BajiRav Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Limbo: It's Black And White And Headed To Xbox Live Arcade Nominated for awards in Art and Technical Excellence for obvious reasons in the 12th Annual Independent Games Festival, Playdead's stunning black and white puzzle platformer Limbo is heading to Xbox Live Arcade this summer. Limbo is the story of a young boy braving a bleak and mysterious world in order to determine the fate of his sister. The art is purely black and white, with the main character and platforming elements silhouetted against beautiful greyscale backdrops. Today Playdead announces a worldwide release for the game on consoles this year, with an exclusive summer launch on Xbox Live Arcade. Limbo will be playable at the IGF Pavilion during the 2010 Game Developers Conference next weekend. You can learn about the game at its official site, which includes a video teaser that's even more impressive than these screens. Be sure to stay tuned to our Road to IGF coverage for more on Playdead's Limbo. Kotaku Video on the official site: http://www.limbogame.org/# Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plarkster Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 Looks like it could be pretty good, I'll definately be trying the demo. Reminds me a bit of LittleBigPlanet but without the colour! Hopefully there will be a bit more to the gameplay as LBP was a bit basic for me. At least you can hang onto edges on Limbo, hope there's double jump and run etc aswell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunknMunky Veteran Posted March 4, 2010 Veteran Share Posted March 4, 2010 Very interesting, will no doubt pick this up :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soniqstylz Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 I played a bit of this after having it recommended to me by a few people @ the IGF awards... was impressed, hoping this comes to PSN. Def pick it up. Here's a hands-on from IGN March 12, 2010 - As soon as I put on the pair of headphones in front of me and took my first steps in Limbo, I was hooked. It's simple, pretty, hauntingly awesome when it comes to sound, and ready to keep puzzle fanatics on their toes. Plus, Limbo has really painful-looking, unexpected deaths. In short, it deserves the two Independent Games Festival awards it took home last night. From PlayDead, this 2D platformer starts with a simple goal. You're a boy who has to figure out where exactly he is and find his sister. To do so, he'll need to navigate deadly environments like a forest, city, and so on. The catch is ? for players at least ? that this game is entirely in black and white and only exists in silhouettes. The boy, the ground, and the trees are all stark black outlines against a white/gray background. The boy has two white dots for eyes, but other than that, he's just a shadow. That scheme alone caught my eye, but when I began fooling with the first area in the forest, there was so much more to digest. For starters, the controls are very easy to get the hang of. The joystick moves the boy, one button jumps, and another grabs things to you can drag them around. On the sound effect side, there's no music in the part I was playing, so there was just an eerie wind blowing and the boys footsteps to listen to. On the graphics side, the animations for the kid moving around the world are super-fluid; they're so natural. http://xboxlive.ign.com/articles/107/1077308p1.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-KJ Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 Looks cool. I'm glad PSN and XBL Arcade are available for developers and artists to expand and experiment without having to risk a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunknMunky Veteran Posted March 14, 2010 Veteran Share Posted March 14, 2010 Gah, summer is so long away :rofl: Crazy that they've been working on it for so long.. http://www.joystiq.com/2006/10/07/game-concept-limbo/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayepecks Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 Looks neat. I'll give it a shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheshire Cat Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 It's an interesting looking game, I'll have to give it a try :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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