CUBE video takes games to "a whole new dimension"
by Kyle Orland 
{ Feb 1st 2007 at 3:54PM }
If you're anything like us, you've been breathlessly following the development of CUBE for more than a decade now. Designed for the now-aging Monotech Game Unit, early press for the game boasted that it would "take you to a whole new dimension in computer games" and make "calculators look like a cotton gin." Then the PR went into Duke Nukem Forever levels of silence throughout the game's long development cycle. That is, until now.
The new trailer for the game (embedded below the jump) shows the developers' bold decision not to update the game engine after all these years, sticking with a stark, minimalist look that distills the gameplay into its pure essence. Sure, the simple, textureless shapes on stark, single colored background might not stand up to the likes of Gears of War, but who needs fancy graphics when using the control switch to guide the "defender of the poly-verse" around the things which it can not go through looks like so much fun. The trailer even features some brief footage of the long-rumored "level red" and the battle with the dreaded cone (yes, he does exist!).
We've been looking forward to this game for so long that, frankly, we were a little worried it wouldn't live up to our expectations once it finally showed up. Now that we've seen it in action, though, we can say with relative certainty that CUBE will be a contender for game of the year honors, no matter what year it eventually comes out.
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LesbianHam @ Feb 1st 2007 4:04PM
Those 2 minutes of mine... Give 'em back!
ck @ Feb 1st 2007 4:03PM
alls I can say is:
w-aaaaa-haaaa-owww! w-aaaa-haaaa-owww! (said like the guy in that Sonic commercial).
Grunge @ Feb 1st 2007 4:03PM
Wow, this game has me really excited - I remember reading about it in a magazine when I was twelve. It's good to see that the gameplay has held up well, and that the developers haven't tried to revamp things; in my opinion that would have killed the spirit of the game.
Kayos @ Feb 1st 2007 5:06PM
Game of the year
Fernando Rocker @ Feb 1st 2007 5:08PM
When they say "CUBE!" its so fucking scary :s
BPM @ Feb 1st 2007 4:08PM
Hahaha, I was amused. Is this for real? If so, I'd definitely play it.
StMadnes @ Feb 1st 2007 4:13PM
this looks liike a low budget screen saver! game of the year??!! according to what lame brain??!!
Eric Ward @ Feb 1st 2007 4:16PM
O...M...Z That's it, I'm not buying a PS3, none of this Final Fantasy XIII for me. Ima get a Monotech Power Unit. It is the game-future after all.
Eric Ward @ Feb 1st 2007 4:14PM
O...M...Z That's it, I'm not buying a PS3, none of this Final Fantasy XIII for me. Ima get a Monotech Power Unit. It is the game-future after all.
Slaziman @ Feb 1st 2007 4:22PM
LMFAO
CUUUBE!
AnimalTaglits @ Feb 2nd 2007 12:41PM
http://digg.com/videos/gaming/The_best_trailer_ever
Digg?
w0psim @ Feb 1st 2007 4:28PM
looks like the graphic/style of katamari damacy....
Steven Bruce @ Feb 1st 2007 4:25PM
Dangit. It's not bad enough that I have to buy a Wii, 360, and a PS3, but now I have to buy a Monotech!? Let me guess, next SEGA is going to make a 3D Sonic game actually worth playing on the SEGA Saturn, and then I'll have to go out and buy one of those too. This generation is turning out horrible!
MacAoidh @ Feb 1st 2007 4:29PM
Holy Batman ona stick!!
The rumours were true, the rumours were true...
At E3 '97 Miyamoto said it just couldn't be done, Will Wright balked in comtempt, yet here we are. OMG!!! Cube!!! Squeee!!!!
This might just mean the end of civilisation as we know it, it just might... God have mercy on our souls...
Ps: CUBE!!!!
Ken @ Feb 1st 2007 4:32PM
What, might I ask, the hell is this game about? I dont have sound on my work computer so I can't hear if there's any explanation to the game. just CUBE!! popping up out of nowhere.
Wulkar @ Feb 1st 2007 7:58PM
All of that looks like it was done in Bryce.
i would at least play it though looks like fun.
HotShotX @ Feb 1st 2007 6:47PM
'make "calculators look like a cotton gin."'
Absolutely, the best quote of 2007, and it's only fucking February!
~HotShotX
Evan @ Feb 1st 2007 7:00PM
But there's a game thats been out for only like, 3 years called cube. It's that one open source first person shooter.
Captain_Hairy @ Feb 1st 2007 4:49PM
... I'm speechless. I never thought I would live to see a game of such obvious gaming mastery.
Truely these are halcyon times...
Farseer @ Feb 1st 2007 5:01PM
@Steven Bruce
"Dangit. It's not bad enough that I have to buy a Wii, 360, and a PS3, but now I have to buy a Monotech!?"
Don't worry about it. As soon as they get the polished dev. kits out and harness the power of the cell, they'll port this to PS3.
Blazur @ Feb 1st 2007 5:05PM
Based on this video it looks like they need to nerf the cube...it's simply too powerful. I hope this is alpha footage.
Justafan @ Feb 1st 2007 5:54PM
"It's up to you to guide Cube around the things that Cube can't go through" Bwahahahahaha!
Sammy D Kat @ Feb 1st 2007 5:47PM
All your cube are belong to us!
