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Humble Weekly Bundle collects Ys Origin, Gigantic Army, Astebreed
The latest Humble Weekly Bundle sets its sights on Japanese developers, offering up a collection of games from Falcom, Edelweiss, and other standout creators. All bundle buyers receive copies of the off-kilter apartment management sim Unholy Heights, autoscrolling roguelike One Way Heroics, and the Cybernator-inspired side-scrolling mech shooter Gigantic Army. Pay $6 or more and you'll also get Falcom's action-RPG Ys Origin, Zenith Blue's hack-and-slash action game Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae, and Q-Games' search-and-rescue shoot-'em-up PixelJunk Shooter. Pitching in $10 or more will also unlock Astebreed, the latest Steam release from Ether Vapor Remaster creator Edelweiss. Humble Weekly Bundle: Japan Edition is available through August 14. [Video: Humble Bundle / Falcom]
Latest Greenlight inductees include Energy Hook, Richard and Alice, Detective Grimoire
Steam Greenlight is increasingly resembling the opening sequences of classic Japanese game show Takeshi's Castle, known to US fans through Spike TV's MXC. Again, two weeks after the last batch, another teeming mass of 50 games charges madly towards the gates of Steam. If only the process was as hilarious as Takeshi's Castle; Greenlight would be vastly improved by dressing up game developers as skittles and chucking huge bowling balls at them. No offense, developers, it just would. Highlights from the batch include rooftop-swinging action game Energy Hook, which is also coming to PS4 and Vita, and Richard and Alice, the dark point-and-clicker co-penned by Starbound lead wordsmith Ashton Raze. Crowdfunded point-and-click mystery Detective Grimoire got through too, and like Richard and Alice the game is already available outside of Steam. Another game just out the door and now past Greenlight is Gigantic Army, an homage to 16-bit mech shooters that comes from the studio behind Satazius. The full list of the freshest fifty can be found on the Steam Greenlight site. [Image: Jamie Fristrom]
Gigantic Army paying homage to 16-bit mech shooters in February
Side-scrolling mech shooter Gigantic Army will launch February 5 on PC for $5.99. Developed by three-man Japanese indie studio and Satazius creator Astro Port, the side-scroller is described as an homage to mech shooters of the 16-bit era, such as Cybernator and Mech Warrior. Gigantic Army has players taking control of a manned combat robot known as "GMR-34 SALADIN," customizing a set of explosive, projectile and plasma weapons across six stages. The game includes four difficulty modes and 12 "mid and end level" bosses. The developer is working to bring the game to Linux, and is currently vying for a spot on Steam via Greenlight. The game is published by Nyu Media, which announced its localization plans for Gigantic Army in addition to other Japanese indie games like the crowdfunded Yatagarasu: Attack on Cataclysm in October 2013.
