Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com Joystiq http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com en-us Copyright 2013 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[Joe Danger, Joe Danger 2: The Movie somersaulting onto PC]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2013/05/24/joe-danger-joe-danger-2-the-movie-somersaulting-onto-pc/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/05/24/joe-danger-joe-danger-2-the-movie-somersaulting-onto-pc/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/05/24/joe-danger-joe-danger-2-the-movie-somersaulting-onto-pc/#commentsJoe Danger, Joe Danger 2 The Movie somersaulting onto PC Joe Danger's latest daredevil stunt is to ride both his games, Joe Danger and Joe Danger 2: The Movie, onto PCs via Steam. UK indie studio Hello Games told us a number of tweaks are coming to the PC versions, including Big Picture Mode and Steamworks support. The latter is for the games' level editors. which on PC feature "all the secret controls" Hello Games used to build both tricksters.

Both games will support gamepad, mouse and keyboard controls. Other tweaks and additions include ghost records of other players for both games, and new levels. Prices and release dates are still to come.

"It's weird, PC is actually Joe Danger's birthplace," Hello Games' Sean Murray told us. "We couldn't get hold of devkits when we started out, so I coded my first ever PC engine for the original Joe Danger, and we ended up developing the entire game on PC. I feel like the PC version has been brewing forever - but only played by four of us here in the office."

We expect a few more people will be playing it when it comes to Steam. We gave the XBLA version of Joe Danger 2: The Movie a wheelie good four stars in our review, saying that it does the two things puzzle-racers should do: " tug at your need to beat them, and then tug at your need to beat them better."

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Other freebies offered this month to Plus members include The Cave and Joe Danger 2 on PS3, and Disgaea 3 and Tekken 6 for Vita. Well, technically Tekken 6 is for PSP, but you can download it on your Vita. And while you're downloading free PSP games, don't forget the anniversary deals!

JoystiqSpec Ops: The Line free on PS Plus this week, The Cave, Joe Danger 2 upcoming originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 04 Mar 2013 21:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The newbies start rolling out on March 6 with a triple substitution: Mass Effect 3, DOA5, and Joe Danger 2 are in, while Sleeping Dogs, Vanquish, and Limbo depart the service. Next up are the two Vita games, with MGS HD Collection swapping in for Wipeout 2048 on March 13, and Puddle for Lumines Electronic Symphony on March 20.

Those are some very brief runs for Sleeping Dogs, Wipeout 2048, and Lumines ES, which all came to PS Plus in February, so now's the time to snap them up.

JoystiqPS Plus brings Europe Mass Effect 3, DOA5, MGS HD, more next month originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 22 Feb 2013 09:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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"It's actually a throwback to when we made the original Joe Danger," Hello Games founder Sean Murray said, "As our guys sat in a room playing our own game, we fell into that classic trap of playing our own game too much. Our first prototype was this very tight, very challenging game that took about 10 hours to complete. No tutorials, no hand-holding, just fun arcade gameplay."

The PS3 version of Joe Danger 2 features this ditched prototype, but revitalized into 25 tough new levels integrating the sequel's Pro medals and extra challenges. The extra content also sees the return of Team Nasty, this time letting you play as the stuntman's bitter rivals. Sadly, it doesn't feature the return of The Nasty Boys, the ill-mannered 90s WWF tag team who liked to shove opponents into their armpits.

Oh, you're still here? Well, maybe you should check out our review of Joe Danger 2 on XBLA.

JoystiqJoe Danger 2 rides onto PSN October 9, extra 'Gaiden' content detailed originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 05 Oct 2012 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Joe Danger 2: The Movie is riding back to PlayStation Network, with Hello Games hopeful of a release within a couple of weeks. Despite the short turnaround from the Xbox Live Arcade version, which landed earlier this month, Hello Games tells us the PSN version has "10 hours of extra content."

Hello Games says it's also working on tweaking the vehicles for the PS3 version, after some reviewers said they preferred the simplicity of the bike. While our review deemed Joe Danger 2 a four-star smash, the range of vehicles wasn't something that impressed. So it should be interesting to see just how Hello Games changes things up.

