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Posted by: Tanka May 4 2006, 05:47 PM

http://www.fasastudio.com/portal.htm

Hm...

Posted by: bustedkarma May 4 2006, 07:28 PM

I think I just wet myself.

Posted by: Overwatch May 4 2006, 09:59 PM

Yes indeed chummers. I looked into the webpage code, and it looks like xbox 360 for sure. More here. http://memepunks.com

Posted by: Tanka May 4 2006, 10:16 PM

CODE

s.prop8="Xbox" //Game Type (Windows, Xbox)

*gasp* Could it be? Dual release on Windows and XBox 360?!

Posted by: Dale May 4 2006, 10:31 PM

Windows? For sure? There's no way I'm buying an Xbox 360.

Posted by: Tanka May 4 2006, 10:47 PM

Could only be that it's being released by Windows and FASA for the XBox 360.

Guess we'll know after E3. Hopefully.

Posted by: Overwatch May 5 2006, 04:34 AM

You read too deeply into the source Windows/Xbox is an option field for that particular variable. And unfortunately it looks like Xbox was the only chosen toggle.

Posted by: JongWK May 8 2006, 03:00 PM

http://forums.dumpshock.com/index.php?act=ST&f=7&t=12897

Seems it'll be for Windows too.

Posted by: Erebus May 8 2006, 08:05 PM

QUOTE (JongWK)

http://forums.dumpshock.com/index.php?act=ST&f=7&t=12897

Seems it'll be for Windows too.

Thank you!!!! Now I don't need bother getting the Xbox 360 just for this.

*Big sigh of relief* Wheeeeww!

Posted by: Bigity May 9 2006, 01:17 AM

Now we just have to worry about it not sucking. I'm assuming that FanPro and Wizkids will have zero to do with this game?

Posted by: Tanka May 9 2006, 04:08 AM

Most likely. MS holds videogame rights to SR, so they don't really have to talk to anyone about it.

That said, FASA Studios is probably working on it to be at least something the PnP players will recognize, even if only minutely.

Posted by: SL James May 9 2006, 07:04 AM

It's a shame it seems to be one of the few titles not appearing on gamesforwindows.com

Posted by: JongWK May 9 2006, 12:39 PM

It's "Summer Gaming Blockbusters" page was last updated July 2005. Go figure.

Posted by: jklst14 May 9 2006, 08:00 PM

Just read the newsfeed from Microsoft's E3 press conference. Shadowrun will be available on both 360 and Vista in January 2007.

http://www.gamespot.com/e3/e3story.html?sid=6149698

(Scroll down to 12:33 and 12:36 for Shadowrun news).

Posted by: Overwatch May 9 2006, 08:21 PM

It's official, check out the shadowrun site now. I blogged about at http://memepunks.blogspot.com/2006/05/shadowrun-game-revealed.html

It seems like an updated version of Counterstrike. Give it a read for yourselves.

Posted by: bustedkarma May 9 2006, 08:40 PM

I dislike the FPS Genre...no, I dislike the players the FPS Genre attracts.

"KEKEK 1 pwnd u!!!!!11111oneoneelventybillionbbq"

<sigh>

Posted by: Lindt May 9 2006, 09:09 PM

Its sounding alot like Deus Ex style. An FPS with RPG elements.

Posted by: bustedkarma May 9 2006, 09:16 PM

I'd like to think it will go the Deus Ex route, but Squad Based FPS, and upgrading gear after each round sounds very Counterstrike

Posted by: ES_Sparky May 15 2006, 03:07 PM

It's very much counterstrike, by raw gameplay. Two sides, short rounds, simple goals, no persistence beyond several linked instances of play (IE - the gear you buy) and no single-player component.

It's a handsome game though, or I thought so.

Definitely one that will - finally - attract me to the FPS genre.

Posted by: bustedkarma May 15 2006, 06:51 PM

I can't say I'm with you on that.
Battlefield caught my limited FPS attention span for a few months, but thats because it was SO big.
Bunnyhopping/Dolphin Diving Elves and 1337 speaking, puberty consumed, spawn camping, teens telling me I should "lrn2ply" because they "pwnt" me every 3 mins, is a little excessive for me.

Posted by: Wowbagger_TIP May 18 2006, 06:01 PM

Yikes. Looks like MS/FASA screwed the pooch with this one. Seems SR fans almost universally hate it now. Aside from attempting to start some sort of new SR timeline, it also introduces some very non-SR magic concepts, has no matrix component at all, does some weird things to the races, and has a story that has basically nothing to do with anything from Shadowrun. So really, aside from the name recognition, I don't see why they would even need the SR license for this game. It's not Shadowrun at all. Even if it turns out to be a good shooter, I'm not touching it. I'm pretty ticked that they make us wait all these years for a new SR game, and then drop this drek in our laps.

Posted by: Lindt May 18 2006, 06:32 PM

And its not like Shadowrun has huge name recognition either...