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Halfbrick Studios Reveals Machine Gun Jetpack Game and Video Series

Catherine Cai — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 21:15:36 +0000

Halfbrick Studios, the developer that thought to mix katanas and fruit slicing in Fruit Ninja, is set to launch their next iOS game, Machine Gun Jetpack, this September.

The game’s premise is exactly as the title suggests. Remember Barry Steakfries? He’s the very same hero from Halfbrick’s previous games Age of Zombies and Monster Dash. In Machine Gun Jetpack, Barry decides to steal an experimental machine gun jetpack… because… who wouldn’t? He then has to navigate through various booby traps using only the machine gun jetpack.

In anticipation of the game’s release in two months, Halfbrick is releasing developer diaries every week to give fans early glimpses of the game. You can watch the first one, titled “Simple Awesomeness” here:

From what I can see in the video, the game plays like a sophisticated Helicopter, tweaked to fit the Michael Bay theory that everything is better with guns and explosions. The player is going to have to navigate Barry against different obstacles such as homing missiles and lasers whilst collecting coins to use in the shop. The basic point of the game is still the same as the original: 1) Last as long as possible 2) Get the highest score 3) Brag for the sake of your e-peen 4) Profit!

Call of Duty: Black Ops Features Exactly 290 Helicopters (Video)

Dave Oshry — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 15:32:17 +0000

Call of Duty? More like Call of Helicopters. Check out this new video in which the official helicopter assessment team counts ‘em all and proves that Black Ops has more choppers than any other Call of Duty game.

Here’s the official word from the Call of Helicopters team:

That’s 97.2% more helicopters than CoD4′s 147, but 29.4% fewer than MW2′s 411.

However, this is not the complete story. Because 187 of MW2′s helicopters were just background objects in the Boneyard level, it could be argued that they were simply a cynical attempt to boost that game’s helicopter count. If we therefore consider those helicopters null and void, the adjusted total for MW2 becomes 224, a total that Black Ops beats by 29.5%.

Sincerely,
Carlos Helicopters

So according to Senor Helicopters – Call of Duty: Black Ops officially contains the most helicopters of any Call of Duty game. Now that I know this – I can sleep safe at night.

Helicopters.

GDC 08: Prototype – Open World, Open Wounds

Dan Landis — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:04:36 +0000

Prototype is what Crackdown would be if you were a bad-ass instead of a superhero. Crunching cars beneath your feet, running up buildings, literally smashing peoples’ heads into the ground, and absorbing dead bodies into your own — just some of the things you will be doing as Prototype’s main anti-hero, Alex Mercer.

During GDC, we were presented with a brief explanation of the background and inspiration for Radical’s new game. Essentially, when players are given an open world to do whatever they want, they always behave badly. Radical have embraced that fundamental human desire to be naughty and designed a game that is gritty, disgusting, and fucking awesome.

As you can tell from this slide, the basic structure of the game is to “Kill guys and take their stuff”. It’s much more than that, though. There’s a war going on between the Infected and the Military, and you’re in the middle. You can play the two against each other, or help one side fight the other — whatever it takes to accomplish your goals.

Alex has no idea who he is (except that his name is Alex Mercer, apparently) and absorbs peoples’ brains to help himself figure it all out. He accomplishes that in many ways, all of which involve killing people in super-awesome expressions of love. We witnessed a man’s head getting forcibly squished into his own chest cavity, but we also saw such classics as the basic head-exploding curb stomp. Awwww, how cute…

Once people are absorbed, Alex’s biomass increases. This effectively let’s him smash things easier and grow huge claws and so forth. You can also assume the identity of the absorbed people to blend in easier or open special abilities. For example, assuming the identity of a high-ranking military official let’s the player call in air strikes!

Alex can also steal vehicles, including tanks and helicopters. Both hijacking maneuvers include spectacular gore-splosions, but Alex somehow manages to keep his white hoodie nice and clean. Of course, you can just avoid direct contact by tossing the tank at the helicopter, destroying them both.

I have a sneaking suspicion that Eric Holmes and Tim Bennison may have a little Prototype in themselves.

After the presentation, one of the Radical guys just sat there and played the game for 15 minutes while we all watched. It looked amazing, and they claim the graphics are far from complete. I asked about a release date, and they say they are really hoping for this year, but there is no official release scheduled.

Oh, they also let slip that there will be a full-blown cooperative mode, as well as the possibility of “other multiplayer modes” that they aren’t ready to discuss. Stay tuned and we will give you all the information as we get it.