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Nonetheless, like a lot of film sequels, Joe Danger 2 proves that it's hard to expand on a winning formula without breaking it. Thankfully, rather than break the formula, the game simply garbs itself in a pretty new veil. The sceneries and vehicles are bright and beautiful diversions, when in fact the game plays much the same as before. What tempers this is that what came before is still a bit special. As are many sequels, Joe Danger 2 is a strong pretender to its predecessor, but no more than that.

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JoystiqJoe Danger 2 - The Movie review: High-ish voltage originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 14 Sep 2012 12:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Joe Danger 2: The Movie is coming to an Xbox Live Marketplace near you on September 14. Hello Games confirmed the date to us today, along with the Admit One fare of 1200 MSP.

The sequel to the 2010 side-scrolling racer sees our helmeted hero ride mine carts, police bikes, skis, and even a unicycle in his quest for daredevil glory. When we saw The Movie at this year's Gamescom, Hello Games founder Sean Murray told us the game had a more structured, Nintendo-like feel than its predecessor. Well, The Movie is only showing on Xbox at the moment, where this week you can find the first game on sale.

JoystiqJoe Danger 2: The Movie premieres on XBLM September 14 originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 05 Sep 2012 07:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>hello-gamesjoe-danger-2-the-moviejoe-danger-the-moviemicrosoftrelease-dateXBLAXBLMxboxWed, 05 Sep 2012 07:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Joe Danger 2: The Movie - the Nintendo-flavored XBLA game with jetpacks]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/08/20/joe-danger-2-the-movie-the-nintendo-flavored-xbla-game-with-je/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/08/20/joe-danger-2-the-movie-the-nintendo-flavored-xbla-game-with-je/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/08/20/joe-danger-2-the-movie-the-nintendo-flavored-xbla-game-with-je/#comments The only place Joe Danger hasn't ended up is on a Nintendo console. Which made Hello Games founder Sean Murray's statement on the game's inspirations distinctly confusing when he told me this last week during Gamescom:
"What we always talk about is a kind of 'Nintendo-y' feel. The Nintendo thing for me is they make it look effortless - they just throw in things. If you're playing Mario Galaxy, you're like, 'That one five minutes, most people would make that an entire game.' That's what I really want so badly for people to play unicycle - or any of those ... we've got skis and it's only like two levels - you want someone to play that and think, 'This could've been a whole game and I would've played it. You know what I mean? But I've just had this one little nugget, and it's left me wanting more. And they move on to the next thing, and the next thing, and they feel like - when they unlock a level - 'I wonder what this one's gonna be.' So we've really stuck to that."
Like Mario Galaxy, Joe Danger 2: The Movie is pocked by one-off (or perhaps "one or two-off") gameplay vignettes. "The unicycle has that unique lean thing to stay upright, and it's a really fun vehicle. But we just use it once, don't put it anywhere else, and it's a really cool thing when you find that," Murray said. Of course, if you're just way into the unicycle, you can always create levels just for it in the game's revamped, online sharing-enabled level editor.

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JoystiqJoe Danger 2: The Movie - the Nintendo-flavored XBLA game with jetpacks originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 20 Aug 2012 13:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>capcomgamescom-2012hello-gamesjoe-danger-2-the-moviejoe-danger-the-moviemicrosoftnintendosean-murraysegaxblaxboxxbox-live-arcadeMon, 20 Aug 2012 13:35:00 EST<![CDATA[Joe Danger 2: The Movie flipping to XBLA 'probably in the next month or so']]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/08/20/joe-danger-2-the-movie-flipping-to-xbla-probably-in-the-next-m/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/08/20/joe-danger-2-the-movie-flipping-to-xbla-probably-in-the-next-m/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/08/20/joe-danger-2-the-movie-flipping-to-xbla-probably-in-the-next-m/#comments Joe Danger 2: The Movie from UK dev Hello Games is leaping to your Xbox 360 in the not-too-distant future. "We're pretty much complete," Hello Games head Sean Murray told us at Gamescom during a demo of the upcoming 2D Xbox Live Arcade racer. "We're showing the full game here, and hopefully people like it. Hopefully that means we're nearly finished," he said with a smile.