JK @ Feb 1st 2007 5:49PM
www.timecube.com > CUBE
Number Six @ Feb 1st 2007 5:51PM
My bullshit-o-meter is currently screaming at me for not calling shenanigans on this...game. But somehow I can't bring myself to do it. As someone who has NEVER heard of it before, I am excited beyond words.
el kabong @ Feb 1st 2007 7:03PM
I wonder if this will eventually get ported to the wii. I'd love to try to wiimote controlling this, but i'm kinda worried that the wii won't be able to push enough polygons to run this sweet game. If only wii had cell.
Jake @ Feb 1st 2007 6:39PM
More people would be excited about it if it had motion sensing controls.
Liraco @ Feb 1st 2007 6:43PM
So the Wii won't be able to handle this awesome game's graphics? Darn!
Theberlindoctor @ Feb 1st 2007 7:15PM
cripes. For all of those who didnt get the irony..
please.
end your lives now so that we may speed up human evolution just a hair faster. please. this is a public service announcement brought to you by:
CUBE.
mushiking @ Feb 1st 2007 6:53PM
ok this is a joke, right? i refuse to believe this is real.
Revo @ Feb 1st 2007 7:01PM
"14. @Steven Bruce
"Dangit. It's not bad enough that I have to buy a Wii, 360, and a PS3, but now I have to buy a Monotech!?"
Don't worry about it. As soon as they get the polished dev. kits out and harness the power of the cell, they'll port this to PS3."
Shows what you know about CUBE. It's a first party title, developed in complete secrecy for over a decade. You're not much of a game master if you didn't know that.
Besides, this game features the latest in 3D pictures. I doubt the PS3 could handle it anyway.
Tyler @ Feb 1st 2007 11:34PM
It may just take the full processing power of the PS3 and 360 to power this monstrosity.. I almost pissed myself when i saw the 'Dredded Cone'
I honestly dont see this coming out during this generation of gaming
Oro @ Feb 1st 2007 7:59PM
This game looks like utter genius, but I HATE IT WHEN THE TRAILER HAS SPOILERS!!! After seeing LEVEL RED and the dreaded CONE, I almost feel like there's no point to getting this...
Level Red did look pretty sweet though. I suppose I can't resist getting this game, but I'm still upset about the spoilers.
Halorin @ Feb 2nd 2007 12:51AM
Time... I can't get back.
KLink @ Feb 2nd 2007 9:17AM
Um... Cube = Tron^3?
Abscissa @ Feb 1st 2007 10:23PM
Heh, it looks just like something out of the early 90's demoscene :)
Advanced @ Feb 1st 2007 10:20PM
I haven't laughed that hard in a long time.
"Cube defender of the Polyverse!" and "The fun can not be halted!" are priceless.
This is good stuff. God love the internet.
Kyle @ Feb 1st 2007 11:14PM
HOT DAMN I WANT THIS!
This PWNS all other next-gen games.
Beware the dreaded cone!
Rubang B @ Feb 2nd 2007 12:47AM
I read the book this was based on and it's truly amazing. If they're true to the story this will be the most twisted adventure game this generation. I hope they make the sequel, Cube 2: Hypercube.
Tom @ Feb 2nd 2007 2:14AM
All they have to do is make CUBE a PS3 exclusive and it'll become an instant must-have title among Sony fanboys.
shadycrzy @ Feb 2nd 2007 2:43AM
I've never heard of this game. I can't tell if people are being sarcastic or what's going on. This game looks like crap. Let me amend that, this video looks like crap. If I wanted to play a game guiding a shape-based avatar around a screen collecting shit while avoiding obstacles I'd play Pac-Man. Seriously, if that's all there is to the game save your money for Duke Nukem: Forever.
Vexorg @ Feb 2nd 2007 2:54AM
I look away for five minutes, and the thread gets overrun by Monotech fanboys, just like everything else on this blasted site...
stevecan2 @ Feb 2nd 2007 3:56AM
That video doesn't fool me. I bet that is CGI video. No way that's real in game action. I wanna hear the CUBE developers say that's the real game engine.
Where can I download the demo?
t_m @ Feb 2nd 2007 7:32AM
Joystiq is always so biased in favour of Monotech games.. i bet if this was a PS3 exclusive you'dbe dissing it!
Stop being such monotech fanboys Joystiq!
Blue_Six @ Feb 2nd 2007 9:09AM
I haven't posted on Joystiq for nearly OVER A DECADE but damn... I wouldn't be much of a game master if I wouldn't step in for all the Monotech fanboys here.
This video made me laugh and I mean it seriously made me laugh out loud. Laughter increased due to some of the comments on here too =)
I would buy this game. Seriously, if they'd keep up the entire style portrayed by the "trailer", I'd be instantly sold.
As a full retail title or an XBLA game, I don't care. I NEED to reach level red. I NEED CUBE.
HappyJack @ Feb 2nd 2007 9:37AM
That's totally rad. It's like a square, but in three dimensions!
Matt @ Feb 2nd 2007 10:46AM
So... Funny...
whiny bitch @ Feb 2nd 2007 2:10PM
A game of this scope surely must be worthy of breaking the $60 price point. I'd pay $100, easy.
Spencer @ Feb 2nd 2007 2:47PM
33. Heh, it looks just like something out of the early 90's demoscene :)
Yeah, it reminded me of Renaissance's Amnesia..