Can you believe it? This guy came 3rd in that tournament.
Lenny "The Guv’nor" McLean
[SR] E3 Game Trailer
So I found the E3 Game Trailer for Shadowrun, and it looks kind of funky. If it had been called anything else, I would’ve gladly played the game because it has passing resemblance to Shadowrun, but since it’s actually supposed to be Shadowrun, I’m kind of put off by it. Anyway, there’s the trailer, enjoy.
[SR] First Person Shooter
It seems that the new Shadowrun game is going to be a first person shooter, which isn’t surprising, but somewhat of a disappointment to most people, I’m guessing, and if it’s not a Deus Ex-ian game, it’s going to be poorly received by its hardcore playerbase. Reading their webiste, it also seems like they’ll be deviating from the timeline to the point of it no longer being recognisable to the fans. Sad but true. More later.
[SR] Oh, Happy Day
This morning, my good friend Salvation pointed me in the direction of some much needed good news about Shadowrun. Apparently, the boys over at FiringSquad, had been taking some pictures over at the Games for Windows booth, run by Microsoft, and came across the following display:
(Click on the pictures for a larger example.)
| FiringSquad wrote: |
| E3 2006: Shadowrun Game Confirmed for PC
We have arrived in Los Angeles and just finished making a quickie tour of the downtown convention center as preparations are still underway for getting it ready for the exhibit halls to open for E3 this Wednesday. Just inside the lobby of the South Hall were signs attached to support beams for several games that will be on display at Microsoft’s Games for Windows exhibit and one of them was none other than for Shadowrun, the long rumored adaptation of the cyberpunk pen-and-paper RPG. Since it’s attached to the Games For Windows exhibit we have to assume it’s coming for the PC (some rumors of a Shadowrun game had it as an Xbox 360 only title). We will be posting up some pictures we took outside and inside the LA Convention Center shortly. |
A few days earlier, they also reported the following:
| FiringSquad wrote: |
| Shadowrun Gaming Hints?
There have been lots of rumors over the last several months that Microsoft was working on some kind of Shadowrun title for the Xbox 360, based on the well known pen-and-paper cyberpunk sci-fi RPG. Well, today Microsoft’s FASA Studios team has a teaser image on its main web site with four characters in shadow that look an awful lot like Shadowrun characters. |
The rumour-mill is telling me that it’ll be a Windows Vista-only game, which will be published somewhere in 2007. I’ll keep you updated as news comes in.
