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Fallen Empire: Legions Open Beta Begins

Mike Fahey — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:20:00 EDT

InstantAction.com has just launched the open beta for their web-based first-person shooter Fallen Empire: Legions. Think of it as Tribes light, with two different classes, two different maps, and two different gameplay modes currently available for your quick and dirty gaming pleasure - capture the flag and deathmatch. All you really need to know is that it's a relatively simply yet generally satisfying FPS with jetpacks. More »

InstantAction.com's Rokkitball Trailer

Mike Fahey — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:30:00 EDT

Here's the exclusive trailer for Rokkitball, the latest game to grace the lineup at GarageGames' InstantAction.com web-based multiplayer gaming portal. It looks like guns and soccer. Or guns and basketball. We'll just stick with guns and ball for now, until we get our hands on the game. It should be showing up at InstantAction later tonight, or possibly early tomorrow. Be sure and friend MikeFahey if you are signed up over there, as currently I have none and it makes me sad. More »

InstantAction.com Readies Rokkitball

Mike Fahey — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:00:00 EDT

GarageGames' labor of love, browser based action game portal InstantAction.com ads another title to their arsenal tomorrow with the introduction of Rokkitball. Rokkitball is a futuristic, team-based game that weaves together action and strategy to form a very compelling concept in browser-based gaming.

Rokkitball brings a new level of multiplayer gaming to InstantAction, combining the frantic pace of a shooter with the team strategy of a real-world sport," said Alex Swanson, Rokkitball Producer and Designer. "We plan to provide an on-going flow of new content to players through InstantAction, with several additional stadiums and enhanced team customization options already in the works."

While we won't know much more until we actually get to play the game, there will be a live chat with developer Alex Swanson tomorrow at 3PM Pacific, the same time the game goes live, where he will be discussing the creation of Rokkitball and all that entails. For now, check out our exclusive screens from the new title, and head over to InstantAction.com for more web-based multiplayer goodness. More »

InstantAction Enters Open Beta

Mike Fahey — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:20:26 EDT

First announced back in September of last year, InstantAction.com is a web-based video game network created by GarageGames and IAC, featuring multiplayer action of all shapes and sizes with no downloads involved - basically workplace poison. Well now they've released said poison into the water supply, inviting the entire world to sign up for the site's open beta. Games currently playable on the site include Marble Blast Online, Cyclomites, Think Tanks, and Screw Jumper, with the Tribes-like Fallen Empire: Legions on its way. Having spent a bit of time in the closed beta myself, all I can say is beware...the completely death of productivity lies within. More »

Video, Details on Tribes-Like Legions

Brian Crecente — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:38:50 EST

GarageGames Reveals Fallen Empire: Legions

Mike Fahey — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:20:03 EST

It's always nice to put a name with a face. Late last year we posted about a leaked video of a Tribes-like web game from developer GarageGames. Now that web-based FPS has a name, and the name is Fallen Empires: Legions. Other than promising FPS gameplay "at its fastest and finest", the release doesn't really reveal any details, other than the fact that it will be a featured title at InstantAction.com, GG's new web-based games service due to launch later this year. "This is a first person shooter built by hardcore gamers who are wildly passionate about the genre," said Tim Aste, project director for Fallen Empire: Legions. "Legions won't be just any ordinary jewel matching web game; in terms of graphics and gameplay it will set a new benchmark of what the future of gaming will be on the web." From the video and screenshots I've seen so far, I'd say he's right. Productivity is completely screwed. More »

Video Leaks for Tribes-Like Game

Brian Crecente — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 11:00:03 EST

Shack News is reporting that they've discovered videos showing off GarageGames' unannounced Tribes-esque shooter for InstantAction. More »

GarageGames Readies InstantAction.com

Mike Fahey — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:00:26 EDT

IAC recently purchased the majority of indie developer and Torque engine creator GarageGames, and today the two companies announce the fruits of that transaction. InstantAction.com will eventually be a completely web-based action gaming portal, dedicated to serving high-quality video games without requiring downloads. I'm imagining it as a sort of Games.com, only instead of Scrabble and Yahtzee there'll be...well, action games. The companies are introducing new technology that will enable graphically-rich, multiplayer games to run in standard web browsers. You can visit InstantAction.com right now and enter your email address for early public beta access, with the site expected to launch publicly in early 2008. As well as the games portal, InstantAction is also launching a Game Development Fund aimed at encouraging new developers to create games for the internet. Personally I am kind of afraid of this. The last thing ADD boy here needs is quick and easy multiplayer action games at his fingertips. More »

The Great Game Giveaway

Mike Fahey — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 10:20:54 EDT

The Great Games Experiment is community site that brings together gamer, developers and publishers to share the games they make and play. You can join groups, make friend, discover new titles you would have missed otherwise, etc. I've told you about it before, and many of you checked it out. Those who haven't are being rewarded for ignoring me. Starting tomorrow and running through June 14th, anyone who creates a free account is entitled to a free game download from the GarageGames.com store. More »

The Great Games Experiment Wants You

Mike Fahey — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 15:55:55 EST

The Great Games Experiment is a social networking site created by the folks at Garage Games for the purpose of bringing together gamers, developers, and publishers into one cohesive community setting and seeing what wonderful things come of it. Think of it as Myspace for gamers. You can create a profile, list your favorite games, upload images, write game reviews, and even sign up for a developers account and share your own creations with the community. More »

Jeff Tunnell on Where Apple's Failing

kotaku.com — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 10:00:02 EDT

Cathode Tan's a blog that doesn't like us; yet, just like women, the blogs that hate you are the only one's worth loving. Furthermore, Josh is passionate about Apple's failure to get the Mac together as a viable gaming platform, and he links and excellent post from Jeff Tunnell of Garage Games, who shakes his head in despair over what Apple's doing wrong for gamers: More »

GDC '06: Hands-On with Garage Games' 'Not Tribes' Legions Demo

Joel — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 19:32:22 EST

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We had a chance to talk to Garage Games' Tim Aste about Legions, the Tribesesque game they're using as a technology demo for Torque engine. We didn't beat much around the bush—we wanted to know about a Garage Games-designed Tribes title. More »

Potential First Look at Tribes Blood Eagle Model

Joel — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 11:29:11 EST

From the same threads over at Tribalwar that gave us our (hopefully) first look at the Tribes title, the above image, which appears to be concept images and first models of those shrieking harbingers of molten doom, the Blood Eagle tribe.This is looking more and more official isn't it? As soon as Oregon sees the light of day, we'll get an official statement from Garage Games. More »

Garage Games to Show Next Tribes Game at GDC?

Joel — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 10:52:41 EST

A throwaway post on the infamous Tribalwar forums by 'ajaxprojection'—who we're told is a Garage Games employee—linked to this video of an "old capture of what may be at GDC." Garage Games, as you may remember, was formed by core members of the now-defunct Dynamix, makers of Tribes and Tribes 2. More »

Six Months = New Console Game

Brian Crecente — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 12:00:25 EST

Major Nelson points to a story over on the "Make it Big in Games" blog that talks through the process of creating a game for Xbox Live Arcade. The site spoke with Jeff Tunnell of Garage Games about the process. More »

Command Santa's Elves in New RTS

Brian Crecente — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 13:00:32 EST

Santa's Snowy Workshop is a garage game that pits you against the clock in an attempt to match Santa's annual Herculean task of creating and wrapping enough toys for all of the good little girls and boys. More »