Homebrew News

Originally Posted by wraggster

DICE, Swedish developer of the upcoming Battlefield 3, has confirmed that PC players of the eagerly-awaited shooter's multiplayer beta will be able to play on a second map, Caspian Border, this weekend.
In a post on the Battlelog forum, reported by Eurogamer, community manager Ian Tornay writes: "After analysing the data from our first round of closed Caspian Border tests, we have great news for participants in the Battlefield 3 PC open beta: the DICE team has decided to bring back Caspian

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Indie darling VVVVVV is headed to the 3DS eShop, publisher Nicalis has announced.
The puzzle-platformer, developed by Terry Cavanagh, will sport 3D visuals, six new levels, and a map on the bottom screen.
"I'm VVVVVVery excited about it," Cavanagh said. "This is the first time anything I've made has been on a console."
"Brutal and rather short, VVVVVV’s also devious and darkly funny," we said in our eight out of ten review last year. "It’s a pedantic

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Notch has released screenshots via Twitter of a white dragon flying the pixel-clouded skies. "Texturing this dragon is going to be.. interesting.. I'll keep working on this way into this weekend, probably," he said earlier today. Given the whole Mojang vs Bethesda Scrolls spat, it's funny how Skyrim's got dragons, too, hey?

http://www.next-gen.biz/news/minecra...etting-dragons

Originally Posted by wraggster

Unreal Engine now runs in Flash and Crytek is considering porting CryEngine to Flash, but perhaps the Source Engine could go a different route. A software developer who works for Motorola Mobility has managed to get the engine and a level from Team Fortress 2 running in a browser using WebGL. There are still a few features and effects missing, but he claims it achieves a solid 60fps and has a video to prove it. Hopefully this gives Valve ideas; it'd be cool if older Source games became playable

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Independent iOS developers are being pushed out of the iPhone and iPad top ten by social games firms using marketing to "buy their way up the charts."
That's according to Hungry Shark developer Future Games of London, which claims that media companies are using Cost Per Install programs to quickly drive downloads, improve rankings and increase visibility by hitting the top of the charts.
"Any developer who hasn't already had a hit on the app store faces that challenge,

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