What's in a day?  Well a good one consists of an excellent trailer or two, new Gears of War 2 info and Cliffy taking shots at the press.  (More on that later) But with those parameters, Microsoft's Gamers Day turned out to be a success.

While quiet on the subject of "LIPS" and a Dashboard update Microsoft did go nuts in terms of releasing game information.  Rare opened the floodgates on both Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise and Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts revealing more game info than you could shake a 360 waggle peripheral at; Which was something else that was a no show at the event.

One source you knew would be talking was Peter Molyneux.  Now, I'm as skeptical as the next guy regarding Fable 2 but Microsoft's Gamers Day sold me on what may be his "9th Symphony".  Not only did he unveil that every house in Fable 2's world can be purchased but also that there is less than five minutes worth of non-interactive cut-scenes in the entire game. On an extremely cool side note, little kids will act out the entire story of Fable 1, having mock battles and plays. And, if you become famous enough they'll even act out your heroics thus far in Fable 2.  Stage Mothers and Fathers pushing their kids to act for you CONFIRMED.  

That crazy Silicon Knights developer that you all know and...hate had plenty to say about his game too.  Dennis Dyack revealed that just two humans can play Too Human in the co-op mode, two less than previously promised.  While it seemed this would just be crap for haters to throw at Dennis, our good friends Garnett and Shane at 1UP eased frustrations saying perhaps it was better that way due to levels that were "not cramped, but let's call them compact."  Overall Too Human seemed to impress 1UP.

But most important to us here at GearHeads, was the overload of information regarding Gears 2.  5 on 5 player multiplayer, the ability to crawl away while down but not out, and hints at a Halo-style lobby system all made their way to our front page news.  Oh and the 'little clip that could' showing Marcus beating the crap out of a locust UFC style. Sweeeeet. Cliffy also pleased fans by trying something similar on Shane Bettenhausen rephrasing one of his questions as "When is Gears 2 coming out for the PS3?" Haha...oh Clifford.

But missing from all the fancy features and unveils was the more humble news that really matters.

Check and Mate

Or not.

So there's your short but sweet Microsoft Gamers Day wrap up; For more in depth information on the Gamer's Day be sure and check out our front page story.