Best kept pre-release secrets

[Sixty]

Half Life was the biggest kept secret of all time before it's release blew the world away and redifined the 3D gaming genre. I don't think anyone had heard of it.

This didn't sound right, so I went trawling the depths of IGN's archives and sure enough there was much anticipation leading up to the release of Half-Life. No one tried to keep it a secret at all. Here's a link if proof is needed. Sorry.

[Team Andromeda]

I think the best kept secret in modern times was Shenmue on the Saturn , I don't remember any mag, or any gaming site even getting a sniff about it .

Quite impressed with how long Microsoft kept the likes of Lost Planet or the 1st Forza quite. Even though staff have been working on them for a number of years , before being shown to the Public

[fuse]

Appreciate that it's not out yet, but I'm impressed Capcom have kept quiet on MvC3 for so long given that people have supposedly been working on it for a year.

[mekanor]

Blizzard did alright with Starcraft 2 didn't they? I know it was announced a few years ago but I think it had been in on and off development for something like 4 years before anyone knew about it.

[eastyy]

yeah i am impressed on marvel vs capcom 3 to had no idea it existed

the metal gear solid 2 secret....well also after playing the demo...the full game was a big disapointment ...was not a fan of that secret

[BaudAttitude]

US Saturn launch. April 1995, 5 months before expected.

Of course it pissed off all the third party developers, alienated a huge US retail chain, scuttled the 32x and probably directly lead to their leaving the hardware biz 5 years later.

But it WAS a surprise.

[prinnysquad]

I seem to remember Gran Turismo, God of War and GTAIII coming pretty much out of leftfield, very little hype at all, then the reviews hit - BOOM