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Hoard coming to PC and Mac via Steam on April 4
Big Sandwich Games' underrated strategy/RPG Hoard has added another platform to its growing stash -- it's due out on the PSP later this month, and now the game is also coming to PC and Mac via a Steam release dated for April 4. Its price is set at $9.99, but starting March 21, it'll be available for pre-sale at 25% off, or you can buy a four-pack for you and three friends and get the last copy free. In addition to the standard features, the Steam release will also boast a Night Mode, a new Winter tile set and new maps to play with. And since the game is being released with Steam Play, buyers will have access to both PC and Mac versions, and players across both platforms will be able to play with each other online. Hoard's a great game that didn't really find the audience it deserved, so maybe a big Steam release will help bring the gold home.%Gallery-94606%
Hoard patch to fix small text size issue
We really liked Hoard, Big Sandwich Games' unique dragony RTS/RPG mashup. What we didn't like, however, was the game's incredibly small text size. In our review, we said that the developers "should have known better than to make the text that small." Apparently, Tyler Sigman, designer of Hoard, agrees, telling us that, "it was a bit of an oversight on our part that came from too many hours sitting right next to our development TVs." Thankfully, the team is already at work on a quick fix. "You'll be happy to know we are working on a patch which includes increasing the text size," Sigman added.
Hoard review: Go for the gold
Have you ever heard of Narbacular Drop? It's a simple little proof-of-concept game created as a senior project by a group of kids at DigiPen. It's actually still available to download for free -- the graphics aren't much to see, the story is a cliche (you play a schlub trying to rescue a princess from a demon), and the FPS-style controls aren't all that well-tuned. The game is almost a mess, save for one amazing gameplay element: you can "shoot" door-like portals onto any wall in the game, and then move between those at will. If you haven't already heard this story: Narbacular Drop was the student project that was later funded by Valve and turned into one of the best games of the past decade, Portal. Hoard reminds me a lot of Narbacular Drop -- the graphics are kind of dull-looking, the controls are pretty basic and somewhat clumsy, and there's almost no story at all, just a few sets of game modes and maps. But there is a sparkling gem of gameplay to be found here. %Gallery-94606%
Hoard terrorizes villagers on PSN November 2
Hoard, the twin-stick, dragon-riding shooter from Big Sandwich Games, is set to land on PSN starting November 2. As the name implies, Hoard has players guiding their dragons over the countryside destroying crops, distressing damsels and snatching cattle in order to rack up the most precious loot. After all, what's a dragon without a massive pile of treasure to sleep on? The game will be available for $14.99 and includes 35 maps and offers offline or online co-op for four players.
Hoard coming to PAX, bringing four-player online/offline co-op with it
We never did see Hoard in action at E3, but that's okay, because we'll have another chance next week at PAX -- Sony's official blog confirms that the dragon-based dual-stick shooter will be playable on the floor of the convention. Big Sandwich Games will be showing the title off in style, with four-player co-op added to the Treasure, Survival and Princess Rush modes already announced. There will also be a trailer released right before the event, so we'll keep an eye out for that. Big Sandwich is going to have to make with the information about this one, and fast -- it's scheduled for a PSN release (for both PS3 and PSP) sometime in September. Not that hearing a game is "about dragons" is bad, but we'd like to know a little more than that.
HOARD: dragons meet dual-stick shooting on PSN
We're not sure if HOARD is an acronym for anything ("HD Online Ancient Raging Dragons?") but we do know that it's the name of Big Sandwich Games' just-announced dual-stick shooter for PSN. The top-down, 2.5D game will have players controlling dragons as they attempt to rack up a high score by destroying crops, stealing livestock, kidnapping princesses ... you know, the usual dragon-y shenanigans. Its developer notes that the game takes place in "a living kingdom that grows around you," and will support two-player co-op both online and off. No release date yet, but the game will be playable at E3 next week. We'll bring you impressions then. %Gallery-94606%
