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6 CommentsLimbo on PS Vita won't feature touch controls
By Emily Gera on Mar 27, 2013 03.27.13
The PS Vita release of Limbo will be a straight port and won't feature the handheld device's touch controls, Playdead CEO Dino Patti told Eurogamer. According to Patti, incorporating touch controls did not feel like the right move for the game; instead, the developers chose to recreate the original title's experience and market the game to new players. "We're not using any touch. We didn't feel it would suit Limbo at all," he explained. "It would feel like a patch if we did it. And we really like the original experience. The Vita allows you to have the original experience. "It would require a lot from us to rethink the game. We would probably make another game if we were going to do that. Vita was a no-brainer because we could keep the same experience. It has all of these great...
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10 CommentsLimbo coming to PlayStation Vita later this year
By Michael McWhertor on Mar 25, 2013 03.25.13
Playdead's dark puzzle-platformer Limbo will make the jump to handhelds later this year with a PlayStation Vita port of the game, Sony Computer Entertainment announced today at GDC. Sony's announcement of Limbo for Vita was made alongside confirmation of independent games like Spelunky for PS3 and Vita and Metrico, a PlayStation Vita exclusive based on navigating infographics filled with pie charts and bar graphs. Limbo was first released on Xbox Live Arcade in the summer of 2010. The game was later ported to PlayStation 3, Windows PC and Mac OS X.
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0 CommentsAmazon winter deals include Sleeping Dogs for $29.99, bundle with Limbo, Trials HD and 'Splosion Man for $10.70
By Samit Sarkar on Feb 12, 2013 02.12.13
Amazon is offering hundreds of discounts on video games and accessories right now, including 40 percent price cuts on games such as Sleeping Dogs and Hitman: Absolution. Both those Square Enix-published action games are on sale for $29.99, along with Just Dance 4 and the non-Premium version of Battlefield 3. A one-year Xbox Live Gold membership, Assassin's Creed 3 and Halo 4 are each available for $39.99, a 33 percent discount. Gears of War 3 is discounted to $14.18, a price cut of more than 50 percent. And a retail disc bundle of three Xbox Live Arcade games — Limbo, Trials HD and 'Splosion Man — is being sold for $10.70. Accessories like headsets and controllers are also on sale. Discounts on a variety of Tritton and Turtle Beach gaming headsets range from 13 percent to 35...
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5 Comments320 GB PlayStation 3 with one year of PlayStation Plus discounted to $249.99 on Amazon
By Samit Sarkar on Dec 18, 2012 12.18.12
Sony's current-generation console is springing out of Amazon's Gold Box of daily deals today, with a $50 price cut to $249.99 on the 320 GB PlayStation 3 "slim" — the first redesign, not the top-loading 2012 model — that's bundled with a one-year subscription to PlayStation Plus. That membership allows Sony to market the console as being bundled with digital versions of LittleBigPlanet 2, Infamous 2 and Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One, since those full games are part of the PlayStation Plus Instant Game Collection. For December, Sony added Batman: Arkham City, Limbo and Vanquish to the service. A PlayStation Plus membership also offers subscribers greater discounts in the PlayStation Store, both when Sony is and isn't running sales.
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9 CommentsBatman: Arkham City and Limbo added to Europe's PlayStation Plus Instant Game collection
By Emily Gera on Nov 29, 2012 11.29.12
European PlayStation Plus members will receive six new titles in the Sony Instant Game Collection starting Dec. 5, PlayStation Store and Plus content manager Chris Howe announced on PlayStation Blog Europe. Beginning the first week of December, Batman: Arkham City, Vanquish and Limbo will be added to the service's Instant Game Collection, allowing PlayStation Plus members to download the titles at no extra cost. On Dec. 12, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita title Big Sky Infinity will be added, following by Mortal Kombat for PS Vita on Dec. 19 and Knytt Underground for both PS3 and PS Vita on Dec. 21. Unfortunately this also means a few titles will be knocked off of the list of Instant games. Crysis 2, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World and Double Dragon Neon will no longer be available...
