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MS: "fantastic surprises" at E3

CVG reports: "Ex-Nintendo Europe boss David Gosen, now marketing exec at Microsoft, has teased the "fantastic surprises" set to be revealed at this month's E3 show in Los Angeles. Is that 360 Wii Remote finally coming out of the closet?"
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Microsoft: "Fantasic s... - gamernode.com | By: OgTheClever
Microsoft confirms fantasti... - gamer.blorge.com | By: Columbo
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Published: 536 days 3 hours ago | News | Xbox 360 | Industry News
 
 

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1 Vojkan | 536 days 3 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show
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Mr Playboy - 536 days 2 hours ago
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I think we will see Dead Rising 2
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SixTwoTwo - 536 days 2 hours ago
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and it will be a multiplat
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gaffyh - 536 days 1 hour ago
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Every company has "surprises" at E3, and I feel like Sony's E3 will be the best again. And Nintendo's will be the worst the only thing I can see them announcing is Kid Icarus.

Dead Rising 2 will be multi-plat (Dead Rising 1 is crap anyway, I've got the game and I only played it for a few days and got bored). The best announcement MS could make would be exclusive Resident Evil 5 and Bioshock 2.
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shazam - 536 days ago
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every comment in 1.X has 3 disagrees (except this one)

strange
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dodgecity - 536 days ago
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Oh my god, if they show dead rising 2, they'll automatically win the console war. :)
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kosha - 536 days ago
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Although i would love to see dead rising 2 lets be serious that one game is not gonna end the console war. And there is always the possibility its gonna be multiplat.
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Nostradavis - 536 days ago
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Thought this was funny...

Just once I would love to hear a marketing exec (3D Realms doesn’t count) respond by with something like:

“E3? I totally forgot about that. I guess we’ll have to plan on winging it this year. We’ll likely wait until about 20 minutes before our keynote starts. I’ll pop a few Tic Tacs and make a mad dash for the stage. If I don’t see a podium immediately, I’ll do a quick fly/zipper check to make sure the family jewels aren’t exposed . Then I’ll bust out a few knock knock jokes and wrap things up by handing out free beverage coupons. Our market research shows gamers love free caffeinated beverages.”

http://www.ripten.com/2008/...
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CaptainHowdy - 536 days ago
1.8 - i have a feeling these "surprises" are gonna be rumor confirmations
-Gamerpad/ Mii ripoffs
-Wiimote Squared
-Halo 4
-Bluray (not likely...they're too pissed off about the loss, but u never know)
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fusionboxer - 535 days 17 hours ago
1.9 - Most likely
Halo 4 and more footage of Halo Wars and Gears 2. I also suspect some announcements of more exclusives and improvements to xbox live.

Other then that I can't make any other guesses.
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Topcat-Lonewolf - 536 days 3 hours ago
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The Xbox 720 to be unveiled? A black wii? :P

Ahh seriously though I hope they show me something which I can say that looks unbelievable, and without any cgi videos *rolls eyes*
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dro - 536 days 3 hours ago
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cool, i hope its something worth the suprise, maybe HALO 4 FOR SUMMER 09 =O.
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Topcat-Lonewolf - 536 days 3 hours ago
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If it turns out to be the wii mote style thingymabob that is commonly used as a sex toy, then people would probably laugh at MS.

Blu ray add on would probably make MS seem like Hypocrits and i'm not sure that MS wants to become the laughing stock on the gaming playground.

Securing bioshock 2 as a full exclusive would be a good job well done, but I'm not sure that 2k games will be so sure about doing that, they need all the cash they can get, unless MS promises them something big which would just seem like them buying another exclusive which gamers for the other consoles are less happy about already as it is market spoiling. And if they have secured it as a full exclusive then, they made a blunder not doing so for the first one.

Bioshock 2 as a timed exclusive equals a failure imo, PS3 owners don't mind that they got it late, they are happy they got it at all, but with the DLC included for PS3 owners, well iI'd prefer to wait personally. :/

I think he is talking about something we haven't yet seen.
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Ballistic Jay - 535 days 21 hours ago
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Why would you even want another halo? At this point they'll all be the same game...
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DavidMacDougall - 536 days 3 hours ago
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Steve Ballmer killed bill gates and ate his soul and now he is more powerful !!!

Standing on the stage covered in blood , wearing bill gates glasses screaming !!

