IO Interactive presents Mini Ninjas

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Anyway, yeah, definitely something different from Io, although this is still a murder simulator, just with dudes turning into animals instead of bleeding all over the walls

Lol, Sonic reference?

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Lol, Sonic reference?

It's funny, I was talking to the Game Director on it, and I mentioned that I liked the Sonic reference as well, but he actually couldn't remember the animals popping out of the enemies. But then he maybe he just didn't wanna admit being inspired by it

Oh and me and Warby aren't working on this, until Zacker stopped working here he was on the same team as us. He did however work on it for like a year or something, lots of pre-production stuff. Slightly envious, I'd really like to try doing stuff like this

My favorite shot in the trailer is after the enemy turns into a panda and the camera zooms out and there are these two giant enemies walking through the clouds with the castle in the background. It's got something eerie to it, i really like it!

There is something Miyazaki-ish about it all, which to me = pure gold. Yes gameplay is also what we want to see, but here's a game I would have gladly worked on based on this setting. I can't get enough of those.

Gameplay footage reminds me of Crash and Spyro back when those games were good (the three PS1 titles for both), before they were turned into bottom budget shovelware kiddy games owned by activision. I fucking LOVED those games when I was in middle school. Looking forward to this now.

Even though I didn't work on this, then I figure I should take the reigns of pimping it here (Since I'm the only one from the core left at Io now ). Lots of promotional stuff going around at the moment, some really cool character vignettes. Also the game is slated for an early September release, 8th in the US, 11th in Europe.

COMMENCE YOUTUBE SPAM!

i was under the impression that there was also a female character, hmm? still, it's great to see these different archetypes. if this has excellent gameplay as well i'm sold.

Hey Mazy, beeing the final core member left at IO, are you also looking for another place to work?

And if so, is IO a sinking ship?

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i was under the impression that there was also a female character, hmm? still, it's great to see these different archetypes. if this has excellent gameplay as well i'm sold.

Yeah there is, just haven't been a viginette with her yet~

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Hey Mazy, beeing the final core member left at IO, are you also looking for another place to work?And if so, is IO a sinking ship?

Huuuh? Hell no! Warby and Zacker quit because they wanted to do other things (education and Warby wanted to go back to Germany and wants to be a millionaire before he's 30 ). In fact considering all the horror stories lately with companies closing down, then there's quite a lot of new folks being hired at the moment, although pretty much all of them are coders :G

But I'm not gonna bullshit myself or anyone by saying that if Mini Ninjas severly underpreforms (*Knock on wood*) it not gonna have some consequences, obviously your products need to sell if you wanna remain profitable business.

Ah okay, thats good to hear =)

Are you guys still looking for coders?

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Ah okay, thats good to hear =)Are you guys still looking for coders?

Aye.

http://www.ioi.dk/recruitment/jobs.htm

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From what I know, it is most certainly not! I can not think of any company which would have been harder for me to leave than IO.

Yeah, I heard there was free beer in the cantina

Just wanted to pitch in and say that I totally dig the art style in this one.

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Hey Mazy, beeing the final core member left at IO, are you also looking for another place to work?And if so, is IO a sinking ship?

I heard on, I think it was Rebel FM (maybe Idle Thumbs?), that IO isn't working on the next Hitman game, that's been given to the team behind that new Batman brawler that just came out.

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I heard on, I think it was Rebel FM (maybe Idle Thumbs?), that IO isn't working on the next Hitman game, that's been given to the team behind that new Batman brawler that just came out.

because local radio stations are always the best source for credible rumors...

Lol, that's a gaming podcast run by a guy from Gamespy.

https://www.eat-sleep-game.com/news/200 ... 29-081309/

Idle Thumbs (run by a guys from Shacknews and Gamasutra):

http://www.idlethumbs.net/

I think it might've been Idle Thumbs I heard it on since they specifically mention Batman: Dark Asylum in the show notes.

PS You should listen to Idle Thumbs regardless of any Batman/Hitman rumors, it's by far the best gaming podcast out there. The last two episodes have been the funniest shit I've heard in weeks.

there was 2 ninjas introduced in the trailers that i never heard of before but there most definitely always was a female ninja (a real kunoichi ^^)

io seamed good and healthy when i left maybe even more so than when i started !

and i dont know where i read it but it was already debunked that rocksteady would be doing hitman5 and that it was only doing some mocap or something ... some news page ran the story and put that rumor to rest .... cant be bothered to find it ... IO is not losing its hitman ip y0 !

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