project offset

[slavatrumpevitch]

I had never even heard of this game until today. I was looking up some TES V: Skyrim screenshots, and stumbled upon Project Offset, a totally badass looking epic fantasy FPS.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOPbyl7r8gk

 

 

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/trailer-hd-project-offset/22926

 

unfortunately, after drooling over a few youtube videos, I come to find out it's been cancelled since July. But then I saw "new" content (screens and trailers) keep getting post-mortem releases, including some as recently as the last week. All this makes me wonder, does anyone have any insider knowledge? Is this a game that will likely come to fruition maybe 5 years or so down the line? Or is it totally done for? It looks like it could be very fun. (hard to tell from just videos, but certainly the concept intrigues me)

 

also, I read in an interview that before it was canned, it was at a level of total playability. think it's possible to get a pre-alpha version of it somehow? I'd love to just mess around in there for fun if it was possible. (yes, I'm aware this is a borderline ridiculous thing to wonder about, what with IP non-sense and whatnot)

 

any info you all might have would be appreciated!

[slavatrumpevitch]

this is interesting:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejY_-TNcFuk&NR=1

 

 

look at the comments:

 

"It's possible it may hit stores in 2011 or 2012. After the disconnection with Intel, we got our team back and started working on it." dated four months ago

 

 

good news?

[Serpentine]

iirc they refounded and all the IP (whatever there was to begin with) is pretty much Intel's baby. So yeah, chances are they wont attempt an Offset 2.0 considering how slowly it was progressing pre-Intel and they'd also need to rebuild the engine from scratch and try not to run into any Offset Engine IP... pretty tricky stuff. That said, I'd really like them to surprise the world, they seemed to have some rather brave and clever folk in the core team (somewhat id-ish)

[slavatrumpevitch]

sort of what I figured...

 

so i shouldn't read too much into that youtube post from 4 months ago?