xbox 360
Secret Game Test Photo Uncensored and Small [Updated]
Posted by Brian Ashcraft at 12:40 AM on March 13, 2008
Earlier, we posted that Capcom has been focus testing a new game, which could be Lost Planet Colonies or something else entirely. Capcom's PR blog posted a pic of the focus testing with the TV monitors blacked out. Thing is, Capcom left the Exif thumbnail on the original JPEG image. Since it's a JPEG, the image is small, but we've blown it up after the jump.
Holy shit, that game looks SO GREAT.
Thanks, Kim!
Eds Update: Commenter optimuspryme8 found this in Capcom's Flickr set:
And like that, the plot thickens!

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freespeech
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
wiiware
freespeech
MantisDragon
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
@Witzbold: One word: CASE!
MantisDragon
RagManX
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
The Legend of Zelda: The Ultimate Retro Remake: Link and Some Bad Guy: Save the Princess 2
RagManX
Witzbold
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
@sander_dutch: Thats exacly what I said. Its so plunder. The volcano = the skull looking thing in the middle we see.
Nice to see you got actual pics up for everyone to see from IGN. :)
Witzbold
Ultrasinc
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
Its pokemon!
Ultrasinc
Highlander Wolf
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
...a remake of HERZOG ZWEI?!?!? Excellent!!
(guessing wildly)
Highlander Wolf
sander_dutch
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
Here's a preview of PLUNDER XBLA on 1up:
[www.1up.com]
It's also coming on ps3 (PSN) and pc apparently
sander_dutch
thaKingRocka
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
duck tales 3.
thaKingRocka
kftgr
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
dang, supersecret flickr images are gone :(
kftgr
Verum
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
Capcom's remaking the original Zelda!?
Verum
jjpember
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
I was going to say RPG, but I think Witzbold is right.
jjpember
Rebelphoenix83
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
Um could be a xbla game or wiiware for that matter.
Rebelphoenix83
merebito
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
Dang sorry Double post... That looks like a rock monster with yellow eyes to me.
merebito
merebito
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
[www.flickr.com]
[www.flickr.com]
WEIRD!
merebito
merebito
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
Whats crazy is some of the stuff on capcoms flickr site... like this pic of the Dead Rising star in Lost Planet..
[www.flickr.com]
and
[www.flickr.com]
merebito
Kamakazie
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
I'm on board thinking this is Plunder.
Kamakazie
dead_red_eyes
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
@Witzbold:
Looks convincing Witz. "Plunder" it is?!
dead_red_eyes
Ed-the-Third
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
In light of recent evidence, I say it's something Ghosts and Goblins related. A Demons Quest RTS maybe?
Ed-the-Third
ThisCharmingMan
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
@xyzface: No, there are 360 controllers in the shot buddy.
ThisCharmingMan
ThisCharmingMan
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
Must stop squinting...eyes will hurt.
ThisCharmingMan
xyzface
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
cud be ds it looks almost like those screens are split!
xyzface
omghi2u
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
ITS GOLDENEYE!!!!!!!
omghi2u
miguelcar808
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
On the screen theres a face of a monster with huge teeth and on map theres two faces of two monsters.
It's an xbox game not only because of the controllers but because of the command instructions on the screen and the actual console behind the screen
miguelcar808
flyinpckls
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
I have no idea what it really is, but I'm going to pretend it's Mega Man 9.
flyinpckls
TRT-X
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
@omegasc: If it's a test...it's likely note taking time.
TRT-X
MIKEAWESOME
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
Is that a Zerg in the middle? Wtf?
MIKEAWESOME
Phyllis2
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
Can somebody say Monster Hunter Tres? the artwork seems similar to the maps in the first monster hunter..
Phyllis2
Truten1
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
I was contacted by a research group called Savitz in Chicago that I've done previous work with. I'm signed up to participate in a focus group involving Xbox 360 tomorrow night and I'm betting it will probably be the same thing as this.
