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'Outcast' trailer forces you to keep your eyes closed
Cinemax's new show Outcast debuted on Friday. If the regular trailer didn't convince you to tune in, maybe this interactive one will do. Created by Campfire, a division of the digital marketing agency SapientNitro, the trailer uses eye-tracking and 3D audio to let you experience a "demonic possession." (Outcast is very much about demons, both literal and figurative).
'Walking Dead' creator's new show to debut on Facebook in Europe
Cinemax's upcoming show Outcast will debut on Facebook Live in Europe and Africa tonight. Outcast is an adaptation of The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman's comic book series of the same name. Dealing with the supernatural and demonic possession, the comics are dark, scary and pretty fun. The TV show apparently sticks closely to the original's vision, offering straight-up horror and gore rather than The Walking Dead's focus on drama. Fox has purchased international syndication rights to the show, and will air episodes in 61 countries shortly after their US transmission. It's using Facebook Live to promote the show in the territories where it has the rights. Only the pilot will stream in this way, and the series itself begins its regular TV run on June 3rd. This will be the first time Facebook's burgeoning live video service has hosted a TV series, but Fox has already experimented with the platform, live streaming a London X-Men: Apocalypse event earlier this month. Outcast will go live at 10PM CET tonight in over 61 countries, including the UK, Germany, South Africa, Spain and Sweden.
Outcast reboot fails to reach Kickstarter goal
The crowdfunding campaign to reboot Outcast for a high-def world has failed, achieving less than 50% of its $600,000 Kickstarter campaign goal. "When we started this campaign, I was so excited that I could not imagine that we could eventually fail. Shame on me," Fresh3D CEO Yann Robert wrote in a campaign update. Robert says the project could have avoided Kickstarter failure with "a bit more time, thinking and upfront money." "We should have set a lower initial goal from the beginning, include more platforms, provide more attractive and more professional videos, lower the next-gen console stretch goal, post more updates with more attractive content, properly plan these updates in advance to free our time for promoting the campaign," he added. The original Outcast, an action-adventure title for PC, launched in 1999 from developer Appeal. It's currently available and highly rated by the community at GOG.com. Fresh3D, which was established by a trio of former Appeal devs, purchased the rights to Outcast in July 2013. Despite falling short of its goal, Yann Robert promises the quest to return Outcast will not be abandoned. "We truly believe, more than ever, that this project deserves to be done and we are more than eager to make it happen. Will it be through another Kickstarter or another crowdfunding platform, paypal, private investment, some bank loans, public support, distributor deals or a mix of all that, we will see." [Image: Fresh3D]
Cult classic adventure Outcast rebooted for PC
Indie developer Fresh3D recently launched a Kickstarter project to fund a high-definition remake of Outcast, the 1999 Infogrames-published PC adventure game. The open-world game will feature re-designed objects, textures, environments and characters, each made from scratch to run in 1080p HD at 60 frames per second. The developer is targeting $600,000 by Wednesday, May 7, to fund the game. So far it's achieved more than $140,000. Fresh3D includes three designers from Appeal, the developer of the original cult classic adventure game: Yann Robert, Franck Sauer and Yves Grolet. Grolet is involved in the project as a gameplay advisor, while Robert and Sauer are technical and creative directors, respectively. The three designers purchased the rights to Outcast in July 2013. [Image: Fresh3D]
Outcast devs form Daoka, will build new games in series
Developers from AMA Studios and Appeal, the team responsible for the 1999 PC game Outcast, have started a new studio called Daoka, based in Belgium. Daoka has been working on a game for two years already, set to launch on next-gen consoles in the "near future." The team will also work on games in the Outcast franchise. The original developers of Outcast – Yann Robert, Franck Sauer and Yves Grolet – recently bought the IP from Atari for a "revival of the franchise," and they are working with Daoka to make this happen. Outcast is a sci-fi adventure set in the distant, wild future of 2007, starring former Navy SEAL Cutter Slade as he travels with a group of scientists to another dimension to stop a black hole from forming. You know, the sort of stuff that happens all the time in the 21st century.
Outcast creators purchase IP from Atari
The founders of Appeal, the development studio responsible for 1999's sci-fi action game, Outcast, have purchased the intellectual property rights for that brand from holding company Atari, formerly known as Infogrames Entertainment. The original Appeal employees involved, Yann Robert, Franck Sauer and Yves Grolet, are starting a "revival of the franchise" according to the announcement of the rights acquisition – specifics as to what that means were not given. Outcast designer Bruno Bonnell's name was also not mentioned in the press release. Outcast concerns one Cutter Slade, an ex-Navy SEAL operative tasked with escorting a team of scientists into an alternate dimension, so that they may locate and recover a US government probe that is in danger of causing a black hole. All of this takes place in the distant future year of 2007, but here in 2013 the game itself can be purchased on GOG for $3.
