Spiral @ Eurogamer 2011

London’s largest gaming event, Eurogamer, took place over this weekend.  We had a presence there to experience all the craziness and take photographs as evidence.  Tons of new games were on show and plenty of new technology to see.

GAME OF THE SHOW:

There were way too many amazing games on the show floor.  All of the block busters about to release during Fall and some that are coming out next year.  Top (biased) pick was CS:GO.

OTHER GAMES:

• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
• RAGE
• Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary
• Batman: Akrham City
• Uncharted 3
• Star Wars: The Old Republic
• SSX
• Assassin’s Creed: Revelations
• Zelda: Skyward Sword & 25th Anniversary

OnLive - UK Debut

OnLive, an extremely exciting and newer gaming service made its official debut in the UK during Eurogamer. It featured the largest booth in the entire convention and showcased what it is bringing to the table - which is a lot!

WHAT DOES ONLIVE BRING TO THE TABLE?

• Social Gaming - Brag clips, Spectator viewing
• Free Trials - Try any game
• Cloud-Based Gaming - Pick up and play where you left off from on ANY platform
• Multiple Platforms - Mac, iOS, PC, TV
• Play games like Crysis 1, Borderlands, Batman: Arkham Asylum and more on your iPad and iPhones

Learn more about OnLive at:
http://www.onlive.com/

Read our full, detailed impressions from Eurogamer featuring more pictures at:
http://spiralforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=1990

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Playable Dinosaurs - Coming to ORION: Prelude!

So the curtains are pulled back and our large announcement is finally revealed!  We are extremely pleased to announce Playable Dinosaurs are coming to ORION: Prelude!

(^CLICK IMAGE FOR HD) We have heard the question “Will the dinosaurs be playable?“ time and time again and now we can officially say “Yes.”.

I was looking at how our A.I dinosaurs were setup and the systems already in place and noticed it wouldn’t be much extra work at all to effectively achieve super polished and super fun playable dinosaurs.  I talked it over with our Technical Artist, Scott and our Head Honcho Programmer, Chris and they green lighted everything in terms of work load.  The best part it is it will in no way affect our current deadlines or milestones and we are very much on track with development.



We will be premiering a new mode under our ‘Cooperative’ game mode branch currently being labeled as “Dino Attack”.  We will be revealing more information on this game mode in the near future but right now we can share the following with you:

FACT 001 - Each Dinosaur will have it’s own “archetype” and abilities.  Our Dinosaurs both in the A.I modes and playable modes all have their own personality traits and behavior styles.  

FACT 002 - These are very akin to Left 4 Dead zombies in the sense that we have multiple roles such as the T-Rex being similar to the “Tank”, the Raptor being similar to the “Hunter” and the Triceratops being similar to the “Charger”.

FACT 003 - Each playable Dinosaur will have it’s own attacks and special attacks. 

FACT 004 - All of our dinosaurs will be playable except for the Argentinosaurus.  He will be present in these modes as an A.I piece.



We are still currently in “Pre-Alpha” and this announcement marks the game as feature-locked.  We are right around the corner from hitting “Alpha” status and are on track with our internal “Beta” milestone.

GAMESCOM / PAX 2011 PRE-ALPHA GAME FOOTAGE

BRAGGING RIGHTS:

So what do you officially have to look forward to from ‘ORION: Prelude’?

• Best Dinosaur A.I - ever!
• Playable Dinosaurs
• Jetpacks
• 8 vehicles spanning Buggies, Hovercrafts, Aircrafts, Tanks & Mechs
• Destruction
• Bots
• Single-Player
• Cooperative (Multiple modes)
• Competitive Multiplayer (Multiple modes)
• 30 Weapons, Items & Grenades
• 32 Player Count confirmed for PC 
• Dedicated Servers
• Tons of FREE DLC
• and much, much more!

SPIRAL COMMUNITY

Come interact with the developers and share your thoughts and opinions over in the Spiral Community:

REGISTER FOR THE ‘ORION: PRELUDE’ MULTIPLAYER BETA

We are still taking Multiplayer Beta applicants for the ORION: Prelude Multiplayer Beta. This will be made available on Steam and we will be discussing more details about it in the near future as we are still in heavy development. Simply visit orionprelude.com and create an account.

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