Sony Torturing Lonely Man in the Desert

[Tom Goldman]

Sony Torturing Lonely Man in the Desert

Sony is teasing a project that involves an extremely lonely human being wandering through the desert.

The official PlayStation website has been updated with a strange teaser [http://www.jp.playstation.com/scej/title/desert/] set to expire next week. Grab a cup of water because it's probably going to make you quite parched.

The teaser features a panoramic desert view with a silhouette slowly walking through it. As the desert wind blows, the man just keeps walking, step, after step, after step, after step.

But wait! If you click on the silhouette, you can make him run for a short period of time until he gets tired. What is he running toward? More desert. Seriously, he's stuck in the desert.

The teaser's timer will be up around June 2, when we'll hopefully find out what this mysterious desert man is all about. By my best guess, there are currently two Playstation 3 exclusives that it could be teasing - Journey [http://www.amazon.com/Uncharted-3-Drakes-Deception-Playstation/dp/B004EQCCI4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1306610965&sr=8-1] - but they've already been announced and detailed. Both games feature desert locales. Perhaps 2011 will be Sony's year of the desert?

*Update*: Files reportedly extracted from the website hint that it's for Uncharted 3, so it could be counting down to a Japanese announcement. Not the most exciting revelation, but these things happen.

Source: Andriasang [http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/05/27/sony_desert_game/ target=]

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[JUSTINtimeforalaugh]

My bet is Uncharted 3

 

[killamanhunter]

maybe it's a metaphor for PSN.

 

[Blunderboy]

"The Man in Black fled across the desert, and the Gunslinger followed."

 

[Tartarga]

Why would he run in the desert? That's a waste of moisture.

 

[RatRace123]

YES, MY LETTERS MADE A DIFFERENCE. THEY'RE MAKING A LAWRENCE OF ARABIA GAME!!!

OK, probably not, I'm sort of leaning towards Uncharted 3, but a lot of info is already out on that, so they probably wouldn't run a teaser campaign for it.

 

[Brain_Cleanser]

I expected something WAY different when I saw the thread title...
But yeah, Uncharted 3. Probably some more details about it pre E3

 

[Nostalgia Ripoff]

I actually heard about this. It's a game being made from the makers of Flower. Literally, all it is is walking through a desert. How artsy.

Edit: Journey, that was it. Thanks for reminding me, Nocta.

 

[Lord_Gremlin]

What if... The Last Guradian? Why, could be.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

Journey makes the most sense, really.

 

[arealperson]

My bet is Uncharted 3

It's Journey, no doubt in my mind. Interesting that they're hyping an 'indie' (it may not be, technically) game like this. Hopefully it's good. I really have no idea what to expect from it though (even genre-wise).

 

[EllEzDee]

YES, MY LETTERS MADE A DIFFERENCE. THEY'RE MAKING A LAWRENCE OF ARABIA GAME!!!

YOU SENT THEM LETTERS TOO?!

 

[EternalFacepalm]

WELL I'M EXCITED!

Seriously though, it went blue. Creepy...
Oh, wait, that's night. EXCITING PLOT TWISTS EVERYWHERE!

 

[Tom Goldman]

"The Man in Black fled across the desert, and the Gunslinger followed."

only in dreams

 

[Nocta-Aeterna]

I actually heard about this. It's a game being made from the makers of Flower. Literally, all it is is walking through a desert. How artsy.

That'd be Journey; they've already had demos at several expositions, I've heard, so a teaser campaign now wouldn't make much sense.

 

[Rylot]

"The Man in Black fled across the desert, and the Gunslinger followed."

Nah, couldn't be. Roland would never run in the desert, just a waste of energy.

Edit: After watching the preview for Journey and watching the teaser I don't think it's one of what ever the hell the things in Journey are. I'd still bet on Uncharted, though.

 

[Blunderboy]

"The Man in Black fled across the desert, and the Gunslinger followed."

Nah, couldn't be. Roland would never run in the desert, just a waste of energy.

True, but I'm sure that Marten would run if he thought Roland was close.

 

[Rylot]

"The Man in Black fled across the desert, and the Gunslinger followed."

Nah, couldn't be. Roland would never run in the desert, just a waste of energy.

True, but I'm sure that Marten would run if he thought Roland was close.

Touche, good sir, touche. A game from the perspective of Marten, that would be a damn weird game.

 

[thisbymaster]

Diablo III on PS3?

 

[Kakashi on crack]

Year of the desert in regards to sales perhaps, they're getting dried up revenue-wise XD