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IGN Xbox 360 previews 2008 - The biggest games and the boldest predictions

The dawn of a new year brings with it unlimited possibilities. With more than 200 games already announced for Xbox 360 and many more announcements coming, 2008 has all the makings of a monster year. IGN's purpose in providing a preview of Xbox 360 in 2008 is twofold: They want to help get your mind wrapped around the bevy of promising '08 titles and they want to leave you salivating for more.

The list of IGN's predictions (details are available on the twelfth page of the article):
- Gears of War 2 Won't be Announced at GDC.
- Microsoft Won't Release a Blu-ray Player.
- Microsoft will Continue to Try to Break into Family Gaming.
- Not Every Big 2008 Title Releases in 2008.
- IGN will Stop Getting Three Red Lights E-Mails by December 2008.

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1 HarryEtTubMan | 681 days 2 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show

1.1 GITPWNED | 680 days 8 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show

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Mr Marbles - 680 days 7 hours ago

1.2 - Yeah

chances are most of the PS3 titles will be coming in 2009 for sure.
We should expect MGS4,KZ2, GT5, and LBP, the rest will be flops or will be delayed till 2009.

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pwnmaster3000 - 681 days 2 hours ago

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i don t really c was so great about fable, too human and alan wake those game seem kinda boring well maybe not alan wake because i no little about it and lost Odyssey look co but infinite, whit knight, ff 13 and that one age of connan look more better

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Pandaren00 - 681 days 1 hour ago

2.3 - rofl 2.2

you claim this is a pro-sony site . LOL. This used to be a HAVEN for xbots like you until the past few months. The news has been looking good for Sony the past few months so maybe more people are thinking the ps3 is actually a good investment. No matter how much you spam, people will see right through you.

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i Shank u - 681 days 1 hour ago

2.4 - pandaren

an "xbot" is something that only exists inside your puny brain. we're all gamers here; not gamer-racists that go "shut up you stupid ps3agger! fvck you you xbot!"

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2.5 zambrota | 681 days 1 hour ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show

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Chaos Striker - 681 days 1 hour ago

2.6 - @2.2

you'll post this in every thread eh? Guess I'll have to report it as spam and you futile efforts would have all been wasted. That also goes for your slander and baseless assertions.

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Homicide - 681 days ago

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Take away his bubble. He only has one left.

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khrisnifer - 680 days 9 hours ago

2.8 - PROTOTYPE PROTOTYPE PROTOTYPE

Where is Prototype on this list?

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PStriple703 - 681 days 2 hours ago

3 - - IGN will Stop Getting Three Red Lights E-Mails by December 2008.

lol

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3.1 zambrota | 681 days 2 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show

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destroyah - 681 days 2 hours ago

4 - what a crappy lineup

jesus that is embarrassing

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mintaro - 681 days 1 hour ago

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compared ps3's lineup than yes, but compared to the wii's, id say it's pretty good. looking forward to fable 2 myself

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4.2 zambrota | 681 days 1 hour ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show

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wageslave - 681 days ago

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AHhahahH! Deny. Deny. Deny.

Keep that stiffer upper lip son, and the Sony Defence Force will give you an award!!

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Genuine - 680 days 15 hours ago

4.4 - @destroyah

Your comment has been reported as spam. And say goodbye to a bubble. Your a well known Sony extremist, and if you can't do anything but troll in 360 stories, then your going to reap what you sow.

BTW, what is your SPG screen name, and how many accounts does this make you here at N4G?

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sak500 - 680 days 12 hours ago

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still better than the line up ps3 had in 2007

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Kareem - 680 days 11 hours ago

4.6 - Come on now

The 360's 08 games are not as strong as the PS3, but it looks great and we're not talking about Wii quality.

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TwissT - 681 days 1 hour ago

5 - Ok lets take a look of this one...

- Gears of War 2 Won't be Announced at GDC. This could just be hit or miss for me I hope it does get shown.

- Microsoft Won't Release a Blu-ray Player. Well MS said they would accept the winning format, but they have tons of pride so I don't think they would put it either.

- Microsoft will Continue to Try to Break into Family Gaming. It would be good if they did.

- Not Every Big 2008 Title Releases in 2008. Oh if this happens it will be a kick in the pants.

- IGN will Stop Getting Three Red Lights E-Mails by December 2008. I doubt it lol. =P

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Spike47 - 681 days 1 hour ago

6 - You know

the perfect counter for sony if Ms announces gears of war 2 in 2008?

