Sumo Digital, a leading independent game developer, today announced that it has taken on CCP Games’ Newcastle studio.
34 staff have transferred to Sumo Digital, with Owen O’Brien as Studio Director, and remain in Newcastle. As the fourth studio for the developer – the third in the UK alongside Sheffield and Nottingham – this addition further extends Sumo’s capacity and breadth of experience.
Paul Porter, Managing Director of Sumo Digital said, “As we continue to expand this was a great opportunity to bring an experienced, talented and tight-knit team on board."
”Sumo Digital is a great home for the team in Newcastle,” said Hilmar Veigar Pétursson, CEO of CCP Games. “As we say goodbye to our former colleagues we know that they will do great things there, and we can’t wait to see what they do next.”
Sumo is hiring across its four studios in Sheffield, Nottingham, Newcastle and Pune, India. Current vacancies can be found here: Sumo Digital Careers.
《暴动 Insurgency》研发商 New World Interactive 宣布新作《暴动:沙尘暴(暂译,原名:Insurgency: Sandstorm)》开发方向改变,首先将专注在多人合作体验开发, 单人与合作故事模式将暂时取消。
《暴动:沙尘暴》是第一人称射击游戏《暴动 Insurgency》开发中最新续作,将采用 Unreal Engine 4 打造。 今日,游戏首席设计师 Michael Tsarouhas 公布游戏新动向,首先提到,前游戏创意总监 Andrew Spearin 已经离开 New World 并寻找其他机会。 Andrew 最早就加入团队并一直参与各项目开发计划,开发团队感谢他对各计划的付出与贡献,并祝他一切顺利。
接着 Michael 提到游戏开发方向将进行改变,将取消释出单人模式与合作故事模式,预计之后才会重新考虑,而现在对开发团队来说,要提供一个完整的多人合作体验。 他解释:「这主要是为了在 2018 年能实现承诺,为玩家提供高质量内容。 游戏故事非常吸引人,但我们必须做出抉择。 我们也知道这个决定可能对玩家很意外,但我们团队觉得需要转变。 」
Michael 进一步说明,开发团队最初想要藉由《暴动:沙尘暴》描述现实世界特定的冲突,但这个方向限制了他们的设计,而且也很敏感;取而代之,他们决定将从各个时代的现实叛乱事件中找寻灵感。 有了这样的想法后,他们不在受到束缚,并且可以将他们的资源放在多人体验上。
目前官方计划推出数种模式,其中 Push 和 Firefight 将让玩家有《暴动 Insurgency》的体验,开发团队将保留游戏传统的特色;未来也会持续增添游戏模式。 另外,游戏版本方面,目前已经确定会延后释出支持 Mac 和 Linux 版本内容。
同时,Michael 宣布,《暴动:沙尘暴》PC 版本 Alpha 封测即将登场,并于即日起开放登录。 Michael 提到,封测将是限量开放,可能会有多次测试,最后会进行一次最终版测试,更多细节将于之后公开。
《暴动:沙尘暴》尚未公布上市时间,预计登陆 PC、PS4、Xbox One 平台,Mac 和 Linux 版本将延后支持。
Mad Catz Global Limited, the legendary brand, leading innovation in gaming hardware for almost three decades, announced today a surprise return to the international gaming scene.
Less than a year after the much-loved brand disappeared from the gaming landscape, Mad Catz is back: under new management, with new ideas, new attitude and most importantly, an entire range of new, high-quality gaming products!
Known for their award-winning range of R.A.T. gaming mice, arcade FightSticks, gaming headsets and much more besides, the new Mad Catz will focus first on quality, committed to producing innovative gaming products, designed and engineered in-house to stand out amongst the competition and deliver superlative performance for gamers of all abilities.
At CES 2018, Mad Catz will be previewing the first products in the new range, a line of all-new PC gaming hardware including new R.A.T. mice, S.T.R.I.K.E. keyboards, F.R.E.Q. gaming headsets and G.L.I.D.E. gaming surfaces.
Key products in the new range include the R.A.T.AIR an-all new version of the iconic, fully-adjustable gaming mouse, now with a state-of-the-art wireless power system. The R.A.T.AIR requires no unreliable battery pack to operate, instead drawing power via the wireless activation gaming surface, included in pack. For gamers preferring to use their own gaming surface, the R.A.T.AIR also includes a robust USB cable in pack, instantly converting the R.A.T. to a wired mouse.
The S.T.R.I.K.E.4 gaming keyboard features a fully mechanical key bed, aluminum frame and RGB lighting, and the F.R.E.Q.4 gaming headset, utilizes high-quality 40mm neodymium drivers and a metal plated frame. Further details of new products in the range are expected to be announced shortly.
“We couldn’t be more excited than to begin 2018 by announcing the return of Mad Catz to the global gaming arena. Mad Catz has been a permanent fixture in gaming for almost three decades and we firmly believe it’s best days lie ahead,” said Selena Chang, Director of Sales and Operations for Mad Catz Global Limited. “Through listening to gamers worldwide, we plan to once again forge a path of innovation in the gaming hardware community, and we’re already working on delivering products which we believe will enhance gamers’ abilities and do justice to the Mad Catz name. We can’t wait to unveil a little more at CES 2018 and in the months to come.
