Rumour: lots of MS announcements next week

From GAMER.tm: "It looks like next week could be a busy time for 360 fans, with an industry insider claiming that Microsoft is due to make several announcements next week.

"On Monday, a well place industry source informed us that Microsoft is planning to hold an event here in Europe next week.

"[Speaking to GAMER.tm again today] Our source assured us that despite the price cut announcement yesterday, the event is definitely due to go ahead next week, and that Microsoft will make lots of announcements.

"Sadly, our source was unable to reveal what these announcements will be, but did throw a little light on when the event may take place.

"With longstanding rumours suggesting that a Bungie related announcement could be coming on 25 September, we asked our source whether this was the date when the mysterious event will take place.

"Our source said that this was a date they had heard of in relation to the event, but wasn't in a position to confirm it."

[Stryfeno2]

Nice...can't wait

[Freezingduck]

You have nothing left on your console but to wait - sounds about right

[Pain]

M$ : we bought this, Bribe them for that, Copied some of those, and lied about that~ did we say Bought?

[sak500]

No he's not talking about Ps3rd. 360, whose games/features/online pwns the psturd.

[-Maverick-]

hahahahahhahahaha Nasim good OWNED again.

hahhahahahahahhahahah PS3rd he said.

[Dark360]

YEAHHHHHH I can't wait............

[nice_cuppa]

now will they stick with 2008 or will we see 2009 games !

[WhittO]

lol they have like hardly no exclusive 2009 games (that we know of)

[AllseeingEye]

They speculate MS will have announcements? LOL. I speculate Nintendo and Sony will have announcements soon as well.

[Saint Sony]

...and some new games.

[RealityCheck]

@ 1.1, not yet, they will wait after this holiday season. Probably late spring to early summer 2009 for that kind of announcement.

Next week will just be about the new Live experience and some mini-games.

[MorganX]

September 25, Sony will have an announcement, WipEout HD is available on PSN. I'll read Microsoft's announcements at a later date :>

[Radiodread]

M$ still has suprises up their sleeves, unlike sony which whored out all suprises at E3 and STILL didn't win.

[WhittO]

Nope actually, they only seemed like they "whored" announcements out because they had more than like 1, and more at Liepzig, and still has some games etc they still havent uncovered.

[Anton Chigurh]

OMG
Judgment day is coming

good days for gamers

first was the price cut NOW new games and IPS

I can't wait

[lowcarb]

I don't care for rumors although It would be nice if this were true. MS will more then likely start there announcements now and get us hyped for whats to come this year into next. Sony has done a great job doing it all year but they should of waited and not given us all there news so soon.

[WhittO]

who said they have given all their news?

Just because they actually had news lol.

They could easily just release a GOW3 gameplay trailer or MAG gameplay trailer, or any other news on any upcoming games really like R2 news or LBP news (heard they have something big to still announce) or Infamous, or Killzone2. So many really, they can just announce a date for a demo or beta, or release new previews and details.

Plus they are developing un-announced games.

[XXXCouture]

it could be true, but wouldn't they have announced it already so it could build up hype?

[lowcarb]

Well maybe it's just me then but honestly I don't see anything exciting for PS3 coming except for the same repeated news and every week about the same games they always announce a year early every year. I'm so tired of hearing about RFOM2, LBP, Motostorm, SOcom, KZ2 and already starting to get tired of hearing about Mag. They should announce there stuff near completion and not years away because that just gets boring after awhile to hear. This is just my opinion though and if your excited by it don't take my comment personal.

[WhittO]

Ye i can understand that, but if they didnt then people will be like "why should i buy that, i dont know anything that is coming out for it that i like", sony is just showing them what is on the way if they buy the console now. Try and persuade them to their side lol.

I mean, if i bought a 360 for xmas, looked at what is coming next year to ps3 and 360, who would win?

