Kotaku: Shadowrun

Why People Say the World Will End In 2012

Luke Plunkett — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST

You're going to hear a lot this year about how, at some point in 2012, the world is going to end. That we will all, in some way or another, wound up gone, destroyed, burned, eaten, smashed to pulp or, if we're really lucky, a combination of the lot. More »

Three More Screenshots of the new Shadowrun Game

Luke Plunkett — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 03:30:00 EDT

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Shadowrun Online, the upcoming browser-based interpretation of the classic role-playing game, launched with a single, rather nondescript screenshot. So here's three more to pad things out. More »

The New Shadowrun Game is a Little Old, a Little New

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EDT

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Last week, Cliffhanger Productions revealed they were working on a new Shadowrun game, a franchise beloved of old-school role-playing fans (and SNES and Genesis gamers as well). More »

There's a new Shadowrun Game!

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 04:30:00 EDT

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Cliffhanger Productions, the team currently working on Jagged Alliance Online, are also working on a new Shadowrun game. Yes, a new Shadowrun game. And it's not a shooter. Phew. More »

Shadowrun Forums Say Farewell

Mark Wilson — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 15:40:29 EST

Looking back at my gaming stats of 2007, I logged a shameless amount of hours playing Shadowrun. I always liked the game, even if the final product lacked the polish or additional content a lot of people were looking for. Now, a few months after FASA's closing, the game will end its forum support as well. More »

Shadowrun, MechWarrior Safely With FASA Founder

Mike Fahey — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 19:00:51 EST

Those worried about the fate of Shadowrun, MechWarrior, and Crimson skies following the closing of FASA Studios need not worry at all; the licenses for those properties have been securely in the hands of FASA, WizKids (HeroClix), and 42 Entertainment (ilovebees) founder Jordan Weisman. The announcement was made on the website of Weisman's latest venture, Smith & Tinker Inc. back in mid-October. The company's plans for the properties is still up in the air.

We're not quite ready to announce our plans for each property, but please be assured that our goal is to surprise and delight old fans, while welcoming new fans to these fantastic worlds.

Kotaku's own one-time guest editor Simon Carless of Gamasutra speculates that Jordan's fascination with transmedia and job postings on the website looking for people with Web 2.0 and online game expertise could point towards an MMO. A Shadowrun MMO? A MechWarrior MMO? Just typing the words gets me far more excited than I am allowed to reveal to you gentle, innocent readers. More »

Shadowrun Developer Shuts Down

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 20:00:00 EDT

The rumors were true. Shadowrun developer FASA Studio has indeed closed its doors with studio manager Mitch Gitelman confirming the news on the official Shadowrun community forums today. According to Gitelman, today was the last official day of work for employees still at FASA, with many former FASA team members moving on to other positions at Microsoft Game Studios. More »

Sarcastic Gamer Sings Shadowrun Hate

Mike Fahey — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:20:29 EDT

To commemorate Shadowrun somehow making it to into the top five in Xbox 360 game sales last week, Doc Adams and Lono over at Sarcastic Gamer lovingly crafted a song parody that sums up my feelings about the RPG-based FPS quite nicely. It's called "Bad Game"

"Bad Game turned out to be one of our favorite projects so far," said Sarcastic Gamer's Creative Director, Jeromy "Doc" Adams. "We got to use a cartoon voice for this song, because it seemed to fit the subject... Well, that and none of us could sing as high as Daniel Powter."

Tell me about it. "Bad Day" kicks my ass in Singstar every freaking time, and I get awesome scores at "Skater Boi" and "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun". Go figure. Sarcastic Gamer is also holding a contest for the best music video for the song, with the winner receiving either a copy of Shadowrun or a box of granola bars. "Given the nature of the game, our money's on Nature Valley." More »

Title Update 3 For Shadowrun

Mike Fahey — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:00:35 EDT

And so the Shadowrun beta continues well into the retail release, as details of Title Update #3 are posted at the Official Shadowrun Community Forum. The update, which should be ready sometime this weekend, addresses various balance issues, adds new functionality to multiplayer game setup, improves overall network reliability and fixes 'numerous' crashes, exploits, and glitches. IF these updates keep up, one day the game might be worth the $60 I paid for it! Woot! Hit the jump for the full update details. More »

Shadowrun Patch Is Awesome, Please Play Now

Mark Wilson — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 14:00:11 EDT

I used to load games of Shadowrun while getting other things done, like reading a few volumes of the encyclopedia, or planting young saplings and watching them grow to maturity. But since the new networking patch, games load extremely quickly—well below a minute. And lag issues seem improved, though I'm not sure if this is due to better matchmaking or something on the server end...or if it's just my imagination. More »

Shadownrun Patch Coming

Brian Crecente — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:01:08 EDT

Play reports that Shadowrun will be getting a patch on Xbox Live early next week and the Vista version soon after. More »

