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Wizorb breaks through as a PS Mini July 24
Wizorb is officially spreading to up to three more platforms next week in North America. Beatshapers has ported Tribute Games' RPG-style Breakout game to PlayStation Minis, allowing users to play it on PS3 and PSP, and, as Beatshapers says, "eventually on your PS Vita" – because of the vagaries of the Vita's PSP backward compatibility, it's difficult to tell if it will run on Vita, or if not, when.By breaking bricks and defeating monsters, you can help save the kingdom of Gorudo – both by, you know, defeating the monsters, and by collecting money to rebuild the destroyed homes and businesses in its towns.
Wizorb dev's Mercenary Kings adds crafting to run-and-gun
Wizorb developer Tribute Games (comprising a lot of people who worked on the Scott Pilgrim game) just revealed its new project, the Metal Slug-esque Mercenary Kings, a run-and-gun side-scroller with animations by Paul Robertson.Adding depth to the blastin' are a mission system and the ability to craft new weapons from materials taken off of defeated enemies. "The game is currently in an early prototype stage, so a lot might still change," said Tribute co-founder Jonathan Lavigne in a blog post. The trailer gives Mercenary Kings a "2013" release date, which puts a lot of time between us and giant puppy robots.
WizOrb coming to PlayStation Minis this June
Generally, having a magical wizard in your pocket would either be incredibly uncomfortable for one (or both) of you, or prohibitively expensive. Wizard upkeep costs an arm and a leg as it is, and with the money you'd spend on the reagents needed to concoct a shrinking potion, you could buy an entire mage. It's a pain, and usually not worth it.There's is, however, a more humane, cost effective solution on the horizon. WizOrb, the pixelated, chiptuned indie block-breaking/RPG hybrid from Beatshapers and Tribute Games will smash through geometrically perfect arrangements of blocks and onto your friendly neighborhood PS3, PSP and/or Vita next month, when it launches as a $3.99 PlayStation Mini.%Gallery-156229%
Friends 'til the End flies out of 'What Would Molydeux?' 2012
This past weekend game developers all around the globe got together and tried to create games based on the amazing tweets of the Peter Molyneux parody persona, @PeterMolydeux. One of our favorites is Friends 'til the End, a game inspired by this tweet:"You play as a small boy with a remote control helicoptor that is alive and your friend, then you discover a nuclear missle [sic] inside it."In Friends 'til the End, players must simultaneously navigate a small boy and a toy helicopter through treacherous environments. We don't want to spoil what happens when you fail in the game -- check out the video above to see for yourself.The event, dubbed "What Would Molydeux?" concluded yesterday. Friends 'til the End is designed by the folks at Tribute Games, whom you may recall from WizOrb. We really want to play it, so excuse us while we go do that right now!
Wizorb works its magic on Steam
Tribute Games, an indies studio made up of former Ubisoft and Eidos veterans, delighted everyone with its first release, Wizorb. It's been available on Xbox Live Indie Games and PC for a while now, but today you can download Wizorb on Steam.Both Windows and Mac gamers can pick up Wizorb for 10% off until March 21 -- from then on, it'll be priced regularly at $2.99.
Wizorb smashing into PC on Nov.7, more ports to follow
Wizorb, the first title from superstar indie team Tribute Games, is sliding onto PC Nov. 7 through GamersGate, supporting gamepad, keyboard and mouse controls. Jonathan Lavigne announced the PC release date on his blog, writing that it's possible to play the entire game with only the mouse. "As you might expect, using the mouse feels more natural than an analog stick for controlling the paddle," Lavigne wrote. "It also makes Wizorb rely even more on reflexes which feels great and makes the game a tad easier." Tribute is also working on Mac and Linux ports for Wizorb, which released on XBLIG Sept. 29.
Former Eidos and Ubi employees pay Tribute to indie games with new studio
A new indie contender has entered the fray, this one begun by former Ubisoft and Eidos employees Jonathan Lavigne, Justin Cyr and Jean François Major, lovingly named Tribute Games. Lavigne announced Tribute on his personal blog, Pixeltao: "We chose the name Tribute Games because when we make games, we want to pay tribute to all the cool games from our childhood. We're passionate indies aiming at making entertaining games with a focus on pixel art and classic game design (sometimes with a modern twist)." The Tribute boys have been working on the below indie Wizorb, a fantasy breakout game headed to XBLIG later this month, with a PC version to follow.
