Steam News announces
that
Jump Tanks
is now available as an early access title, offering five-on-five armored team
combat, though they don't use the term MOBA in describing this. Here's what they
do say about it:
Humanity is in a precarious state. Radical factions
squabble over scarce resources, and the best way to earn a day’s rations is to
own an armored jumping tank. Luckily, you have three.
Jump Tanks is a online multiplayer combat shooter where it's us-versus-them
until the battlefield is littered with broken machines. Prepare for explosive,
frenetic matches where you'll dodge rockets and pounce from rooftops through
storms of bullets.
Build your Battalion
Customize three different tanks to take into battle. Don’t like your gun? Pick a
new one. Need another jump to get the drop on the enemy? Swap in different legs.
Millions of custom tank builds await you.
Each Battle is Personal
Coordinating with your teammates is crucial to gain an edge over your opponents.
Stick close to your ally to earn a special buff. Avoid your rival, who has an
advantage over you.
The future may look grim, but with you behind the controls and your team by your
side, there is hope. See you on the battlefield!
This video is a new
"motion comic" setting some of the story for
Battleborn, Gearbox Software's
upcoming multiplayer shooter, calling this chapter one, and saying two more
installments are
coming soon.
Here's word: "As Penarch is nearly veiled, Rendain relishes in his success and
looks ahead to the inevitable destruction of Solus, the universe's last star.
While unbeknownst to him, his closest advisor has other plans."
Continue here to read the full story.
Polygon - Emulation isn't a dirty word, and one man thinks it can save
gaming's history. Thanks nin.
"Cifaldi argued that if GOG.com can use a modified version of DOSBox to
sell classic PC games, why can't some company use MAME and MESS to package
and sell classic arcade and console games? It's easier now than ever since,
on March 4 of this year, MAME and MESS went open source under the same
license as DOSBox, meaning that for the first time those emulators can be
used commercially for free.
'I’m not saying MAME and MESS are perfect,' Cifaldi said, but since the code
is open source volunteers can easily contribute to making it better. His own
company, which recently ported Mega Man to modern platforms, is playing with
the technology, and may use it in a commercial release before long, but the
code is out there for anyone."
I probably won't catch any of the NCAA March Madness, but I already have the
Heroes of the Dorm stream going in the background. I'm not declaring this out of
pride by any stretch, but if there's any place I can get sympathy for such a
geeky confession, I guess it's here. I didn't actually fill out a bracket for
this, but that's only because I got to it too late, another embarrassing
confession. Man, who put this sodium pentothal in my coffee?
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