Oct 27, 2012
Hotline Miami Aids Pirates Instead Of Murdering Them
Hotline Miami - contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Nathan Grayson)

Unfortunately, there aren't any pictures of Hotline Miami's main character aiding someone.

If you can’t beat ‘em, well… that’s not actually a phrase that exists in the world of Hotline Miami. It’s either beat (with a colorful assortment of bats, drills, pipes, and katanas) or be beaten black and blue and red and neon pink. There is, as Yoda says – presumably as a result of some LSD-induced hallucination – no try. Hotline Miami’s creators, however, are nothing> like that. They, perhaps better than much of the rest of the gaming industry, understand the art of compromise. So when pirates started peddling a slightly glitchy version of Hotline Miami in the Internet’s seediest alleyways, Jonatan Soderstrom – aka, Cactus – decided to offer them a helping hand.

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Oct 26, 2012
Backhanded Box Quotes: Medal of Honor Gets a 10
Hotline Miami
Backhanded Box Quotes: Medal of Honor Gets a 10Welcome back to "Backhanded Box Quotes," a collection of measured, thoughtful criticism from the user reviews of Metacritic and elsewhere.


What are you dressing up as for Halloween? I'm going as Medal of Honor: Warfighter's Metacritic score. No, make that Sexy Metacritic Score for Medal of Honor. Because the real one is ugly enough to make a freight train take a dirt road. Some civilian critics didn't see it that way, though, so we begin with a couple of 10 scores given to it.


Medal of Honor: Warfighter

Released: Oct. 23


Critic: GameInterpretor (Metacritic)
• "Looking forward to DLC and even a sequel!"
Score: 10.


Critic: Drazat (Metacritic)
• "The graphics blow me away with there astounding browns and shades of brown there is more brown in this game than any game before it."
Score: 10.


OK, now back to the hating.


Critic: Hurricane 9 (Metacritic)
• "If there were not an EA logo plastered all over the place, you might think it were a F2P indie game."
Score: 3.


Holy shit, slamming both EA and indie devs? That is coldblooded and backhanded.


Critic: GamesMaster4Life (Amazon)
• "This game is not to be recommended to anyone,no matter how much you hate them."
Score: 1 star.


Critic: NinjaTwin (Metacritic)
• "Save your money and buy yourself a new shirt instead of wasting it on this rubbish."
Score: 0.


The Unfinished Swan

Released: Oct. 23


Critic: kasparov5 (Metacritic)
• "It is good but the graphics are lacking compared to modern fps games like Call of Duty."
Score: 5.


Hotline Miami

Released: Oct. 23


Critic: UnbiasedOne (Metacritic)
• "It would have been a hit in the year it's taking place in (1989) but for 2012, the eye strain, the aggravation and the urge to drive to the developers and beat them within two inches of their lives is not worth it, and $9.99 is defiantly not worth it. Again yet another pile of trash that will go straight to the top of the charts."
Score: 0.


Take note folks: No matter how much you insist on Hotline Miami being worth it, it will refuse. For it is defiantly not worth it.


Backhanded Box Quotes will be an occasional feature of Kotaku's Anger Management, unless it isn't.
Oct 26, 2012
Hotline Miami Update Released
Hotline Miami - Valve
Visual C++ package has been remade - to make it work correctly make sure you uninstall, reinstall the game (through Steam), let Steam install new driver AND restart the computer

Achivements are now working when you select "Yes" to enable Steamworks.

Remapping keys are now available with movement and restart. You access this in the CONTROL section (TITLE MENU)

Game can now run in lower resulutions. That should now take care of the problem some people had getting stuck while entering stairs or elevators.

Masks perks have been fixed and tweaked.

Game saving grade on the wrong stage have been fixed. However, we are not able to move the grade you already unlocked, so to make sure you have A+ on a stage, replay it and kick its ass one more time to make sure the A+ displayed is the correct A+.

Most reported bugs have been taken care of and should not cause more trouble. If they still persist or you encounter any new ones please report them here on the forum or at support@devolverdigital.com.

Hope this patch works as it should and that you can now enjoy playing the game as it was meant to be played!

Controller WILL work in the next update. Sorry for the delay, we had to make sure everything works as it should and will test it a bit further.

Oct 25, 2012
They Pirated His Game, But This Developer is Giving Tech Support Anyway
Hotline Miami

They Pirated His Game, But This Developer is Giving Tech Support AnywayJonatan Soderstrom, one of the duo behind the fantastic Hotline Miami, should be the last person on Earth giving advice to people pirating his games. So it's weird/nice to see him actually being one of the first.


On the game's thread at torrent site The Pirate Bay (and spotted by PC Gamer), Soderstrom has dropped in to address complaints—yes, pirates complain about the product they've stolen—and give advice for people on how to get the game running.


Hey there!


I'm Jonatan Soderstrom, me and my friend Dennis Wedin made this game. We're working on an update that hopefully will take care of any/all bugs, and we'll try to do some extra polish in the next few days. Would be great if you could update the torrent when the patch is out! It'd be great if people get to play it without any bugs popping up.


Hope everyone will enjoy the game!


For the "Error defining an external function." problem, try restarting your system and play again, it can pop up when your computer has been running for a while. We'll try to figure out if there's more to it than that.


While helping out pirates may seem a fairly counter-productive thing to engage in, seems that unlike someone who makes a six-figure salary, he can at least sympathise with the plight of the broke freeloader:


Hotline Miami dev endorses Pirate Bay torrent of his own game, provides helpful suggestions [PC Gamer]


Oct 25, 2012
Listen To One Of The Best Video Game Soundtracks Of The Year Right Now
Hotline Miami
Listen To One Of The Best Video Game Soundtracks Of The Year Right NowHopefully you are already hip to Hotline Miami, Cactus' unhinged, techno-drenched top-down murderfest. It's a wicked cool, incredibly fun game, and it sports one of the best soundtracks of the year. (If you're not aware of the game, you can read some of my impressions here.)


And now, can now listen to the entire soundtrack on Soundcloud:



So. Hot. The best thing about Hotline Miami is how the music fits in with the game, the tension and release of every level, the way they each tie in with the accompanying tunes. But it's also just a killer set of tracks. I can't even deal with how much I love Jasper Byrne's "Miami."


Listen, and enjoy. And hey, pick up Hotline Miami! You won't be sorry.


Oct 23, 2012
Now Available - Hotline Miami
Hotline Miami - Valve
Hotline Miami is now available on Steam!

Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat. Set in an alternative 1989 Miami, you will assume the role of a mysterious antihero on a murderous rampage against the shady underworld at the behest of voices on your answering machine. Soon you'll find yourself struggling to get a grip of what is going on and why you are prone to these acts of violence.

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