I am surprised I haven’t really heard much about Private Infiltrator before as it sounds like it is completely up my alley. The idea is an arcade-like stealth game created specifically in a noir art style from developer Espionage Noir Productions, I feel the name does say it all about their market.

The whole idea to bring out this highly stylized stealth game is fantastic with the use of lighting really playing a major factor in the whole ambiance of the game setting the scene very nicely for what looks to be a great stealth game and to be honest I feel this genre of late has fallen away a little. Some of the impressive features in the game are:

• Arcade-like core mechanics : easy to pick up but hard to master gameplay
• Unique Neo-Noir art direction
• A great number of security measures : offering many different opportunities to showcase your talent in sneaking and bypassing the obsticales
• Multiple soundtracks : Several soundtracks in game along with the option to import your own music
• Free content updates

This is not an exhaustive list of all the features that are being implemented into Private Infiltrator but sums it all up pretty well. If this is not enough to sway you however the multiplayer looks devilishly fun and full of whimsy, check out the video below:

The idea of the multiplayer system at the moment is a two player competitive cat and mouse game, the idea factors into spying in its purest form and is a stroke of genius. It is very simple one player plays as the hunter whilst the other the hunted, and did i mention you are boxes. Bazaar i know but I like it.

Private Infiltrator is still under development and is indeed one to watch for the future as it already looks fantastic. You can follow Private Infiltrator on indiedb here, vote for it on the Steam Greenlight community project here. If you would rather wait around The Indie Game Magazine (who can blame you), we will also bring you all the latest as it develops.

Source: The Indie Game Magazine – Up And Coming ‘Private Infiltrator’

Now here’s a surprisingly nice piece of news. Stealthy demolition game Dynamite Jack has already been a reasonable success on PC and iPads, but is now making the jump to Apple’s smaller, even more handheld device. It’s not going to be a separate release, but rather a Universal upgrade to the existing iPad edition. While that’s nice news in of itself, here’s something nicer: For 48 hours after the launch of the updated build (Happening tomorrow, 9th of August), any existing owners will get a copy of the PC version completely free, both in DRM-free and Steam formats. Here’s the official blurb, straight from the developer’s mouth:

So here’s the special launch promotion: for 48 hours following the launch, I’m going to have a big link in the “Community Maps” section to a page where all iOS players can get a code to download Dynamite Jack DRM-Free for Win/Mac/Linux AND get a Steam code for Win/Mac.  I always get a handful of emails from people saying “I bought it on the iPad, can I get it on the PC free?”, so I figure, hey, this is a great way to sort that

Source: The Indie Game Magazine – ‘Dynamite Jack’ Coming To iPhone Tomorrow – Buy On iOS, Get A PC Copy Free

Phil Hassey‘s rather explosive action-stealth game, Dynamite Jack, is now available on Steam for both PC and Mac, plus there’s a 20% launch discount too!

It’s a strange proposal – a stealth game in which you use bombs…a lot, but that’s exactly what Dynamite Jack is all about. You play as a space marine, who, after being imprisoned, is in need of traversing the dangerous mines of this mysterious planet with guards and weird creatures ensuring it won’t be easy.

Luckily, those bombs will make things a little easier but they do have the adverse effect of attracting quite a lot of attention. You also have a flashlight to use in all sorts of imaginative ways – luring guards into traps or keeping monsters at bay – but the game’s various challenges means you won’t always have access to these tools. As Dynamite Jack is primarily an arcade style of game, you’ll be pursuing high scores and speedrunning rather than a deep storyline, but that means there’s plenty of replayability up for grabs.

Currently, Dynamite Jack is available on Steam with a 20% discount, but it only costs $5.99/£3.99 anyway. Not sure if you’ll like the game? You may as well read through our review (video review included) to help make up your mind then!

It’s also worth nothing that you can get the game for PC, Mac AND Linux from Phil on the official website for $4.99 as he’s using that hand Humble Store we keep seeing everywhere.

More information on Dynamite Jack can be found on the game’s official website.

