Is there a super-secret PS3 launch title?
by Ed Stasick 
{ Sep 15th 2006 at 9:45PM }
According to OPM (the Official Playstation Magazine), there is a super-secret PS3 launch game "that you have not heard of and won't hear about" until OPM's November issue hits the stands. If that wasn't mysterious enough, the OPM folks have given us one final clue to chew on... the unknown and unannounced launch game's title is five words long.Let the speculation begin! If you want to hear all of this first hand, check-out OPM's brand-new podcast (the super-secret game discussion begins at 40:20).
Our guess? FantaVision 2: Remixed and Reloaded.
[Via OPM podcast]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
serb @ Sep 15th 2006 10:17PM
whens 40:20 lol
also i think its a must have game or else they would have announced it already
alienclay @ Sep 15th 2006 10:42PM
the food network presents "master chef cake making superstar!"
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... well i can dream can't i ;-)
matjet @ Sep 16th 2006 8:47AM
kill_zone_ultra_mega_rescue!
CooperHawkes @ Sep 16th 2006 8:14PM
Here's five words, suggested by my friend uber_fragger:
The
Elder
Scrolls
Oblivion
IV (Four)
Kevin @ Sep 15th 2006 11:42PM
Final Fantasy vii(Seven): The Remake...I can dream.
alienclay @ Sep 16th 2006 12:40AM
"florida fruit fucker citrus massacure"
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/04/02
alienclay @ Sep 16th 2006 12:48AM
seriously though,... another launch title is almost always good but why the secrecy ? can anyone else think of another example of where a company kept so tight lipped about a game scheduled for a console launch?
and why?
Bogdan June @ Sep 16th 2006 1:00AM
Grand Theft Auto : The Ghettopia
microdot @ Sep 16th 2006 2:04AM
Preparation H: the anus chronicles
the vagina monologues vs. halo
Dahk @ Sep 16th 2006 2:16AM
Metal Gear Solid 4: VR
Haha i know it won't happen, but theyre still frickin awesome =)
uhh... Metal Gear Solid: Secret Stage.
o.0
ben furneaux @ Sep 16th 2006 8:47AM
Shadow of the Collossus: Two?
Seems pretty likely, it was well recieved. Ico was a PS2 launch title after all.
insane_cobra @ Sep 16th 2006 3:50AM
Give Us Your Money, Bastards.
Nick James @ Sep 16th 2006 4:07AM
The snarky posts are all well and good, but does anyone have any really good ideas? Oblivion COULD be it.. but I don't think so.
Oh well, it's probably going to be something crappy anyways.
Like Crash Bandicoot: Another Terrible Sequel :P
alienclay @ Sep 16th 2006 4:56AM
oblivion? nah, thats not worth keeping quiet until launch. wouldn't make a lick of sense.
ratchet and clank would rock but i know insomniac is working it's magic on resistance FOM.
grand turismo HD? i doubt it. not with all this stuff about shaky online. there's no way poly dig will get off shafting online play out of GT4 and GTHD.
and all those names are too short anyway.....
hummm
alienclay @ Sep 16th 2006 5:03AM
and it better not be some downloadable psone game like "riiiiidge racer". don't forget, psp emulation downloading is going live the same day as ps3 launch. and it's not like the ps3 isn't already ps1 backwards compatable.
(hey, thats a big advantage ps3 has on the download front. don't have your fav ps1 game on cd? buy it on download. the ps3 is already able to run it and the controller is already dead on. quite unlike the 360 where retro games have to be coded or re-emulated for the system. no more delays waiting for "one" game on "live wendsdays")
TheGuyNextDoor @ Sep 16th 2006 5:00PM
I would like to humbly suggest a prequel to Shadow of the Colossus.
I can only surmise that a must-have launch title HAS to be SCEI title as opposed to a Third Party developer, and in my opinion, Ico/SotC are one of the few first-party franchises that can pack a cult-like clout.
Night Elve @ Sep 16th 2006 9:55AM
Jenna Jameson: The Video Game.
:D
Typicalspace @ Sep 16th 2006 9:56AM
kill switch 2 would be sweet game,if title lauch.
marq @ Sep 16th 2006 12:39PM
Gotta be a Grand Theft Auto of some sort
Archer @ Sep 16th 2006 1:39PM
Zone of the Enders Three
Xbox Guy @ Sep 16th 2006 1:37PM
What might make sense is GOD OF WAR: XXX XXXX (making it five words) has been developed as a PS3 title all along (as well as the PS2 version we have all seen.) That way, the company could openly talk about the title - show it off at E3, etc. The magazine could say "you haven't heard of it" since no one has said anything about the PS3 development.
ndoerr @ Sep 16th 2006 3:15PM
I've got to get in on this...
My votes are for either an Ico sequel (which in my mind would kind of count as a Shadow of the Colossus prequel... or sequel... the two games are definitely related, but I can't figure out which actually happened first. I think SotC, personally) or on the aforementioned Zone of Enders. I don't think it has a "the", so it's probably got some nifty space subtitle. Zone of Enders: Sony Planet or some crap.
Otherwise... hmm. Otherwise, I've no idea. Not many 1st party titles come to mind. Maybe the Naughty Dog game? Technically we don't "know" much about it.
Nick James @ Sep 16th 2006 3:39PM
When does this issue hit news stands anyways? Or rather, when will someone actually have a copy of this issue in their hands so it can be posted online and quickly spread through teh Internets?
XxOMGHEYxX @ Sep 17th 2006 2:06PM
Judging by how he says
"This title is big, big, BIGGG... " and keep stressing the word ~BIG~...
What title was shown at E3 but we don't know anything about? Not even the name of the project...
Well, we know The naughty dog projects game is codenamed BIG.
And it also fits every other requirement...
Soooo...yeah.
Go watch the Naughty Dog's PS3 project trailor (BIG)
It is awesome.
And my guess at what this "secret" game is.
Adrian vG @ Sep 16th 2006 8:33PM
As one said earlier, this is obvious:
Final Fantasy VII (they lied, it's just three words)
nick @ Sep 16th 2006 11:45PM
How about Socom US Navy Seals 4
theburn16 @ Sep 17th 2006 12:21AM
Duke Nukem: vaporware no more
lol
la @ Sep 17th 2006 4:58PM
It's oblivion 1UP broke thier NDA. I can here the fanboys crying "who cares it's an old game anyway".
WiiOn360 @ Sep 18th 2006 7:21PM
1.Maybe Teken 6 The Last Fight
2.Soul Calibre 4 Last Strike
3.A 989 sports game (This Is Football Gold Edition)
4.Devil May Cry 4: Tears Flow
5. Naughty Dog Lost In Amazonia
6. A New Dark Cloud
Tomb Raider @ Sep 26th 2006 10:21PM
OMFG! A got a friend who works for OPM and he said it is possibly a Tomb Raider title. This is not confirmed but quite possible! He also said that before there was talk of a PS3 - No one lives forever or PS3 - New Tenchu. But now a Tomb Raider is very much possible.
alienclay @ Sep 27th 2006 8:45PM
good work CooperHawkes, you were right, you should earn a star,...
nick, your doubt let you down.
as for me,... i would have liked cake making better.