There’s one question that hovers nebulously over Zeno Clash like the Sword of Damocles, ready to drop and sentence it to commercial and critical death. It’s one I can answer happily, with an elbow to the face, and uppercut to the chin and a kick while they’re on the floor. Yes, the combat in Zeno Clash works. Often, it does more than merely work, and you’ll end up feeling like the star of a martial arts B-movie as you make…
It seems Webcomics are all the rage at the moment. Dead Space had one, Mirror’s Edge another, and I’m sure there are countless others that I can’t think of off the top of my head. Zeno Clash, indie darling and oddball extraordinaire, is the latest to colour their universe with some pretty pictures and clever dialog ahead of its April release. They’ve managed to keep it interesting, non-plot specific and somewhat amusing, what with it featuring squirrel death. I really…
This is a whole new tact for Steam: a pre-release sale that only lasts 24 hours. Zeno Clash, the oddball melee-heavy fps from developers ACE Team, is reduced from £14.99 down to £7.49 (that’s $19.99 down to $9.99 for our US readers.) for 24 hours only, which means that at 8pm (GMT) tomorrow (Friday the 20th) it’ll go back up to 25% off the full price until release. I’d guess this is a clever ploy to get a rather large…
The nominees for the 2009 IGF awards have been announced here. I’m going to be going through the available ones in the next few days, so expect some impressions and linkage soon. As it stands, there are a few recognisable entries in there, such as Zeno Clash (of which we have an interview with here), The Graveyard, and, of course, You Have to Burn the Rope. There are a few non-PC titles this year aswel, but we don’t concern ourselves…
After they released their latest trailer depicting how Zeno Clash plays, we were so intruiged by the utterly bonkers presentation and wonderfully different fantasy setting of the game, and what looks to be a smooth implementation of melee in a first person game, we decided to see if ACE would be interested in telling us a bit more about the game, and, lo and behold, they were! Below the cut you’ll find information on why there are suicidal foxes, why…