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360 MGS4, next GTAIV DLC topping Microsoft's E3 lineup?

By thorsen-ink, GameSpotPosted May 13, 2009 12:35 pm PT

Source: See below.What we heard: With the retirement of the infamous "Surfer Girl" last May, game news addicts have been searching for another leak-happy industry insider. They may have found one in Game Fork, the nom de tweet of someone claiming to be a well-placed "game journo." The person also...

Source: See below.

What we heard: With the retirement of the infamous "Surfer Girl" last May, game news addicts have been searching for another leak-happy industry insider. They may have found one in Game Fork, the nom de tweet of someone claiming to be a well-placed "game journo." The person also appears to be British, since he claims to have "no links to Sony or SCEE"--Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, based in London--and follows Queen's English spelling rules.

Beginning last week, Game Fork has been twittering with a vengeance about a single subject: Microsoft's upcoming press event at the 2009 Electronic Entertainment Expo. "MS is about to stun E3 with their lineup," crowed the shadowy figure, who claims to have visited Microsoft's offices on May 5.

According to the truncated, 140-character-limited posts, Microsoft will use its E3 press gathering, which starts at 10:30 a.m. PDT on June 1, to unveil the following:

--The all-but-confirmed motion-sensing camera controller for the Xbox 360, titled "Xbox Fluid."

--Metal Gear Solid 4 + Oxide, the long-rumored Xbox 360 port of the best-selling PlayStation 3 stealth actioner and GameSpot's 2008 Game of the Year. The announcement will be the finale of the presentation, apparently, although the game may the subject of Kojima Productions' May 18 mystery announcement.

--A top-secret Konami exclusive for the Xbox 360. "NOBODY outside of Kon[ami] has been told what this is," claims Game Fork. (Emphasis in the original.)

--The second Xbox 360-exclusive downloadable episode for Grand Theft Auto IV, subtitled "Blood and a Four Leaf Clover." The title may be a reference to the GTAIV mission Three Leaf Clover,where protagonist Niko Bellic helps Irish mobster Packie McReary and his brothers pull off a bank robbery straight out of the film Heat. It's apparently due "this Christmas."

--A new project from Peter Molyneux's Lionhead Studios (Fable II), code-named "Richter," previously rumored to be revealed at E3.

--The official unveiling of the long-known-about Forza Motorsport 3, which will apparently be playable on the show floor.

--After an extended period out of sight, both APB and Alan Wake will make appearances. Game Fork describes the former as a "GTA Killer" and the latter as "somewhere 'tween The Shining and Misery. VERY Stephen King. ... Graphically stunning, massively open, incredibly engaging...and ***t-pant scary." (Emphasis in the original.)

--The elusive Splinter Cell: Conviction will also be on hand in preparation for its release later this year

--Lost Planet 2, Assassin's Creed 2, and BioShock 2 will all be shown off, as will Halo 3: ODST, which was yanked from Microsoft's E3 2008 briefing at the last minute.

The official story: "Microsoft does not comment on rumors and speculation." --Microsoft rep.

Bogus or not bogus?: Although it comes from an untested source, the leak is a little too specific to be totally bogus. The world will see exactly how much is bogus in just 20 days. Just remember: The last time an Xbox 360 version of MGS4 was rumored, it turned out to be Metal Gear Solid Touch for the iPhone.

For an idea of what's in store on June 1, check out Microsoft's E3 2008 press conference, viewable below:

1246 Comments

  • Buttduck

    Posted Aug 6, 2009 3:44 pm PT

    @remdog24...Infamous, jack and dax, mgs4, little big planet, dont be such a ratard

  • taker254isback

    Posted Jul 23, 2009 4:55 pm PT

    listen i own both a 360 and a ps3,i do have to admit that the ps3 is superior,however,I still like my 360 better.the future of gaming is in multiplayer online and the 360 really kick ass on that.its so good that poeple pay for it.most games are on both platforms,the onlything that saves sony is God of war.great game but not enough to beat the 360 especially if mgs comes t the BOX

  • REMDOG34

    Posted Jun 21, 2009 6:43 pm PT

    @Snake_1971 how in the hell is PS3 on top it hasn't sold even close to as many units as the Xbox, and besides Uncharted and MLB the Show name me one good PS3 exclusive.