Truten1
wef
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
@JouninGarrett:
hahahahahahaha
wef
Scrapple
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
Definitely PLUNDER for live arcade
Scrapple
theone124
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
Looks like another Capcom clasics collection game to me. Very similar screen layout on those games.
theone124
fuchikoma
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
lol... you ninjas and your EXIF :p
When I saw the thumbnail blown up it reminded me of microscope views of microchip dies.
[bwrc.eecs.berkeley.edu]
fuchikoma
Azza
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
Looks like a skull in the middle...?
Azza
Coffee Ninja
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
RTS version of Dig Dug!
Coffee Ninja
gnudna
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
I am surprised nobody saw Jesus in the screen or the Virgin Mary ;)
As a saying goes if you stare long enough you might actually see what you want in that photo.
gnudna
fadecy
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
@-EDGE-:
Nope. I think it's some sort of grey tricking your eyes... What ever will they think of next?
fadecy
Space_Cakes
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
Capcom + RPG Maker? Might need to pan this one...
Space_Cakes
T3kNi9e
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
Hard to tell what is is. Maybe an old style adventure game?
T3kNi9e
DoggStyle
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
@Witzbold:
Yeah, looks that these old Avalon Hill wargames i used to play. They look like hexagons.
Yay!
DoggStyle
yocdub
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
Here is a unskewed version of the screen i did in Photoshop. [www.flickr.com]
yocdub
doobiwan
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
@Witzbold
Spot on bud I think you hit the nail on the head, I reckon your right its "Plunder".
doobiwan
Zombie Attack!!
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
Looks like a new Puzzle Fighter. Kinda.
Zombie Attack!!
Sustenance
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
Whatever they're playing, they're probably at the tail end of a 36-hour shift.
Sustenance
Pinhead
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
Where is the ESPER machine when you need it?
Pinhead
sanctusmortis
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
@Witzbold: Elementals were the most fun thing ever. Fitting mass recoil weapon so firing put you further back than you'd moved was choice...
This is why I was upset when FASA Studios became no more. From now on, they get to watch their babies get mutilated.
sanctusmortis
Leathersoup
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
@MantisDragon:
I remember playing battle tech. I had a hatchetman (i think that's what it was called). Fun stuff.
Leathersoup
AuraWind
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
Anyone else see a evil looking face on a tree on the middle portion of the screen? I'm guessing an RPG. I doubt it's Breath of Fire if they're doing testing in the States.
AuraWind
Witzbold
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
@MantisDragon: I used to play.
Critting your friend in the crotch where for some ungodly reason he stored all his shell based ammo causing him to explode due to a failed save roll was just brilliant. I will never forget that day.
The sad thing too was I was in an elemental and that was just done more as a joke than anything since I knew my weapons couldnt really hurt his mech.
Loved those days.
Witzbold
MantisDragon
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
Seeing the hex grid on there makes me wish XBLA had an old school Battletech game on it. I can't stand the WizKids Mechwarrior bullshit, and it is so hard to find any that wants to play/even knows what Battletech is anymore.
MantisDragon
okenny :)
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
@optimusprym8: I want to join the dog pile!!! *good job* <3
okenny :)
tei
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
Is a hex game!, a strategy game like Battle Isle!
tei
syrantking
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
Is that a face in the middle of the screen? He looks pissed.
syrantking
nxp3
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
It's times like these that you need one of those computer hackers in movies that can enhance a picture of 50x50 pixel and make a license plate readable. Or one of those spy satalite that can read the print off a newspaper...from space.
nxp3
OllieCostello
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
ROFL THEY'RE PLAYING GAUNTLET. YEY.
OllieCostello
What The Geek
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
@Witzbold:
Bravo. It does seem to fit - if the assumptions that the screens we've seen are of a pause screen showing a minimap are correct, then it makes sense - small bits of land with a lot of water around them.... that just makes sense for a pirate themed game. I believe you've hit the nail on the head.
What The Geek
x753z is backwards!
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
lame, probably just XBLA testing. The PSN version was probably done months ago.
x753z is backwards!
cooler_d00d
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
looks like Resident Evil 5.
cooler_d00d
Hamsnibit
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
Is it me, or does the middle part look like a rock monster face, with eyes, mouth, and teeth?
