{"id":4842,"date":"2011-08-17T02:50:05","date_gmt":"2011-08-17T01:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/?p=4842"},"modified":"2012-03-25T10:55:18","modified_gmt":"2012-03-25T14:55:18","slug":"nexus-2-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/nexus-2-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Nexus 2 Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hungarian game developer Most Wanted Entertainment<\/a> has announced plans to develop a sequel to their highly-rated space RTS game:\u00a0Nexus: The Jupiter Incident.<\/em><\/p>\n

“Nexus 2 is a very special project for the company”, <\/em>said studio owner Mike Horneman. “Nexus was our first game, and we still have many of the original team-members on board, with full plans in place for what we’d do for a sequel<\/em>“.<\/p>\n

I played the original Nexus some years ago (it’s one of the games I mention in my about page<\/a>). One particular thing I remember about it was that some missions were\u00a0extremely\u00a0difficult, and I mean like to the point of being sick sometimes. But apart of that :) Nexus was (and still is) a gorgeous game. It had a very interesting plot and the spaceship battles were great. It was a lot of fun to play.<\/p>\n

Nexus 2 will be developed for the PC platform. It is in pre-production and is targeted for completion in Q4 2012.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The genre is space-based real-time strategy, although to be more precise (and if it goes in the same line as Jupiter Incident), it can be considered a real-time tactical combat simulator. Quite complicated? Well, whatever it is, it is good old science fiction gaming, and I love it!<\/p>\n

MWE ia looking to finance the sequel project with a mixture of its own funds supported by crowdfunding.<\/p>\n

“We’re happy to put a large chunk of our own resources into making Nexus 2″, <\/em>said Horneman, “<\/em>but realistically we cannot fund the whole project ourselves. So, with GamesPlant, we can offer all our fans out there a chance to be part of the Nexus 2 project. The more you pledge, the more you will benefit; from digital pre-orders, through special boxed editions and your name included in the game, right up to profitsharing; everyone can be a part of this.<\/em>“<\/em><\/p>\n

The way this crowdfunding thing seems to work is that GamesPlant’s site allows users to “pledge” funds to the project. The money is only deducted if the Nexus 2 project meets its start criteria (which is 400.000 \u20ac). If Most Wanted’s Nexus 2 plan succeeds, it will be the largest game ever started on the site.<\/p>\n

Note: At the time I started writing this post there were 6 supporters to the project, now (after more or less half an hour) the site already accounts 9, cool.<\/p>\n

You can find more info on the game, including story, concept art, game features\u00a0as well as funding details here:\u00a0http:\/\/www.games-plant.com\/nexus2\/<\/p>\n

Enjoy the concept art trailer, it’s really worth it!<\/p>\n

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