After getting acquired by Zynga in the fall of 2012, development studio A Bit Lucky has finally unveiled its next project. Solstice Arena aims to bring the fast-paced combat found in the multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) genre to phones and tablets, all without sacrificing gameplay depth or graphics quality. Battles will be three on three and feature full online support, because six people using one phone just isn't fun.
Perhaps that header image is a bit deceiving since the game a lot of the staff is playing is mobile - that said - you get the point. There must be some mathmatical equation relating to games that have the word "Souls" in the title and how much time you need to spend in them. Andrew spent 40 plus hours with a demo for Soul Sacrifice - so you get the point.
Today we have two new trailers from Vanillaware's 2D brawler, Dragon's Crown. The side-scrolling fantasy game features six playable characters, two of which are on display here. The epic will focus on cooperation and replayability.
The thrice-yearly Ludum Dare competition recently wrapped up its 26th round of lightning-speed game development challenges, receiving over 2,300 submissions from game creators the world over. Participants are allotted a scant 48 hours to make a game from start to finish, each one working from a central theme. This time around that theme was "minimalism", teaching us all a lesson about doing a lot using very little. Or something like that.
At this point in time, what with all the Minecrafts and Terrarias loose in the world, the words "dynamic" and "sandbox" don't carry the same raw excitement they once did. It's neat putting blocks in places and building cute houses to live in, but how about some meat on those bones, right? Son of Nor, an action adventure game currently in development (and on Kickstarter) by stillalive studios, is shaping up to be a lot of meat.
Rayman Legends was coming out on Wii U, then it disappeared, only to re-announce across several platforms. What is going on and who really cares? I do, if the game contains more levels like the latest trailer. In Mariachi Madness you must complete a level whilst producing sweet music in the style of a Mariachi Band. The trailer shows off 'Eye of the Tiger'.
If you were trying to play Defiance this morning, and I know some of you were, you may have noticed the servers were down. This is a common occurrence with new MMOs. Servers get updated, patches get patched, bans get hammered. So it goes. While we won't cover every single patch and update (Trion has their own forums for that), we will let you know when something impacts the co-op play.
A new character joins the ranks of Guardians of Middle Earth this week. Even though the run of season pass content is over for Guardians of Middle Earth, new characters have and will continue to be released for the game. This time the familiar face of Elrond, the half-elf ruler is the flavor of the week.
Escape: The Curse of the Temple - after hearing the title of the game, you pretty much know exactly what it is about. Players take on the role of Indiana Jones-like adventurers deep in an exotic temple. The object is to work together to get all players to an exit before time expires. This task is quite difficult, involving exploration, teamwork, and time management. Escape is exciting, a bit chaotic, loud, and also very, very fun.
Do you enjoy games that exist simply to test your bladder's ability to hold urine? White Noise Online takes a page from the Slender book of game design and drops you and some friends in a dark, spooky woods with the simple goal of collecting a bunch of tape recorders. Don't worry, though, because you've all got flashlights! Flashlights that do little more than attract the scary thing that keeps appearing just outside of your field of vision.
World building used to be easy, you would simply become the biggest bloke in the tribe and go and invade a neighbouring village. For some reason this is now frowned upon, so we must play games like Terraria to get our megalomaniac hit. The game launched March 27 on XBLA and we gave it an iffy 2.5 out of 5, some bugs needed to be fixed. Attempts have been made to improve the experience so check out the full list of fixes and updates that will hit next time you boot up the game.
A New Black Ops 2 Title Update hit both the PS3 and Xbox 360 recently, developer Treyarch is adding even more enhancements to the game. In addition to extra fixes and balancing, a brand new game mode involving time limits has been introduced!
