They said it couldn’t be done, but Bioware did it anyway. Their next – as yet unrevealed – game will feature a man with a gun. We at Rock, Paper, Shotgun have often said that more games should feature a) men, or b) guns, but to combine the two in a single videogame product is something we had hardly dared to dream of.
I can scarcely contain myself for the full announcement of what this teaser image is implying about the future of videogames. I’m crying here. Crying.
Teaser below. Update: also an ode to men with guns. Thanks, internet.
Also this:
17/11/2010 at 13:52 sneetch says:
I don’t believe it. You must have made a mistake, with current technology it’s simply impossible to have both men and guns in the same game.
Next time maybe do some basic research rather than print your insane flights of fancy.
17/11/2010 at 13:55 Rinox says:
I agree. The decline of RPS is shocking. Now they’re even breaching the laws of what’s physically possible!
18/11/2010 at 03:14 GoodPatton says:
What? Are we to expect them to pioneer a whole new genre of game? Pffack, good luck with that! A sure flop!
17/11/2010 at 13:53 Spatula says:
Hold on to your breech’s… but i hear it would also include cover-based combat and regenerating health…
*sob*
We truly are living in an age of wonders…
18/11/2010 at 07:33 Memphis-Ahn says:
Ironically, Age of Wonders remains one of the awesomest games ever.
17/11/2010 at 13:54 mlaskus says:
I just can’t express how appropriate this song is right now.
17/11/2010 at 13:58 Kieron Gillen says:
AWESOME.
KG
17/11/2010 at 14:06 CMaster says:
I agree with KG.
Also, thing I remember Press Play On tape for mostly is that live performance of Cannon Fodder they have on the net somewhere.
17/11/2010 at 14:11 Novotny says:
Gosh that’s absolutely terrific! Thanks.
17/11/2010 at 14:14 mlaskus says:
@CMaster
It’s their YouTube channel so both videos are there.
In case you are too lazy to look… CLICK
17/11/2010 at 14:16 Giant, fussy whingebag says:
So good it got added to the article…
17/11/2010 at 14:29 Maykael says:
You made my day. My sincere thanks, friend!
17/11/2010 at 14:29 Huggster says:
Lesuire Suit Larry did not need no steeenking gun
17/11/2010 at 15:05 tikey says:
Oh man. I’d forgotten how awesome Press Play on Tape were.
17/11/2010 at 15:40 JB says:
That song is beyond awesome. Absolutely sums up the main reason I love gaming.
Thanks for the link mlaskus!
17/11/2010 at 16:12 Pani says:
THAT. WAS. FANTASTIC.
17/11/2010 at 13:55 noodlecake says:
Shock! They’ve even made him look mean and unfriendly and given him an asshole haircut too! Imagine that.
17/11/2010 at 23:52 Kadayi says:
Well he’s not bald, so that’s got to count for something.
18/11/2010 at 05:59 GoodPatton says:
I’ve heard you’ll be tasked with growing a beard.
17/11/2010 at 13:56 Meat Circus says:
He appears to be sporting a Kermodian quiff. A clue?
17/11/2010 at 13:57 frags says:
Now who’s the badass biotic bitch now? Man with gun pah…
17/11/2010 at 13:57 Jannakar says:
And who said innovation was dead?
17/11/2010 at 13:58 Meat Circus says:
MEN OF GUNS II: MENNIER AND GUNNIER.
17/11/2010 at 14:00 Headwoünd says:
It’s… it’s beautiful! HOLD ME!!!1
17/11/2010 at 14:00 Drakkheim says:
MoH the action / Rpg?
17/11/2010 at 14:00 spinks says:
*giggle* Well played.
17/11/2010 at 14:00 Meat Circus says:
I reckon it’s Femshep’s repressed gay brother at his coming out party.
17/11/2010 at 14:01 Cunzy1 1 says:
In a couple of generations time I’m willing to bet we’ll see games with men and guns driving vehicles.
Watch this space!
17/11/2010 at 15:08 Level500Boss says:
Whoa-whoa-whoa!
Men with guns driving vehicles in SPACE?
I think you’ve jumped ahead a couple of generations, my friend.
17/11/2010 at 14:03 noobnob says:
They gave a gun to a man! The videogame crysis has begun!
17/11/2010 at 16:22 Tacroy says:
More like they’ve given a man to a gun!
17/11/2010 at 14:09 Sigma Draconis says:
“LOOK CLOSER”
Anyone else catch that bit at the end? Probably just something useless, though.
17/11/2010 at 18:35 JP says:
Probably the first breadcrumb for a huge ARG. I can never be bothered to mess with those though.
Unless – UNLESS! – EA is bringing back StarFlight with BioWare. Then I’d stay up all night sifting for Uhlek transmissions.
