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It takes two thumbsticks to Tango Fiesta, a shooter inspired by your favorite '80s movies
Grab your boomstick, die hard terminators. Tango Fiesta, a game that invites players to blast their way through the "true stories" behind some of the biggest '80s action films, is coming your way. Featuring characters parodying Commando, Predator, Army of Darkness, Robocop and more, the game is a top-down, twin-stick shooter from developer Spilt Milk Studios and publisher Mastertronic. Up to four players can attempt to out-Rambo one another as they tear through enemies with various lethal weapons; an associated press release boasts assault rifles, shotguns, grenade launchers and "sonic electronic ball breakers" among the game's instruments of destruction. Provided the CIA hasn't got you pushing too many pencils, we're sure you'll be able to handle them well. Tango Fiesta will make big trouble in little screens (or whatever size screen you've got your computer hooked up to) via Steam Early Access on June 4. Stick around. [Image: Mastertronic]
Vaudevillian beat-em-up Foul Play raises XBLA, PC curtains next month
> Foul Play, the Victorian era's answer to Castle Crashers, takes the stage on XBLA and PC on September 18. The game, which mixes two-player local and online co-op brawling with the revelry of a Vaudeville stage show, comes courtesy of suitably British studio Mediatonic, the team behind Monsters (Probably) Stole My Princess and the Amateur Surgeon series. Foul Play features demon-hunter Baron Dashforth and his sidekick Scampwick as they put on a show chronicling the thrills and spills of the Baron's life. So, rather than survival, the aim is to keep the audience entertained. Messages of "ACCEPTABLE!" and "SPLENDID!" pop up as score multipliers are raised, rewarding players for thwacking enemies around the stage in creative ways. When we saw the game last year, creative director Paul Croft described it as "like a side-scrolling brawler meets Rock Band," because it eschewed traditional health bars and damage meters, allowing players to simply focus on putting on a jolly good show, what what. Mediatonic has yet to put a price on admission, although Croft suggested £10 as a possibility, which converts to around $15.
Serious Sam Collection gets Mental in Europe July 12
A new Serious Sam bundle will make its debut on Xbox 360 next month, July 12. Included within the Serious Sam Collection are Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter and Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter, HD remakes of the first two original Serious Sam games, plus sequel Serious Sam 3: BFE and its "Jewel of the Nile" DLC. Rounding out the collection is Mommy's Best Games' side-scroller, Serious Sam Double D XXL. This specific announcement applies to Europe where The Mastertronic Group, with blessings from developer Croteam and publisher Devolver Digital, will offer the Serious Sam Collection. We've inquired about a North American release and will update this post when we hear back.
Serious Sam 3: BFE explodes onto XBLA October 17
Serious Sam 3: Before First Encounter is getting serious on Xbox Live Arcade next week, launching on October 17 for 1200 MSP. Devolver Digital also announced that the "Jewel of the Nile" DLC arrives on the same day, just a day after it debuts on Steam.The DLC includes three new campaigns along with some new weaponry. It's available with the Deathmatch, Capture the Flag, Lat Team Standing and My Burden multiplayer versus modes for 1200 MSP too.Devolver Digital revealed the above trailer to commemorate the announcement. It features the Rich Knuckles character from previous BFE commercials holding down his new mobile helpline, and includes an interesting soundbite from a certain CEO.
'Worms Collection' bundles three segments of Worms history for retail
UK publisher Mastertronic is preparing to release a three-game Worms Collection on August 31 (for Xbox 360) and September 7 (for PS3). The set contains Worms, Worms 2: Armageddon, and Worms: Ultimate Mayhem, all of which have been previously released on PSN and XBLA.That's good news if this retail collection turns out to be Europe-only – it's only announced for Europe so far – as you can just download them instead of totally missing out.
Mastertronic bringing PopCap games to UK retail on DS, PC and 360
Our friends overseas -- who live in the United States of Kingdoms, which we're fairly certain is what the UK is short for -- are about to have their free time sucked into oblivion. Publisher Mastertronic has announced plans to bring PopCap's most devilishly addictive titles to UK retailers on various platforms, starting with the February 18 release of PopCap Hits for Xbox 360; a tidy bundle which includes Bejeweled 2, Peggle, Feeding Frenzy and AstroPop. Shortly thereafter, the publisher will port Plants vs. Zombies to the DS, and will release a second collection of PopCap Hits for 360, including Plants vs. Zombies, Zuma, Feeding Frenzy 2 and Heavy Weapon. Mediatronic also plans on releasing retail versions of a few of the casual developer's titles on PC later this year. Basically, we hope that the UK doesn't have any big projects coming up that will require its citizens to be as productive as humanly possible, because, hoo boy, that's a whole lot of PopCap.
Eurogamer wants you to get games from its new service, 'Get Games'
The digital distribution arena gained one more challenger recently, after Eurogamer announced its new PC game distribution platform, "Get Games." Like IGN's DIRECT2DRIVE, the service will offer downloadable PC games paired with editorial content from the "mother" site (Eurogamer). Partnering with UK digital distributor Mastertronic -- and in turn, company boss and totally not a video game character, Andy Payne -- the idea is to harness Eurogamer's "quality editorial content and eyeballs" as well as Mastertronic's "five years and vital experience in this space."GamesIndustry.biz says Get Games will host free-to-play, indie, classic, and new titles. No mention of Eurogamer's relationship with existing partner Metaboli (a very similar service) has been made and it remains to be seen whether Get Games and Metaboli will coexist on Eurogamer's site.
