Besides, what other job lets you play all the games you want for the sake of research? I seriously doubt that would ever happen, so I'm much better off sticking to what I'm doing. I wouldn't mind working for a magazine or getting paid to do a website, but only if I could get as much money (or more) that I'm making now. I'm known in academic circles mostly for my wiki work, since I jumped on that bandwagon before Wikipedia got popular and have pushed hard for using wikis in the classroom. It works out well for me since my two biggest interests in life are writing and computers. Now that we're using the name internally, we're even more excited about the game as MotorGun just feels right to us.I'm a university professor - an 'English professor' in a broad sense, though my research is focused on writing technology and new media (though I'm trying to focus on game studies). However, in talking to the community players had more enthusiasm for a totally new IP - so that's where we came up with MotorGun. 'We came into this project with inspiration and enthusiasm from games of the past and applied for the lapsed Autoduel trademark as we always liked the name. Update: In regards to the name change, Pixelbionic told us the following: Unreal Tournament designer Lee Perry will also join the developer's lineup as a battlefield arena designer if the project's Kickstarter campaign surpasses its stretch goals. We have reached out to the developer to learn whether those similarities led to the name change and will update accordingly. MotorGun was announced earlier this year as Autoduel a Pixelbionic rep previously told Polygon that its game had no relation to 1985's Autoduel, a title based off Steve Jackson Games' Car Wars.

Backer tiers extend from $5 to $10,000, with rewards such as pre-alpha access, a digital game manual and soundtrack. The developer is attempting to raise $650,000 through Kickstarter. In May, Twisted Metal and God of War creator David Jaffe signed on as a creative advisor. The team-based multiplayer game is set in a post-apocalyptic future where drivers duke it out as one of three warring factions: Ratters, Scavengers or Techies. MotorGun is based off of real world car physics and allows players to customize their own vehicles in combat. Indie developer Pixelbionic renamed its upcoming car combat title from Autoduel to MotorGun and launched Kickstarter fundraising efforts today, according to a press release.

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