The people at Comcept have released a new gameplay video for their crowdfunded game Mighty No. 9, which shows off some of what we’re to expect from it.

Although recently another crowdfunder has gone up for the game to receive english voiceacting as well as the Japanese original, fans of the Megaman franchise will probably be interested in the game. Like those games the hero Beck can defeat and absorb powers of his enemies, and the video demonstrates a few of the transformations. It also gives us a look at Call, the other playable hero who wears pink armour and is equipped with a jetpack.

Check out the video below:

Good news for all European fans of the Oddworld series eagerly awaiting the release of the remade version of Abe’s Oddysee: New N’ Tasty. Seems that all the prices have been equally across all regions, and that means a slightly lower price for all of Europe.

Originally the game had a digital total for £19.99 in the UK and €24.99 for the rest of Europe. This didn’t really compare well against the US total of $24.99 which is about £14.64 or €18.35. So a lot cheaper for North America. However now to guarantee a much fairer deal for the European fans, the prices have been revised down to £17.99 and €20.99. Still not totally equal, but better than it had been.

The price changes were announced as part of an EU pre-order bonuses post (or ‘quikbuy’ as it’s put on the news post) outlining the Alf’s Escape bonus mission and the Scrub Abe costume.

New N’ Tasty will be releasing onto Playstation 4 on July 22^nd, and then coming to PC, Mac and Linux later on.

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Current European developer trends in relation to gaming platforms were revealed when the results of The GDC Europe State of the Industry 2014 Survey were published today.

Console wise, despite Microsoft’s strong showing at E3 a higher percentage of developers either were currently developing for the Playstation 4 or planned to for their next game, 18 per cent and 33 per cent respectively; as opposed to just 13 per cent currently developing for the Xbox One and 23 per cent planning to make their next game for Microsoft’s console.

Beating out the consoles though were the number of developers currently developing for PC and mobile, with 58 per cent working on a PC title and a massive 65 per cent developing a mobile title. Future development aims beat out the consoles too with 60 per cent looking at PC and 64 per cent at mobile.

Trends also suggested that while currently the percentage of crowd funded projects in Europe were low, almost 41 per cent of developers were considering using crowd funding to finance their next projects.

The full details of the survey can be found here on the Game Developers Conference website.

Gamers of the 90s especially will remember the Oddworld games, especially the first two which followed the unlikely hero Abe. Gory, rude and violent as well as dealing with questions of commercialism and the power of wealth vs nature and spiritualism, the Oddworld games were not exactly child-friendly. You might also remember that the Abe games were the first in an installment of a group of planned games called the ‘Oddworld Quintology’, yet as of 2014, we’ve only seen the first two parts (Abe and Munch). Now creator Lorne Lanning has released a few more details about the third installment called Squeek’s Oddysee.

The protagonist of the game, Squeek, would have been a brand-new half-animal, half-robot creature who had had some of his body parts replaced by machinery by researchers much in the same vein as how both Abe and Munch were previously mistreated by corporate interests before going on their own journeys.

“The idea was that the Vykkers, who were animal researchers that would kill a million bunnies just to make a better fabric softener, had been making robotic life support devices because so they could repossess people’s body parts like how you’d get evicted. They’d stick what was left of you in this clunky robotic form and tossed you out on the street.”

Squeek’s Oddysee was originally thought to be coming shortly after the release of Munch’s Oddysee onto the Xbox in 2001, but has been hanging in uncertainty for years after interest levels in the game were not supposedly as high as had been anticipated. Instead other games were released and a remastered version of Abe’s Oddysee called “New n Tasty” is due to be released soon on the PS4.

As a gamer who enjoyed both Abe games and Munch’s Oddysee during her teenage years (frustrating as it could be sometimes, finding the secret parts of a level was just so satisfying) I personally would love to see the third installment of the Quintology released soon, and I’m not just saying that because Squeek is for all purposes technically a cyborg too. I genuinely enjoyed my time playing previous games in the Quintology. Here’s hoping that the game will actually see release for all long-time Oddworld fans to enjoy.

Focus Interactive dropped a new Space Hulk: Deathwing trailer!
The First-Person Shooter set in the famous universe of Warhammer 40,000 from Games Workshop, can now reveal its summer trailer!

Still not showing gameplay footage, but damn, the CGI looks cool.  Check it out below:

This first in-game video, created using the game engine (Unreal Engine 4), plunges you headlong into a Space Hulk, with the game’s main character – a Librarian of the Deathwing,and a squad of Deathwing Terminators, in their a head-on confrontation with the merciless Genestealers. A clash that will prove deadly for the elite warriors of the Dark Angels and the outcome of which has a HUGE surprise in store.

 

This explosive video showcases the amazing work and meticulous attention to detail by developers Streum On studio. Theelite squad of the Space Marines repels the attacks of the Genestealers with heavy fire from their Storm Bolters and Assault Cannons, destroying the most reckless creatures with crushing blows from Force Swords and Power Fists. You can see the incredible level of detail on the smallest game elements: the Tactical Dreadnought Armour of the Deathwing Terminators, their weapons, the Genestealers, and the backdrop are all rendered with a care that will astound any fan of Warhammer 40,000!

Looking forward to this game, lets hope we get some gameplay footage soon!