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May 15, 2009

Valve and Arkane's The Crossing 'on hold'

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PC - The Crossing - Valve and Arkane's The Crossing 'on hold'

Joystiq reports that due to "an unexpected financial challenge some months ago", Arkane had to put The Crossing on hold.

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Feb 14, 2007

Hot crossed fun

PC News | The Crossing

The Crossing is Arkanes attempt to blend single and multiplayer games, to cancel out what they see as the failings of both: the idiocy of single-player AI, the lack of meaning to multiplayer bouts. When you start in Story mode, youre playing fairly traditional single-player (or optionally co-op) shooter fare: youre either a modern-day Knight Templar or a cop-like IBAT agent, and youre shooting AI bad guys in an alternate-reality Paris. Yet at any time other players can jump into your ... » Read More

Jan 30, 2007

The Crossing images reveal gameplay

PC News | The Crossing

This new batch of shots from The Crossing, an intriguing game that promises "crossplayer" gameplay, hints at a Counter-Strike style cops-versus-criminals set-up - you can clearly see some bandana-wearing bad guys trading lead lozenges with armor-clad police. Solid details are still scarce but these screens are giving us a few theories about how The Crossing will work. The Crossing is developed by Arkane, who created Dark Messiah of Might and Magic. Dark Messiah featured a nifty multiplayer ... » Read More

Jan 16, 2007

Uncovering The Crossing

PC News | The Crossing

The Crossing, the innovation-promising, shrouded-in-mystery shooter from Dark Messiah creator Arkane, will take place in a gloomy futuristic Paris, where the country's government has fallen and the population is in anarchy. That's according to French videogame website Jeux-France.com, which has used its geographical advantage to hunt down Arkane Studios' Lyon-based headquarters and tease out the first plot ... » Read More

Jan 9, 2007

What is The Crossing?

PC News | The Crossing

Valve and Arkane, the developer of Dark Messiah of Might and Magic, are working on a mysterious new project called The Crossing, which will fuse the worlds of single and multiplayer to create "crossplayer." Details are scarce but if you act now you can treat your eyes to the first footage, courtesy of YouTube. Powered by Valve's Source engine - which provided the smart visuals and physics action of Half-Life 2 - The Crossing has yet to be officially announced, but that hasn't stopped forumites ... » Read More

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