Zeno Clash rumors and DLC

Zeno Clash will be getting some free downloadable content called The Pit, which will add three new challenge levels for those who want to show their superiority on the Zeno Clash leaderboards. The three levels feature a variety of traps, destructible floors, and hopefully some harrowing moments as the players tries to make it to the bottom floor of the pit in one piece. To celebrate this release of the DLC on Steam, Zeno Clash will get a 50 percent discount.

There is also a rumor circulating that Zeno Clash might soon be coming to Xbox Live at some point. While I won’t call it a confirmation, ACE Team artist and game designer Carlos Bordeu wrote an interesting reply in the ACE Team forums that is pretty telling:

“The console version is still NOT confirmed. It still has to be approved.

The ‘pit’ DLC is not the XBLA new content. That should be out for the PC build soon…

Saying that “it has yet to be approved” is a good indication, at the very least, that it exists.

The Rundown: March 5, 2009

Today on The Rundown we detail Days of Arcade, a new mode in ZENO Clash, WCG Ultimate Gamer, the Titan Pack for Unreal Tournament 3, Troy S. Goodfellow’s awesome podcast, and a whole lot more. Come on in, take off your skin and rattle around in your bones - after the break, of course.

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The Rundown: Jan. 22, 2009

Another day in New York. It’s hard to work with all this talk about Priceline and the flurry of nerf darts that pierce an otherwise quiet Thursday afternoon. Today in the news NOBY NOBY BOY gets a date and a price on the PlayStation Network, Mines of Moria gets an award, the IGF Student Showcase winners are named, details on Global Game Jam, Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad goes gold and much, much more. Please join us for yet another pulse pounding edition of The Rundown - right after the break.

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IGF Finalists Announced

The Independent Games Festival has named the finalists for its 2009 Independent Games Festival event taking place later this year as part of the Game Developers Conference. The finalists were culled from 226 entries, a 30 percent over last year’s entrants. More importantly, this year’s finalists come in all shapes and sizes - from web games to PlayStation Network games. The selections were made by 40 industry professionals and journalists whose egos are already too big to mention here.

It brings me great joy to see such personal favorites as Mightier and BrainPipe getting the nod, but makes me very sad to see games like Minotaur China Shop and Hinterland excluded from this list.. Oh well.

As always, all of the finalists games will available in playable form on the GDC show floor, and will compete for nearly $50,000 in prizes, including awards for Innovation, Excellence in Design, and the $20,000 Seumas McNally Grand Prize, as well as a prize from sponsor Direct2Drive. Full list after the break.

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