Spike VGA's second 'mystery' teaser
And there it is, people: The second "mystery" teaser for this year's Spike VGA award show, shown first here on Joystiq. (The first, you'll recall, was 2K Games' franchise reboot of Spec Ops). Since we don't have any insider info on the developer or the publisher behind the game, we'll simply share what we know: This is a new, unannounced game that will be revealed for the first time at the VGAs; the trailer's narration is delivered by a "well-known actor" (Tom Wilkinson?); and the reveal at the VGAs will have actual gameplay.
Share your best educated guesses in the comments below and we'll bubble the best to the top. We'll start you out: That's a Hong Kong police badge, so we're saying True Crime 3: Hong Kong.
[Update: Internet sleuth superannuation posits that this mystery title is none other than Black Lotus, the as-of-yet-unnamed Activision-published, United Front-developed action title announced earlier this year. Just about the only thing we know about the project on the record is that it's "a new action-based game set in Hong Kong" by the studio working on ModNation Racers. Do we have a winner?]
Share your best educated guesses in the comments below and we'll bubble the best to the top. We'll start you out: That's a Hong Kong police badge, so we're saying True Crime 3: Hong Kong.
[Update: Internet sleuth superannuation posits that this mystery title is none other than Black Lotus, the as-of-yet-unnamed Activision-published, United Front-developed action title announced earlier this year. Just about the only thing we know about the project on the record is that it's "a new action-based game set in Hong Kong" by the studio working on ModNation Racers. Do we have a winner?]













Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Archon (PSN: Archonik, XBL: DarkARHN) @ Nov 30th 2009 12:22PM
Rockstar's Agent? Probably not, that will probably be more vintage.
Marius Returns @ Nov 30th 2009 12:26PM
I hope its Agent as well but probably not
Dreaded Fear @ Nov 30th 2009 1:06PM
Stranglehold sequel?
Infernal Affairs game?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infernal_Affairs
Militant07 @ Nov 30th 2009 2:24PM
Agent set to be in 80th, there is no way 80th is like this
MexicaN @ Nov 30th 2009 4:30PM
This is DEF! gonna be the next Max Payne!!!!
BET!!!!!!
ZayCube (Steam ID: ZayCube) @ Nov 30th 2009 5:21PM
Tell me... This trailer reminds you of
The game is set during the Cold War and will take players into "the world of counter-intelligence, espionage and political assassinations" (c) Agent. Rockstar press release.
Agent? REALLY?
eight @ Nov 30th 2009 12:23PM
It's another game sequel to Hard Boiled... ?
Discotheque @ Nov 30th 2009 12:33PM
Haha I thought so too. Anyways that's definitely Tom Wilkinson narrating. And I'm thinking True Crime 3 as well.
Definitely not Agent like somebody mentioned above. That game is taking place in the 70s (should be great).
The Dark Wayne [Planeteer: Power of the Batusi] ATDFs Financier and Batman @ Nov 30th 2009 1:01PM
if you pause right when the badge is flipping it looks sorta like Chow Yun Fat. Sorta : /
Yeah it could be anything. Hong Kong is a great setting though, and there are so few cop games these days
ZayCube (Steam ID: ZayCube) @ Nov 30th 2009 12:24PM
Perhaps a new franchise?
Caboose @ Nov 30th 2009 12:25PM
Shenmue !!!! wishful thinking.. looks cool though
Demon G Sides @ Nov 30th 2009 12:39PM
Definitely. I was about to just come on here and post about it. Its gotta be Shenmue!
Eh @ Nov 30th 2009 1:06PM
What does any of that have to do with Shenmue?
Marius Returns @ Nov 30th 2009 12:26PM
Too bad I'm going to miss the show because of Finals, sigh
Caboose @ Nov 30th 2009 12:30PM
yea me too.. but that is what the internet is for..
Discotheque @ Nov 30th 2009 12:33PM
Why would you even want to watch this garbage? Just you-tube the announcement trailers.
