GamesRadar - Hydrophobia

Hydrophobia is Heading To Retailers (News)

12 Oct 2009

After it was announced that the developers wanted to release the game in episodic format (exclusive to the Xbox 360), it has now been announced that the game will also be getting a retail version, too.

There are currently plans for three episodes to be released on the Xbox Live, and a retail release of all three episodes on the one disc will be launched late next year.

Finally, it's been revealed that the game's epiosdes will be around 250MBs each, which is surprisingly small considering the great looking visuals and complex physics within the game.

Hydrophobia Breaks Silence (News)

1 Oct 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.

DLCpunk: Hydrophobia to Release as Episodic DLC (News)

1 Oct 2009

After disappearing from the public eye for about two years, Hydrophobia has re-emerged from hiding sporting a brave new look: Episodic digital distribution! The guys at DLCpunk take a deeper look at Hydrophobia, and what has become of it in its long dormancy.

Hydrophobia (Screenshots)

23 Sep 2009

Hydrophobia – hands-on (Preview)

22 Sep 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)

1 Apr 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)

14 Nov 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 08: Hydrophobia - Trailer (Video)

14 Jul 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 H2O.

Hydrophobia (Preview)

22 Jun 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)

25 May 2007

Were loving Hydrophobia, and not because of the jaw-dropping, mighty-real water effects, but because Blaze reckons their new engine can do some other clever stuff too. One of the most oft-cited complaints surrounding city-sim founder GTA is that you cant go into enough buildings. With the technical limitations of previous generations, that was never a realistic aim, and even in the next-gen its a massive task - Saints Row hardly bucked the trend. But Blade has developed a generating system ...

Hydrophobia info and images leaks out (News)

8 May 2007

UK developer Blade Interactive has been busy working on its secretive next-gen title Hydrophobia for years, but has now finally released details about the upcoming survival adventure.

According to the game's official website, Hydrophobia is a "revolutionary survival adventure game which uses HydroEngine to deliver the most realistic water you've ever seen". The HydroEngine has been in research and development for three years.

Hydrophobia (Preview)

3 May 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 ...