There's a game in the works over in Denmark in search of a publisher. Going by the name Recoil: Retrograd, the game is in the hands of ZeitGuyz and Morten Iverson, a writer who has worked on the Hitman series and Freedom Fighters at IO Interactive. Always on the lookout for info on upcoming games, IGN went to Mr. Iverson to learn more about this upcoming action-adventure title.
Zach writes: 'The economic crisis of 2008 destroyed a lot of businesses, small and large – and left a huge hole in the gaming industry.'.
Retrograd is a dystopian steampunk city, mixing futuristic and Victorian technology to create a dark world dominated by an organization called Gloria Mundi. The road to Retrograd was literally paved with good intentions. Set in the year 2052, Retrograd is located in Newropa and the product of a bizarre timeline. During the 21st century, the world suffered apocalyptic wars and pandemics that left humanity struggling to survive. Then the Cardinals emerged...
The Cardinals were powerful psychics who discovered that they had the power to travel through time. The Cardinals united under one such psychic who called himself Rex Mundi. As Gloria Mundi (and the Chronology Protection Agency), these Cardinals altered history to prevent disease and nuclear Armageddon from annihilating the planet. Then they got greedy. Even the Cardinals could not resist the temptation to continue to tweak history to serve their own ends, ultimately turning themselves into the ruthless dictatorship that rules Retrograd, with Rex Mundi as their leader.
It is into this world that Davi Atman emerges. As an employee of Gloria Mundi, Atman worked as a "cleaner" on their behalf until he was caught in an explosion while trying to dismantle a bomb. That near-fatal explosion unlocked Atman's own power to glimpse the past and travel to change history. Gloria Mundi tried to commit Atman to an asylum, but after his escape, Atman sets out to put the world to rights, even if he has to travel in time to do so.
Translated From French via google:
"Damnation is action game that should see the light of day during the Winter 2008. It is developed by Blue Omega and published by Codemasters.
A bit like the vision of an eagle in Assassin's Creed.
Second Title to be announced is Recoil: Retrograd. It is a TPS (Third Person Shooter, action game in the 3rd person) created by the writer of the Hitman Series. The game takes place entirely in the city of Retrograd fictitious, but at different times. The game will use the Unreal Engine 3."
The first one is coming out in the Winter, both look like they are multi-platform.
They probably are multi-plat, we should have more news soon. The screens from the first game look promising... not so sure on the 2nd game yet though.
Was just about to reply and say the first game looks kinda crap like Jericho, then I read "The Round Peg's" comment further down and he said it is Clive Barker's, so I'm not holding out much hope for the first game. The second game doesn't look great, but I think it will be better than Damnation.
Well, my french isn't perfect but from what I could understand from the article. One of the game's is been published by Codemasters so it might not be exclusive. One of the game will be using the UE3 engine( hope the meatball is implemented..:)...)
Exclusive or not both games look promising. Nice find and thanks for the google french translation.
Can you stop reporting this story, I have changed it and you stay reporting it homie..Whats good ?
Also, because the guy made a sucking game does not mean he will do it again. This time, it might be different.
Yeah, I had high hopes for Jericho. It was decent but the gameplay sucked. But anything Barker's attached to is worth a look.
PLaying Jericho on PC
The game isn't as bad as people make it out to be.
I have 3 games to play, Bioshock, Gears and Jericho and so far I have enjoyed Jericho more.
Recoil looks a bit steampunk'ish... and sounds like it may be built similarly to Gears Of War (using Unreal technology in 3rd person action style). The Damnation game looks a bit more like an industrial set, sci-fi western... and appears to also be more of an action game like Uncharted or Gears.
They're both ideas which show some promise, though it's very hard to tell with such limited information. I hope they're exclusive to the PS3, but I guess we'll need to wait and see.
the dev of hit man that second game looks great as well but somehow that look less than exclusive.
But it was a short video..
looks cool
a different
and of cuz a bit weird
buts its
ok and this is the first glimpse