2 weeks prior to E3, I wrote an eight-chapter article, it was to silence all the Sony fanboys that kept criticizing the Xbox 360 for not having games in 2009 even though I knew that it did, in fact, have plenty. If you would like to look back at it now, I would tell you that many of my assumptions and predictions turned out to be true.
I stated that God of War 3 would be coming out in 2010. In fact, I also provided the link to a previous article that explained in detail why God of War 3 will be coming out in MARCH 2010! Anyone that read that article and still believed that GOW 3 will be coming in 2009 needs to be examined because that article had everything necessary to convince anyone that GOW 3 is a 2010 title. I also stated that Heavy Rain, Quantm (Quantum Theory at the time), MAG, and The Last Guardian (Team ICO title at the time) were all coming out in 2010.
More importantly, I stated that Crackdown 2 will be announced at E3, Alan Wake will be shown at E3 and even though I expect it to come in 2009, a February 2010 release is a very tempting alternative for Microsoft(which turned out to be a Spring 2010 release), Peter Moyneux will reveal Project Dimitri(which turned out to be Milo), Microsoft will unveil the new motion camera controller(which turned out to be Project Natal), and Kojima will take the stage to announce either a new IP for the Xbox 360 or a Metal Gear title(which turned out to be Metal Gear Solid: Rising). In truth, I did state that the kojima title would be an Xbox 360 exclusive, and I did mention Zone of the Enders 3 as a possibility, but the fact of the matter is that I was right about a Metal Gear title coming to the Xbox 360, and I was right about Kojima taking the stage during Microsoft's press conference.
In fact, My sources in Japan informed me about Itagaki forming a new studio composed entirely of the main team that started Team Ninja in the first place, and working on an Xbox 360 title. I mentioned that in the final chapter. On the next day, 1up posts their interview with Itagaki. To be clear, we were the first to break the news of Itagaki's return. I actually knew about it since March, but chose to keep it until I write the eight chapter article.
In addition, if you would like to argue that many of my other assumptions didn't come true, all I can say is this: we still have six more months to go, and Shane Kim did state during E3 09 that Microsoft still has several unannounced titles for 2009. More importantly, many of my assumptions that did not yet come true were not regarding an E3 09 announcement, and were simply directed to 2009 as a whole; meaning, it also included what I expect for TGS and Leipzig as well. What is very interesting about the eight chapter article is that many have mentioned in the comments sections of several sites that they were some of the best articles ever written in gaming journalism, and those readers were the ones that disagreed with me, yet they extremely enjoyed the article. Also, I was complemented regarding these articles by a SONY representative that was very impressed with the quality of my writing. He was specifically impressed with how thorough and informative the articles were, and was actually reading it on a daily basis.
I believe that it is the most comprehensive series of articles for the Xbox 360 line-up for 2009. In fact, you can use it as a reference for all the possible titles to come out throught this year, and you will see many of the titles that I mentioned, that were not announced at E3, come to life in the coming months.
As for Hiphopgamer himself, he mentioned a week prior to E3 that Twitter will be announced for the Xbox 360(which turned out to be true). I think I made it clear that many predictions coming out of the Hiphopgamershow website turned out to be true.
God Bless You
Master Samo
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