A secret triple-A title set to be 'reborn' on Xbox 360 has been cheekily teased in the latest issue of OXM UK.
However, there's bad news for 360 owners wishing for the full reveal of the blockbuster game any time soon - as it's been pushed back by a month.
It reads: "You WILL buy this magazine... One of the best games ever made is reborn on Xbox 360."
Unfortunately, it looks like readers will have to wait until OXM issue 72, which will hit stores in April, to find out what it is - as the game's publisher has pushed back its announcement.
[Update: OXM editor Jon Hicks has since told us that, due to the game's publisher pushing back its announcement, the planned reveal "is very unlikely to appear in the magazine for the forseeable future". Boo.]
Meanwhile, OXM issue 71 will hit stores on March 10.
"It's a real nuisance, not least since we've been trying to cover this game for months, but these things happen," OXM editor Jon Hicks told CVG. "The publisher was very apologetic but apparently the game just won't be ready in time."
Take a look at the graphics on the page. It looks futuristic, possibly science fiction-esque.
Which doesn't really narrow it down too much in the world of video games. What do you reckon it could be, readers?
Comments
72 comments so far...
killingabbcwae on 15 Feb '11 said:
any money that its gonna be HALO CE HD remake,and that they are gonna release it november time
spiritofjazz on 15 Feb '11 said:
So is this going to be that rumoured Halo remake?
Mr.Do on 15 Feb '11 said:
Halo Combat Evolved, without a doubt.
dpb135 on 15 Feb '11 said:
Halo 1 in HD?
Deadmark35 on 15 Feb '11 said:
Halo, its gotta be. Part of me is hoping Jet Set Radio though. Or, and I know its a foolish hope, Shenmue......
RustySpoon80 on 15 Feb '11 said:
It doesn't say one of the greatest xbox games.
I call Elite.
altitude2k on 15 Feb '11 said:
If that background is a map from whatever game this is, then I doubt it's Halo. Looks like an office...
Don't remember seeing desks and bathrooms in Halo
killingabbcwae on 15 Feb '11 said:
i know its gonna be halo ce but would love shenmue 1 & 2 on a double disc or down load
JD_Method on 15 Feb '11 said:
Halo. I wouldn't call it one of the best games ever made though.
monty_79 on 15 Feb '11 said:
It's going to be Halo 1.
If Ihad a choice, I would have had KOTOR remade, but alas, we don't always get what we want.
snipeshotsamurai on 15 Feb '11 said:
It doesn't actually state that it was an Xbox game, and seeing as appears the background is the blueprints for a hotel I would say it is Ubisoft redoing the original Rainbow 6 or Activision rebooting S.W.A.T.
altitude2k on 15 Feb '11 said:
I don't get how people are missing what that image is. Although it looks more like an office with desks than a hotel. Maybe a bank?
drpunk on 15 Feb '11 said:
I wanted to be the first hipster to call elite
ssjgarretjax on 15 Feb '11 said:
oh yeah?!? I call elite for the Kinect
lonewolf2002 on 15 Feb '11 said:
Jade Empire?
snipeshotsamurai on 15 Feb '11 said:
Yeah I didn't notice that they were desk and not tables so I agree with it being an office and not a hotel as I thought. I reckon it is more likely to be S.W.A.T than R6 though seeing that Acti don't have any squad based shooters barring the zombie mode in COD.
Hashbrown on 15 Feb '11 said:
It doesn't even say its an Xbox game. Never know, it could be the original Metal Gear back on the MSX?
I would p**s my self side ways if it was FF7 and an Xbox 360 exclusive. Highly unlikely, but would amuse me
El Mag on 15 Feb '11 said:
Q*bert hd revolution, 64 players online and a dubstep soundtrack.
ssjgarretjax on 15 Feb '11 said:
oh I would lurrrve that once we get done moving I am going to break that out again
going to go ebil this time though
(and steel battalion)
spiritofjazz on 15 Feb '11 said:
The blue print looks like an office plan to me. Like Counter Strikes' office maybe? That or Theme Hospital?
metallicorphan on 15 Feb '11 said:
yay,welcome back Blinx,LOL...oh wait,yeah Halo 1 is more likely
TheCrimsonFenix on 15 Feb '11 said:
Look at the graphics on the page... what, you mean that bloody blueprint of a building of some sort? That could be anything from the new X -Com to Theme bloody Hospital. My money would be on the former rather than the latter though.If they'd been trying to cover the game for months, then it's most probably a game that was already shown in some form long ago. If all it ends up being is a Halo Remake or HD release of Halo then... this will have to be one of the most boring reveals ever.
