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Microsoft Teasess Xbox 360’s 2009
By admin | December 9, 2008
With a price-cut and the release of Gears of War 2, the end of 2008 was very strong for 
Microsoft’s Xbox 360. But what’s in-store for 2009 and beyond? Phil Spencer of Microsoft Game Studios hints at future announcements.
Traditionally Microsoft has only spoken of the Xbox’s next six months at the yearly Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), but Phil Spencer teases at announcements going further into the future;
“I came out of an E3 planning meeting just about an hour ago, and we were looking at some of the plans for the future and things that we might want to tease, and it’s very exciting.
“There’s a lot of stuff on the docket, and maybe we’ll break the bank a little bit and talk about things that are further out, which will hopefully get the community excited.”
Which could be an intelligent plan, as an Xbox 360 2009 release list is hard to create, let alone after that. Especially in comparison to Sony’s presentations for 2009.
So what about a sequel to the much loved Crackdown? Major Nelson wants one, so is it on the way? Phil Spencer once again hints;
“Yes, Crackdown’s one of my favourites,” said Spencer. “I’ll leave it at that.”
It sounds like Microsoft’s are already in talks with developer Realtime Worlds. Colin McDonald of Realtime Worlds expressed earlier in the year that a sequel hadn’t been released because “the numbers just didn’t add up,” but that the doors were always open;
“Obviously, right now we’re tied up with APB and everything else, but hopefully in the future we’ll have the resource and something can be worked out with Microsoft.”
Lets hope for big things for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 in 2009.
gamezine.co.uk
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