Yeah, that’ll happen.
17/11/2010 at 19:48 7rigger says:
Starflight… I’d kill for a new version of it (For I am a man, and I can get a gun)
But it will probably rot in the EA crypt before being reinvented as a FPS
:(
17/11/2010 at 19:56 Vinraith says:
A new version of Starflight, done properly, would be the most life-devouring thing ever. Damn Veloxi, I bow before no bug!
17/11/2010 at 14:11 ninjapirate says:
I must have already spent all of my excitement on the news about Aerosoft’s new Bus Simulator.
17/11/2010 at 14:13 Man Raised By Puffins says:
For shame, RPS! This isn’t a man with a gun, but a gun with a man. A common mistake I’m sure, but I expect better from you guys (well, except John).
17/11/2010 at 15:01 BigJonno says:
That’s already been done by Rogue Trooper.
17/11/2010 at 15:39 Man Raised By Puffins says:
Heh, though that’s more a man with a gun with a man (with a hat with a man and a bag with a man).
17/11/2010 at 14:13 Lobotomist says:
I dare to speculate on the name:
“Gun-The origins”
17/11/2010 at 21:05 President Weasel says:
Not enough colons to be a game title.
17/11/2010 at 14:13 Masked Dave says:
Dragon Age 2 just totally jumped the shark.
17/11/2010 at 14:14 Giant, fussy whingebag says:
Next they’ll have a woman with a gun. What a glorious future that will be!
17/11/2010 at 14:14 Kári Tulinius says:
Will computer game companies never learn?! The last time somebody tried to sell a game that involved a Man with a Gun, Activision’s Aim Controller, it not only bankrupted the company, it almost brought down the entire gaming industry. If we’ve learned anything these past few decades it’s that no matter how much we try, we’re not going to get boys to play videogames by appealing to “boy things.” Pony-stroking simulators have always been the most popular type of game on any platform and there’s no reason to think that’s going to change. Instead of worrying about low male participation in gaming, let’s make it a friendlier place for those of us boys who already are here. I stopped playing World of Horsecraft because I got tired of jackasses constantly asking me to “show my dick.” I know that’s keeping in character for the Jackass-class, but really, it’s not going to make me, or any other men, want to play games online.
17/11/2010 at 15:00 7rigger says:
Tell me about it. Sometimes I sit for hours watching my wife play, wishing they’d make a game that was aimed at me!
17/11/2010 at 14:15 Joshua says:
It’s actually Mass Effect 3. My geuss says that it is, at least.
17/11/2010 at 21:48 DrGonzo says:
Would be weird to advertise it like that though. “Mass Effect 3, from the makers of the Mass Effect series!” Yeah no shit.
17/11/2010 at 14:18 Pijama says:
WARNING: INTERNET SARCASM AND IRONY REACTOR IS IN DANGER OF OVERLOAD, PLEASE PROVIDE MORE BLUNT AND PAINFULLY DIRECT SOCIAL COMMENTARY TO RESTORE BALANCE
17/11/2010 at 15:13 Shazbut says:
We need more games featuring men with guns in this world like we need more cancer
17/11/2010 at 14:18 KBKarma says:
Thinternet.
17/11/2010 at 21:06 President Weasel says:
Every day is better with a Look Around You reference.
17/11/2010 at 14:25 ShineDog says:
Just for the record, the gun is an Incisor from ME2 with a gritty texture on it. They are either re-using textures or it’s a game set in the ME universe, if not ME3.
17/11/2010 at 14:27 Huggster says:
If guns were never invented, would it be man with a crossbow?
17/11/2010 at 15:10 Calabi says:
No! I think it would be a man with a you know what.
17/11/2010 at 14:28 eide says:
It’s not just a man with any gun, it’s a man with the incisor sniper rifle from ME2.
17/11/2010 at 14:33 2guncohen says:
Those are not guns!
Its just a swiss knife resembling a gun!
17/11/2010 at 14:37 SHDR says:
I’ve always dreamed about the day Bioware would go for the man with gun idea. Sure, it’s obscure and a bit too sophisticated for most people, but with someone like Bioware behind it, I’m sure the idea can gain traction and maybe finally find a prominent place in the cultural landscape.
17/11/2010 at 14:41 Subject 706 says:
Clearly it is not a gun, but a watering can, and this is going to be Bioware’s new gardening RPG.
17/11/2010 at 16:36 c-Row says:
Plants vs. Zombies – the FPS?
17/11/2010 at 14:41 Morgawr says:
This will never sell. No one wants to play a game featuring a man with a gun. It’s all well and good trying to be innovative, but by combining a man and a gun in the same game, they’ve really reduced it’s potential audience.
