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Retail Radar: 360 Far Cry 2, Wii Harvey Birdman

By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpotPosted Aug 22, 2007 5:52 pm PT

Ubisoft PC shooter advertised on Microsoft's platform, while Capcom's legal eagle might be on Nintendo's case.

The Retail Radar has picked up on a pair of possible ports today, as listings on GameFly indicate upcoming games from Ubisoft and Capcom might be coming to more platforms than originally announced.

First up is a listing for an Xbox 360 edition of Ubisoft's upcoming PC game Far Cry 2. The original Far Cry was a hit for the publisher upon its release for 2004, and the first-person shooter quickly made its way to consoles. However, much like the game's menagerie of mutated mercenaries, the game had been changed along the way. The Xbox played host to Far Cry Instincts and Far Cry Instincts Evolution, while the franchise burst into the new generation of hardware with Far Cry Instincts Predator on the Xbox 360 and Far Cry Vengeance for the Wii. While the GameFly listing offers no description of the game, the fact that the title has remained unchanged suggests that the online rental service expects the Xbox 360 game to be fundamentally the same game as the PC edition.

Elsewhere on the site, GameFly is listing a Wii edition of Capcom's Harvey Birdman game. Originally announced for the PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 2 in April, Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law is being developed by Hoffman Estates, Illinois-based High Voltage Software, makers of the most recent Leisure Suit Larry game and the Hunter: The Reckoning series. While a Wii version of the game would not be entirely surprising, a DS edition would be the most natural addition to the lineup, given that Capcom has already said the gameplay will be reminiscent of its Phoenix Wright series of courtroom adventures.

As of press time, representatives with Capcom and Ubisoft had not returned requests for comments on the games.

Please note, while retailer listings frequently jump the gun on publishers' product announcements, they should not be taken as final confirmation of a game's existence; nor should the absence of a listing be considered as proof that a game isn't coming to a given platform.

73 Comments

  • zodiark1

    Posted Jan 25, 2008 10:42 am PT

    Far cry is gonna be awesome!!!!!!!!!!!

  • yueji18

    Posted Jan 3, 2008 6:18 pm PT

    wth....i want crysis....not far cry 2

  • klasco

    Posted Dec 11, 2007 6:14 am PT

    Far Cry 2.........Xbox360..............Now!

  • N8A

    Posted Sep 5, 2007 8:38 am PT

    I just don't see the harvey birdman game doing well. It is a great show, but I don't know how it is going to translate into a game.

  • SneakyB986

    Posted Aug 24, 2007 8:55 am PT

    wolfmother.....I tried to play farcry...and it made me cry ...it reminded me way to much of castle of wolfenstein and face it....you couldn't run in gun because you get shot in the game in die in three shots......Have you played it? Its obvious your a console gamer pretending to be a pc gamer because theres plenty of pc games that own farcry and its unimaginative story and plot

  • ZeroWil

    Posted Aug 24, 2007 8:50 am PT

    Heh heh, Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law. Knowing Capcom, it'll be similar to Phoenix Wright but funnier. Hopefully Stephen Colbert will reprise his role as Phil Ken Sebben.

  • -Squirrel-

    Posted Aug 24, 2007 8:47 am PT

    I like Phoenix Wright and I like Harvey Birdman, so why not? As long as the reviews are at least decent, I'll pick it up for the Wii.

  • Juggernaut140

    Posted Aug 24, 2007 4:27 am PT

    um playstation_wii, that was farcry vengeance, you've seriously didn't know about farcry before that? Well everyone knows that vengeance was terrible.

  • Wolfmother0791

    Posted Aug 24, 2007 1:06 am PT

    Sneaky, how about actually playing FarCry before you try insulting it? He's not some random dude on vacation, he was brought to the island for a REASON, and the game actually has a storyline thats quite interesting. As for "beast men," it's a freaking game, and if a crazy guy wants to make primates into killer mutants, he can, since its a GAME. FarCry is also perfectly able to be a run-and-gun shooter most of the time too, just because there's an enemy awareness meter in a game doesn't mean you have to be stealthy. I admit the add-ons to the original FarCry story were pretty bad games, but FarCry 2 is going to be amazing. I can't wait to get it for 360, since I'll never be able to afford the kind of computer that can run it :/

  • sectorzero

    Posted Aug 23, 2007 9:26 pm PT

    Far Cry owned, let's hope the sequel does, too.

  • playstation_wii

    Posted Aug 23, 2007 4:41 pm PT

    Wasn't this game terrible on the Wii?

  • SneakyB986

    Posted Aug 23, 2007 2:10 pm PT

    Nightfend you have no idea what your talking about when you say stupid cartoon network game.....Harvey birdman attorney in law is a great cartoon and would make a great game if done right...if you knew anything about it Stephen Colbert used to do the voice of the one eyed boss of harvey and said great lines....now farcry would never trick me again....I hate games where you hide more than you shoot...and what was all about those beast people? sure the crytek engine looked nice but the hit system and beast men were just dumb. Who knew just some random dude on a vacation would get pulled into a never ending island chain where he would kill 800 pirates where every four looked the same?

  • Jared_Vegeta

    Posted Aug 23, 2007 1:47 pm PT

    I really hope Far Cry 2 comes to the 360. I don't know if my computer will be able to keep up with that game.

  • nightfend

    Posted Aug 23, 2007 1:06 pm PT

    WTF?? 360 gets FarCry 2 and all the Wii gets is some stupid Cartoon Network game? I love the few games I have for the Wii, but they are seriously hurting in the software department. Not a lot of good games coming out this year at all.

  • rav44

    Posted Aug 23, 2007 12:39 pm PT

    i loved Far Cry instincts predator. Far cry vengeance was too easy and the graphics could have been better, plus the A.I. would stand there waiting for you to kill them.

  • magusat999

    Posted Aug 23, 2007 9:50 am PT

    I absolutely loved Far Cry on the PC - but I'm wary of Ubisoft's plan for a Far Cry 2 on the PC after their dismal support of Far Cry 1. They totally jumped ship and made all the addons / sequels for the Xbox - totally "dissin'" PC players - even after announcing that those editions WOULD be made for the PC players as well. This is another game that, although I am looking forward to, I will probably wait until WAY AFTER it is out to purchase. If I am going to get treated like an unwanted stepchild - let me do it at bargain bin prices... I'm sure I'll find other things to occupy my time - like games from game companies that are thinking about the PLAYER and not so much the HARDWARE TIE-IN DEAL... don't we pay money too???

  • Alaris83

    Posted Aug 23, 2007 9:46 am PT

    R.I.P. Harvey Birdman. *salute*

  • LosDaddie

    Posted Aug 23, 2007 7:34 am PT

    No surprise here.

  • PhilElsen

    Posted Aug 23, 2007 5:44 am PT

    after all the gameplay iv seen from crysis any new far cry is dead. Just come out with more crysis games and keep me happy.

  • heroface

    Posted Aug 23, 2007 3:49 am PT

    Hmm you all seem to not like the predator abilities... or the infinite playability that comes with the console version.. if i'm right then the consoles more a follow up featuring a retired jack carver being forced back into action and therefor the next one will still include powers and come out for all formats.. but thats only if i'm right.. and hey you know if it does that there will be cross-platform online modes this time

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