The Humble Bundle Mojam is Live!
Mojang have teamed up with HumbleBundle.com to create a new game this weekend.. with a livestream of their progress available on the Humble Bundle site!
Fans have been voting on the genre and theme of the game during the week, with the most and least voted categories being combined; the Mojam game will be a RTS Shoot ’em Up, with a Steampunk, Ancient Egypt theme.
So far, over $16,000 has been donated by fans, with all proceeds going to charity: Child’s Play, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, charity: water and the American Red Cross.
Max Payne 3 – Official Trailer
Rockstar have revealed the new trailer for Max Payne 3.. which begins with the kidnapping of Rodrigo Branco’s wife from under Max’s protection.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTPRPr15sW0]
Max Payne 3 is to be released on May 18th in Europe for Xbox 360 and PS3, with a PC version to follow on June 1st.
Another Indie Gala Bonus
Another Indie Gala bonus has unlocked for all those who have purchased the Indie Gala 2!
The bonus is Robot Science’s album “Good Luck”, which was a part of the first Indie Gala bundle.
The Indie Gala 2 is still available for purchase, with this and previous bonuses included for those who pay the minimum price per bundle level. The levels are: Carebear, with four games and four albumsl The Big-Saver Bundle, with six games and eight albums; and the Epic Gala Bundle, with twelve games and nine albums!
Civilization V: Gods & Kings
Civilization V is due to receive a new expansion pack late this spring: Gods & Kings.
This expansion pack adds more techs, units, building and Wonders, and more Civilizations: the Netherlands, Celts and the Mayans. The combat system has been reworked to emphasise balanced army composition, and add melee naval units.
It will also add one of the most-requested additions to the game: religion. You will be able to found your own religion, using the new ‘Faith’ resource, and spread it across the world. New City-States will also be added, which may react to your religion, too.
Espionage will also be added to the game, allowing you to spy on rival civilizations and steal technology as well as establishing embassies and gaining influence with City-States.
More information can be found here.
Possible Kickstarter for Wasteland 2
Brian Fargo, founder of Interplay and creator of post-apocalyptic RPG Wasteland, may soon be using Kickstarter to fund a sequel to the game. Wasteland was the precursor to the Fallout series, which was actually only made because Fargo and his team didn’t have the rights to Wasteland. They now have the rights back from EA.
In an interview with IGN, Fargo notes that the fans were the first to get in touch about crowdfunding for a Wasteland sequel, following the success of the Double Fine Kickstarter. If Fargo and the rest of inXile do go on to make the game, it would be “top-down, probably isometric, party based, skill based”, and rather than having to create the game to fit in with publisher demands, they would be able to create the game as they wanted.
Fargo hopes that a Kickstarter will go live in the next month, and notes that he thinks it will take at least a million dollars to complete the project.
Far Cry 3 – Stranded Trailer
Far Cry 3 is a survival shooter by Ubisoft Montreal, set on a tropical island where protagonist Jason Brody has been stranded..
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6gnOVJsCsM]
Beyond the limits of civilization lies an island, a lawless place ruled by piracy and human misery, where your only escapes are drugs or the muzzle of a gun. This is where you find yourself, trapped in a place that’s forgotten right from wrong, a place that lives by the principles of violence. Discover the island’s bloody secrets and take the fight to the enemy; improvise and use your environment to survive. Beware the beauty and mystery of this unexplored paradise and live to outwit its roster of ruthless, desperate characters.
You’ll need more than luck to survive.
Far Cry 3 is available for pre-order now, for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
Assassin’s Creed 3 Due in October
Ubisoft has announced that Assassin’s Creed 3 will launch on the 30th October, 2012.
This game is the fifth in the Assassin’s Creed series, and is said to conclude the story of protagonist Desmond Miles. Assassin’s Creed 3 will be released on PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii U.
Via Eurogamer.
Nexuiz – Dynamic Mutators
Nexuiz is an arena first person shooter, originally developed by Alientrap Software using a mod of the Quake Engine, but later rebuilt from the ground up using CryENGINE 3, to be published by THQ.
Dynamic Mutators allow players to change they way they play.. or the way the team plays, as Mutators come in five categories: everyone, your team, enemy team, yourself, and “WTF”. With over 100 Mutators to choose from, there are over 1.7 million combinations available..
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnvGBlhgBh0]
Nexuiz will be available on Xbox LIVE on the 29th February, with PlayStation 3 and PC versions to follow.
THQ Japan Shutting Down
THQ Japan is shutting down on February 29th, with all staff leaving the company. This is said to be due to the recent financial problems of the parent US company. Via VG247.
This closure was rumoured a fortnight ago, when THQ made employees in their Australian office redundant. These offices were said to be involved in distribution, rather than game development.
THQ have just announced a release date and pre-order details for Darksiders II, and the latest installation in their MMA franchise, UFC Undisputed 3, releases on Friday in the UK for PS3 and Xbox 360.
Humble Bundle Mojam
Mojang are teaming up with HumbleBundle.com this weekend, to create a new game with all the money going to charity!
Starting Friday, February 17th, and continuing through the weekend, the team will be livestreaming their progress while they create this game.. follow @Mojangteam and @notch for updates.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8MhLvjoBTs]
By donating, you will get the game produced during the weekend.. and will be some fun and silly incentives for reaching certain levels of donations, as well as giveaways and Q&As with the team.
That’s not all.. Mojang want fans to help choose the theme and genre of the game, by voting on their website here. the highest and lowest voted from each category will be combined for the game!