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Sony @ E3 13: Indie developers/games highlighted

Posted on June 10, 2013 by Mike Ryan

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During their E3 Press Conference, Sony spent a good deal of time showcasing various indie developers and their games, all coming to the PlayStation 4. The developers/games shown were:

  • Adventure game Don’t Starve (Klei Entertainment)
  • Hand-drawn side-scrolling shooter Mercenary Kings (Tribute Games)
  • IGF-nominated Octodad: Dadliest Catch (Young Horses)
  • Overhead arena shooter Secret Ponchos (Switchblade Monkeys)
  • Puzzle platformer Ray’s the Dead (Ragtag Studios)
  • First-person horror game Outlast (Red Barrels)
  • Oddworld: New & Tasty, which is a remake of Abe’s Odyssey (Oddworld Inhabitants)
  • Side-scrolling open-world shooter Galak-Z (17-Bit Games)

All I have to say is… there’s my buddy.

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Secret Ponchos Interview: Dueling With Yousuf Mapara and Jose Lopez

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Warp Zoned Staff

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One of the games we were most excited to see at PAX East 2013 was Secret Ponchos, the intense twin-stick arena fighter set in the world of a Spaghetti Western. Contributor Anthony Amato, Senior Editor Nicole Kline, and Editor-In-Chief John Scalzo met up with President and Creative Director Yousuf Mapara and Art Director Jose Lopez and had a fantastic conversation with them while trying out the game. Nicole got her butt kicked by an eight-year-old, but that didn’t mar our first impression of the game, which was: we want more as soon as possible. Read on for the full interview we conducted with the incredibly talented guys at Switchblade Monkeys. (more…)

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Secret Ponchos Hands-On Preview: These Outlaws Will Steal Your Heart (Literally)

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Nicole Kline

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Secret Ponchos is a top-down, twin stick arena shooter stylized as a Spaghetti Western – characters, locations, music, and all. Developer Switchblade Monkeys has taken their love of those old Italian movies and married it to twitch-reaction arena mechanics, creating a game that took PAX East 2013 by storm. After seeing the trailer, it was on the top of my list of must-play games that weekend, and I was not disappointed by my experience. (more…)

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The PAXpocalypse List: The Best of PAX East 2013

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Warp Zoned Staff

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We don’t have the PAX pox, but what if the entire convention center was put under quarantine because of some mystery illness? What would you do? What would you see? We’d endure the PAXpocalypse by spending all of our time with the 13 games (nine playable, three developer-guided demos, and one board game) below. Though it would have to be after pushing the hordes of undead off our doorstep. Because any pox affecting PAXgoers would almost certainly have to lead to a zombie uprising. (more…)

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Secret Ponchos is a multiplayer western for PSN, XBLA and it’s coming to PAX East

Posted on March 19, 2013 by John Scalzo

Switchblade Monkeys is made up of developers previously employed by Blizzard, Hasbro, and Radical and they’re bringing their first game to this weekend’s PAX East show. Check out the debut trailer above and be sure to stop by the Switchblade Monkeys booth if you’re going to be in Boston this weekend.

Secret Ponchos is a multiplayer spaghetti western with a Smash TV flair. The overhead shooter pits six outlaws, each with their own weapons and skillsets, against each other in a wild west arena.

When the team at Switchblade Monkeys began development of the game, they left behind the overtly corporate, money-driven world of commercial game development and set out to create something of a passion project between a group of friends. They studied elements from their favorite games, including team shooters, fighting games and isometric action-RPGs, as well as the style and flair of graphic novels and classic spaghetti westerns, to create a game they could call their own.

Secret Ponchos is in development as a a downloadable title for the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade. It’s expected to be released this year.

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