Shadowrun Game "Revealed".
More news from the geek culture front. Dust off your Ares Predators chummers. It looks like Microsoft is finally going to unveil the new Shadowrun FPS for Xbox. Some of you may recall in July of last year, Theron Benson leaked the existence of an SR game in the works. Depite that, Microsoft has continued to deny any and all Shadowrun rumors. Well, let me direct you to Fasa Studio's web site. Which now directs you to a silhouette graphic of what are obviously Shadowrun characters, along with the tag line "The Rules of Combat Are About to Change." After investigating the page source code, it's clear that this is aMicrosoft gaming product for the Xbox. (s.prop8="Xbox" //Game Type) It is no coincidence that E3 is next weekend. Look for Microsoft and Fasa Studios to make a statement then. And here I thought I was going to get away without buying an Xbox 360. [Via Gynkoba]Memepunks Update: It looks like the spy network over at DailyGame has dug up some more Shadowrun info from inside the gates of E3. If this advertisment is indeed legit, it looks like we will be getting Shadowrun for the PC. DailyGame has suggested that Shadworun will be for PC only based on this ad. However this goes against everything we have learned thus far about the upcoming title.
Is Microsoft planning a bait and switch? Is this billboard some one's clever photoshoping prank? Or will we see two versions of Shadowrun, one for PC and one for Xbox? That would be the ideal scenario. Memepunks will keep you updated throughout the week.
Memepunks Update: The fix is in. The Shadowrun official site has been updated. Give it a look. It will be available for both the Xbox 360 and Windows Vista. It looks like they are starting the SR world over from scratch. The game mechanics seem very much like Counterstrike. Initially, color me let down. But I will continue to keep an eye on this.
posted by MEMEPUNKS at 5:16 PM
3 Comments:
It's not just for xbox and pc, it's for xbox and pc together through Live Anywhere.
That's freaking rad.
Well sparky, you are more than welcome to your opinion. Perhaps it's becaue I'm an old man that was introduced to Shadowrun in 1990. But to me this game appears to be a huge let down. I would have rather them left the franchise lie fallow than turn this into ShadowPwn.
That is not to say that you shouldnt enjoy it. If healing trees and a made up history are your cup of tea, drink deeply my friend. I'll be loading up my SNES emulator, and sampling the 2050 soykaf.
Thanks for clearing up the Live Anywhere issue. And thanks for reading Memepunks!
wow from what i see the game really is gonna be a let down if they are bumping the timeline backwards moving the scene to a new location and removing orcs, deckers and riggers. one of my favorite characters is a decker elf. and the fact they are redueing the whole history of it that just ruins it and makes it a spin off instead of Shadowrun as we know it. btw i also played back in the 1990s. i say if they are gonna rip it apart like it is then they can frag it i'll stick to my SNES emu and Gen emu for the game at least they tried to stick to the history in some repsects (even though we all know that back then there was no way of getting all the detials from the book into a cartidge for SNES or genesis). afterall look at some of the original Dungeons & Dragons games they put on SNES.
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