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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Steam deals: Stealth Bastard, Closure, Snapshot, more this week]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2013/04/30/steam-deals-stealth-bastard-closure-snapshot-more-this-week/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2013/04/30/steam-deals-stealth-bastard-closure-snapshot-more-this-week/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2013/04/30/steam-deals-stealth-bastard-closure-snapshot-more-this-week/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<center><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2013/04/30/steam-deals-stealth-bastard-closure-snapshot-more-this-week/"><img alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2013/04/8679691368cea3ec127cz.jpg" /></a></center>
This week, Steam is discounting a dozen different indie games. <em><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/stealth-bastard/">Stealth Bastard Deluxe</a>, </em>a fast-paced 2D stealth game from Curve Studios, is a tempting $4.99. <em>Closure</em>, the dark platformer from Eyebrow Interactive, is a mere $3.39 - definitely <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/29/closure-review/">worth</a> the pittance. <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/game/snapshot"><em>Snapshot</em></a> is also $3.39, a puzzle platformer from Kyle Pulver built upon an inventive photography mechanic.<br />
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 <em>Retrovirus</em> is half-off at $10, a shooter where players guide a ship through a computer system to eradicate a virus. Turret-based strategy game <em>Sol Survivor</em> is next on the list, down to $2.49 for the remainder of the sale. Spark Unlimited's <em>Legendary</em>, a shooter based on the Pandora's Box myth, joins the sale soiree for $1.24; <em>Nikopal: Secrets of the Immortals</em> is also $1.24, a 3D adventure game set in France during the year 2023.<em> BC Kings</em>, also $1.24, is s a strategy game set in the stone age.<br />
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The final three games rounding out the list are: <em>Puzzle Kingdoms</em> for $3.74, a game from the creators of Puzzle Quest in very much the same vein; <em>4 Elements</em>, a color-matching game from Playrix Entertainment set in a fantasy world, for $2; and <em>Cave Story+</em> for $4.99, Nicalis' port of Daisuke Amaya's lauded platform-adventure game. All of these games are on sale until May 6 at 10am PT.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2013/04/30/steam-deals-stealth-bastard-closure-snapshot-more-this-week/">Steam deals: Stealth Bastard, Closure, Snapshot, more this week</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:45:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2013/04/30/steam-deals-stealth-bastard-closure-snapshot-more-this-week/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20553413/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2013/04/30/steam-deals-stealth-bastard-closure-snapshot-more-this-week/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>cave-story</category><category>closure</category><category>legendary</category><category>mac</category><category>pc</category><category>snapshot</category><category>sol-survivor</category><category>stealth-bastard</category><category>stealth-bastard-deluxe</category><category>stealth-bastard-tactical-espionage-arsehole</category><category>steam</category><category>valve</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Hinkle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:45:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stealth Bastard Deluxe gets legitimate release date of Nov. 28]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/11/21/stealth-bastard-deluxe-gets-legitimate-release-date-of-nov-28/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2012/11/21/stealth-bastard-deluxe-gets-legitimate-release-date-of-nov-28/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/11/21/stealth-bastard-deluxe-gets-legitimate-release-date-of-nov-28/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/11/21/stealth-bastard-deluxe-gets-legitimate-release-date-of-nov-28/"><img alt="Stealth Bastard Deluxe gets legitimate release date of November 28" data-src-height="298" data-src-width="530" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/11/ss3.png" /></a></div><em>Stealth Bastard Deluxe</em> slips onto Steam on November 28. Curve Studios' rebuild of its freeware PC prototype is priced at $9.99. The original version remains <a href="http://www.stealthbastard.com/">free-to-download</a>.<br /><br /><em>Deluxe</em> offers 80 side-scrolling levels full of challenging traps and oodles of subsequently spilled blood. The game comes with mechanical additions in its new guise, including teleporters, decoy devices, and intriguing-sounding shadow generators, as well as a revised editor.<p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/11/21/stealth-bastard-deluxe-gets-legitimate-release-date-of-nov-28/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Stealth Bastard Deluxe gets legitimate release date of Nov. 28</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/11/21/stealth-bastard-deluxe-gets-legitimate-release-date-of-nov-28/">Stealth Bastard Deluxe gets legitimate release date of Nov. 28</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Wed, 21 Nov 2012 12:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/11/21/stealth-bastard-deluxe-gets-legitimate-release-date-of-nov-28/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20385674/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/11/21/stealth-bastard-deluxe-gets-legitimate-release-date-of-nov-28/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>curve-studios</category><category>pc</category><category>stealth-bastard</category><category>stealth-bastard-deluxe</category><category>stealth-bastard-tactical-espionage-arsehole</category><category>steam</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sinan