Original version of Spelunky now playable in your browser
Posted by max at Jul
Before it was a frustrating XBLA game, Spelunky was a frustrating freeware PC game. And now it’s a quietly, addictively frustrating browser game. Using a new version of the Game Maker software in which Derek Yu coded the original game, developer Darius Kazemi ported Spelunky into HTML5, allowing us to link to a playable version [...]
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Development timeline: Silent Hill Book of Memories
Posted by max at Jul
Last year, we got our first look at Silent Hill: Book of Memories, a PlayStation Vita game that inspires curiosity, to say the least. As a top-down, multiplayer Silent Hill, it’s an oddity among horror games and among Silent Hills. We wanted to know more about how this unusual game came to be, so we [...]
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Kickstarter Indie Bundle seeks funding for nine games
Posted by max at Jul
We’ve heard of indie bundles and indie Kickstarters, but a Kickstarter indie bundle? It’s true! The Kickstarter Indie Bundle was started by one Evgeniy Kolpakov so that “developers from around the world could pool their talents to create a project and provide a value bundle to donators interested in supporting their indie efforts.” The project [...]
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Divekick finds a publisher, kills Kickstarter fundraiser
Posted by max at Jul
In an update over on the Kickstarter page for Divekick, it’s been revealed that the campaign has been closed, despite reaching its goal of $30,000. This is because Divekick has found itself a publisher, though the identity of that publisher is currently unknown. Because the drive was cancelled, the money pledged won’t be collected. Those [...]
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MDK2 HD no longer exclusive to Beamdog, now on Steam
Posted by max at Jul
The HD update of MDK2 is no longer exclusive to the Beamdog service, where it originally launched in October. The Overhaul Games-overhauled version of BioWare’s chuting, shooting sequel is now available on Steam for $14.99. If you have the original MDK2 on Steam and want to upgrade to the new hotness, you’ll get 20 percent [...]
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