inXile nos regala The Bard's Tale

Cita:The holidays are a time of friends, family, and eating yourself into a food coma. It is also a time where friends and family give thoughtful gifts to those that they love. We here at inXile are feeling the holiday spirit, and we canÔÇÖt think of anyone we love more than the 63,000 of you that backed Wasteland 2. So that settles it; inXile wants to give all of our backers a great gift this holiday season. Since we are all out of fruitcake and snickerdoodles, we decided the best gift we could give you all was a FREE copy of The BardÔÇÖs Tale. You read that right; all of you backers who log into the Ranger Center web portal between now and the end of the year will be able to get a code that will let you download your very own copy of The BardÔÇÖs Tale from our friends at Steam.

ÔÇ£What is The BardÔÇÖs Tale?ÔÇØ you ask. Good question. Let me tell you. The BardÔÇÖs Tale was inXileÔÇÖs first game (published 2004), and it is a reimagining of the original BardÔÇÖs Tale series created by Brian Fargo and Interplay in the mid 1980s. Our remake is a much lighter action RPG than the original, and it is considered by many to be one of the funniest games ever made. The Bard, who is voiced by The Princess BrideÔÇÖs Cary Elwes, is a sarcastic, reluctant hero who has little interest in saving the world unless there is enough profit in it. We try to turn all the classic RPG clichés upside down in this hilarious tribute to the genre we all love. But donÔÇÖt just listen to me; here is what some of the critics think:

ÔÇ£The BardÔÇÖs Tale is easily the funniest game IÔÇÖve ever played, and IÔÇÖve played all the funny games out there.ÔÇØ ÔÇôIGN

ÔÇ£The Bard's Tale earns a full five GiN Gems for their treasure chest, a score that even the sarcastic Bard should not have a problem with.ÔÇØ 5/5 Stars and RPG of the Year ÔÇô gameindustry.com

To download your free copy from Steam, first log into your account at Ranger Center:

Once there, enter your login information or sign up if you were naughty and haven't done so yet. Under the Account tab, youÔÇÖll see ÔÇ£A FREE GIFT - The BardÔÇÖs TaleÔÇØ near the bottom. Click ÔÇ£Get Your Free Download CodeÔÇØ. For more instructions on activating a product on steam, click here.

In other news, we wanted to tell all of our backers about the initial success of our crowd-sourcing experiment that we have set up with the Unity Asset Store. We have had hundreds of requests from fans who want to help us make the game. We obviously donÔÇÖt have the budget to hire everyone, but we did want to find some clever ways to let people help. Secondly, we are a small team, and the Wasteland is a very big place. The more props we get from the fans, the more time our guys get to spend working on key game-play elements. Well, our good friends at Unity decided to help us accomplish both of these goals by letting us set up a special Wasteland 2 asset submission process. We welcome artists and modelers from around the world to join us and submit their amazing work to be considered for inclusion into the game. All you have to do to participate is find the Wasteland 2: ArtistÔÇÖs Starter Kit in the Unity Asset Store, then visit our site for concept art and more instructions. All assets chosen for inclusion in the game remain the property of the creator and they are free to sell it in the Asset Store. In addition to us buying the asset from the creator, we are providing an ÔÇ£As seen in Wasteland 2ÔÇØ badge that they can display on their item in the store.

The great guys at Penny Arcade spoke with Brian about this plan. Check it out here:

So far, the response to this program has been fantastic. We have dozens of submissions already from the first batch. Below are a couple of examples of our concept art, and the assets that were created by fans.





This crowd-sourcing experiment is in its very early stages, but so far we are very impressed with the artwork being delivered.

Thanks again to all of you, our wonderful backers and have a great holiday!

inXile entertainment

Los backers deben logearse en el Ranger Center para encontrar la clave: https://rangercenter.inxile-entertainment.com/

Mola, y además incluyé la trilogía original ¿no?. Yo lo pillé gratis para iOs hace poco que lo pusieron gratis, gracias a que radastan nos lo sopló en Meri (no sé si anda por aquí).

(20-12-2012 00:27)Bhaalspawn link escribió:Mola, y además incluyé la trilogía original ¿no?. Yo lo pillé gratis para iOs hace poco que lo pusieron gratis, gracias a que radastan nos lo sopló en Meri (no sé si anda por aquí).

Si, hace poco lo actualizaron en Steam incluyendo soporte panorámico, multilenguaje (español incluído), además de regalar la trilogía original.