Trailer for Happy Wars: First Free-To-Play XBLA Game
Free-to-play is a wonderful thing because let’s face it, we don’t want to pay for something if we don’t have to. The model is great because you essentially pay for what you want and the time you put in will reflect how much you pay. Luckily, Microsoft and ToyLogic know this and are releasing the first free-to-play XBLA title… finally.
What is it? Happy Wars looks to be a castle siege/tower defense brawler that is… well, happy. Just remember, it has to be XBLA-friendly, y’all, but hey it’s free and looks fun and entertaining. Check out the trailer below:
Happy Wars going on here
Looks pretty cool to me. The paid aspect will probably come in the form of armor and equipment. Maybe we can build awesome castles with crazy defenses, too. The game is set for a Fall release but no specific date was picked. Just know that it’s coming and Velocity Gamer will let you know when it’s almost here.
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That is way cute!
Great post I can think of many similar explemas where only through doing some usability and play testing with diverse groups were we able to discover things like the some think X means go away, while others think X means go here phenomenon.Take a great game like Catan. When we made the Xbox Live Arcade version, it seemed like designing a UI that let players know what each player was OFFERING vs. WANTED TO RECEIVE would be a snap. Nope. Not so much. We had to iterate on several designs to help players understand how to complete this most basic task. This meant bringing in players (some of whom had played Catan before, some of whom hadn’t) and testing with each iteration.I look forward to checking out The Maw. I love finding (and working on) games that appeal to both casual and core gamers (core gamers tend to also be casual gamers, but with slightly different goals and game play motivations). Hopefully it’s something that Liza (my wife) and I can play together.If not, there’s always Pandemic
Or maybe the next version of Plants vs. Zombies will have a co-op mode.