Darkness, Orb, Thorn, Three New Titles for the Nintendo Revolution
Cross Beam Studios Entertainment has in development, three brand new original titles for the Nintendo Revolution. They are; Orb, Darkness, and Thorn. With rumors of the development kits for the Nintendo Revolution being incredibly cheap, thousands of dollars cheaper than PS3 and Xbox 360, even the PSP development kits. Estimated price of the Revolutions development kit is at $2000 dollars. This lower cost has allowed smaller developers a chance to create games. Hopefully in the future we will have more small developing teams taking a shot at producing games. Maybe CES could be the next Retro Studios? Below is a little bit about CSE and its upcoming games for the Revolution.
About CSE
CSE was formed in 1999 by a group of friends in high school to create PC games. That's it, there was no higher calling and back then, we just wanted to try it
Today, CSE has a staff of 16 people working on 3 projects for various platforms, most notable, Nintendo Revolution. We are striving to create games that can introduce the player to new worlds and new adventures. We want to tell great stories with innovative gameplay and memorable characters.
You will not find us whining about polygon counts or bragging about the number of enemies we throw at you in a single scene, there's more important things for us as developers. While we'll get you the graphics needed for the best possible experience, there's more to that experience than what your eyes and ears tell you, and we aim to incorporate those other parts of you, you sense of touch, your brain, even your emotions.
Stick around, we're just getting started.
~The Staff of CSE
Orb
Genre: Action/Adventure
Platform: Nintendo Revolution
Planned Features:
~A vast world to explore, make discoveries, form alliances, uncover the secrets hidden deep in the past.
~A storyline featuring over a dozen main characters with over a hundred supporting roles.
~Innovative 'non-elemental' magic system incorporated into the very fabric of the game world.
~Customizable weapon system with hundreds of possible combinations.
Storyline:
In ages past, the great army of the Kulon raged a terrible war with the people of this great land of Delphire. They came from shadow, and destroyed everything in their path. Men, women, children, all dead in their wake. That was all long ago... however, the ancient army of the Kulon have risen again from the mists of time, and one of their fiercest warriors has just crowned himself ruler and has started a battle for all out control over the people of this ravaged land.
His evil plot calls for the abduction of one of the world's Imanti, the so called 'guardians of the faith' to the people of Delphire. However, the guardian they abduct on one night has three students, and they will not let him go so easily.
So begins a quest through the land of Delphire, through ancient ruins and thriving towns, through the frozen wastes and the tropical beaches, even through time itself. As you quest, you'll find out that your teacher is just the beginning, that much more hangs in the balance than anyone suspects. Things are happening here that nobody understands, and the greatest discovery of this land, has yet to be made.
Thorn
Genre: Action/Adventure
Platfom: Nintendo Revolution
Planned Features:
~A futuristic world steeped in paranoia and the occult.
~A storyline exploring the occult underworld
~Innovative controls designed from the ground up for the Revolution Free Hand Controller
Storyline:
Explore the dark underworld of a planet on the fringes of human colonization. After retiring from the Earth Defense Forces three years ago you have received a strange message from your former squad mate. They seem to be on their death bed on a planet lost to the depths of the bureaucracy. You arrive after many days travel to find his body missing, yourself a fugitive, and the situation falling apart very quickly around you.
Darkness
Coming Soon
Offizielle Seite:
http://www.crossbeamstudios.com/projects.shtml
Cross Beam Studios Entertainment has in development, three brand new original titles for the Nintendo Revolution. They are; Orb, Darkness, and Thorn. With rumors of the development kits for the Nintendo Revolution being incredibly cheap, thousands of dollars cheaper than PS3 and Xbox 360, even the PSP development kits. Estimated price of the Revolutions development kit is at $2000 dollars. This lower cost has allowed smaller developers a chance to create games. Hopefully in the future we will have more small developing teams taking a shot at producing games. Maybe CES could be the next Retro Studios? Below is a little bit about CSE and its upcoming games for the Revolution.
About CSE
CSE was formed in 1999 by a group of friends in high school to create PC games. That's it, there was no higher calling and back then, we just wanted to try it
Today, CSE has a staff of 16 people working on 3 projects for various platforms, most notable, Nintendo Revolution. We are striving to create games that can introduce the player to new worlds and new adventures. We want to tell great stories with innovative gameplay and memorable characters.
You will not find us whining about polygon counts or bragging about the number of enemies we throw at you in a single scene, there's more important things for us as developers. While we'll get you the graphics needed for the best possible experience, there's more to that experience than what your eyes and ears tell you, and we aim to incorporate those other parts of you, you sense of touch, your brain, even your emotions.
Stick around, we're just getting started.
~The Staff of CSE
Orb
Genre: Action/Adventure
Platform: Nintendo Revolution
Planned Features:
~A vast world to explore, make discoveries, form alliances, uncover the secrets hidden deep in the past.
~A storyline featuring over a dozen main characters with over a hundred supporting roles.
~Innovative 'non-elemental' magic system incorporated into the very fabric of the game world.
~Customizable weapon system with hundreds of possible combinations.
Storyline:
In ages past, the great army of the Kulon raged a terrible war with the people of this great land of Delphire. They came from shadow, and destroyed everything in their path. Men, women, children, all dead in their wake. That was all long ago... however, the ancient army of the Kulon have risen again from the mists of time, and one of their fiercest warriors has just crowned himself ruler and has started a battle for all out control over the people of this ravaged land.
His evil plot calls for the abduction of one of the world's Imanti, the so called 'guardians of the faith' to the people of Delphire. However, the guardian they abduct on one night has three students, and they will not let him go so easily.
So begins a quest through the land of Delphire, through ancient ruins and thriving towns, through the frozen wastes and the tropical beaches, even through time itself. As you quest, you'll find out that your teacher is just the beginning, that much more hangs in the balance than anyone suspects. Things are happening here that nobody understands, and the greatest discovery of this land, has yet to be made.
Thorn
Genre: Action/Adventure
Platfom: Nintendo Revolution
Planned Features:
~A futuristic world steeped in paranoia and the occult.
~A storyline exploring the occult underworld
~Innovative controls designed from the ground up for the Revolution Free Hand Controller
Storyline:
Explore the dark underworld of a planet on the fringes of human colonization. After retiring from the Earth Defense Forces three years ago you have received a strange message from your former squad mate. They seem to be on their death bed on a planet lost to the depths of the bureaucracy. You arrive after many days travel to find his body missing, yourself a fugitive, and the situation falling apart very quickly around you.
Darkness
Coming Soon
Offizielle Seite:
http://www.crossbeamstudios.com/projects.shtml
But ehm, more kudo's for these guys, can't blame them for trying and who knows, they might do something new and refreshing.
