Firefall dev unveils founders program, item store

Red5, the developer behind Firefall, announced the details of their Founder's Pack today which will offer hardcore fans and beta participants the opportunity to get in on the ground floor by supporting the title early.

The three tiers of founders packages offer players things like lifetime XP boosts, tiki mask gifts for friends, name reserves, and a ton of other goodies detailed here.

The packs range from $15 to $75, and are detailed more thoroughly here. 

Red 5 also announced that they will feature an item store in the game, but have vowed never to offer power items, or charge players for zones. Instead, they said they're focusing on aesthetic items and things that will be fun for the player.

Source : gamesradar[dot]com

ZombiU footage shows off permadeath WiiU survival horror

Though we wouldn't have expected it from a potential Wii U launch title, ZombiU seems intent on showcasing its hardcore street cred. This latest trailer gives us a glimpse at some of the survival horror in the game including a "permadeath" type of feature.

http://www.gamesradar.com/zombiu-footage-shows-permadeath-wiiu-survival-horror/

We put permadeath in quotation marks because it's not really permadeath if you can regain all of your gear. The dev makes it clear that the character dies permanently, but your backpack/inventory (which is really the soul of any playable character) can be retrieved. We'd love to see a Dark Souls-esque system in which you have only one life to get back to your body, kill your zombified self and retrieve your items before your corpse wanders off forever.

Source : gamesradar[dot]com

Angry Birds Space gets "Red Planet" update

Though it may not be extremely popular in hardcore gaming circles anymore, Angry Birds has become the preeminent smash hit video game of our time. Today the creators of the title announced they're bringing a free new update to their latest, Angry Birds Space, that once again ties in with NASA's efforts.

We don't know what's behind Rovio's recent collaboration with NASA (maybe some kind of huge federal tax break) but we love it. Games are great on their own, but if they have a side effect of encouraging kids to realize that space is awesome, then more power to them.

This new update also features a hook based on NASA's Curiosity rover that landed on Mars earlier this month. The previous game's Golden Eggs are gone and have been replaced by little rovers that players must land their birds on to open up bonus stages.

Source : gamesradar[dot]com