With less than, a 2 hours before the official Microsoft press conference from GDC, an official press release from Italy has confirmed the presence of some big games and new games. The Press Release also confirms to the Gears of War 2 to be exclusive to Xbox 360.

“Gears of War 2
From Epic Games. November 2008. Sequel to the best-selling (4.5M copies) Gears of War. Follows the story of Marcus Fenix and Delta Squad (Squad Delta?). 3rd person. Xbox 360 exclusive.”

Gears of War 2
Fable 2
Too Human
Castle Crashers
Go! Go! Break Steady
Ninja Gaiden 2
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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK ? Will Epic Games be acquired by Microsoft?

As Epic?s management team heads west for the annual Game Developers Conference in San Francisco this week, GamePro magazine is predicting that Microsoft will buy the fast-growing game technology firm.

?Microsoft will buy Epic Games for $1 billion this summer,? wrote Travis Moses, assistant editor at GamePro, in the magazine?s new issue. Read more… »