RANDOM VIDEO GAME NEWS!

[Blarghagh]

Dusted off ye old Minecraft. There goes my free time.

[Nepenthe]

Baldur's Gate had co-op and I don't think it hurt those games. But since you don't really get to create a completely personal character, I'm not sure that Baldur's Gate style will work. They'll probably only let you take control of a companion.

It'll probably be a completely different mode

[Mamoulian War]

OMFG I JUST FOUND UP THIS!!!! :

 

http://www.wcnews.com/news/4729

 

Chris Roberts is going to announce in 4:45 hours his new game...

 

I was not that excited about anything gaming related since 1999... We finally might get proper Privateer 3... I think I just wet my pants...

 

[sorophx]

impossibiru

[Drowsy Emperor]

Sheeeeeet, time to dust off my joystick.

[Mamoulian War]

*sighs*

 

When I loaded the site for the first time the countdown must have bugged :/

 

It was not meant for the GMT time :/

 

http://robertsspaceindustries.com/

 

ATM showing more than 14 hours to go to

[Hassat Hunter]

I'm young... so I rather want Freelancer II.

Yet, still 14 hours to go...

[greylord]

Really doubt anything with a joystick anymore, at least these days...unless he's going to release it for console as well (though, who knows, he did WCIII and WCIV for PS...and I have both for that system too).

 

Personally...I'd probably prefer Freelancer 2 also...or maybe something along the lines of Conquest Frontier Wars (a truly awesome RTS that was underated by far).

[Drowsy Emperor]

Upcoming adventure:

 

http://www.wadjeteyegames.com/primordia.html

 

Could be good...

[Morgoth]

*sighs*

 

When I loaded the site for the first time the countdown must have bugged :/

 

It was not meant for the GMT time :/

 

http://robertsspaceindustries.com/

 

ATM showing more than 14 hours to go to

 

This better not be some kind of browser/social game or else.

 

But you know you will be disappointed guys, you know eeeet!

[Bos_hybrid]

OMFG I JUST FOUND UP THIS!!!! :

 

http://www.wcnews.com/news/4729

 

Chris Roberts is going to announce in 4:45 hours his new game...

 

I was not that excited about anything gaming related since 1999... We finally might get proper Privateer 3... I think I just wet my pants...

 

Please don't let this be an MMO/Facebook/mobile game.

[Morgoth]

From The Chairman:

Welcome!

If you

[greylord]

Hmm, 10 years away from game technology and making them...could be more buggy than normal???

[Hurlshort]

Hmm, 10 years away from game technology and making them...could be more buggy than normal???

 

Well I doubt he'll be programming everything himself.

[Malcador]

Some Privateer-esque MMOG, I'm guessing.

[Drowsy Emperor]

http://www.youtube.com/user/blacklily8?feature=results_main

 

If you guys want to struggle through this guys YT chat channel you'll find his interviews with Brian Fargo, Avellone and other notable names...

 

He did a good guide about RPG's on Gamasutra and later made a channel for reviewing old games, many of them RPG's. His reviews are slow, too long and rambling but you can hear interesting stuff in them occasionally

[Flouride]

http://www.kickstart...f-time-games-la

 

Wheel of Time kickstarter got cancelled or postponed.

It had 4 days left and only raised 0.6% of its goal.

 

I wonder why... Oh wait, no I don't. At least there's still the script for the movie/tv show they've been working on for the last 4 years and that will likely never happen either by these fools.

[Gorth]

http://www.kickstart...f-time-games-la

 

Wheel of Time kickstarter got cancelled or postponed.

It had 4 days left and only raised 0.6% of its goal.

 

I wonder why... Oh wait, no I don't. At least there's still the script for the movie/tv show they've been working on for the last 4 years and that will likely never happen either by these fools.

 

"This Kickstarter project will deliver Game One of the Aiel War. Designed as a tactical RPG for mobile platforms with a social component."

Yeah, that will stir up a lot of interest... not

 

[sorophx]

Some Privateer-esque MMOG, I'm guessing.

spiritual successor to Elite is what I'm guessing

[Humanoid]

Trying to keep a lid on the anticipation but it's danged hard - one look at that (concept?) art posted and there's no need for any description whatsoever to immediately think Privateer, New Detroit. The downside of course is that any info that follows can't make a strong an impression and each subsequent shot might reduce the chance of it being a new Privateer game (whether with the title or without - EA certainly still own WC but maybe Privateer is considered a generic term, like Armada and Academy? P2 was released without the WC prefix anyway since it was for all intents and purposes developed as an independent gameworld).

 

Random observations:

- Tom Wilson spilled the beans a full year ago about his involvement in Chris' new project, whether this means reprising the role of Maniac is, to my mind, maybe about 50:50.

- Ginger Lynn (who has recently been active on the wcnews forums) on the other hand knows nothing of it, however.

- Chris has as recently as last month spoken of the difficulty in EA's continuing ownership of the WC rights.

- That massive carrier concept art is much more complex than WC capital ships have been in the past (disregarding WC3/4's simplified designs due to technical limitations), including the Tiger's Claw/Concordia/Midway.

- The render of the capital ship bridge (assuming it is as such) would suggest a more Confed/general military oriented title though, over Privateer's more 'dingy' technology.

- Croshaw system means nothing to me. Possible plot point about undiscovered jump out of Sol?

[Malcador]

Heh, Ginger Lynn on WCNews, never would have imagined that - always impressed how that site has kept going over the years without any actual WC games.

[Lexx]

Woop, Sawyer postin' about dem Black Hound and stuff over at his blog.

Edited September 13, 2012 by Lexx

[Nepenthe]

Woop, Sawyer postin' about dem Black Hound and stuff over at his blog.

Awesome stuff. Also glad to see that the "I'm too cool for high fantasy" thing is a misinterpretation by people who actually feel that way.

[Drowsy Emperor]

In retrospect I'm sort of glad Forgotten Realms and DnD have been mostly abandoned in gaming. They had run their course, at least for me.

 

Make way for the dozens of cool pen and paper settings still waiting to be discovered by PC games. Not that its going to happen any time soon though, games wear an even tighter straight-jacket than moviess.

Edited September 13, 2012 by Drowsy Emperor

[Nepenthe]

I'd vastly prefer a setting I know over a new one that desperately tries to be different, but fails.