By Kieron Gillen on June 8th, 2010 at 7:43 pm.
No, of course not. It’s something I scribbled in GIMP in a couple of minutes. But we’ll apparently have concrete information on “something” soon. GamesIndustry.biz report that the Ex-Infinity Ward group Respawn Entertainment will be up to something at E3. “big time announcement at E3 next week. stay tuned, kiddies!” they say on facebook, showing a Walker-worrying contempt for capitalisation. I’m actually not sure what to expect from a team who’ve existed for so short a span. I can’t see more than the game’s title and rough genre, and I doubt any imagery even as good as mine will be put out there. Hell, we’d be lucky with a logo. Or it could be the sort of Big Time Announcement which is more of interest to industry watchers than gamers, like some manner of media deal or major hires. Or maybe they’ve made up with Activision and are best buddies again. Well, let’s be honest. I suspect that’s as unlikely as whatever they’re working on being an FPS is likely.
EDIT: 1UP are reporting sources close to Respawn that this Facebook account is a fraud, despite the fact it’s existed for months with no censure – or identification that it’s fake – from Respawn. You almost admire the long-game played by – if it proves to be true – the account fakers. Do something vaguely credible for months at a time just to have one moment of lying. Which does nothing to excuse our culpability, of course. It’s an interesting thing, this E3 season.
08/06/2010 at 19:46 Mo says:
Re: your screenshot. I’d play that game.
08/06/2010 at 19:59 DuckSauce says:
Then you’d probably enjoy this: http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/3581/screenshot00010.png
Yes, that is game… and it’s on the UDK…
See: http://forums.epicgames.com/showthread.php?t=721883
08/06/2010 at 20:32 Daniel Rivas says:
I can’t tell if it’s meant to be first person shooting, or first person karate chopping.
I think I would like to play a sketch-looking first person game. That could be cool. It’d be like that A-Ha video, but you would be the man with the lead pipe!
And you wouldn’t miss.
08/06/2010 at 20:36 tikey says:
I completly agree. It’s more interesting than most things you see in FPSland.
08/06/2010 at 20:38 tikey says:
(Double post, as I cant’ see an edit button)
@Daniel: Something like this?
http://modetwo.net/users/nachimir/vga/media/npr-quake-002.jpg
08/06/2010 at 20:45 Bret says:
Obviously, it’s pointing at guys, which fires minnd bullets at them.
08/06/2010 at 21:42 Daniel Rivas says:
@tikey
Yes!
@Bret
Obviously.
08/06/2010 at 22:06 Mo says:
Actually, I believe there was a first person shooter that was entirely hand drawn many years back at IGF. I recall was pretty good, too. Unfortunately I can’t remember the name, and a cursory Google search brought up nothing. :(
08/06/2010 at 22:56 Bremze says:
Clearly it is a guy with a crutch jumping of a cliff.
09/06/2010 at 08:34 terry says:
@Mo
Your google-fu is weak! http://www.fileplanet.com/64011/60000/fileinfo/Pencil-Whipped-Demo
08/06/2010 at 19:50 GT3000 says:
West and Zampella were always at the cutting edge of graphics.
08/06/2010 at 20:01 Ed says:
You managed to use GIMP? Impressive.
08/06/2010 at 20:12 Tei says:
He is telling the truth.
http://zerror.com/bin/wex/?url=http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/images/10/june/respawnscreenshot.jpg
08/06/2010 at 20:24 rocketman71 says:
@Tei: un consejo
http://www.felipecruz.com/blog_disable-directory-listing-browsing-apache.php
08/06/2010 at 20:41 Tei says:
Fatal error: Cannot redeclare class soapclient in /home/felipecruz/public_html/comments/nusoap/nusoap.php on line 7240
Who is this felipecruz, and why is hacking on my HD?
08/06/2010 at 23:38 Baka says:
… minutes?
09/06/2010 at 04:09 rocketman71 says:
@Tei: damned Murphy, I grab the first link and it breaks.
In any case, google “disable apache directory browsing”, your gallumbos are at ankle level.
08/06/2010 at 20:02 Quasar says:
I myself have existed for a very short spam indeed.
08/06/2010 at 20:03 QS2T says:
“Or maybe they’ve made up with EA and are best buddies again.”
I think you mean a certain other giant publisher here.
08/06/2010 at 20:03 Dworgi says:
“Or maybe they’ve made up with EA and are best buddies again.”
Activision, presumably? Or have I missed something?
08/06/2010 at 20:11 Tom OBedlam says:
Didn’t Infinity Ward begin with a falling out with EA? Hazy memory…
08/06/2010 at 20:14 Heliosicle says:
Before IW was 2015, which is where most of the original IW people came from after they fell out with EA yea.
08/06/2010 at 20:04 Starky says:
I’m willing to bet that whatever game they are talking about at E3 will be the one they have been planning since modern warfare 1 shipped, wanted to make and pitched Activision with – the one BobbyK refused and demanded MW2 off them.
08/06/2010 at 20:06 Centy says:
I think you mean made up with Activision.
08/06/2010 at 20:06 crumbsucker says:
What’s with the jaggies? Crank up that AA, dammit
08/06/2010 at 20:12 Heliosicle says:
its pre alpha man come on, you can’t expect them to have put such things in yet? I demand god rays.
08/06/2010 at 20:21 rocketman71 says:
That screenshot looks more interesting that anything West & Zampella can do.
I have no interested in whatever they may release since they tried their best to convert the PC into just another console with MW2.
08/06/2010 at 20:30 Stijn says:
Apparently, this is fake, or questionable at best: http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3179684
08/06/2010 at 20:41 JonFitt says:
If it is a screenshot from a game by the IW people, then that door will be non-functional!
08/06/2010 at 22:04 stahlwerk says:
Thats not a door, clearly that’s an exploding barrel (currently not exploding).
08/06/2010 at 22:13 Kieron Gillen says:
stahlwerk: I’m very pleased that you managed to work that out, sir.
KG
09/06/2010 at 01:49 Spacewalk says:
It’s a game where your gun shoot guns at people who guard explosive barrels.
08/06/2010 at 21:24 Raum says:
Are you sure you didn’t mean to write seconds?
08/06/2010 at 22:04 RQH says:
This screenshot is yet another example of the dumbing-down of games for consoles.
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