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indiePub is bringing Vessel to XBLA, PSN, and PC
indiePub and Strange Loop Games have announced Vessel, a puzzle platformer revolving around liquid physics, for Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network, and PC. It'll be releasing this holiday season, but our first hands-on will be fairly soon: a playable demo is being brought to PAX Prime 2011 later this month. In Vessel, you tackle puzzles by animating liquid (water, lava, chemicals, etc.) "into living machines called Fluros that retain all the properties of the liquid they contain." Naturally, the fluids can melt, reform, and do other things that fluids do to get around obstacles. This is one of those games that will likely make more sense when we have a video in front of us. Did you know? You can now get daily or weekly email notifications when humans reply to your comments.
Legacy Comments (will be imported soon)I have been watching this one for a while and JUST TODAY was wondering what had happened with it so this is some of the best news of recent times for me!!!!! I will be getting this on PC for definite and PSN for maybe, depending on the control scheme!!! You guys should really throw in the trailer (new one coming soon): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rll-fDn-8YM 8:00 AM on 05.23.2013 Dying Light is an open world, freerunning zombie gameOkay, take Dead Island's entire concept, subtract the role-playing mechanics, throw in freerunning features akin to Mirror's Edge, and set it all in an open world that features a day-and-night cycle where things become way ha...
3:00 AM on 05.23.2013 You will fight a tiger in Killer is DeadThe latest barrage of screens for Killer is Dead focuses on two of the bosses you'll encounter in the game. First there's Hamadayama, who rides around on a freaking tiger. Yes, a tiger. How badass is that? Then there's Samura...
2:00 AM on 05.23.2013 Link's Blacklist is a gallery of colorful Zelda foesHyrule, its neighboring nations, and its parallel dimensions are filled with no shortage of remarkable enemies, ranging from cute and unassuming to pure nightmare fuel. When you step back and realize just how varied The Legen...
8:00 PM on 05.22.2013 Super Mario Land finally gets a graphics patchSuper Mario Land: 1989 launch title for the Game Boy and the weakest traditional Mario game in retrospect. You aren't going to find many players claiming this to be the best in the series, even though it was influential in th...
6:41 PM on 05.21.2013 Hands-on and up close with the Xbox One controllerWe've just gone hands-on with the Xbox One controller here at Microsoft HQ. While they're not letting us play any games yet, it was still a good opportunity to check out the hand feel and get a closer look. As you'll se...
5:20 PM on 05.21.2013 EA teases latest Need for Speed with a grimy imageThe official Need for Speed Facebook account has posted a teaser image for a new game, as shown above. It's getting to be about that time -- it is, after all, a new year. The "Pursuit" on the side of the vehicle would suggest...
3:19 PM on 05.21.2013 Here's what the Xbox One dashboard looks likeMicrosoft has put out some images of its user interface for the Xbox One, and it's exactly what you would expect given where the Xbox 360's dashboards updates ultimately went and the company's design for Windows 8. I don't lo...
2:35 PM on 05.21.2013 You don't say: Battlefield 4 also coming to Xbox OneJoining other announced titles like Call of Duty: Ghosts, Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, Thief, Watch Dogs, and Fora Motorsport 5, Electronic Arts has confirmed that Battlefield 4 will be available on Xbox One. The game wil...
1:16 PM on 05.21.2013 Gallery: Here's a closer look at the Xbox OneWant a better look at the Xbox One? Here's some photos I had to really fight for to get. It was a dogpile to get these! This machine is beautiful, as is the controller. The system itself is glossy as hell, with sharp corners ...
1:00 PM on 05.21.2013 Next-gen arrives with Call of Duty: GhostsI have seen the future, and I'm here to tell you that it's a bit different from what you're probably expecting. Actually, I've seen two different futures. One is Infinity Ward's version of our country's future, in which Ameri...
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| 5:00 PM on 03.14.2012 Review: Vessel |

Puzzle platformers are a bit of a staple of independent games. Since Braid saw critical and commercial success in 2008, the genre has almost become saturated, and while each game may explore its own new ideas in various ways,...more
| 9:00 PM on 02.06.2012 Vessel coming to PC March 1st, consoles at a later date |

Salivating for that next inventive indie platformer? Strange Loop Games' aquatic puzzle-platformer might just be able to quench your thirst. Similar to Fluidity and the Pixeljunk Shooter games, ...more
| 10:30 AM on 08.25.2011 Feast your eyes: indie platformer Vessel gets trailer |

A few days ago, Strange Loop Games cut a sharp new trailer for their recently-announced puzzle-platformer, Vessel. A few notes on the visuals: I love the lighting, the water effects, and the zoomed-out perspective, esp...more
| 12:30 PM on 05.22.2013 Xboned! Indies can't self-publish on Xbox One |
[Castle Vidcons by Tyler Rhodes] Both Sony and Nintendo are bending over backwards to make their platforms as attractive to indie developers as possible, from waived licensing fees to free patching. Microsoft has been slippin...more
| 11:00 PM on 05.21.2013 Put on your ninja shoes, N v2.0 is playable now |
By now, we've seen the big reveals of the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One, and I can safely declare a winner: PC. Why? Because just a few days ago, Metanet Software released a huge update to its diabolical ninja platformer N,...more
| 8:00 PM on 05.21.2013 Terry Cavanagh teases new puzzle game Halting Problem |
Terry Cavanagh is known for making some of the most brutally difficult, yet immensely satisfying games. VVVVVV showcased some downright masochistic platforming, and Super Hexagon provided twitch gaming that evoked an almost r...more


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