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Rumor: The Ship 2 = Hollywood Murder Party?

by Nick Breckon, Nov 28, 2008 3:01pm PST

Related Topics – The Ship, Rumor, PC

Shack tipster Chris Spargo has recently spotted employees of Outerlight, the developer of the Half-Life mod-turned-game The Ship: Murder Party, playing a mysterious title called "Hollywood Murder Party" on Steam.

After some checking, Shacknews can verify that Outerlight employees have logged over 130 hours on the unannounced game so far.

Outerlight's The Ship is a multiplayer game set on a 1920s cruise liner that challenges players to assassinate their assigned victim before being similarly murdered.

The developer has previously stated that the follow-up to The Ship would diverge from the first title in both environment and name. Hollywood Murder Party sounds about right.

We've contacted Outerlight for comment.

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I laughed more playing the ship then probably any game i've ever played. it's suspenseful, whacky and downright fun.

Nov 30, 2008 7:15pm PST

I laughed more playing the ship then probably any game i've ever played. it's suspenseful, whacky and dow... : flasher 907

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I hope they sell it at a better price point this time. $20 was too much for the mod to achieve any sort of widespread popularity.

Nov 29, 2008 3:54pm PST

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  it did pretty well at $20 a pop. I don't see them changing the price if they already have a fan base tha... : jedi_27
  - did it do well? What are the numbers, and how many servers are playing the game right now? : deathofrats
- I look into it if it was cheaper than 20 bucks : bluewagon

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The Ship 2 = sold

Nov 28, 2008 4:23pm PST

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- I'm in. : Moonbase Commander
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    Sweet. More people to play with. : Moonbase Commander
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      What the hell just happened here. : Zips
      
      Join us - resistance is futile! : Zzap
- The Ship became an instant must-play for our yearly Christmas LAN party. Maybe a dozen people all secret... : Enkidu

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I've seen a lot of people lately being "In-Game" on Steam for ridiculous games. So I guess there's also an exploit or a "feature" where you can write whatever you want and others see it as if you're playing that thing. For example one had: Team Fortress 3 Beta - Join

But let's hope the news is true :)

Nov 29, 2008 4:50am PST

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I've seen a lot of people lately being "In-Game" on Steam for ridiculous games. So I guess there's also a... : FTY
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  You seriously think a development company would organise some kind of coup between their employees to do ... : Smurfy12
  - Nah, I'm just saying what I saw :) : FTY
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  If you add a non-steam game, you can rename it to whatever you want. (plus the steam community thing will... : bigexplosions
  - If you do that it doesn't say "Joln" next to it, because it's not integrated with Steam. : Smurfy12

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So you DO read the submitted news. I'm famous at last!

Nov 29, 2008 4:28am PST

So you DO read the submitted news. I'm famous at last! : Smurfy12

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Does anyone still play the original ''THA SHIP''? Any servers in existence?

It's going for $10 at Target right now, sure I can find it for a fifth of that online...

Nov 28, 2008 10:26pm PST

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Does anyone still play the original ''THA SHIP''? Any servers in existence? It's going for $10 at Tar... : Tha Kelp
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- Some people still play it. Not many, but there are people. I bought it at Circuit City for $1.90. : TheIneffableBob

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Do you like the smell of butterflies?

Nov 28, 2008 11:06pm PST

Do you like the smell of butterflies? : Tha Kelp

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This game is the best first person shooter version of the "mafia" social party game, the problem is that it is such a light game I feel it should be bundled with something, so lots of people play it. Like, it would be great bundled with half life episode 3 and whatever else valve is cooking up.

Nov 28, 2008 8:36pm PST

This game is the best first person shooter version of the "mafia" social party game, the problem is that ... : kaddar0

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I really had some memorable experiences with this game. I'd consider it more co-op than multi-player, and I can only imagine what in-game-voice would do to this game. It would fucking EXPLODE if they designed the communication like a good game of DEFCON Diplomacy mode.

Nov 28, 2008 7:27pm PST

I really had some memorable experiences with this game. I'd consider it more co-op than multi-player, an... : spyrext

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put in on the 360 and get the big community playing and it would be a blast, loved the first one but after a few weeks there seemed to be very few people playing

Nov 28, 2008 7:27pm PST

put in on the 360 and get the big community playing and it would be a blast, loved the first one but afte... : hillemania

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They should put it on XBLA for $20, I would pick it up. You don't need crazy aim for it or anything, it would fit in.

Nov 28, 2008 6:52pm PST

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- Yeah, agreed. : megarust32

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So, I wonder since the old maps were different ships will the new scenarios take place on different movie sets?

Nov 28, 2008 3:58pm PST

So, I wonder since the old maps were different ships will the new scenarios take place on different movie... : coyoterys