[joebahrjoebahr]

to see whats up with the gildens and the horses. im 25 but when i cut my knees off im 17> needles is in me. daddy does donkeys

[Anton Chigurh]

POOR NASIM

[cahill]

MS is finished in console war
We know that announcement another GAYLO game featuring powerpuff aliens . No one cares about that game except u BOT

[sak500]

@d!ckhill
"MS is finished in console war
We know that announcement another GAYLO game featuring powerpuff aliens . No one cares about that game except u BOT "

Except you droids who have inferiority complex of buying an expensive grillstation with no games, false/fake promises, sub par online features, subpar multiplatfrom games, subpar multiplayer gaming etc etc. And now are in every 360 news letting farts out of ur mouths cuz u can't see a cheaper and older console beating ur precious/over expensive bdplayer which tries to play few games.

Edit: HAHAHAAHHA at teh clip. So these are juuken and nasim.

[Radiodread]

bubbles

[divideby0]

ONLY announcement I want to hear is we can play games on Live for FREE...Hope they add this basic service to the Silver package...I was a charter Gold member up until this year...not paying for Live anymo.
IF I could play free on live (dont need all that gamer card stuff), I would start buying 360 MP games again..

[SlippyMadFrog]

How much money do you spend on games per year? When you factor that in the price of XBL gold really isn't that much, it's almost nothing.

[Perjoss]

I'm tired of hearing about Live costing money, its so damn cheap that if you cant afford it you really need to rethink your life.

[MorganX]

HP's laying off about 13,000 workers to increase profits. They should all rethink their lives. While I agree, given the quality of Live! compared to PSN, the cost is quite reasonable, I also realize, not everyone has expendable cash, especially during these economic times.

[ericnellie]

If there was some announcement, they really need to say something about Alan Wake but I'm sure they'll talk about Halo related stuff. Remember at E3 M$ said they wanted the new bugie game to have it's own seperate event.

[B4st10n]

Would that be the release of Wipeout HD on PS3 ? My bet is that they are hoping to take off some steam behind it.

[ozsman]

I'd be doubting that bro.

[AAACE5]

Wipeout is a cool game but is a niche title! Alot of people aren't into futuristic racing games like that! I remember when I had my PSP and tried to get people to play Wipeout on it and they didn't want to be bothered. If they did try it, they would only play for a few minutes, and sometimes not finish a race!

I like Wipeout, and think it will be great in HD... but don'e expect people to buy it just cause it looks beautiful!

[Bladestar]

Damn! you... now I have to clean my monitor and my computer desk!... you made me sprayed the beer I was drinking with that wipeout comment!....

what out! wipeout super killer system seller is comming! lol.

[Cajun Chicken]

Wow. The 360 might actually be getting some good games like back on the XBOX instead of all this overhyped rubbish in recent years.
Make my 360 get used again, go on.

[WIIIS1]

Bwahahahah! That's just feeble! So what have you been playing on your PS3 these past months again? C'mon man, at least try a little harder at trolling - attacking 360's library of games is just suicidal.

[DJ]

The system had some great games in 2006, and a crapload of high profile titles in 2007. But this year it's been pretty barren. Unless of course you're one of those rare people that actually enjoyed Too Human.

[Cajun Chicken]

Not if you own a 360 and only found Crackdown, EDF2017, Geometry Wars 1+2 and REZHD have only hit the spot everything else has just been average.

Don't go writing home about Unreal Engine3 based games or Halo which has seriously fell short of the franchises original potential, except the multiplayer.
The 360 is a house of overhyped games and anything exclusive that tries to be 'fresh' just doesn't survive in the sales.

In total honesty, all the PS3 exclusives I have played are just generally much more fun than the exclusives the 360 offers because it offers things NO-ONE ELSE DOES.
Don't you be talking down the games PS3 has, because I'm perfectly happy with whats shortly coming up and already existing over the last year on my PS3 more than the titles over the last year and upcoming on the 360.

My faith restored?
Any 3-5 of these.

