Joe Danger: The Movie

By DirtyLarry
in Gamers' Hangout

 Share

Recommended Posts

Grand Master

DirtyLarry Veteran

Posted
  • Veteran
Posted

Source: Kotaku

The Joe Danger Sequel Is a Movie Game that?s Not Based on a Movie

Back when I thought my time at the Penny Arcade Expo was going to be shortened due to a hurricane, I rushed to the area of the show where Hello Games was showing Joe Danger: The Movie.

I'd heard the game was looking great.

It was, and I shot this video to prove it. We're looking at Joe Danger: The Movie, which takes the gameplay of the first game?stunt-filled side scrolling racing a la Excitebike and Trials?and moves it into the context of the title character zipping through the sets of one extremely varied movie.Joe races his bike through city streets, hits the snowy slopes on skis and a snowmobile, careens through a Western in a mine cart and jetpacks through a town attacked by robots.

This new one seems like an enjoyable upgrade. It's certainly great to look at and was one of the more attractive downloadable indie games at the show.

Joe Danger: The Movie is slated for an early 2012 release, but the developers haven't even sorted out their multiplayer modes yet, so we'll see. The game was shown on Xbox 360 and PC at PAX, but no platforms are confirmed and Hello doesn't sound like they're skipping the PlayStation 3, where the original Joe Danger was a downloadable gem.

Incredibly kick ass the game is going multiplatform. Everyone should have the opportunity to play this game. It is easiest one of the best PSN titles that has been released, and a few of us with PS3's here were going back and forth battling on the friends Leaderboards for awhile.

I also really like the sound of a bit more variation. Even though I literally never got tired of the scenes and gameplay on the first game, it sounds a whole lot more fun with some variation. Also adding a MP aspect, just "do not know" yet what it will be.

Link to comment
https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1022500-joe-danger-the-movie/
Share on other sites
Grand Master

DirtyLarry Veteran

Posted
  • Author
  • Veteran
Posted

Usually not one to do this (meaning reply to a thread I started which no one has commented in yet), but I do feel the game is worth it. It may look terribly simplistic, but that is actually what makes it genius. :yes:

With that said, I guess there is not much to comment on with a preview like this, so all I will say is make a mental note to put Joe Danger on your radar. The devs really got something special here.

Grand Master

AbandonedTrolley

Posted
Posted

a few of us with PS3's here were going back and forth battling on the friends Leaderboards for awhile.

Will look forward to the new battles on its release. Loved the first one, although never completed it.... maybe that's something I should do this weekend.

Grand Master

DirtyLarry Veteran

Posted
  • Author
  • Veteran
Posted

Will look forward to the new battles on its release. Loved the first one, although never completed it.... maybe that's something I should do this weekend.

Indeed. (Y) :laugh:

And yeah, I never beat it either. Got to a point it was damn hard. I think it was a flawless run that had me stuck IIRC.

This topic is now closed to further replies.
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.

  • Posts

    • I restored the default settings to Secure Boot. Big mistake

      By +Warwagon · Posted

      In the boot options in the UEFI is set to legacy or CMS? It needs to be set to UEFI if it's not already.
    • Researchers claim Microsoft's quantum breakthrough is flawed by basic Python errors

      By Ccl Ncc · Posted

      Does sound like Microsoft
    • Researchers claim Microsoft's quantum breakthrough is flawed by basic Python errors

      By Co-ords · Posted

      That made me laugh! Thank you
    • Researchers claim Microsoft's quantum breakthrough is flawed by basic Python errors

      By Karthik Mudaliar · Posted

      Researchers claim Microsoft's quantum breakthrough is flawed by basic Python errors by Karthik Mudaliar Microsoft's aggressive roadmap to deliver a commercial quantum supercomputer by 2029 has now hit a bit of a snag, and it's not because of a complex sub-zero dilution refrigerator, but rather because of a few lines of basic Python code. A new critique published in the scientific journal Nature argues that simple software errors effectively manufactured the breakthrough that Microsoft's foundational research claimed back in 2025 into Majorana-based topological qubits. Topological quantum computing, the path that Microsoft chose for its research, relies on creating and controlling "Majorana zero modes." These are exotic quasiparticles that theoretically offer vastly superior error resistance compared to the highly sensitive superconducting qubits currently being championed by rivals like Google and IBM. However, physically proving you have created these particles requires sifting through massive amounts of complex electrical conductance data to isolate a specific "topological gap." Because of the sheer volume of data, physicists rely heavily on custom software pipelines to process the results. This is where the Python scripts come in. Now, according to the critique, Microsoft’s data processing software contained fundamental programming errors that ultimately skewed the published results. By mishandling data arrays or deploying incorrect logic within the Python script, the software supposedly discarded "noisy" or contradictory data. Which is why it only highlighted the specific electrical measurements that supported the topological-gap claim. The researchers behind the critique argued that this makes the findings invalid, suggesting the heralded "quantum leap" was actually a false positive generated by bad code and not a product of groundbreaking physics. However, Microsoft is pushing back hard against these allegations. The Redmond giant has formally rejected the criticism, saying that it's just a minor anomaly rather than a fatal flaw. According to the company, while there may have been a minor oversight in the data parsing scripts, it does not alter the fundamental reality of their physical experiment. Just weeks ago, Microsoft unveiled the Majorana 2 quantum processor, a milestone so significant that the company boldly accelerated its timeline for a commercial quantum supercomputer from 2035 down to 2029. But the new software allegations reopen an old wound. Microsoft's quantum division faced a remarkably similar crisis when a landmark 2018 paper on Majorana particles was famously retracted in 2021 after independent physicists discovered the data had been inappropriately cropped. That historical baggage makes the current Python-related allegations particularly sensitive. If the foundational math and data processing for the 2025 breakthrough are genuinely flawed, the highly anticipated 2029 commercial timeline could easily be delayed or, worse, cancelled.
    • OpenAI and Broadcom unveil Jalapeño, a new AI chip built for LLM inference

      By margrave · Posted

      Because of what they have done to VMware I will never buy anything Broadcom again.

  • Recent Achievements

    • Dedicated
      Scoobystu earned a badge
      Dedicated
    • First Post
      Tom Schmidt earned a badge
      First Post
    • One Month Later
      D0nn13 earned a badge
      One Month Later
    • Rookie
      +ChiefOfNeo went up a rank
      Rookie
    • One Year In
      Tom Schmidt earned a badge
      One Year In

  • Popular Contributors

    1. 1
      +primortal
      465
    2. 2
      +Edouard
      177
    3. 3
      PsYcHoKiLLa
      123
    4. 4
      Michael Scrip
      82
    5. 5
      Xenon
      76
    Show More

  • Tell a friend

    Love Neowin? Tell a friend!