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Mashup platformer Team Indie hits Steam on October 9
CommanderVideo from the Bit.Trip series, Awesomenauts' Clunk, and other indie luminaries will partner up in next month's Steam launch of the crossover platformer Team Indie from developer Brightside Games. Team Indie's levels revolve around the unique powers and abilities of its superstar cast. Players can rewind time and embark on multiple simultaneous runs through each level, using their previously recorded input to solve puzzles as they race toward each stage's exit. Featured cast members include Dustforce's Dustgirl, Braid's Tim, Super Crate Box's protagonist, and other familiar faces from the indie scene. Team Indie premieres on October 9 for Windows and Mac platforms. [Image: Brightside Games]
XBLA in Brief: Zeit2 [update: controls can be un-inverted]
There is but one game on Xbox Live Arcade this week. That game is Zeit2, a shooter from Ubisoft with an interesting time control mechanic. Before you dive in though, know this: The controls are inverted and, as far as we could tell, they can't be un-inverted. Beyond this potential issue, the game's pretty nifty. Check out this latest XBLA in Brief to see if Zeit2 might tickle your fancy. Update: It seems that Zeit2 bases flight controls on your default Xbox profile preferences. If your profile default is set to inverted, the controls will be inverted. To change it, you'll have to open the guide and change your default preferences. Weird. [iTunes] Subscribe to XBLA in Brief directly in iTunes. [Zune] Subscribe to the XBLA in Brief directly. [RSS] Add the XBLA in Brief feed to your RSS aggregator and have the show delivered automatically. [M4V] Download the M4V directly.
Brightside Games founded, working on Zeit 2 for PC and console
We're going to try our very best to write this post about Brightside Games becoming its own studio -- and announcing Zeit2, its first commercial release for Xbox 360 and PC, due out later this year -- without making any "look on the bright side" jokes. That would just be silly. Nope, we're not gonna note that the intrepid developers at Brightside must be elated to be walking on the greener pastures of employment after spending years toiling away at the Technical University of Berlin. No sir! And we certainly wouldn't point out that the studio's first game, a packaging of the developer's IGF entry, Zeit2, has already been signed by a "major global publisher" -- talk about the early bird catching the worm, eh? Okay, okay, we're sorry. But hey, a ... news post in the hand is worth ... two in the ... something? Enough!
