Microsoft Game Studios doesn’t want to ship any first party game in October, when GTA IV is scheduled for release. That forces the software giant to release PGR 4 and Halo 3 in September or November.
So it's looking like Blue Dragon and BioShock in August, PGR4 in September, GTA4 in October, Halo 3 in November and Lost Odyssey in December. That bad.
In the 1up interview Shane on Bioware...said: The company that owns BioWare, Elevation Partners, is an investment group. They purchase, invest to increase value and then resell their acquisitions. The rumors that BioWare is working on a PS3 title are true. BioWare's bosses, Doctors Ray Muzkya and Greg Zeschuk told 1UP that they were working on all next-gen platforms, in addition to the previously announced Nintendo DS team. Until now, BioWare has shipped games primarily on the PC and Microsoft platforms, is their work on a PlayStation 3 game part of a plan to press Microsoft into opening their wallet and acquiring the studio from Elevation? "Buying developers is not a panacea at all. It's not always the right answer; it can lead to more problems rather than fewer," said Kim. "I'm not a big proponent [of buying developers]. If you look at MGS, we probably do a quarter of our titles internally and the rest with external development partners. It's not about owning the talent; you can't ever own the talent." That said, Kim admitted that Microsoft tried to buy the studio: "Well, I tried, but& not everybody wants to be bought, Elevation owns BioWare," Kim said.
[QUOTE="hummer700"]Forza 2, Shadowrun,Blue Dragon, Masds Effect, BioShock,PGR4, GTA 4, Halo 3, Lost Oddessy :shock: What a great line up :D I'm gonna be broke come September....and all these games
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