Halfbrick, makers of hits such as Fruit Ninja , Jetpack Joyride, and many more, are set to release Fish Out Of Water this week on April 18 for iOS devices as a universal app. Their latest title sees you flicking an assortment of sea creatures as far as possible in the ocean. There will be various types of fish you have to flick, all while dealing with random weather patterns.
We fingered these fishes back at GDC and quite liked Halfbrick's latest mobile title. The Australian company has yet to steer me wrong with their titles and I'll be picking this one up for for $0.99 once it's out.
The awesome gang at Corridor Digital made quite the appropriate live-action take on Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon . And yeah, they used Power Glove's music here too. So good.
After following Abbey Games' promising Reus for a while now, it's great to hear that the 2D god game has secured a not-too-distant release date and a fair few launch platforms. Come May 16, 2013, it will be accessible from platforms like Steam, GOG.com, Desura, and GamersGate.
Reus centers around giants who can cultivate and indirectly influence humanity. The trailer above gives the sense that this will be a laid-back experience, but we all know how these situations end; someone's leaving in a body bag.
According to Abbey, "the game is shaping up to what we want it to be. Also, all things considered (mostly empty bank-accounts), we feel the timing of May is quite convenient."
In the previous debate we welcomed the new Tomb Raider installment with a debate against its predecessors in the series. Every single game in the series received at least one vote, so it was fulfilling to see it be a close race to the trophy! Here are the results:
Now that we've tackled the new Tomb Raider game, let's move on to the new BioShock game. I'm sure most of you have had time to BioShock Infinite play it so far; it feels like half of you played through it in the first night! If not, you have one week to catch up! Which of the three games is your favorite? Cast your vote and check back next week for the winner and a new debate!
Yes, the first chapter of Soul Sacrifice is what makes up the demo released today on PlayStation Network. As if that weren't reason enough to give this disturbed third-person action game a try, save files are compatible with the full Vita title; transferring your data over will unlock the exclusive Spirits' Heart item for summoning a stone golem. And we both know you like stone golems.
As covered in the PlayStation Blog post, multiplayer functionality for ad-hoc and online play is also featured, though the online option is restricted to those who play prior to Soul Sacrifice's launch on April 30, 2013. After that point, only single-player and local multiplayer will be accessible.
"We knew that cutting out a small section of the game and saying, 'Isn't this part fun?' would not show the users the full potential of the game," said designer Keiji Inafune. "We figured that it wouldn't make sense if the users could not have the 'I want to play more' feeling."
Integrated statistic tracking and social networking features with videogames is no new concept, even in the racing genre, but the road warriors at Codematers look to be adding a lot more to their RaceNet with the upcoming release of GRID 2 .
RaceNet does have many features found in most of its contemporaries; easily viewable player and race statistics, global leaderboards, and weekly challenges for players, to name a few. One of the most interesting and unique features that the feature has to offer is uploading videos to share with friends and rivals alike, along with a comment system in place for some nice cordial conversation with your fellow racers.
I think that the addition of uploading race videos is a fantastic feature, especially for racing game fans. You can relive the glory of your victories or study the moves of your opponent in order to get the upper hand. Oh, the cars look nice too.
Motion control is a ‘gimmick’ that won’t be implemented in Battlefield 4 because it adds nothing to the game, DICE executive producer Patrick Bach has said.
Bach also suggested that other companies have been “throwing money” at the studio to implement motion control in its games, but it has resisted.
Motion control is expected to play a large role in PlayStation 4’s next-gen offering through the use of DualShock 4 and PS Eye, and Microsoft’s next Xbox is expected to ship with a new, improved Kinect camera. But it’s not part of DICE’s plans with its next-gen shooter, says Bach. “We are not interested in things that don’t make the game better,” he told us. “There are a lot of gimmicks – people throwing money at us – ‘can you implement support for this quirky control thing’. No, it doesn’t make the game better.”
“We are extremely open to innovation, but if it’s a gimmick, there’s no point unless it adds value to the player. Touch screens used to be a gimmick, because no-one could get it to work until iPhone came out and used it right. It adds to the experience, and now everyone is doing it. To us it’s the same with motion control and perceptual gaming in general; if it adds, great. If it’s a gimmick, ignore it.”
Battlefield 4 was revealed at GDC 2013 – you can watch the 17 minute reveal video and read our first impressions of the title through the links. Bach was speaking as part of a Battlefield 4 interview to be published in full later today.
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Uriah Hall is a rising middleweight MMA fighter and part of his success can be attributed to, of all things, Tekken . This latest episode of Vice's Fightland follows Uriah as he describes how Tekken helped with his training.
"I’d go into practice mode and have the computer just spar me back and forth almost like regular training. I would just keep playing until I see something that I'd do or I like, and I would just pick up on it. And for me, I don't know, visually it was almost like my body just adjusted to it, so when I started to spar moves that I would see it would just come back, like that. It was just something I couldn't explain.
“Every time I would see a cool move on Tekken, I would just practice it till I got good at it. And when I do it in training they'd be like ‘what the hell is that!’”
Obviously he didn't become an expert just by playing Tekken alone, more that some of the moves he would see were adapted into his brain. Like Taskmaster. He's a real life Taskmaster, everyone.
Be sure to watch Uriah knock a guy out with his spinning kick right after his Tekken talk too. Just brutal!
Suda51 teased us Killer is Dead's Gigolo mode not too long ago, and now we have some more info on just how you'll be pleasing the ladies thanks to Siliconera. One Gigolo missions sees main hero Mondo Zappa trying to seduce Natalia, a 27 year old from Brazil.
The two begin their night at a hotel bar where they grab a drink to try and break the ice. Move to fast on Natalia and she'll slap you silly. If you manage to increase her feelings for you to the max, you can win her heart by giving her a present.
Mondo will also have a couple of glasses that helps him with his dates. If you put on the black frame glasses, you'll be able to see through your dates clothing, right down to her underwear. Videogames!
Killer Is Dead Katana Arts And Gigolo Missions Revealed [Siliconera]
17 minutes of raw gameplay video? Well I certainly hope this becomes more of a trend. You can only tell so much about a game that has quick cuts and dubstep music within a three minute or less trailer. Rise of the Triad though? They don't need some over edited trailer. No, just put out a 17 minute multiplayer session and let that do all the talking. That's just what I like.
Our own Chris Carter went hands-on with Rise of the Triad and digs what's going on with the revival of this arena shooter. There's also another video below for your enjoyment if this one wasn't somehow enough.
