2D Boy’s World of Goo is the latest free game on the Epic Games Store. That means if you have an Epic Games Account and the dedicated launcher, you can download it for no charge whatsoever until May 16^th. It might be worth a look, given the recent update to its visuals.

The next free Epic Games Store title may look familiar to some. It’s No Code’s Stories Untold, a collection of odd adventure stories with first person exploration, puzzle solving, and much more. Despite the short length, it more than delivers on its bizarre premise.

This month also marks the release of No Code’s Observation, a sci-fi adventure thriller where players control a space station’s AI. The objective is to help Dr. Emma Fisher as she discovers what happened to her crew. It’s coming to PS4, PC, and Xbox One on May 21^st, but the PC version is exclusive to the Epic Games Store.

2D Boy’s World of Goo will be the next free game on the Epic Games Store starting tomorrow. This is no simple freebie though – there will also be a free update to remaster the visuals. Designer/artist/composer Kyle Gabler broke down these changes in a recent post.

“To be super clear, there are no new levels, no new characters, no new battle royale deathmatch mode. This is just a gentle remastering we did for fun,” said Gabler. The entire framework for the game has been replaced though, so various PC versions should now work again without any hiccups. Along with a doubled resolution (the original ran at 800×600), World of Goo runs in 16:9 aspect ratio.

Not only was upscaling done, but the team tweaked each image by hand to ensure they fit. Of course, fans can still use the original visuals without problems. Other improvements to the visuals and user interface have also been brought over. Another nice change is that assets and save files are no longer encrypted. “We hope this makes the game more open and friendly to mod,” said Gabler.

Though the update will hit the Epic Games Store version first, players can expect to see it live for all versions within the next week. Stay tuned for more details in the meantime.

Supergiant Games’ Transistor is the latest free game on the Epic Games Store and will be available for the next two weeks. On May 2nd, 2D Boy’s critically acclaimed World of Goo will be next. Fortunately, the 2008 title will be receiving a free update to leverage the power of current PCs (and to run properly).

Designer, artist, and composer Kyle Gabler noted, “The last time we built the PC version of World of Goo was ten years ago, way back in 2009. The game ran at a 4:3 aspect ratio and at a resolution of 800×600. Most computers now can’t even enter that old 800×600 mode without the screen flashing or glitching. The game would also crash your computer if you had more than one monitor hooked up.

“So over the last few months, we’ve rebuilt the game for Win / Mac / Linux and it should now work nicely again on everyone’s modern computers. It’ll run by default at a modern widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio, and at whatever size you want. We also made a lot of improvements over the years for other platforms, like Nintendo Switch, so we brought over those improvements as well.”

Along with a doubled resolution for all visuals and some “high quality upscaling tools to start”, the developer will be tweaking things manually. If you’re really into the old art-style, there will be an option to toggle it. Unfortunately, leaderboards will not be available. Gabler revealed they never worked out because “Our poor server constantly got stressed out and shut itself down.” Leaderboards were actually removed several years ago, but the current versions of the game, including the upcoming update, have been changed to reflect this.

Here’s the kicker – the new and improved World of Goo will first be available on the Epic Games Store. The update will release for other versions later, but no timeline has been provided as to when. It’s a good deal though, especially for the low, low price of “free.” However, we’ll have to wait and see how it runs at release.

Nintendo’s former Indie lead Dan Adelman (the man responsible for Nintendo platforms receiving games like World of Goo and Cave Story) has given us some insight into his personal thoughts on Nintendo’s Wii U console.

Sales performance has been poor across the board and is most commonly blamed on the lack of a vast gaming library and the high price bracket, Dan Adelman however, feels differently. Speaking on ASK FM, he say’s, “Wii U is not selling as well as it deserves to. It has a lot to offer with great games you can’t get anywhere else,”, “The value of the GamePad hasn’t been justified. But the name Wii U is . I think that cut sales in half right there.”

It’s no secret that Nintendo’s attempt at next generation gaming with the Wii U hasn’t exactly been much of a success when compared to Microsoft’s Xbox One and Sony’s PlayStation 4;  they are placing faith in the upcoming Super Smash Bro’s game and the new Legend of Zelda game (that is still in development and not even close to being released) to turn things around and boost sales, but what do you blame for the Wii U’s poor performance?

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The teaser details a world facing a new ice age, and the solution is seemingly to burn everything. Yes, everything. Until there’s nothing left. Which the teaser chillingly alludes to, but nonetheless has us fatally interested.

Of course, we’d expect nothing less from the company that brought us World of Goo.

Little Inferno is due this winter (!) for PC, Mac, Linux and Wii U.

Source: The Reticule

Designer Kyle Gabler posts via the “Tomorrow Corporation”:

We’ve just overhauled and updated this site to become our work-in-progress dev ‘log from here on out, to track the progress of our new game Little Inferno, leading up to a release by this winter on multiple platforms.

Until now, we’ve intentionally not mentioned anything about the game, to hopefully avoid being another indie game that appears to be stuck in development limbo for billions of years.

But now that we’re almost done, we’re gathering some first bits of info on the new game to post in a few days. So keep an eye on this space if you’re curious to track/participate in the development of Little Inferno, with RSS or something. Does anyone use RSS anymore? Ham radio? Or is it social face places now? Can my Netscape Navigator do that?

Important survey question: What would you most like to set on fire?

Is “everything” a valid choice?

Source: NeoGAF

Developer, 2D Boy, have confirmed that the iPhone version of World of Goo is currently going through Apple’s submission process and will be out soon.

It will retail at $2.99 as standard but, if you’re quick enough to grab it on release day, you can get it at a discounted price of $0.99.

2D Boy’s also making the iPad version universal, so anyone who has that one will get the iPhone version at no extra cost.

The physics-based puzzling of World of Goo does, however, require the faster microchips contained within the iPhone 3GS or iPhone 4, or the third generation iPod Touch or higher.

Let the good times roll.

Thanks to CVG for the info.