Demo Impressions @ GA-Source - posted by Warlock @ 15:40

Ga-Source has posted their impressions with the Severance demo. It's not a full demo preview (as the demo stated that it wasn't for preview purposes), but they sure seemed to be impressed with it. Here's a quote:

Our affiliate site Blade Universe is the best site on the web to find out all about Blade of Darkness, including a demo guide that gives you some idea of how to play the game.

Yup! ;-)

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Demo Arena Mod - posted by Warlock @ 15:30

Masklin2 has created a new mod for the Severance/Blade demo. The demo let you freely fight the opponents you want, at what exp. level you want, with any weapons and armours available within the demo-files (i.e. more than was actually in the demo gameplay) at your favourite place in the demolevel +++ (phew).

Havn't tried it myself yet, but it sounds really really promising. Keep in mind though, that this is not a multiplayer mod (as the word 'Arena' may suggest). I havn't been able to add the mod locally yet, but you'll find all the info you need in this post at the official forums! Leave a comment here or at the forums to let us know what you think of this mod....ok?

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Interview at JuegosOnline - posted by Warlock @ 20:00

There's an Interview with Juan Diaz-Bustamante over at Spanish gaming site JuegosOnline. The interview is available in both Spanish and English! Here's a little taste of it:

JuegosOnline.com: Blade has been under development for some years now ¿How did the original idea changed over time? ¿Where there any major changes due to new games that raised the bar in action games -like Half-Life- coming out?

Juan: Well, I guess every game that has come out since we began the project had some influence on it some way or another, but to tell you the truth the original idea was very clear to us from the start. The reason for these four years of development has been mainly our decision to create our own technology from the scratch, which allows us a lot more freedom to create the games that we really want to, the ones we would like to play ourselves. From now on the development times should be a lot smaller.

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Blade Screensaver - posted by Warlock @ 21:45

Amatar has sendt us a great Blade/Severance screensaver, which you'll find in our downloads section. The screensaver runs in OpenGL, so make sure you have a videocard that supports it. Read this description for more details. We also have a Spanish version available.

Thanks a bunch to Amatar and all his contributors!

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Blade Street Team - posted by Warlock @ 20:39

There's an official online street team campaign running for Blade of Darkness managed by Codemaster partners Electric Artists. This is what they have to say to all of you:

If you like the Blade of Darkness Demo, and you are OVER 18 we are running the official Blade of Darkness Street Team and need your help. If you'd like to join the Team, drop us a line at [email protected]. We will be setting up contests, forums, and other cool stuff for all of you to talk, trade, & learn the secrets of Ianna.

Let me know, we're trying to have Codemasters/Rebel Act thank everyone who helps us out!

For more info and registration, visit their street team website or send an e-mail to the address above. Love the game? Show your support!

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New Fanart! - posted by Warlock @ 20:22

We've recieved four great sketches from our fellow Blade fan, Fausto Gutiérrez. You can view Fausto's pictures in our most excellent fanart collection. Thanks a bunch Fausto for your submissions!

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Interview @ MindlessGames - posted by Warlock @ 22:27

MindlessGames has an interview with Juan up on their site. Here's a little something:

RunicPagan: What modes will be available in multiplayer (such as Deathmatch, CTF, to name a few)? Are there any plans to add more after the release, or is that part up to / possible with the mod community?

Juan: Deathmatch. Yes, tehere are plans to release a most advanced multiplayer version later on.

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Interview at pc.ign - posted by Warlock @ 18:09

PC.IGN has posted a new interview with Juan Diaz-Bustamante Berasategui, talking about what's up right now with Severance, Blade of Darkness and future project...and more. Here's a quote for you:

IGNPC: At what stage is the game currently up to at the moment?

Juan Berasategui: Well the game's design is almost finished and we're polishing, testing, optimizing and removing the bugs. The last design changes are related with interface and other graphical stuff to do with installing, saving and loading. At the same time, we're implementing the English, French, German and Italian texts and voices into the game.

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Another Demo Review - posted by Gordo @ 10:59

PlayNow Australia have recently posted up their own review of the Severance Demo. While they didn't give a rating on the demo, they are however very positive about the future of Severance. Here is a excerpt from the review:

We promise not to harp on about the cool special effects such as the bump mapped water surfaces, excellent detail and animation of the many character models (humanoid and otherwise) and the intuitive cinematic qualities that the game boasts. But try as we might, we cannot ignore the lighting effects and we will have to carry on about that just a little bit at least.

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Interview with Juan - posted by Dr.Haggard @ 16:22

GameLoft USA have posted an interview with Juan Diaz-Bustamante of Rebel Act, in which he briefly outlines the history of the company and discusses some details about Severance (Blade of Darkness to them). Here's an excerpt:

SM: We can't wait to play each of the four characters! Will there be any secret characters?

