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Frozen Synapse makes a move for iPad in May, Android after

David Hinkle — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 15:30:00 EST

Mode 7's tactical game Frozen Synapse is coming to the iPad, with a slated launch some time in May, Joint Managing Director Paul Taylor has revealed to Joystiq. A port to Android tablets is planned for after the iPad launch - on both platforms, Taylor says the price will be "competitive."

Cross-play between iOS, Android and the desktop version "is definitely happening," Taylor says. Players will be able to start a match on one device, then resume their turns on other platforms; the 'Red' DLC adding co-op play and new missions will also be available on iPad and Android tablets.

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Frozen Synapse developer announces Frozen Endzone

Mike Suszek — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 12:00:00 EST

Mode 7 Games, developers of Frozen Synapse, recently unveiled a trailer for its next strategy game, Frozen Endzone. In it, players will use simultaneous turn-based commands to get their team to the end-zone in a futuristic American football-style match.

The PC, Mac and Linux game is slated for a 2014 release with an open beta planned for this year. Frozen Endzone is currently seeking community approval on Steam's Greenlight service.

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Frozen Synapse: Tactics plans its move to PSN in 2013

David Hinkle — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 21:30:00 EST

Mode 7's indie darling Frozen Synapse will be ported to PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita courtesy of developer Double Eleven, whose work you may recall from LittleBigPlanet Vita. The port, titled Frozen Synapse: Tactics, will be available for download on PSN sometime this year.

Frozen Synapse is a turn-based tactical game where players manage units of varying weaponry and skill sets in an attempt to defeat the enemy team's squad; however, unlike most turn-based games, all player actions in Frozen Synapse resolve simultaneously. Once each player sets all their moves, the game then plays it all out at the same time - an atypical yet incredibly original take on the tactics genre.

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Frozen Synapse gets a brand new ending (for a limited time)

David Hinkle — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 03:30:00 EST

No, it's not some kind of commentary on BioWare and the controversy surrounding Mass Effect 3's ending -- this is an experiment, an altered ending for Frozen Synapse that will live for a limited time. "This wasn't intended as a criticism of Bioware," Frozen Synapse developer Mode 7's Managing Director, Paul Taylor, told Joystiq. "I thought it would be interesting to take a load of fan suggestions and then just make the worst ending I could imagine; a kind of horribly self-referential meme-laden nightmare, and then just slap that on the game for a week and see if anyone cared."

One player already grabbed video of the altered ending, which you can see embedded above. "The thing that's interested me most about doing that is that people (mostly) seem to get the joke and also seem to want to use it as a starting point for a conversation about stories in games." We'll just have to take his word for it -- we'll never be smart enough to play Frozen Synapse.

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Frozen Synapse coming to iPad in 2012, Mode 7 hopes

Ludwig Kietzmann — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:00:00 EST

Frozen Synapse, the game of intense, turn-based tactical planning and sudden simultaneous execution, is coming to the iPad. Posting on developer Mode 7's blog, managing director Paul Taylor reveals that the tablet version has been "in the works for a while," having already appeared in playable form at a pub meetup. Taylor says we can expect it sometime within the first half of next year, if all goes to plan.

Also part of the plan: cross-platform play between the iPad and other versions of Frozen Synapse. Taylor adds that the focus on the capable iPad port won't detract from existing platforms -- "we're actually working right now to hire another team member so we can give it more attention and update it more efficiently."

At the moment, Mode 7 consists of three core developers and a "group of trusted freelancers." Frozen Synapse has gained a lot of indie buzz in recent months, especially after becoming the star attraction in a recent Humble Indie Bundle.

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