As the mmm-tsss-mmm-tss of the obligatory pre-keynote music dies down, I'm preparing to find proper/reliable internets to liveblog Microsoft's Keynote here at the 2008 Game Developers Conference.
Bear with us while we fight for a decent connection.
Hit the jump to get the minute-by-minute lowdown on Microsoft's keynote.
[Ed's Note: More coming in seperate posts soon.]
10:34 -John Schappert CVP of MS is speaking of his gaming experience, begining with his roots at Tiburon. Says Desert Strike for SNES was his first first job; pronounces SNES as "sehnezzz."
Also, Madden '94.
10:36 - JS speaks on how 2007 was a record year for games, pointing out that the games business has exceed the music buisness. Says that more Xbox 360s are in the pipeline to meet demands.
10:38 - Microsoft bragfest: JS cites million-sellers like Rock Band, Call of Duty 4, Gears of War, Oblivion, BioShock, Orange Box, and Halo 3 for their successes. Also says that they have the most 90-plus rated titles on Metacritic - 11 titles versus PS3's 4 titles.
JS says that over $250 million has been spent online - Live.
Also, Achievements are big!
10:40: A video is running now, letting Xbox 360 developers talk about why they love Xbox 360 and Live.
10:45 - Poker Smash made by three guys with scraped together cash? wow.
10:47 - Chris Satchell comes on stage to talk about XNA. Now showing a video starring James Silva and his game The Dishwasher. Funny video co-stars Major Nelson. Now we're seeing footage of some co-op multiplayer. Looks fun as hell.
10:54 - Xbox Live Community Games will be launched this year.
10:58 - now we're discussing
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I'm tingling...because of the anticipation.
as am i
Gears 2 in November...hmmm, to get or not to get.
gears 2 out in november
C-nezz is how I prenounce it >:
are they gonna release the balls of rare and let them make a non shitty game again?
GEARS 2!!!! DO WANT!!!!
Lol! Talking down on the PS3.
GO DALE GO!
Oh shit. They quoted Metacritic. Oh dang. They went there.
Gears 5.
they should talk about great deals on HD-DVD drives!
gears 2?
they're making another one?
That's awesome
/sarcasm
I do want it though :)
If they unlocked the achievement for 1,000,000,000 Achievement Points, wouldn't they at least be at 1,000,000,001 Achievement Points?
I bet they are finally going to announce Goldeneye for XBLA in a few moments... that and GOW2 will be the big announcements.
yeah they'll probably close with some gears footage, just how sony closed with killzone footage at e3
Where's Slash??
Sounds half interesting and half boring but glad to hear the updates :)
Riser makes a very good point.
I didn't know Dale was the guy from The OneUps! Dude you guys rocked at PAX last year! That Mii lobby song was AWESOME!
Also, woo hoo Gears2!
360's 31 under 50 metacritic scores compared to PS3's 7 is the part of the story he's not telling you. i went there too!! not anti-360 or anything, just wanted to take a dump on the guy's chest. is for fun
Gears 2. Oh boy.
360's 31 under 50 metacritic scores compared to PS3's 7 is the part of the story he's not telling you. i went there too!! not anti-360 or anything, just wanted to take a dump on the guy's chest. is for fun
Dishwasher looks really cool
@moot
Maybe that's because PS3 HAS NO GAEMZ.
i can't wait to see what they have in store for the new unreal engine
relax, i was just pointing out his PR spin. i thought it was funny
incoming blu-ray attachment? bwahaha
Dead SAMURAI!!!
Dale stopped...Gears engine showin off.
Gears of War 2 has beem confirmed for a November Release!
I hear you can download the community games later today! That's really cool.
According to those commie bastards at Kotaku. Gears of War 2 has been confirmed for a November Release.
Community games include one based on the webcomic Little Gamers, huh? Interesting .
So it was only 20 minutes?
as much as i hate to say it, you guys really dropped the ball on this one, you can find a FULL live blogging at another site like kotaku or joystiq
Kind of a let down unless the community games are free and good.
Apparently, Cliffy B came out at the end and with the Chainsaw Gun and announced GOW2.
XNA and eventually XBLA games on Zune WOOOO!
stop dale, Japanator wants you back
I wonder if Gears 2 will have better multiplayer than the first? 'Cause if there is still such consistent bullshit going on in that game constantly, I likely won't play much of the multi.
Where be the rivebroggage?
According to kotaku he actually chainsawed through the fuckin' screen, that's badass.
I hate that James Silva is working for MS now. :( Fuck The Dishwasher, I want my Survivor Crisis Z 2! His resume on his site says he was working on it before his XNA contract came up and he started working on The Dishwasher. D:
Also, of Rock Band, Call of Duty 4, Gears of War, Oblivion, BioShock, Orange Box, and Halo 3, only one of those is an MS exclusive. It's not exactly good bragging material.
This shit needs to be televised or available for download somewhere.
Chainsawing through the screen, says Reaprar!
@Alex
http://kotaku.com/358805/gears-of-war-2-teaser
Kotaku's got the video up now, I'm watching it but it's buffering slow as shit becuase of all the people watching, did dale just forget about liveblogging and just got blown away with the awesome or something?
oh
dang
Haha they didn't even use the real achievement thing for that billion achievement thing.