Parabellum: A Brand New Next-Gen Tactical FPS

[McLaren]

Acony Games, a german independant game studio is preparing a tactical FPS powered by Unreal Engine 3!!!! Their lovely baby is named PARABELLUM, and is about a counter terrorist style gaming. The good news is that they promised the biggest multiplayer Environment ever created: The whole city!!!! The game is scheduled for PC, Xbox360 and PS3 on the second half of 2007.
PARABELLUM draws the player into a likely scenario of nuclear terror in New York City. An extremist group known as “Black November” is holding the entire city hostage by threatening to detonate a thermonuclear bomb. Their condition is the withdrawal of all United States military forces from the middle east. If this condition will not be fulfilled within 10 days, Black November will detonate the 20 Megaton nuclear warhead. According to intelligence information, the bomb could be hidden almost anywhere in NYC.

Artworks And Concept Designs

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5 Screenshots

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[casualkiss]

A reference to the Palestinian terrorist group "Black September"?!
A game to get all the Americans out of the middle-east?!

You got to be kidding me! This will never get pass the sensors!!!

I don't know... I mean Mercenaries 2 with its fictionaly Venezualla story has caused a brew-haha... this game could really set off a storm.

[VG Aficionado]

Another FPS: exactly what we needed. Good screenshots though.

[McLaren]

multiplayer the whole city of NYC.... http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y2/McLarenAK47/14_6_12.gif there better be vehicles in order to pull that off

[frosty]

http://www.primetide.com/acony/?page=downloads&productid=1


There's all the info they got on this game.

[GTShotoKen]

I know, this game seems to hit some very sensitive issues, but it looks damn pretty! :lol:

[yoshaw]

This game is NOT coming to PS3 afaik. It's PC and 360 exclusive so far I'm afraid.

[GTShotoKen]

Oh well...:(

The image of the highly detailed Uzi being fired in a steel mill kinda reminds me of Black.

Hey that's right, Black was supposed to be a trilogy. Now that was a very kickass game. It's always fun to go back and play for short periods of time. Next-gen hardware will do that franchise wonders!!! :)

[Nameless]

The visuals look like a watered down version of Rainbow Six (Vegas)
I'm not impressed, looks like more of the same...

[masonite]

as long as you can play as the black november team, im happy ;)

[Kabbage]

http://images.playsyde.com/gallery/public/3896/1125_0002.jpg

That Reminds me of Black

Pfft. I have Resistance... I dont need this :D

[McLaren]

debut trailer at Gamespot.... +rep to whoever can get the HD version

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/parabellum/media.html

New Screens

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[Coded-Dude]

+rep to whoever can get the HD version
uploading.......

[EDIT]
THIS GAME LOOKS AWESOME(for being pre-alpha 100% in-game)
The blood splattering from bullets is rad!

btw - COMPLETE HD VID (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BID9V5YL)

[McLaren]

good looks Dude.... +rep

[Coded-Dude]

bump (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BID9V5YL)

[McLaren]

thanks for upping the HD version

[Matt]

Looks pretty sweet, though I can't find any info on it coming to the PS3.

[Coded-Dude]

Nor do I, but I did find the OFFICIAL GAME SITE (http://www.parabellumthegame.com/)
This is the game that takes palce in New York(I remember it being talked abtou a whiel back)

[Sephiroth_VII]

Please, dear god, no!!! Not another FPS!!!

[Matt]

You don't see PC gamers moan about the amount of FPS games they have do you!

Now stop whinging! :P

[Sephiroth_VII]

Lol. Why do I get the feeling that PS won't lack in the FPS department, compared to Xbox, this time around?

[woundingchaney]

Lol. Why do I get the feeling that PS won't lack in the FPS department, compared to Xbox, this time around?
Probably because the genre is selling better than cotton candy.

I love the FPS genre but anymore Im not to eager about the releases unless of course it is a series I really like such as Doom, Halo, HL, R6 etc. there has been too many duds as of late and simple entrees just to sell off of the genre.

This game looks like more of the same and Im going to have to see more and learn more before I give it the benefit of the doubt.

[PUNK em 733]

Next gen...forget that, it's FPS gen.

[EvilTaru]

Lol. Why do I get the feeling that PS won't lack in the FPS department, compared to Xbox, this time around?

I think Resistance is simply going to DOMINATE the genre on the platform until the next Zipper FPS comes out on the PS3, heck Resistance might dominate for a LONG time even despite any other FPS on the platform, I think it's going to be THE definitive FPS on the platform, regardless of what everybody else decides to release on the PS3.

[masonite]

those are some shiny hands in the first pic...

[Nameless]

Another FPS...
Looks a lot like Rainbow 6 Vegas from a visual standpoint.

[yoshaw]

I'm going to ask again. Is this even a PS3 title?

Or are we hyping a PC/360 game in the wrong section ;)

lol

[Matt]

Well I haven't been able to find anything about it being on the PS3, and neither has anybody else.

So I suppose we may as well just close this one, until we know for sure that it'll be coming to the PS3.

Edit: Thread re-opened, as the game is now destined for the PS3.

[woundingchaney]

Found at another site that it is infact a PS3 game.


http://ps3.ign.com/articles/712/712716p1.html


LOL who says I never have any PS3 news, chumps :)

[LaLiLuLeLo]

weeee.

[liver_kick]

Probably because the genre is selling better than cotton candy.

Thats part of it, but Sony practically sprinkled PC dev catnip on their platform when they co-opted Nvidia. Which is great for development, but that pretty much opened up the floodgates. Now two consoles have something of an analog to port from, and when it comes to PC centric studios the FPS is the 16-bit equivalent to the platformer. I hope yall like shootin shit. :smirk:

[Applefiend]

Nah, next gen isn't the first person shooter generation... It's the over the shoulder shooter generation. :)

It's systematic of the lack on invention in the industry. When you're blowing 20 million on a game, can't afford to take any chances. Better keep on remaking Private Ryan the video game.

[indiekid4]

FPS = *pukes* this is getting out of hand man!

[EvilTaru]

"In-game" footage:

http://videogamerx.gamedonga.co.kr/bbs/view.php?id=vx01&no=12855

I don't see what's so special about it both in terms of graphics and gameplay, nothing that current-gen PC shooters haven't done better. It's a bit of a Black rip-off and between the two games that were superhyped at the time, God of War and Black, Black didn't remotely deserve the superhype and was an example of relying too much on developer pedigree.

[McLaren]

It looks good, but it needs more work

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[Fillibuster]

I don't see what's so special about it both in terms of graphics and gameplay, nothing that current-gen PC shooters haven't done better. It's a bit of a Black rip-off and between the two games that were superhyped at the time, God of War and Black, Black didn't remotely deserve the superhype and was an example of relying too much on developer pedigree.

I think Black would have been a killer game had it included multiplayer. Just thought I'd inject a little "IMO" out there...

[RzrWire]

^ in addition to an actual story perhaps? "IMO" :2cents:

[Z]

wait for the coming next-gen Black. I don't know if they'll get the story, but this is an FPS; it can do fine without one. just make alot of bang. ;)

[GTAce]

This game looks to me like a mix of: BLACK, Counter Strike and F.E.A.R.
Dont know why lol.
Could be funny.