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Best of the Rest: Ludwig's picks of 2014
ATTENTION: The year 2014 has concluded its temporal self-destruct sequence. If you are among the escapees, please join us in salvaging and preserving the best games from the irradiated chrono-debris. Jazzpunk Jazzpunk is likely to be misunderstood, or impossible to understand, by design. You could say explanation comes as an insult to its eccentricity. The gist of it is that you're a spy completing missions in a surreal, robot-dominated world, the kind you might dream up after dozing off in the middle of a late-night Leslie Nielsen movie marathon. And while the convoluted wordplay wouldn't feel out of place in a Zucker spoof - in Japan, for example, you're asked if you prefer kimonos or kistereos – the barbs of reality are what really make Jazzpunk stick. Take its odd vision of dystopia, which is regularly mocked through one-off minigames (like a first-person shooter dubbed ... Wedding Quake). Here, you can put on a special visor that lets you see and blast nonsensical Wi-Fi passwords as they dance in the air around you. I mean, that's weird, but ... think about it. The concept is kind of weird to begin with, right here on Earth. Taken as a form of escapism, then, Jazzpunk is silly without taking you too far from the truth.
Roundabout goes cross-buy on PS4 and Vita
Roundabout, the spinning-limo game from former Harmonix designer Dan Teasdale's studio, No Goblin, is heading to Vita on top of its planned launch on PS4 and Xbox One. Teasdale announced the new platform on the PlayStation Blog, noting that it's a Cross-Buy and Cross-Play game between PS4 and Vita. "We're remastering all of the FMV in high-bitrate 1080p to take advantage of the PS4′s horsepower!" he writes. "The PS Vita version is no slouch, either – in fact, it's the same full experience that you'd experience on console." Yep, Roundabout includes full-motion video scenes. It's all done in a 70s B-movie style, so lactose intolerant people beware: It's going to get cheesy. Roundabout hit PC via Steam in September and it's due out on consoles in early 2015.
Roundabout spins onto Steam Sept. 18, consoles in early 2015
Finally on September 18 we can live our dream of becoming the world's most famous revolving limo driver, all thanks to Dan Teasdale's Roundabout. In addition to September's Steam release, the former Harmonix and Twisted Pixel designer is also bringing the dream to Xbox One and PS4 in early 2015. The long and short of Roundabout is it's exactly like being a chauffeur in the 1970s, except your limo is always spinning around. Teasdale's No Goblin studio joshes the game includes "cutting edge full motion video technology," with games industry faces taking the limelight. Check out a new trailer below the break.
Roundabout, Fist of Awesome head up latest Steam Greenlight additions
A batch of 75 new games are due to hit Steam soon after earning community approval via Steam Greenlight, including highlights like No Goblin's limo-spinning action game Roundabout and lumberjack-versus-bear brawler Fist of Awesome. Other standout additions include Indie Games Uprising 3 puzzle-platformer Entropy, IndieCade 2012 finalist Hidden in Plain Sight, and mobile-ported hits Bloons TD 5 and Momonga Pinball Adventures. This week's nominees also feature a handful of retail PC games that were never previously available on Steam, including Iceberg Interactive's first-person firefighting sim Real Heroes: Firefighter, Plug In Interactive's motorbike racer SBK 12 Generations, and Mastiff's on-rails shooter Heavy Fire: Afghanistan. [Image: No Goblin]
Roundabout, the spinning 70s limo game from ex-Harmonix designer
No Goblin, the indie studio founded by former Harmonix and Twisted Pixel designer Dan Teasdale, is developing Roundabout, a game where players must maneuver a chauffeur's limo across busy city streets to deliver precious cargo to its intended destination. Thankfully, there's a catch: The limo is constantly spinning. Set in 1977, Roundabout stars Georgio Manos as the world's first "revolving chauffeur." Manos spins his limo through twisted streets littered with obstacles and pedestrians to complete important tasks, such as "deliver kittens to orphans." Somehow there's a romance narrative within the game, too, "told in revolutionary 'full motion video,'" No Goblin says. Roundabout is due out in 2014 for PC and consoles. It's available now for a pre-order price of $10 (normally $15), and that includes a digital art book and the soundtrack. Roundabout has also put its foot in the revolving indie door of Steam Greenlight.
