the-spire posts

Late in 2010 a gameplay movie popped up on the internet that showed off gameplay from The Spire, a sci-fi themed action-adventure game that had some impressive moments especially when it showed off what could be done with the game's main item-weapon, the Tool. The game is being created by a UK-based team called Raw Games using Epic Games' Unreal Development Kit.

We decided to learn more about this upcoming and promising title and got in touch with Raw Games. Its managing director John Tearle told us more about how Raw Games came to be formed along with more info on The Spire.

Epic Games' Unreal Development Kit has generated quite a few interesting and upcoming games from small developers. One of them is a title we became aware of this week. The Spire just released a teaser trailer via its UK-based developer Raw Games that shows off some interesting looking environments and gameplay.

Set in the near future in an Antarctic base, the game has the player (who naturally has no memory of who he is and what his purpose is) control some kind of tech-based glove device as he tries to solve the mysteries of, well, what in the wide, wide world of sports is going on here. The gameplay in the trailer resembles Portal and the look of the game reminds us a bit of System Shock 2. You can check out the trailer after the jump. The Spire is due for release sometime in 2011.