Alan Wake, a psychological action-adventure thriller, is a game that many people have been looking forward to for a long time. Even though information about the game remains scant (despite a few major previews over the years), anxiety about what developer Remedy Entertainment has been up to has not gone away. The initial trailer that was made public at the time of the game's announcement in May of 2005 portrayed a desperate man who encountered what can be either supernatural beings or government agents. While some may refer to the two as one in the same, there's no doubt that strange happenings will be the center of this much-anticipated title. Alan Wake will be released on the Xbox 360 and Windows platforms, and one of its claims to fame is that it will fully support multi-core (at least quad-core) processors. The big question is, when will it arrive? Although information about the game may be better described as under wraps rather than missing in action, its progress continues to remain a mystery.
This screenshot may give many gamers the quick impression that Darkest of Days is just another wartime shooter, but it most assuredly is not. In fact, the Civil War era shown here is only one of a series of time periods your character will visit over the course of the game. However, it is a first person shooter, though it's centered on time travel. The premise of the game involves your character being sent back in time to alter some of humanity's most pivotal events for the better in an attempt to change the world.
While screens depicting some of the other time periods would be interesting to see, only a few depicting the Civil War period were released when the game was announced in July of last year. This of course may have been representative of the fact that the game wasn't very far into the development process. Whatever the case, developer 8Monkey Labs has done nothing to promote the game in over a year, save for some blog posts that tout the revamping of their site. PC and Xbox 360 are the intended platforms.
Announced in July of 2006, Cipher Complex was touted as an action game for the conspiracy-minded gamer. Players will join agent John Cipher as he infiltrates a group of rogue agents who have destroyed one the US government's recon satellites. Apparently, the conspiracy lies with those involved whose agenda for taking out the satellite is nothing short of earth shattering. Gamers can expect a sufficient amount of gunplay in Cipher Complex, along with a heavy focus on stealth and fighting. Originally targeted for a 2007 release on the Xbox 360 and PS3, Cipher has gone dark after only a few updates about its progress, the last of which occurred one year after the game was announced. In fact, with the official site currently showing no details, we're not too hopeful that this game will see the light of day. If you're interested, keep an eye on developer Edge of Reality.
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EddieTurner - Thursday, June 26, 2008 - link
Hardware indeed. But why do we spend our cash for powerhouse components to add to our rigs? Why the need for ultra expensive GPU's? Games. AnandTech is very much a game site, it's just been lacking a focus on the real reason visitors come here in the first place. Sure, it's about the hardware. But let's face it, it's gaming hardware and I say we talk about both. More importantly, Anand says we talk about both. : )Natfly - Friday, June 27, 2008 - link
I'd have to agree with the original post. Game reviews are fine, but when Anandtech averages less than one article a day you really lack good tech articles. Yeah games are one of the reasons people buy hardware, but you don't need to review games for that, just benchmark them.The recent GPU articles were excellent: very in-depth, well written and are why I continue to come to this site. But lately it seems that good tech articles are being replaced with Camera reviews, the Penny Arcade game review, and blog posts about Steve Jobs.
Meanwhile, articles like the month with ubuntu and the 780G/8200 chipset articles haven't seen the light of day. Articles like this one wouldn't be a problem if there were more of the actual meaty in-depth articles that used to be the focus of this site.
TejTrescent - Thursday, June 26, 2008 - link
I don't see the problem--honestly, I'm just glad to see there are other people still hoping Alan Wake comes out.at80eighty - Thursday, June 26, 2008 - link
christ man, ive been visiting this site for years, just stopped posting for about a year or more, but youre freaking kidding me if you think there still isnt a hardware focus herei also like the fact they dont mod critical posts like other pussy sites.
JarredWalton - Thursday, June 26, 2008 - link
Ah yes... you're referring to the four major GPU articles of the past two weeks, I assume? The stuff that we've been doing for YEARS. I don't really see how adding a new person to write about games is such a terrible thing. Don't like the content? Don't read the article. I can say for sure that having Eddie write this article in no way impacted any other editor at AnandTech, other than the hour or so I spent to proof and post his article.Sunrise089 - Thursday, June 26, 2008 - link
The comment is even more off base considering how deeply technical the GPU articles have been. If any site on the web did a better job of explaining the technical nuts and bolts of this product launch I haven't seen it.Eri Hyva - Thursday, June 26, 2008 - link
Wassup, Anand?
Bill paying your bills?
Where is the article?
Last time you informed us was in April.
http://www.anandtech.com/weblog/showpost.aspx?i=43...">http://www.anandtech.com/weblog/showpost.aspx?i=43...
And originally:
http://www.anandtech.com/weblog/showpost.aspx?i=38...">http://www.anandtech.com/weblog/showpost.aspx?i=38...
Are you going to do it?
Be a man,
Do It or Cancel It.
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some discussion 3 weeks ago, no reply from AT staff:
http://www.anandtech.com/weblog/showpost.aspx?i=45...">http://www.anandtech.com/weblog/showpost.aspx?i=45...
)
at80eighty - Thursday, June 26, 2008 - link
i'll have what he's smoking!JarredWalton - Thursday, June 26, 2008 - link
You might want to pay attention to the authors of the various articles. As one of them (plus the guy that does a lot of the proofing and posting of articles for other editors), I can attest to the fact that Anand gives us a LOT of wiggle room in terms of what we write about. If you want to find out what's happening in regards to Ubuntu, email Ryan Smith. Posting comments in a totally unrelated article is silly, not to mention completely ineffective in getting information. After all, you don't email Dell technical support for help with your Toyota car, do you?4wardtristan - Thursday, June 26, 2008 - link
hhmm, i dunno, but in the past experiences that i have had with Aust. dell tech support, emailing Toyota with help for my dell pc may just be a option you know!