Homebrew News

Originally Posted by wraggster

Respawn Entertainment, the studio founded by former Infinity Ward/Modern Warfare boys Jason West and Vince Zampella, has teased the first image of its unannounced game.

Unfortunately the image is just a blurry teaser of what's to come, released via the official website launched today.

Of course, the site gives away nothing further on the game. "Yes, we are working on a game. No, we haven't revealed it yet. Yes, at some point we will," it says on the front

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Originally Posted by wraggster

What the bleating hell is this? Why it's the return of Tempest 2000 and Space Giraffe maker Jeff Minter, who's making a new game for iPhone called Deflex.

It's an iOS adaptation of a game as old as I am: Superdeflex from 1982.

Touch Arcade's preview describes a bonkers Breakout-style game with oxen, bulls, smileys and telephones rather than floating bricks. And rather than have a sliding paddle at the bottom of the screen you're given control of bats that don't appear

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Electronics Boutique Australia is reportedly about to pull Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D from sale.

Vooks.net claimed today that the supposed decision was a response to fears surrounding the game's second-hand sale value.

"Our source says that this is due to the game not having the ability to be started fresh, meaning that any re-sell of the game is basically useless," Vooks said.

Gamers reacted angrily to the news yesterday – verified

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Atari has announced that Dungeons & Dragons: Daggerdale is now available for the PC. We didn't really like the hack-and-slash title, calling it "a terrible use of Wizards of the Coast's timeless license" (ouch), but hey, maybe you're a huge completist and absolutely must play through anything and everything having to do Forgotten Realms. If that's the case, you can pick up the game for $14.99 at a fine e-tailer near you.

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/28/du...s-onto-the-pc/

Originally Posted by wraggster

Another vintage Taito series is coming up again (ding!) according to an Australian classification board listing. Square Enix is preparing Elevator Action Deluxe for PS3, developed by a company called B-Project Inc.

Despite the name, there's no way this game is as deluxe as the recent arcade title Elevator Action Death Parade -- that game has real elevator doors. We would expect a new Elevator Action to build not on the light-gun gameplay of that arcade game, though, but on the side-view,

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