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Year in Review Intro

2009 was a remarkable year for the game industry that saw numerous game studios shut down while smaller independent studios made a name for themselves with exciting debut games. It was also the year that E3 returned to fill up the massive Los Angeles Convention Center like in previous years...and the year that E3 was taken by storm by motion-sensing controls and by a couple of guys who used to be in some British rock band called "The Beatles," or something like that. Follow the biggest news developments of the year with GameSpot's Year In Review, complete with links to major news stories and a timeline of major events.

137 Comments

  • Palantas

    Posted Dec 23, 2009 12:25 am PT

    Eidos closing was sad.

  • raev92

    Posted Dec 22, 2009 12:10 pm PT

    "Apparently if you make a system affordable...a lot of people who can now afford it...will buy it"

    LOOL!!!

  • sleepychicken

    Posted Dec 22, 2009 8:26 am PT

    death12323... do you pay attention when you watch stuff? They clearly said, and you can read about this on any game site, that they were bought by Square and their being renamed.

  • death12323

    Posted Dec 22, 2009 6:48 am PT

    if eidos went under... does that mean that just cause 2 isnt gonna get published?... NOOOOOOOOO

  • klmillis

    Posted Dec 21, 2009 1:21 pm PT

    My goodness! I finally get to put faces to the Hotspot cast !

  • HCL2

    Posted Dec 21, 2009 12:01 pm PT

    Very nice report, it some how balanced. Anyway, I have just a new jasper Arcade xbox today, I hope it will not freeze on me like the one before it.

  • Thatguythatuno

    Posted Dec 21, 2009 11:44 am PT

    lol, the annoucer studerd at 4:05

  • Swatson95

    Posted Dec 21, 2009 11:23 am PT

    ilikebeaversman: I was just saying that the 360's failure rate is probably not going to improve in the next year. if you read athenian29's comment, you would get that

  • havocmerc

    Posted Dec 21, 2009 3:34 am PT

    Well, now ah'm imformed.

  • slowmanrunning

    Posted Dec 20, 2009 10:55 pm PT

    This wouldn't happen, if it weren't for exeptional games. As stupid as that sounds, having games like halo 3, mgs 4, MW2, and left 4 dead 2. Made other games get pushed under the rug, people have raised their standards. So games that are pretty good are ignored because of an 'amazing game' but really, I had as much fun with bionic commando, as I have with MW2.

  • aahammel

    Posted Dec 20, 2009 10:32 pm PT

    This is something that should be done AFTER the new year.

  • _MuVo_

    Posted Dec 20, 2009 10:09 pm PT

    not just interesting..it wqas cunning!
    no one can create if he doesn't get paid...no company can pay if they don't have the money...
    BUY THE GAMES...and they won't get cancelled....

  • TristanH12

    Posted Dec 20, 2009 8:08 pm PT

    Wow that was an interesting review

  • stormdrill27

    Posted Dec 20, 2009 6:53 pm PT

    next year there will be no exclusives there will be free online for all on one console xwistation
    too bad that wont hapen

  • ilikebeaversman

    Posted Dec 20, 2009 6:41 pm PT

    Swatson:
    The point of athenian's point WAS that a lot of 360s fail. I don't understand how you misinterpreted that.

  • Mercadeo

    Posted Dec 20, 2009 6:11 pm PT

    its amazing how in american and japan (specially in america) even gaming cant stand a chance against money. Lots of companies that used to be like really pure and full of artistic gamers, got just too big and forgot who they were at the beging. As allways all the big calls (like shuting down all this proyects or closing a deparment or wat ever) are taken in WALLSTREET. Also the are laying off the real developers and workers in tha game bussiness (because they are the easiest to mess with), its just patethic this whole thing, if u ask me. Just a few companies stay focus

  • Swatson95

    Posted Dec 20, 2009 3:38 pm PT

    athenian29, your extremely mis-informed. the xbox 360 failure rate is 60%. thats about 50% more then the ps3 and wii failure rates, which are about 10% each and its gonna stay that way

  • Smoke2Much

    Posted Dec 20, 2009 3:21 pm PT

    Hell of a year !!! Can't wait for 2010

  • Lostboy1224

    Posted Dec 20, 2009 9:43 am PT

    Next year will be a excellent, and a lot of games will be sold. Can't wait, bring on 2010!!

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