God of War 3 baby in 1080p faceoff against the titans FTW!!!!!!!!

That would be just perfect. They ahve been working on gow3 for some time now so a trailer wuld'nt be to much to ask for would it?

Also at GDc a resistance 2 trailer aswell.

That would steal Ms's lightning.

I'm not bashing I'm just saying sony could do that.

Sony can easily make it big in GDC.

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Spike47 - 681 days 1 hour ago

7 - Yeah

that too, the wii's lineup for 2008 is horrible.

with only 4 promising tites.

Star wars unleashed for the wii
Mario Kart
SSB
Wiifit

but who cares, seniors and 8 year olds don't buy games.

And who cares about a system which they picked up for 250 bucks.

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BaMYouRDeaD - 681 days 1 hour ago

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Nice. 2008 is starting to look like it may be an even bigger than 2007

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Genuine - 680 days 15 hours ago

8.1 - I agree

Up until I read that article, I didn't realize the 360 had that many great games coming this year. There are atlease 15 games on that list that I want.

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Rice - 681 days 1 hour ago

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Pretty good line up for the 360, at least no one can say u guys have no games for 08.... i dont know about the wii but it would most likey have a great year too with a limited exclusives.

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PopEmUp - 680 days 19 hours ago

10.1 - look like

the dog starting to talk ...... BARK! BARK! BARK!

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wageslave - 681 days ago

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What? No way?! Dont tell me there is all these great games for the Xbox 360!?1!?

I read on N4G forums that Microsoft like, totally forgot to line up *ANY* games?1!?

What is going on? Wow!

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hotshot127 - 681 days ago

12 - i think the 360s line up is descent in 08

i mean they have ninja gaiden 2(god i would die for that game.lol)

splintercell..........meh, i guess we have to see more because so far, i heard the gameplay was really boring.

alan wake............looks promising. but only time will tell

too human............MIXED REVIEWS(mark my words)

halo wars...........in all seriousness, i dont care if it has the name halo, this game will not be a killer app...lol kinda funny people think that.

fable 2, ive heard some good things about the first one but so far from that video, the second one looks like crap, but thats just my opinion.

now out of the ps3 games, the only game that truly is gonna be crap to me is HAZE.................why the freak are people even excited for that game? seriously it looks so average next to call of duty or resistance 2.

360's lineup is good, its just next to sonys lineup, it doesnt look that good.

and if microsoft doesnt annouce anything at gdc(big games coming out)

then dont expect anything at all, considering that any company with a brain knows you need to get the buzz going around for your game for at least 9 months. so e3 would be too late. but again, thats all just my OPINION so dont hate.

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ip-student - 681 days ago

12.1 - I'll wait to comment on the quality of the line-up

First - until the game is played there is no way to know if the game rocks or not. So for all the stuff announced, we really don't know if any of it will be good (previews are generally worthless - reviewers tend to be overly nice so they get an early crack at the final code and keep selling advertisements).

Also, we have no idea which games are going to be pushed back into 2009. So I think it is way too early to say. I will say, however, that the hype for 2008 right now seems bigger for the PS3 - but as the lists show, there are a lot of good games coming out for both systems. There should be plenty of games for everyone. And maybe Lost Odyssey will be good (if the frame rate and load times can be addressed).

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Dr Pepper - 681 days ago

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"splintercell..........me h, i guess we have to see more because so far, i heard the gameplay was really boring."

Who did you hear that from? Surfer Girl? I advise you not to make assumptions about a game based off of what one unknown/random person said on their blog...

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Homicide - 681 days ago

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Nice list. Really looking forward to Lost Odyssey and Ninja Gaiden 2.

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wageslave - 681 days ago

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Interesting games to highlight, more than a few exclusive GotY candidates there.

What really makes the you know that 2007 will be even BETTER than 2007 for Xbox 360 is this list:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum...

Clearly, Xbox 360 will again dominate reviews, awards and sales worldwide in 2008 just as it did in 2007.

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ip-student - 680 days 23 hours ago

14.1 - The number of good looking games is amazing

Anyone that thinks there are no games for the 360 is a few cards short of a full deck. The real question is which games meet their hype. Will Too Human be a great game or merely an interesting attempt? What about Fable 2?

Same with Project Offset or Elveon. Lot of new games I am looking forward to hearing more about.

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Agent 88 - 680 days 22 hours ago

15 - 90 percent...

90 percent of these title are either already on the PS3, Multi-plat or in danger of going exclusive to Sony. The Alan Wake title is a myth, Gears wont be out till 2009 and Fable 2 will be the same linear game as the last........ Ugh...

