Interesting...

[BrewCityUpstart]

"Gamercard" spotted at Edinburgh Interactive Festival



During the Unreal Tournament 3 screening at the Edinburgh Interactive Festival today (that's in Scotland, by the way) Games Digest noticed something strange in the game's menu. The option, "Gamercard", was quickly covered up by Mark Rein, who was giving the presentation. "Oops," he said, "you shouldn't have seen that."

Due to the "no camera" rules there is no photographic evidence, but we're still happy to commence the speculation. Especially since Mark was so secretive about it. Is it a UT3 feature? Is it Sony's answer to the 360's Gamertag? We're not sure, but we'd definitely like to know. No doubt we'll hear more before the release of Unreal Tournament 3, at least. We'll try and contact Mark for a statement, but expect him to remain extremely tight lipped. What do you suspect it could be?

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[namehater]

Originally Posted by BrewCityUpstart

expect him to remain extremely tight lipped. What do you suspect it could be?

Cold water down the back?

[Peench]

I'm guessing that's exactly what it is. I believe Sony already said they were working on something similar. That's probably what they have in mind. Cool. I hope it is just as awesome on PSN as it is on Live.

[MadBryan]

Maybe they were showing the 360 version

[The Milk Man 09]

OR maybe sony is copying microsoft that sounds similar to something i have right down here

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[Peench]

Here's a shot from Home that someone put up.



Crazy that they're using the same name. I can see it as a placeholder in UT as that game may end up on the 360, but to put it into home as well? Crazy!

[GoatMother]

That's because Microsoft secretly designed home to hedge their bets. If all goes to plan Bill Gates will have hired Ken Kutaragi to design the next bullet proof console that has games and online integration. All games running at 1080p 120fps in Deep Color!

[Rhino Chaser]

I think that it was a typo...that was supposed to say Gheymercard.

[BrewCityUpstart]

Originally Posted by Peench

Here's a shot from Home that someone put up.



Crazy that they're using the same name. I can see it as a placeholder in UT as that game may end up on the 360, but to put it into home as well? Crazy!

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[Peench]

Crap! I should have made a copy of it. It showed "gamercard" as an option on home. I'll see if I can find it again. Sorry.