J.U.L.I.A. To Release Locally In The UK In March
Gamesta.com reports on the latest news given out by Lace Mamba Global. Their sci-fi adventure title J.U.L.I.A. will hit shelves in March of 2012, but only in a very select part of the world first. They do intend to bring the narrative driven game to other countries afterwards... Read More»
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Posted: Feb 12th, 2012
Demo for Driftmoon now available
Indie developer Instant Kingdom has released a demo complete with editor tools for its RPG Driftmoon. The game is described by the developers as “a deep, captivating story, and the gameplay focuses heavily on adventure and exploration; spiced up with surprising twists, a nice touch of humour, and a world filled with detail.” It is ... Read More»
Inspiration for American Nightmare came from pulp, sci-fi and B-movie classics, says Remedy
Remedy has released a new developer video for Alan Wake: American Nightmare, and in it the team discusses how Wake’s story this time around is more of a pulp-action-adventure. Drawing inspiration from sci-fi and B-movie classics, as well as urban legends, American Nightmare will have a very different mood and stylization, similar to the TV ... Read More»
Indie Royale Valentine’s Bundle includes PC debut for Soulcaster series
The Indie Royale Valentine’s Bundle has gone live, and it’s time to throw open your wallet, let the bats fly out, and drop at minimum $4.51. For that amount, you will get five titles available for the following platforms: Zeno Clash for Steam (PC), Hoard for Steam (PC and Mac) along with a key for ... Read More»
Yoshida: Last Guardian making ‘slow progress’
In a recent but brief interview at the DICE summit, Sony Worldwide Studios President Shuhei Yoshida revealed that although progress is being made on The Last Guardian, it’s “slow progress.”... Read More»
Toki Tori added to Humble Bundle for Android
Toki Tori has been added to the Humble Bundle for Android. This brings the total to five games, including Anomaly: Warzone Earth, Osmos, and EDGE. Those who pay more than the average price, currently $6.14, the indie classic World of Goo is also yours as an extra incentive. Buying the Humble Bundle for Android also ... Read More»
Minecraft: Pocket Edition update delayed due to bugs
Mojang’s delayed the release of an update for Minecraft: Pocket Edition due to the discover of bugs in the update. Mojang designer Daniel Kaplan said on Twitter the team had discovered “bugs bugs bugs.” The update is due to be out soon, though. Thanks, PocketGamer. Read More... Read More»
Alan Wake PC digital, retail and collector’s editions detailed
The PC version of Alan Wake – which boasts a visual upgrade, stereoscopic 3D and multi-screen support – comes in several flavours, including a fancy pants retail collector’s edition. You can grab Alan Wake on Steam from February 16, with other digital distributors joining in sometime thereafter. A standard Steam copy goes for $30, including ... Read More»
Double Fine Adventure shatters Kickstarter records, nears $1 million
Crowd sourcing platform Kickstarter has confirmed suspicions by admitting Double Fine’s Adventure has broken more than one record. “Double Fine Adventure has broken Kickstarter records for most funds raised in 24 hours and highest number of backers,” the company revealed on Twitter. The fundraiser continues to accumulate so quickly that any mention of totals will ... Read More»
Double Fine’s Kickstarter provides a Radiohead moment
It’s not the first studio to go down the Kickstarter route, but it’s the biggest one to do so yet. Double Fine gave the games industry its Radiohead moment today. Johnny Cullen explains. We saw an indie drag in close to $1 million in a matter of hours today by directly engaging the community and ... Read More»
Dear Esther interview with creator Dan Pinchbeck
With the official Steam release just a week away (February 14), Dear Esther creator Dan Pinchbeck spoke with GamerNode about the design process, the benefits of remaking the game, and the state of videogame development... Read More»
The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav trailer is “looking” at you
With point-and-click apparently all the go, Daedalic Entertainment’s released a trailer of horror PC thing, The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav. It really does have a giant eye in it. It’s out March 23. Here’s the homesite. Thanks, Evil Avatar. Read More... Read More»
More world types coming to Minecraft, says Mojang
Mojang’s confirmed it’ll add more world types to Minecraft following the inclusion of Superflat. “Yes, more world types will be added when I have time to work on them,” said lead developer Jens ‘Jeb’ Bergensten, speaking to Gamefront. Bergensten, who took over as lead dev on the game when Notch stood down back in December, ... Read More»