Mad Catz Global Limited will be demonstrating new products in the range through invitation only at CES 2018, taking place in Las Vegas, Nevada from January 9th through 12th, 2018. Additional information available at: http://www.madcatz.com/
OK K.O.! Let’s Play Heroes will launch digitally for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC in the Americas and Europe on January 23, Cartoon Network announced.
A new gameplay trailer of the Capybara Games-developed side-scrolling beat-‘em-up action and adventure game sets up the game’s original storyline, which was written in collaboration with series creator Ian Jones-Quartey. The story is summarized in the press release as follows: “When the evil Lord Boxman resets the card levels of every hero in Lakewood Plaza Turbo, a mall for heroes, it’s up to young K.O. to help his friends, level up special ability POW cards, and brawl down against Boxman’s robot army.”
Metroidvania-style action RPG Feudal Alloy announced for PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC
Attu Games, the studio behind Toby: The Secret Mine, has announced Feudal Alloy, a “metroidvania-style action RPG with fishbowl-powered medieval robots” for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, PC, Mac, and Linux (Steam).
Here is an overview of the game, via Attu Games:
About
Feudal Alloy is a metroidvania-style action RPG with fishbowl-powered medieval robots. Explore an unusual medieval world with a fishbowl-powered robot Attu, improve your combat techniques and skills by smashing many kinds of mechanic creatures and talk to other inhabitants using unique animated branching dialogues in a hand-drawn world made by a two-member team.
Key Features
Attu is an ordinary farmer robot who lives in a small cottage in the sunflower fields. He has been living a simple but pleasant life until a bunch of outlaws attacked the village, stole their oil supplies and burnt his house. Fortunately he managed to grab his old sword and fled into the woods.
Fishbowl-powered medieval robots!
Dynamic action-combat system with swords, grenades, dodges and other special attack moves.
A lot of different equipment that change both player appearance and attributes.
A unique dialogue system – animated bubbles.
A huge, interconnected world to explore, filled with wide range of enemies, bosses and side quests.
Varied hand-drawn environments.
Loot, a lot of loot!
Hidden collectibles.
Secret areas.
The Station Spreads Sci-Fi Mystery to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Windows, Mac, Linux on February 20
The Station, a first-person sci-fi mystery, will launch for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Windows, Mac and Linux on Feb. 20, 2018.
Developed by a team of AAA veterans, including Dave Fracchia, former Studio Head at Activision subsidiary Radical Entertainment, the Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning designer Les Nelkin, and BioShock Infinite and League of Legends composer Duncan Watt, The Station will take players across the universe and aboard a spacecraft orbiting a vicious alien world.
In the distant future the Espial Space Station, the most advanced spacecraft to explore beyond our atmosphere, monitors the alien planet of Psy-Prime. A small research crew of our best and brightest study the locals and evaluate the prospect of cohabitation. Soon after learning the intelligent natives are embroiled in perpetual savage war, Espial's cloaking and communication arrays suddenly go offline and never return.
Players are dispatched to investigate the mysterious circumstances. Upon arrival, much of Espial is without power and the crew have mysteriously vanished.
Only by using intuitive problem solving to restore function to the ship's core systems and keen observation of the digital logs of the missing team, all while dealing with the constant tension of whatever happened aboard The Espial reoccurring, can the player unravel the mystery behind the crew's sudden disappearance.
Navigating the sleek facility presents a "Progressive Sci-Fi" style evoking an optimistic view of space exploration, while the contemporary ambient soundtrack elicits isolating and unnerving emotions. With The Station, the development team strives to provide the new benchmark for atmospheric narratives.
"Our goal is to challenge what people expect from atmospheric mysteries," said Dave Fracchia, Executive Producer, The Station. "By abandoning player-driven dialogue we are able to replicate the emptiness and loneliness of space, while still enthralling with a pressure-packed mystery."
The Station will release in English and retail for $14.99.
For more information visit the official website, go deeper into the lore at Explore Axiom, or visit Steam.
The Raven Remastered Announced for PS4, Xbox One and PC
The Raven Remastered Coming to PC/Mac and Consoles on March 13
The Raven – Legacy of a Master Thief, the classic whodunit adventure by KING Art, is being remastered and will be released on PC/Mac, PlayStation 4 and across the Xbox One family of devices including Xbox One X on March 13, 2018. The game will go by the name of The Raven Remastered and will not only feature fully remastered animations, lighting and hair in full HD resolution, but also subtitles in French, Spanish and Simplified Chinese for the first time (already available in German, Russian, Polish and Italian).
About The Raven Remastered
London, 1964. An ancient ruby is stolen from the British Museum. At the crime scene: a raven feather. Is somebody trying to follow in the footsteps of The Raven, the legendary master thief who disappeared years before?
Constable Anton Jakob Zellner finds himself in the middle of the kind of murder mystery he so far only knew from reading his favourite crime novels. Nothing is what it seems. Everyone has something to hide. And the Raven is always one step ahead...
Key Features
• A classic whodunit adventure from KING Art, the creators of the Book of Unwritten Tales-series
• Experience a thrilling crime story through the eyes of multiple characters
• Classic murder mystery locations, from a train in the Swiss alps, to a majestic cruise ship and the Cairo Museum
• High quality voice acting from a compelling cast of quirky characters
• Fully remastered animations, lighting and hair in full HD resolution