CoG Crashes Pre-PAX Buffet of Games at Microsoft

mightbe · 09-04-2009, 07:22 AM

Around a hundred lucky press and community individuals were invited to Microsoft Thursday afternoon to partake of a bevy of shiny new gaming goodness. On hand was a list of either recent or coming titles for PC or XBLA that were not only impressive in their presentation, but wowed with sheer abundance.

Our own Psykoboy2, bapenguin, and mightbe were in attendance and managed to snap pictures, roll some shakycam video, and get some hands on time with Alien Breed, Borderlands, Defense Grid Awakening Live, L4D2, Mass Effect 2, Misadventures of PB Winterbottom, Halo ODST, Panzer General Allied Assault, Rock Band: Beatles, Scrap Metal, Serious Sam HD, and Split/Second.

Check out stills over on the CoG Flickr and video over on the CoG Youtube Channel.

Thanks to Microsoft and the developers for hosting the event, bapenguin for getting us in, and forum-goer Jackel for the use of his trusty Nikon D90.

Stay tuned here for more nightly updates from CoG@PAX and more in-depth impressions from our hands on time.

JayVe · 09-04-2009, 07:36 AM

Love to hear more impressions of Borderlands and Mass Effect 2!

MachEnergy · 09-04-2009, 08:11 AM

<-- jealous!

Definitely need to hear impressions of Borderlands...

Purple Santa · 09-04-2009, 10:21 AM

I saw buffet and thought there was going to be stories of pancakes, waffles, bacon...but just games. Well nice exclusive anyway

DangerousDaze · 09-04-2009, 10:25 AM

Good work, fellas!

JayVe · 09-04-2009, 10:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Purple Santa

I saw buffet and thought there was going to be stories of pancakes, waffles, bacon...but just games. Well nice exclusive anyway

From an old Game Developer Magazine:

Quote:

Yesterday, I was flown out to sunny Redwood Shores to play the first seventeen levels of an eagerly-anticipated holiday title. At the event, EA served a large buffet with a wide selection of finger food and sandwich ingredients, although the lack of corned beef - a personal favorite of mine - was a mild disappointment. Still, the buffet did its job fairly well, satiating my hunger so that I could settle into one of about a dozen ergonomic chairs and get my grease-stained hands on an Xbox 360 controller. A couple of salami-flavored burps later, I was already deep into what an EA rep described as near-final code.

Game Developer - April 2009

Zecon · 09-04-2009, 03:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JayVe

Love to hear more impressions of Borderlands and Mass Effect 2!

....and ODST, please.

ElektroDragon · 09-05-2009, 12:43 AM

Split/Second looked way more fun an impressive than NFS Shift, judging from what I saw at PAX today.

Rogue_hunter · 09-07-2009, 11:05 PM

I hear that mightbe made out with Randy Pitchford and will likely be having his babies in 9 months.

09-04-2009, 07:22 AM	#1
mightbe Split Screen Radio Host Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio. Sure. Posts: 1,776	CoG Crashes Pre-PAX Buffet of Games at Microsoft Around a hundred lucky press and community individuals were invited to Microsoft Thursday afternoon to partake of a bevy of shiny new gaming goodness. On hand was a list of either recent or coming titles for PC or XBLA that were not only impressive in their presentation, but wowed with sheer abundance. Our own Psykoboy2, bapenguin, and mightbe were in attendance and managed to snap pictures, roll some shakycam video, and get some hands on time with Alien Breed, Borderlands, Defense Grid Awakening Live, L4D2, Mass Effect 2, Misadventures of PB Winterbottom, Halo ODST, Panzer General Allied Assault, Rock Band: Beatles, Scrap Metal, Serious Sam HD, and Split/Second. Check out stills over on the CoG Flickr and video over on the CoG Youtube Channel. Thanks to Microsoft and the developers for hosting the event, bapenguin for getting us in, and forum-goer Jackel for the use of his trusty Nikon D90. Stay tuned here for more nightly updates from CoG@PAX and more in-depth impressions from our hands on time.

09-04-2009, 07:36 AM	#2
JayVe I am Pro-Noun Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: India, Bengaluru (Balgalore) Posts: 3,842 Blog Entries: 1	Love to hear more impressions of Borderlands and Mass Effect 2! __________________ Xbox 360: JayVe My Flipnote Animations FriendoDEX - The Friend Code Rolodex Sad Panda Wants Courier

09-04-2009, 08:11 AM	#3
MachEnergy Coked-up Werewolf 4 Prez! Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 1,658	<-- jealous! Definitely need to hear impressions of Borderlands... __________________ using System.Awesome.Me; http://backloggery.com/machenergy/sig.gif

09-04-2009, 10:21 AM	#4
Purple Santa Purple Prick Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Mr. Gnome's imagination Posts: 8,869 Blog Entries: 1	I saw buffet and thought there was going to be stories of pancakes, waffles, bacon...but just games. Well nice exclusive anyway __________________ Gamertag: Purple Santa PSN: Purple Santa Steam ID:PurpleSanta I'm not a Barbie doll...my leg doesn't bend that way~ ADDGirl Are you calling me a flamer? ~ MagGnome Bah, you Persona fans are crazy~MagGnome

09-05-2009, 12:43 AM	#8
ElektroDragon Hard Wired Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Bothell, WA Posts: 905	Split/Second looked way more fun an impressive than NFS Shift, judging from what I saw at PAX today. __________________ Gamertag/PSN/Zune/Steam: ElektroDragon

09-04-2009, 10:25 AM	#5
DangerousDaze Clearly the worst blue Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: UK Posts: 2,157	Good work, fellas!

09-07-2009, 11:05 PM	#9
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