1800-MAGIC Episode 4

Brian Crecente — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 18:00:12 EDT

Somehow I imagine these sort of conversations every time I play Shadowrun. This Red V. Blue replacement is coming together, but it still seems a little rough around the edges. More »

Circuit City Shadowrun Deal

fdemarco — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 18:02:58 EDT

If you're a PC owner, poor and just dying to play Shadowrun, Circuit City has a pretty sweet deal going on right now. They are offering the PC version of Shadowrun plus a free Xbox 360 Wireless Gaming Receiver for Windows for a mere $37.99 plus free shipping. Considering the game itself is normally $50 and the adapter $20 your getting a pretty good savings. Now whether that's actually worth it for Shadowrun, I'll leave for you to decide. More »

Universe At War Brings PC, 360 Together

Michael McWhertor — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:40:47 EDT

Sega is bringing cross-platform play to its Petroglyph-developed real time strategy game Universe At War: Earth Assault, adding Games For Windows versus Xbox 360 head-to-head play over Games For Windows Live, a third-party publisher first. Similar to FASA Studios' Shadowrun, the game is planned to have a levelled playing field, giving Xbox 360 RTS players a simple to use control scheme. More »

Shadowrun "Cracked" For Windows XP

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 22:40:30 EDT

Fortunately for Mitch Gitelman and FASA Studios, recently released pride and joy Shadowrun looks like it's now unofficially available for play not just on the Xbox 360 and Windows Vista, but Windows XP as well. Circumventing the other franchise killing executive decision—to limit the game's Windows audience to Vista only—warez group Razor 1911 has released a crack for Shadowrun that makes it playable on Windows XP and without DirectX 10 support. More »

Shadowrun Producer Says Shadowrun Reviews Suck Ass

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 16:40:09 EDT

Mitch Gitelman, FASA Studio Manager, sat in on the Official Xbox Magazine's most recent podcast to talk about Shadowrun and how "the reviews on [Shadowrun] suck my ass." He warned that Shadowrun's average-range review scores—collectively hovering in the 70% range—are not only unfair, but also overshadow the game's innovation. More »

There Is No I In Team Fortress 2

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 21:20:46 EDT

Shacknews, in addition to sporting a sexy new visual upgrade, has an excellent in-depth preview of Valve's upcoming team shooter Team Fortress 2, still on schedule to ship for the PC, Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3 in October. More »

Famitsu Scores

Brian Ashcraft — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 01:00:44 EDT

Over a game site Next Generation, Tim Rogers has the rundown of this week's Famitsu scores. For the unfamiliar, magazine Famitsu has four editors rate games on a scale of 1-10 with 10 being the best. Here are the noteworthy mentions: More »

Halo 3 Beta Ends Today

fdemarco — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 14:00:00 EDT

If you have been procrastinating about that Halo 3 Beta, you better get a move on. The beta ends today so make sure to get in your last few hours of repeatedly killing new players who don't really know what their doing, thus making the experience completely un-enjoyable for them. But never fear, you can still get your kill on with the new demo of Shadowrun which will be coming to the XBLM just in time to take your mind of the loss of your beloved Halo 3. Sure, it won't be the same but at least it will fill the lonely hours with some good old fashioned gun toting, magic wielding, ass kicking. Flynn De Marco More »

The Art of Shadowrun, In Concept and Conception

Mark Wilson — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 09:20:42 EDT

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Rooster Teeth on Shadowrun

Brian Crecente — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 15:03:25 EDT

Why Games for Windows Live Is Busted

Brian Crecente — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 15:00:30 EDT

Hushed Casket has a great piece up about all of the issues with Games for Windows Live. The service, I think many of us thought, was meant to be as robust and easy to use as the 360 version of Live, but instead it's just sort of an awkward appendage. More »

Shadowrun's Viral Achievement?

Brian Crecente — Thu, 31 May 2007 17:00:21 EDT

So, I've been playing quite a bit of Shadowrun lately so I can review it. I spent a chunk of time earlier this week playing, before it came out, in rooms peopled entirely by FASA studio developers who took great pleasure in grenading my body around the map. More »

Week in Games: Mario Party 8 Edition

fdemarco — Sun, 27 May 2007 18:00:00 EDT

As I depart the Big Apple (where I've been reporting from all weekend) I leave you with this list of games coming out this week. Mario Party looks like it might be some fun with the addition of the Wii remote mechanic and I'd like to see how the 2d to 3d Crush is for the PSP. Other than that, I can satisfy myself with finishing up Silent Hill 2 which for some reason I decided to haul out of the mothballs. Anyone going to round out a holiday weekend by picking one or two of these up? Flynn De Marco More »

