Thursday, February 11, 2010

2010: BEST YEAR IN XBOX HISTORY?


The one game that every Xbox 360 fan has been waiting for, Alan Wake, may make a special appearance today at Microsoft's X10 event in San Francisco. We know some of the story, we've seen some gameplay, we know it's made by Remedy (developers of Max Payne) but there is still so much more to know, and more importantly, to see. We also need an official release date as well. With Microsoft claiming 2010 will be the best year in Xbox history, of course with the help of Halo: Reach, Splinter Cell: Conviction, Crackdown 2, Fable III, Lost Planet 2 and the newly announced Ghost Recond: Future Soldier, Remedy is set to show something 'mind-blowing' at X10. See Remedy Tweet below.


"Gearing up Alan Wake for X10, get ready to see something mind-blowing to kickoff the biggest year in Xbox history! #X10Xbox"

Not to mention, Aaron Greenberg of Microsoft had this to say as well about today's event:


"Tomorrow is big people, not just X10 but NPD day too..."


That tweet was written yesterday. Coverage begins at 1:30 PST today. You can try following some twitter feeds to get the most up to date news, or just follow your favorite game site. Here are a couple of people to follow. I'll be trying to keep track as much as possible today to see what surprises are in store.

Major Nelson,  Eric Wittmerhaus, Geoff Keighley

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