JB: No. We had planned a secret one (an elf) but we discarded it soon. Every character has hundreds of captured movements, and different sizes and a different story. It means that we have four games in one. It makes Blade of Darkness very complex in every aspect, including testing. At the end we didn't want to do it more complex!

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Demo Reviews - posted by Dr.Haggard @ 15:07

A couple of reviews of the Severance demo have surfaced today, and as we expected the praise has started rolling in :-)
The review at MindlessGames gives the demo a whopping 9.8 out of 10, and the reviewer at intelgamer gives it 95% and has the following to say in summary:

This demo has impressed me more than any I’ve played in a long time and I can’t wait to try the full game. With the release pushed back to Feb/March, it’s going to be a looooong winter.

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Severance Demo Mod - posted by Warlock @ 12:09

The first mod is in! This mod is made by yoodaa and changes the enemy levels and weapons to be slightly more challenging. For more info, be sure to read the readme file. Since I'm at work, I havn't been able to try it out myself, so any comments would be nice if you give it a go!

Get the Mod here!

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New Poll - posted by Warlock @ 23:01

The most of you who voted (70%) in our previous poll was impressed by the latest gameplay video, but what did you think of the demo? Well, that's the question we ask you this time!

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Demo Guide: Part 4 - posted by Gordo @ 10:40

The fourth and final part of the demo guide is now up and ready for your viewing pleasure. The fourth part deals with the various weapons and armour available in the demo, with a brief run-down and description on each item. Click here to view part four. If you have any additional information you would like to see added to items lists, please send them through.

Seeing how this is my virgin post on Blade-Universe too, I would just like to take this opportunity to say Hi to everyone! Expect to see more from me as I settle in to my role as a Blade-Universe staff member. (One of my first tasks in joining the team will be to take-over the Tea making duties from Dr.Haggard)

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12 New Screenshots - posted by Warlock @ 20:43

The official website for Severance & Blade of Darkness etc. has been updated with 12 new screenshots, taken from various environments and levels in the game. Check'em out!

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Demo Guide: Part 3 - posted by Dr.Haggard @ 20:09

The third section of our demo guide is now up, covering items\objects. Check it out here, or if you haven't read the first two sections start from the beginning :)

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Demo Guide: Part 2 - posted by Warlock @ 2:44

Our next part of the Demo Guide has been published! This part will guide you through the use of Combos. If you havn't figured out how they all work and what they do, read on!

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English Demo Released - posted by Warlock @ 22:33

Just got words in that the English version of the demo has been released by Codemasters! If you havn't downloaded the Spanish one yet (it has the same content) then get your ass in gear! Damnit, I will download it just to hear the english voiceovers! :)

Thanks a billion to our friends over at 3d Gamers for the heads up!

Download from here:
3d Gamers
AVault

I'm sure more mirrors will pop up. Keep an eye on Demonews, 3D Files and FilePlanet for starters.

Be sure to check out our Demo Guide!

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Demo Guide - posted by Warlock @ 21:45

Severance/Blade of Darkness is indeed a very anticipated game! It appears that a hell of a lot could not wait for an English demo to be released, and therefore bothered to download the over 100Mb Spanish demo. Well, so did we (of course) and what a rush!

We all here at Blade Universe love the demo, I personally think it is the best game I've ever played, no matter what genre! Not all share this opinion though, probably because of the controls and language in the demo. With the admirable efforts of marfan, who translated just about everything into English with his language pack, things got a hell of a lot easier for all of us!

Still, many people have difficulties adapting to this new style of gameplay and controls. Therefore, we have tried our best to make you a demo guide, in order to help you on your way and familiarize yourself with the game.

The guide comes in several parts. In the first part, we'll introduce you to the basics of the game as well as the controls and combat. We will discuss weapons, combos, items and more later. Hope you'll find it usefull!

Update: This guide is also useful if you have downloaded the English version of the demo. The list of controls in the table may not be entirely correct, but I will update it as soon as I have d/l'ed the English version myself (which can take a while).

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Voodoo 2 demo fix - posted by Warlock @ 18:08

Rebel Act Studios has released a fix for Voodoo 2 owners, which will run the game in Glide.

Copy this file into the 'blade\bin\raster' directory where you installed the demo.

VERY IMPORTANT:
This Glide version is still under development and doesn't support all the graphical features of the game. It does not support Voodoo 3 or higher.

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Tam Can-Die ventures on - posted by Warlock @ 13:27

Ahh! This sucker almost slipped by unnoticed! Just discovered to my pleasure that a new chapter has been added to our interactive story, featuring our very own badass hero Tam Can-Die! The new chapter is called "Big Bertha" (hehe) and can be found on page two. Let's get this story kicking again!

Thanks for the submission MadS!

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