» Our mission is to empower gamers to share their favorite games and with this, bring others to experience new games and do the same «
Are you a free game developer? Do you have a website that talks about free gaming? · We want to help! · Tell us about your project
Home › Blogs › StarshipTrooper's blog

Nexuiz Reaches Next-Gen

By StarshipTrooper on Wed, 04/28/2010 - 2:05pm

3 Comments
Looks a little familiar. :S

Looks a little familiar. :S

Recently, IllFonic has announced that Nexuiz, the popular open-source game, is being ported to Xbox 360 and Playstation in a new next-gen format. The game will probably feature all of the gameplay elements from the original, free version, but with updated graphics. I don't think it's been announced if it will still have grappling hooks or jet-packs, or perhaps they have been integrated into the mutators system. I think while it probably won't have the same community as the original, being on consoles and all, however I'm willing to bet that it will still be a great game.
Expect Nexuiz on PS3 and 360 to come out this summer.
0
Your rating: None
Tags:

Share this
ghostshell's picture
ghostshell @ Wed, 04/28/2010 - 3:45pm · #3829 nexuiz going to XBLA has triggered a lot of resentment from the community. Some of the developers and contributors have started a new project called Xonotic.

I think this announcement proves that there's great value in open source game development and we are just scrapping the surface. Not only is cheaper to develop in an open environment but also the players get to contribute the features that they would like to see in the game.
Fallen-'s picture
Fallen- @ Thu, 04/29/2010 - 7:25am · #3830 I think that being able to charge money for open source games for PSN/PS3 and XBLA/XBOX360, like the fee for the download and stuff, could help (maybe?) the developer community if some money could return to keep the projects going. I would buy the Tremulous download for my PS3 in a heartbeat! My 2 coins.
StarshipTrooper's picture
StarshipTrooper @ Fri, 04/30/2010 - 7:58pm · #3847 I'm looking forwards to Xonotic as well. However I don't feel like I should give up on Nexuiz completely just because it's turning closed-source. I don't like it when people say someone has "sold out". It seems very arrogant to me, I don't understand why people can't seem to grasp the concept of making money out of a good idea.
Anyways, I'm glad to see that the original developers haven't given up either. I'm planning to both pick up Nexuiz (if the reviews are good) and Xonotic when they come out.

P.S. I'm still waiting for the next version of Tremulous. I don't want to have to get used to playing again, only to have to get used to a new version. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for this summer. It's a good thing Dark Legion canceled Tremulous on Xbox, however. It's the one game I couldn't bear to not play on my computer.

Latest Posts

Most Commented