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Xbox 360 Spring Showcase 2012 Thread: Embargo's for everyone and everything.

V_Ben

Banned
They'd be barmy to release in November! I know Halo CEA was only a remake but it didn't even hit top 10 in November NPD. ODST did really well in its September slot.

September - Halo 4
October - Fable: Journey

If a rare game is coming that isn't kinect it'll be August, if it's Kinect it'll be November.

Medal Of Honor is coming out in October again, right? I dunno, I think Microsoft would be confident enough in Halo 4 to release it in November. It would be an interesting sales battle though, for sure.
 

TriGen

Member
Seems odd to have the embargo lift at GDC, when there will probaly a lot to deal with there. I guess next week will be a overload.
 
Seems odd to have the embargo lift at GDC, when there will probaly a lot to deal with there. I guess next week will be a overload.

Could be sign that MS won't have much to show(publicly at least) or any real news at GDC so this embargo is a way for them to still be in the GDC press cycle.
 

TriGen

Member
Could be sign that MS won't have much to show or any real news at GDC so this embargo is a way for them to still be in the GDC press cycle.

Good point, the other reason I just thought of is maybe they think Nintendo or Sony will have something serious mentioned at GDC and they wan't stuff to combat that.
 

UraMallas

Member
They'd be barmy to release in November! I know Halo CEA was only a remake but it didn't even hit top 10 in November NPD. ODST did really well in its September slot.

September - Halo 4
October - Fable: Journey

If a rare game is coming that isn't kinect it'll be August, if it's Kinect it'll be November.

I think it makes the most sense to put MS' big first-party shooter in September, and they usually do. Who wants to go head to head against CoD and, if you're Microsoft, who wants to take potential sales away from Activision because you release your biggest hitter in the same week? It's the Nintendo syndrome.
 

Miles X

Member
I thought this was a single day event, how many days is it?

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Kafel

Banned
Could be sign that MS won't have much to show(publicly at least) or any real news at GDC so this embargo is a way for them to still be in the GDC press cycle.

GDC is not a "show" anymore. Don't expect to get much news from there, if at all.
 

derFeef

Member
Really curious what we are going to see.
My guess is new XBLA games like Trials Evolution and that sidescrolling survival game, Steel Battalion, Crimson Dragon, that Lionhead "surprise" and hopefully some new stuff.
 

S1kkZ

Member
geoff keighley just confirmed via twitter that peter molyneux is there. so either we get new fable: journey stuff or fable 4?
 

KageMaru

Member
Scott Warner from 343 will be at GDC next Thursday, I wonder if that means we'll see more of Halo 4 than what's shown on Monday.
 

S1kkZ

Member
Any news on rare at all? I can't believe they'd be absent in a large way from yet another big event.

rumors about a perfect dark reboot and pgr 5 by rare. i could see a pd reboot but not by rare and the pgr 5 rumor just sounds stupid.
 

TxdoHawk

Member
I'm expecting Halo 4, and MS to continue to pretend XBLA isn't a "real" platform deserving of coverage. That's about it. Being proven wrong would make my week.
 

Miles X

Member
rumors about a perfect dark reboot and pgr 5 by rare. i could see a pd reboot but not by rare and the pgr 5 rumor just sounds stupid.

I really want a Viva Pinata Kinect game from rare :-( not PD.

And yeah, if anyone is doing PGR it'd be Turn10.
 
i think kinect heroes = journey, otherwise i don't think they'd be allowed to mention it. I'm hoping that they changed the name to drop some of the negative press after e3 where it was shown as an on rails game.
 
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