Indie game fans on a budget, take note. The action-title featuring robots, ninjas and any combination of the two has been discounted by 80% on Steam until August 26.

A single copy of Plain Sight can be added to your Steam library for $2 (down from $9.99), while four-packs are available for $6 (down from $29.99). Read more »

Independent developer Beatnik Games today unleashed its self-destructive robotic multiplayer game Plain Sight (PC) through the magic of digital distribution, commemorating the occasion with a new trailer that's just below these words:

As independent developer Beatnik prepares to debut its "one-and-only ninja-robot-explode-yourself multiplayer game" Plain Sight (PC)--a $9.99 digital download--via Steam and other outlets on March 22, some fresh new screenshots and details have hit.

I'd offer up some more words here, but I think the images--especially those with words on them--really speak for themselves. "Ninja! Ninja! Botzilla!" indeed, my friends. Read more »

A new Plain Sight trailer introduces a partnership as natural as Laurel and Hardy, cheese and pickle and Drake and Vasquez--multiplayer ninja robot combat and jazz.

Coming from indie developer Beatnik Games, Plain Sight revolves around hacking other robots into bits then exploding yourself to bank the points, with thirteen maps and modes as diverse as deathmatch, capture the flag and 'Ninja! Ninja! Ninja! Robozilla!' Read more »

Indie developer Beatnik Games has announced that its explosion-happy ninja robot deathmatch game Plain Sight will be released for download on PC on March 22, priced at $9.99.

Plain Sight involves bouncing around stylish little planetoids--with Super Mario Galaxy-style gravity--as a ninja robot, hacking other robots into pieces then exploding to 'bank' your points. The longer you go before banking, the higher your multiplier and the more you can 'splode but the greater the risk that you'll be taken out and lose your points. I had a play myself a while back and it was jolly good fun. Read more »

The chaps over at Beatnik Games have released the PC open beta of their XNA-developed multiplayer game Plain Sight. The $10 title is aiming for a Q1 showing on PC, with an Xbox 360 release to follow later in the year.

Plain Sight is all about killing yourself. And by you, I mean robot-you. The whole thing has a bit of a refreshing WALL-E vibe. The trailer explains the rest. Sort of.

And hey, it's free, for now. Grab the 38mb open beta client from FileShack.