A new interview has gone up at Dajmin. In the interview, Chris and Dean answer some questions about the development of Satellite Reign. Topics include how the project came about, going indie and the Kickstarter campaign, among other things. Here’s a quote about the motivation to make the game: […] The Syndicate series was a […]
August, 2014
5LS on weapon progression
There is an interesting thread going on over at the official forum on the topic of weapon progression. A backer has expressed concerns that the weapon progression might be too linear. 5LS developer Mitch has chimed in with the following comment: We are trying to avoid the scenario where you stop wanting to use a […]
Metrocide: A Syndicate inspired indie game
Today’s news is not strictly speaking Satellite Reign related, but it is Syndicate related at least: There is a new indie game in the making that is (partially) Syndicate inspired. The game is called Metrocide, and it is being developed by the Australian developer team Flat Earth Games. According to their website, the action takes […]
Pre-Ordering at Humble Bundle started, Info on Price and Sys Requirements
Apparently, pre-ordering of Satellite Reign has started over at the Humble Bundle website. A storefront for the game has been set up, and besides showing a video (reveal trailer) and some general information about the game, it offers the possibility of pre-ordering. The Humble Bundle webstore furthermore reveals the price and the system requirements of […]
Dev Diary #9: Info on preorder, alpha, recent videos and PAX
The ninth developer diary has gone up on the Satellite Reign homepage. It is mostly information that is already known (if you follow Satellite News, at least), but there are a few news bits. The biggest one is that they are now actively working towards an alpha release. As the Early Access release is scheduled […]
5 Lives Studios featured in Unity Developer Profile
Another new video about 5LS has popped up on the Internet! This time it’s a Unity Developer Profile. In the video, the team members explain why they chose to work with the Unity 3D engine. There’s no actual new information about the game, but it’s still worth watching, even just to see how the epic beards are […]
Good Game TV Feature on 5LS
Good Game TV is a a series by Australia’s national public broadcaster ABC dedicated to video gaming. In their latest feature, they cover 5 Lives Studios and their upcoming game Satellite Reign. There is a lot of good stuff in this video, including interviews with different team members, a couple of shots of the tools […]
Satellite Reign to be shown off at PAX Australia
The latest news from the forum is that the 5LS team will be at PAX Australia this year showing off a part of the game. PAX Australia will take place Oct 31 – Nov 2 in Melbourne. The entire dev team will be there, according to this forum post by Dean: The entire team are […]
Pledging closed – available soon for preorder
Pledging on the Satellite Reign website has now been closed. The Pledge section on the website has been replaced by a Store, where you will currently see a banner that says “available soon for pre-order!”. The final count is: Pledged: $786’185 (in AUD, I presume) Backers: 16’848 On Twitter, the team let’s us know that […]
