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Under the mask: A new Visage teaser
Posted on July 31st, 2010 2 comments
On the other hand, this is rather nice. I noticed horror-themed Source mod Visage before (I know all and see all) but I wasn’t sure it was going anywhere, despite some interesting early snapshots. Andrea also knows all and sees all! You can see his impressions of those first images here. But modder milo-rd just recently updated the team’s ModDB page and, well, while anyone can say they’ve changed their minds and are now going to make the bestest mod ever, these new screens, concept art and teaser trailer do go a long way towards backing that up.
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This time I’ll get you, Red Baron! Dogfight alpha footage
Posted on July 19th, 2010 No comments
Well this looks rather good. Dogfight is – like the name suggests – a giant furball of rickety World War I era planes circling endlessly above some forgotten battlefield, blazing away at each other with mounted machineguns until it all ends in tears. And flaming wreckage plummetting from the sky, naturally. Modder Ztormi’s not long released some footage of the alpha test he hosted, and it is this I wish to draw your attention to now.
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It’s a Tension update! Reel ‘er in!
Posted on July 18th, 2010 1 comment
Oh my. Looks like work on Tension is going forward at a fair clip. We’ve had mod team Cracked Glass’ slinging and swinging Half-Life 2 total conversion on the site once before, and I should hopefully have a Q&A with them to post at some point in the near future, but before I get to that a very interesting update appeared on ModDB not long ago. Seems they’ve been working on their planned time trial modes – grappling as fast as possible through fiendish arrangements of scattered blocks and walkways floating in the void – and they’ve kindly uploaded a teaser for it.
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Surprise! Overwatch nearing release
Posted on July 3rd, 2010 1 comment
It’s amazing when a single news post can get me from zero to GET HYPE! in literally three seconds. The only-slightly puntastically-named Overwatch just released their first news post, and it revealed that Overwatch is almost done. Well, it’s nearing its closed beta, which is development code for “almost done.” The first set of development invites are being sent out on July 14th, and then a bunch more are being sent out each week until the first public release. It should be exciting. Read On!
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Tension – we’re hooked!
Posted on June 27th, 2010 3 comments
Godawful wordplay aside, time for a tip of the hat to modders Cracked Glass games and Tension, their Source engine total conversion that’s currently looking very promising. First-person grappling hooks, basically. Sure, we’ve seen grappling hooks and rope-swinging on PC before, even leaping, falling and obstacle courses, but there’s a nice, clean simplicity to the preview screens and pre-alpha work that suggests this lot have their priorities down right. More thoughts, and the most recent trailer, after the break.