It seems that the controversy that has surrounded recent Rockstar games may have given the developer reason to pause as the details of its first next-generation title suggest.
Rockstar Games has announced Table Tennis for Xbox 360. This is not a mini-game included in a new Rockstar game but the main event which, we are told, will only feature cold energy replenishing drinks and no hot beverages.
Developed by Rockstar San Diego, the creative house behind the Midnight Club racing series, Table Tennis is expected to ship to North American retailers on May 22nd, 2006 for a MSRP of USD 39.99 and will hit European retail shelves on May 26th, 2006 for a price of €39.99 and GBP 29.99 in the UK.
Our goal was to create a game that is perfectly addictive in its focused simplicity, a game that showcases the true possibilities of a next gen experience, not just in looks but in feel and pace, stated Sam Houser, Founder and Executive Producer of Rockstar Games. For those of you who don't speak PR the translation should read: It was cheaper than buying an actual table for the office and we might even sell a few copies.
Houser continued, It is a distillation of game design philosophy, focusing on removing the traditional areas of compromise inherent in managing size and scope and concentrating the hardware's entire power on one activity, with the aim of doing that better than it's ever been done before. Or in non-PR: This time we are certain that we have no extra code included, the main character doesn't even have a girlfriend.