17/11/2010 at 14:45 Dominus says:
RPS comments
day = made
17/11/2010 at 14:46 Lobotomist says:
I dare to speculate:
It will be Biowares return to turn based , isometric, strategy RPG !
17/11/2010 at 14:47 Tyshalle says:
I don’t get it.
17/11/2010 at 14:48 Corporate Dog says:
/--- Caress Trigger
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Investigate ------(0)------ Fire at Presidential Motorcade
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17/11/2010 at 14:51 Corporate Dog says:
No, I DIDN’T mess up an ASCII rendering of a Mass Effect-style conversation tree. This is ACTUALLY how the conversation trees will look in Man With Gun.
Because conversations are an AFTERTHOUGHT.
17/11/2010 at 14:59 stahlwerk says:
does the pre keyword work?
/ screw that
0 - it doesn't
\ sure does
nbsps are our only ally.
17/11/2010 at 15:17 Corporate Dog says:
Meh. I used the ‘code’ tag. But now I see that we have edit capabilities, so perhaps…
17/11/2010 at 23:12 Matt (With a Gun) says:
That’s okay, Corporate Dog.
You know why?
YOUR CONVERSATION TREE LOOKS LIKE A GUN.
17/11/2010 at 14:49 Quasar says:
Jim, I’m sensing a deep, underlying anger here.
Do you have some kind of unresolved past issue with one or more men with one or more guns?
17/11/2010 at 14:49 Flint says:
I’m going to break the monotony of the joke that died about 20 posts back yet keeps returning, and say that I find these news interesting and look forward to the reveal of the game. Mainly because it’s Bioware. A quick blurry image of man-with-gun is ever so slightly too vague to make anything about. I like the look of the gun!?
17/11/2010 at 14:52 pilou says:
Is that Alpha Protocol 2? Now it’s Obsidian doing the original and Bioware doing the sequel. The end is nigh!
Well there’s no way it could be a Call of Duty clone instead of an RPG, right?
17/11/2010 at 14:53 Ian says:
Guns? In MY video games?
17/11/2010 at 14:54 Oak says:
It is far, far more likely than you think.
17/11/2010 at 14:55 stahlwerk says:
So Mass Effect 3 really is gonna be Space Adventures of Male Space Marine RPG?
(yes I know I’m inferring a lot from a 3 second teaser, but face it: this is what for most of the ME1 and 2 players the game looked like)
17/11/2010 at 15:02 Alteisentier says:
So am I the only one that noticed it looks almost identical to the Mass Effect Incisor snipe rifle?
17/11/2010 at 15:37 Man Raised By Puffins says:
Nope, someone else already pointed that out upthread (it’s hardly surprising not many have noticed as it’s a pretty generic looking DLC-only gun). If it is Mass Effect 3 I’ll be somewhat disappointed. It’s just not Mass Effect if the armour isn’t all form-fitting smooth clean lines with lots of sexy neon tubing.
17/11/2010 at 15:02 Roy says:
Not just ANY man, it’s Ben Affleck with a gun.
17/11/2010 at 15:03 aldo_14 says:
I think you are all mistaken. He is clearly an expert optometrist, on an epic quest to assemble seven superior glasses from the lenses of sniper rifle scopes.
Although based on the frame at the top, he may just be nervously having a poo in an abandoned factory.
17/11/2010 at 15:44 JB says:
I really hope to see more posts using the second tag in future.
17/11/2010 at 15:47 SHDR says:
It also looks like he sports one of these bitchin’ hairdoes.
17/11/2010 at 15:52 Cabbs says:
I was going to make a post about people looking too far into things, ’cause that doesnt look at all like an me3 game. But a quick image search and that *does* look very much like the Incisor. Almost exactly the same in fact, apart from the texture and the stand at the front.
Recycled assets?
17/11/2010 at 16:02 Bascule42 says:
….”Thinternet”.
17/11/2010 at 16:33 Thermal Ions says:
Obvious game reveal is …. well, obvious.
17/11/2010 at 16:44 JohnnyMaverik says:
What about Mass Effect 3? :(
17/11/2010 at 21:32 MadMinstrel says:
I don’t want to get your hopes up, but if you look closely at one or two frames in the video where we can see out the shattered window a bit, you can see an urban environment that may or may not be reminiscent of the citadel.
17/11/2010 at 22:10 JohnnyMaverik says:
Nah, this isn’t Mass Effect 3, it’s either a Shatter Steel reboot or a new IP, either way what with Dragon Age 2 on the way, and The Old Republic with it, surely they don’t have enough people to have a teem working solidly on the next ME game, which is a shame.
17/11/2010 at 17:20 T-Bone says:
Gunman: Origins.