StonecoldMC on 15 Feb '11 said:
Ahh, Jade Empire!
*Shakes fist at lonewolf for getting my hopes up*
snipeshotsamurai on 15 Feb '11 said:
I've figured it out!
Its Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay
Mark240473 on 15 Feb '11 said:
I doubt they'd make such a fuss over the Halo remake as it seems to be pretty common knowledge that it is going to happen at some point. Then again, magazines hype up these things to more than they deserve.
If it's a Halo remake, then great, but it wouldn't be that exciting.
Elite, on the other hand, would be very exciting indeed!
And I think people need to give up on the Shemnue dream. Sadly...
drpunk on 15 Feb '11 said:
I'm gonna get in first and call Syndicate.
That even contains drawings like seen on that graphic.
No need to thank me. Or kill me when it turns out I've spoiled the news.
Zabba 2 on 15 Feb '11 said:
Beyond Good and Evil 2?
TheCrimsonFenix on 15 Feb '11 said:
Safest bet so far I'd say.
pmantis on 15 Feb '11 said:
Please be a full remake of the original perfect dark. C'mon wtf are Rare doing with their time, it's gotta be from them.
Tidus3000 on 15 Feb '11 said:
I vote Goldeneye. Just because
altitude2k on 15 Feb '11 said:
Looks something like that - something with free-roaming within an office-type arena.
TheCrimsonFenix on 15 Feb '11 said:
Experience the thrill of the hum drum life of a computer technician with Microsoft Office Sim 3000.
El Mag on 15 Feb '11 said:
YOU TAKE THAT BACK!!! TAKE IT BACK NOW!! *ahem* sorry, carry on.
Let's hope whatever it is that it's out this year and it's not just another fps. It's obviously not this but surely i'm not the only other person that wants a new Road Rash game.
STE MO on 15 Feb '11 said:
Why does everyone assume its Halo CE? The title is very misleading unless they know something we don't!
snipeshotsamurai on 15 Feb '11 said:
Rare are too busy making more crappy Kinect party games and tweaking the avatars to make them even less likable.
KMakawa on 15 Feb '11 said:
I highly doubt it will be Halo, since the studio developing the new Halo has said it is not a prequel, but a continuation of the Halo franchise.
Anyway, im hoping its Beyond Good & Evil 2, we saw a tech demo not too long ago about it -- and they're are slight rumours that we're going to see an announcement for it this year. Heres hoping ~
BenThomasFoster on 15 Feb '11 said:
ReBorn implys its not a HD update but full blown remake with multiplayer ect
the best bit about original halo was the story and the settings and finale so all is good if gameplay is changed for me
M1NDR34D3R on 15 Feb '11 said:
It looks like the very first level in Halo: CE
Remember, in the ship where you first fight the brutes and then go down to the elevators..
altitude2k on 15 Feb '11 said:
Nah it doesn't. Trust me.
WHERESMYMONKEY on 15 Feb '11 said:
Wow. Adrian Edmonsons Seminal Spectrum classic 'How to be a Bastard' is getting a HD remake. well i never.
Voltrons Bolt on 15 Feb '11 said:
Star Raiders?
http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/ ... e=previews
Moorpheus on 15 Feb '11 said:
Think you've got the wrong buddy - brutes weren't in Halo: CE!
I don't think this is Halo - far too predictable. I had thought Deus Ex due to Human Revolution but that's not exactly new news.
KotOR please
Jodmeister on 15 Feb '11 said:
GTA San Andreas
or
Knights of the Old Republic
dannyhulse on 15 Feb '11 said:
It will either be Jet Set Radio or Halo.
If its Halo then why bother teasing us we all know its coming anyway
But looking at the list of best selling Xbox games the ones that are Sci-Fi are:
Halo CE
Halo 2
KOTOR
Star Wars Battlefront
Star Wars Battlefront II
KesMonkey on 15 Feb '11 said:
"How to be a Complete Bastard".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_be_a_Complete_Bastard
slatters on 15 Feb '11 said:
Dr Robotniks Mean Bean Machine HD
budge on 15 Feb '11 said:
KotOR?
Jade Empire?
Elite?
Any of these and i'd be a happy chappy.
blagger on 15 Feb '11 said:
I doubt it's halo.
It doesn't fit the sensational headline, the remake of halo coming in hd is old news now.
It could be elite as someone else has mentioned.
It better be bloody good that's all i'm saying, especially after a headline like that.