Soundcast's OutCast 3.4 multi-room speaker is so fresh and so clean, clean
Hard to say if there's any real connection between the thing you see getting washed up in the image above and the Dirty South, but does it really matter? The OutCast 3.4 multi-room, multi-source wireless speaker might not be the sexiest driver in the shed, but given that it goes where the party goes, we're willing to bestow forgiveness. We're told that it's capable of shedding at some amount of water (obviously), and the unit itself touts an integrated subwoofer, internal battery pack (good for 10 to 20 hours) and a backlit top-panel keypad. Mum's the word on pricing, but the rest of the skinny is embedded just after the break. Ya heard?
Drama Mamas: Making a fresh start after an honest mistake
Drama Mamas Lisa Poisso and Robin Torres are experienced gamers and real-life mamas -- and just as we don't want our precious babies to be the ones kicking and wailing on the floor of the checkout lane next to the candy, neither do we want you to become known as That Guy on your realm. The Drama Mamas roundup post with followup from letters we've featured in previous Drama Mamas columns will run in just a few more weeks. So there's still time to send us an email at DramaMamas@wow.com if you would to share what's happened with your situation since we last heard from you. Dear Drama Mamas, I started playing the game about a month after The Burning Crusade was released. I was still a kid, and gave my toon a foolish name. I know my name gets some weird responses, and when I race change to a worgen in Cataclysm, I am going to change my name. Anyway, I play on a RP server ... which only happened because my brother (who now does not play) randomly picked it when he started. I started playing after him and thus chose the same server. My server is fairly weak when it comes to progression guilds, with only one having defeated heroic Lich King-25 (and it was after 4.0.1). For the duration of my Wrath WoW career, I was in a mid-level progression guild for my server, which got to 11/12 in ICC Regular. I was fairly disappointed, because I really want to get an achievement mount. The guild leader gave up trying to lead, and this week he joined the #2 guild on the server. He said he still plans to lead the guild I am in on his alt, but I know that is not going to work out. You can't lead a progression guild on an alt, while competing for server firsts on your main.
Drama Mamas: How to befriend when antisocial
Dodge the drama and become that player everyone wants in their group with the Drama Mamas. Lisa Poisso and Robin Torres are real-life mamas and experienced WoW players -- and just as we don't want our precious babies to be the ones kicking and wailing on the floor of checkout lane next to the candy, neither do we want you to become known as That Guy on your server. We're taking your questions at DramaMamas (at) WoW (dot) com. We'll get to the drama in a minute, but first I must talk about the awesome avatars that the awesome Kelly Aarons of Byron and World of Warcraft, Eh? fame has awesomely drawn and painted for us. Awesome. See them after the break. Yeah, yeah. You want drama. We've got your drama right here. The thing about WoW (and MMOs in general) is that while you may be able to solo through it, the most benefits are reaped by at least a minimum of social interaction. We are answering a letter this week from someone who isn't very friendly but still wants to make and keep friends in Azeroth. Try not to get too distracted by the awesome avatars. Awesome.
Joyswag: Outcast, Master of Orion 1 + 2 now out on GoG
Everyone's doing their part to help save the environment, so we here at Joystiq are forcing our posts to do double duty, thereby saving precious internet energy and human life minutes. This post, for example, is both (1) the announcement that Atari gems Outcast and Master of Orion 1 and 2 have officially been released on GoG (hooray!) and (2) a chance to win either one of them. We've got 10 codes that we're sending through our Joystiq Facebook group, the JPAG and our Twitter feed. We've rewarded those who are already members with a few codes, but the rest will be coming soon. The best thing to do if you want to keep up? Just join and follow us already, you silly goose.
GOG.com getting Atari lineup, Syberia series
After leaving us agog with its announcement of Activision support, Good Old Games is extending its lineup of DRM-free downloadable classics further with the aid of Atari. Though the full list of PC titles is set to be unveiled throughout April, GOG.com has already confirmed the following trio: Outcast, Master of Orion and Master of Magic. GOG's predilection for preserving point-and-clickers for posterity hasn't taken a break during this announcement (and accompanying Twitter competition), as it has also noted the addition of Benoit Sokal's s'okay adventure series, Syberia. The first half of the elegiac experience is available now for $9.99, including free soundtrack, wallpaper and GOG avatar. The second part -- along with Amerzone -- will follow in "the coming weeks."
OutCast and SpeakerCast wireless iPod systems: sorry, Ms. Jackson
Sick of Apple news yet? No, well try on these Soundcast wireless speakers for your iPod then, fanboy. Announced today are the $399 SpeakerCast for the home and $499 OutCast for all-weather outdoor use. Both systems ship with the iCast wireless dock (pictured) for transmitting audio other the air at up to 150 feet (300 feet unobstructed) using Soundcast's (apparently) proprietary 2.4GHz technology to overcome outside interference in this very crowded swath of spectrum. The SpeakerCast features a 50 Watt per channel digital amplifier while the waterproof OutCast features a 100 Watt digital amplifier and NiMH battery for use when away from the mains. Both get real by Q2. [Via iLounge]
