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After a brief stint of exclusivity on Xbox Live Arcade, Ubisoft has announced that I Am Alive will be available on PS3 on April 4th. The $15 downloadable follows the story of an "everyman" searching for his wife and daughter after a horrific "Event" destroys his hometown. Ubisoft promised true "survival" gameplay, where players must keep an eye on their stamina and resources.
Ubisoft's downloadable title I Am Alive (shown above) hits Xbox Live Arcade tomorrow, and the publisher has launched a free iOS companion app for the game that's now available on iTunes. The app supports iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices, and includes a bunch of bells and whistles that supplement the survival-action title.
The full schedule for this year's Xbox Live Arcade House Party has been revealed, complete with prices and dates for the four lucky games who'll be showing up, drinking cheap lager, dancing poorly, then trying to snog each other from February 15.
The 2012 Xbox Live Arcade House Party will kick off on February 15, Microsoft has announced. The four-game series of hand-picked Arcade gems was outed yesterday with the quiet release of a trailer.
The line-up includes Alan Wake's American Nightmare, I Am Alive, Nexuiz, and Warp -- though not necessarily in that order.
Alan Wake's American Nightmare will headline this year's Xbox Live Arcade House Party, a trailer seemingly released by mistake has revealed. The promotion will also bring Trapdoor's Warp, the CryEngine 3-powered Nexuiz, and Ubisoft's I Am Alive.
You may not fully appreciate just how dirty the collapse of civilized society will be. Luckily we have Ubisoft, which has released a new trailer for I Am Alive that shows how even urban areas will become grainy clouds not seen since dustbowl-era Oklahoma. So besides the lack of food and water, and people turning violent without structure of law, you've got that to look forward to.
I Am Alive creative director Stanislas Mettra caused quite a stir when his comments in a recent interview were taken to mean that a PC version of the game was unlikely due to piracy concerns. Mettra says that was not what he meant, and attributes the miscommunication to his not being a native English speaker. He stops short of promising a PC version, though, leaving it at saying that game makers always want to see their games as widely available as possible.
Ubisoft's intriguing downloadable title, I Am Alive, is unlikely to find a PC release. Comments made by the game's creative director, Stanislas Mettra, are likely to continue the growing rift between Ubisoft and the PC gaming community.
According to Mettra, a PC release wouldn't be viable. "It's hard because there’s so much piracy and so few people are paying for PC games that we have to precisely weigh it up against the cost of making it," he said.
Ubisoft Shanghai reportedly "started from scratch" when it took over as developer of I Am Alive, scrapping "much" of developer Darkwork's work on the title.
"We started from scratch, but with the same pitch," Ubisoft Shanghai's Aurelian Palasse said, "I don't want to take the point of view that our game's better [than Darkworks'] - but first of all it was a CG, so everything was possible, and it wasn't real gameplay. But we liked the pitch, and we liked the way it felt."
After years of silence, I Am Alive is finally finding release. Ubisoft has announced that the survival horror game--first debuted as a retail game in 2008--will be released on Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network "this winter."
Developed by Ubisoft Shanghai, the downloadable game follows an "everyman" who is trying to survive after the world is in ruins after a mysterious "Event."
Remember I Am Alive? The title was teased three years ago, but since that initial reveal we haven't heard much regarding the project. Ubisoft assured us it was still an active project as of May, and we saw a leaked teaser last month, but now we're getting more details thanks to the Electronic Software Ratings Board (ESRB). A new content summary from the board shares details on the game.
The status of the ironically named I Am Alive has been shrouded in mystery for a long time now. Last we heard of the game, Ubisoft said that it wasn't canceled, but there have been no significant updates since the title's unveiling over three years ago.
Internet sleuth supererogatory discovered some never-before-seen footage of the game, which gives us a glimpse at what to expect if the game ever does come out.
When Ubisoft announced its less-than-stellar financial results last night, it also terminated unnamed projects as part of a restructuring for the coming year. We feared this might mean the end for games we haven't heard from in a while, like I Am Alive and Beyond Good & Evil 2. Apparently, not to worry.
Almost one week following an unconfirmed report that the game I Am Alive was being shifted from a retail product to download only, a new report from VG247 says the entire thing was "an unimportant joke." Read more »
[Update: Feb. 7, 2011] Jeuxvideo now claims the original story it released was made up as part of an improvised gag for its web show.
[Update: 14:05pm] An Ubisoft spokesperson has issued a statement on the report: "We have not officially announced anything regarding the launch date or platforms for I AM Alive. We have nothing to announce at this time."
[Original Story] Disaster survival game I Am Alive has reportedly become a downloadable title. The news comes from French site Jeuxvideo (via NeoGAF). The game has apparently spent time at various developers, and Ubisoft now wants it released this year for XBLA and PSN. Read more »
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