Hello fellow gamers welcome back to another releases and indie update!
Perhaps your eyes got glazed over by GTAV and Mortal Kombat X being released? Maybe you went gibby and missed releases due to the recent Star Wars VII trailer? Well fear not because I am here yet again to (try) and save your gaming sanity! Follow me into the abbyss as we delve into the last 7 days of game releases on Steam!
NOTE: All prices shown in this blog post were correct at the time of writing.
13/04/2015 releases
Grand Theft Auto V [Full release, £39.99]
What the dev says: “When a young street hustler, a retired bank robber and a terrifying psychopath find themselves entangled with some of the most frightening and deranged elements of the criminal underworld, the U.S. government and the entertainment industry, they must pull off a series of dangerous heists to survive in a ruthless city in which they can trust nobody, least of all each other.
Grand Theft Auto V for PC offers players the option to explore the award-winning world of Los Santos and Blaine County in resolutions of up to 4k and beyond, as well as the chance to experience the game running at 60 frames per second.
The game offers players a huge range of PC-specific customization options, including over 25 separate configurable settings for texture quality, shaders, tessellation, anti-aliasing and more, as well as support and extensive customization for mouse and keyboard controls. Additional options include a population density slider to control car and pedestrian traffic, as well as dual and triple monitor support, 3D compatibility, and plug-and-play controller support.
Grand Theft Auto V for PC also includes Grand Theft Auto Online, with support for 30 players and two spectators. Grand Theft Auto Online for PC will include all existing gameplay upgrades and Rockstar-created content released since the launch of Grand Theft Auto Online, including Heists and Adversary modes.”
Mortal Kombat X [Full release, £34.99]
What the dev says: “Who’s Next? Experience the Next Generation of the #1 Fighting Franchise.
Mortal Kombat X combines unparalleled, cinematic presentation with all new gameplay. For the first time, players can choose from multiple variations of each character impacting both strategy and fighting style.”
14/4/2015 releases
Titan Souls [Full releases, £10.99]
What the dev says: “Between our world and the world beyond lie the Titan Souls, the spiritual source and sum of all living things. Now scattered amongst the ruins and guarded by the idle titans charged with their care, a solitary hero armed with but a single arrow is once again assembling shards of the Titan Soul in a quest for truth and power.
Colossal Titans: Explore the ancient ruins of your forefathers and uncover extraordinary and unique titans, each with their own savage attacks and hidden weakness. Find and exploit their faults to slay the beasts and consume the primeval power that lies within them.
Simple Combat: Loose your solitary arrow at the monstrous titans and summon it back to your hand to unleash another forceful strike. Dash and run from the titan’s attacks but do not fear death, as it is both inevitable and plentiful in Titan Souls.
Arcane Secrets: This realm is not without its secrets. Long forgotten titans are hidden in the shadows and prowling through the furthest corners of the land – find them, destroy them, and take their souls for your own to discover the true extent of the power that resides here.”
16/4/2015 releases
Telepath Tactics [Full release, £9.89]
What the devs say: “The indie lovechild of Fire Emblem and Super Smash Brothers, Telepath Tactics is a strategy RPG with destructible battlefields, bridge- and barricade-building, and the ability to fling enemies off cliffs and into lava.
Play through a story-driven campaign with dozens of unique characters in a steampunk fantasy universe filled with telepathic generals, tribes of bipedal komodo dragons, and knights who ride atop giant, armored praying mantises.”
Gratuitous Space Battles 2 [Full release, £18.99]
What the devs say: “Have you ever wanted to be admiral of a huge, sprawling space battle-fleet of your own design? Ever wanted to design a fleet of battle-cruisers so powerful they can rip all who oppose them into space-dust? Ever wanted to build a battleship with purple rotating radars and 64 engines? Well we have good news for you…
Gratuitous Space Battles is back! and it’s approximately 50,000 times more gratuitous than before. A completely new ground-up rebuilding of the custom ‘Gratuitous Engine’ gives the game a completely new look, with beam-lasers 10x as ‘beamy’ as explosions 10x more gratuitous.
You now have complete control over the appearance of your ships, and can build them from a base hull and a bunch of adjustable visual components so you have control of both the composition AND the looks of your deadly starships. GSB2 retains the core gameplay of the original. This is NOT a standard RTS game, but a management/simulation game about building space fleets and giving them orders. You aren’t the dumb schmuck who actually flies into battle and gets lazered. Leave that to those patriotic and keen young dudes from the outer-colonies. Nope, your job is as supreme commander in chief. Sit back at fleet HQ and watch the fireworks as you reduce the enemy to space-dust.
Using it’s amazingly asynchronous multiplayer online ‘challenge’ system, GSB2 lets you put together a whole fleet and upload it, orders, formations and custom ship designs in one, up to a server where fellow GSB2 players can download it and pit their own fleets against it in glorious combat.”
17/4/2015 releases
Storm United [Early access, £14.99]
What the dev says: “Storm United is a class-based multiplayer First Person Shooter that aims to bring top tier fps fun and smooth sensations with the help of our unique procedural physically simulated weapon and camera movements tech. If you are a FPS fan, please try and feel it for yourself, we really worked a lot on the gameplay fluidity and hope you like it as much as we do!
Storm United comes with a built-in development tool called the “United Developer Hub” (UDH) allowing players to
1. submit ideas, recommendations and bug reports
2. Choose development priorities based on submissions
3. Participate to tweaks and fundamental decisions through a voting system.
With an ex Counter-Strike pro-gamer at the head of the project, a talented indie team and UDH, we empower players to build a competitive game with innovative mechanics.
Join us in this endeavor, be part of our friendly community and help us build the FPS of your dreams.”
Indie Corner
Sol Ark by Bathyscaphe Games LLC [PC, iOS, Android]
Expected release date: Mid-2016
Current status: Pre-Alpha and prepping for Steam Greenlight
What the dev says: “Survive in the shifting sprawls of A.I. controlled interstellar space where chaos and adventure run rampant. It’s here you’ll chart the depths of unknown quadrants, discover lost secrets, and forge the ever-searching platform of humanity’s last hope.
Sol-Ark is a 2D Space RTS with sandbox and rougue-like components. Expect gameplay mechanics designed with player choice in mind and an immense universe to make those decisions in. Missions and storylines drift from seriously somber to hilariously violent with every new area explored, and random events punctuate these encounters to make a dynamic experience that’s part procedural, part handcrafted indie space. ”
Features:
- Crew Morale System.
- Random Events.
- Sandbox-style construction.
- Maintain every aspect of a fully crewed ship including the crew.
- Space battles with ships, stations and crew!
- Research new tech for your ship.
- Freedom to explore the game world and storylines.
Screenshots (sourced from solark-game.com)
Video (sourced from Sol Ark YouTube)