Use Fingers, Win Shadowrun

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 24 May 2007 10:00:52 EDT

We've got contests coming out the whazoo! This go round we're giving away one copy of FPS Shadowrun for the Xbox 360. And not just any ol' contest, but a hand shadow contest! Yes, HAND SHADOWS. If you're over 18 and have a wall, a light, fingers and a camera, this contest is for you! Here are the details: Snap a picture of your hand shadow creation (hands must also be in the pic) and send it to kotakucontest@gmail.com by next Wednesday at midnight EST. The shadow creations can be anything — Brownie points for game themed ones. No middle fingers flipping the bird, please. Brian Ashcraft More »

MS "Explains" Why 360 Owners Pay Premium For Shadowrun

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 14 May 2007 22:20:38 EDT

While Xbox 360 owners are quite comfortable ponying up sixty bucks for Microsoft Games Studios-published titles on that console, there was a time when those releases were sold at last-gen prices. At launch, games like Project Gotham Racing 3 and Perfect Dark Zero went for MSRPs of $49.99, making the "jump in" a bit softer on the wallet. More »

Shadowrun Goes Gold, Green

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 09 May 2007 17:40:21 EDT

FASA Studios' first-person shooter stab at the Shadowrun franchise has finally gone gold (for the PC) and "green" (for the Xbox 360). The game is due to ship May 29th to North American gamers, with Europe getting it just a few days later on June 1st. More »

Shadowrun Achievements Discovered

Brian Crecente — Thu, 03 May 2007 12:00:09 EDT

Xbox 360 Achievements found the list of 50 achievements that unlock 1,000 points for the upcoming 360 shooter, Shadowrun. More »

Bungie Talks Shadowrun

Brian Crecente — Tue, 01 May 2007 22:20:18 EDT

Bungie's Frankie had a little sit down with some of the FASA team working on upcoming shooter Shadowrun. More »

Chat with Shadowrun Devs

Brian Crecente — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 14:04:33 EDT

With the Shadowrun beta wrapping up, the folks over at FASA want to get all chatty. More »

Rumor: RIP FASA?

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 22:20:55 EDT

Some very negative posts aimed at FASA Studios started some nasty rumors that the Shadowrun developer may be cut loose from Microsoft following the completion of its first-person shooter and close its doors. More »

Shadowrun 360 Expands Public Beta

Brian Crecente — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 22:18:34 EDT

Our spies, readers and whatnots have sent word that the Shadowrun public beta for the Xbox 360 version of the game isn't just live, but recently took on board a much larger group of gamers. More »

Rumor: Shadowrun Coming in April?

Mike Fahey — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 15:20:35 EDT

Xbox 360 Fanboy is reporting that EGM is reporting an April release date for Shadowrun, which is quite interesting considering the game I played at GDC last week, while gobs and gobs of fun, didn't seem ready to be going to press that soon. The Windows version still had the 360 instruction set in it, and many placeholder images were still in place. More »

GDC07: Shadowrun Hands-On

Mike Fahey — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 21:40:40 EST

When I first heard that the next-generation Shadowrun game was going to be a first-person shooter, I said some very unkind things. Things that involved unconsentual sex. In the butt. As the game began to take a more concrete shape, my mind began to change a bit. It might not have been an RPG, but the spirit of the world was there. Now that I've actually played the game, heard a little of the back story, and seen how they've implemented core values of the RPG into a shooter format, I feel really bad for writing this. More »

Games for Windows Getting Live "Gold" Accounts

Brian Crecente — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 11:06:02 EST

Joost emailed us this morning to point out that a new trailer for Shadowrun mentions a Games for Windows Live Gold account. More »

New Shadowrun Screens Emerge

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 19:40:19 EST

The official Shadowrun site has updated with twenty (TWENTY!) new-ish screens of the upcoming FASA Studios shooter for the Xbox 360 and PC. I think it looks and plays hot, but I don't have that Shadowrun RPG baggage...er, preconceptions... um, expectations many fans of the series are saddled with. Don't give up hope, Shadowrunners, this is a fun game that will bring new gameplay to the FPS genre. More »

Clip: New Shadowrun Play

Brian Crecente — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 14:00:45 EST

Our very own Richard Blakeley swung by Microsoft's recent New York City event to show off the upcoming Vista. He got a chance to check out some new gameplay from several Vista games, including this one of Shadowrun. Brian Crecente More »

Hands On: Shadowrun For Vista, 360

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 00:00:21 EST

FASA Studios brought a storm of fanboy anger upon themselves when they decided to pitch Shadowrun for Windows Vista and Xbox 360 as a first-person shooter. But they somehow convinced Microsoft to turn the RPG series into an action-oriented affair. More »

Play Shadowrun For 360 Early

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 21:00:47 EST

FASA Studios has details on how some lucky Xbox 360 owners (who are willing to let slide the total bastardization of the Shadowrun franchise) may be able to get a chance to play FASA Studio and Microsoft's first person shooter before the rest of us. More »

Kotaku Feature: Shadowrun Hands-On

Mark Wilson — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 14:30:00 EDT

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