The Geek Link writes - The highly anticipated LocoCycle was front and center at PAX East. Also present were other classics from Twisted Pixel’s library including Ms. Splosion Man and Wavy Tube Man Chronicles. The Geek Link’s Malcolm Spinedi recently sat down with Twisted Pixel’s 2D Artist/Community Manager Jay Stuckwisch about LocoCycle and the future of Twisted Pixel.
Meta announced it has acquired developers Twisted Pixel, Armature Studio, and Camouflaj.Twisted Pixel is known for The Maw,‘Splosion Man,Ms. Splosion Man, Comic Jumper, LocoCycle, and Wilson's Heart. Armature Studio developed the virtual reality version of Resident Evil 4. They also recently released Where the Heart Leads. Camouflaj is the studio that developed Marvel's Iron Man VR and Republique.
I always said that MS should have purchased Twisted Pixel way back when they made MS Splosion Man.
Not sure what they have been up to lately, but I loved the humor found in their games.
But MS actually *DID* purchase them close to Ms. Splosion Man's release. Later, both parties came to a mutual split around the mid-2010s and Twisted Pixel moved their attention to VR.
I believe you're right! I vaguely recall a story a while back of them parting ways. I probably left a comment here on N4G way back of how disappointed I was to hear it.
@crxss: yeah.... The article says that too. But doing this sort of adjustment isn't at all good and especially in the specific arena of Meta's VR teams.
Oh no. We need Microsoft to look at what Meta is aiming to purchase so that they can buy 'em before Meta can so that they can save us from Facebook.
Lol. But in all seriousness. Companies better start looking, or should I say, should have been looking years ago in getting VR developers that are already knowledgeable in VR. I always thought Sony should have been looking at Survios. They can crank out multiple types of games at a decent quality. With help and more time to cook, they could really be a great catch. And not rush things.
Camouflaj did well in working around PS Moves lack of 360 tracking. Shows initiative and creativity. Twisted is a good catch too. Armature did what Capcom is already capable of doing. So, I'm not as impressed with that one.
But it took Facebook long enough. Pushing music DLC and Ready at Dawn not making anything yet for Quest wasn't going to work for long. The race is on and let the competition begin.
A new trailer accompanies the announcement.
This week Ahmed and Khalil from Decoy Games(@DecoyGames) makers of Swimsanity join Aaron(@Ind1fference) to talk about: Black Manta, Young Justice, Justice League Unlimited, Superman vs Elites, The Witcher, Venom, Joker movie, Jared Leto, Mission Impossible Fallout, Man of Steel, Mid90s, Skyscraper, Loki, Bad Times at the El Royale, Castlevania, Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Seven, PSPGo, Kingdom Hearts, MAGfest, Mega Man 11, NBA 2k, Ys VII, Far Cry 5, Overwatch, NBA 2K Playgrounds 2, The Division 2, Ghost Recon, Splinter Cell, XNA, Unity, Splosion Man, Twisted Pixel, The Gunstringer, Castle Crashers, Pit People, The Missing, Johnny Turbo’s Heavy Burger, Swap This, Rage in Peace, Suicide Guy Sleepin’ Deeply, Call of Duty Black Ops 4, Steel Rats, Tetris Effect, Astro Bot Rescue Mission, NBA 2K Playgrounds 2, Mr Game & Watch, Cuphead, Joshua Mosely, Dreamhack Atlanta
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