In a year full of frantic shooters, one is being criminally overlooked. All the coverage has been about how Bulletstorm, Serious Sam, and Duke Nukem are finally ushering in the “old school” style shooter into a new age, saving us from the monotony of military shooters. The funny thing is that Nexuiz, a virtually unknown XBLA and PSN game slated for a summer release, might do that better than all of them. Developed by Illfonic, Nexuiz is a fast paced arena shooter that sheds all the baggage that has made the subgenre fall behind in recent years. Having tried the game ourselves, we can safely say that this is a title to keep an eye on. Find out why after the jump.
Nexuiz launched as a PC and console game 10 years ago, but the downfall of THQ lead to problems for the inspirational title.
Remember Nexuiz, the arena first-person shooter pulled from Steam three years ago after publisher THQ went bust? It's back.
Developer IllFonic has self-published the game on Steam, where it costs £7.99 (it's £3.99 until 22nd March).
Didn't get around to playing it until after the community died. Great to see it back.
The aftershock of THQ's dissolution continues, as servers for the Xbox 360 version of Nexuiz have been shut down. Developer Illfonic announced the news on its Facebook page, noting that the servers were being run by THQ and "cannot be maintained anymore." The PC servers, however, will remain online courtesy of Illfonic itself.
That's a shame, I loved this game but guess I won't be able to complete the achievements now.
Doesn't look good to me. But I'm not into this cartoony graphics style at all. Visually it seems like a mixture between Halo and World of Warcraft. Lots of bright colors.