10. Jun 2013 | housemarque
We’ve recently answered a few questions asked by PcGamers.de about the next generation of consoles that will be unveiled today and tomorrow at E3 2013. The guys have been so nice to let us republish the whole interview in English. Enjoy!
23. May 2013 | housemarque
Helsinki, Finland, May 23 – Housemarque, the award winning developer of downloadable hit titles such as Dead Nation, Outland and Super Stardust HD, announced they are hard at work on a (still unnamed) “spiritual successor” to the Super Stardust franchise. The game will be released as a PlayStation®4 (PS4) exclusive. “We are super excited to be working on Sony’s next-gen hardware,” said Housemarque’s CEO Ilari Kuittinen. “The platform’s performances are enabling us to do things that wouldn’t be possible otherwise and we truly believe that better technology can lead to better gameplay. The more tools and resources we have at…
14. May 2013 | housemarque
After announcing winners 1 to 4 of our Housemarque memorabilia forum competition (see them all HERE), we are ready to award the two final pictures from the early years of Housemarque. Drum roll… and the winners are: 1. Drageard with “Well.. uh.. hi?” for breaking the ice in the “Introduce Yourself” section of the forum 2. Jerique with “Dead Nation: Road of Devastation Endless” for his precious gameplay tips As usual, winners will be contacted privately. To all the others, keep reading the forum, introduce yourself and help our community grow!
07. May 2013 | Tommaso
As we explained HERE and HERE, each week for 3 weeks in a row we will select the best forum discussions and reward their authors with a few exclusive Housemarque relics from the 90′s (can you remember when owning an Amiga was all the rage?). Here below the winners for the the past week: 1. Cobra_Qc with “[SSHD] My personal guide to earn over 10 million on Lave”, for the incredible amount of love he’s showing for Super Stardust HD 2. unholyxnightmare for his reply on “What is Housemarque to you”. We need insightful feedback like that! As we did…
30. Apr 2013 | housemarque
Populating a forum is not an easy task, especially when all our new products are still shrouded behind a veil of mystery (not for long, that’s a promise). That’s why we want to reward with some unique Housemarque memorabilia the loyal fans that are helping us starting interesting discussions, as we announced HERE. The first two topics to be awarded are: 1. Pound_lb003 reply to “What is Housemarque to you”, for the useful insights 2. Chalky-’s strategy on “Dead Nation: Road of Devastation Endless”, for the passion on display So, congrats to Pound_lb003 and Chalky-, we’ll get in touch with…
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06. Mar 2013 | housemarque
We are happy to share with you that both Super Stardust HD and Dead Nation have been included in the IGN’s Top 25 PSN Games chart released on Feb 28th, respectively on position 4 and 12. Not a bad result, right?
05. Feb 2013 | housemarque
We know, it’s been a while. Despite the lack of substantial sharable updates on our upcoming projects, we’d like to reassure you that things at the studio are proceeding smoothly, and this long wait is all for the better. 2013 got off on the right foot, and we can’t honestly wait to tell you more about what we’ve been working on. Just hang in there, news are coming soon enough.
13. Nov 2012 | housemarque
As we announced on Facebook, our Dead Nation: Road of Devastation Score Competition is now concluded. If you missed it completely (shame on you), the goal was to score as high as possible in Arcade Mode, the new mode we added last June through a patch update (haven’t played it yet? Launch Dead Nation with ROD installed and you will get it free of charge!).
30. Oct 2012 | housemarque
One week left before the end of Halloween sales on PSN (at least for Europe, sorry America) – if you didn’t get your copy of Dead Nation: Road of Devastation yet, now you can get it for the insultingly low price of €1.99/£1.59! Anyway, not only you need ROD because it’s a great expansion to a great game (ahem!), but also because our Road of Devastation Score Competition starts today! HOW DOES IT WORK 1- The competition will revolve around the recently added Arcade Mode of ROD. If you haven’t tried it yet, make sure your copy of the game…
26. Oct 2012 | housemarque
Last week we told you that Dead Nation was being included in the Halloween Sale, but that offer was valid only on the American PSN. “What about Europe”, some cried out? Well, Europe gets a double ration this week! In addition to Dead Nation (was €12.99/£9.99, now you can get it for €6.49/£5.19), the sale also includes Road of Devastation – the Dead Nation expansion – available for €1.99/£1.59 instead of €3.99/£3.19. Two good reasons to buy now? 1) Next week, we will kickstart a Road of Devastation score competition 2) Offers expires on October 30 in the US, and…
18. Oct 2012 | housemarque
Fans of parties, zombies, guns and cities under siege, rejoice! All Hallows’ Eve is approaching and there’s no better time for you to grab a copy of Dead Nation! As a matter of fact, US Playstation Plus subscribers will be able to download the best zombie shooter out there for the insultingly low price of $3.75. And if you want a real challenge, don’t forget to take a look at Road of Devastation, our kick-ass (and recently-updated) Dead Nation DLC. Want to know more about the Halloween Sale? Find all the details on blog.us.playstation.com.
01. Oct 2012 | housemarque
Did you miss the first two parts of this feature, published originally in the March 2011 issue of Game Developer? Find them here and here. — WHAT WENT WRONG [CONTINUES FROM PART 2] 3 /// Too much content for a downloadable game. In hindsight, our levels should have been smaller in scale. After all, we had a fairly small team for the game we were making, but we still wanted to make a title that would take hours to play through, with lots of replayability. As gameplay changed toward a more tactical direction, and as we increased emphasis on necessitated…
27. Sep 2012 | housemarque
The other day we started to republish an interesting Dead Nation feature Game Developers printed first in their March 2011 issue. If you missed the first part, check it out here! — WHAT WENT RIGHT [CONTINUES FROM PART 1] 4 /// Engine and Technology. Our in-house Housemarque engine has never let us down, and with the PlayStation 3, we’re able to draw even more power from it. There’s no point for us to even consider any other engine solutions. Dead Nation with fully dynamic lighting and shadows is a good example of what we can draw from the PlayStation 3….
24. Sep 2012 | housemarque
In the March 2011 issue of Game Developer, a magazine dedicated to the most stressing best craft in the world, Housemarque was featured with a five pages retrospective on Dead Nation. The article – technicallly a postmortem – documented all the various aspects of the game from inception to completion. One and a half years later we decided to republish the piece in 3 parts, for those of you willing to dig deeper (ahem) and reveal what lays hidden under the tombstone of one of our most beloved titles. The original piece was heroically written by the combo Harri Tikkanen…
07. Sep 2012 | housemarque
On August 23 we asked fans of Dead Nation to come up with a new cover photo for out Facebook page. The community around Dead Nation is without doubt the most lively and active Housemarque has, and we deemed appropriate to convey all that energy into something fun. Over the course of a few days we received as much as 20 submissions, an amazing quantity considered how little time and assets we were providing. The purpose of this blog post is to collect all the images we received and put them in a gallery for all to see. On our…
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Housemarque is an independent entertainment software company that develops original game titles using either original content or licensed IP’s. Currently, the company is concentrating on creating unique games for downloadable console platforms such as Playstation®3′s Playstation Network (PSN) or Xbox 360 Xbox Live Arcade (XBLA).