Headup Games | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net KitGuru.net - Tech News | Hardware News | Hardware Reviews | IOS | Mobile | Gaming | Graphics Cards Wed, 06 Dec 2017 14:26:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-KITGURU-Light-Background-SQUARE2-32x32.png Headup Games | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net 32 32 There’s a new Portal game on the way, but probably not the one you were hoping for https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/theres-a-new-portal-game-on-the-way-but-probably-not-the-one-you-were-hoping-for/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/theres-a-new-portal-game-on-the-way-but-probably-not-the-one-you-were-hoping-for/#comments Wed, 06 Dec 2017 14:26:29 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=356980 It looks like there is a new Portal game on the way, but probably not the one you were expecting. Rather than a Valve-made sequel to Portal 1 and 2, today ‘Headup Games' announced that they would be releasing ‘Bridge Constructor Portal', a spin-off of the Bridge Constructor series. Headup Games is the publisher of …

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It looks like there is a new Portal game on the way, but probably not the one you were expecting. Rather than a Valve-made sequel to Portal 1 and 2, today ‘Headup Games' announced that they would be releasing ‘Bridge Constructor Portal', a spin-off of the Bridge Constructor series.

Headup Games is the publisher of Bridge Constructor. The series includes different spin-offs for trains, stunts, bunkers and now Portal is being added to that list. The Bridge Constructor formula is exactly what it sounds like, you design your own bridge constructions and watch cars or trucks drive across them. They can fail due to weight and physics etc, so you can also purposefully cause crashes and bridge collapses to witness some havoc.

You can see the trailer for Bridge Constructor Portal below:

In the Portal version, there will be more puzzle-like elements, as you would expect from any game involving the famous Portal gun. The Bridge Constructor games are generally positively received on Steam, so this may end up being a fun little spin-off for the franchise.

Bridge Constructor Portal releases on PC and mobile on the 20th of December. Console versions will also be arriving next year.

KitGuru Says: Valve has been spinning off a couple of its franchises this year. During The International, it was revealed that a card game based on Dota 2 would be coming out and now we have Bridge Constructor Portal. I imagine both games will end up being fairly good, but they may also receive some flack for not being what hardcore fans were after.

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Steam bundles now discount titles you already own https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/jon-martindale/steam-bundles-now-discount-titles-you-already-own/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/jon-martindale/steam-bundles-now-discount-titles-you-already-own/#comments Thu, 03 Mar 2016 08:43:11 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=285887 As much as bundled games have made expanding our collections that much easier, there are often diminishing returns on their discounts. There are only so many bundles you can buy, before the same games start appearing and if you already own them, that's not much of a saving. Except now it is, as some Steam …

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As much as bundled games have made expanding our collections that much easier, there are often diminishing returns on their discounts. There are only so many bundles you can buy, before the same games start appearing and if you already own them, that's not much of a saving. Except now it is, as some Steam bundles have stopped charging for any game you already own.

Although not officially announced by Valve, an email to Steam developers was picked up by PCGamesN and it details how the platform wants to reward the most loyal gaming fans with further discounts. By cutting out unneeded games from bundles, but maintaining the overall discount, gamers with previous purchases can still take advantage of the offer, without having to buy extra, unnecessary copies.

“Past Complete Packs were sometimes a bad deal for customers that already [owned] one or more of the products in the pack,” reads the email. “Either it made bad economic sense for those customers to purchase the pack, or they just felt bad about doing so since it [looked] like they were paying for products they already [had]. The new Steam Bundles system addresses this.”

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The first bundle to take advantage of this new system is the Headup Games catalogue of titles. It has a 72 per cent discount on all titles if purchased together, but if you own one or two of them you won't miss out.

It may not be the case that every bundle after this uses this system, but it would make sense. It encourages gamers to continue to buy into big game packs, even if they have purchased something from them before and gives developers an incentive to offer strong deals, not just throw all of their games together and call it a great offer.

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KitGuru Says: I'm not one for buying bundles too often, as I only have so much time to play them all in, but this seems like a good solution for those with already deep Steam libraries. 

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