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Devolver is trying an unusual approach to pitching its games: it made a game about a cancelled convention.
Wang tough, 'small delay' to Shadow Warrior console ports
Shadow Warrior isn't slicing and dicing into consoles until October 24 in the UK, Bandai Namco revealed in a release schedule sent to Joystiq this morning. As VideoGamer reports, a statement from developer Flying Wild Hog suggests the delay to the PS4 and Xbox One ports is likely to be reflected stateside, while both Amazon and GameStop are now listing the US release for October 21. "Bringing Shadow Warrior to PS4 and XB1 has proven to be a challenge for us as we want to make sure the player experience is perfect," reads the statement to VideoGamer. "In play testing we have been focusing in on the controller inputs and response. We recognized that we needed more time to improve this as Shadow Warrior is an old school FPS and this demands perfection. Sadly this means a small delay in the release date, but Lo Wang needs to be at his best on these shiny new consoles."
Shadow Warrior devs' next game stars a shaman panda
Flying Wild Hog, the development studio behind Hard Reset and the 2013 reimagining of Shadow Warrior, have announced a new game, called Juju. According to a press release and screenshots, Juju is a ... wait a second, is this right? Because looking at this information, Juju appears to be a cartoonish platformer full of sparkling gems and floating music notes where players control a panda shaman and his lizard sidekick as they work together to save the world from an ancient evil. And this is by the same people that made Shadow Warrior? The game that got a crossover with Viscera Cleanup Detail? Alright press release, if you say so. Juju is expected to arrive this fall for PC and consoles. Which consoles exactly have yet to be announced by Flying Wild Hog. [Image: Flying Wild Hog]
Clean up after Lo Wang in Shadow Warrior 'Viscera Cleanup Detail' mini-game
Indie developers RuneStorm and Flying Wild Hog have come together in a mashup of blood, guts, and pine-scented floor cleaner for a free standalone mini-game that tasks players with scrubbing a gruesome crime scene. Viscera Cleanup Detail: Shadow Warrior brings players back to the scene where Shadow Warrior hero Lo Wang has his first katana battle in Flying Wild Hog's recent series reboot. As master of the custodial arts, it's our job to clean up the mess left behind. The mini-game follows the same premise of RuneStorm's own indie title, Viscera Cleanup Detail, dubbed a space-station janitor simulator. In the game, which has already been approved via Steam's Greenlight process, players tidy up a space station after a massive battle. Viscera Cleanup Detail: Shadow Warrior is available now for owners of Shadow Warrior on Steam, Good Old Games and other online distributors.
Wang slices, dices and blows stuff up in Shadow Warrior trailer
For Wang, the only way to deal with his problems in Shadow Warrior is to either blow everything up or slice 'em up. Somebody really should tell this guy psychiatrists exist.
Shadow Warrior Video Preview
Brandishing a sword and a smarmy attitude, 1990s hero Lo Wang has returned in the re-imagined Shadow Warrior from developer Flying Wild Hog. Other than the main character's name and some innuendo-laden humor, the upcoming Shadow Warrior is a different game. Gone is the (mostly) insensitive humor, replaced with over-the-top gore and a sword that's a treat to use. The modern Shadow Warrior harkens back to the good ol' PC days, where enemies were plentiful and heath pick-ups were your only means of survival. Shadow Warrior launches for the PC on September 26. Next-gen is planned; however, platforms have not been announced.