"I LOVE THIS COMPANY!!!"
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wAtdaFck - 536 days 3 hours ago
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lol
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AllroundGamer - 536 days 3 hours ago
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:D i really imagined how it would look, thx for the laugh, have a bubble.
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mistertwoturbo - 536 days 2 hours ago
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Majin Balmer lol
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Tyler Durden - 535 days 19 hours ago
4.4 - LMAO
wtf moment of the year right there
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Strife Lives - 536 days 3 hours ago
5 - Halo 4 for Holiday 08 !
Imagine that. . .well. . .I want to know what happend to Cortana and Chief after they floated near that weird planet.im hoping dec08 I find out! Lol
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DavidMacDougall - 536 days 3 hours ago
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LOL you got all our bubbles took away from you and now your pretending to be a Sony fan , Thank you i havent laughed like that in ages
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Ghoul - 536 days 3 hours ago
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haha mesh that is your new troll method for some time now, telling in everey reply that you are a ps3 owner, i can remember exactly how you got down tto 1 bubble for beeing one of the hardcore 360 trolls here. Please go away.
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DavidMacDougall - 536 days 3 hours ago
6.3 - @mesh1 Again
I can just see his little face "pleading" for some bubbles , LOL no joke i have tears that just kills me .
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DavidMacDougall - 536 days 1 hour ago
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Didnt work tho did it 0 bubbles , at least you tryed .
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Real gamer 4 life - 535 days 21 hours ago
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mesh sound alot like breakfest.
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Blitzed - 535 days 21 hours ago
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Hey, it worked for Siligon. Also, Mesh1 is not breakfast, he can spell.
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SL1M DADDY - 536 days 3 hours ago
7 - Like what?
Centipede CE?
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rodellison - 536 days 3 hours ago
8 - Still want Netflix integration
I have absolutely no Roku interest and vmcNetflix works ok.. but c'mon MS, give me Netflix straight to my 360 already..
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jmiscavish - 535 days 21 hours ago
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We'll get this eventually. I'll bet they even announce it at E3.
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dro - 536 days 3 hours ago
9 - OF TOPIC !!
did someone send a virus to me or hacking into my system...my comment was changed like 2 times now and i can swear it is not me that did it -_-
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kazuma - 536 days 3 hours ago
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if i were you, i wouldn't trust gosen too much. i mean nintendo treats pal territories like sh*t and if this guy was in charge of nintendo of europe, he did a lousy job.
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DavidMacDougall - 536 days 2 hours ago
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You have to fight for your bubbles , what you think this is ? This is a war and we may lose some bubbles . Its like prison rules pick a side and youll get raped less !
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rroded - 536 days 1 hour ago
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comments checked nothing worthy of loosing bubbles lets see if we can get you back 2 5 at least.
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dro - 536 days 3 hours ago
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talk about bubbles stealing how bout disagrees for no reall reason!. i said halo 4 for summer 09 and i get 6 disagrees(probly ps3 fan bois)....the comment system this site use is funny.
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mistertwoturbo - 536 days 2 hours ago
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I'm hoping for Killer Instinct 3.
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Bob Dole - 535 days 21 hours ago
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Word, there's really nothing else that would be as awesome as that.
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dro - 536 days 2 hours ago
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yh killer instinct 3 will be a huge shock for E3, ki gold was my best beat em up on n64..i just hope they keep it in 2d form but in hd just like street fighter is doing.
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NMC2007 - 536 days 2 hours ago
15 - My expectations...
are underground...... so they can only go up from here, make them go up MS, but not just MS, everyone make my expectations come from under the ground. I hope this E3 is exciting but I kinda doubt it will be.
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Arsenic13 - 536 days 2 hours ago
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We need some Shenmue 3 and Dead Rising 2. That alone will make me happy
17 GamerForever | 536 days 2 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show
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RememberThe357 - 535 days 19 hours ago
17.1 - Dude it's E3
Surprise is what E3 is about. The big three are all going to come with good sh*t.
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Shakkan - 536 days 1 hour ago
18 - RRoD fixed?
Maybe that will be the "fantastic surprise".
M$ to annonce RRoD is fixed, 2.5 years later, and after screwing millions of customers! I hope that is the surprise as it is the biggest fukup the console industry has ever seen. Ever.
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trydis - 536 days ago
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although the problem you mention never should have been there in the 1st place you make it sound like MS did it on purpose and that the broken 360's weren't fixed, which isn't true.

That's like saying Sony screwed people with their 2.40 firmware update...
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Voiceofreason - 535 days 23 hours ago
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Yeah that is pretty good on MS part. It took Sony consumers 3 years and a lawsuit to get the PS2 fixed.
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GiantEnemyCrab - 535 days 17 hours ago
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@18.2: You beat me too it.
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sleepbox - 536 days 1 hour ago
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That's it, MS, use those buzzwords to capture the Sony sheeple
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