Kubba]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 12:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stealth Bastard Deluxe quietly leaps onto Steam in November]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/07/stealth-bastard-deluxe-quietly-leaps-onto-steam-in-november/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/07/stealth-bastard-deluxe-quietly-leaps-onto-steam-in-november/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/07/stealth-bastard-deluxe-quietly-leaps-onto-steam-in-november/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/07/stealth-bastard-deluxe-quietly-leaps-onto-steam-in-november/"><img alt="Stealth Bastard Deluxe hits Steam in November with deluxe edition" data-src-height="298" data-src-width="530" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/10/stealth-bastard.jpg" /></a></div><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/07/look-behind-you-its-stealth-bastard-tactical-espionage-arseho/"><em>Stealth Bastard: Tactical Espionage Arsehole</em></a> is poised to hit Steam in November with a deluxe edition, Curve Studios design director revealed on Twitter. <em>Stealth Bastard</em>, described as <em>Metal Gear Solid</em> meets <em>Super Meat Boy</em>, has been <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/07/look-behind-you-its-stealth-bastard-tactical-espionage-arseho/">available</a> since November as freeware via its <a href="http://www.stealthbastard.com/">official site</a>. You might recognize Curve Studios from its previous games, <em><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/game/Explodemon">Explodemon</a> </em>and WiiWare's <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/game/fluidity"><em>Fluidity</em></a>.<br /><br />The deluxe edition of <em>Stealth Bastard</em> will feature, at the very least, some new stealth equipment, as pictured in the above image. Below we've snuck in an image of the new greenscreen-monitor menu. There's no word yet what <em>Stealth Bastard Deluxe</em> will cost, if anything.<p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/07/stealth-bastard-deluxe-quietly-leaps-onto-steam-in-november/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Stealth Bastard Deluxe quietly leaps onto Steam in November</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/07/stealth-bastard-deluxe-quietly-leaps-onto-steam-in-november/">Stealth Bastard Deluxe quietly leaps onto Steam in November</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Sun, 07 Oct 2012 21:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/07/stealth-bastard-deluxe-quietly-leaps-onto-steam-in-november/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20343586/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/07/stealth-bastard-deluxe-quietly-leaps-onto-steam-in-november/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>curve-studios</category><category>freeware</category><category>pc</category><category>stealth-bastard</category><category>stealth-bastard-deluxe</category><category>stealth-bastard-tactical-espionage-arsehole</category><category>STEAM</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jessica Conditt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2012 21:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Look behind you, it's Stealth Bastard: Tactical Espionage Arsehole]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/07/look-behind-you-its-stealth-bastard-tactical-espionage-arseho/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/07/look-behind-you-its-stealth-bastard-tactical-espionage-arseho/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/07/look-behind-you-its-stealth-bastard-tactical-espionage-arseho/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<center>
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<a href="http://joystiq.com/game/metal-gear-solid-hd-collection"><em>Metal Gear Solid HD Collection</em></a> offers a new look at three stealth classics this week. Meanwhile, <em>Explodemon!/Fluidity</em> dev Curve Studio gives us a new look at the <em>concept</em> of stealth, with its high-speed, side-scrolling stealth game <em>Stealth Bastard: Tactical Espionage Arsehole</em>.<br />
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Stealth Bastard offers a sort of <em>Super Meat Boy</em>-style action game full of small, self-contained rooms featuring platforming challenges and deadly traps -- with stealth as a new wrinkle. Not only do you have to run and jump, you have to stay in shadows or you'll end up juiced.<br />
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Stealth Bastard is free to download for PC right this second, and even includes a level editor. As a nice bonus, it's called <em>Stealth Bastard: Tactical Espionage Arsehole</em>.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/07/look-behind-you-its-stealth-bastard-tactical-espionage-arseho/">Look behind you, it's Stealth Bastard: Tactical Espionage Arsehole</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:45:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/07/look-behind-you-its-stealth-bastard-tactical-espionage-arseho/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20100556/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/07/look-behind-you-its-stealth-bastard-tactical-espionage-arseho/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>curve-studios</category><category>indie</category><category>pc</category><category>stealth-bastard</category><category>stealth-bastard-tactical-espionage-arsehole</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[JC Fletcher]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:45:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>