EA aiming to be “remembered and respected for the games” it makes
EA Studios executive vice president Patrick Söderlund wants the publisher to be remembered for its games – and not for being voted the worst company in America for two years running, for example.
Clandestine brings asymmetrical co-op to PC next year
Clandestine in a spy thriller set in the mid 1990′s, offering you and a friend the chance to unravel a post-Cold War conspiracy plot as a super team of hacker and field agent.
Ben “Yahtzee” Croshaw releasing horror rogue-like The Consuming Shadow
The Consuming Shadow is a new horror rogue-like from Ben “Yahtzee” Croshaw. It’s currently in beta.
Ashes Cricket 2013 removed from sale following poor response, refunds incoming
Ashes Cricket 2013 is, apparently, a bloody mess. Publisher 505 Games has removed the game from Steam, and is planning to issue a full refund to anyone who bought it.
Strider reboot screens show Ouroboros boss fight, mech battles
Strider developer Double Helix Games has released a new batch of images showing off the game’s returning Ouroboros boss battle, along with plenty of platforming and combat.
Jamestown, Shatter and more in latest Humble Weekly Sale
The latest Humble Weekly Bundle includes a handful of indie favourites.
Professional Farmer 2014 out now, gives you the keys to a brand new combine harvester
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Ah, the love song. Long has it taught many a youngster how to woo the person of their desire. Most successful of them all was that West Country classic that divulged the secret to a long and happy relationship: the joining of land. Of course to achieve the meld of estates, one must know how to use professional agricultural methods in order to produce the most profitable results from said land. In days gone by this would require knowledge passed on from generation to generation. Today though, all you (probably) need is Professional Farmer 2014, available now on Steam.
OuterWorlds Online Kickstarter throws MMO, RTS, MOBA and RPG genres into a collider to see what happens
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What happens when a couple of bored New Zealanders jack in their jobs to go an make an indie game? They become wildly ambitious and come up with the idea to create a sci-fi MMO that’s equal parts real-time strategy, online battle arena, and role-playing game. The result is the acroynm-packed headline you see above, but also a Kickstarter campaign that will help this teeny tiny Kiwi studio fund their dream.
OuterWorlds Online takes the conventions of its influencial game genres and smashes them together at high speed, then blends them with a healthy dose of sci-fi staples: mechs, folding guns, and power armour. Oh, it then generates entire universes through the use of algorithms. Shiny.
EA Studios head on Battlefield 4’s iffy launch: "The number one reason for things going wrong is scale"
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Former DICE chief and EA Studios president Patrick Söderlund knows that Battlefield 4’s release didn’t go as well as it might. “There have been some issues,” he said. “I think we've done a good job rectifying some of them and we'll work around the clock do do the rest.”
He agreed that players should expect “base functionality” from a game at launch - but suggested that nothing could be done before release to simulate the effects of a ton of players descending on its systems all at once.
New Overgrowth Video Details Alpha 203 Changes
Wolfire Games has released a new video for its rabbit bunny action brawler, Overgrowth, in which the company’s programmer, David Rosen, demonstrates some of the new features he added to it. Rosen added some tail physics to the game, as well as muscle/fat/ear-size parameters and the ability to change characters scale. In addition, Rosen has improved the wolf animations. You can find some release notes for this latest alpha version of Overgrowth below – alpha version is available to those who pre-order the game. Enjoy! Continue reading
Elite: Dangerous – Developer Diary #8
Frontier Developments has released a new developer diary for its upcoming space combat title, Elite: Dangerous. In this latest dev diary, Chris Gregory (Art Director) talks through the various techniques used to put together the Damocles video as well as discussing how it has helped advance the game. It also contains some sneak peeks of the latest game build in action. Enjoy! Continue reading
APEXICON Interview
Jonathan Meyer from Actos Games gives TPG the big scoop on their upcoming word-building puzzle RPG, APEXICON.
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