This weekend, Futuremark's space shooter Shattered Horizon will be free to play. Not only that, you can get it for half off this weekend, then it will be free to play forever! The game's normally $20, so it's not a bad deal. Just make sure you've got Windows Vista or Windows 7 because the game requires DirectX 10. There's no XP/DX9 support whatsoever.
If you're wondering how the game is, check out our review.
The first screenshots of Shattered Horizon's upcoming Moonrise DLC pack have released today. Moonrise adds four new maps to the game, which are pictured in the screenshots below. Futuremark isn't giving a release date for the pack just yet, but they did note "the work is almost complete and we will have more details for you soon."
Earlier this week, we reported that two Futuremark Games employees were getting laid off. We emailed the company for comment on the matter, and they pointed us to this forum post made today. It appears that support for Shattered Horizon will continue despite the studio's losses.
"We want to let everyone know that our plans for supporting Shattered Horizon and its community are unaffected by recent changes at Futuremark," he wrote. "It is fairly common in the games industry after finishing a major project for a studio to reduce staffing a bit from the large team required to launch a game.
Futuremark has revealed a new update coming to Shattered Horizon players sometime tonight. The update adds quick-select grenades, individual keys for rolling, bug fixes and more.
In an interview with ThatVideoGameBlog, Shattered Horizon's lead designer Antti Summala (whom we also interviewed not too long ago) hinted that Futuremark might make a campaign out of Shattered Horizon's setting and backstory.
Take everything you know about first-person shooters and throw it out the window. You might ask “why?” I don’t care. No one can hear you in space. Forget about everything you’ve ever learned about FPS games because none of that really applies to Futuremark’s new multiplayer zero-g shooter Shattered Horizon. It’s a whole new playing field, and one that’s worth checking out.
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