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Spike VGAs Thread: [Update: FINALLY a funny joke descends upon the show post #4807]

Totobeni said:
I just wonder why don't they share that crazy ass Engine with other SCE studios , Syphon Filter ( or SOCOM ) on that engine will be something to drool on.
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They shared the full source code for Uncharted 1 on Sony's internal servers for first party devs, and they intended to do the same with 2 after it was out. See here.

The ICE team is resident at ND too, and they're one of Sony's tech groups, working on tools and tech for first party, and others too.

By the way, where was it confirmed that the UC3 trailer will be realtime? I do kind of expect as much, but would just be handy, might update the OP of the other thread with that info.
 
Rated-Rsuperstar said:
Remember the Force Unleashed trailer from last year. Maybe if they had spend less money on a CG trailer and more on the game it might have actually turned out good.
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Marketing/Promotional budget <> Actual game budget. I thought everyone knew that by now?!

And, if anything, the CG trailers actually helped the game.

CG trailers are so stupid. CG cutscenes on the other hand are not. When you see a trailer you are expecting to see how it looks. We already know CG looks good, so that makes it boring. While in-game footage is inferior in quality, it's more impressive and entertaining.
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Actually, YOU expect to see how it looks. I expect to be entertained to the point that I will find myself interested in the game. I don't care whether it's CG or not, as long as it's entertaining.
 
No Gears news...

MajorNelson said:
I have just learned of a decision to postpone our planned Gears of War news from Epic Games for the Spike Video Game Awards this weekend. I wanted to share this with you and let you know that while these are never easy decisions, we can tell you that what we have to share for the franchise in 2011 will definitely be worth the wait and we look forward to working with our partner at Spike on sharing this world premier news when it is ready.
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http://majornelson.com/archive/2010/12/11/gears-of-war-and-the-vga-s.aspx
 
Imperial Hot said:
Lame. Microsoft giving up there only presence at the show. Smart move... :/
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It's not really a dumb move either.

There are like 600k people that will watch this.

It's a nothing move.

"It's a phenomenal move" -- Geoff Keighley
 
Zeouterlimits said:
I thought it was going to be a trailer, people think it was a demo? Because surely if it was a trailer it has been finished for a while.
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Maybe it was a demo? I don't see why they would pull a trailer at the last second. I am interested to hear what Epic has to say about this.
 
MajorNelson posted in his twitter that he wasnt going to the VGAs. Which should have told me this delay was coming. Maybe they will show it at CES
 
i dunno why they'd pull it last minute, maybe there was a hitch or change in development that would make the trailer misleading or poor strategy to show it off now given a new release date, or it could just be that the gears franchise is big enough that it can have its own unveiling event where doesn't have to share attention with the uncharted and mass effect showings, and microsoft changed their mind to get the most attention on gears.
 
Imperial Hot said:
Lame. Microsoft giving up there only presence at the show. Smart move... :/
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Disappointmentton. He has Gears 3 up with it, but the rumor was Gears Kinect which according to Cliff wasn't happening for 3. Anyhow, not a clue why they would push it off, but I'm not sure how well Gears Kinect would have gone over here(especially with the likes of UC3 and ME3). Still looking more and more likely no core titles for a year. Really need to show something otherwise if so.
 
Disguises said:
Didn't Microsoft do this before when Halo: ODST was revealed? Lame.
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Yea and Donny Mattrick was responsible for that as well.

Edit still with the Gears 3

I thought it would be best to let you guys know now, before you sat through the entire show and said 'WTF where is my GOW3.' I hate being the bearer of bad news, but sometimes it happens.
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Gears Kinect rumor may have been nonsense.
 
Microsoft is probably going to save the Gears thing for an event where they can show off a bunch of core Kinect games. They probably want it to be a huge news piece and feel that it would get drowned out by Sony's announcements tonight. Either that or it just wasn't working right.
 
Disappointing, but I'm not sure I need to be impressed or hyped up any more by a new trailer to this sequel when I'm more or less already willing to buy it without further enticement. I want Kinect and completely new stuff to see since these are all likely to be close to a year off or more.
 
I guess they were afraid of that there Gears Move game get lost under all the games.
So they decided to postpone it to some later date with an own XBOX branded
unveiling event with different games for different target groups that is broadcasted
by Spike TV.
 
Despera said:
So how can I make sure this actually works? All I see is a black page.

If it does work, thanks.
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It works completely fine for me (Europe Gaffer). Make sure that you don't block some scripts in your browser (NoScript Addon).
 
RoboPlato said:
Microsoft is probably going to save the Gears thing for an event where they can show off a bunch of core Kinect games. They probably want it to be a huge news piece and feel that it would get drowned out by Sony's announcements tonight. Either that or it just wasn't working right.
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Exactly, especially since there will be Mass Effect 3 and Uncharted 3, which are pretty big games.

Still, I can't believe Microsoft doesn't have anything to show.
 
Well, I wasn't expecting that. Why leave it to a few hours before the show to announce that?

What does that mean for the other potential Microsoft announcements? Hopefully they still occur.
 
GearsViking To be clear, the VGA announcement delay comes from Microsoft, not us.
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Donny M. doing what he does best. Delayton.

SHOTEH FOCK OP said:
Yah right, I doubt the decision was "just" made, more like they "just now" decided to tell us.
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Yea, this wasn't made midday on a Saturday.
 
Disappointing news as this was pretty much the main thing I was look forward to. However, it was probably a smart move by MS if they want to show it with a bunch of other kinect titles down the road.
 
Galvanise_ said:
Well, I wasn't expecting that. Why leave it to a few hours before the show to announce that?

What does that mean for the other potential Microsoft announcements? Hopefully they still occur.
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I guess there was too much stuff already so they said - Nope, we can´t shine there, lets put some more work into this and announce it with a bang.
 
ThatGuy said:
It works completely fine for me (Europe Gaffer). Make sure that you don't block some scripts in your browser (NoScript Addon).
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Nope, nothing. Some other channels work, but Spike TV doesn't for some reason.
 
So the Gears spin off (not playing as Marcus) developed by Chair is delayed... hmmm that's lame, but don't really care for the VGA's tbh, last year I stayed up for nothing. All the trailers (full length) will be on gametrailers the next day anyway :)
 
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