Hamsnibit
new_pornographer
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
@Dannon:
Best idea so far. The concept of crossing tetris with smash tv is EPIC. You have to rotate bullets to 'fit' the enemies you want to shoot. If you get four at the same time, big bonus points. And subsequent message on screen reading 'disconnected from xbox live' when it starts picking up any decent pace :(
new_pornographer
Nobuyuki
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
Looks vaguely RPG-ish. Breath of Fire?
Nobuyuki
TeaBean
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
Kind of looks like a Terminator in the second photo.
TeaBean
Witzbold
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
I think I figured out what the game might be.
Its an XBLA game called "Plunder" developed by Certian Affinity, but published by Capcom.
The sources for this information is as follows below. Check it out and come to your own conclusions if you will.
[www.xblarcade.com]
[certainaffinity.com]
Witzbold
Re:Loaded
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
@optimusprym8: Great work.
Re:Loaded
Brackynews
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
TOTALLY arctic-wear cleavage. Sold!
Brackynews
sander_dutch
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
After going through the hi-def images I've concluded that it is definitly the long awaited "Street Fighter Cooking Game", complete with skulls etc.
When can I pre-order?
sander_dutch
Xmaster
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
Its shit i tell ya
Xmaster
Billkwando
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
Left side looks like Herzog Zwei. Right side looks like Bomberman.
Bomberduke 2 is what they're working on, I'm guessing.
Billkwando
k_dash
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
I think its best to just ask 50Cent himself.
k_dash
DaiMacculate
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
New Ghouls and Ghosts game? The right screen in the pic optimusprym8 linked looks almost like some type of portion map from that game series.
Also man, thats alot of Vizios ;)
DaiMacculate
OtakuPunk
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
@optimusprym8: Looking at that my first thought was some sort of Zak and Wiki game for the Xbox. It looks like either the multiplayer lobby or an inventory screen.
OtakuPunk
What The Geek
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
Some other stuff I noticed in the flickr find - you can ALMOST make out some of the words on the instruction sheet in front of the center-most screen. Also, the guy sitting in front of that screen seems to have jotted down a short word beginning with an F. Anyone with a better monitor than me care to take a stab at either of those?
Here's the flickr link again [www.flickr.com]
once again, props to optimusprym8 for that find
What The Geek
GameraTheGreat
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
Doesn't look like anything I will be interested in...
GameraTheGreat
GOD
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
IS IT....Err... RAMPART!!! YAY!
GOD
karmakid
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
okami maybe???
karmakid
Modus_Operandi
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
Looks like an overview of a map. Like an RTS.
Modus_Operandi
Gentleben-Nintendo Club Star Whore
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
I was thinking maybe a transformers game, since the picture on the screen kinda looked like a Autobot head. Either that or some sort of war type game......
Who knows it really could be anything!
Gentleben-Nintendo Club Star Whore
Deyardly
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
Well, apparently all the people are looking down to the left, and as What The Geek states, it seems that all the screens are left at some menu. So, it would seem that the game is paused, leaving us with very little to go on game wise.
I think the reason why all the testers are looking to the left low side of screen, is because they're all filling a questionary (on paper, wow) about a certain part of the game.
Deyardly
Duoae
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
Damn this no edit function! :)
Looking at the flickr photo that turned up it looks more like a computerised version of Buccaneer the board game... though not exactly.
[www.boardgamecompany.co.uk]
Duoae
SwedishChef
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
It's Capcom OS (COS) v1.0. I'll be using Darkstalkers for my spreadsheets.
SwedishChef
Duoae
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
@Flareslove:
Yep.. I agree with that.
Duoae
What The Geek
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
Well, let's all put our heads together and see what we can learn from the flickr find made by optimusprym8. From what I can gather, the left hand side is a menu (duh). There are three choices in this menu. The middle choice is highlighted, and expanded info a nested menu. At the top of that nested menu are two words. I can't make out the first, but the second is "capacity". The other thing I have learned from it is that giant orange tinted skulls are awesome. Anyone else got anything?