Shadow Warrior's new magic system twists a straight shooter
Shadow Warrior from Hard Reset developer Flying Wild Hog isn't a remake – it's a new game, with a new Lo Wang. For starters, Wang is able to use magic after he befriends a masked spirit. With magic, Wang can heal himself and attack his enemies from afar, throwing out blasts from his hands or his katana. His magic doesn't run out; there's no cool-down and it's not a mana system, Flying Wild Hog writer Pawel Kowalewski explained during a demo at E3. All magic comes with a price, and when Wang uses it the surrounding demon enemies become enraged, faster and stronger. Shadow Warrior includes a few throwbacks to the original game, including secret caves in the old graphical style and bunny rabbits that hop around the forest and have their own AI to perform bunny-related acts. Wang's primary weapon is a katana, and the entire game can be won with just that weapon, Kowalewski said. It's also possible to dual-wield sub-machine guns, as in the first game. The team was quick to reassure that Wang himself is still "a douchebag," but not an outright Asian stereotype anymore. "We understand why Lo Wang was awesome and you can still see him and go, 'Look at that douchebag,' without participating in putting a culture in a box. That was a huge priority when we were first thinking about how to frame the game and how to frame that character," writer Scott Alexander said. "You can play around with stuff; you can be funny, you can be crass, you can make him a jerk. He's got a real arc though." To those who may be disappointed: take solace in the fact that the violence in Shadow Warrior is absolutely ridiculous. By the end of one battle in the demo, a beautiful Japanese garden lay covered in severed limbs and pools of blood. "Maybe it's not funny, but it's not serious," is how Flying Wild Hog described Shadow Warrior's violence. Shadow Warrior is due out in fall on PC, and Flying Wild Hog will wait for the dust to settle to decide on next-gen console releases.%Gallery-191402%
Reinventing Shadow Warrior for the modern era
Just over 16 years ago, Shadow Warrior launched on PC. As the follow-up to 3D Realms' popular shooter Duke Nukem 3D, the two bore similarities; both donned an iconic first-person shooter style, substituting substance for violence at every turn. While Duke Nukem was a macho, chauvinist with all the ammo he could ever need, Shadow Warrior's main character was crass in a slightly different, albeit still offensive way. The ninja assassin protagonist, Lo Wang, intended as a spoof on East Asian action heroes, was a walking racial stereotype. Lo Wang shouted "you want-a some wang?" with a mocking Asian accent, used chopsticks to catch flies, picked up fortune cookies in secret areas and fought sumo wrestlers. For many, Shadow Warrior was offensive and the game was criticized heavily for it. Sixteen years later, Devolver Digital and developer Flying Wild Hog have announced a collaboration to reinvent Shadow Warrior; the spoils of the partnership due this fall on PC and in 2014 for unspecified next-gen consoles. While a modern Shadow Warrior will bare an updated skin, the "reinvention" isn't expected to be a departure from the original game's roots.%Gallery-188724%
Shadow Warrior resurrected by Hard Reset developer
Flying Wild Hog, the developer behind sci-fi shooter Hard Reset, is resurrecting Shadow Warrior, with Devolver Digital set to publish. In a reveal on Flying Wild Hog's Facebook page, the developer calls Shadow Warrior a "total reimagining." A teaser site featuring the first look at the new title has also appeared online; however, no other details have been revealed. Shadow Warrior originally launched in 1997, created by 3D Realms and published by GT Interactive. Upon its release, the shooter/slasher was heavily criticized for perceived Asian stereotypes and racial profiling. An iOS re-release was issued late last year.
Chosen Bundle chooses Hard Reset, DLC Quest
The latest Indie Royale bundle went live earlier this week, and includes five games at the dynamic "pay the minimum" price, currently just under $5. The Chosen Bundle features DLC Quest and Lair of the Evildoer by Going Loud Studios, Hard Reset by Flying Wild Hog, Brog's Vertex Dispenser and Jolly Rover by Brawsome. All games in the bundle are for PC and Mac via Steam and Desura.By paying at least $8 for the pack of games, players will receive Daniel Capo's chiptune album O.S.T: Original Soundtrack. The Chosen Bundle is available for purchase through Wednesday, February 27.
Hard Reset expansion will be free for pre-release Steam owners
Once upon a time we wrote a story about Hard Reset: Extended Edition, a retail version of Flying Wild Hog's downloadable title Hard Reset that includes five new levels, two new maps and a fresh backstory. Then the dragon killed the princess and the handsome prince married the ugly gold-digger. The End.OK, not "the end" -- Flying Wild Hog has announced that Extended Edition is coming to Steam for free for those who already own Hard Reset, and will be available for download in the final week of April or first week of May. Hard Reset is available in the Indie Royale St. Patrick's Day bundle for a few more hours, for those who want Hard Reset: Extended Edition and three other indie titles for less than $5.The End.
