TowerFall is doing better on PS4 than PC - and its creator thinks he knows why
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The world ran out of reasons to buy an Ouya the day irresponsible archery sim TowerFall grew its ‘Ascension’ subtitle for the PC and PS4. Would-be pincushions have swarmed to both versions, enabling creator Matt Thorsen to support himself and his future work “for quite a while”. But intriguingly, the PS4 lot have swarmed ahead.
“It’s actually doing better on PS4, but it’s still doing well on PC,” said Thorson.
There are now 15 million Minecrafts in the wild; Notch celebrates with energy drinks
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More than 15 million Minecrafts raised in captivity have now been successfully introduced into the wild, Notch announced this morning. Some of them were wide-open sandboxes when purchased half a decade ago, filled with potential and not much else. Others found their owners just this weekend, as fully-featured platforms for unbounded creativity and horse-riding.
How to transfer your PC and Mac progress in FTL to iPad
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It seems a bit silly to quibble about missing saved games in FTL - the roguelike space game in which the oxygen never lasts and every hulk must eventually be claimed by the vacuum. But there is a degree of persistence to be found in its achievements and unlockable ships.
Players of its iOS version have been dismayed to find their PC and Mac records wiped on the new platform, as if their many horrible deaths had never happened. But there is a way.
How Planetside 2 is helping SOE develop H1Z1
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Sony Online Entertainment are building a survival game about unusually active dead people, inspired by DayZ and its ilk. They’ve never done that before! What they have done, though, is a humongous open-world shooter with plenty of complex systems the H1Z1 team are taking advantage of.
Elder Scrolls Online patch 1.0.6 takes the fight to gold farming bots
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Zenimax have deployed their sixth patch in their effort to step up the fight against an endless torrent of bots and gold spammers, while also squashing some bugs in the process. Highlights of Patch 1.0.6 include a fix for Nightblades becoming stuck, the implementation of timers on loot acquisition from delve bosses and cash on delivery parcels actually requiring cash to accept (instead of netting the item for free).
League of Legends pro suffers collapsed lung, resumes streaming from hospital
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Cloud 9 mid laner Hai suffered a collapsed lung this weekend. He’s expected to make a full recovery - but the injury has put him out of action for next week’s League of Legends All-Star event at Le Zenith in Paris.
It’s also left him exceedingly bored. Hence the first pro-level LoL match to be streamed from a hospital bed.
Hearthstone beta "validated" free-to-play for Blizzard
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When Blizzard launched their Hearthstone beta, they said it was free to play - and they meant it. But they weren’t prepared to see Twitch fill up with streamers who hadn’t bought a single pack, playing Hearthstone at the highest levels.
It was “unexpected but also very reassuring,” said production director Jason Chayes. “We really wanted to make sure that it wasn't just lip service.”
Sheep-based murder simulator Flockers coming to Steam Early Access on May 6th
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Team 17 has been rather prolific, putting out Worms after Worms. The wriggly, slimy little fellas haven’t had a break from their various wars in ages. Perhaps that’s why Team 17 decided to focus their energy on tormenting sheep with Flockers.
The sheep-based puzzle game is inspired by the spectacularly wonderful Lemmings franchise, with some trademark Team 17 silliness thrown in for good measure. And it’s hitting Steam Early Access on May 6th.
Enemy of the steak: Watch Dogs season pass DLC swaps Aiden for T-Bone
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Ubisoft’s let the cat dog out of the bag, announcing the Watch Dogs season pass details. The £15.99/$19.99 season pass adds an extra single-player adventure with a different character: T-Bone, an eccentric hacker and, perhaps, steak lover.
Slap your eyes on the trailer below to get acquainted with Mr. Bone and the rest of the season pass content.
Telltale's Game of Thrones gets an HBO story consultant in the form of George R. R. Martin's assistant
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Telltale’s foray into the world of George R. R. Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire saga sees author and assistant to Martin, Ty Corey Franck brought on board. He joins the Telltale team as a story consultant, assigned by HBO, the network that brought the books to television.
With Martin still working away on the next book and working on the show in his capacity as executive producer, it’s probably for the best that he’s not also working with Telltale.
League of Legends: Origins of the fluffy poros
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It’s been almost a year since Riot added Howling Abyss, the ARAM (All Random All Mid) mode map to League of Legends. To celebrate the impending anniversary, Riot details the origins of the fluffy love balls, the poros.
Artists RiotOtown, RiotEarp, and RiotCaptainLx explain how the wee creatures went from concept to in-game beasties.
Star Wars: The Old Republic celebrates May the Fourth by showering players with free droids and bonus XP
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With Sunday being May 4th, Star Wars Day, BioWare’s no longer canon Star Wars: The Old Republic is planning a celebratory weekend. The jedi won’t be participating, of course, because fun probably leads to the dark side like every other damn thing. Bloody jedi.
BioWare’s celebrating with an XP bonus weekend and a free mini-pet for all players.
Why Blizzard created Flexible Raiding mode in World of Warcraft
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Blizzard’s been delving into World of Warcraft’s almost decade-long history of raids to put changes that Warlords of Draenor will bring to raiding into context. In part 2, Blizzard looks at the era of Catacylsm and Mists of Pandaria, which saw some significant changes.
During this four year period Blizzard removed multiple difficulties from the equation, then added Raid Finder, which split difficulty up again, into three categories, and then added Flexible Raid mode, adapting raids to various sizes. It’s been quite a meandering journey.
You don't have to be mad to work here... Outlast's Whistleblower DLC out on May 6th
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Thanks to Outlast, there’s evidence of me being a terrible coward on the internet. So I’m understandably torn now that its DLC expansion, Whistleblower is coming out next month. It was originally due out this month, but was delayed. Thank you, Red Barrels Games. Postponing fear and sweat and lots of other horrible things is okay in my book.
Anyway, it’s impending. May 6th is the release date. I suspect I’ll grab it. I loved Outlast, even when I was busy hating it. Take a gander at the launch trailer below.
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