Kim "excited" about unannounced games

By Tom Bramwell Published 22 May, 2008

And says Alan Wake and Halo Wars are fine.

Shane Kim, Microsoft's vice president of winding up the internet, has said the company still has some tricks up its sleeve and that people shouldn't worry about the absence of Halo Wars and Alan Wake from last week's showcase event.

"There are other things in the pipeline that we are not talking about yet that I'm pretty excited about as well," he told assembled press when asked about the duo's absence. "So it definitely gives us the opportunity not to have to rush things."

Although the showcase event, held in San Francisco, was understood to be a roundup of more or less all the company's 2008 titles - including previously unannounced Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise and Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts - Kim's comments are likely to rekindle curiosity about rumours like the Wii remote equivalent ahead of E3 2008, where the company is likely to have a significant presence.

On the subject of Halo Wars and Alan Wake, Kim said the upcoming games weren't ready to be shown, adding that "it is very hard to recover" after a poor press demonstration - suggesting that Microsoft is keen to avoid a repeat of Too Human's poor reception at E3 2006. He also said he was "excited about the progress" being made on Halo Wars, although didn't elaborate on Wake's status.

Halo Wars, in development at Ensemble Studios, is a 360-exclusive strategy game first announced at Microsoft's X06 event and built around the Halo fiction, species and vehicles. Alan Wake is a psychological action-adventure from Max Payne developer Remedy and is due out on 360 and PC.

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Comments (30) Latest comment 4 years ago

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  • anomagnus #1 4 years ago

    seriously, i love my xbox, and probably am a xbot, but what ever these 'mystery games' are, they should probably announce them soon.

    they're beginning to look stupid 'oh we have super secret game....', just announce it already!

  • Dezm0nd #2 4 years ago

    Surprise surprise, an xbox guy is excited about his games and says the delayed ones are fine!!

    *yawn*

  • asphaltcowboy #3 4 years ago

    Bit irrelevant if you can't tell us what the games are!

  • NegativeZero #4 4 years ago

    Perhaps the secret Peter Jackson Halo project is further along than we thought?

  • woodnotes #5 4 years ago

    Come on, we know he's talking about a HAZE port. And with the way Sony has been hyping that game up, it can only be a good thing. Apparently it's the highest rated game of all time on IGN.

  • Cyclone #6 4 years ago

    Not ready to show Alan Wake yet? I clearly must have imagined the 2006 showings at E3 and the Intel Developer Forum. And if I imagined correctly the reactions for both showings were very positive, BEFORE the 18 to 24 months of additional work that's since gone into the game. What the hell are they playing at with the game?

  • muscleblade #7 4 years ago

    Alan Wake wont be released this year either i presume. Too human is a game i really look forward too. Hope the release date in August doesnt change.

  • kissthestick #8 4 years ago

    Suprised he didnt mention Tri Ace's RPG Infinite Undiscovery which was confirmed for Sep 2nd worldwide release.

  • mazzl #9 4 years ago

    looking foreward more to allen wake then to human, hope it has a good story.
    a wii kind of controller and a ballance board would be nice for scating games and tennis games :)

    ms is doing the sony ;) good games are comming but it's a bit of a secret when ...

  • dudefella #10 4 years ago

    I want Alan Waaaaaake!

  • Markusdragon #11 4 years ago

    "it is very hard to recover" after a poor press demonstration

    Like Ridge Racer! Riiiiiiiiidge Raaacer!

  • woodnotes #12 4 years ago

    "Suprised he didnt mention Tri Ace's RPG Infinite Undiscovery which was confirmed for Sep 2nd worldwide release."

    It's not first party.

    "ms is doing the sony ;) good games are comming but it's a bit of a secret when ... "

    That isn't a secret. All of Sony's good games are coming in 2013. 2013: Year of PS3.
    Edited by 2 at 22/05/08 @ 10:12

  • Andy247 #13 4 years ago

    @ woodnotes

    Come on, we know he's talking about a HAZE port. And with the way Sony has been hyping that game up, it can only be a good thing. Apparently it's the highest rated game of all time on IGN.

    I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not, the only reviews and previews i've read of Haze have either bombed it or said that it's flawed genius. The Sony PR machine was hyping this heavily around 6 months ago but I've seen nothing recently.

  • M83J01P97 #14 4 years ago

    Yeah Sony appear to have distanced them self from HAZE really. There were a string of TV ad's planned done in the style of the early HAZE promo videos, but those were pulled from production a couple of months ago.

  • Pasco #15 4 years ago

    Alan Wake worries me

  • The-Bodybuilder #16 4 years ago

    Alan Asleep, more like.

  • woodnotes #17 4 years ago

    @ Andy247

    Of course I was joking :p

  • Rash' #18 4 years ago

    Wii remote rip off will be their highlight at E3.

  • FooAtari #19 4 years ago

    i love my xbox, and probably am a xbot

    Why would anyone say that? I'm not sue why anyone likes to be seen as or would admit to being a kind of fanboy, but whatever. But why would you use one of those stupid terms?

    Reminds of me back in the playground in school...

  • the_genius #20 4 years ago

    Don't panic! Everything is fine. We have lots of secret games, that are secret, but amazing, but we can't show them because they might look shit. But Alan Wake is definitely more than a 2 year old tech demo, oh yes, but you can't see it. One day. Just wait. We'll show you. Nothing to worry about here.
    Edited by 1 at 22/05/08 @ 12:24

  • BobsUncle #21 4 years ago

    I loved Max Payne (On PC) and Halo was.. oh.. er, pretty dull actually. But Halo Wars looks fooking cool.

  • Skooch #22 4 years ago

    @ Fooatari - maybe he is just being honest? Maybe he is aware that the insane judgementalists that post of this forum will take any kind pro-Xbox post as being from an Xbot so is trying to dampen the flaming he may get by admitting he likes his console?

    If you say anything other than "Meh" or "I'm a PC gamer so I have no bias" or "I own all three consoles" you are liable to be branded a fanboy. Apparently you are not allowed to prefer one console over another any more...

  • steviepunk #23 4 years ago

    Only natural that MS would be saving some announcements for E3. Newton (Wiimote thingy) wouldn't likely be one of them, however I'm sure there will be other MS game brands that will be surfacing as well. Surely Forza 3 must be ready to make an appearance? GTA DLC as well.

  • RexRunti #24 4 years ago

    I predict this Wii like device will be nothing like the wiimote. I seem to recall microsoft having serious interests in a motion sensing technology based on two web cams. Also it could be that brain power controller which looks pretty ready to go.

  • DAN.E.B #25 4 years ago

    True it does look like MS are doing a Sony!
    however MS actualy deliver on there promises.

  • kestral #26 4 years ago

    Microsoft tactics.. probably sony is going to announce something big soon so trying to steal the thunder with mystery games wooohoo.

  • smelly #27 4 years ago

    Mystery games? I bet at LEAST 2 of them are fps games...

  • smelly #28 4 years ago

    ... And all of them are grey..

  • juuken #29 4 years ago

    *yawn*

    MS' secret weapon is...another RROD.

  • NthSimulachum #30 4 years ago

    I'm guessing a new SKU. Complete with Blue Ring of Death.

    Completely off topic, but the penny arcade game is excellent! Lovely blend of RPG and Lucasarts-esque adventure, stamped with the duo's distinctive humour.