What The Geek
Prophane33
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
They get to test on HDTVs!? I'm so jealous. A company that shall not bE nAmd only had a few HD's to go around. So most testing was done on crappy tvs. This was almost a year ago so ymmv.
Prophane33
CochiseFugue
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
Tried posting this once before.....
Could it possibly be the menu/map interface for Bionic Commando Re-Armed??
-Jim
CochiseFugue
Ropa-to
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
Bubble Bobble Extreme 2008?
Ropa-to
NameYourCharacter
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
Ah, the thumbnail. 'shoppers always forget the thumbnail.
Looks likes a NES game. IN HD
NameYourCharacter
Smok3y
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
@optimusprym8:
Holy hi-res Batman!
I still can't tell what it is.
Smok3y
Razorwind
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
Looks like some hex-strategy game. But with the current "Flow" of development, it should be some new puzzle title, or some fancy new "sim" title. Breed colonies or wad not.
Razorwind
Witzbold
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
@optimusprym8: Brilliant!
Witzbold
What The Geek
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
@optimusprym8:
put us all to shame with your powers of.... well your powers of not being too lazy to poke around flickr. Good find - still no idea what it is though, lol.
What The Geek
insane_cobra
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
Talisman? Although I don't know why they would be hiding that.
insane_cobra
2SBs
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
@optimusprym8: From that picture it looks like an RTS. Menu was on the left, map was on the right, and the world looks like mountainous area.
2SBs
sUKi
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
@optimusprym8:
I was about to say that lulz. So XBLA game it is.
sUKi
What The Geek
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
@Witzbold:
That was my first guess too - then after straining my eyes so hard they nearly popped right out of my damn fool head, I became fairly certain that all of the monitors were displaying the EXACT same image - perhaps a placeholder loading / title screen? I don't think much info can be derived from this pic.
What The Geek
Flareslove
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
Skulls, bees and balloons.
Flareslove
optimusprym8
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
if you bothered to look through the rest of the Flickr set you'd notice this: [www.flickr.com]
optimusprym8
jun581
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
@chaos242: i was thinking the same thing
jun581
Mr. Garcia
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
Wtf?
Mr. Garcia
Flareslove
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
frames on screen + gamepads off to the side + heads down.
Flareslove
Dannon
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
It's a cross between Tetris and SmashTV
Dannon
超外人
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
@Flareslove: Looks like a card game to me too.
超外人
DaiMacculate
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
The right side looks vaguely pinball-esque.
Thats all I can make out ;)
DaiMacculate
IanC
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
Lobbies. I bet ya.
IanC
Flareslove
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
that, is a card game.
TRUST ME
Flareslove
tei
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
Baldurs Gate3: The RTS MMO?
tei
Foggynotion
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
No SPOILER post?!?!? Bah!!
Foggynotion
CochiseFugue
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
Hmmm.... could it be the menu/map for Bionic Commando Re-Armed??
-Jim
CochiseFugue
omegasc
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
so great that no one is playing! The controllers are on the desk :P
they seem to be doing come crosswords instead hehe
omegasc
chaos242
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
Bust a Move 2k8?
chaos242
ippi
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
There must to be software to enhance crap images like that. Call the FBI.
...or point me in the right direction.
ippi
Witzbold
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
Im guessing some sort of strategy game?
Witzbold
egyptomix
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
That picture is pretty much pain. XBLA?
egyptomix
sean09
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
hmm.... Mysterious...
sean09
sUKi
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
XBLA game. that's my guess. LP:C? O.o If they turned off everything and left 2 layers on.
sUKi
-EDGE-
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
I applaud their bold use of color! That is color I see…right?
-EDGE-
SinisterSkull
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
Desktop Tower Defense?
SinisterSkull
JouninGarrett
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
Interface: The Game
called it here first folks.
JouninGarrett
Fulgurator
Posted 10:45 PM 19/3/08
Wow!
It could be... anything, really.
Fulgurator