Master_Thief on 15 Feb '11 said:
A new Sim City.
The capitalized "WILL" meaning Will Wright.
lonewolf2002 on 15 Feb '11 said:
You're welcome
only_777 on 15 Feb '11 said:
Best Guess so far, but i don't think Sim City would work too well on a console now. Although the Snes version was ok!
CrispyLog on 15 Feb '11 said:
cs_office ?
Could that mean.... But it couldn't work on consoles, could it? I'm daring to dream again!
fixious on 15 Feb '11 said:
Should we be analyzing the white dots at all? There are 9. 10 would make sense for a Halo 1 remake(10 years). Perhaps I'm looking into it a bit too much...
As for the background, I thought it was a circuit board at first, but zooming in I guess it could be a large room/office. Blueprints would make more sense.
TOKEN on 15 Feb '11 said:
Halo CE what is known so far.
1/HD,3D.
2/Not using Reach engine(hope its not cell shaded).
3/Different developer.
4/CO-OP multiplayer.
5/November release.
IbanezLewis on 15 Feb '11 said:
It's not anything to do with Halo. This has been confirmed via @MrJonty of OXM on Twitter.
farmerted001 on 15 Feb '11 said:
Someone above my post guessed correctly, that what CVG have said on Facebook a couple of minutes ago:
That secret Xbox 360 reboot.... Someone got it right on CVG - but who was it?
They have also said that it is not Halo.
fat_tony2001 on 15 Feb '11 said:
Yeah, I think you're bang on the money with that one. I'm sure there was a story a couple of months ago about a trademark or something for syndicate being in discussion with the original publishers or such like. Considering the remake is being described as being of "one of the greatest games of all time" then Syndicate's probably the most obvious candidate from those mentioned so far.
snipeshotsamurai on 15 Feb '11 said:
That narrows it down a lot as there are really only 4 realistic options that have been mentioned here.
Rainbow 6
S.W.A.T
Counterstrike
Syndicate
UltraVioletZero on 15 Feb '11 said:
It's a blueprint for an office building judging by the workstations. Sadly many great games have had office buildings.
EvilDrPorkchop on 15 Feb '11 said:
Anybody else seeing Hitman? Office/bank?
Very_Silver_Ownz on 15 Feb '11 said:
its probably a Halo collection with Halo 1 and 2 with online for the 360.
mike_mgoblue on 15 Feb '11 said:
AAA Exclusives were something the original Xbox had a lot of.
AAA Exclusives are something Microsoft has access to that we actually didn't even see on the original Xbox.
If Microsoft is referring to a "remake" of an original Xbox game, I think it could be anything from Mechwarrior, to Star Wars: KOTOR, to Halo: Combat Evolved.
But remember, Microsoft could also be talking about something like a game that has been rumored for quite some time based on one of the most popular arcade games EVER:
Killer Instinct!!!
BenThomasFoster on 15 Feb '11 said:
sir you blew my mind with theme hospital! i would sacrafice a youngling for theme hospital 2
gmcb007 on 15 Feb '11 said:
I remember Rainbow Six on the PS1 used a blueprint for a map and white squares were used as the terrorist icon....could that be the magazine cover image?
Heres a video with the map in it shown at 2:31 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZ17EIC4mYA
Solm on 15 Feb '11 said:
What about Conker's Bad Fur Day, classic game.
gogo65uk on 15 Feb '11 said:
How about the mechwarrior series? they were always exclusive to MS right? Still love my MW3 for PC on of the last great games I ever bought before consoles became huge.
fixious on 15 Feb '11 said:
http://i.imgur.com/xgqBa.jpg
WHERESMYMONKEY on 16 Feb '11 said:
Well my money is on Syndicate. Look at the background. It's a circuit board, very similar to the one on the original box art.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4b/Syndicate_Coverart.png
Also it has been rumoured to be in development for a while now.
then again i could be right and it is actually How to be a complete bastard.
xJohnOx on 16 Feb '11 said:
Yo good call on Syndicate man. It definitely looks like it could be from that game. Also I heard EA are working on a remake of it my money would be on that. Man I played that game hard on my Amiga 1200 ah memory's..
Dougie1634 on 16 Feb '11 said:
The background is an architectural plan for a building entrance like a corporate headquarters with security swipe card stations to get in - sounds like syndicate to me
Jez7 on 16 Feb '11 said:
I want Crimson Skies or I'm going to p**s in their coffee.
mike_mgoblue on 30 Mar '11 said:
MechWarrior would be Awesome!