Berserker

By: Derek Yu

On: January 9th, 2008

Michal Marcinkowski, Sigvatr (aka Eric Vaughn), and Hamish McLeod have teamed up with two other talented artists to form Transhuman Design. You might recall that MM and Sigvatr were already collaborating on Link Dead, a spiritual sequel of sorts to the ever-popular Soldat. Now they are planning a new online game that will use the Link Dead engine:

The game is called Berserker and it is about killingâ€¦ bare hands and blunt weapon plain raw killing. On the website you can check the main game outline and a video of Sigvatr doing some vocal recordings of the game. I think you can get a feel of the game from there.

MM is saying the game will be much simpler than Link Dead and will be released before the latter as a test of the new engine.

I have to say, with the amount of indie strength on board, I have high hopes for this one. And I do enjoy a bit of the ultra-violence now and again.

(Thanks to BMcC, Terry, Tim, Xander, and ithamore for keeping things going while I was away. It’s good to be back!)

Posted in Multiplayer, Platformers, Previews, Windows | Tags: HamishMcLeod, MichalMarcinkowski, Sigvatr

Lorne Whiting

Do not enjoy!
Turniper

Judging by the description, it sounds really brÃ¼tal. It clearly has big influence of Sigvatr, especially of his “Electric Retard” =]
Xander

Can’t say I care for the devs much myself, but so long as this offers me a bit of the old ultraviolence with some interesting ideas and generous gibbage then I guess I can’t really fault it.

And welcome back Derek! Ah, it’s been so ronery!
Sigvatr

To clarify, Hamish isn’t actually “working” on the game, per se. He’s more like my friend that I show everything to and he gives good critiques.

In a way he is shaping the game but he doesn’t directly contribute anything; he’s more like a quality assurance guy.

And he is the most brutal critic ever.
http://www.awestyproductions.com awesty

I cannot wait for link-dead to come out. This is going to make the wait much easier :D
sinoth

My love for you is like a truck, BERSERKER
Xander

Yeah, I don’t think the Clerks references are ever going to stop for this one…

Also, I read Electric Retard and must now plough my own face out with some kind of eight-sided spoon. I mean bloody hell Sig.. how did you -not- enter the B-game competition, really?
Sigvatr

Too busy making Link-Dead and Berserker.
Hunty

INTRUDER ALERT!

GET THE HUMANOID!

Oh wait, wrong game…
mr

sinoth: Clerks ftw!
PoV

Fun video. :)
namuol

*My love for you is like a truck, BERSERKER*

Beat me to it.
Zeno

Oh lordy, now I have two games to check up on every day…
whatwhat

I’M A MAN AND A HALF! A BERSERKER PACKIN’ MAN AND A HALF!

YOU’RE HUGE! YOU MUST HAVE HUGE GUTS! RIP AND TEAR!
fartron

So what _is_ Hamish doing then? I want to play his game.
Chris

Plain raw killing, eh?

Not associated with transhumanism…the devs just thought it sounded edgy.
Chork

My love for you is ticking clock, BERSERKER
Lord Don

Beaten twice over on the Clerks reference. *sigh*
Zeno

Apparently this game will also let you anal-rape your enemies. And throw poo.

Yesssssssssss.
Chork

Oh, come on! I shook his hand, it’s all fat and stubby! He must have like a huge mushroom down there! So…does he have a Smurf living in it or what?