Trials Fusion entering closed beta this week ahead of PC launch
Players who pre-order the Windows PC version of RedLynx’s motorcycle stunt sim Trials Fusion can get a head start on the competition in a closed beta test prior to the game’s launch next month, publisher Ubisoft announced today. Starting March 21, players who pre-purchase Trials Fusion at GameStop, Amazon, and...
Sing along with the slaughter in Typing of the Dead: Overkill DLC
There are only two things that zombies love: delicious, moist brains, and the lure of pop music. If Thriller wasn’t proof enough, Sega’s most recent DLC addition for blood-soaked keyboard primer Typing of the Dead: Overkill certainly cements the idea. The “Dancing With The Dead” lexicon transforms the phrases that...
Star Wars denied, creativity permitted: a crucial moment in LucasArts history
Founded in 1982 as a new division of George Lucas’ entertainment empire, LucasFilm Games intended to hinge its products on cutting-edge technology. David Fox, also known as LucasArts Employee #2, envisioned a visually rich first-person spaceship game for Atari 8-bit systems – and doesn’t that just sound perfect for Star...
Meet BitBrawlers, a user-crafted multiplayer combat arena
Though it borrows a superficial structure from Super Smash Bros., upcoming indie multiplayer game BitBrawlers sets itself apart by giving players the ability to customize their combat. According to developer Tiny Build Games, BitBrawlers offers players the chance to customize abilities, weapons and even the environment they’re fighting in. That...
Obsidian unleashes free-to-play tanks in Armored Warfare
Following the flatulence-laden release of South Park: The Stick of Truth, developer Obsidian Entertainment has revealed a new explosive game. Armored Warfare is the company’s first foray into the wild world of free-to-play games and features modern tank battles. Armored Warfare is being published and distributed by Russia-based My.com, publisher...
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...