Double Fine seeks funding for new adventure game
Tim Schafer, the mind behind adventure classics like Full Throttle and Grim Fandango, will have a brand new point-and-click adventure game in the works with some help from the videogame community... Read More»
Kickstarter to fund Double Fine’s new adventure game
Hot on the heels of a resurgence of interest in classic adventure Psychonauts, Tim Schafer’s Double Fine is seeking funding for a secret new game. Double Fine has launched a Kickstarter campaign with a $400,000 goal to fund “a classic point-and-click adventure utilizing modern touch technology”; it’s an ambitious goal for a crowd-sourced project, but ... Read More»
The Last of Us setting inspired by “ruin porn”
The city seen in The Last of Us is noticeably dilapidated, which may seem a little unrealistic given that only twenty years have passed since the apocalyptic event which broke down society, but Naughty Dog explained that the highly deteriorated environments are based on research into what would actually happen. In a video interview posted ... Read More»
Battleship videogame in the works at Activision
Activision and Hasbro have announced a videogame version of Battleship, which is in development at Double Helix Games. The seek-and-find adventure game inspired by the naval strategy game, will contain a stand-alone story taken from Universal Pictures’ upcoming movie. The game will offer a combination of “strategic naval command” and first-person action. Players will defend ... Read More»
Epic secures iOS rights to Fighting Fantasy games
Epic and Train2Game have secured the rights for the iOS games of Make Something Unreal Live, to be based on the Fighting Fantasy series of role-playing books created by Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson. New iOS games based on the adventure books will debut at Gadget Show Live 2012. It’s all part of Make Something ... Read More»
D3Publisher takes over development for THQ on DreamWorks titles
D3Publisher has announced an agreement with DreamWorks Animation which will see the firm taking over development of studio’s next three films: Madagascar 3, The Croods, and Rise of the Guardians. Previously, THQ was on board to develop, but announced last week it was leaving the kids’ licensed business. The first title to be released, Madagascar ... Read More»
Uncharted 3 DLC and Jak & Daxter HD land on PSN
Sony has announced an update to Uncharted 3, the Fort Co-Op adventure DLC, is available and will allow players to step into the role of the villain for the first time in the series. It has also announced that the long-awaited Jak and Daxter Collection is now available for download as well. Going back to ... Read More»
Activision announces Skylanders Giants
Activision has announced Skylanders Giants, a follow-up to the kids’ IP Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure, which will debut at the North American International Toy Fair next week in New York. Skylanders Giants builds on the same fundamentals of the first game by merging physical and virtual realms with a line of cross-platform toy figures with “brains.” ... Read More»
G4 Darksiders II interview shows off new gameplay footage
G4′s gone live with an interview for Darksiders II with Vigil boss David Adams, featuring new gameplay footage for the action title. The footage includes Death riding some sort of robot that can go through “lava and other hazards Death can’t go through.” Get it below. Darksiders II launches in June for PS3, 360 and ... Read More»
Journey development complete, release date TBC
2012 just got a whole lot more attractive; Journey is finished. Thatgamecompany boss Jenova Chen hinted via Twitter that the studio’s latest game, Journey, was complete after three years in development. Pressed for details by Shack, Chen confirmed the unusual adventure is finished, but said Sony is yet to assign a release date to the ... Read More»
Rockstar San Diego hiring for new open-world game
Rockstar San Diego, the creator of Red Dead Redemption and Midnight Club, seems to be developing another open-world game if new job listings are any clue. The developer’s posted three new job ads at Gamasutra this weekend looking for tools, gameplay, and network programmers, with two of them mentioning an open-world project. Although no additional ... Read More»
Retail edition of Back to the Future: The Game hitting Europe in Q1 2012
Telltale has announced Back to the Future: The Game will be released at retail for PC, PS3 and Wii in Europe during the first part of 2012. PS3 and Wii versions will be available in Europe, while boxed editions of the PC will only be available in “some” territories, according to a press release on ... Read More»
