Insomniac’s New Game To Be Shown At PAX
Announcing an announcement of an announcement? Damn Twitter.Published: 14:30, 28/07/2010 by Josh [JoshHood].
31Just before E3, Ratchet and Resistance creators Insomniac Games revealed that they are working on a multi-platform title in collaboration with the EA Partners scheme. Many assumed that the pre-show announcement was so the headlines weren’t stolen from their new game, to be shown at the big event. Clearly that didn’t happen, but the studio has now begun teasing an announcement of their next project at the Penny Arcade Expo in early September.
Last week, Insomniac replied to a query about their plans for the expo via Twitter with “we have very exciting plans for PAX we are going to announce soon!”, before later tweeting (in response to Irrational Games’ August 11th press event) “Sounds like the other IG (Irrational Games) is revealing their next game in [sic] August 11th… Makes us want to get in on the fun!”.
Then yesterday the studio pretty much confirmed a PAX reveal for their next title with two tweets. After announcing the announcement of the announcement (“Want to know when we’re announcing our next game? Find in our new newsletter this Friday!”), they also revealed that the aforementioned newletter would reveal their plans for PAX (“The Friday newsletter will also be exciting for those of you going to PAX, and who might want to see us. All the details on PAX panels!”). Man, those guys love their exclamation marks.
Okay, so maybe it’s not a concrete confirmation that the new game will be at the show, but when looking at that bunch of tweets together it seems highly likely. So what is the studio likely to reveal? We could see that multi-platform EA title, Resistance 3, or something entirely different. Although that billboard that originally teased the alien-blasting sequel was on the set of upcoming movie Battle: Los Angeles, which is currently set for a March 11th release, so unless that was some very early product placement, an announcement would likely be quite soon.
Either way, the Penny Arcade Expo is being held from September 3rd-5th, so we’ll find out then.
Source: Twitter, via PlayStation LifeStyle
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28/07/2010 at 14:55
Member since: Dec 2008
Wait, I’m a bit slow today. Will this be their announcement for Resistance of their new multiplatform game?
28/07/2010 at 14:57
Member since: Dec 2009
That’s the point. No one knows!
Well, OK, some people know … I’m assuming Insomniac know.
:)
28/07/2010 at 15:01
Member since: Forever
Either way that’s big news
that, not the announcements of the announcement, obviously.
28/07/2010 at 15:15
Member since: Dec 2008
Well here’s hoping for Resistance 3 then. Insomniac used to put out one game every year but the odds of that happening seem pretty low
28/07/2010 at 15:05
Member since: Jul 2009
resistance 3 please
but ill look forward to anything insomniac put out
28/07/2010 at 19:11
Member since: Jul 2009
but i dought well see the multiplatform game this early on next e3 probally
28/07/2010 at 15:20
Member since: Apr 2010
Having just literally finished Resistance 2, if I don’t find out what happens soon I will actually die.
28/07/2010 at 15:39
Member since: Feb 2009
Exactly how I felt when I finished it, exactly how I still feel now :D
28/07/2010 at 16:29
Member since: Feb 2010
Something without guns please, at least the protagonist should be gun-less.
28/07/2010 at 16:50
Member since: Jun 2009
A new game from them sounds cool. Multiplatform though? Does it mean less time dedicated to the PS3 version? That would be a shame.
28/07/2010 at 22:54
Member since: Jul 2010
Cant wait for this! Insomniac games are my favourite developers. I just hope that the new IP can live up to the spyro, resistance and RaC series
28/07/2010 at 23:47
Member since: Aug 2009
R&C is awesome, so will look forward to this
30/07/2010 at 23:35
Member since: Forever
Looks like it is indeed going to be Resistance 3 (or at least a “PlayStation 3 project”, and it’ll actually be announced before PAX, but shown and demod there. So my headline still totally stands!
http://www.joystiq.com/2010/07/30/insomniac-to-announce-new-game-before-pax-demo-it-there/