Indie Developer Interview Number 8: Dark Acre

The series continues with another interview. Answering my questions this time is Christopher ‘Jack’ Nilssen of Dark Acre, creator of Above and Below and Ball of Steel, both of which are free to play online. Dark Acre are currently working on three upcoming titles, Project Zero Zero, Rocket Prevenge and The Child: Episode One.

Velocity Release Date Confirmed

FuturLab have announced the release date(s) for their upcoming PS3/PSP/PSVita shootemup, Velocity. In Europe, Playstation Plus subscribers get the game on May 2nd and the proles get it on May 16th. The American PS Plus release is on May 1st and the general release is on May 15th.

I'm so excited for the release of this game that I'm genuinely considering signing up for Playstation Plus to get it a few days earlier than everybody else. This is also a good excuse for me to link to my interview with James Marsden of FuturLab again. You can see the trailer below.

I Kill Zombies Release Date Revealed

Previous interviewees Open Emotion Studios have set a release date for their upcoming zombie scrapper, I Kill Zombies. The game will be hitting European PlayStation Stores on April 4th, with a North American date yet to be announced. The game looks pretty good, as are their previous releases. Not too much to add really, other than it's one to get hyped for. Here's a screenshot.

Grip Games announce new game - Foosball 2012

Grip Games, friends of Games Shrine, have announced their new game. It's called Foosball 2012, and is a table football game coming to the PlayStation Store for PS3 and PS Vita. According to the official website, 'Foosball 2012 brings an unparalleled level of connectivity between PS3™ and PS®Vita, supporting cross play, gameplay continuation and offering both the PS3™ and PS®Vita versions together, for a price of a single game.' The game is compatible with PlayStation Move, and uses 'the innovative features of PS®Vita, like rear touch pad and accelerometer-powered controls.'

hermitgames announce new project - impossible to pronounce, impossible to define.

Leave Home creator Matt James, aka hermitgames, has revealed his new game. It's called 'qrth-phyl' and, according to the hermitgames website is an 'Arcade documentary of maze/dot/snake mechanic within changing dimensions, axis locks and the corruption of the system'. In our pre-reveal interview, he also said that 'It's less of an obvious genre game than Leave Home' and that he's deliberately made the game more 'difficult and awkward' than LH. My first impressions are that it sounds utterly bewildering, and that Matt James must really hate money, however coming from the guy who made Leave Home a certain quality of presentation and gameplay polish is guaranteed. He's released some screenshots too, three of which you can see below.

The Kickstarter trend continues: Wasteland 2 reaches its goal.

Following the hugely successful Kickstarter campaign for Tim Schafer's Double Fine Adventure, inXile Entertainment are using the funding platform to produce a sequel to their 1988 post-apocalyptic RPG Wasteland. According to the Kickstarter page, 'The original Wasteland was the inspiration for the FALLOUT series of games, and the first RPG to allow players to split parties for tactical considerations, to face players with moral choices, and to make them deal with the consequences of their actions.' At the time of writing, the game has achieved $1,058,148, already beating its $900,000 target with 32 days left to go.

Massive sale at GAME.

Yet more negative omens. UK retailer GAME have launched a massive pre-owned sale, both on their website and in store. This may not seem news-worthy, however they are shifting their old stock for literally pennies in some cases, and there are some great bargains to be had. I bought Resistance 2 and Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 for £2.98 and £0.48 respectively, with free delivery from their site, which seems like a pretty great deal. Other highlights include Gears of War 2 for £1.98, Bulletstorm for £2.98 and Fallout 3 for £1.98.

Indie Developer Interview Number 7: Laughing Jackal

This time I got the opportunity to fire some questions at Al Evans, Senior Producer of Laughing Jackal. Al and his team are some of the most innovative and prolific developers out there at the moment, having released OMG-Z, Hungry Giraffe, Cubixx HD and many others on the PlayStation Store.

Podcast 7 is out!

The seventh podcast is out, with the classic GS crew  - Matt, Chris, Lyndon, and me!

This is the most off-topic podcast so far, with such discussions as weeaboo waterfights, social awkwardness, and Nuts Magazine.

Check it out here!

It's time for us all to start buying stuff at GAME.

High street game retailer GAME have been in trouble for some time, but things seem to have become especially bad for them recently. In the past few weeks there have been a number of omens that present a bleak future for GAME, a future they may not survive.