Take on the
Samurai Afterlife in
Skulls of the Shogun,
a fast-paced turn-based strategy game for
Xbox Live Arcade,
Windows 8, Surface,
and Windows Phone.
 

Post E3 haze

skullsof
06/24/2010 at 12:16 AM

Like Ben said E3 was awesome.  Love hooking up with all my old friends, many of whom I only see over E3 week every year!  We didn’t have the game on display but were able to show it to some press, and lots of publishers, it went great!  Now the biz really starts up, we have meetings with a bunch of publishers over the next few weeks and we’re all looking forward to seeing who we’ll be partnering up with for SOTS!  Too many meetings to prep for this week leaving the web page a little lonely but we have some great pictures of E3 week we’ll be sharing soon. Here’s one of our favorites!!

1up Nominee for Strategy Game of the Show!

 
 
 

E3 and development on the road

Ben Vance
06/21/2010 at 8:47 PM

Back in LA so I could attend E3 with Jake and Borut.  E3 was awesome, exhausting, inspiring, and very productive for us!  We talked to TONS of people and got the word out, formally and informally, whipping out the laptop to show off the game whenever needed.  We even managed to score a nomination for Best Strategy Game of E3 from 1up.com!!

Now that the E3 madness has died down, I’m going to be blogging about my adventures on the road and making the game without a permanent home (or office!).  Currently, I’m crashing with Borut to hang out and recharge the batteries.  Prior to E3, my esteemed cohort and I made it all the way from LA to Chicago, though we entertained the idea of continuing on to New York.  E3 put a damper on that, but it was definitely worth coming back!

I’ll be posting a few times a week, so check back for stories on Malibu, an abandoned quarry, concrete wigwams, and dead bees.  Yes, dead bees.

panorama of north Malibu

 
 
 

Official Announcement!

Borut Pfeifer
06/02/2010 at 8:39 PM

Los Angeles, California and Seattle, Washington — Haunted Temple Studios announces Skulls of the Shogun, an invigorating cocktail of 1960′s flavored sorcery and strategy – in development for major gaming platforms. Washing up on the shores of the afterlife, players meet and join forces with vibrant ghost-samurai warriors, magical animal-monks, and mustachioed samurai generals on the way to capture Skulls of the Shogun.  With its roots in classic turn-based strategy gaming, Skulls of the Shogun retains depth and adds a smooth, simple interface that makes it accessible and enjoyable even to players new to the genre.  Players immerse themselves in battle with fun and unique game play features amidst lush, eerie environments.  Also featuring 4-player local and networked multi-player and an original score inspired by old samurai films and dub, Skulls of the Shogun offers simple-yet-deep, refined and offbeat gameplay.

Check out the first round of screenshots!

About Haunted Temple Studios

A tight-knit group of 4 game industry veterans have united to create exciting, iconoclastic games for the whole world. Clocking in with over 34 years of collective industry experience, the team met while working on various projects at Electronic Arts Los Angeles. Haunted Temple Studios is a new studio formed as a collaboration with Plush Apocalypse and Buffalo Vision and is embracing downloadable games for next generation platforms and devices.