Signal working on next-gen Toy Soldiers, acquires IP from Microsoft
Signal Studios has acquired the rights to its original intellectual property, Toy Soldiers, from Microsoft. “That was our first game, it was our baby,” said Signal Community Manager Becky Taylor. “We are working on a future game in the franchise, we have a large publisher interested who we haven’t announced...
The early (early) concept of Monaco dev’s RTSMOBA in Valhalla
Andy Schatz is doing it again. Monaco seemed to linger in development limbo forever because it received attention from the IGF early in its production process. In reality, it took 3.5 years to come out. Schatz’s new project, codenamed Armada, is a vague concept at this point: He has a...
Challenges and comparisons: The monsters that hunt Alien Isolation
The Creative Assembly has been forced to make a number of changes in order to realize the vision for Alien: Isolation. After successful pitches to both Sega and 20th Century Fox, the developer turned to recruitment, ensuring it added new members to its team that were capable of crafting the...
Mighty No. 9 alpha gameplay video looks mega, man
Comcept released a new gameplay video of crowdfunded platformer Mighty No. 9 running in alpha, and it showcases some familiar-feeling run-and-gun gameplay along with images of Mighty Numbers 1 to 8. If we had to pick a favorite it would have to be Mighty No. 6, because he’s got a...
Don’t expect Octodad to be a PS Plus free game, do expect extra silliness
Octodad: Dadliest Catch sold more than 90,000 copies on PC, Mac and Linux, and that is enough to keep developer Young Horses afloat through the end of the year with a lineup of full-time staff, CEO Philip Tibitoski told Joystiq at GDC. Before launch, the Young Horses team split their...
Battlefield 4 Naval Strike DLC hits open ocean March 25
Put your mind at ease, Battlefield 4 players. You can make a stand, lend a hand, protect the motherland and join your fellow man IN THE NAVY in the game’s Naval Strike DLC on March 25. The DLC will feature four new maps, five weapons, two gadgets, a hovercraft vehicle,...
Pier Solar HD, Proven Lands among 75 greenlit games for Steam
Valve accepted 75 more games for distribution on Steam after approval from its community on Steam Greenlight, among which is Pier Solar and the Great Architects HD, Watermelon’s remake of the Megadrive RPG. Pier Solar HD, which earned over $230,000 on Kickstarter in December 2012, is joined by a recent...
Clockwork Empires accepting alpha colonists this spring
Clockwork Empires plans to launch its buy in-alpha program this spring, developer Gaslamp Games mentioned today at GDC 2014. This next game from the team behind Dungeons of Dredmor is an ambitious simulation game. Think Tropico meets Don’t Starve, but steampunk. Beyond its setting of colonists surviving in frontier lands...
Minecraft developer continues rise in profit, made $128 million in 2013
Mojang, development studio behind the wildly-successful Minecraft, has continued its five-year trend of increased profitability. Mojang revenue topped $237 million in 2012, while a Wall Street Journal article reports that number to have hit $326 million for 2013, which in turn translates to almost $128 million in profit. Roughly 93...