Muscle-bound rabbits slipping on glowing banana peels while crazed green afro guy runs away? What the hell is this?
This is Square Enix's Gun Loco, a third-person shooter game that is currently in development for the Xbox 360. They call the game play "sprint-action shooter," which is basically running and gunning, but with crazy characters. Sorry -- Loco characters.
At the farthest reaches of the solar system, a collection of the craziest criminals in the universe are incarcerated on a remote prison planet with no walls and forgotten by society. In this long-abandoned world, the only rule is anarchy, as each faction fights in a bloodthirsty race for survival, power and freedom.
There's going to be 12-player online multiplayer matches worldwide. The description goes on to say that "players must fight through the ruins of the world’s previous civilizations, taking on each region’s inmates in a frantic and frenetic struggle to survive."
This game was designed by toy maker Kenny Wong, founder of kennyswork and co-creator of the Brothersworker series of action figures. He crafted each character by hand as a real figure and then the developers digitally scanned each into the game.
Expect to hear and see more as we draw closer to the 2011 release date for Gun Loco.
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11:30 AM on 08.16.2010
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I wonder if it's multiplayer?
Hm.
Every game is 10x better with multiplayer (and obviously sells more as well).
What? You're not still blaming the 360 for the popularity if shooters are you?
You need to let this go dude, take a holiday or a sabbatical or some shit.
the
fuck?
@bakewell - don't you ever get tired of being the face of the 360 defense force?
so the xbox 360 ISN'T completely overwhelmed with shooters? (I'm pretty sure it is)
either way the genre is saturated, I don't see this game being able to stand out
:)
The most ironic thing is that most big PS3 exclusives happen to be shooters.
360 has reall shooters, which PS3 surely lacks. Ya know, bullet hell?
That's the stupidest thing I've heard. I think you're the one being ignorant to the fact that Xbox is no longer a "shooter console".
You doubt it.
Another time and space
A parallel universe is falling on its face!
When out of the chaos
Who else could it be
but the animal adventures from S-P-A-C-E!
Another time and space
A parallel universe is falling on its face!
When out of the chaos
Who else could it be
but the animal adventures from S-P-A-C-E!
I'd like to know who's developing this for Square, if not in house, because if its multiplayer and a tps, it has a lot to live up to. Front Mission looks good though, so it mayalso bode well for this Gun Loco.
Thanks for something different, Square.
Now that I think about it, Wii owners are really the only people who can crow about their best-selling games not being shooters.
The concept is really interesting though and I'll keep my eye on it. I'll hope for a Borderlands-esque change of artstyle in the middle of development though.
Why isn't it coming out on PS3? this is fucking retarded...