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PostPosted:**Wed Jul 16, 2008 12:06 am**

Not ready for you to hear about!

http://www.bungie.net/defaultsi.aspx

PostPosted:**Wed Jul 16, 2008 1:32 am**

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3168765

Speculation is that Microsoft (the publisher referred to on Bungie's page) didn't want the announcement of a new Bungie game stealing any heat from Gears 2.

PostPosted:**Wed Jul 16, 2008 2:04 am**

This is a marketing fuck-up of the worst kind. Did Bungie just neglect to tell Microsoft they were planning on launching a new game? Or did Microsoft only realise a few hours before its announcement that, Shit, this might steal the thunder from one of our other games! Someone is getting reamed over this, I can assure you.

PostPosted:**Wed Jul 16, 2008 6:03 am**

Andrew, Killer Bee wrote:Someone is getting reamed over this, I can assure you.

That is awesome, can you go into more details.

PostPosted:**Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:49 am**

Eric wrote:That is awesome, can you go into more details.

He could, but the goats.ex domain is down.

Also, isn't the point of E3 to bombard people with announcements of games? After all, how is Gears 2 going to steal the thunder of Bungie's game, when there are already announcements of FFXIII on 360, and MS's announcement of the 360 update?

People come there to be stoked for MULTIPLE GAMES! If you just showcase a single announcement, the whole effort is a failure.

PostPosted:**Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:55 am**

SineSwiper wrote:
Eric wrote:That is awesome, can you go into more details.
He could, but the goats.ex domain is down.

Also, isn't the point of E3 to bombard people with announcements of games? After all, how is Gears 2 going to steal the thunder of Bungie's game, when there are already announcements of FFXIII on 360, and MS's announcement of the 360 update?

People come there to be stoked for MULTIPLE GAMES! If you just showcase a single announcement, the whole effort is a failure.

Wait for the Leipzig Games Convention next month; it's by far the biggest show outside of Japan now.

PostPosted:**Wed Jul 16, 2008 9:14 am**

If I've never heard of it, it's probably not that big.

PostPosted:**Wed Jul 16, 2008 11:07 am**

SineSwiper wrote:If I've never heard of it, it's probably not that big.

Not that big? 503 companies, 15,600 Industry professionals and journalists, with 185,000 total attendance last year. That's compared to a total of about 5000 people at this year's E3.

I am actually VERY surprised that you call yourself a hardcore gamer and have never even heard of GC before.

PostPosted:**Wed Jul 16, 2008 11:08 am**

Dutch wrote:
SineSwiper wrote:If I've never heard of it, it's probably not that big.
You've never heard of GC or TGS before? Are you for real?

things that happen outside america aren't real

PostPosted:**Wed Jul 16, 2008 12:49 pm**

SineSwiper wrote:If I've never heard of it, it's probably not that big.

It's huge

This likely happened 'cause of Epic throwing a bit of a tantrum too. And considering Fable 2 and Gears 2 are the only real exclusives they have for the rest of the year that anyone cares about, and that Gears 2 is the only mainstream one, they probably said "fine, we won't talk about a project at this E3 that's coming out next year"

PostPosted:**Wed Jul 16, 2008 4:38 pm**

SineSwiper wrote:If I've never heard of it, it's probably not that big.

Oh Jesus, this is a keeper.

PostPosted:**Wed Jul 16, 2008 9:14 pm**

Andrew, Killer Bee wrote:
SineSwiper wrote:If I've never heard of it, it's probably not that big.
Oh Jesus, this is a keeper.

PostPosted:**Wed Jul 16, 2008 10:11 pm**

Seriously, if they are so big, why does E3 get all of the media coverage?

PostPosted:**Wed Jul 16, 2008 10:18 pm**

SineSwiper wrote:Seriously, if they are so big, why does E3 get all of the media coverage?

Because it's in America and it's also a big, spectacular fucking party. There's lots of booth babes and flashing lights and colorful...fucking, colors. That's the only reason--it was the party, and it was also in the U.S., so of course it gets covered.

PostPosted:**Thu Jul 17, 2008 8:50 am**

SineSwiper wrote:Seriously, if they are so big, why does E3 get all of the media coverage?

One word: Americans

And if you read the online sites, they cover the TGS and Lepzig quite a bit

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