Natural-Selection 2

The Natural-Selection 2 devs release more info on the impending alpha, a new video, new screenshots and a nice blog post.

Check out the new video (below):

A great blog post from Flayra + co:

Quote:

Releasing an alpha at this stage is a pretty different model then what the "big guys" would ever consider doing. This isn't like getting the beta of TF2 a couple weeks before it's released. This is getting in on the game when normally only developers would see it - we've even put in the ability for you to give feedback directly into the game and we hope you use it. However, we do believe it has the core essence of the game in it. There are marines and claws and commanders and resources. Players take on a variety of roles and attack the enemy while jabbering away over their microphones in beautiful, atmospheric sci-fi environments. We wouldn't dream of releasing a game at this state to the public, but we insist on releasing it to you, our die-hard supporters. We are doing this for a few reasons:

Edit: Youtube version:




CHECK OUT THE FULL ARTICLE: http://www.unknownworlds.com/ns2/news/2010/7/ns2_alpha_tonight

(The timer they refer to is the countdown timer for Special Edition pre-orders. Which is due to stop at 2am.)

I'll post more info and video's from the alpha when I get the time. I've been playing with the level editor for 2/3 weeks now and it's extremely impressive for an indie dev group.
More on that later too.

In the meantime, go buy Natural Selection 2.
Meet me at the Hive, bring a jet-pack and shotgun.