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23. May 2013 | No comments | No shares | 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…

06. Mar 2013 | No comments | No shares | 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?

06. Feb 2013 | No comments | No shares | housemarque

Since release, Super Stardust Delta has collected incredible reviews and prestigious awards. We are happy to announce that our little baby has been included in Sony’s PSVita Birthday Sale, starting today. Head to the store to steal Super Stardust Delta + Advanced Star Fighter Pack Bundle for €4.99/£3.99 instead of €9.99/£7.99. PS Plus members will also enjoy an additional 10% off. There’s no excuse now. More details on the sale can be found HERE.

22. Nov 2012 | No comments | No shares | Tommaso

Are you a PSVita owner yet? You should be, because PS+ has spread on Sony’s newborn as well. Aside from the excellent selection of free games coming with the subscription, for a limited amount of time you’ll be able to purchase a bundle including Housemarque’s award-winning space shooter – Super Stardust Delta – and the Advanced Star Fighter Pack with a 20% discount (7.99€ instead of 9.99€)! Super Stardust Delta is one of Vita’s best reviewed games of all times: see for yourself on Metacritic! At the moment the offer is available only in Europe, more info on other territories…

21. Aug 2012 | No comments | No shares | housemarque

A few days ago, we published confirmation of an incredible Super Stardust HD record on our Facebook page. Today we are happy to have with us Elle Galea, “the girl who achieved the impossible”. Hello Elle, first things first: you contacted us for the first time a few days ago about your “Impact Mode” score in Super Stardust HD. Apparently it’s so high that the leaderboards  can’t update it properly! Tell us a bit about yourself, and how you were introduced to the game? Hi, I’ve been into games since I was very young, thanks to my big brother; I’m…

09. Aug 2012 | No comments | No shares | housemarque

The top-selling and award winning PS3 game, Super Stardust HD blasts you on a breathtaking tour through the galaxy full of epic sights and scenes! With its unique orbit based gameplay and stunning 3D visuals, Super Stardust HD has won several accolades and has been chosen by IGN as one of top 100 modern games, as well as making many Top Playstation 3 games lists.

06. Jun 2012 | 3 comments | No shares | Aki

A new exhibition on Finnish games (both analogue and digital) opened yesterday in Tampere (Finland), and Housemarque was there for the opening. The exhibition has 45 games on display (out of hundreds) and is open until June 10th. Five of our games are playable there; Stardust (Amiga), Alien Incident (PC), Supreme Snowboarding (PC), Super Stardust HD (PS3) and Outland (PS3).   More information in Finnish: http://rupriikki.tampere.fi/muut-nayttelyt/suomalaiset-pelit-silloin-ja-nyt/   Photos by Jukka O. Kauppinen

28. May 2012 | No comments | No shares | housemarque

May 28, 2012 For industry fancy pants like us, the Nordic Game Awards have for the last 10 years been the place to be: we have fun, we meet old friends, and we celebrate the Nordic Countries’ rollicking game development scene.

05. Apr 2012 | 2 comments | No shares | housemarque

This is the third and last episode in our series of articles about Super Stardust Delta Bosses. If you missed the previous ones, read the first here and the second here. — Craboid is an iteration of one of the bosses in Super Stardust HD that had long arms and was able to stretch them around the player’s ship. In Super Stardust HD the players’ first reaction/intuition was always to stay outside of Craboid‘s reach, when the best tactic was actually to just bravely dive inside those long arms and start blasting away at his weak spot. Craboid from Super…

02. Apr 2012 | 2 comments | No shares | housemarque

This is the second episode in our series of articles about Super Stardust Delta Bosses. If you missed it, read the first here. — Buzzsaw is a boss straight out of the earlier Stardust games, but bigger and badder. We like big and deadly cutting tools, and that shows in some of our games (see for example Dead Nation and Road of Devastation). It was then natural to use them for a great end-of-level boss. This time around Buzzsaw‘s got some new tricks up his sleeve: he attacks you in several different phases, not only with his massive blades but…