Gun Monkey developer's advice to indies: "don’t make multiplayer games"
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Gun Monkeys is a barrel of laughs. Something to play for an hour every now and again with a mate. It sold enough to cover costs and got good reviews, but Size Five Games’ Dan Marshall’s advice to indie devs contemplating a multiplayer game is simple: don’t do it.
“f you’re an indie developer, don’t make multiplayer games,” Marshall says in a blog post. “There are exceptions, naturally, but by-and-large the number of customers you’re ever likely to get simply isn’t there to support it.”
EVE Online to drop expansions, shifts gear to six week update schedule
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EVE Online is changing its update schedule, CCP has announced at their EVE Online keynote presentation, beginning with a 'Kronos' update in June. The MMO will shift from bundling all of its new content into two expansions per year to updating regularly on a six week basis.
The Walking Dead Season 2: In Harm's Way looks as cheery as you'd expect
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The third episode of Telltale’s The Walking Dead Season 2, In Harm's Way, hasn’t got a release date, but the developer has seen fit to tease with some screenshots of the upcoming episode. Things are looking pretty grim for Clem and her chums, after the traumatic conclusion to A House Divided.
Direct your eyes towards the viscera and zombies below.
Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare micro-transactions are cheap but pointless
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Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare is due out on June 24th. It’s also grown micro-transactions, likely thanks to a change in water and plant food. EA announced the addition to the not free-to-play game last month, and it’s already come into effect.
The cost of in-game currency is not astronomical, nor is buying this stuff necessary to progress. But it’s worth remembering that Garden Warfare already costs money to buy.
New weekend plans: grab Lost Vikings and Rock N' Roll Racing from Battle.net for free
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Blizzard has delved into the more dusty, cobweb-filled part of its library and brought out two classic games, back from when Blizzard was still known as Silicon & Synapse. The Lost Vikings and Rock N’ Roll Racing have both been brought out of retirement, and best of all, you won’t have to spend a penny to play them.
Both can be downloaded from the Battle.net account page or here if you don’t have an account. If you do grab them from your account page, switch the region to Americas, no matter what region you’re actually in.
The least you could do: Minimum has a free weekend before it moves to Early Access
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Minimum has had a rather rocky development. Originally developed by TimeGate, it ended up in limbo when the studio declared bankruptcy, but was then pulled out of the bankruptcy proceedings by Atari, after which it was handed to Human Head. The folk who were taken off Prey 2 development because it was looking rough.
It makes you worry about what state the game is going to be in. But you need not worry for long. Not only is it heading to Steam Early Access soon, it’s also available this weekend for free. The free weekend kicked off earlier today, and you can grab a key over at Gamepedia.
Epic Games Teases “The Future Of Unreal Tournament” – New UT Title Powered By Unreal Engine 4?
Okay everyone, this may be HUGE. Epic Games has just tweeted that the future of Unreal Tournament will be unveiled this Thursday at 2PM ET. That information comes straight from both Mark Rein and Paul Meegan. Continue reading
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare – First Screenshots Surface
Man, I’m pretty sure that the folks over at GameInformer will be really pissed off with what has happened during these past hours. The announcement trailer of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare was released earlier, the official details were leaked by Amazon, and just a couple of minutes ago Activision and Sledgehammer Games released the first screenshots for this new COD title. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare is coming on November 4th. Enjoy! Continue reading
Killer Is Dead – PC System Requirements Revealed
The Steam page of Killer Is Dead – Nightmare Edition has just revealed the PC system requirements for Grasshopper Manufacture’s title. According to Steam, the PC version of Killer Is Dead will not support DX9 or Windows XP, will require a 64-bit operating system, and will need at least 13 GB of free HDD space. Continue reading
Mother Russia Bleeds Is A New Pixel-y Brawler Inspired By Streets of Rage & Final Fight
The development team behind Mother Russia Bleeds has released a new trailer for it. Mother Russia Bleeds is an unrelenting, ultra-violent Beat ‘Em Up, brimming with hard-hitting action and game altering psychedelic twists. The game will be playable by up to 4 players. Continue reading
CRYENGINE-powered “Lichdom: Battlemage” Gets New Trailer
Xaviant has released a new trailer for its first-person caster title – formerly known as Lichdom and now known as Lichdom: Battlemage – that is powered by Crytek’s engine, the CRYENGINE. Continue reading
Chaos Domain – Run n Gun Platformer – Now Available On Steam
Holy Warp announced that its run n gun platformer that is highly influenced by games from 8-bit and 16-bit era (including Contra/Probotector series, as well as titles like Abuse and Doom Troopers), Chaos Domain, is now available on Steam. Continue reading
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Double Fine exec says publisher flexibility is key to getting devs more creative control
For Double Fine, publishing means partnership. And with its new Double Fine Presents publishing venture, the Broken Age developer wants to work towards supporting a games industry that is changing and becoming less "rigid," according to a new interview with COO Justin Bailey at Gamasutra.
The Elder Scrolls Online's first Emperor player interviewed, relied on trail mix to succeed
If it's good to be the king, then being emperor must be a pretty nice gig, too. The Elder Scrolls Online's first player-emperor goes by the name "Morkulth." He has his own battle cry and a horse named Moonbeam. In a new interview at the official ESO website, Morkulth says he relied on his guildmates, early access to the game, and a lot of trail mix to make it to the top.
Source code for MUD1, the first virtual world, to be released by Stanford University
The very first virtual world ever created by humans—the ancestor to every online chatroom, MMO, and multiplayer lobby—has been acquired by the librarians at Stanford University. The creators of the Multi-User Dungeon (MUD for short) have generously given Stanford permission to make the source code public, which the Stanford Library plans to do in the future.
DayZ has sold 2 million copies since Early Access launch
"WARNING: THIS GAME IS EARLY ACCESS ALPHA," warns the DayZ Steam page. "Please do not purchase it unless you want to actively support development of the game and are prepared to handle with serious issues and possible interruptions of game functioning.
In fairness, if you're prepared to deal with a zombie-filled island, limited resources, and a near-psychotic horde of players, what's a few bugs? That may explain why more than 2 million people have chosen to take the game's warning in their stride since the survival FPS launched into Early Access last December, as revealed by developer Dean 'Rocket' Hall last night.
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