A
new Kickstarter update for
Contact Vector announces the release of a
playable prototype demo for this upcoming sci-fi RTS game. Word is the demo
includes basic combat mechanics and ship movement, while they also outline a
number of features that are not yet included, also warning that this is not yet
optimized for best performance. Here's more:
We have designed the demo to
give you a taste of whats to come in Contact Vector as we continue to develop
the game, you wont have to worry about ammo or ship load outs we have given you
everything! so take advantage to play with the overpowered ship load outs.
Place, move pause time and giver orders of control ships directly in pitched
combat using several different missiles and energy weapons. Adjust electronic
warfare and drones to defend your ship while maneuvering for the best shots on
your enemy.
A
Kickstarter update for
Wasteland 2 offers
the opening movie from
inXile entertainment's upcoming RPG sequel, though this is a live-action dealie,
with no gameplay footage. This was unveiled at a recent presentation
of the game by Brian Fargo which is also online, and can be
viewed here.
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I Fight Bears now offers
Fist of Awesome
for Windows and OS X, a new game fulfilling their mission of providing "games
for people with beards," which carries a 50% discount for the coming week
(thanks
Ant via
Indie Retro News. This has full-on throwback 8-bit graphics, as demonstrated
in this trailer, and
here's word on the game:
FIST OF AWESOME asks the eternal question "what
would happen if bears took over the world?" and answers it with the epic tale of
a lumberjack travelling through time punching bears in the face to save
humanity.
If you like bear puns then you're in for a treat. If you also like games like
Streets of Rage, Double Dragon and Final Fight then sit down, pour a scotch, and
get ready for the greatest time-travelling-lumberjack-em-up of all time.
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An
Acaratus website is online,
unveiling development of this episodic turn-based RPG from indie Swedish
developer Nodbrim Interactive. The setting for this is described as "a medieval
steampunk world," which is interesting, since Steampunk would be science fiction
in the middle ages, and
the prototype trailer
and other images they provide show medieval mech combat with a card-based
elements. They describe this as Heroes of Might and Magic meets Hearthstone,
though the clip looks more little like MechWarrior meets Game of Thrones. Word
is the game us currently early in alpha testing.
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A recent
Kickstarter update for
Elite: Dangerous offers a new
video Progress Diary #12
on Frontier Developments upcoming space combat revival. Word is: "Welcome to the
progress Diary 12 where David Braben talks about the final stage of the Elite:
Dangerous Alpha - Alpha phase 4 which introduces travel and trading. In this
diary David talks about what he has enjoyed most about the whole Alpha process
and the sheer awesome scale of the Elite: Dangerous universe and what it means
to him to travel through it." Thanks
Ant via
Indie Retro News.
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Here's Valve's accounting of the 10 bestselling games on
Steam for last week:
- Wolfenstein: The New Order
- Transistor
- DayZ
- Watch Dogs
- Arma III
- Planetary Annihilation
- Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition
- Dark Souls II
- Tropico 5
- The Witcher: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition
On one hand we have a basic cable TV channel with one of the most popular shows
of the day, and on the other is a premium channel which, in its own right, has
one of the top shows on TV as well. The former is commercial-supported, and has
to fulfill the expectations of their advertisers by hitting projected ratings
numbers, while the latter is subscriber supported, and can ostensibly ignore
ratings as long as their customers are satisfied. So why is it that AMC is
airing the new episode of Mad Men tonight, while HBO is ducking the Memorial Day
holiday this week, so the next new Game of Thrones is next Sunday? It seems in
this time of DVRs and repeat viewing that neither show should have to skip a
week for this reason, but it seems Mad Men has a better excuse for doing so than
GoT.
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