Microsoft to release possibly the noisiest, most graphically impressive batch of games — but ‘Halo Wars’ is nowhere to be found.
SAN FRANCISCO — Six publishers showcased more than 40 new games to the press in San Francisco and Los Angeles last week, previewing their biggest bets for the remainder of 2008.
The company with the second-fewest games — but possibly the noisiest, most graphically impressive and narratively ambitious batch — was Microsoft.
The Xbox 360 lineup will be led by “Gears of War 2,” which was shown to reporters at Dogpatch Studios in a demo controlled by the game’s lead developer, Cliff Bleszinski of Epic Games. The game might not be done, but the talking points are far along. Read more…
According to Stephen Totilo