The Daily Grind: What announcements do you expect at GDC this week?

by Shawn Schuster Mar 23rd 2009 at 8:00AM

Filed under: Events, real-world, MMO industry, Opinion, Massively meta, The Daily Grind, Hands-on

The Game Developers Conference is all this week and we'll be there to report the latest MMO news on your favorite games, old and new. Last year's conference revealed some exciting news on fresh projects like Love, as well as unexpected hits like the reveal of APB.

As we gear up for a week of interviews, panels and hands-on play time, we can't help but wonder what the big announcements will be for this year. We already know about Funcom's unveiling of The Secret World, as well as goodies from Blizzard, Mythic and CCP, but what secrets lie in store for us hungry MMO news junkies? Let us know what you think will be the biggest surprises of GDC 2009.

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

MrGutts said on 8:54AM 3-23-2009

I want to see more goodies from DCO.

and I hope Bioware is going to announce when ToR is coming out. (wishful thinking)

Mr. Pickles said on 9:56AM 3-23-2009

First off, lets be clear that TSW was announced by Funcom in 2006 (or was it 2005? I can't remember). All they're doing is restablishing their fanbase to get hype for another disappointing launch. Maybe a year or two after the game's release it'll be worth looking into, but Funcom's launch faith is completely shot after Age of Conan and Anarchy Online both had crappy launches.

Now, to what I'm looking forward to as far as GDC, hopefully Mythic will give gameplay footage of Land of the Dead which is set for June for Warhammer Online.

Besides Warhammer, I'm hoping to hear from CCP on updates and changes for EVE Online.

And finally, just like MrGutts, I'm hoping to hear from Bioware on The Old Republic and getting details on specific game functions (i.e. crafting and PvP).

Valdur said on 10:34AM 3-23-2009

I'm looking forward to hear more about TSW and may be news from CCP about World of Darkness and of course Bioware The Old Republic.I have lost faith in Mythic so whatever they had to say will not be of any interest for me.

Iokthemonkey said on 10:43AM 3-23-2009

Something on Turbine's plans for LOTRO's future, (hopefully a Rohan expansion)

Kaio said on 11:20AM 3-23-2009

I hope to see new info on Square Enix's "Rapture"

Dab said on 11:29AM 3-23-2009

I'd like to hear an Open Beta date for Jumpgate, more news on Funcom's Secret World and maybe even a beta date for STO.

CindyL said on 12:43PM 3-23-2009

More info on the Secret World will be nice especially if they stress on PvE and exploration instead of PvP which Funcom can't do well anyway....

Project Rapture needs to be blown open, I hope Square let's us know what it really is so some of us can either quit wondering or get more excited. :0)

Anything on World of Darkness would rock too.

Surprises!! Maybe something really different from anything will be revealed.