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Super Motherload drops on Steam Early Access, PSN versions on sale
You can excavate with PC mates now, because an Early Access version of Super Motherload is available on Steam. XGen Studio's follow-up to Flash game Motherload combines local co-op with treacherous mobilized quarrying, and on PC that includes controller support for four simultaneous players. Super Motherload pits you (geddit?) as you an employee of a galactic mining corp, and your job is to dig as far into Mars' procedurally generated depths as you can. Sounds like a day at the beach, but in addition to precious resources beneath the Red Planet's surface, there are puzzles, dangers, and dark secrets waiting to be unearthed. To celebrate the news, XGen has the Steam release going at 10 percent off until March 4; the regular price is $15 in North America, and £12/14 euros in Europe. Meanwhile, PSN discounts for North America dig even deeper into the cross-buy PS4 and PS3 versions: $7.50 until March 3, or $3.75 for PS Plus subscribers. [Image: XGen Studios]
Dig it: Super Motherload comes to PS3 on Nov. 26
PlayStation 4 launch title Super Motherload will take its multiplayer drill-'em-up stylings to the PlayStation 3 next week as a Cross-Buy release, developer XGen Studios announced. An upgraded version of a popular 2004 Flash game, Super Motherload premiered on the day the PlayStation 4 hit store shelves, joining day-one digital standouts like Resogun and Contrast. The PlayStation 3 version will feature all content found in the PS4 release, including its unique "co-petitive" multiplayer mode in which up to four players dig for big-money mineral combos. The PlayStation 3 version of Super Motherload will launch via the PlayStation Store on November 26 in North America. A European release is set for November 27.
Dig this PlayStation 4 Super Motherload trailer
Defend Your Castle developer XGen Studios shows off the upcoming PlayStation 4 version of Super Motherload in the newly launched trailer above, showcasing the game's frantic "co-petitive" multiplayer mode. A follow-up to XGen's 2004 Flash game Motherload, Super Motherload puts players in control of high-powered excavation vehicles that must mine the earth's crust for precious minerals. Cash earned from pawning mined material can be used to upgrade your craft's capabilities, allowing you to delve deeper for more valuable artifacts. Super Motherload will be available at the PlayStation 4's launch on November 15 via the PlayStation Network. Ports for PC and the PlayStation 3 are also in the works.
Guncraft, Cognition among eight games Greenlit on Steam
Steam Greenlight recently gave the go-ahead for eight games and three pieces of software to begin distribution on Steam. The greenlit games were Guncraft by Exacto Game Studios, Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller by Phoenix Online Studios, Wild Games Studio's Day One : Garry's Incident, Homesick by Lucky Pause, In Verbis Virtus by Indomitus Games, XGen Studios' Super Motherload, Vector by Nekki and Verdun by Blackmill Games. The apps greenlit this week were Actual Multiple Monitors, FL Studio and Leadwerks 3: Steam Edition.
Super Motherload coming to PS4, PS3 later this year
Super Motherload, a couch co-op digging game set in an alternate Cold War era, is on its way to PS4 alongside a launch on PS3 later this year. It's in development for PC as well, and it'll reach other platforms at a later (alternate-timeline) date. Super Motherload comes from XGen Studios, responsible for developing WiiWare's 2008 game Defend Your Castle. Super Motherload is the sequel to XGen's 2004 Flash game, Motherload, and it features full voiceovers for the American and Soviet characters, a procedurally generated world and random drops.