Lantana Games are celebrating Patriots Day, quite appropriately of course, with a 50% off sale for Children of Liberty, so if you want to help them out during development and get hold of a copy of this stealth platformer then now would be a good time for that.

Despite working in a crowded genre, the 2D platformer, Children of Liberty manages to stick out. It’s early stages yet and that can be seen in places, but the gist of the game is all in place and coupled with a focus on stealth and appealing artwork, we’re sure it’s going to add up to something great. If you haven’t already, you can check out an alpha demo right here, but if you enjoy the game and want to help out the developers you can do so by purchasing the game and getting the most up-to-date version.

However, the human race is one that has become obsessed with sales and bargains, in which case you’ll probably want to purchase the game today if you’re going to as it’s currently available at 50% off. This is in celebration of Patriots Day, specifically, the 237th anniversary of Paul Revere’s Ride and The Battles of Lexington and Concord, which are the events which Children of Liberty is based around.

As you might suspect, the sale is only being staged for 24 hours, so if you’re reading this after April 19th 2012, then you’re already too late. If upon checking the date it is that day then you’re in luck – head over to Desura with $4.99/£3.49 and you can get yourself an advanced copy of the game and access to the latest build.

More information on Children of Liberty can be found on the game’s official website.

What do we know about Gunpoint? Well, we know it’s a stealth platformer that boasts missions and upgrades and techno-jobbery. We know it comes from the mind of PC Gamer UK journo, Tom Francis. We’re also aware that it’s been helped along by a cascade of community collaboration: John Roberts and Fabian van Dommelen have provided the artistic content, a submission was picked for which sound should signify use of the game’s Crosslink device and now, through further competitioning, he’s chosen three soundtracks for Gunpoint’s varying states of play. You can check them all out via his blog, here, which will also helpfully afford you your daily jazz fix.

More importantly (for those of us who haven’t been hemorrhaging creativity) a decision has been made on the subject of pricing or, more accurately, whether or not to charge any money for the game at all. An online poll was constructed, votes were solemnly counted and the results are now in. In Francis’ own words:

I… asked you guys if you thought I should charge money for the game when it comes out. I was expecting around 90% of you to say I should keep it free, and if it was as low as 80% I’d start to believe it might be worth something. The figure was around 1%. Over a thousand comments, the vast majority of people said “No! Don’t give us a free thing! Charge us money!”

Unquestionably wonderful as this is (and it really is), I don’t find it entirely surprising. Given the popular press that the game has so far received and the goodwill usually exhibited amongst the indie community, folks around these parts are often inclined to admit when they should be paying good money for their video gaming. They also know when talent should rewarded.

Here’s hoping for a swift release and a game that plays as good as it looks. All we currently have is ‘probably March 2012′  for an initial PC version, but this is good enough for me.

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We’ve been providing a fair bit of coverage on journo-turned-developer Tom Francis’ upcoming stealthy git simulator, Gunpoint, but sometimes it just takes a narrated walkthrough of a few levels to make the concept click. Fortunately, that’s exactly what we have here; After the break, eight and a half minutes of officially developer-sanctioned pushing people out of windows, rewiring lightswitches and improbably high-tech trousers.

This video raises a rather notable question, direct from the developer:  Would you pay for this game? Personally, I’d buy it in a heartbeat if it launched for $5 or equivalent. While the quality of freeware games is creeping higher and higher (see the recent Stealth Bastard), there seems to be enough depth, subtlety and absurd humor here to extract some cash from my already anemic wallet, especially if it were to come with a level editor and some kind of level-sharing system.

There seems to be a lot of potential for variety and emergent gameplay presented, as the developer himself mentions – sometimes, he just stumbles onto alternative solutions to levels that he had never considered, despite designing them in the first place – it definitely puts the game a little more clearly on my radar. So, what do you think? Is the concept of diving face-first out of 5th floor plate windows in the name of hamfisted espionage enough to part you and your money? Let us – and Tom, ideally – know.

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