The Indie Game Show with DJs Digmbot and PredictedCyborg
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On the Indie Game Show this Sunday…

Crystalline Green Ltd!

Our first Indie developer showing off a game on the Wii U, Colour Park is a rhythm game that makes use of turning the controller to twist a wheel and match the colours on the track in front of your character. And since it comes with a colour-blind mode built in, anyone can play!

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Following on from the DMCA filed against CraftBukkit and Bukkit that took down the popular mod from the Internet and set the community asking questions about just what was happening, the situation surrounding Bukkit’s future seems to be growing ever grimmer.

Yesterday and tomorrow saw many of the prominent contributors and forum staff quit the project, some citing Mojang as being the chief reason for them no longer wishing to be involved with the project. In other news VuBui of Mojang posted a few days ago to attempt to calm the uproar on the Bukkit forum in which he explained that finding themselves having to take more charge of the project meant that they were trying to figure out how to fit it into their current work schedule.

“Deciding how we can best help Bukkit and the community is going to take time, patience and some further investigation into the Bukkit project as a whole. We are only just starting to get our heads around all of this but we are committed to doing so and ultimately we anticipate that the result will benefit all those involved.” he wrote in a topic on the Bukkit forum.

As of writing CraftBukkit has not yet been restored for download, nor has Mojang confirmed that the project is completely dead. Currently though, it isn’t looking good for its future.

Bukkit forum “Mojang and the Bukkit Project”: [x]

eSports. Its blown up in the past few years as games, players and teams become ever more popular and high profile. Tournament attendance, online stream views and prize pools have exploded with I5 recently packing out a massive arena, drawing millions of online views and paying out $10 MILLION in prize money. Despite all that, ESPN says eSports isn’t a sport. Its a competition. Nevermind the fact that the word sports is right in the name: e”SPORTS”.

At Re/codes Code/Media Series: New York conference, ESPN president John Skipper was asked to comment on the recent Amazon acquisition of Twitch. His response was as follows:

“It’s not a sport—it’s a competition. Chess is a competition. Checkers is a competition. Mostly, I’m interested in doing real sports.”

While there is clearly a lot of room for this quote to be taken out of context, the overall tone is pretty dismissive when you consider the fact that The International Dota 2 world championship tournament was carried on ESPN 3, ESPN’s online channel. Of course, ESPN probably won’t have a huge impact on the growth of eSports, as recent estimates report that 2.4 billion hours of eSports were viewed during 2013, and the eSports market is estimated to be worth #300 million annually by 2018.

 
And, on a more interesting note, the United States Government officially recognized League of Legends players as professional athletes last year, thereby facilitating their ability to obtain visas.

So, while the definition of sports currently states that it is a physical competition, maybe its time it was changed to just “competition.”

What do you think? Are eSports “real” sports? Sound off in the comments below!

Piranha Games, the people behind MechWarrior Online, have in the last few days put up a site with a countdown feature that is supposed to be teasing a new game project the team have been working on.

The timer will run down on September 9th at around 12:00pm PDT. As of yet no big details are known but the aesthetic makes it seem like the game is going to be sci-fi or at least set in space. The community has also managed to access a hidden message by typing in a specific phrase (“I AM HUMAN”) into the provided phrase field that also lends weight to this theory:

Let me start by introducing myself. My name is Bryan Ekman, Creative Director and Co-Founder of Piranha Games. 14 years ago I founded Piranha Games with my business partner Russ Bullock to build exciting and engaging games that we love to play. Piranha is best known for our latest endeavor — MechWarrior Online, an online free-to-play giant robot combat game. MechWarrior Online’s incredibly successful Founder’s Program proved that we can work directly with our backers to help build a game for the community.

 

On Sep 9th, 2014 at 12:00PM PDT we invite you to join us for the reveal of our next project. It’s a big one, it’s going to be the largest production ever undertaken here at Piranha, and we want YOU to be part of it.

 

It’s epic, it’s online, it’s sci-fi.

 

Just below you will find a registration form. Filling out this form will register you for our new game and grant you an exclusive in-game item when the finished product goes live. By registering now, you can also name your Pilot – yes that’s right, pilot. Ok, no more spoilers…

 

I look forward to the future, and our journey to the stars.

 

Sounds interesting doesn’t it?

A Universe to Explore: [x]

The Sims 4 has only barely come out but already fans are thinking ahead to the next game, trying to guess what’ll be in it. However at the moment Maxis are more worried about the recent game.

“We’re not working on Sims 5. We’re not thinking about Sims 5. If Sims 4 isn’t successful, there won’t be a Sims 5.” producer Grant Rodiek wrote on the official Sims forum to fans suggesting things for Sims 5.

He later explained that his statement wasn’t meant to be taken as an ‘all or nothing’ situation for the series, but that “something has to pay for 5”. Makes sense really, but having been around since the beginning of the new millenium it’d be strange to think of a gaming landscape without the people and life simulator, even for those of us who don’t actually play it.

The latest Sims game has already been somewhat criticised for releasing with around 89 features present in previous games taken out, but at the same time the new ‘multitasking’ and ‘moods’ features are drawing some fans into buying the game.