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Icrontic: Shattered Horizon Release Date, Pricing Announced

Pricing, release date, DLC, and dedicated server information for Shattered Horizon was announced today.

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Pandamobile6042d ago

Nevermind, $15 for me, since I beta tested =D

Charmers6042d ago

Maybe it is my age but I was in the beta for Shattered Horizons and I thought it was an atrocious game. The performance was awful (single figure frame rates on a quad with GTX260) even on low settings. The game itself was incredibly repetitive and "samey". To be honest I consider $20 to be a rip off for a shattered horizons. I would've been a bit more positive if it had been free like Battlefield heroes.

Any one thinking of getting this game should WAIT for a demo and try it out before you put your money down.

primesuspect6042d ago

This IS Futuremark, after all; they are known to be punishing on hardware.

I see this as a Crysis-like beast: The hardware to truly push the game doesn't exist yet. I'm thinking you'll need GTX295 or Radeon 5850-level hardware to play this game at a reasonable clip.

Pandamobile6042d ago

When did you play in the beta? When I started off everything was horribly jittery and I struggled to get 30 FPS. Towards the end, they fixed it up and I got a solid 60.

Charmers6042d ago

I got my beta invite on the 28th September 2009. The first time I played it I was aghast at how awful the frame rate was. I mean fair enough my quad with GTX260 isn't a "power house" but I would expect to get better than single figure fps on low settings.

I did two or three play test sessions up till I think the 10th October. After that the game just couldn't hold my interest and I didn't feel inclined to carry on with the beta.

Now if you are saying they went from single figure framerates on LOW settings to 60fps on High settings in a month I won't disagree with you. I just think it would be prudent for people to check the demo out first, not only to see if their machine can actually run it at a playable rate but also whether the gameplay is to their liking. I found it rather dull, repetitive and grew tired of it easily.

Pandamobile6042d ago

I don't blame you for being a little skeptical. But it did improve dramatically over the last update or two.

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UPSLynx6042d ago

$20? IN

This game keeps getting better and better. I'm a graphics nut though, I'll buy it for the engine.

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Bundle Stars Bundle 7 - Indie Jam Released

Hardcore Gamer: Shattered Horizon is an FPS with a huge twist - you're flying through space. Also, going through corridors, but seriously, it's a zero-g FPS. Nuclear Dawn is a stealth-ish FPS, while Two Worlds II is more for RTS fans. Planets Under Attack has giant circles full of things doing things to other giant circles with things, but it's impossible to tell just what kind of game it is based on gameplay footage. It's got a neon-heavy color scheme, so if you've finished Blood Dragon and have a thing for that right now, maybe you'll dig it.

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Indie ‘Space Bundle’ Registered On Steam, Details Inside

Well it’s a been a bundling good week but we’re starting off this fresh one with a fresh bundle, this time courtesy of the folks behind Steam. Very recent to hit the Steam registry is a “Space Bundle” and with it all the juicy details on the contents. Five games overall are included and each of them quite stellar in their own right; ranging from deep strategy to first person shooter and a couple of simulators thrown in for good measure too.

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Shattered Horizon three new screenshots

Headup Games today is announcing the release of the space action title Shattered Origins in their own online shop. The game will be available at a price of 8,99 Euro for two weeks.

Pandamobile5215d ago

Way to get the title of the game wrong :l

h311rais3r5215d ago

I know! Shattered horizons released like 2 years ago! What a scrub