BF1943 means Shadowrun needs to make a return to XBL

I don't know if many of you bought/played the game Shadowrun when it came out. It was a multi-player only experience based loosely in the shadowrun role playing universe.

I really liked the game... the character classes... the abilities and weapons... and I played a fair amount when it came out. Like most multiplayer, it was fun when it first launched and you were playing with large groups of friends. As the game aged, the dev team was disbanded so there was no support for the title and all the tweaks to weapon and class balance didn't happen... soon everyone was running around as a ninja troll... and things were out of control.

But, given the success with Battlefield 1943, it seems that a multi-player only title with some of the fun and depth that Shadowrun had, would be a welcome addition to the arcade line-up.

It seems like BF1943 proves there is a whole new market for MP only titles that rapidly get you into the game... no disc load... just power up and jump in... auto matching to friends seals the deal.

An article on Wired Game|Life made me think about all the IP that is hanging around out there that could benefit from an stripped down XBL relaunch.

http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2009/07/game-downloads-boom-as-packaged-sales-slump/