American McGee's Spicy Horse Games is about to throw its proverbial hat into the card-battling ring with the newly announced Hell Invaders.
This game isn't going to be your standard static CCG title, though. According to the dev, Hell Invaders is something of a genre hybrid.
Specifically, the Akaneiro: Demon Hunters creator has decided to merge elements from collectible card games with real-...
While not 'officially' announced, Spicy Horse has begun some work on the third installment of the "Alice" series while American McGee tries to strike a deal with Electronic Arts.
Designer Jake Solomon says he would not be able to sleep at night if portable version of RTS allowed gamers to pay extra for powerups.
Purchasable stat-boosting items are common in many mobile games today, but the upcoming iOS version of will not offer any such microtransactions.
"Oh God, please#133; no. I'm not sure I would be able to sleep at night," Firaxis Games designer Jake Solomon told . "My food would taste like ashes in my mouth."
XCOM: Enemy Unknown for iOS is a port of the full console and PC version optimized for mobile devices. The game features touch controls, allowing players to rotate the camera using two fingers or tap on a location to queue up a movement order.
Pricing for XCOM: Enemy Unknown on iOS--due this summer--has not been divulged, though Solomon explained to GameSpot this week that the will be "priced appropriately" for a premium game.
He would not comment on the possibility of an Android version, saying that Firaxis is focusing only on the iOS version at this time. XCOM: Enemy Unknown for iOS was .
Information from GameSpot editor Maxwell McGee was used in this report.
This week the podcast is giving away a free copy of BioShock Infinite for the Xbox 360!
In the meantime, the Gaming Flashback this time is the PlayStation One classic Chrono Cross, while Paul tries desperately to avoid listening to BioShock Infinite spoilers.
This weeks news includes:
* THQs UDraw failure invalidated Saints Row: The Thirds success
* Levine: BioShock Infinite cost $100M to develop, and $100M to market
* American McGee doesnt see anything meaningful in the PS4, SimCity players need to relax
* Schafers Double Fine Adventure project from Kickstarter is now Broken Age
* Capcom announces DuckTales Remastered, developed by WayForward
All this and some Reader Feedback.
Alice designer says he enjoys how new platform is more developer-friendly, but overall thinks consoles will "struggle painfully" against mobile and online games.
Alice designer American McGee is not impressed by the PlayStation 4. Speaking to , the industry veteran said he's happy the new platform appears to be more developer-friendly, but overall has many reservations about new consoles in general.
"I was hoping for innovation in control input. Didn't see anything meaningful, so 'meh,'" McGee said of the PS4. "It's nice that they're moving towards what looks like more developer-friendly hardware and indie friendly distribution. Remains to be seen if the appearance matches reality."
"Overall, I think this generation of consoles will struggle painfully against the momentum of mobile/online games we're seeing globally," he added.
McGee also addressed the launches of , both of which arrived with widespread server issues. He said that ultimately gamers just "need to relax."
"Do gamers or the media think EA or Blizzard wanted things to go so badly at launch? Do they think all the screaming and gnashing of teeth actually helped resolve those issues more quickly? There's got to be a balance to the relationship," he said.
"Just because you've given a restaurant your business doesn't entitle you to throwing molten cheese fries in your waiter's face if your margarita comes out frozen instead of on the rocks," he added. "People need to relax a little and stop turning everything into World War III--Gamers vs. The Man. There are no winners in that scenario."
Gameskinny - American McGee will be making the rounds at GDC 2013 for his annual pilgrimage to the United States. The veteran game developer, who helped forge the first-person shooter genre while at id Software with games like Doom and Quake, has been living in Shanghai for years now and running a successful game development business with Spicy Horse. He currently has four games hes developing, including a brand new one that will debut at GDC as well as BigHead BASH, Crazy Fairies, and Akaneiro: Demon Hunters.
One of the meetings McGee has set up for GDC is with Electronic Arts, the game publisher that owns the rights to his unique take on the Alice in Wonderland mythology. After a pair of games, McGee would like to return to Wonderland one last time to finish the story of Alice.
After posting a Facebook query to his community of fans, it looks like many gamers are eager to jump back through the rabbit hole, as well. McGee talks about his take on Alice 3 and why hed love t...
American McGee's Spicy Horse Games is about to throw its proverbial hat into the card-battling ring with the newly announced Hell Invaders.
This game isn't going to be your standard static CCG title, though. According to the dev, Hell Invaders is something of a genre hybrid.
Specifically, the Akaneiro: Demon Hunters creator has decided to merge elements from collectible card games with real-...
