So, you wanna make some space ships together? Avorion is a recently Greenlit sandbox game that lets you build a vehicle capable of traversing the great black skies. It's like Minecraft, but with cargo modules, mining lasers, and propulsion engines.
It's Paris Games Week (because every city needs a games conference now) and Sony is there showing off some already announced titles, as well as a few new ones. Like Wonderstrucks' new IP, Boundless. From what little they showed off, it looks like a sandbox adventure game in a similar vein as Minecraft or Starbound.
The three words every young gamer dreams about hearing: sci-fi, space, exploration. And Hadron's Forge has them all!
The team at Chucklefish is still toiling away on the Terraria-like sandbox game Starbound. Pre-orders opened up in mid-April and have been a rousing success, bringing in over $1.1 million from almost 50,000 future players. That's a lot of funding, especially for a small indie studio, and it bodes well for the future of Starbound.
Starbound is an upcoming indie sandbox game designed to be something of a spiritual successor to Terraria. It's filled with all the exploration, building, crafting and character customization features you could ever want, but the real kicker is the addition of randomly generated planets you can inhabit! It's a good thing, too, as your home world was just destroyed by something evil, so you'll need all the space and resources you can get to construct a gigantic death laser of revenge.
More video footage of the alpha phase of upcoming MMO/FPS zombie-thriller, War Z, has surfaced, showcasing some good use of defensive tactics to survive in an apocalyptic world. War Z is the first MMO, sandbox style zombie game to feature an open world, with no emphasis on a set storyline or even character classes.
After waiting a long while to hear some news on Epic Game’s announced title, Fortnight, Epic Games producer, Tanya Jessen (along with Cliff Bleszinski) have unveiled some sweet details regarding their new, sandbox survival title to the fans over at Comic-Con.
The hit indie PC sensation finally makes its way to the console in Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition. With it comes couch co-op play and numerous enhancements, but are those enough to overcome some of the freedom the PC allows? Find out in our review.
We picked up on some more updates about Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition from PAX East, so sit back and get excited!
Sandswept Studios is pouring their heart and soul in trying to give us the ultimate zombie game, The Dead Linger; an open world, survival apocalypse game with almost limitless potential. However, they are going to need all of us to make the title a true reality.
