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Breaking: Gears of War 2, Fable 2, Ninja Gaiden II, XNA Community-developed games

Submitted by rapture on Wed, 02/20/2008 - 2:49pm.

The XBOX press conference at the Game Developer's Conference just ended. Microsoft already has a press release ready. The highlights:

• Gears of War 2!! Coming this November. Continues the story of Marcus Fenix and Delta Squad. Developed by Epic Games exclusively for the XBOX 360.
• Fable 2: In addition to the dynamic co-op mode unveiled onstage, Peter Molyneux also announced that Carbonated Games is bringing the “Fable 2” experience to Xbox LIVE Arcade. Before the game’s launch, gamers will be able to get an early taste of the “Fable 2” experience and gain a head start on earning currency for use in “Fable 2” by playing “Fable 2”-themed pub games that will be downloadable via Xbox LIVE Arcade. The currency earned in these Xbox LIVE Arcade titles will enable players to purchase items in “Fable 2” when the game launches later this year.
• XNA games playable on the Zune.
• Ninja Gaiden II: Coming early June, with Ninja Cinema on Xbox LIVE. Tomonobu Itagaki debuted several tantalizing new Xbox LIVE features of “Ninja Gaiden II,” including the ability to capture and share videos of a player’s glorious battles via the Ninja Cinema feature and upload them to Xbox LIVE. “Ninja Gaiden II” launches worldwide this June.
• Xbox LIVE: 1 billion achievements earned!
• Xbox LIVE Arcade: New games coming include Braid, Castle Crashers, Defense Grid: The Awakening, Go! Go! Break Steady, and Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness.
• XNA Community-developed games: By the end of 2008, Xbox 360 owners will have access to more than 1,000 community-created games. The first seven are available to download now from Xbox LIVE Marketplace: JellyCar, Little Gamers, Dishwasher, TriLinea, RocketBall, ProximityHD, and Culture.

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GoW 2 trailer coming to XBL

Submitted by Midnight on Wed, 02/20/2008 - 2:57pm.

GoW 2 trailer coming to XBL later today!

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The purchase of GoW2 is a

Submitted by rapture on Wed, 02/20/2008 - 2:57pm.

The purchase of GoW2 is a no-brainer. Go here to talk about what will make Gears of War better.

Fable 2 seems interesting. I'm not a fan of RPG games and I wished that Fable 1 had online features. I'll pick up Fable 2 if it doesn't have too much competition.

The idea of being able to "preplay" a meta game on XBOX Live Arcade before the retail game hits is a big deal. This seems to be the start of a game to game economy system.

XNA games on the Zune seems like a big deal. I wonder if this is the beginning of the handheld XBOX.

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I am very excited about all

Submitted by JDOGG85 on Wed, 02/20/2008 - 8:28pm.

I am very excited about all 3 of those games. GoW2, NG2, and Fable 2 all in the same year and all exclusive is a very big year for Microsoft and JDOGG.

The involvement of Fable 2 will be awesome. They finally added all the things that got canned from the first.

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I too am excited about all

Submitted by trigger119 on Mon, 02/25/2008 - 8:07pm.

I too am excited about all these games. Ninja Gaiden 2 video should be up on GTV by tomorrow at latest. Ninja Gaiden on the Xbox = win.

I just finished all the videos for these games...and I almost just pooped myself. :O

http://gamingtv.us/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=672&Itemid=1 - Fable 2 Teaser
http://gamingtv.us/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=673&Itemid=1 - Ninja Gaiden 2 Gameplay

Also cuz of the demise of Stage 6, GTV is back on Brightcove

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