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ATKMTN REVEALS COMPOSERS FOR THE ATTACK PACK ----

ATTACK MOUNTAIN is pleased to reveal the fine music-boys who will be providing their immense talents for the upcoming ATTACK PACK!

SOS is receiving its powerful, dynamic score from none other than the exceptionally talented c-jeff, co-founder of Ubiktune and composer of many a fine album! You should check him out ahead of the ATTACK PACK at www.c-jeff.com. We think you'll agree he brings SOS' over-the-top action to the next level, and if you don't, hey man, that's cool! You be you!

Please partake of this righteous preview medley:

But what about THE GREY MAN? FEAR NOT - for the classically trained duo of Jon Middleman and Alex Visciotti have written an outstanding score for this cosmic beauty! With a Masters in Music and a pedigree a mile long, Jon Middleman has shared stages with iconic acts such as Twisted Sister, Quiet Riot, and Phantom Planet. Alex Visciotti, on the other hand, has been writing, producing, and performing music for over a decade. He is credited for writing music for the Las Vegas cirque show Esc4p3, and has performed in clubs all across the US of A. With their powers combined, they've produced an amazing soundtrack full of live instruments and a lot of love. It's got guitars! It's got flutes! It's got weird noises! AND YOU'RE. GONNA. LOVE ALL OF IT!!!!

Get a taste below:

We’re closer than you think. PREPARE. BE READY. FOR THE ATTACK PACK IS COMING.

Here are some Forest Ranger concepts from before the holiday that you've never seen before! The top image features a usual pack of Forest Rangers, searching about as a flare shot by a fellow Ranger hovers above them.

Just under that is a rough blueprint for the cabin structure planned for the park. (Don't worry I've rubbed out all the juicy bits as not to spoil anything.)

GOODBYE, 2013. YOU WERE A FINE YEAR FOR EVERYONE, MAYBE, BUT ALSO, WHO KNOWS? Perhaps you had an awful year. You see, life is like a box of chocolates - you keep eating them hoping you get one you like, and sometimes you do - but mostly you get that gross hard toffee one until all your teeth fall out.

I wrote this while Bryan was in Europe for the holidays. I wanted to take a hot second to look back at 2013 and what it meant for ATKMTN. If that sort of thing bores the hell out of you then you can stop reading now.

THE ATTACK PACK - Not only did we announce it via a kickass trailer featuring the vocal stylings of The Duke, it was successfully funded on Kickstarter! Don't know if you've ever tried to fund something on there before, but MAN - I think it goes without saying that it was a rollercoaster of madness. The game got great coverage from Indiegames.com, Indie Statik, and others. We even got shoutouts from some of our heroes like Behemoth's Dan Paladin and Irrational's main man (and fellow New Yorker!) Ken Levine. We can't wait to bring SOS and THE GREY MAN to your local computertron in 2014 - IT'S GONNA BE A REAL GOOD TIME.

QUACK ATTACK 1985 - We sprung a surprise game on ya in the form of QA1985, the arcade tale of a badass duck with nothing to lose in his endless battle with the Geese gang. Indie Statik called it a 'super compelling and fun' must-play, saying that it was '[overall] really satisfying'. We used most of the profits from this game to help out victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines - worth it! (If you haven't picked it up yet ya totally should, every dollar helps)

In closing we wanna thank ya if you've been chilling out with us so far. We love making video games - ask anybody. It's been, like, our thing since we were old enough to walk/speak to one another/terrorize other people. The fact that we get to do it as grown men, on the internet? Well, baby, that sure is fine.

That's it. Go home, take a nap or a hot bath or something - but not before you add us on Twitter (@attackmountain) and Facebook (facebook.com/attackmountain)!

2013 was a year, and 2014 is also a year - a year that is shaping up to be able to destroy all other years. We hope you'll play all the games we ever make.

-ATKMTN

HEY KIDS! WHAT DO YOU GET WHEN YOU FINALLY PUSH A DUCK TOO FAR? DESTRUCTION AND NEON RAGE, TURNS OUT.

CONCEPT ART THURSDAY: PT II of II

Part 1 - Part 2 

What's happenin' babies - it's another CONCEPT ART THURSDAY, where we dump our raw sketchbook pages and predevelopment concepts out to stimulate your vision spheres.

During this period we were delving further into developing our character's tones and personalities and fleshing out some of the game's mechanics. You can see that at this time Dudu Torres was becoming more involved in our character design process for SOS, iterating on each character's design and experimenting with color and style until eventually landing on our current design near the top. Meanwhile on paper more animation cycles, visual effect sequences and environmental designs were being planned out for The Grey Man. Also his overall body shape starts to get all wobbly and stuff - and we sorta ran with that.

That's all folks -

We're bringing you closer to the present day in our design process with each passing Concept Art Thursday so don't miss em or you'll really be confused when everyone is talking about it at work, like "dang! I messed up."

Check out our Kickstarter today and help us spread the word!  Send it to the President, his has kids and also a dog! Have a neighbor or a grandfather? Invite either one (or both) over to use your internet and pledge their brains out!

We're nearing the final stretch or is it the final countdown?

Either way let's do this!