The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is one of the most creative titles we've ever seen, giving players a handful of inventive tools and a physics-based open world to mess around in. Ultrahand is arguably the game's most defining feature, creative enough to earn the game an award during TheGamer Aces last year at the very least, though there were a lot of pains during development to get it implemented correctly.
Tear robot rivals limb from limb and then use their parts as your own in Gang Beasts-like brawler Mecha Mayhem
29.02.2024 - 20:57 / rockpapershotgun.com
If Helldivers 2 hasn’t quite scratched your itch for reducing robots into piles of scrap, upcoming physics-based brawler Mecha Mayhem might. Gang Beasts in a world of Gundam-like bots, the fighting game lets you literally tear your enemies into pieces before repurposing their dismembered parts on your own bot.
Solo developer Duck It Games has been working on Mecha Mayhem for just over half a year, having originally come up with the idea for the mixture of detailed, physics-driven dismemberment combat and a modular customisation system around a decade ago.
The game throws players into battles as M0nty, an initially basic bot whose advantage is being compatible with any mechanical part or weapon they find. Turns out, those parts are typically found attached to a load of robots trying to kill you, so you can feel less guilty about yanking their arms off Chewbacca-style before beating them into decommission with their own limbs.
As M0nty rips and tears, the player can mix and match different parts on their machine body, unlocking more than 3,000 possible combinations of hand-to-hand options and weaponry during fights, as well as being able to make sure of the environment itself - for example, by swinging a hapless bot into a rock.
As well as a sandbox mode letting you try out your latest build - or just dispense cathartic justice on a lot of machines - Mecha Mayhem will have a roguelike story mode where players will be able to side with one of three factions and earn new parts over the course of each run to take into other modes, including online Party multiplayer and co-op. Those other modes will also allow custom maps via a Forge level creator, with Steam Deck and controller support.
Mecha Mayhem is currently available as a closed playtest, with access available via its Steam page, with a future release yet to be dated.
The website gametalkz.com is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.
Top Authors
Popular Topics
polygon.com
20.03.2024 / 17:47
You can now make and share your own Lego Fortnite islands and games
Epic Games is launching a set of tools for Unreal Editor for Fortnite that’ll let players create their own Lego Fortnite islands. Epic and Lego announced the tools during the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco on Wednesday.
gamesradar.com
19.03.2024 / 19:42
Eric Barone riles up Stardew Valley fans hungry for update 1.6, tells them to "get ready" and then immediately "don't get too ready"
Stardew Valley update 1.6 is arriving imminently, and creator Eric Barone is riling everyone up. Well, he's riling everyone up and then pouring buckets of cold water on them by adding, "don't get too ready, it'll still be a little bit probably."
gamesradar.com
18.03.2024 / 19:33
Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection controversy grows as modder claims their work was used without credit and then removed: "I'm beginning to feel insulted"
Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection hasn't had what anyone could call a good start, launching with major server issues and an enormous file size around eight times the size of both original games put together. Now, though, it's also been claimed that there's another large problem – allegedly, the collection launched with fan-made mod content included, which hasn't been credited.
thesixthaxis.com
18.03.2024 / 18:33
PlayStation Plus Premium may be getting PS2 classics from Konami and Rockstar
If there’s one thing PlayStation Plus Premium is missing it’s a good library of PS2 classics. Since Sony relaunched PS Plus in 2022 with multiple tiers, it feels like those paying top whack for the online service have been short-changed when it comes to the lineup of older PlayStation games being emulated on PS4 and PS5.
ign.com
18.03.2024 / 13:07
Star Wars: Battlefront Modder Finds Further Evidence Classic Collection Uses Their Mod Despite Aspyr Promising It Wouldn’t
A veteran Star Wars: Battlefront modder has dug further into the recently released Classic Collection and uncovered more evidence that the controversial release used their mod despite developer Aspyr promising it wouldn’t.
thegamer.com
18.03.2024 / 08:51
Tears Of The Kingdom's Zelda And Ganondorf Amiibo Are Back At Best Buy
Nintendo potentially brought the curtain down on its amiibo era last month by releasing its Sora amiibo. The addition of the Kingdom Hearts hero to its Smash Ultimate collection means every fighter in the game now has their own amiibo. For figures released alongside a new game, you have to go back even further. Zelda and Ganondorf's Tears of the Kingdom amiibo were released last year, and after selling out fast wherever they pop up, the figures are back in stock at Best Buy.
videogameschronicle.com
17.03.2024 / 21:25
Modder claims Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection used their work without permission
A modder has claimed that Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection has used some of his work without permission.
gamesradar.com
15.03.2024 / 18:13
Dragon's Dogma 2 director says "it's okay if you buy both" as it and release date rival Rise of the Ronin gear up for an RPG showdown
The director of Dragon's Dogma 2 has embraced its release date rival Rise of the Ronin by telling fans "it's okay if you buy both" next week.
thesixthaxis.com
15.03.2024 / 15:51
PlayStation Plus Premium may be getting PS2 classics from Konami and Rockstar
If there’s one thing PlayStation Plus Premium is missing it’s a good library of PS2 classics. Since Sony relaunched PS Plus in 2022 with multiple tiers, it feels like those paying top whack for the online service have been short-changed when it comes to the lineup of older PlayStation games being emulated on PS4 and PS5.
rockpapershotgun.com
15.03.2024 / 15:47
While Waiting challenges you to make your own fidgety fun as you puzzle through life's little pauses
What do you reach for when you're waiting in line at the supermarket, or waiting in a shop doorway for the rain to stop, or even while you're waiting for a game to finish downloading? I don't mean to assume, but let's face it, it's probably your phone, where some idle doomscrolling likely awaits you, or some other, time-wasting distraction that will help fill the dead air between one task and the next. Well, While Waiting is a game that delves into precisely this fundamental human question: what is the best thing to do while waiting for something else to happen? It's from the makers of the very good puzzle game Moncage, and its newly released Steam demo is a pure, fidgety brilliance.
howtogeek.com
13.03.2024 / 17:51
Fossify Brings Free and Open-Source Utilities to Your Android Phone
Simple Mobile Tools was a collection of basic, free, open-source apps for Android devices, including a file manager, calendar, and photo gallery. The apps were popular alternatives to paid apps and services, but the developer sold out the app suite to ZipApps recently, which then proceeded to ruin the apps with subscriptions and ads. The Fossify project has picked up where Simple Mobile Tools left off, so you can keep using the excellent app suite on your phone or tablet.