Homebrew News

Originally Posted by wraggster

Need for Speed: Most Wanted's Kinect functionality is tied to the game's mods. A gameplay video earlier this year teased support for the Xbox 360 add-on, and today Criterion outlined how it works with the equipment and upgrades you fit your car with.

No, there are no invisible steering wheels, and yes, it's voice-controlled stuff. Just as you would in a real car, by saying commands like

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Sega's Japanese website has added Rhythm Thief & The Emperor's Treasure to its list of upcoming iOS releases, which comes to us as quite a surprise considering the company never announced it or anything. Perhaps the announcement was ... stolen!?

At any rate, the port will be out sometime this winter and will be free-to-play, though a machine translation of the game's website indicates that unknown aspects

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Originally Posted by wraggster

The economy is rough all over, including inside of video games that just came out, apparently. In response to player feedback collected from Facebook, Twitter and its official forums, Harmonix has changed how coins are earned in its PSN/XBLA score-chasing music game Rock Band Blitz.

First off, power-up costs have been adjusted and Track, Note and Overdrive doodads now cost 100, 200 and 250 coins

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Originally Posted by wraggster

A brand new accessible Classic Mode is the headline feature of the freshly announced Football manager 2013.
Described by publisher Sega as a “seismic shift” in the series, FM2013’s Classic Mode offers “an alternative, less time-consuming” game type that is hoped will appeal to those who have until now found the game’s depth too intimidating.
It’s said to allow a full season to be played out in eight to ten hours and is modelled on the more simplistic take on the series

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Sequel to 1994 adventure is top reward for fan backing

A sequel to adventure game Beneath a Steel Sky will be green light if a Kickstarter project reaches $1m.
Revolution Software reached its Kickstarter campaign target of $400,000 for Broken Sword 5 just 13 days after it began.

With the backing of another $600,000, Revolution has said it will start work on a sequel to it’s acclaimed 1994 adventure, implementing Easter eggs in Broken Sword: the Serpent’s Curse

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