T. of course you do alot of you guys just support gamepass. Well here's a history of Sony being responsible for helping indies. Look up the China project from Sony.

Lastly lol your ignorance showing again. Sony has plenty of games. Personally third person is better then first anyway but that's besides the point. Sony gets so many games that xbox doesn't get because yall don't support the games. Jrpgs being a great example. I personally am not into every Sony first party game. Alot of us aren't. On the other side you don't get to eat often so you gobble up everything. Me personally God of War not my cup, etc. For me I'm into jrpgs and ms just can't touch Sony on those. Again because the Xbox base doesn't support it. Devs dont wanna waste their time or money. Hit me up when falcom develops a game over there.

Speaking of third person narrative games. Aren't yall drooling over hellblade 2. The first one was Sony exclusive at one point. Another not my cup game. Showing we don't have to fall in line and agree we love everything Sony puts out. The facts are they sell though unlike elsewhere(not nintendo)

StormSnooper38d ago

You are same person as GamerRN, yes?

Abnor_Mal39d ago

They really think PlayStation fans would want to play Redfall? Pfft.

Personally nothing on that list would be any game I’d want to play.

TwoPicklesGood39d ago

I’d absolutely love Hellblade 2, Palworld, and Quantum Break on ps5 as I’m sure tons of others would too. There’s nothing wrong with wanting games from another console and its sad that people try to act like they aren’t interested in them.

shinoff218338d ago

While indont agree with the games. I agree with the point. Your not wrong.

DarXyde39d ago

Sunset Overdrive makes very good sense. Palworld might.

Don't know about the others. Hellblade II does make sense given the original launched on PS4 first. Quantum Break was a massive letdown for me. I absolutely hated the whole TV show thing and I don't think anyone should have to relive that on modern hardware.

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From Halo 3: ODST to Slay the Spire - the games that shaped Vellum

Alvios Games discusses the titles that inspired Vellum, including Halo 3: ODST, Mass Effect 3, Hades, and Slay the Spire.

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