Kickstarter’s smaller successes
Not all the games that find success on Kickstarter are high-profile sequels – here are ten about which you might not have heard.
With so many big names turning to Kickstarter to fund their projects, it's little wonder that the majority of press attention has fallen on the high-profile sequels and reboots that have filled the site.
My Little Hero review
Acne’s sweet-natured iPhone adventure is undermined by tedium.
A kidnapped stuffed toy, a plucky protagonist with a cardboard helmet, and a fantasy world accessed through the gaping doors of a bedroom closet: for the first thirty seconds or so, My Little Hero has the makings of a real charm offensive. For the next twenty minutes, in fact, you’ll probably be beguiled and entertained, enjoying the smart virtual controls, the knitwear enemies, and combat that comes with the one-two-three rhythms and hefty knockbacks of the early Zeldas. After that, however, things start to stagnate.
Hitman Sniper Challenge: IO’s killer app
IO Interactive’s downloadable aside widens the scope of pre-order bonuses.
It's fitting, given Agent 47's difference from his contemporaries, that the assassin’s first appearance in six years should be part of a pre-order bonus that defies convention. Hitman's protagonist doesn’t wisecrack or fist-bump, and the games he appears in prize a patient, methodical approach over gung-ho gunplay.
THQ drops Devil’s Third as losses worsen
Publisher in talks to offload Tomonobu Itagaki's project after losses rise 76 per cent.
THQ is in discussions with thirdparties in a bid to offload Tomonobu Itagaki's Devil's Third after the troubled publisher posted increased losses for the financial year.
While revenue for the year rose almost 25 per cent to $830.8 million (£517.6m), losses rose by 76 per cent, to $239.9 million (£149.5m).
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