As some of you may have read in the gaming news Enemy Starfighter was recently renamed to House of the Dying Sun. It's definitely not as catchy, but whatever. The game still looks fucking fantastic. Don't just take my word for it, go watch the new trailer for yourself. ;)

I do like that the dev decided to forego procedurally generated missions over 'hand-crafted' ones, as the latter will pretty much always be better. The whole strike and fade campaign format does seem quite interesting. Apparently, the game is supposed to release later this year with an Early Access phase in the summer to iron out bugs and balancing as the dev states that the game itself is pretty much feature complete at this point.

I'm definitely crossing my fingers for a GOG release.

P.S. I know there was an Enemy Starfighter thread somewhere around here, but even Google was no use. Oh well.

Got my joystick ready! Though, I gotta say, the geometry on those asteroids... WTF?

It's part of the game's more minimal angular 3D design. It was never meant to look realistic or anything. I really dig the style. A bit retro-flavored without the usual indie retro bollocks.

As for controls, the dev actually recommends a gamepad and discourages the need for an actual flight stick. Mouse & keyboard controls will also be available.

Wait... what? I mean sure, I do understand including controller support and good m&k support, but to actually discourage flight sticks? Why?!

There is, a house, in Nawleans, they caaallll the dying sun

Looks kinda like Freespace. Sign me up, in other words:

Shut up and take my money.