*Cough, cough.*
I Am Alive. No, really, I haven't been declared dead yet! I know it's been touch-and-go, but I appear to be on the mend. It's just -- well, I may have lost a bit of myself along the way.
I was once supposed to be a full-fledged retail game -- in a nice box and everything -- but according to the host of JeuxFrance's "Warpzone" show (who claims to have been informed directly from the creator herself, Jade Raymond), I'm now going to be alive digitally, inside of Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network. While I don't like the idea of losing any vital parts or, uh, shrinking, I do hope the news is true! Those are nice, open places to live -- and probably better than a cramped box.
Check out the Warpzone episode here -- fast-forward to the eight-minute mark for the stuff about me! You do know French, I trust?
[Update: Ubisoft hasn't gotten back to us, but it did tell Eurogamer, "we have not recently announced anything for I Am Alive and we have nothing official to announce at this time." Well, okay then.]
Reader Comments (24)
Posted: Feb 1st 2011 2:46PM FriedConsole said
I am OK with ads before videos but the volume control should work for the commercial.
Posted: Feb 1st 2011 3:03PM FriedConsole said
@iceytoa1
Looks like they removed the autoplaying video embedded in the article.
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Looks like they removed the autoplaying video embedded in the article.
Posted: Feb 1st 2011 5:33PM PR0F3TA said
@FriedConsole
i mean really? do we have to start complaining about every little detail on video playback...
doesn't your computer have a mute button? you can press that for the 15 seconds it takes to see a commercial.
they already took ads off small videos and made the banner X'able. Lets be thankful for that at least.
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i mean really? do we have to start complaining about every little detail on video playback...
doesn't your computer have a mute button? you can press that for the 15 seconds it takes to see a commercial.
they already took ads off small videos and made the banner X'able. Lets be thankful for that at least.
Posted: Feb 1st 2011 6:04PM FriedConsole said
@PR0F3TA
Not Joystiq's player on this one. If there is a volume control on screen, it should work.
Is it really more petty than complaining about somebody's petty complaint?
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Not Joystiq's player on this one. If there is a volume control on screen, it should work.
Is it really more petty than complaining about somebody's petty complaint?
Posted: Feb 1st 2011 2:53PM atriux said
Oh my god finally some news on this game! I've waited forever!
Posted: Feb 1st 2011 2:53PM JONNNathannn said
Great to hear something about this title, I've been looking forward to it since that initial clip reveal.
I don't mind the digital distribution at all. If it's a good game then it's a good game...I just fear it's not actually a good game due to all this secrecy.
I don't mind the digital distribution at all. If it's a good game then it's a good game...I just fear it's not actually a good game due to all this secrecy.
Posted: Feb 1st 2011 2:59PM MowDownJoe said
I am in love with the style all these I Am Alive stories are written.
Posted: Feb 1st 2011 3:02PM jr0cha said
finally some news on this game. i hope the game will still look great though
Posted: Feb 1st 2011 3:05PM matthargett said
Awesome!!! I can't wait to play this on PSN in 1080p with HD audio!
Posted: Feb 1st 2011 3:18PM Leafhopper said
After all this it's rumored only gonna be a download game? Wow.
Posted: Feb 1st 2011 3:48PM tendoboy1984 said
@Leafhopper
Digital downloads are the future...
Look at what's happening with the movie industry (Netflix, movies on the PS Store).
Downloading music has become mainstream.
It's only a matter of time before games join those other mediums...
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Digital downloads are the future...
Look at what's happening with the movie industry (Netflix, movies on the PS Store).
Downloading music has become mainstream.
It's only a matter of time before games join those other mediums...
Posted: Feb 1st 2011 3:42PM IAmTheBabyJeezus said
Hell yeah! Was waiting for news about this game, but forgot about it. Hopefully it won't flop.
Posted: Feb 1st 2011 3:49PM Heisenberg said
And interest in this game just plummeted. The only way to recover is to do a developer diary with Jade Raymond and get all her adoring fans drooling again.
Posted: Feb 1st 2011 4:04PM US 447 said
Seriously? What the hell? I was really excited for this, now it seems like its going to be a cheap shell of what it could have been.
Posted: Feb 1st 2011 4:26PM liquidsoap89 said
@US 447
Why, because you won't get a box? Or is it the manual?
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Why, because you won't get a box? Or is it the manual?
Posted: Feb 1st 2011 4:38PM US 447 said
@liquidsoap89 So reading isnt your strong front, as I said this isnt going to be the same game that it would have been. Its going to be gutted to fit it to the size xbla allows, your an idiot, your comment is a petty attempt at trolling, cause yeah, the box and manual is all that we lost to this game becoming an xbla and psn game.
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Posted: Feb 1st 2011 5:12PM atriux said
Woah Woah Woah chill out man. You had a valid point, but no need to cream the guy like that!
And I slightly feel the same way. I'm seeing something similar to a shadow complex in 3d in my mind....idk. Was really hoping for a strange mix between fallout and silent hill, know what I mean?
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And I slightly feel the same way. I'm seeing something similar to a shadow complex in 3d in my mind....idk. Was really hoping for a strange mix between fallout and silent hill, know what I mean?
Posted: Feb 1st 2011 5:06PM KungFuChaosNinja said
Jade, I want to marry you.
We all do.
We all do.
Posted: Feb 2nd 2011 2:36PM Earandir said
@KungFuChaosNinja
Jade Raymond... mmmmm... *droolz*
http://i800.photobucket.com/albums/yy281/armychick24/drooling-homer-simpson.jpg
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Jade Raymond... mmmmm... *droolz*
http://i800.photobucket.com/albums/yy281/armychick24/drooling-homer-simpson.jpg
Posted: Feb 1st 2011 8:04PM ch3burashka said
I Am Disappointed that it's not going to be a full game - makes me think of Hydrophobia, and we know how that worked out.
Ubisoft is being a major downer recently - all that stuff about BG&E2, then Rayman 3DS is just a remake, now this. Real bummer.
Ubisoft is being a major downer recently - all that stuff about BG&E2, then Rayman 3DS is just a remake, now this. Real bummer.
Posted: Feb 2nd 2011 12:08AM DustbinK said
Why are most of the Joystiq writers so awkward?





