Tecmo to unveil game at GDC

By Oli Welsh Published 12 March, 2009

Will be "greatest _______ game ever".

Tecmo has invited US press to the unveiling of a new title in San Francisco in the week of the Game Developers Conference.

The launch takes place at the city's PlayStation Store on Tuesday 24th March - leading to the assumption that it's a PSP or, more likely, PS3 title.

The invitation bills the mystery product as "the greatest _____ game ever".

Sweet, innocentGamespot assumes the space to be a missing series title such as Ninja Gaiden or Dead or Alive. Let's just say that that's not the first thought that popped into our heads. Kotaku is more on our (low) wavelength.

That said, a new Dead or Alive isn't out of the question, as Tecmo has previously confirmed it would continue with the beat-'em-up series after the departure of eccentric creator Tomonobu Itagaki. The Team Ninja developers have been singing PS3's praises lately, too.

Eurogamer will be in San Francisco for GDC, so we'll bring you the news direct.

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Comments (64) Latest comment 3 years ago

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  • JonFE #1 3 years ago

    Did Tecmo finally cave in and decide to release an explicit erotic game?

  • menage #2 3 years ago

    Boob is the missing word. What do I win?

  • Widge #3 3 years ago

    I reckon its a bit more specific than that, perhaps sideboob?

  • Bealsy #4 3 years ago

    I'm going for "Soup" or "Fondling"

  • bad09 #5 3 years ago

    DOA5 PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!

  • kangarootoo #6 3 years ago

    "the greatest video game ever"?
    "the greatest fucking game ever"?
    "the greatest crying game ever"?

  • mcmonkeyplc #7 3 years ago

    First porn game ever then.

  • YobRenoops #8 3 years ago

    etch-a-sketch

  • ardamillo #9 3 years ago

    This teasing of teasers is starting to wear thin.

    The missing word is "drinking" by the way

  • DFawkes #10 3 years ago

    Masterbation. I win.

  • seasidebaz #11 3 years ago

    Greatest rape game ever?

    Oh wait, that would be Rapelay.

  • Amoebalove #12 3 years ago

    'Greatest rape game ever?

    Oh wait, that would be Rapelay.'

    Seriously not funny and anyone who thinks it is is a cunt!!!

  • menage #13 3 years ago

    @DFawker

    Who is this Master Bation you talk about?

  • DonnieDarko333 #14 3 years ago

    Greatest PSP Game Ever! As much as i love the PSP that wouldn't be too hard to accomplish at the moment would it? After hearing reports of quite a few great (hopefully) PSP games in the works..why not more?

  • jonsaan #15 3 years ago

    DOA on psp would be fab.

  • seasidebaz #16 3 years ago

    Seriously not funny and anyone who thinks it is is a cunt!!!

    What is funny is your over-reaction to a comment about a game that, quite clearly, was never going to see release. EVER.

  • mingster #17 3 years ago

    greatest bukake game ever

  • muscleblade #18 3 years ago

    The greatest fighting game ever! DOA5.

  • mrmonkey1980 #19 3 years ago

    greatest boob simulation ever?

  • jade2001 #20 3 years ago

    Could it be a Project Zero game??? They really dropped the ball when they let Nintendo have the 4th one.

  • muscleblade #21 3 years ago

    @Coin-Op

    Idiot!

  • Triggerhappytel #22 3 years ago

    "First porn game ever then."

    Isn't there more or less a whole genre of this in Japan already?!

  • seasidebaz #23 3 years ago

    @Coin-Op:

    Yeah. Idiot. Halo 3 already exists!

  • Rash' #24 3 years ago

    greatest 360 game...

    or maybe greatest itagaki game...

  • Rodchenko #25 3 years ago

    greatest not great game ever

  • Dark_Stranger #26 3 years ago

    Delayed

  • Thalanos #27 3 years ago

    I'm going with 'corporate accounting' or 'Gizmondo'.

  • mcwildcard #28 3 years ago

    The pre-teaser itself is a clue, they're clearly bringing out a Blankety Blank game.

  • BigE0n #29 3 years ago

    Bet its Ninja Gaiden 3

  • seasidebaz #30 3 years ago

    DOAX3

  • menage #31 3 years ago

    And another one added to the ignore list, that's 4 already this month.

  • miiiguel #32 3 years ago

    This is funny..., a few threads ago it was the outrage with the pseudo homophobic attitudes of Live managers now we have (from the same skinheads ?) the gay is bad speech.

    oh..., ok, it's not like that, it is suppose to be funny and shit. Right.

  • Douche #33 3 years ago

    Hope its Ninja Gaiden 3

  • drumbaby #34 3 years ago

    Next gen' Rygar would be nice (not shitty Wii version).

  • Widge #35 3 years ago

    the greatest giant crab game!

  • CHAZBIGPOTATO #36 3 years ago

    "Greatest Board game ever"

    Chess?

  • CHAZBIGPOTATO #37 3 years ago

    Curses! Now I've got that sodding Take That song stuck in my head!

