Nexuiz coming to XBLA Feb 29th @ 800 MS!

[Shinanigans]

http://www.crydev.net/newspage.php?news=83901

THQ CONFIRMS PRICE AND RELEASE DATE FOR NEXUIZ

CryENGINE® powered Arena FPS scheduled to debut on Xbox LIVE Arcade on February 29th for 800 Microsoft Points

AGOURA HILLS, Calif., Feb. 15, 2012-- THQ Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI) and Machinima today announced that Nexuiz is scheduled to launch on the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft (via Xbox LIVE®) on February 29th for 800 Microsoft Points as part of Microsoft’s ‘House Party’ season of Xbox LIVE Arcade titles.

Nexuiz will also appear on PlayStation 3 and PC later this spring.

Developed by Denver-based IllFonic and powered by CryENGINE®3, Nexuiz re-invents classic, fast-paced arena FPS gameplay for the modern console audience with the addition of Dynamic Mutators – game-changing power ups that can turn the tide of battle in an instant.

These Dynamic Mutators are featured in the latest Nexuiz trailer, released today on http://youtube.com/NexuizShooter.

For more information on Nexuiz, ‘Like’ us at http://Facebook.com/NexuizShooter, follow us at http://Twitter.com/NexuizShooter or visit the official website at http://Nexuiz.com.

It's also coming to PC and PS3 "later this spring"

[Artful-dodgeR]

Nice!! Its like tron vs quake vs ut2k! Thanks Mr Crysis XD

[Drakand]

sweet!

[Bek]

A little history for you.. This started out as a Quake 1 mod. It was free, open source, and developed by the community. Until..

Lee Vermeulen, the Nexuiz project founder, decided to license the Nexuiz code (with LordHavoc licensing the Darkplaces engine) to a new game development company named Illfonic so that they could develop a closed-source version for the PS3. As part of this deal, IllFonic acquired the rights to use the name Nexuiz along with the domain nexuiz.com, and are under no obligation to contribute code back to the open-source Nexuiz project (and have stated that they have no intention of doing so).

When this was announced, the response from the Nexuiz community was overwhelming negative, even among the development team and main contributors. Vermeulen had not actively participated in the project for several years and all development had been done by the community. Most members have expressed a sense of betrayal and cited the project as an example of mushroom management. Vermeulen essentially cashed in on the hard work of others and sold the code, name and reputation that they had built up over years without him.

Despite attempts to reason with IllFonic, they have refused to change the name of their project to a derivative name even though they have directly stated that their “version” of Nexuiz is a completely different game. The hijacking of the Nexuiz project by its absentee founder and IllFonic made it clear that it had no future as it stood and thus the community left to found Xonotic.

Source: http://www.xonotic.org/the-game/faq/
This is the REAL nexuiz you should care about. **** everything about the cryengine nexuiz.

[Shinanigans]

Played the game today (1GB free trial on XBLA btw). Awesome fun! It's a real throwback to the old school shooters. I was thinking it was going to be fairly slowed/dumbed down but even on a 360, it feels so fast

Might capture some footage tomorrow

Also:

[Artful-dodgeR]

GameInformer disagrees:
http://www.gameinformer.com/games/nexui ... eview.aspx

As does Destructoid:
http://www.destructoid.com/review-nexuiz-222849.phtml

Where as IGN and UGO agree.

It's like reviewers don't know what they're playing

[Shinanigans]

Or just download it and try it for yourself instead of caring for the opinions of others Case in point, the guy who wrote the Destructoid article gave Dear Esther a 4.5/10 and mainly reviews kiddie/random japanese titles.

*shrug*

I had fun and not because its CE3 but because it's the first game I can remember that actually attempted something old-school

[Cas Bitton]

Or just download it and try it for yourself instead of caring for the opinions of others

Case in point, the guy who wrote the Destructoid article gave Dear Esther a 4.5/10 and mainly reviews kiddie/random japanese titles.

I hope you can see the irony in this.

To keep things on track. Please feel free to post a few alternative reviews that are covered by journalists and reviewers who are exclusively PC/Xbox FPS players with a well known history in covering these titles.

I would hate to see people mislead by those who hold unqualified opinions.

[diamondd]

A little history for you.. This started out as a Quake 1 mod. It was free, open source, and developed by the community. Until..

Lee Vermeulen, the Nexuiz project founder, decided to license the Nexuiz code (with LordHavoc licensing the Darkplaces engine) to a new game development company named Illfonic so that they could develop a closed-source version for the PS3. As part of this deal, IllFonic acquired the rights to use the name Nexuiz along with the domain nexuiz.com, and are under no obligation to contribute code back to the open-source Nexuiz project (and have stated that they have no intention of doing so).

When this was announced, the response from the Nexuiz community was overwhelming negative, even among the development team and main contributors. Vermeulen had not actively participated in the project for several years and all development had been done by the community. Most members have expressed a sense of betrayal and cited the project as an example of mushroom management. Vermeulen essentially cashed in on the hard work of others and sold the code, name and reputation that they had built up over years without him.

Despite attempts to reason with IllFonic, they have refused to change the name of their project to a derivative name even though they have directly stated that their “version” of Nexuiz is a completely different game. The hijacking of the Nexuiz project by its absentee founder and IllFonic made it clear that it had no future as it stood and thus the community left to found Xonotic.

Source: http://www.xonotic.org/the-game/faq/
This is the REAL nexuiz you should care about. **** everything about the cryengine nexuiz.

yeah I came here to post this...

I'd really urge people not to buy this game but of course that's up to you.

EDIT:

I had fun and not because its CE3 but because it's the first game I can remember that actually attempted something old-school

hang on, what? I assume you're only talking about on xbox then...