http://www.videogamer.com/news/03-11-2008-9833.html

MS: 360 surprises coming in 2009, most not announced

UK gaming boss says there's 'lots of great stuff' coming in 2009 that people 'don't know about'.

Xbox 360 owners can look forward to plenty of surprise titles in 2009, most of which haven't been announced, Microsoft has said.

Speaking to VideoGamer.com in an interview to be published later this week, Microsoft's UK head of gaming and entertainment Stephen McGill said that there was "lots of great stuff" coming in 2009 that people "don't know about".

With the important Christmas period in full swing most Xbox 360 owners are well aware of the titles yet to be released on the console during what's left of 2008.

However, Microsoft has been relatively quiet on the 360's line-up for 2009, focusing instead on 2008 titles like blockbuster gore-fest Gears of War 2 and more casual-oriented titles like Lips, You're in the Movies and Scene It? Box Office Smash.

McGill said: "Well I know a lot of the games coming out from us and our third parties. Most of them, in fact, have not been announced because everyone's very focused on what's out for Christmas. So it would do our third party partners a disservice for me to announce their great line-ups before they're ready to.

"So obviously we've announced things like Halo Wars coming out in the Spring, Halo 3: Recon later next year, Resi Evil 5 is coming to the platform, (I'm) really excited about that. So I think we're very focused on what's coming out for Christmas, we've talked about things coming out early next year. Very soon at some point we'll have the exclusive content for Grand Theft Auto on Xbox 360. So there's lots of great stuff coming in 2009 that people know about. Lots more, I'm sure that they don't know about."

When asked if Microsoft had surprises in store for 360 owners in 2009, McGill replied: "You could expect that, yeah absolutely."

What are you looking forward to in 2009? Let us know in the comments section below.

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Just like last year at this time.

Let's be honest, even if Sony and MS had absolutely NOTHING to show next year, they'd still say they had a lot of games unannounced just to please the fans and to make sure their console keeps selling, no?

Yea and lets be honest, after the megaton announcements in the past 2 years, a surprise would be if MS didnt have surprises.

"2009 is the year of the PS3 Xbox 360"Said MS!

True, but this news flash is just "we will announce some games sometime".  Who cares about that?  We want actual information, not the information that one day information will be given...

I am fairly certain Forza 3 has unofficially been revealed, so that would not be much of a surprise. I am interested in what prospective surprises they have.

versus going multi or another exclusive
that's all what they've doing

I think 2009 is going to be great for 360, PS3 and the Wii. I have had plenty to keep me busy now, let alone, what's bound to come out next year.....:)

Good for MS and it`s supporters.

M$ haven't announced anything yet and sony got their 2009 perfect. (GT5 , WKC, FF13 in japan)