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The Microsoft tease appears to be unrelated, and actually pertains to the fact the company has bought the rights to Gears of War off Epic Games and placed a new developer in charge of the franchise.Original story follows.

Personally going to be a good day tomorrow, looking forward to a games announce coming early in the morning, fun part of the job.



— Phil Spencer (@XboxP3) January 27, 2014

Looks like I’ve got a a busy morning coming up tomorrow :)



— Larry Hryb (@majornelson) January 27, 2014

Morning! Feels like a good day for announcements doesn’t it?



— Ruffian Games (@RuffianGames) January 27, 2014

Microsoft and Crackdown 2 developer Ruffian Games are teasing a game reveal later today.Vice president of Microsoft Studios Phil Spencer revealed on Twitter that a new announcement was on the way, with his sentiments being echoed by Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb This morning, the studio that created Crackdown 2 and Tribal Towers also joined in the fun, teasing on Twitter that something's getting announced later today.While it could be pretty much anything, the obvious hope for most people is that Crackdown 3 is finally about to be revealed. There was hope that an announcement was imminent after a familiar logo was spotted during the Xbox One reveal event , though this later turned out to be a false alarm. When we spoke to Phil Spencer at E3 last year though, he was adamant the series wasn't dead Another alternative is that the company's Tribal Towers is going to come to Microsoft's console in addition to PC. Whatever the companies have up their sleeves, we'll find out more later today.

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