    And the wuuurld comes alive! oooh! oooh! ooooh! Stay close to me!

  • Azazel #38 3 years ago

    Maybe it's just The Greatest Game Ever.

    Pheasant?

    Deer?

    I personally don't know!

  • jackbriant #39 3 years ago

    underlined?

  • Redeye #40 3 years ago

    Personally, I think the missing words should be 'fanboy-clubbing with a iron bar'.

    Although 'fondling', 'bukkake' and 'delayed' all get a round of applause.

  • GreyBeard #41 3 years ago

    I'd love to see a new Project Zero game on PS3, they could actually get some mileage out of the sixaxis in the photography stuff (hold your hands steady to get a good shot).

  • CHAZBIGPOTATO #42 3 years ago

    @Mingster the greatest bukake game ever is a great idea for a Wii game!

  • CHAZBIGPOTATO #43 3 years ago

    Yeah, Sony always seem to concentrate their efforts on the lean period after Christmas, then Microsoft kick in around spring time..

  • neonxaos #44 3 years ago

    Well, for what it's worth, I truly hope that it's DOA5, however unlikely that may be. When I pushed my way past the boobs, I found a really clever game. Kept me and my friends entertained for the longest time. Because it had lobbies. DO YOU HEAR THAT, STREET FIGHTER IV? LOBBIES!

  • Starkillah_79 #45 3 years ago

    NINJA GAIDEN III !?

  • Amoebalove #46 3 years ago

    @seasidebaz
    What is funny is your over-reaction to a comment about a game that, quite clearly, was never going to see release. EVER.

    Well done for missing the point! It has nothing to do with a fictional name for a fictional game and everything to do with you trying to get a cheap laugh out of a subject that should never be turned into a joke! You’re either an ignorant moron or a cunt!

  • cagool #47 3 years ago

    Greatest pony petting game ever

  • Rodney #48 3 years ago

    for your own sake, please never watch any George Carlin

  • brommers #49 3 years ago

    @ Amoebalove

    +1

  • SpaceMidget75 Verified Senior Software Developer, Minerva Computer Services #50 3 years ago

    erm...

    FACT: Rape games exist.
    FACT: Rapelay is one of them.

    baz didn't really do anything other than make a joke based on the craziness that rape games actually exist in the first place.

    Learn to understand the construct of a joke and it's intent before jumping down someone's throat because you saw the word 'rape' in a post.

    And a lot of people would find your use of the word Cunt and its association with female genitalia to be equally offensive.

  • Amoebalove #51 3 years ago

    Are you honestly trying to tell me that the use of the word cunt is as equally offensive as making jokes about a subject matter as sensitive as rape? You are defending someone who is willing to stoop that low while at the same time having dig at me for calling him on it and my use of my language when doing so!

    It has nothing to do with your facts or whether these games exist. He decided to try and get a cheap laugh out of it and that is what is so disgusting. You can spout on all you like about understanding the construct of a joke and it's intent but at the end of the day you’re still defending someone who is willing to use the word rape as the punch line in a joke.

    Jesus Christ I can’t believe I have to argue this! I didn’t just jump down some ones throat just because I saw the word ‘rape’ I jumped down his throat because he used the word as a pun for fucks sake. Is that supposed to funny? How does putting the word rape in a missing word gag point out the craziness of the existence of a rape game? What relevance did pointing it out have to the topic of this thread? The only relevance his comment had was that a lot of other people were making jokes by filling in the blank and he did the same thing.

    I’ll say it one more time just in case you’re not getting it. He used the word rape in order to get some laughs. He was willing to use the word in a context that makes light of one of the most disgusting crimes imaginable! Bravo to him for his startling wit and bravo to you for defending him!

    Edited by 2 at 13/03/09 @ 14:14

  • SpaceMidget75 Verified Senior Software Developer, Minerva Computer Services #52 3 years ago

    Still not getting it then?

    It's patently obvious that you have experience of rape or know someone who has being affected by it and are quite simply acting out of emotion of those experiences. Rape is an awful, awful thing, which is what makes the Japanese making video games about it incredibly absurd and, dare I say it, quite funny from a certain point of view.

    Laughing at Alf Garnet doesn't make you racist. You're laughing AT him being a racist, not WITH him. Same thing applies here only you're too emotionally tied in to your experiences to see that now.

    I could absolutely guarantee that if you hadn't had the life experiences you've had, you wouldn't have reacted the way you did and probably wouldn't have posted at all.

    Obviously you'll deny it, as that's easy to do on the Internet, but I won't believe you, because if you haven't had experience of rape in real life then your reaction is quite frankly absurd and you really need to sort your emotions out.

    Your Sincerely,
    Cunt

  • w1ntermute #53 3 years ago

    Amoebalove,

    You're forgetting one thing.

    You're on the Internets. People's opinion of what constitutes as 'humour' might differ from your own. Keep that in mind, rape fans.