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power of Green - 680 days 22 hours ago

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* Home will flop...

* MGS4 although hyped by fanboys will not sell consoles( do I dare say its a niche game when compared to the size of its former fanbase and the last one sold poorly)...

* Sony will still not sell software in 2008 in comparison to the 360 losing more bargoning power amoung 3rd party devs...

* LBP will fizzle out fast...

* GT5 will appeal to many but won't move consoles off the shelfs or sell near the as much as average 360 games when released.

* FF will be competing with so many other titles its popularity will be far weaker then it has ever been.

* Resistance 2 will be an average game on the market but a good game for a PS3 game compared to multi platform games and 360 exclusives.

* Killzone 2 will be a hit amoung fanboys and some hardcore FPS fans on the PS3?, lol.

All the media/Sony fanboy hype and predictions come from what they don't know. lol

Why even come here once MSFT announces games that will match your AAA's you'll just bash them finding excuses, why even bother?.

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Genuine - 680 days 14 hours ago

15.2 - @Agent88

Your obviously suffering from dementia. Guess which has the larger install base , 360 or ps3? Now guess which console has a record breaking games to console attach rate of 7 games per console? Now guess which console a publisher/developer has the best chance of making the most money on?

If you said ps3, then yes you are in a delusional state of mind.

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sak500 - 680 days 11 hours ago

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@agent: STFU this isn't ps3's lineup which has been dragging games since 1 year. We have had enough games already but these ones are more than what you'll get for ps3. Most ps3 games wil come out in 2009. And look at your most hyped up game based on a cgi trailer of 7/10 game on ps2. Geez go back to your movies since you guys dont buy games anyway.

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power of Green - 680 days 22 hours ago

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Those are games they think are hyped enough about or have history to say they're the 2008's best..

The PS3 games people boast about or the 360 games they boast about could just as easily be bad games as the ones they didn't mention. lol

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power of Green - 680 days 21 hours ago

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Saying the 360 year is going to not on par with the PS3 because games have not been talked about or announced is just is hollow as Sony which always announces games to get people to buy their consoles.

Sony always boasts and announces games usually delaying them later on.

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dachiefsman - 680 days 21 hours ago

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wow for once....just once I would like to see Sony and Xbox Fanboys embrace....so much hate for no reason...no reason at all....

Its kind of sad if think about it. I try to comprehend it, but if I do to much my brain will just turn into mush.

Come on guys games are games are games no matter if they are flash, sega genesis, nintendo nes, snes, n64, xbox, xbox 360, ps1, ps2, ps3, commodore 64, psp, gameboy, n-gage, ds, psp, sega saturn, 3do, coleco......etc.

Can't we all just get along!?

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Mr Playboy - 680 days 21 hours ago

19 - WoW

What a huge list !!!

$ony Fan trust me will be Pwned again and again in 2009

Jump In $ony Fan and Play the real DEAL

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kingnick - 680 days 18 hours ago

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Decent line-up. Alan Wake and Left 4 Dead are two 360 games I'm looking forward to.

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Iron Man 2 - 680 days 18 hours ago

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I'm confused,is this a Xbox 360 preview or a PC preview for 2008?:/

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Jenzo - 680 days 17 hours ago

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"- Not Every Big 2008 Title Releases in 2008."

I think that's equally true for all consoles.

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bigjclassic - 680 days 15 hours ago

23 - Only Sony has shown thier hand for 2008

I have a PS3/Wii and i look forward to a great 2008, with:
MGS4
SSBB
No More Heroes
Resistance 2
KZ2
Mario Kart Wii
Nitro Bike
FFCC: CB
Star Wars Wii
WKS
Tekken 6
Soul Calibur 4
STREET FIGHTER 4
etc etc..

PSN: classicviolence

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bigjclassic - 680 days 15 hours ago

24 - As about ahy people have a wii

Yeah, its has some casual games but also has some of the BEST hardcore games as well:

SMG
LoZ: TP
RE4 Wii
MP3: Corruption

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liquidsnake - 680 days 15 hours ago

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The 360 lineup is good if you look at the multiplatforms. Games like GTA4, RE5 and so are all great, however, their exclusives can sadly NOT be compared with the Ps3. I mean Alan Sleep and Too Human doesn't seem to be convincing enough. Splinter Cell conviction? Please I can tell you right now it'll suck. Its exactley the same game with just added moves. SC came out in like 2002 and they have just fed the game new moves year after year. This is Sonys year all the way.

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