Gamespot: MS is about to stun E3 with their lineup

**Camron Kosciozko** · 05-13-2009, 01:42 PM

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 itself may be revealed as early as next week.

--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 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 rumoredto 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.

**nate** · 05-13-2009, 01:49 PM

MGS4 is quite a bombshell, hope it's true. The rest of it is entirely believable and certainly not unwelcome, especially the formal unveiling of Assassin's Creed 2. One of my two most anticipated XB360 sequels.

**xXTimelessXx** · 05-13-2009, 01:51 PM

LOL, Metal Gear Solid 4.

**Camron Kosciozko** · 05-13-2009, 01:53 PM

If all of this turns out to be true, theres no way they are going to disappoint this E3. Thats a great software lineup and theres probably more surprises. I refuse to believe Rare has nothing in the works for E3.

**ShadiWulf** · 05-13-2009, 01:54 PM

Those games don't make me excited, neither does the camera, hopefully SEGA has a good E3.

**Camron Kosciozko** · 05-13-2009, 01:57 PM

Also, I dont see how they will show Lost Planet 2, and not Dead Rising 2. Both of those franchises started their existence on 360. You would think both of those games would get their due now that the sequels are on the horizon.

**Levi** · 05-13-2009, 02:17 PM

It all seems pretty good cant wait to see Alan wake the game has not been shown for years and for MGS4 I dont know there have been so many if it happens then thats cool for 360 owners but I really dont think its true.