Thankfully for fans excited for the new game, reception at Gamescom was very positive. "It's been good, so the game is actually probably gonna come out in the next month or so. Something like that," Murray said.

There's only one thing standing between Joe Danger 2: The Movie and launch - certification. "That's where we're heading into now. We're doing the final, 'We shouldn't be changing anything, but we are.' Don't tell our QA!" And what about PlayStation 3 or PC versions? "At the moment, we're just showing and talking about 360. We kind of haven't made any other announcements or anything like that," Murray said. But? "But obviously the original came out on PS3 and 360, so ...," he trailed off. Take that as you will!

You'll also be glad to hear that the game is a load of fun - expect a full writeup from Gamescom 2012 later today.

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Imagine Joe Danger, but with skis, minecarts, jetpacks, and unicycles in addition to the familiar motorcycles. Then stop imagining and watch this trailer for Joe Danger 2: The Movie.

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JoystiqJoe Danger 2: The Movie: a preview of coming attractions originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 10 Aug 2012 23:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>joe-danger-2-the-moviejoe-danger-the-moviemicrosoftplaystationps3xboxFri, 10 Aug 2012 23:59:00 EST<![CDATA[Joe Danger won't survive The Movie]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/12/09/joe-danger-wont-survive-the-movie/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/12/09/joe-danger-wont-survive-the-movie/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/12/09/joe-danger-wont-survive-the-movie/#comments Eat your heart out, Super DaveAnyone will tell you that being a stuntman makes for a dangerous career. Most stuntmen, however, make it through more than three projects. With Joe Danger: Special Edition only days away, Hello Games has revealed that next year's Joe Danger: The Movie will be the last Joe Danger title.

"We're only doing The Movie because we had a good idea for it," Hello's Sean Murray recently told the IGN UK Podcast. He noted that the company wanted to "explore" Joe Danger "in every possible way," but after The Movie, Hello is "done with that idea."

Said idea certainly seems big. Earlier this year, Murray stated that the game is "huge" and that "the entire gameplay experience of Joe Danger on PSN would be just one short scene" in the upcoming sequel. Joe Danger: The Movie is slated to be released next year on "consoles everywhere," likely through PSN and XBLA.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>hello-gamesjoe-dangerjoe-danger-2-the-moviejoe-danger-the-moviemicrosoftplaystationps3xboxFri, 09 Dec 2011 19:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Joe Danger: The Movie is Hello Games' next stunt]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/12/joe-danger-the-movie-is-hello-games-next-stunt/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/12/joe-danger-the-movie-is-hello-games-next-stunt/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/12/joe-danger-the-movie-is-hello-games-next-stunt/#comments Joe Danger developer Hello Games has been teasing the announcement of a new project all week, torturing fans with day-long tea breaks and context-free cupcakes. Today, Hello revealed the title of the next game to Destructoid, and then posted it on its own blog: "Joe Danger: The Movie."

Despite featuring the name and likeness of the protagonist of last year's motorcycle stunt game, this isn't a direct sequel. In fact, it's something much bigger, according to managing director Sean Murray. "Really, it's something entirely new," Murray told Destructoid. "We're super early in development, but it's pretty huge already. Like, I think the entire gameplay experience of Joe Danger on PSN would be just one short scene in this movie."

It's still about making stunts, but this time it's about trying to perfect various exciting filmed stunts, including -- if the poster is any indication -- skiing, diving, jetpack ... ing, riding mine carts and even driving tanks. "It's probably the most ridiculous action movie ever made, but you're creating it scene by scene," Murray said. "If you nail every stunt, then the film will be perfect, and if you're terrible, then it'll be silly hilarious."

Hello Games has yet to specify a date or platform for The Movie. The credits at the bottom of the poster say "What platform? Not sure." We'll see more at GamesCom and PAX.

JoystiqJoe Danger: The Movie is Hello Games' next stunt originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 12 Aug 2011 11:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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