  • Amoebalove #54 3 years ago

    Actually I work with victims of rape, particularly (although not exclusively) with victims of child abuse and I can assure that no matter how you try to dress it up there is nothing even mildly amusing about it. I work with people who are now trying to move on with their lives after enduring some of the most shocking experiences and I have witnessed the effect these apparently hilarious types of jokes can have on them.

    The fact that you can defend someone making these jokes is bad enough but to then suggest that someone you believe to have been a victim of rape should sort their emotions out is quite frankly unbelievable. But like you said you are a cunt!

  • BobbyUK #55 3 years ago

    Change your job

  • SpaceMidget75 Verified Senior Software Developer, Minerva Computer Services #56 3 years ago

    "The fact that you can defend someone making these jokes is bad enough but to then suggest that someone you believe to have been a victim of rape should sort their emotions out is quite frankly unbelievable."

    I never said you was necessarily a victim of rape. I said I guarantee you have real life experience of rape (in your case you work with victims), and this was what caused you to have a bigger outburst than anyone else here.

    Quite clearly, I was right.

    I also said you should sort your emotions out if you HAVEN'T had real experience of it, which you have, so it doesn't apply to you. See: "...because if you haven't had experience of rape in real life then your reaction is quite frankly absurd and you really need to sort your emotions out. "

    Please read what I fucking type before responding!

    And I stand by my statement that you wouldn't have reacted like that if you didn't do what you do for a living.

    EDIT: Missed an 'I'
    Edited by 1 at 13/03/09 @ 14:48

  • Amoebalove #57 3 years ago

    For a start I didn’t have an outburst I merely pointed out that his attempts to make a joke of the subject was not funny and that anyone who thinks it is funny is a cunt. I stand by this statement as it has been my personal experience that the people who do are generally cunts and you have proved this to be correct yet again.

    Also don’t try and backtrack, no matter how you dress it up you implied that I had been a victim of rape. You then continued throughout your post to show no empathy, sympathy or even any understanding that someone who you are so sure has had, as you put it, ‘experience of rape’ could be offended by someone’s pathetic attempt at a joke. You also suggested that I was too emotionally tied to my experience to understand. This implies that I would need to sort these emotions out in order to understand how a joke about rape could be funny. So while I did paraphrase I’m sure you’ll agree that I did read what you fucking typed!

    @ BobbyUK
    Why would I change my job when what I do genuinely helps people to get through some of the most horrendous ordeals imaginable? Oh sorry you were trying to funny. Well done you must be feeling very pleased with yourself!

  • SpaceMidget75 Verified Senior Software Developer, Minerva Computer Services #58 3 years ago

    No backtracking here. I was simply stating that you, in some way, have a more personal experience of the issue at hand than the others here. Not sure how else I could put it. It was also true.

    I also don't expect you to find the joke funny. I didn't either. I did take it for what it was though, and thought nothing else of it.

    You, however, I feel should GET ON WITH YOUR FUCKING LIFE. It was two lines, on a comments section of one article on a games website.

    I don't think anyone here thinks rape is good or anything other than a terrible act against another human. How fucking evil do you think we are??

    Christ, I've already wasted far too much time arguing with a sanctimonious prick than I would prefer, so reply all you like now.... I wont be here.

  • Amoebalove #59 3 years ago

    ‘You, however, I feel should GET ON WITH YOUR FUCKING LIFE. It was two lines, on a comments section of one article on a games website.’

    If you feel this way then why did you stick your nose into something that was nothing to do with you in the first place? You are nothing but smug condescending cock who made an ill advised attempt to show me up when you should have just kept your stupid mouth shut!

    You can ignore me all you like but it doesn’t change the fact that you are a back tracking coward hiding behind a keyboard! You fucking dick!
    Edited by 1 at 14/03/09 @ 00:00

  • BIAC #60 3 years ago

    Tell me this Amoebalove. If women who are the 'victims' of rape are so innocent, why are they always wearing mega short skirts?

  • Amoebalove #61 3 years ago

    Ha Ha Ha! i don't know why don't you tell me you sad bastard

  • BIAC #62 3 years ago

    Now you're laughing at the expense of rape victims.

    Is there no depth Amoebalove will sink to? :(

  • Amoebalove #63 3 years ago

    What is funny is that you are such a coward you don't even have the guts to post using you're real profile and let?s be honest now, the fact you are willing to post these things to simply try and get a rise out of some speaks volumes about the type of person you must be! So go ahead and keep on writing whatever you want I?m sure it?s making you feel very big and clever.

  • tnt_2008smum #64 3 years ago

    Hey BIAC you?re a funny fucker. I tell what would be really funny is if your mum was raped, even funnier if she was raped by an aids ridden smack head. Go on just think about it, your mum being raped by a dirty diseased smack head. Hang on a minute I bet you already do think about things like that, I bet thinking about a bit of rape turns you on which is why you posted that stuff in the first place. My god you?re sick. Do you think about it a lot?

    It's patently obvious that you do. Obviously you'll deny it, as that's easy to do on the Internet, but I won't believe you.