Berserker

Posted by Derek Yu Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:59:00 GMT

Berserker

Michal Marcinkowski, Sigvatr (aka Eric Vaughn), and Hamish McLeod have teamed up with two other talented artists to form Transhuman Design. You might recall that MM and Sigvatr were already collaborating on Link Dead, a spiritual sequel of sorts to the ever-popular Soldat. Now they are planning a new online game that will use the Link Dead engine:

The game is called Berserker and it is about killing… bare hands and blunt weapon plain raw killing. On the website you can check the main game outline and a video of Sigvatr doing some vocal recordings of the game. I think you can get a feel of the game from there.

MM is saying the game will be much simpler than Link Dead and will be released before the latter as a test of the new engine.

I have to say, with the amount of indie strength on board, I have high hopes for this one. And I do enjoy a bit of the ultra-violence now and again.

(Thanks to BMcC, Terry, Tim, Xander, and ithamore for keeping things going while I was away. It’s good to be back!)

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  1. Lorne Whiting said about 2 hours later:

    Do not enjoy!

  2. Turniper said about 3 hours later:

    Judging by the description, it sounds really brütal. It clearly has big influence of Sigvatr, especially of his “Electric Retard” =]

  3. Xander said about 4 hours later:

    Can’t say I care for the devs much myself, but so long as this offers me a bit of the old ultraviolence with some interesting ideas and generous gibbage then I guess I can’t really fault it.

    And welcome back Derek! Ah, it’s been so ronery!

  4. Sigvatr said about 6 hours later:

    To clarify, Hamish isn’t actually “working” on the game, per se. He’s more like my friend that I show everything to and he gives good critiques.

    In a way he is shaping the game but he doesn’t directly contribute anything; he’s more like a quality assurance guy.

    And he is the most brutal critic ever.

  5. awesty said about 7 hours later:

    I cannot wait for link-dead to come out. This is going to make the wait much easier :D

  6. sinoth said about 7 hours later:

    My love for you is like a truck, BERSERKER

  7. Xander said about 8 hours later:

    Yeah, I don’t think the Clerks references are ever going to stop for this one…

    Also, I read Electric Retard and must now plough my own face out with some kind of eight-sided spoon. I mean bloody hell Sig.. how did you -not- enter the B-game competition, really?

  8. Sigvatr said about 8 hours later:

    Too busy making Link-Dead and Berserker.

  9. Hunty said about 9 hours later:

    INTRUDER ALERT!

    GET THE HUMANOID!

    Oh wait, wrong game…

  10. mr said about 10 hours later:

    sinoth: Clerks ftw!

  11. PoV said about 11 hours later:

    Fun video. :)

  12. namuol said about 13 hours later:

    My love for you is like a truck, BERSERKER

    Beat me to it.

  13. Zeno said about 14 hours later:

    Oh lordy, now I have two games to check up on every day…

  14. whatwhat said 1 day later:

    I’M A MAN AND A HALF! A BERSERKER PACKIN’ MAN AND A HALF!

    YOU’RE HUGE! YOU MUST HAVE HUGE GUTS! RIP AND TEAR!

  15. fartron said 1 day later:

    So what _is_ Hamish doing then? I want to play his game.

  16. Chris said 1 day later:

    Plain raw killing, eh?

    Not associated with transhumanism…the devs just thought it sounded edgy.

  17. Chork said 1 day later:

    My love for you is ticking clock, BERSERKER

  18. Lord Don said 1 day later:

    Beaten twice over on the Clerks reference. sigh

  19. Zeno said 1 day later:

    Apparently this game will also let you anal-rape your enemies. And throw poo.

    Yesssssssssss.

  20. Chork said 5 days later:

    Oh, come on! I shook his hand, it’s all fat and stubby! He must have like a huge mushroom down there! So…does he have a Smurf living in it or what?

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