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Free-to-play RTS Command & Conquer is starting its closed beta program this summer in advance of its 2013 release.
The game features dozens of generals (each with their own units, strategies, etc.) spread over the game's three factions. With that many generals, a closed beta sounds like a great idea to get all the balancing correct.
The E3 trailer below gives you a taste of a few of the leaders' personalities.
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It’s E3 time again, and Gamasutra will be on site for the annual trade show. Here’s a brief rundown of what we have planned! …
A new batch of indie games will be on sale every two weeks through PSN in Europe. The first three to jointly cut the ribbon on this new promotional indie carousel are Pid, Topatoi and Zack Zero.
Pid (was £7.99, now £4.79; extra 30 percent off for PS Plus) is an action/puzzle game from Might and Delight, an outfit comprised of ex-Grin folk. Topatoi (was £7.99, now £3.19; extra ten percent off for PS Plus) is a notoriously difficult episodic platformer from Boolat Games, and Zack Zero (was £7.99, now £2.39; extra 25 percent off for PS Plus) from Crocodile Entertainment rounds out the group with its 2.5D action-platforming.
If you’d like to learn more about these games, the PlayStation Blog has also published some commentary from each of the participating developers.
PSN Europe starts biweekly indies sale with Pid, Topatoi, Zack Zero tomorrow originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 04 Jun 2013 23:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Payday 2, the Overkill-developed crook sim, is set to launch in August. The news comes at the end of the trailer above, which teases a new web series set to start in two weeks.
We have yet to see any actual Payday 2 gameplay beyond a brief teaser issued in March, but feel free to case our gallery of in-game shots below. Payday 2 – which adds classes and a contracts database on top of its predecessor’s core robbery mechanics – is planning its heist on Steam, PS3 and Xbox 360. Pre-orders are open on Steam right now and all who sign up early will get an in-game loot pack.
Gallery: Payday 2
Payday 2 planning an August heist, web series starts in two weeks originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 23 May 2013 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Since shipping Irrational Games’ opus BioShock Infinite in March, creative director Ken Levine is already hard at work penning the script to his next game. Levine began crafting his next work earlier today, he confirmed on Twitter.
When asked by a fan what inspires him, Levine rattled off a list of authors, films and television shows, running the gamut from composer Stephen Sondheim to the works of the Coen brothers, Steven Soderbergh and Stanley Kubrick. Levine also referenced the Don Draper chronicles, Mad Men. Of course, these are just works that inspire him; not necessarily the works that will directly inspire Irrational Games’ next project, whatever that may be.
Ken Levine starts writing his next game originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 13 May 2013 19:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Ubisoft has released a free demo version of RedLynx’s racing-platformer, Trials Evolution: Gold Edition, via Steam in advance of an upcoming sale later this week.
The sale, which starts May 9 and continues through May 13, will drop the price of Trials Evolution: Gold Edition from $ 19.99 to $ 14.99, or from £15.99 to £11.99 for buyers in Europe.
Trials Evolution: Gold Edition includes all content from 2012′s Xbox Live Arcade release Trials Evolution, along with all tracks from its predecessor Trials HD. The game also includes an in-game track editor and level-sharing functionality, giving players access to a treasure trove of virtual injuries and other motorcycle-related mishaps.
Trials Evolution: Gold Edition PC demo out now, sale starts May 9 originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 07 May 2013 23:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Xbox is welcoming in the warm weather with huge discounts on
some high profile games and DLC packs.
The Xbox Live Spring Sale starts on March 26, and features
discounts of 50 percent off and more on such games as Assassin's Creed III,
Dead Rising 2, L.A. Noire, and Just Cause 2.
Several major DLC packs and add-ons are also on sale,
including Skyrim's Dawnguard, Hearthfire, and Dragonborn packs, as well as
Rockstar's Max Payne 3 multiplayer DLC and the single-player content released
for L.A. Noire.
For a complete list of all the downloadable content on sale,
head over to official Xbox blogger Major Nelson's Xbox Live Spring Sale story.
Grimm Bros. is a new studio being formed by Prey 2 (a game currently in limbo) developer Human Head‘s former Chief Operating Officer Ash Monif, with artist Randis Albion taking on the role of art director. The developer plans on taking Grimm fairy tales and mixing them with the “humor of Monty Python and the darkness of Evil Dead” in an RPG.
“I grew up reading the classics like Grimm, Chaucer, Tolkien – and I feel that today’s games gloss over a lot of the richness that can be found within these great works,” said Monif. “Our goal is to create classic and immersive RPG and adventure games, set in a persistent world for a community of core gamers.”
The studio has started work on its first game, which it plans to announce at next week’s Game Developers Conference.
Gallery: Grimm Bros Project
Former Human Head COO starts new studio Grimm Bros. originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 20 Mar 2013 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Joe Ybarra, co-founder of Electronic Arts – who worked on the very first Madden, among other things – has opened a new studio, Joe Got Game.
The studio’s first project will be Shackleton Crater. Named after a real crater on the moon, the turn-based strategy game sees players building and maintaining a lunar colony. “Using research and real lunar data from space agencies around the world,” Shackelton Crater promises to offer a realistic representation of what an actual lunar colony might be like (just look at the game’s bibliography).
As GamesIndustry.biz points out, the Joe Got Game website mentions a Kickstarter campaign, though it doesn’t appear to be live yet. Shackelton Crater is aiming for a spring 2014 debut on tablets and PC.
EA co-founder Joe Ybarra starts new studio, already planning a Kickstarter originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 08 Mar 2013 03:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
The original team from Zynga Boston is announcing plans for a new iOS title from their newly-formed game development studio.
Five senior members of the Boston Zynga team put together the game development studio, Proletariat Inc. with hopes of creating quality game products with a high-level of entertainment value.
These senior members showcase resumes with such titles as Guitar Hero and Lord of the Rings Online.
"We have all known each other and worked with one another for so long that we’ve developed an organic way of making games together,” says CEO Seth Sivak. “We all want to make successful games, both creatively and as a business. This team has been on both sides and knows how to find that balance."
Sivak mentions that the team is almost ready to release their iOS game, Letter Rush.
Letter Rush will be the first game released by Proletariat Inc. and will be available next week. Letter Rush is a modern twist on the classic word-find game where players can play cooperatively or by themselves and race to the top of the leaderboards. With the completion of Letter Rush, Proletariat is already working towards their second game.
For more information on Proletariat Inc., you can visit their official website.