Namco Bandai announced that its arcade-style droid shooter, Hexodius, is heading to PC this June 21st via Steam, and will launch on Xbox Live in autumn 2013. Developed by Brain Slap Studios , Hexodius promises to throw players into the heat of the blaster battle as they conquer multiple game modes and explore six varied worlds, each with a multitude of challenging arenas. Continue reading Arcade-style twin stick arena shooter ‘Hexodius’ coming to Steam this June→
Mary Kish has informed us about a new space combat indie game called GoD Factory: Wingmen. GoD Factory: Wingmen is a competitive multiplayer 4vs4 space combat simulator for PC in which you build your ships part by part. The game is being developed by Nine Dots Studio and there is a Kickstarter campaign for it. Continue reading PC gamers, meet GoD Factory: Wingmen; a space combat indie title→
Prey 2’s development mayhem keeps delivering. A couple of days ago, we informed you about a rumor suggesting that Arkane Studios, the team behind Dishonored, might be rebooting Prey 2. Naturally, these are just rumors, however a lot began wondering what had happened with Human Head Studios. And from what Jason L Blair, a Human Head former employee, shared, it seems that the company had a working version of their vision up and running. Continue reading Ex-Human Head developer accuses Bethesda of lying about Prey 2→
Following our CryEngine 3 gallery, we also bring you today new shots and videos from modders and 3D artists Doom, DQ89, Mr Smo, vemadesign, Minos and Dave 3D. In addition, we’ve included a shot from Routine (an upcoming Unreal Engine 3-powered title), as well as videos from an indie Crash Bandicoot HD remake and a Room environment create by Sugus. Enjoy! Continue reading Weekly UDK Gallery [May 26th – June 1st]; Lord of the Rings & Crash Bandicoot in Unreal Engine→
Today we bring you new shots from modders Chrisis, dennydenning, goa3dAnimation, leleuxart, Maximum-Dev, KillerAnt360 and KartoonHead. In addition, we’ve included a new video from Project Crynosaurs, showcasing a WIP model of a Triceratops. The highlight of this week is Chrisis’ city environment; an environment that looks better than most current-gen cities of most commercial titles. Enjoy! Continue reading Weekly CryEngine 3 Gallery [May 26th – June 1st]→
GTA fans, get ready for a treat. Our reader ‘Jonathan Gustafsson’ has sent us a new video that shows off a Vice City Stories mod for GTA: San Andreas. According to Jonathan, this project includes missions and cutscenes from Vice City Stories, the cars that were featured in it and much more. Not only that, but the team aims for a June 6th release, so stay tuned for more. Until then, though, enjoy the exclusive gameplay footage that Jonathan sent us! Continue reading GTA: San Andreas – Vice City Stories PC Edition Beta 3 – Exclusive Gameplay Footage→
Our reader ‘Cristian Fabian Muñoz Isla’ has informed us about a new video of his Donkey Kong Country mod for Doom (that will be compatible with GZDooM). Cristian plans to release a demo that will feature 9 levels (the equal of episode 1 of doom), and one of them will be a secret map. The following video shows the levels e1m2 (lava), e1m3(forest) and e1m4 (pirate ship). No ETA has been given, but we’ll be sure to keep you up to date with its progress. Enjoy! Continue reading Donkey Kong Country ported to GZDooM; new video released, demo plans revealed→
When Cliff Bleszinski decided to leave Epic Games, some PC gamers rejoiced while other felt depressed. You see, we still consider Cliff an important figure as he was the one responsible for our beloved, classic, Unreal title. And it seems that Bleszinski may return to the gaming industry, sooner or later. Continue reading Cliff Bleszinski hints at a possible return to the gaming industry→
Pokemon fans, get ready for a treat. We are pretty sure that a lot of people wished for an open-world Pokemon game. If you are among them, know that your wishes came true. Meet Pokemon: Generations, an indie 3D Action/Adventure/RPG that is heavily inspired by both the Pokemon Anime & the Pokemon Video Games. The game contains both single and multiplayer aspects, along with a story bridging the gap between RBY & GSC. And did we say that this game is distributed for free? Continue reading Pokemon: Generations Is An Indie Freeware 3D Action/Adventure/RPG – Version 2.0 Released→
A lot of controversy surrounded GRID 2’s initial announcement. As stated by the Codies themselves, only 5% of its fanbase used the cockpit view, therefore the company decided to ditch it over in order to further overhaul the game’s environments. As we said back when that was announced, that decision was mostly taken due to the limited raw power of both current-gen consoles, something that is further hinted by the game’s inability to take advantage of a fourth CPU cores. Yes, GRID 2 is built around consoles and PC gamers will have to – yet again – overcome any performance obstacles via their overpowered systems. Continue reading GRID 2 – PC Performance Analysis→
