Space-based adventure forma.8 blasting off later this year

forma.8 is an action-adventure set on a distant planet in the future, putting players in the role of a lost space probe contending with hostile native creatures. This Metroidvania from developer MixedBag will come to PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, Vita, Wii U, and PS4 later this year.

Ozzie Mejia

February 28, 2014 5:00 PM

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For a two-person indie studio, MixedBag has been awfully busy. On the heels of announcing their Vita shooter, Futuridium EP, the studio has announced a new action-adventure called forma.8 that will takes players to the shadowy recesses of a distant planet.

Players take control of a small exploration probe called forma.8, separated from his allies. The lost probe must find a powerful energy source hidden deep within the planet, taking on various native hostiles along the way. As with many Metroidvania games, there will be a lot of backtracking, but it will be up to the player to piece together the story, as there will be no verbal communication of any sort. The story will be told purely through images and sound.

forma.8 has been in development for a little over two years and MixedBag credits Sony and Nintendo for helping their game reach a playable state. It's coming later this year PC, Mac, Linux, PS4, Wii U, Vita, and iOS.

Ozzie Mejia

Senior Editor

Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?