News::'Mighty No. 9' demo delay gives backers more reason to be upset

What a long, sad trip it's been for folks who backed the Mega Man spiritual successor Mighty No. 9 on Kickstarter. A demo, which was originally planned as an apology for the game being delayed, has been pushed back. Developer Comcept writes that this tardiness is a result of issues that arose pertaining to the distribution method -- Steam. No other updates or info was given, and this news was buried at the bottom of a blog post about a custom-design contest (hey, we're running one of those too!). It's probably safe to guess that those involved feel pretty bad about the whole ordeal and how Comcept plans to make up for this is going to be interesting. Could another apology even suffice at this point?

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Via: Polygon

Source: Comcept

Tags: crowdfunding, delay, demo, gaming, hd, hdpostcross, KeijiInafune, kickstarter, megaman, mightyno.9, steam

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News::Former 'DmC' devs are risking millions to make a 'AAA' indie

Hellblade, a third-person game seen through the lens of a mentally ill protagonist, is a multimillion-dollar risk for developer Ninja Theory. Its strong focus on building a unique world and narrative represents a huge shift in creative direction from the company's last AAA effort, the melee combat-heavy DmC: Devil May Cry. Rather than working with a big publisher, the Cambridge, England-based studio is self-funding Hellblade as an "independent AAA" title. It's a decision that's freed Ninja Theory from creative constraints, allowing it to tackle difficult topics and simply make the games it wants to make.

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Tags: gamescom-2015, hdpostcross, Hellblade, MentalHealth, NinjaTheory

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News::Telltale's 'Minecraft' adventure game arrives on October 13

Minecraft, but as a point-and-click adventure game? When Telltale's Story Mode title was first announced, it left many of us scratching our heads. Minecraft is hardly known for its rich narrative, and its open-ended gameplay couldn't be further from the tightly woven, decision-driven moments found in most Telltale games. However, since then we've had a steady clip of trailers and screenshots that give us an idea of how it'll all shake out -- and now we've got a release date too. Minecraft: Story Mode launches on October 13th with the first episode, "The Order of the Stone." It'll be available on PC, Mac, PS4, PS3, Xbox One and Xbox 360 -- iOS and Android will join them on October 15th, followed by Wii U and PS Vita sometime in the future. Retail versions will be dropping on October 27th -- Telltale is calling it a "Season Pass Disc," which means you'll get instant access to the first episode and download codes/patches for the latter four episodes that wrap up the series.

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Source: Telltale Games

Tags: AdventureGames, minecraft, minecraftstorymode, mojang, releasedate, telltalegames

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News::Wanted: your custom 'Super Mario Maker' levels

Something happened when we were broadcasting the Wii U's Super Mario Maker on Playdate last week. Sean Buckley and myself (and almost assuredly someone from Twitch chat) thought it'd be a great idea to play through levels that the community made, live on the internet. And guess what? That's absolutely what we want to do, but we'll need your help. For a future stream we'd love to do nothing but play custom levels created exclusively by our loyal Playdate viewers. All you need to do is take the ID code for your masterpiece and drop it in an email to EngadgetPlaydate@gmail.com. It's easy! We're playing pretty loose with the rules too. You can send us a couple of your favorites (but fewer than 30) if you're having a tough time narrowing it down to just one, and all that we ask if you not have anything lewd contained therein.

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Tags: community, gaming, hd, hdpostcross, mario, mariomaker, nintendo, playdate, supermariomaker, wanted, wii, wiiu

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News::Sony's retrotastic 20th Anniversary PS4 controller lands in the UK

So, you didn't manage to get your hands on a 20th Anniversary Edition PlayStation 4, just like everyone else. Well, nevermind, as you can now have the next best thing. Sony has today released the Anniversary Edition DualShock 4 controller in the UK (and the rest of Europe), with its retro gray colour scheme and home button sporting the original PlayStation logo. Unfortunately, this model's lacking the engraved touchpad found on those shipped with the limited edition console, but it's close enough. The nostalgic pad can now be found at stores including GAME and Amazon for £50, which is probably more than you'd spend picking up an OG PS1 and a copy of Crash Team Racing on eBay -- not that we should be telling you which is the better purchase, of course.

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Source: PlayStation Europe (Twitter)

Tags: 20thAnniversary, controller, dualshock4, hdpostcross, playstation, playstation4, ps4, sony

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News::NVIDIA's GeForce game sharing feature is available in beta

NVIDIA's GeForce Experience Share has been released in early access beta, giving PC gamers the ability to invite friends to take over a game or play cooperatively. Via an in-game overlay menu, players can use the "Shadowplay" option to continuously capture a stream, then broadcast it to Twitch, other players, or YouTube as an upload. NVIDIA said that the feature can save the last 5 to 20 minutes of game play at up to 4K (3,840 x 2,160) with very little performance hit. Players can also send a live game stream to Twitch via the "broadcast" feature.

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Source: NVIDIA

Tags: Broadcast, Co-op, GeForceExperience, In-game, InstantReplay, nvidia, Overlay, SharePlay, Streams, video, YouTube

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News::'For the King' is a hard, cute co-op game that needs your help

At first blush, it's easy to dismiss a game based on its marketing bullet points: persistent choices; rougelike, online co-op. But sometimes it takes actually seeing it in motion for the cynicism to fall away. That's what happened to me with For the King, a gorgeous little game that hit Kickstarter recently and was almost entirely funded ($26,739 of a needed $30,210 as of this writing) in its first day. Roguelikes by definition are typically solo affairs, but For the King supports three-player online co-op and the developer promises the game's "unforgiving" in nature. So, expect a lot of death once the procedurally generated game launches next June.

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Source: Kickstarter

Tags: crowdfunding, gaming, hd, hdpostcross, ironoakgames, kickstarter, roguelike, spelunky

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