Shadowrun

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Shadowrun Forums Say Farewell

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.

If you frequented the official Shadowrun forums, they are planning a new place where people can meet in an off-Microsoft type property. Honestly, given that most games have digressed to a chaotic free-for-all (with a fair share of team killing to boot), and troll katana has become absurdly unbalanced, it pains me to say that you might be better off just saying bye for good.

Announcement: Forums Closing Soon [via n4g]

1:40 PM on Thu Jan 3 2008
By Mark Wilson
4,387 views, 56 comments

come to daddy

Shadowrun, MechWarrior Safely With FASA Founder

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.

Smith & Tinker's License Procurement Announcement [Smith & Tinker via Gamasutra]

5:00 PM on Thu Dec 6 2007
By Mike Fahey
2,831 views, 65 comments

Latest by n/a: The mechwarrior series still has a player base within MW4, it has probably dwindled to just a couple thousand total, but those still playing have created spectacular mods. NetMechIV ([www.mechlab.net]) has created some spectacular mods to the mechs (Weapon loadouts,heat more »

breaking

Shadowrun Developer Shuts Down

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 »

6:00 PM on Wed Sep 12 2007
By Michael McWhertor
11,354 views, 105 comments

sad but true

Sarcastic Gamer Sings Shadowrun Hate

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 »

8:20 AM on Mon Aug 27 2007
By Mike Fahey
3,194 views, 40 comments

Latest by yvrelabrosse: i like the fact that most didnt buy into the crappy prepubescent song. i have to admit i am pleasantly surprised. i played videogames most of my life which (i guess) qualifies me as hardcore .even so i ( like more »

patch

Title Update 3 For Shadowrun

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.
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11:00 AM on Tue Aug 21 2007
By Mike Fahey
2,650 views, 46 comments

Latest by Sasquatch: @AmnesiacJack: I have to agree with your comment about its popularity. I think if this game had sold as well as Halo or similar multi-player shooters (a genre Shadowrun definitely transcends), it wouldn't be nearly as fun. The more »

impressions

Shadowrun Patch Is Awesome, Please Play Now

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.

Still, there are a handful of options we'd still like to see implemented in a currently nonexistent, future patch:

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12:00 PM on Wed Aug 1 2007
By Mark Wilson
6,485 views, 52 comments

xbox 360

Shadownrun Patch Coming

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

The patch will include a major reduction in matchmaking waiting times, cheat fixes, some gamemode tweaks and minor adjustments to both the games AI and HUD.

Shadowrun improvements in-bound [Play]

8:01 AM on Wed Jul 25 2007
By Brian Crecente
1,485 views, 47 comments

machinima

1800-MAGIC Episode 4

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.

4:00 PM on Tue Jul 3 2007
By Brian Crecente
2,373 views, 27 comments

shadowrun

Circuit City Shadowrun Deal

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.

Circuit City Shadowrun Deal [Circuit City]

4:02 PM on Sun Jul 1 2007
By fdemarco
2,299 views, 34 comments

sega

Universe At War Brings PC, 360 Together

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 »

4:40 PM on Thu Jun 28 2007
By Michael McWhertor
1,695 views, 32 comments

vista view

Shadowrun "Cracked" For Windows XP

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 »

8:40 PM on Mon Jun 25 2007
By Michael McWhertor
10,689 views, 41 comments

seven worthy

Shadowrun Producer Says Shadowrun Reviews Suck Ass

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 »

2:40 PM on Mon Jun 25 2007
By Michael McWhertor
10,708 views, 159 comments

successories

There Is No I In Team Fortress 2

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 »

7:20 PM on Mon Jun 18 2007
By Michael McWhertor
3,532 views, 41 comments

kotaku magu

Famitsu Scores

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 »

11:00 PM on Fri Jun 15 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
3,433 views, 47 comments

halo 3

Halo 3 Beta Ends Today

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

12:00 PM on Sun Jun 10 2007
By fdemarco
3,266 views, 56 comments

Latest by fearless23: shadowrun is ghey.. i played the demo.. not even better than halo2! more »

candid interview

The Art of Shadowrun, In Concept and Conception

By: Mark Wilson
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