Concept Art for Larrabee’s Launch Title Released

Intel’s upcoming Larrabee architecture (which we’ve looked at in-depth here) is still a long way off, but that isn’t stopping the company from teasing us with concept art from Project Offset, whose game developer they acquired earlier this year. You can see one of the artsy shots below.

The multi-core ‘GPU’ is still a mystery for the most part, because while we understand the basic architectural benefits, we can also see potential downsides. So even with concept art, it in no way gives us insight into what to expect from the GPU or the game, but it’s certainly looking good so far. Older teaser videos of Project Offset were amazing, and if Larrabee can power something like that, then Intel might not have such a hard time selling their product after all.

To coincide with these images, the game’s developers will be relaunching their community forums, both for comment on these new pieces of concept art and also to discuss the direction of the game. Why they were closed in the first place is anyone’s guess, but at least now we’ll be able to keep better track of the game, and hopefully begin to understand exactly what Larrabee is capable of.

The other piece of news Offset and Intel will announce on Monday is the relaunch of Offset’s community forum at 10 AM PST. We hear the Offset team is “excited” to be back online and touch base with users again. That is, of course, because Offset hopes to get user feedback on the game title it is developing.