MystileArmor @ Nov 30th 2009 12:27PM
I wouldn't mind a True Crime 3. I do hope it won't be as buggy as True Crime NYC.... seriously, when your game crashes 9 out of 10 times you're trying to enter a building, there is something wrong.
Captain Planet [Planeteer | Power of Captain Planet] @ Nov 30th 2009 12:29PM
It's Die Hard 5: Die Even Hardier Than Hardest
ValexIV @ Nov 30th 2009 12:35PM
Telling you the truth, it looks like a Rockstar game for me. It looks open world enough and I guess that it will have alot of shooting. I guess that it might be Agent since it says something about and undercover cop, but the setting does not fit... Agent is set in the 70s and this looks more like 2009.
Granger @ Nov 30th 2009 12:36PM
All I gather is that the dialogue seems to suggest prior events in an earlier game/book/film, and that we've already been introduced to the character throwing away his HKPD badge.
Seems way too serious a premise to be based on this, but... Only connection I get is Rush Hour, which featured Wilkinson. Jackie Chan was HKPD if I'm not mistaken too.
jmvccnt @ Nov 30th 2009 12:47PM
that looks like Dead 2 Rights
Granger @ Nov 30th 2009 12:52PM
http://deadtorights.com/
New game is already announced, and looks awful (it's from the fine folks who brought us Reservoir Dogs - God I hate Blitz Games!)
fragmit @ Nov 30th 2009 12:54PM
New Super Mario Brothers 2
dystroglycan @ Nov 30th 2009 1:05PM
inevitable
Eh @ Nov 30th 2009 1:07PM
confirmed, FF7 remake
theouttake521 @ Nov 30th 2009 1:15PM
No Stranglehold fans out there?
Mr Khan @ Nov 30th 2009 1:16PM
Zone of the Snatchers Solid: Lords of Shadow: make Kojima fans scream like little girls edition
Captain Planet [Planeteer | Power of Captain Planet] @ Nov 30th 2009 1:18PM
Sounds like an awesome porno.
Faustous @ Nov 30th 2009 1:17PM
I am hoping...
I say it's Shenmue 3 :)
Shimrra @ Nov 30th 2009 3:22PM
Dead to Rights
Chris @ Nov 30th 2009 3:24PM
Grand Theft Auto 5 : Hong Kong
Ypoknons @ Dec 1st 2009 4:02AM
I hope not. GTA4, especially, is a fun-but smart caricature of life in NYC. It'd be very hard to do a version of Hong Kong that is accurate and not a lame Western caricature without resorting to Cantonese.
grudgeoms @ Nov 30th 2009 4:05PM
To be honest It sounded more like Anthony Hopkin to me.
prettyg @ Nov 30th 2009 4:26PM
I have my doubts about how good this guy is at going undercover. Wouldn't it be better not just to through your highly identifiable police badge into the street where anyone could find it..
shickonannon @ Nov 30th 2009 4:43PM
stranglehold 2
FonFahbre @ Nov 30th 2009 4:51PM
Oh good grief, shut the hell up about Shenmue!. Its giving me bursts of nostalgia again!. That would of been great though!, but they're already assuming that its "Black Lotus".
TRON.dll @ Nov 30th 2009 5:50PM
The TRON one was better.
wocyob @ Nov 30th 2009 6:52PM
8 days
or w/e name that ps3 game that was put on hold?
Husher @ Nov 30th 2009 6:15PM
reminds me of blade runner. kinda. oh well
Ypoknons @ Dec 1st 2009 3:54AM
Holy Crap! A game set in Hong Kong that actually looks like Hong Kong (late 1990's)! Not a fake big Chinatown, not a giant slum, but a city, bustling with life and variety.
Misfit Toy @ Dec 1st 2009 10:15AM
ZOMG...WURLD XCLUSIVE!
Geoff must be giddy and dancing his heart out right about now.