Maybe you're right. They just announced it last year though and I don't see how they could double(or more) the game length in such a short amount of time to make it a full scale release.

Slightly O/T, but I have been reading that starting next month all but 2-3 multiplayer modes will require both Legendary & Mythic, which is kinda bullshit if you ask me(and I even own them).

I'm not sure about the expanded campaign, but with the full price, I'd hope they added some kind of content. But then Halo will sell regardless.

Where was it announced ODST would be full retail? I read an article a couple weeks ago quoting several Bungie execs as saying it would be less. I think they said something like the game started as a 3-4 hour expansion pack, but had grown beyond that. They also hinted that there'd be more on the disc to add value, but who knows if they were just talking about multiplayer or something more substantial, like with what The Orange Box did.

All of the local video games outlets here have it listed at $60.

I wouldn't count on those being legit just yet. The game is still at least 5 months away from release.

Does that make it a better game?

Nope, not at all. Just goes to show anything with Halo in the title is MS' bread n' butter. Heck, Halo Wars (console RTS) outsold the definitive FPS on the PS3 (in the US) Killzone 2... only 6 PS3 exclusives have outsold it lifetime in the US, and it has only been out what? 8 weeks? And Halo 3 has sold nearly as much as the top 6 exclusives on the PS3.

MS can skimp on exclusives when it has a Halo game coming out, but you can be sure there will be some anouncements at E3. Plus, who wants to compete against COD:MW2?

Dead Rising 2 is from Capcom so it's likely to be multiplatform but I have a feeling it might be a 6 month 360 exclusive. I just feel like we would have heard specifics about the PS3 version by now (the PS3 was rumoured to be getting a port of the first game for ages but that never panned out for whatever reason).

I don't think Alan Wake is likely for this year. Apparently the team is so small that the work is going very slowly. Still, I think 2010 will be put up or shut up for that game.

Mass Effect 2 is another game which I think was originally assumed to be going multiplatform due to EA purchasing Bioware. However, more recently I heard that Bioware just doesn't have the PS3 experienced staff in place to do a PS3 version in parallel with the 360 version. So if the PS3 version is going to be developed, it will have to be another EA team who does the port like what happened with Valve and the Orange Box.

I've also heard that Halo ODST will probably have a single player experience more in the 6-8 hour range.

xbox 360 has no games for 2009 its a proven fact.

microsoft need to drop something big at E3 and fast and i don't want to hear another stupid multiplatform game like last year that was so embarrasing.

people are not going to buy your console in 2009 for multiplatform games microsoft don't be so stupid please!

Enjoy your crack pipe .

You mean horrible multiplatform games like Fallout 3, which runs better on 360 and has DLC?

Why not if it's $200 cheaper and still sometimes gets the better version of multiplatform titles?

Eh I still argue that Call of Duty 4, despite not being an exclusive, was still a more definitive shooter than KillZone 2 which was a tad disappointing to say the least.

The PS3 does have a more promising albeit still somewhat unimpressive lineup (R&CF2 needs to be a huge improvement over R&CF1's "lets make this one interchangeable with the other games in the series.", God of War 3 is currently running that risk as well, though the graphical upgrade should at least help with that.)

I'm not a Halo fan (#1 was a breath of fresh air, despite being repetitive it executed the living/breathing world aspect brilliantly. The second was a bit too scattershot for my taste and the 3rd was just meh) and hope Microsoft finally finds a new killer app in the upcoming years (other than Gears, which I actually enjoy a great deal).

I can't imagine anything being announced at E3 actually coming out this year that we haven't already heard about.

FFXIII was a pretty big shock at the last E3. Sure, it wasn't an exclusive announcement but it shows that Microsoft can keep something under their hat when they want to.

Don't forget Ninja Blade and Velvet Assassin! Those are system sellers right there!!

Really? As mentioned the only first party game/exclusive known is Halo Lite thus far. Seems pretty thin to me. I think they are ripe for announcing a 2-3 new games.

Agreed. Last year didn't we have Gears 2 getting announced at GDC, which kind of took the impact off of anything huge for Microsoft to reveal at E3. (Other than the FF announcement.) This year saw no such announcement, so the field is kind of wide open.

Yeah, FF13 was a pretty big deal. Shrugging it off as "something the PS3 already had" is silly.

Agreed but, will those 2-3 games come out this Fall or before Christmas? I hope so but doubt it.

Oh and yeah, the 360 is a more logical choice for the multiconsole games for many folks out there due to the systems substantially lower pricetag, so it actually doesn't have to try quite as hard for exclusives.

The thing is, PS3 still has an exclusive FF13 game.

Hopefully it turns out better than FF X-2 and Crisis Core.

who cares? if you want the other console's exclusives, just get the other consoles.

Ofcourse if they only get so desperate, the game will be rushed so much it could end up having even more bugs and glitches then gears of war 2.

Why would you assume that a game would be rushed just because we haven't heard of it yet?

I would be willing to put money on a major announcement (new IP or otherwise) at E3 for a Holiday release. 1st party or exclusive 3rd, I don't care.

Exclusive or not, announced or not, I'm just hoping for another fall like last year. I played so many freakin' games from September to January I had to take February off completely (except RB DLC). I never thought it would happen...burned out from video games, lol.