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[The Joystiq Indie Pitch: Guns of Icarus Online]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2013/02/06/the-joystiq-indie-pitch-guns-of-icarus-online/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/02/06/the-joystiq-indie-pitch-guns-of-icarus-online/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/02/06/the-joystiq-indie-pitch-guns-of-icarus-online/#comments Indie developers are the starving artists of the video-game world, often brilliant and innovative, but also misunderstood, underfunded and more prone to writing free-form poetry on their LiveJournals. We believe they deserve a wider audience with the Joystiq Indie Pitch: This week, Howard Tsao, founder of Muse Games, talks semi-MMO, steampunk, co-op airship battles with Guns of Icarus Online.

The Joystiq Indie Pitch Guns of Icarus Online
What's your game called and what's it about?

Our game is called Guns of Icarus Online. It's a multiplayer airship-to-airship combat game where you battle it out in the skies on customizable ships with your friends and against other players, all set in a steampunk- and dieselpunk-inspired post-apocalyptic wasteland. Imagine if World War I never really ended; that's where we're at.

How does Guns of Icarus Online continue the narrative and gameplay of Guns of Icarus?

In the original game Guns of Icarus, you take on the role of Gabriel, who is basically an early pioneer of airship flight centuries after the Great War has laid waste to civilization. He builds his own airship out of scavenged parts and goes traveling across this hardscrabble post-apocalyptic landscape, visiting scattered settlements and fighting off sky pirates the whole way. Even though he doesn't survive the voyage, his doomed flight is an inspiration to the people he encounters, a brush of contact with the wider world and a sign of hope that things can get better.

Guns of Icarus Online takes place almost 100 years later, when Gabriel has become a legendary, almost mythic figure. With the rapid development of airship flight in the intervening years, the once-isolated towns have come into much closer contact, bringing both trade and warfare. It's a time of unprecedented prosperity, but also renewed conflict. In Guns of Icarus Online you are one of this new class of aeronauts, young men and women who have left their hometowns behind and signed up to serve aboard one of these airships in search of glory and adventure, seeking your fortune in the skies.

Gallery: Guns of Icarus Online

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Guns of Icarus Online, also known as That Video Game Where You Shoot Things From A Steampunk Dirigible, launches on October 29 and is available now for pre-order on Steam, for PC and Mac.

Guns of Icarus Online is on sale during the pre-order frenzy, selling at 25 percent off for the standard edition, at $15. The Collectors Edition is 24 percent off, for $25, and includes the Captain's Costume Pack and the soundtrack. A Collectors Edition four-pack is also 24 percent off, for $35. Since Guns of Icarus Online is a team-based multiplayer game (on steampunk dirigibles, did we mention?), the four-pack is good for bullying friends into playing with you.

All pre-orders provide instant access to the beta. Get flying, folks.

Gallery: Guns of Icarus Online

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The auction is still going for just over two days, so best act quickly if you're in the US or Canada. Those are the only territories "troxin_kustoms" is willing to ship this thing, probably because the fuel for an overseas dirigible trip would be outrageously expensive.

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Survival-horror FPS Killing Floor is adding to its Summer Sideshow Event with a new Steampunk Character Pack for $1.99 or three Prize Tickets, no crazy carnie-strings attached. All you have to do is click the "Add to Cart" button, and we promise it's not glued down, over-inflated or rigged in any way ... except to take your money. So don your top hats and get to slaughterin', you fancy lads.

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Fans of steampunk fantasy don't have many choices when it comes to video games which adhere to their beloved genre. Right now, it basically boils down to Arcanum, Penny Arcade Adventures and ... Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts? Maybe? However, German developer Spellbound Entertainment recently announced a new entry into the category: Ravensdale, a "fast paced fantasy action game in a very unique 'steam powered' setting featuring cool and outrageously over-powered gadgetry."

The game, which is expected to launch on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC, is targeted for a 2012 launch. For now, all we've got to sate our curiosity are two pieces of concept art, posted in the gallery below. Make sure you take your time while analyzing them -- you've got about two years to kill.

Gallery: Ravensdale

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Hey, speaking of things you should or shouldn't do, did you bid on that steampunk Game Boy yet?

[Via GoNintendo]

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Designed by Brass Goggles as part of a contest for Codemasters' Damnation, the above PS3 is about as cool as a console can get. Sure, we've seen our fair share of mods in our day, but, just look at this thing! From the weathered wood down to the slightly tarnished brass, we're absolutely smitten with this PS3. If you want to see more of it, then check out some pics here. And, if you won it, we totally want to invite you over for bludgeoning and theft tea and biscuits!

