Independent studio Hello Games has today announced what it calls "the world's first stunt-em-up," Joe Danger, for an as-yet-unconfirmed download platforms - likely to be either Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network or PC. Planned for a Spring 2010 release, Joe Danger is said to be "utterly unique."
"Joe Danger aims to recreate the childish joy of the first time you took a toy motorbike, doused it in lighter fluid, lit it, and launched it at high speed over your carefully constructed ramp out a second story window," said Sean Murray, the team's lead developer. "You are Joe Danger, the world's most determined motorbike stuntman. You live to thrill the crowd and break World Records. A call back to retro classics like Excitebike, this 3D side-scrolling stunt-em-up is a burst of sugar-rush fun for today's jaded gamers."
Hello Games founder Sean Murray said the letter "broke our hearts and made us want to set things right". It has now been relaunched on iOS.
What an amazing story, Joe Danger was a fantastic game and hearing about these kinds of stories makes me much happier than hearing adults bicker back and forth about which animations a game is re-using and the amount of pixels on the screen.
This is what gaming is really about and I feel like some people just tend to forget that
Hardcore Gamer: The twelfth entry of the Humble Mobile Bundle is now available and offers a lot of variety for very little money.
Hardcore Gamer: Joe Danger is a fantastic stunt racer, and now it has been released for the OUYA.
I'd buy it. Looks wizard-awesome!