Hard Reset: Extended Edition adds some things that look like this
Hard Reset: Extended Edition is a retail-exclusive version of Flying Wild Hog's downloadable shooter. It adds five new levels to the single-player campaign, two new maps to survival mode and a new backstory -- some of which takes place in the following screens.
Hard Reset: Extended Edition comes to retail in March 2012
Kalypso Media and developer Flying Wild Hog have come to an agreement to offer Hard Reset in a new, retail-exclusive edition bolstered by new content next year. Hard Reset: Extended Edition will be available in March and add five new levels to the single-player campaign, including four new enemies and one new boss fight. You can also expect a "new back story," two new maps for the survival mode and an updated graphics engine. If you want something to look at now, we direct you to our gallery below. %Gallery-141710%
Hard Reset's launch trailer doesn't have time for this
For how awesome the future has to be, we're not looking forward to the annoying parts of future-life: taking forever to download a weapon module; friendly AI terminal units "aiding" us; and, most importantly, all of the techno-spider things we'll have to shoot just to get to the bus stop.
PSA: Hard Reset demo out now
As if this week's deluge of major releases wasn't enough to keep your attention, a demo for next week's PC-exclusive sci-fi shooter Hard Reset is now available via Steam. And hey, if you're not defending those digitized human personalities, then who will? Try ruminating on that while you're watching Project Runway, sitting idly by while future robots murder virtual people. You monster!
Hard Reset launching on September 13
If you'd like to shoot many robots, but in a game that's not actually called that, we've got good news. Your simultaneous dislike of blasé titles and society's robotic oppressors will find an outlet on September 13, when Hard Reset launches for $30. Pre-ordering it on Steam (as of today) will net you a ten percent discount on the price. The PC-exclusive first-person shooter has gone from announcement to impending release in a matter of months. If that's too fast for you, go through our preview to learn more about Hard Reset's evolving weaponry and big, metallic crotches. We've stuck the minimum and recommended PC requirements after the break.%Gallery-131932%
Hard Reset story trailer is a recipe for success
Take two-thirds of a cup of Sin City, whisk vigorously with 14 ounces of powdered Ghost In The Shell, and then slowly add a generous tablespoon of gravelly voice acting. After an hour at 375, you'll have a piping-fresh tray of this Hard Reset story trailer. Mmmmmmm. [Thanks, Chris!]
Hard Reset preview: Baudville
In the future, robots will excel at cooking breakfast, mowing the terraformed lawn and driving cabs on Mars. Today, they're designed to be destroyed without consequence or guilt. If you have to shoot something in a lineup of video game villains, the robot is less messy than the nazi and just a tad more relatable than the extraterrestrial insect. It's in a shooter's best interests, then, that you prevent the artificial near-citizens of the future, as envisioned by Hard Reset, from overthrowing authority and hastening their own evolution. You enter the city of Bezoar (eww), a neon-lit pastiche of flying billboards, talking storefronts and Blade Runner's Los Angeles grit, with a straightforward mission in mind. Cover the streets in smoldering servos and protect a database of digitized human personalities. Let's file this preservation and attempted theft of what is easily humanity's least useful component under "suspension of disbelief," okay?%Gallery-130467%
Hard Reset trailer gives us our first glimpse at gameplay
Considering Flying Wild Hog is made up of ex-Bulletstorm, Sniper and Witcher 2 staff, it's not a surprise to see its first effort so packed with big guns. The nifty thing about Hard Reset, though, is that the big guns are hardly typical.
Flying Wild Hog's first game, Hard Reset, shooting to PC in September
Polish developer Flying Wild Hog -- comprised of former Bulletstorm, Sniper and The Witcher 2 staff -- has revealed that its previously announced shooter will be titled Hard Reset, and it will debut in just two months. A cyberpunk FPS set in a "haunting, dystopian future, with humanity on the brink of extinction," Hard Reset tells the story of Major Fletcher, a veteran who must defend humanity's last remaining city, Bezoar, from "the robotic hordes that aim to annihilate mankind." The first trailer for the game has been released, which you can see embedded above. PC Gamer is set to have a hands-on preview in its next issue. In the meantime, you can check out the first screens at the PC Gamer website.
