The Joystiq Indie Pitch: Ring Theory

Being a giant, beloved video game site has its downsides. For example, we sometimes neglect to give independent developers our coverage love (or loverage, if you will) as we get caught up in AAA, AAAA or the rare quintuple-A titles. To remedy that, we're giving indies the chance to create their own loverage and sell you, the fans, on their studios and products. This week we talk with Glen DeBiasa and Matt Laverty of 4 Score Games about their unconventional match 3 game, Ring Theory.


How did you or your company get started in development?

Glen: I've been making computer games since I learned to program. In the beginning, it was just copying code out of a book on to a TRS-80. In college, my freshman computer professor held a contest for us to create any kind of program we wanted: I... (Continue Reading...)

Hudson 3DS titles listed as canceled in latest Famitsu

This week's Famitsu notes that several Hudson 3DS titles have been canned, according to Andriasang. The current list includes some of the planned 3DS titles like Bomberman, Bonk and Omega Five, which were all announced last October.

Hudson has gone through a serious shift since the Konami takeover earlier this year. Konami is set to take full control of the company and replace Hudson's CEO with its own next week.

Update: A Konami spokesperson tells Wired the publisher hasn't "distributed any official list of Hudson products... (Continue Reading...)


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