EDF2017 sequel, online included this time
Crimson Skies sequel
The return of exclusive Sega franchises (probably not going to happen, too much money involved multiplatform)
Serious Sam 3 cheekily stolen for exclusivity (I will be angered first, but hopefully this will lead onto patching Serious Sam 2 to work BC)
Q Entertainment exclusive title
XBL free for online gaming, free weekends or something. Maybe like 'Orange Thursdays' in the cinema.
Crackdown Sequel
Single Player expansion pack of what Halo3 should of been to play more like Halo1 did.
Armed and Dangerous 2
Postal 3 DLC
GTA DLC being awesome beyond words much like San Andreas was.
Less focus on multiplayer in games and more in good, long single player games that don't sell on gore.
New Jeff Minter (Llamasoft) announcement.
Conker BFD sequel
Alan Wake, because we all know Max Payne series was awesome.
Powerstone sequel or port for XBL
Freelancer franchise to continue on 360 with new team, maybe online.

Then I will applaud MS and hop on my 360 again and act exactly the way when my PS2 and XBOX co-existed in harmony.

[SlippyMadFrog]

"Crackdown, EDF2017, Geometry Wars 1+2 and REZHD"
If THATS what you enjoyed the most on the Xbox360 then you have a real niche taste in games my friend.

[Cajun Chicken]

I'm talking about 360 exclusives, not multiplatform.

[WIIIS1]

360 had Lost Odyssey, Ninja Gaiden 2, Too Human, Tales of Vesperia, Infinite Undiscovery, Viva Pinata 2 so far.

PS3 had GT5p (full game or demo? call it what you will for your present purposes...), MGS4, Haze, Siren, Ferrari Challenge.

I wouldn't say for a moment that PS3 has had better games thus far.

[Emmo]

I wonder if the Rare anouncement will be a game for the motion controller?

[pp]

I can't wiat good times for xbox360 and the death of ps3 next week

[PopEmUp]

stop me from laughing every time you post kid btw are you 7/8/9 years old, and 1 more please do a spell check next time when you type

[R Swipe]

Perhaps instead of highlighting a mistype error, you sir should have a look at your grammar. You've never stop me from laughing kid. Grammatically that just is not right.

[PopEmUp]

My first language is not English, but you sir need to fix up your last sentence

[byeGollum]

hmm, theres other places apart from NA you know - im sure gamers in EU & AU want the game too -

im guessing they migtht announce an EU & NA Release or maybe a new ip or suttin .. whatever it is i dont think it will be a 'shocker' ... or maybe it will

[Hellsvacancy]

I really hope that one of the announcements is that Ms is closin down

[YoshiMeetsU]

Why don't you go troll one of the hundreds of PS3 articles on this site?

Competition is a good thing.

[uie4rhig]

and are currently building the terminators.. only to be killed after :D

[SuperSaiyan4]

The Xbox 360 is the DEFINITIVE of this gen gaming and its amazing to see the huge amount of games of the system and the amazing online marketplace and online network.

I can't wait to see what the announcements will be! I hope its a blu-ray add-on for the 360!

[Pika-pie]

I cant tell if your being serious or sarcastic.. Im hoping its the latter.

[kevnb]

Microsoft waits way too long to announce anything, I have no idea what they are doing next year and its almost October.

[HuntTheWumpus]

Yup, I hate that MS keeps a tight lip on upcoming games. They need to show their cards and get existing console owners and potential owners excited about the future.

[AAACE5]

MS said last year around this time that they weren't going to announce games while they still had alot of development to go. And said they would announce games in a time frame of like 6-12 months before release. They claim to have chosen this method as a way to cut down on games getting "Overhyped", but we will see.

[Pika-pie]

Because MS always hold events in Europe and dont tell anyone about it?

[m23]

This rumour just doesn't die. Hopefully there is some truth to this, it's really exciting. Major Nelson was laughing at the fact that NXE will be released on the 25th though.

[Kratos3452]

I thought this site was called N4G(news for gamers).
How is this news?
It's not even a rumor,each company always has games they are yet to announce.That's how you go from 1 year to the next.

[SuperSaiyan4]

Look at the major update coming out and Gears 2 announcement? All coming THIS YEAR. With Sony they talk and announce things and delay them for years!

[PirateThom]

Alan Wake
Halo Wars
IPTV

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

I would totally agree with that...