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1 CommentIndie Speed Run judges include Notch, Kellee Santiago, Ron Gilbert
By Samit Sarkar on Nov 28, 2012 11.28.12
The organizers of Indie Speed Run, a global online game jam, announced today a judging panel featuring such well-known game industry figures as Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson, thatgamecompany co-founder Kellee Santiago and famed adventure game designer Ron Gilbert. Here are the five other judges, all of whom are similarly renowned: Trent Oster, co-founder of BioWare and creative director of Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition at Beamdog Dino Patti, CEO of Limbo developer Playdead Vander Caballero, co-founder and creative director of Papo & Yo studio Minority Media Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw, game critic and creator of Zero Punctuation Jason Rohrer, indie developer of games including Passage, Gravitation and Sleep Is Death Entry to Indie Speed Run, which requires a $25 fee, is...
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7 CommentsSteam Autumn sale now live, runs through Nov. 26
By Samit Sarkar on Nov 21, 2012 11.21.12
Steam's autumn sale is now live with all kinds of discounts on games old and new. Current flash sales — deals expiring within hours — include 75 percent discounts on Limbo and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2, to $2.49 each. While the Serious Sam Complete Pack itself isn't on sale, the games within it are all available at a 75 percent discount. Here are the deals running for the next 48 hours: XCOM: Enemy Unknown: $33.49 (33 percent off) Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013: $4.99 (50 percent off) The Walking Dead: $12.49 (50 percent off) Darksiders 2: $16.99 (66 percent off) Age of Empires 3: Complete Collection: $9.99 (75 percent off) Terraria: $3.39 (66 percent off) Plenty of indie games are also on sale, with discounts ranging between...
Humble Indie Bundle 5's success remembered with commemorative print from Supergiant Games
By Alexa Ray Corriea on Sep 28, 2012 09.28.12
The Humble Indie Bundle 5, which holds the record for being the highest-selling Humble Bundle, is being honored in a commemorative art print by Supergiant Games' art director Jen Zee. The poster is available for $14.99 and features the Servant Grunt from Amnesia, the Kid from Bastion, the Boy from Limbo, Psychonauts' Raz and the Scythian from Superbrothers: Sword and Sworcery EP. The bundle included these five games along with their soundtracks, and with a week left to go Lone Survivor, Braid and Super Meat Boy were added to the sale. The current Humble Indie Bundle 6 has four days left, and gives buyers who pay more than the average selling price 10 full games and their soundtracks.
Yuji Naka's missing Wii game 'Rodea the Sky Soldier' still in limbo
By Michael McWhertor on Sep 20, 2012 09.20.12
Former Sonic Team leader Yuji Naka, founder of studio Prope, says his company completed work on its Wii game Rodea the Sky Soldier last year, but he has no idea when — or if — it will ever come out. With the Wii U coming out later this year, Naka seems concerned about the fate of his company's still-to-be-released Wii game, which has no release date and no publisher outside of Japan. Polygon spoke with Naka at Proper earlier this week, inquiring about the fate of Rodea the Sky Soldier, which was officially announced in 2011 for the Wii and Nintendo 3DS. "I want to ask the same question!" Naka said. "We have finished developing the Wii version and we have already submitted it. That was around a year ago. But it seems like they are still considering the [details of] the 3DS...
'Crimson Dragon' spin-off coming to Windows Phone on September 12th
By Alexa Ray Corriea on Sep 05, 2012 09.05.12
Crimson Dragon for Xbox Live Arcade, a Kinect-controlled rail shooter and spiritual successor to Sega's classic Panzer Dragoon series, is still in limbo, but spin-off side-scroller Crimson Dragon: Side Story will be available for Windows Phone on September 12th. Side Story utilizes the touchscreen to control dragons, maneuvering through and attacking enemies. The game features both Story and Mission Modes, the latter including more difficult stages and a boss-rush mode. Players can breed new types of dragons, level them up, and customize their move sets with over 170 abilities unlockable in the game. Skills can be "awakened" in dragons by using jewels, attainable through gameplay, purchase, and by using the game's location service that tracks the physical distance players travel each...