  • Timesplitt

    Posted Jun 14, 2009 5:14 am PT

    @Dylanius so you can play the same console till 2020 and play all those multiplatform games that WERE on 360.

    and god of war

  • Snake_1971

    Posted Jun 6, 2009 7:28 am PT

    MGSR is multiplatform so its still PS3 who's on top.Kojimas right to keep it on PS3 too,why ruin a perfectly good franchise?
    So all you 360 fools who think there better please go fornicate yourselves on rusty rods!

  • LuckNotDoWithIt

    Posted Jun 4, 2009 6:45 am PT

    MGS: Rising + Castlevania Lord of Shadows.

    Shadow Complex this summer + LEFT 4 DEAD 2!!! GREAT time to be a 360 gamer this year & next!!!!

  • LuckNotDoWithIt

    Posted Jun 4, 2009 6:43 am PT

    HEHEHEHEHEHEHE WOOHOO!!!!! http://www.konami.jp/kojima_pro/e3_2009 It's over and we get the super enhanced METAL GEAR SOLID: RISING for X360, a new game starring Raiden using lots of the MGS4 storyline!!!

    Metal Gear Solid franchise hits 360! Agriato Kojima-san, we will buy any hardcore game that your team makes. All future Metal Gear Solid games need to be on both platforms. there ain't no reason to buy a ps3 for most of us, not because we hate it....because it's just too expensive for that. definitely a GREAT thing for gamers that metal gear is multi & all third party titles.

    any konami exclusive we get I don't want to keep unlike what the ps2 did, we can at least be fair....time exclusives. 360 after all got REALLY good exclusives like alan wake, crackdown 2, forza 3 and lost odyssey + future lost odyssey 2.....we don't need front mission exclusively.....we got ALOT of great exclusive games out & coming including perfect dark.

  • Darth_Slayer

    Posted Jun 3, 2009 11:41 pm PT

    Problem, Microsoft is actually buying companies from other platforms to create exclusives for THEM. They're trying to pull a monopoly to themselves just like they did with the PC, except that they can control the hardware and licenses on this platform, which makes them alot more money.

    Proof? Like how Sony bought timed exclusivity for GTA on PS2?

  • Dylanius

    Posted Jun 2, 2009 6:27 pm PT

    If MGS comes to 360.. What will that leave for ps3? What would even be the point of buying a ps3?

  • Buttduck

    Posted Jun 2, 2009 11:43 am PT

    I don't get why 2 titles like MGSR and MGS4 have to be split between 2 consoles =( Seems like no one wins when u do it that way.

  • Akatsuki398

    Posted Jun 2, 2009 6:30 am PT

    Now MGS4 can get achievements.

  • sniperfox89

    Posted Jun 1, 2009 11:06 pm PT

    sweet mgs4 for 360 =D i dotn think anything could make me happier, and everyone needs to stop hatin, if ps3 got halo 3 then all for it, just more people for me to appreciate games with and help make a better game with a bigger demographic

  • P90E21

    Posted Jun 1, 2009 7:34 pm PT

    THANK YOU KOJIMA SAN ARIGATO GOZIMASU ^^, this has made my year and its sure a smack in the face to all those Sony Fanboys, I can hear the outrage now.

  • LorDarko

    Posted Jun 1, 2009 7:10 pm PT

    HAHAHAHAHA TAKE THAT SONY!

    MGS FOR X360! LOL! YEAH BABY! OTHER MORE!

  • arester

    Posted Jun 1, 2009 3:44 pm PT

    And ps 3 fans... Guess what ? Kojima confirmed Metal Gear Solid Rising ! For the x 360.

  • CaaP

    Posted Jun 1, 2009 3:40 pm PT

    a 360 version of MGS........well that would be good money for kojima so.......i think it would be.......sorre for ps3 fanboys but yeah its reaaaaally possible at this point.

  • D3A7HJ0K3R

    Posted Jun 1, 2009 3:33 pm PT

    i think the 360 needs better games cause the 360 has like 2-3 good exclusives that people play(gears 1-2, halo's getting boring now). But the question is: will the 360 get rrod from playing such a massive game or any other of its many glitches and problems. :/

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