The lights are on
Six Days in Fallujah, developed by Atomic Games, is an FPS title based on true events that follows a squad of U.S. Marines over the span of, you guessed it, six days. The game based on Operation Iraqi Freedom was dropped by Atomic’s partner, Konami, after opponents to the title including family members of Marines killed in battle, vocalized their concerns.
In an interview with the Marine Corps Times, studio president Peter Tamte said the company is still committed to finishing Six Days in Fallujah and is seeking new partners. No other details have surfaced on the project that was originally slated for a PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC release.
Tamte is also president of Destineer, a developer currently working on a first-person military shooter for the Wii titled Marines: Modern Urban Combat that is set for a November release. In the game, players lead a Marine rifle team in an attempt to stop civil war in Beirut and can use the Wii remote, or Wii Zapper to arm themselves against insurgents. Unlike Six Days, the game is "family friendly" and entirely fictional, Tamte said. Nothing says fun for the whole family more than banding together as a group of Marines and taking down insurgents with an M16.
Family friendly civil war? Uh...
Wow I just died a little inside.. I have heard little about this game and was pretty interested only to find out that it's coming out on the wii???
Oh well I just saved 60 bucks I guess.
Wonder who will be brave enough to pick up this title, if anyone.
It's interesting to see such a controversial game coming out on the most family friendly console. If this turns out to be a stunning game, I could see the possibility of releasing it on other platforms as well as giving a competitor to CoD4.
But who am I kidding CoD4 doesn't have any competitors, it's too good for that.
"Hey Johnny boy, come help daddy kill insurgents! Do good and I'll buy you a rifle from Walmart."
Family friendly army game... lol
I sincerely hope that Six Days In Fallujah gets published. I truly think that it'd be a good game with a great story to match. If anything, it should at least show why the "war" in Iraq should stop NOW. Too many good people have died there.
Good Article. I'm glad to hear this game may actually be released. I read about it in GameInformer's first article and was pretty excited about it. As for Marines: Modern Urban Combat... sounds kind of crappy.
Just to clarify for all those who didn't understand, Marines: Modern Urban Combat isn't a port of Six Days in Fallujah.
I have to say that I'm really excited that this game still has a possibility of coming out. It looks really good and considering its based on a true story I expect it to be a little bit more, "1 shot, 1 kill," sort of deal than the rest of the fps world.
Glad to hear the game is still in development. Looks interesting and people who are not into the whole politics, war details can get a somewhat better idea of it in a game. Now whether that is good or bad is up to the consumer.
Game is looking good and can't wait to check it out.
Wow guys there ARE good games on the wii. There's just so much crap that the general consensus is that there are no good games. I'm waiting for reviews instead of instantly prejudicing against Marines: Modern Urban Combat.
But I agree, the family friendly comment was just plain stupid.
I really do want to see Six Days In Fallujah get a release. I think that it would be a huge milestone for video games. It has the potential to prove that video games can be a medium for something more important than just entertainment (which I believe they are very capable of being).
@Andrew Reiner
would Walmart even accept Six days in fallujah? or Target? or any other major retailer. These retailers are probably huge outside influences in what goes into a game, and whether or not that game is even marketable. Even if they somehow find a publisher, finish this game, and the game itself turns out good, who would sell it?
It's a FPS just for the Wii huh? Oh I see now I was .... never mind hope it does well.
lol i WANT this game it looks SWEET!!!!
ehhh who cares
I hope so. It's really a shame to try and silence an intellectual property due to politics. I was really hoping someone would have brought a case to this situation and proved some constitutional illegalities.
i'd play this games as soon as it would release.movies are made all the time and companies capitalize off of them as well"bundy"ed gaines,dahmer ext but you dont see the families crying about that do you?release the game and let these soilders stories be herd and played in this case....
lol "family friendly"
idk, im looking forward to Modern Warefare 2 more than this...
Didn't America's Army already do something like this? And its free on PC. It even has fun/useful training missions that you earn rank by getting. Also, it's ridiculously hard to stay alive.