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PSA: ShootMania Storm launches today

Richard Mitchell — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:15:00 EST

After being delayed in January, Ubisoft's ShootMania Storm is now available. Like its spiritual brother, TrackMania, ShootMania Storm offers a bevy of creation tools, allowing users to whip up their own maps and modes. Interested shoot maniacs can grab the game from Steam for $20.

Gallery: ShootMania Storm (4/10/13)

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ManiaPlanet builds a ramp to Steam, brings Shootmania and Trackmania along

David Hinkle — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 11:00:00 EST

Ubisoft's ManiaPlanet services - a system for content creation and sharing developed by Nadeo for the first Trackmania game - have finally come to Steam. Ongoing open betas for Trackmania 2: Stadium and ShootMania Storm can be accessed through Steam starting today - pre-ordering either will net Steam users an extra ten percent off the asking price.

Shootmania Storm is Ubisoft's eSports entry, an arena-style multiplayer shooter slated to officially launch on April 10. The beta has garnered more than 20,000 player-created maps and over 15 player-created game modes. Trackmania 2: Stadium re-introduces the stadium environment seen in Trackmania Nations to Nadeo's sequel and is slated to launch in "early 2013."

Gallery: ManiaPlanet on Steam

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ShootMania Storm thunders into open beta

Sinan Kubba — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 09:00:00 EST

ShootMania Storm entered open beta this week, and you can now freely download the game client and hop into some frenetic multiplayer shooter/builder action. Developer Nadeo says the beta includes most of what'll be in the final game, but some features will be restricted to players who've pre-ordered.

Ubisoft announced a delay last month just a day before the game was due. The publisher did at least whip up a new ShootMania Storm release date of April 10.

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ShootMania Storm delayed until April, open beta in February

Sinan Kubba — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 12:45:00 EST

Just a day before it was due out, Ubisoft is pushing back ShootMania Storm until April. The game's new release date is April 10, with an open beta scheduled from February 12 until launch.

Developer Nadeo noted the additional time allows the studio to release the shooter/builder at an acceptable standard of quality.

"Nadeo's model of development has always been to be very close to the community, and following the release of the Beta 2 in December, we received a tremendous amount of information from the very active ShootMania community," said Nadeo Live managing director Anne Boudel-Jouin. "For a living, online multiplayer title like this the work is never done, but these extra few weeks will allow us to polish the game further and release it to the level of quality we think our players deserve."

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Shootmania Storm arrives Jan. 23, preceded by December beta

JC Fletcher — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 13:00:00 EST

Nadeo's multiplayer shooter and shooter construction kit Shootmania Storm will be released on PC January 23. A new beta, featuring several software updates, will begin in December, open to players who sign up on the website, and to all who pre-order the full game.

The new beta adds a "Welcome Build" for new players, a couple new game modes, and new moves like "Laser Jump," "Wall Jump," and "Grappling Hook." It also allows players to import 3D objects into their levels, and create tournaments in-game.

Gallery: ShootMania Storm (Beta 2)

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Ubisoft bringing AC3, Liberation, Far Cry 3, Zombi U and more to Gamescom

David Hinkle — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 05:00:00 EST

There are plenty of reasons to visit Germany, but for gamers looking to sample some stuff still in development, Ubisoft is making a strong claim for Primary Reason. The publisher is throwing everything at Gamescom this year, an event that saw 275,000 attendees in 2011.

Assassin's Creed 3 and its PS Vita spinoff, Assassin's Creed 3: Liberation, will both be on hand at Ubisoft's booth. They'll be joined by Far Cry 3, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Online and Shootmania. Ubisoft is also going to truck out all of its Wii U games: Zombi U, Rayman Legends, Rabbids Land, Sports Connection and Your Shape Fitness Evolved 2013. And if you decide to skip that last game, don't sweat it - you'll get all the exercise you need running around the Koelnmesse.

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Shootmania Storm beta sign-ups end next month, get in now

Jessica Conditt — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 23:00:00 EST

The Shootmania Storm beta is revving up to begin, with registration ending July 2 and the beta starting soon after that. Sign up with a valid email address through the Shootmania site.

Shootmania Storm is a "ManiaPlanet" game, meaning it has a powerful, accessible editor, though rather than being used to create race tracks, Shootmania's emphasis is on laser-based weaponry and arcade-style-shooter environments.

Every person who has so far registered for the beta will get a key to participate in the seven-day trial. The beta will introduce a new mode, Seige, which is a five-on-five competitive round. Other modes include one-on-one, three-on-three, free-for-all and free-for-all with a shrinking map.

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Shootmania Storm trailer simultaneously touts the game and its editing tools [update: beta registrations open]

JC Fletcher — Wed, 23 May 2012 13:30:00 EST

Nadeo's Shootmania Storm is part of the "ManiaPlanet" series - basically, it's like Trackmania, but a shooter. That means an emphasis on a powerful, easy-to-use editor, which is evidently powerful enough to create every shot in this trailer.

As for the game itself, the trailer presents a high-speed, arcade-style shooter that substitutes lasers and a cool disintegration effect for bullets and blood, in order to achieve a 12+ rating (and a fun atmosphere) - because making a human body disappear entirely is fine, of course.

Update: Beta registrations are now open.

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Ubisoft announces ManiaPlanet (which is not a video game)

James Ransom-Wiley — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 22:04:00 EST

Filed under: Weird But True, Opinions, New In Pop Culture

But! "ManiaPlanet" is a platform that supports video games. Specifically, it's a "user-powered PC gaming zone" (according to Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot) for TrackMania 2 (beta coming Q4 2010) and additional "Mania" games, including the previously announced FPS ShootMania (beta Q1 2011) and RPG QuestMania (beta "soon").

Like TrackMania before them, the new Mania titles from Nadeo will emphasize player-created content. Presumably, ManiaPlanet connects the content and creation systems across all Mania games in one convenient application. Imagine that.

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