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New ARMED! Trailer

russell — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:15:47 +0000

ARMED! has been getting some great reviews lately, both on the Windows Phone Marketplace (4.5 stars!), and from various game review sites around the web. We’ve been hard at work perfecting the game to make it overwhelmingly the best turn-based strategy experience on Windows Phone. ARMED! fans have dutifully proposed new functionality and balance changes, and we’ve been listening. Since the late December launch we’ve released three updates, adding balance tweaks, bug fixes, and features. And we put together a new trailer that focuses on showing off some of the game’s features:

We’re still working hard on some big surprises for future releases. Stay tuned!

Keep Up With ARMED!

russell — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:11:29 +0000

Just a little reminder… Join the ARMED! communities on Facebook and Twitter to get updates and contribute to the latest discussion about the game.

In addition, we’ve recently added a News page to the official ARMED! site, where you can find sneak peeks at upcoming content and information about continued development!

Announcing…

russell — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 19:02:52 +0000

Sickhead Games is pleased to announce a new title for Windows Phone. ARMED! is a sci-fi turn-based multiplayer strategy game that is part RTS, part tabletop strategy, and puts you in command of a fleet of futuristic tanks, turrets, and robots with one goal: infiltrate enemy territory and destroy their headquarters:

Play ranked head-to-head against online opponents, challenge your friends to a correspondence game, or battle the AI in single player mode. Full feature list includes:

Five maps with unique artwork and tactical terrain features.
12 offensive and defensive units to command into battle
Over 50 unit upgrades and special attacks to help turn the tide.
Simultaneous turn online multiplayer with ratings and matchmaking.
Play custom correspondence matches against friends.
Step by step tutorial that gets you right into the game.
Tile updates with turn notifications.
Track you ranking on the real time leaderboards.
Scoreloop integration with photo profiles.
Ad-supported trial with free online multiplayer.

ARMED! is currently available for Windows Phone on the Windows Phone Marketplace. You can also visit the official ARMED! site for screenshots and FAQ page. Go ahead… Get ARMED!

Just A Teaser

russell — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 21:24:14 +0000

Enjoy…

Keep up with Sickhead Games

russell — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:41:51 +0000

For those interested in keeping up with what goes on behind the scenes here… you can always follow our Flickr page, a mixed bag of the latest screenshots, tests, and office shenanigans, and our Twitter feed, featuring up-to-date Sickhead news and indie business talk. We can’t always discuss the latest projects, but we try to provide what we can. For now, check out some new scenes from the upcoming Torque 3D demo South Pacific, from the Flickr page:

Sickhead is Hiring!

Tom — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 04:31:08 +0000

We’re looking to hire a game artist and programmer to join us here in our Dallas studio to begin work on some new projects ASAP. If you have the talent and want to have control over your creative destiny this is your chance to join a successful indie studio working on exciting new projects.

You can get an overview of the open positions and links to apply on our jobs page.

UPDATE: Thanks to all the people who contacted us. Both positions are now filled.

Torque Forest Tech Added to T3D

russell — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:21:05 +0000

The secret is out… Garage Games announced this week that Sickhead Games’ long-awaited Forest Kit tech will be included in Torque 3D 1.1 at no extra cost. The newly-named Forest Editor allows the easy painting of vegetation, rocks, and debris. Plants can use the Forest Editor’s local and global wind effects for added realism. The alpha release of T3D 1.1 is out now.

Artists, Sickhead Games is Hiring!

russell — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:40:45 +0000

Currently seeking a jack-of-all-trades game artist with strong rigging and character animation skills. Indies wear a lot of hats, and ideally we need a talented individual with good concepting, modeling, texturing, rigging, and animation skills, who’s familiar with standard current-gen game art pipelines (mesh-to-normal map, building modular animation, etc). Must be comfortable working in 3DS Max, Zbrush, and Photoshop.

For more information, please see the listing and apply on LinkedIn.

Torque 3D is released!

russell — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:40:40 +0000

Garage Games announced this week that Torque 3D has been released! Sickhead Games is one of the satellite teams that has been diligently contributing tech, tools, and demos to this release over the last year. Congrats to GG and Torque users… the best Torque engine to date is here!

Off To AGDC

Tom — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:18:27 +0000

The team will be off to Austin next week for the 2009 Austin Game Developers Conference.

If you want to meet up and talk drop us an email or look for us around the GarageGames booth where we’ll be talking about our work in Torque 3D.