GamesRadar - Hydrophobia

Hydrophobia Breaks Silence (News)

Oct 1, 2009

After a two year silence further details have emerged about Hydrophobia, the intriguing water-based adventure game from UK developer Blade Interactive and Dark Energy Digital.

Hydrophobia (Screenshots)

Sep 23, 2009

Hydrophobia – hands-on (Preview)

Sep 22, 2009

By the year 2051, the world’s population will have hit a staggering total of 9.8 billion. Mankind’s resources will be unable to cope with the demands. Clean water will be hard to source. Food supplies are projected to be even tougher to maintain. Space shortages will give rise to housing problems. ...

Hydrophobia to advance 'emergent gameplay' (News)

Apr 1, 2009

NowGamer:

Upcoming episodic adventure game Hydrophobia will offer emergent gameplay beyond what players have seen before, according to its creative designer

Hydrophobia gushes to March 2009 News (News)

Nov 14, 2008

Blade Interactive has told Eurogamer that its watery action game Hydrophobia has spilled into March 2009.

The studio will also self-publish the title that we had previously expected in the latter half of this year.

Hydrophobia is a third-person action-adventure game set aboard a ship, and based around water-focused physics puzzles; players can use the liquid to wash away baddies or to clamber up to what appear to be unreachable areas.

E3 2008: Hydrophobia screens, teaser trailer finally surface (News)

Jul 14, 2008

The not much talked about game has just had it's E3 debut with new screens and a trailer.

Now here's something to consider:

1. the in-game footage is rendered in real-time (i.e. they're not CGI movies)
2. they're labeled as work in progress (which means, there's still a chance for improvement when the final build is implemented)

E3 08: Hydrophobia - Trailer (Video)

Jul 14, 2008

Run away from water, because it's trying to kill you. No more showers, kids. Especially after you play this survival-horror-puzzle-action ode to murderous H20.

Hydrophobia (Preview)

Jun 22, 2007

When youre dealing with a convoluted plot in which scientists want to perform nano-experiments to purify water on a “molecular level” aboard a ship the size of a city thats about to get taken over by socio-environmental terrorists as it floats in the Indian Ocean; youd be right to reach for that klaxon marked “bullshit.” We do know that the terrorists who want to disrupt the experiments follow the teachings of 19th century political economist Thomas Malthus who ...

Hydrophobia (Preview)

May 3, 2007

According to Blade Interactives Pete Jones, “games have got to be done differently, its got to change. People are looking at next generation like last generation, but we need a different way of thinking. Weve got to show gamers something different.” Not the words youd necessarily expect to come from the head of a studio whose biggest hit has been a Snooker simulator. But Blade Interactives latest project - Hydrophobia - aims high. Recruiting talent whove worked on Splinter Cell and ...