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A Space: 1999-ish shuttle lands on an under-construction moonbase, where scientists have just found a secret hatch containing... something alien, in this trailer from Moon, a new game coming soon for the Nintendo DS from Renegade Kid, the developer that created Dementium. Exploring the long-buried alien lunar stronghold could be fun, if the rest of the game's graphics hold up to this preview. Click through for a trailer for another forthcoming game release, Lost Planet: Colonies.
A Space: 1999-ish shuttle lands on an under-construction moonbase, where scientists have just found a secret hatch containing... something alien, in this trailer from Moon, a Lost Planet: Colonies is a "Platinum Hits" rehash of the original humans-versus-alien-bugs game, but at a discount price of $29.95, it might be a good jumping-on point if you haven't tried the game yet. Plus, it includes tons of extra features. There's a multiplayer online mode, where one player gets to be one of the big bug enemies, and everyone else is a human trying to take you down. There are also four new player characters, including a robot and two women.
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I'm not entirely sure why your covering video games, given that anyone can simply follow the link to Kotaku, but your doing a good job of the coverage all the same. Maybe you'd be better served doing articles exploring science fiction in video games, rather than just news post about them?
Because it's science fiction....
Umm.... ok, that was like... lame.
@PriorMarcus: I actually appreciate io9's coverage because they tend to highlight certain Sci-Fi video games that Kotaku may not have time for. For instance, this is the first time I've heard of "Moon" for the DS.
Nobody's putting a gun to your head to make you read an article that's not relavent to your interests.
lol that Moon trailer made me jump back to 1995 486ish gaming
@itsburnsie: That is very true, but that doesn't mean I can't suggest ways I feel the articles could be better improved to serve a wide spectrum of interest as well.
@PriorMarcus: Video games are such a huge part of science fiction nowadays, and have such an enormous impact on everything else, that we literally have no choice but to cover them. Plus I did check whether Kotaku had covered "Moon" before I decided to post about it. We've covered video games on io9 since day one, and we'll continue to cover them, although we defer to kotaku as the real experts.
I just really want to blow up the moon. Are there games that will let me do that?
There's actually a movie called "Moon" being made right now, and directed by Duncan Jones (David Bowie's son with his first wife Angela), starring Sam Rockwell (Zaphod Beeblebrox form the "Hitchhiker's Guide" movie).
From what I gather it's about an astronaut stranded on a moon base.
@Annalee Newitz:
Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask.
SPOILER ALERT: For more moon destruction kicks, watch the episode "Angel Arms" of the anime Trigun.
@joemasaki: Yeah, I almost mentioned that, but I ran out of space in the post.
That MOON trailer was in a word: BOOOOOOOOOORING
@Charlie Jane Anders: No, it's not that I mind you posting video game articles and news stories, and it's not like I believe your stepping on Kotaku's toes, what I'm suggesting is that rather than the odd news article every so often it would be nice if science fiction video games (news, analysis, reviews from the science fiction enthusiast angle) were given their own article of sorts. A monthly/bi-monthly article covering various aspects of the genre as portrayed in that medium. It's something I'd be interested in seeing here.
The first bug looks like cloverfield
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