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[Ryu]

http://www.bonusstage.com/art1588.html

Meh...

 

[Keio]

Whoah! One of the first interesting looking PSP games for me!

At leasti this is something that hasn't been done on previous handhelds (GP32?) - the analogue nipple of PSP gets some use

edit: my bad - seems that you "shoot" the balls, so no fancy rolling Marble Madness/Monkey Ball style

 

[Funky Papa]

It was showed during the E3 presentation IIRC. I think it looks pretty neat graphic wise.

Is that bump mapping on the trees?

 

[teepo]

looks stunning.

 

[Mr Mike]

Sticky Balls? I remember downloaded the beta for that months, or years, ago following a mention in Edge.

It's pretty awful.

 

[Redbeard]

Yes, Sticky Balls.

 

[kaching]

IGN had coverage of this back at the beginning of June. They also have game engine screens whereas these screens are renders. Looks alright so far, not as interesting as Mercury.

 

[Mr Mike]

Shitty Balls.

 

[Naked Snake]

Old

 

[TTP]

Old

very

 

[Baron Aloha]

This is the first time I've seen this game. I think it looks pretty neat. This is the kind of stuff I would like to see on PSP; something different.

 

[Mr Mike]

But it's not different. It's Monkey Ball with glue.

 

[Lord Error]

Those screens are, of course, pre-rendered. The actual game doesn't look as nice, so don't get ahead of yourselves,

 

[TTP]

Actually is more like pool with glue

 

[TTP]

Indeed Marc. There is a video on the net. I guess on IGN

 

[Lord Error]

Yeah, there's an E3 video, and I think there's also a more official trailer released by devs. I'm suprised these guys are posting this as news, and posting these concept art screens at that.

 

[AndreasNystrom]

ok.. im gonna get a PSP whatever the cost will be.

(not just for this game.. but it looks awesome techwise)

 

[neptunes]

oh yea...it's old

 

[Greekboy]

I wonder if Sega is rounding up their lawyers for this obvious ripping of SMB.

 

[TTP]

Ok, here is the video

 

[jarrod]

I wonder if Sega is rounding up their lawyers for this obvious ripping of SMB.

I don't see any monkeys?

 

[Lord Error]

I wonder if Sega is rounding up their lawyers for this obvious ripping of SMB.

The game is almost nothing like SMB, except that they both feature rolling balls.

 

[TTP]

damn download the video

[3rd post above this]

 

[Mooreberg]

Forbidden
You don't have permission to access /mcangialosi/Sticky_Balls.avi on this server.

This game is gonna be the brunt of many a joke unless the name is changed soon.

 

[kaching]

downloaded the vid, TTP, but it generates an error a few seconds in and won't play any further.

 

[TTP]

hmmm... strange. Works perfectly to me.

The video is Dvix encoded and it's the official video (the actual file) released by Worthog.

 

[TTP]

This game is gonna be the brunt of many a joke unless the name is changed soon.

A simple "Save as" should work fine.

 

[kaching]

I tried the Divx player for this... *shrugs*

 

[seismologist]

oh boy. Sony should quietly back out of PSP before it's too late.

 

[iapetus]

the analogue nipple of PSP gets some use

IT'S A SPEAKER!

 

[SolidSnakex]

oh boy. Sony should quietly back out of PSP before it's too late.

Umm why should they? This game looks like it could be fun. Although it's clearly no Mercury.

 

[neptunes]

lol, I remember the 3+ page thread gaf had during e3, debating whether or not that was a speaker or analog stick.

EDIT: it's an analog stick

 

[Priz]

Hmm, I also received the Press Release for this on the day this was posted. There were 2 other games on the Press Release. I know someone said "Old", but the way they made a big deal about NDA's and the Info, you'd think this was the hottest shit coming down the pike.

Warthog today announced that they will be opening their doors for the world to see history in the making.

Warthog have been letting their imagination and creative juices go wild over the last few months to develop new IPs that will stand up and be counted. This is in response to industry reacting more and more to the lack of daring to be creative, a fear of testing new IPs and the loss of originality when we start to go down the route of “Now that’s what I call game number 42 in the series of bland sales bets”.

From the outset, they have thought long and hard about the characters they are developing, drawing upon well-known aspects of our culture and heritage.

A fine example of this is a game based on a rebellious awakening in an Orwellian future England; when a new dawn of anarchy and chaos has arrived in the form of new age Punk Rockers who turned up and stuck two fingers up towards the old guard who has taken control of the future. (for our US audience: two fingers = the middle one)

Johnny Whatever is a reluctant punk hero fighting the Iron Royals, who have enslaved the people of New London. Johnny Whatever combines rock music and pulse pounding action to deliver a completely unique style of game play where music is your weapon. Harnessing the untapped power of DirectMusic in conjunction with a complete suite of next generation graphical effects, Johnny Whatever is a genre defining title… a 3rd Person Riff Shooter!

Warthog also looked towards Japanese Anime for inspiration during the development of their next original IP. The blueprint for this game was clear: it had to have classic gameplay, unique style and originality. Milo is a game where the world of colour is used to create a unique playing experience. Milo is a cute character with a cheeky smile and along with his pet (a colour-shooting Chameleon) he brings back colour to a world that has been touched by the Evil hand of Darkness, stripping the world of colour in its wake.

Warthog are also developing for Sony’s Next-Gen handheld video game system, the PlayStation®Portable (PSP™). The first game will be Sticky Balls; a totally original game that is as easy to play as it is fiendishly difficult to master.

Sticky Balls has been described as 'an exercise in pure gameplay'. The game has already become part of a University Degree course in game design, even before its first release. The early prototype even attracted the attention of the prestigious British gaming publication Edge!

The game is played on tables of various shapes and with a number of differently coloured or patterned balls. The player can shoot any of the balls on the table, rather like taking a shot in pool, causing it to roll across the table surface, rebounding off the edges but as opposed to pool they ‘stick’ to the other balls when they touch. As you get deeper into the game, the balls can also have different properties such as being pegged down to the Table, on fire, in liquid, or pre-‘stuck’ to other Balls, etc.

Sticky Balls has a simple set of rules which can be adapted to an almost unlimited number of game modes.

There you have it: Warthog. They’ve got the (sticky) balls to be different…

The one game that looks bizarre yet could be entertaining is Johnny Whatever. I'm sure they'll fuck it up and make it a FPS or something.

 

[ManDudeChild]

There was no NDA. That email the day before yesterday was clearly just a ploy for attention. Think about it, how can someone email you and say NDA, when you haven't agreed to ANYTHING? You can embargo, but that's about it.

... and yes, Sticky Balls is super old. It was announced for the current gen consoles awhile back. I wonder what happened there.

(Edit: You do realise there's a high chance of you getting pwned by posting that link right?)

 

[Priz]

There was no NDA. That email the day before yesterday was clearly just a ploy for attention. Think about it, how can someone email you and say NDA, when you haven't agreed to ANYTHING? You can embargo, but that's about it.

Our Accountant at work was told to try out Plaxo, and it sent out these dumb little messages about verifying contact info without informing the user. I received the same typo of Plaxo message from Frazier Nash.

I have no idea who FN is. I have no idea why I'm on the list... so I only glanced at the e-mails. I figured I'd share at least the rest of the PR since everyone's only focused on the one game.

 

[ManDudeChild]

Ah. I'm just saying, the feel I got from the email was that they didn't want that URL given out. I too found the email the day beforehand really odd though.