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Twisted Pixel is an independent studio once again
- Thread starter killercow
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CrimsonEclipse
Member
Wish them all the best!
OverdriveOtaku
Member
Sweet, now give me Splosion Man 3.
i plays game lol
Banned
Came in to say this... Anything else they do is pretty much crap, just give us another Splosion Man please.
SlipperyMoose
Member
Whaaat damn they were working on a AAA title, I wonder if that is still around? I liked that they brought diversity to MGS but I'm sure it is for the best.
Steverulez
Member
Interesting move. I wonder what is happening with the project they have been working on since at least mid-2013 then
HEY NOW. Comic Jumper and The Maw were fun!
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Very interested to see where this leads ol' Twisted Pixel.
Weaker than Team Dakota?
Lococycle is the worst next-gen release ever made. That takes some talent for sure.
Alx
Member
Twisted Pixel developed a grand total of one kinect game(s).
2009 The Maw
2009 'Splosion Man
2010 Comic Jumper: The Adventures of Captain Smiley
2011 Ms. Splosion Man
2011 The Gunstringer
2013 LocoCycle
TBA untitled twisted pixel game
It's funny how it only takes one game to be labeled "kinect developer".
By the way I thought Lococycle was an ok game. Not pretty at all, but with some twisted humor and old-school arcade action.
thenewjeva
Member
GFWL was removed from the PC version of Ms. Splosion Man recently.
Huh. I wonder what's going to happen to their IPs.
(The Maw 2 and Splosion Man 3, please!)
(The Maw 2 and Splosion Man 3, please!)
Nope. It was controller based when it first was announced for the 360.
Lococycle wasnt a great game but I respect it for being so out of the blue and I still appreciate Twisted Pixel's attempt to keep FMV alive among other things. I mean its a game randomly inspired by fucking Torque.
like any media I have a special place for stuff that just goes for it and knows from the get go that wont be mass-appealing but aspects of it will find an audience. I believe that's very much what they went for here and with any of their games really
like any media I have a special place for stuff that just goes for it and knows from the get go that wont be mass-appealing but aspects of it will find an audience. I believe that's very much what they went for here and with any of their games really
Steverulez
Member
If it's anything like bungie they will get to take them with them except lococyle and gun stringer. If ms retain publishing over their next game I suspect a will own that too
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
They're freed up to create whatever and people are clamoring for another cookie cutter Splosionman game?! Zzzzzzzzzzzzz
Shotgun Kiss
Member
The Maw and Splosion Man/Ms. Splosion Man were awesome. Captain Smiley was garbage. More of the former, please.
bitesnintendog
Member
While I haven't played Lococycle, I've enjoyed all their other games. Gunstringer was the best Kinect game by far.
BobTheFork
Member
They are super talented. Let's hope they make a third 'Splosion man game and not something new and interesting.
Did you play THPS5?
Lococycle, while bad, at least had a lot of redeeming stuff in it like the actual story and the music.
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What's with this revisionist consensus that Twisted Pixel is a 'bad' developer? Lococycle is the only universally 'bad' game they eve made.
sure, but the first game was better AND WHAT DO YOU KNOW YOU'RE A DOG
Alx
Member
No, I think it's one of the few launch games with zero kinect feature actually. Maybe you're thinking of Crimson Dragoon, that started as a full kinect game and in the end only supported voice commands.
CassidyIzABeast
Member
Microsoft's new policy of letting studios go freely rather than cleaning house like a sports team is a welcome improvement.
Bartholomuse
Member
Strange trajectory for this company...they have a good few multi plats under their belt but they were acquired, presumably, to develop kinect titles for X1, after putting out one of the best kinect games on 360, Gunstringer
...then they make a regular controller based game which was announced for 360 and became an X1 launch title of all things with Lococycle, and since then they have been effectively silent.
I wonder what they've been doing since 2013? I was okay with MS buying twisted pixel at first, especially if it meant more incubated first party IP, but it really has amounted to nothing. Gunstringer and Ms Splosion man predate the aquisition, and Lococyle is all that Microsoft has to really show for it... do you think that twisted pixel was purely envisioned is being a premier kinect developer? and ended up being left in the dust a long with the kinect?
...then they make a regular controller based game which was announced for 360 and became an X1 launch title of all things with Lococycle, and since then they have been effectively silent.
I wonder what they've been doing since 2013? I was okay with MS buying twisted pixel at first, especially if it meant more incubated first party IP, but it really has amounted to nothing. Gunstringer and Ms Splosion man predate the aquisition, and Lococyle is all that Microsoft has to really show for it... do you think that twisted pixel was purely envisioned is being a premier kinect developer? and ended up being left in the dust a long with the kinect?
Truth be told, I wish they went back to the more understated humor of The Maw. While it's not the best collectathon out there, it had a lot of personality and I appreciated that it went more for amusement than being totally in your face with the wackiness like...well, everything after The Maw.