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EarthNight started out as a simple idea: a runner game with just two buttons, but a little bit of depth. This basic idea lead Philadelphia-based game developer Rich Siegel of CleaverSoft to a project that would take a lot longer than expected, but yield beautiful results. Now, EarthNight has been announced for the PlayStation 4, as well as targeting PC, PS Vita, iOS, Mac, and Android platforms. I got to see it at IndieCade East and try it out on PS4, as well as ask Siegel some questions about its development.
Review by Matt “Steerpike” Sakey Prince of Persia: Epilogue Developer Ubisoft Montreal Publisher Ubisoft Montreal Released March 5, 2009 Available for Windows XP/Vista, Xbox 360 (version reviewed), PS3 Verdict: 1/5 Roadkill “Employing to great effect its considerable talent for destroying everything it touches, the team at Ubisoft Montreal has produced in Prince of Persia: Epilogue an even more obnoxious play experience, packed even fuller with infuriating Quick Time Events, gorged even further on unresponsive controls, …
Review by Steerpike Developer DICE Publisher EA Released November 12, 2008 (Console); Jan 14, 2009 (Windows) Available for Windows XP/Vista, Xbox 360 (version reviewed), PS3 Verdict: 3/5 Middlin’ “While it is innovative, and very courageous, it doesn’t hold that much needed glass up to the rest of videogaming and say ‘see? This is what you look like. Aren’t you ashamed?’ It could have, but it didn’t.”
Review by Steerpike Prince of Persia Developer Ubisoft Montreal Publisher Ubisoft Montreal Released December 2, 2008 Available for Windows XP/Vista, Xbox 360 (version reviewed), PS3 Verdict: 2/5 Rotten Egg “…Prince of Persia is a lazy, careless game, both stubborn and annoying due to clumsy mechanics and constant repetition. It is neither innovative nor particularly fun to play. At moments it teeters on the very edge of greatness, but always it falls back, as though afraid …
Review by Steerpike Developer Team Ico Publisher Sony Computer Entertainment Japan Released October 18, 2005 Available for PS2 Time Played Finished Verdict: 5/5 Gold Star “I have never played a game like Shadow of the Colossus, because there are no games like it.”