Quantum Conundrum puzzling PC, PS3, 360
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Brendan Sinclair, Senior Editor
Square Enix and Airtight Games bringing Portal lead Kim Swift's first-person platform puzzle game to XBLA, PSN, Steam early next year.
Earlier this week, Square Enix teased a Penny Arcade Expo unveiling for the latest project from Portal lead developer Kim Swift and Airtight Games. While the show doesn't kick off until tomorrow, the publisher dropped the first details to GameSpot today.
Set for downloadable release on the PC (via Steam), PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 next year, Quantum Conundrum is a first-person puzzle platformer. In the game, players will play as the 12-year-old nephew of an eccentric professor who has gone missing. As they explore the absent academic's mansion, players will use an interdimensional shift device to bend some of the basic rules of reality and progress through rooms.
For example, by entering the "fluffy dimension," players will make objects in the room light, allowing them to push around once-immovable objects to clear a path forward. There will also be a dimension that slows down time, one that reverses gravity, and a fourth that has not yet been detailed.
Beyond Portal, Swift has previously worked on Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2. Airtight Games is best known for Capcom's jetpack-powered third-person shooter Dark Void.
The Square Enix-Airtight panel is set for 7 p.m. Saturday in the Pegasus Room at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center. The Penny Arcade Expo, also commonly known as PAX Prime, will run August 26 through August 28. Although the show is generally open to the public, badges to attend the show sold out in May.
For more on Quantum Conundrum, check out GameSpot's first look at the title.
By
Brendan Sinclair, Senior Editor
Brendan Sinclair has been a games journalist since 1999. His tastes are eclectic, though he has a definite affinity for games with arcade roots. He's Canadian, but has also been at home in Atlanta, Austin, Chicago, and San Francisco.
31 comments
Take Glados away from Portal you're left with a decent game but nothing great. If they can manage to put some humor and entertainment in this one though call me up
*skips to video* Oooh, I spy source engine! :D *reads articles title* Oh, that explains it
@Cwagmire21 I agree. Who wants to play the same games yearly with some new guns and different locations? I want new experiences. Thats why I picked up games like LA Noire and Deus Ex this year over games like the new CoD.
@Deathstream You're entitled to your opinion, but I'd give titles like the latest CoD iterations the label of "overrated." OT: This game looks like so much fun and I cannot wait!
Read for comprehension. Kim Swift designed Portal. Saying this is a Portal ripoff is like saying Deus Ex is a System Shock ripoff, Command & Conquer is a Dune II ripoff or Alpha Centari is a Civilization ripoff. It's expanding on the same concepts in the 3D physics based puzzle game.
So... instead of storage cubes, we are going to use safes? This looks a little too easy.
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- Publisher(s): Square Enix
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- Genre: Puzzle
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