Ubisoft unveils I Am Alive

By Ellie Gibson Published 16 July, 2008

New IP coming to consoles next year.

Ubisoft has confirmed it's working on a brand new adventure game called I Am Alive.

The title was officially unveiled at Ubi's E3 press conference with a short trailer. A young male character was shown stumbling through a dimly lit underground tunnel. He was confronted by a group of men, one of whom bore a startling resemblance to Steve McFadden.

"You know what we want," said pseudo-McFadden, and the main character begrudgingly tossed a bottle of mineral water onto the ground. The men ran over to seize it but the floor beneath them collapsed and they fell out of sight.

The action then cut to a normal city scene where the main character, dressed in a suit and looking ready for a day at the office, was seen strolling down the street while talking on his mobile. But then cracks appeared in the road beside him and something began bursting through them. The air filled with a huge dust cloud, and then it was over.

Ubisoft has since issued a press release stating that I Am Alive will be released on "current generation videogame consoles" in "spring 2009". It's set in Chicago, apparently, which has been left in ruins. Your job is to find out why, and Ubisoft is promising that "players will be challenged to think, react and take risks that will directly affect themselves and those around them".

Ubisoft boss Yves Guillemot added, "The game will offer a rich palette of emotions while challenging players to make life-changing decisions."

This isn't the first we've heard of I Am Alive - rumours first began to swirl last week. Back then it was suggested Assassin's Creed producer Jade Raymond is working on the game, but no mention of her was made today.

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About Ellie Gibson

Since joining Eurogamer in the mid 2000s, Ellie has written about subjects as diverse as the fall of Gizmondo, the rise of Hollyoaks actresses in Red Alert games and the noise a bear makes under NSFW circumstances.

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Comments (12) Latest comment 4 years ago

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  • Alithian #1 4 years ago

    Fully sick.

  • NewbieZilla #2 4 years ago

    Here is to hoping it doesn't suck.

  • LetsGo #3 4 years ago

    Lets hope not Assassin's Creed was shit.

  • bad09 #4 4 years ago

    Hope this turns out good.

    I would hunt down SOS for PS2 to wet my appetite but my PS2 is dying!

  • Dark_Stranger #5 4 years ago

    "and Ubisoft is promising that "players will be challenged to think, react and take risks that will directly affect themselves and those around them".

    Dont think my next door neighbours will be to happy to hear that.

  • Tomo #6 4 years ago

    Reminded me of Beneath A Steel Sky for some reason, but I very much doubt it's going to be a PnC. Looks promising though.

  • mkreku #7 4 years ago

    Assassin's Creed was NOT shit!! It wasn't the masterpiece it could have been, but calling it shit is unfair. Very decent game, despite the flaws.

    And more Jade, please.

  • Doctor_What #8 4 years ago

    I also quite enjoyed Assassin's Creed. It was too repetitive, but it wasn't as bad as the lashback makes it sound.

  • glaeken #9 4 years ago

    Assassin's Creed was a good engine looking for a game.

    The lack of variety in what you did killed the game within a couple of missions after you realized it had nothing new to show you after that. Repetion in itself would not be so bad if it were not for how dull and unrewarding each thing you had to repeat was.

  • Reihn #10 4 years ago

    Sorry to chime in with more Assassin's Creed hate, but I'm with glaeken on this one.

    Yes, I bought it, but I found it to be very very empty and disappointing.

    The constant looping of the incidental dialogue was utterly criminal (not to mention brain breaking). How in shit did that get past playtesting?? Did they just not care?

    That was enough to make me wary of pre-ordering Ubisoft titles in the future.

  • mkreku #11 4 years ago

    Yes, it was repetitive, we all know that. But tell me you weren't filled with murderous glee the first time you learned to master the counter-move? Or that you weren't jaw-droppingly impressed the first time you found one of those eagle spots and the world spun around you? For the first two or three missions, the game was absolutely fantastic! After that.. not so much.

  • YourMessageHere #12 4 years ago

    Who's Steve McFadden?