Tue, Jun 22, 2010 | 16:28 BST
Ubisoft’s Project Dust looks very polished
Ubisoft has released a new E3 trailer for god game Project Dust.
According to the game’s creative director, Eric Chahi, the game’s a spiritual heir to Populous and based on a “technological breakthrough which allows [players] to have a world that’s entirely dynamic.”
Chahi also said that the developers want “Project Dust, to be the most spectacular XBLA/PSN game to-date, by giving players a deep experience, in a believable world.”
Ambitious indeed.
You can read the full interview with the Chahi over on Facebook.
Project Dust is slated for release on PC, PSN, and XBL in spring 2011.
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Posted in: E3 2010, PC, PS3, PSN, Simulation, Ubisoft, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: Eric Chahi, project dust
22 comments
#1
Gheritt White
22/06/10, 4:23 pm
GAME OF E3!!!
#2
Blerk
22/06/10, 4:30 pm
Very interested to see more of this.
#3
Gheritt White
22/06/10, 4:34 pm
Gosh, I loved FlashBack… I still have very, very fond memories of playing that on my old PowerMac.
#4
Yoshi
22/06/10, 4:36 pm
This reminded me of that game AFRIKA, whatever happened to that? It was hyped to be the best looking game on PS3 then it just disappeared XD
#5
DrDamn
22/06/10, 4:40 pm
@4
It was released in Japan and then the US (as Hakuna Matata) but never here. I picked up the US version in Hong Kong. The animation is the stand out feature, graphical fidelity isn’t all that great.
#6
Moonwalker1982
22/06/10, 4:40 pm
I saw a videoreview of Afrika, but it wasn’t all that impressive at all really in my opinion, nothing too special.
#7
DrDamn
22/06/10, 4:52 pm
As a game there isn’t a whole lot to it. It’s quite a nice chill game though with some good educational aspects from a wildlife and photographic point of view.
#8
ExclusivesMostly
22/06/10, 4:57 pm
Interesting, need more info though. I wonder why they’re all wearing masks – maybe because of excessive dust?
#9
Erthazus
22/06/10, 5:03 pm
You know, first time i thouht it is Populous.
#10
The Juice707
22/06/10, 5:12 pm
I thought this was gonna be a retail game. Looks really impressive for just being a download.
#11
fdelfino
22/06/10, 5:22 pm
@2
Pardon my ignorance, but what this game has to do with Flashback? Are you talking about that old pc side scroller about alien conspiracy? I also loved that game. Played it to my heart.
#12
fdelfino
22/06/10, 5:22 pm
Sorry, the above comment was directed to #3.
#13
OlderGamer
22/06/10, 5:24 pm
Where the hell did this come from?
Alright sign me up.
I swear there are more PSN/XBLA games that I want this year then retail boxed ones.
#14
polygem
22/06/10, 6:05 pm
is that an example of the arty farty stuff jaffe is sick of? i like it.
#15
TravisTouchdown
22/06/10, 6:29 pm
Close-ish link…: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Chahi
#16
Gheritt White
22/06/10, 6:39 pm
@ 12 & 12: Eric Chahi – Project Dust‘s mastermind – was the brains and visionary behind Delphine Software’s Another World and Flashback: The Quest for Identity… which is precisely why I’m so excited for this game.
Did anybody ever play Heart of Darkness? I bet that was properly mint too.
#17
fdelfino
22/06/10, 6:59 pm
@16
Cool!
Always knew Another World as Out of this World.
Lovely games these two (Flashback and Another World). Good to know the guy behind these is also on Project Dust. Looking forward to it
#18
onlineatron
22/06/10, 7:16 pm
Would prefer the headline to read ‘Eric Chahi’s Project Dust looks very polished’… given his pedigree.
#19
akrillic
22/06/10, 10:42 pm
@ 16. Not that it really matters but what the hey….Flashback is not an Eric Chahi game. Heart or Darkness was but was the very opposite of “mint”. It was “manure” in fact… but looked nice… at the time
#20
Telepathic.Geometry
23/06/10, 2:24 am
That game looks interesting, but I’d like to get a look at the gameplay mechanics.
#21
Anders
23/06/10, 3:07 am
Looks interesting, to say the least.
#22
ensabahnur
23/06/10, 3:40 pm
Amazing, i wanna see some actual gameplay though. Not just walking.