Shattered Horizon Message Board

The latest from proprietors a indie game bundling Indie Royale have a new set a games for ye t' consider - six in total - which can be downloaded either through Steam or Desura. Headlining the Getaway Bundle be Futuremark Games' Shattered Horizon, a zero-gravity multiplayer shooter for up t' 32 players who wage war on the moon.

Then there's Analogue: A Hate Story, which be described as a "dark visual novel mystery based on Korean history, featuring transhumanism, traditional marriage, loneliness, 'n cosplay," 'n Da New lads, a retro adventure game from Wadjet Eye Games that follows a trio a wrestlers who've emigrated t' America from across the pond 'n the crazy hijinks that ensue thereafter. Da New lads also includes da official soundtrack.

The last three games include: Indie Royale exclusive ('n Seattle Indies Expo participant) Super Amazing Wagon Adventure, a 2D retro action game spoof a Oregon Trail; arcade shmup-type thing Waves from developer SquidInABox; 'n, finally, 8-bit dungeon crawler MiniFlake.

Futuremark Games Studio, whose last outing be the well-received by largely unplayed Shattered Horizon, have announced that they be making three new MYSTERY games. They tell us: “ye can tag this under PC, XBLA 'n iOS. We will sail away it t' yer readers t' guess which platforms apply t' each game (there be only 343 possible combinations).”

Hmm! Let’s see whether we can guess from the trailer, which be below. (I think it’s actually pretty obvious.)(more…)

Play single player with bots in all game modes!

The next update for zeg-G astro-manshooter Shattered Horizon be called Last Stand, 'n it’s going t' add bot support t' all the multiplayer modes. It’s also got one a those co-op “fight waves a bots” modes added t' it, “which pits a team a four against waves a increasingly difficult bot enemies.” No exact launch date for this yet, but “before the end a the month”. It’s turning out t' be quite a rounded shooter. If they have another one a those free weekends we’ll have t' organise an RPS pile-on.

Independently-developed FPS Shattered Horizon isn't the most high profile action game on the market right now, but it be got two things going for it which we be betting will capture yer attention. The first be that until 4 p.m. EST tomorrow, ye can download 'n play the game for free over Steam. It requires DirectX10 'n Windows Vista or 7 t' play -- but if ye've got the tech specs t' run the game, ye can give it a free trial run until tomorrow afternoon.

Oh, the other thing? it be a first-person shooter that takes place in the zero-gravity environs a the moon. If a cooler premise for a game exists, we've yet t' hear it.

This trailer features new in-game footage from the Moonrise DLC for Shattered Horizon from Futuremark Games Studio.

Engage Silent Running t' move in for the quiet kill.

The art a war be taken t' heights never before seen or measured.

Something's new on this horizon.

Markus Kaarlonen gives us a sample a the score along with a personal biography.