[Via GameSetWatch]

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Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>codemasterscontestdamnationmodssteampunkTue, 23 Jun 2009 16:45:00 EST<![CDATA[New Damnation multiplayer trailer features acrobatic cowboys]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/05/23/new-damnation-multiplayer-trailer-features-acrobatic-cowboys/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/05/23/new-damnation-multiplayer-trailer-features-acrobatic-cowboys/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/05/23/new-damnation-multiplayer-trailer-features-acrobatic-cowboys/#comments So here it is, folks. The second game in 2009 to have an individual and somewhat unique premise with a less than flattering visual accompaniment (not to mention bland, seen-it-before looking gameplay). But hey, let's give it a fair shake -- we haven't laid our grubby, jaded mitts on the game yet, so it'd be unfair to prejudge.

What we can glean from the trailer is this: the totally sweet, Raiden-esque sword action seen in previously released clips seems to have all but left in the multiplayer-combat focused video above. In it's place? "Verticality." At least we can still flip around like most ... cowboys. That's what cowboys do, right? Right?!

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>blue-omegablue-omega-entertainmentcodemastersdamnationMicrosoftmultiplayerpcsteampunktrailerwild-westXbox-360Sat, 23 May 2009 16:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Peace be damned in latest Damnation trailer]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/05/15/peace-be-damned-in-latest-damnation-trailer/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/05/15/peace-be-damned-in-latest-damnation-trailer/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/05/15/peace-be-damned-in-latest-damnation-trailer/#commentsBlue Omega's Damnation is set for release at the end of this month, and we don't have to tell you how interesting the combination of steampunk and the wild west is. This latest trailer features lead designer Jacob Minkoff detailing Prescott Standard Industries, the manufacturer of just about every piece of technology there is in the world of Damnation and the evil force looking to conquer the United States.

As interesting as steampunk itself is, we have to say that evil dictators bent on domination just aren't cool. Not at all, and, frankly, we think someone could use a hug.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>blue-omegablue-omega-entertainmentcodemastersdamnationMicrosoftsteampunkXbox-360Fri, 15 May 2009 05:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Syberia takes an adventure on the DS]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/16/syberia-takes-an-adventure-on-the-ds/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/16/syberia-takes-an-adventure-on-the-ds/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/16/syberia-takes-an-adventure-on-the-ds/#commentsFiled under: ,

It looks like Myst isn't the only oldschool PC adventure game to be ported to the DS. According to Mindscape, Syberia is on its way, too. Since it's only a port, it won't contain any new content. Yet, we're glad to know that the game will feature touch-screen functionality, since that's always a plus in adventure titles. You can also expect an improved interface and menu system, to make inventories easier to navigate.

In Syberia, you take control of businesswomen Kate Walker, who's looking for the long-lost heir of a toy-making family. One of Syberia's best aspects, though, is its surreal, steampunk-esque setting, which we hope translates well onto the DS.

The game is scheduled to release in Europe this October, but there's no word yet of a North American localization.

[Via Nintendic]

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Yesterday, we talked about three very different approaches to customizing the Wii: a Lego zapper, a very shiny Wii, and a Photoshopped concept for a steampunk-style concept (v. old school). Today, the question we must ask is clear: which would you prefer? It comes down to a question of style: are you all up into bling? Blocks? Or Boilerplate? Okay, perhaps the last was a bit of an alliterative stretch, but surely you'll forgive us in the name of the letter 'B.' In the meantime, which customized style would you prefer?

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A marvelous band of machinists and engineers have crafted a most peculiar device that they are calling the Nintendo Wii. The larger box emits an eerie hum and a sort of unusual glow when activated, and it creates the most captivating images! Truly, it is as if a match of tennis or tenpins is taking place outside a curious window.

But that is not the most mystifying feature: By manipulating the wand contraption, you are able to compel one of the beguiling puppets in the window to do your bidding! We must now search the local shoppes and emporia for a Wii of our own, though we imagine that something as imbued with wonder as this entertainment engine is a rare delight.

(This steampunk-style Wii is a somethingawful.com Photoshop Phriday entry. A similar Wiimote image, as well as a DS, can be found on the same page. Modders, you have your orders.)

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