Except for...

...what's the failure rate on the 360?

...what's the install base for Vista users?

...wasn't Halo 3 delayed over a whole year?

If you don't delay, you won't get a good product. If RFOM had come out 6 months after the PS3's launch, it would've looked MUCH better. Insomniac only had 2 months with the final dev kits...as apposed to EPIC having the 360's for over a year and a half. (Gears of War, much?)

[Freak of Nature]

Give me a Bungie platformer.....And a Rare game like Conker or jet force Gemeni 2 please...

[aggh im on fire]

A single player expansion for Halo3 please.. and Alan Wake / Forza3 and a new ghost recon would be nice.

[u got owned]

A Ghost Recon would be awesome, I love Ghost Recon Games

[pshizle]

are usually true

[IAm1Bearcat]

i read somewhere that GRAW3 was coming early '09, but who knows if any of that holds true. hopefully they'll release lil tidbits of info at first and then before it's all said and done they'll be like, "oh, yeah, and (insert whatever great gaming shock/surprise/love interest you have for 360/gaming in general) is being released on February 8, 2009. F*ck you Sony, and KZ2 is for p*ssies, everyone should buy (insert the game name again for effect). that is all! good night!"

^ In no way does IAm1Bearcat condone the language that MS will use in future announcements, nor does IAm1Bearcat believe that Sony sucks or any foul language as such, and no, IAm1Bearcat does NOT believe that Killzone 2 is for p*ssies.... however, MS might consult them for correct thoughts^

who knows... maybe, just maybe...?

[atomdooze]

It just beat the wii in sales in japan nuff said. That ps3 is looking over the grave of the dreamcast wondering when its time is up. Ps3rd is so fitting.

[atomdooze]

im an xbox fan too but the ps3 isnt going to die next week. so stop talking sh!t. Realistically Im looking for a next gen kill.

[Wacked]

Wow an article about nothing... and then they wonder why Game Journalism is considered at the bottom of the barrel.

[peowpeow]

I expect microsoft's announcements to have atleast SOME impact but after all those rumors it just seems too good to be true!
The only thing holding us back to see is time..which is killing me right now..

[Naked-Snake]

So basically you guys are saying that the PS3 will die ending the Playstation brand based on a rumor from a hardly known site?

[firerock91]

Halo 4 please or a new Red Fraction game.

[NinjaRyu]

Maybe this has something to do with the level 5 event going on next week!

[SkyGamer]

I really hope that it is any of these:

EDF 20XX - Awesome gameplay. Would be great with Live and DLC
Skies of Arcadia 2
Shenmue 3
Panzer Dragoon
Parasite Eve 3
FF7 XBLA - could be done as the game is pretty much the same on all discs just different fmv'. With compression it would be possible, imagine achievements!
Castlevania
Killer Instinct 3
Conker
Kingdom Hearts 3
Motion Sensing Controller
Links
True Fantasy Online
Suikoden

Now with free Live Gold, think they should set out one weekend a month for free multiplayer. It just wouldn't be fair to the people whohave paid subscriptions.

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

If Bungie does another Halo, I will refuse to comment for a week. That's just ridiculous. Come on, Bungie. You're too good for that. Don't just make another game because Microsoft is pressuring you to. You CAN make other IP's, you know!

If Bungie is making a new FPS, I'll be much happier. I just hope they can be innovative. Marathon was original. Halo was not.

[siyrobbo]

what if they were to take it in a fresh and new direction, something nobody has really seen before (much like the original halo)

[Citizen Cook]

... As Phony weaken each and every year. Evey generation M$ will chip away at sony until nothing is left of the once proud and boastful company.

Personally, i've never trusted a company that will side with Russa in WWIII over the US and UK... Theres just something wrong about china and japan. It's like their waiting to take us down or something...

[zonetrooper5]

Been rumours for sometime that MS was going to have an event to annouce games, MS usually has the X0* shows this year being X08 which is usually held in the UK near the end of the year, I think last years got canceled. They did hold an X08 event in Canda this year but it was very small and only showed off already known games and games that have been out.