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Mercenary Kings will be playable at PAX East
2D action game Mercenary Kings continues to look nice in the latest screenshots posted by developer Tribute Games in a Kickstarter update. As you'll recall, the title was successfully funded last year and managed to raise enough money for one of its stretch goals. According to the studio, the game will be playable tonight at the IGDA DemoNight in Montreal as well as at the more publicly-accessible PAX East in March -- they're even going to have a booth. My fingers are crossed that this project turns out well, both because there can never be enough of these games, and I'd love to see Tribute continue far into the future. Did you know? You can now get daily or weekly email notifications when humans reply to your comments.
11:00 PM on 05.21.2013 Put on your ninja shoes, N v2.0 is playable nowBy 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,...
4:30 PM on 05.17.2013 Dust: An Elysian Tail arrives on Steam next FridayDust: An Elysian Tail designer Dean Dodrill has slapped a May 24th release date on the Steam version of his acclaimed, previously-Xbox-exclusive 2D action game. This is only coming to Windows for the time being, but Dodrill h...
10:00 AM on 05.15.2013 A remake of the Amiga's Putty Squad is coming this yearI'm not sure how many of you out there remember the 1992 Amiga game Putty Squad, but an enhanced remake is on the way this year. Specifically, it's coming to the PS3, Xbox 360, Vita, Wii U, (takes a breath) 3DS, and even Win...
12:00 PM on 05.14.2013 Teslagrad teleports onto Steam GreenlightJust last week, we first learned about Teslagrad in its debut trailer. The video piqued Jordan's interest with its steampunk world, hand-drawn art, and magnetism-based puzzle platforming. If you also liked what you saw, you c...
11:00 AM on 05.10.2013 The final Shovel Knight boss has been revealedYacht Club Games is chugging along with development of Shovel Knight after their successful Kickstarter, and now, they have an office. While a major congratulations is in order, I think everyone will be even more excited due ...
11:00 AM on 05.06.2013 Chasm devs reach Kickstarter goal with five days leftIt seems as if the promise of a stellar looking Metroidvania was good enough, as Discord Games has met their lofty $150,000 Kickstarter goal for Chasm with five days left. Stretch goals are now possible, including a digital a...
2:30 PM on 05.04.2013 Starbound pre-order sales top one million dollarsLess than a month after pre-orders opened for Chucklefish's upcoming sci-fi sandbox Starbound, the developer reports that it has already netted more than one million dollars from over 45,000 pre-sales. In hitting this mi...
7:30 PM on 04.26.2013 Such a tease: Updated Chasm demo releasedPreviously, a Game Developers Conference demo for 2D action-RPG Chasm was playable on Windows, Linux, and Mac. This week, Discord Games is back with an updated build. It's been long enough since I played the former that...
3:45 PM on 04.25.2013 Stealth Bastard has a fancy new name for its PSN releaseIn coming to PlayStation Network, Stealth Bastard needed a new name. And so the developers took to the Internet at large to brainstorm, because it seemed like a good idea at the time. While I'm sorry to say that Des...
10:30 PM on 04.23.2013 Gunpoint's stealth puzzles look delightfully morbidThis trailer for Gunpoint serves as an excellent introduction to the PC stealth-puzzle game, which you need to be introduced to if you haven't been already. The video itself is a glorified walkthrough from designer...
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| 2:30 PM on 03.23.2013 PAX: Mercenary Kings has four player split-screen co-op |

Tribute Games, the developers of Wizorb, showed off a playable build of their Metal Slug-esque Mercenary Kings at PAX East this weekend. Does it look familiar? Yeah, it's that awesome retro-looking side-scrolling shooter...more
| 12:30 PM on 09.17.2012 Tribute Games' Mercenary Kings funded on Kickstarter |

Hooray! The Kickstarter for Mercenary Kings, the 2D action game from Tribute Games (Wizorb) with art from Paul Robertson, has been funded. I can't be the only one who is terrible about keeping up with campaigns after the init...more
| 9:00 PM on 08.21.2012 Mercenary Kings Kickstarter looks worthy of your money |

The new project from Tribute Games, Mercenary Kings, caught our eye early on. What can I say? We're in love with Paul Robertson's work, and 2D action games reminiscent of Metal Slug are pretty cool, too. As it turns out, the ...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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