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Developer Beatnik Games produced a cool little multiplayer action game earlier this year with Plain Sight. The game's been out for a little while now but today the dev team has released a new update via Steam that actually changes the gameplay of the title. From now on Plain Sight will let players collect stars which then can be used to purchase power-ups. You can check out a list of all the power-ups and their abilities at the game's official wiki sight.

And if that were not enough, it's extremely easy at the moment to buy a copy of the game as Steam has lowered the price of Plain Sight to just $2, an 80 percent decrease, from now until Thursday. The four pack deal (buy a copy for yourself and give three codes to your friends) has also been lowered to a measly $6.

One of the more unique downloadable only games released last week was Plain Sight. You can check out what we though about the multiplayer robot ninja action title from developer Beatnik Games in our recent review. Now the title has received its first major update via Steam and it's got more than just bug fixes.

The big new addition is a new free multiplayer map, which you can see above. It seems to mix up the pirate and space ship genres quite well. There are also two new Steam achievements added in the patch and some graphical bugs in some Intel and Nvidia 7000 chips have been corrected. Finally you can now run several dedicated servers for the game on the same machine.

Plain Sight features robot ninjas battling each other to an explosive climax. For many gamers, the premise alone makes the game worth picking up. The low price makes for a great incentive too. Yet, although the game is fun and wonderfully fast paced, it could benefit from a little more fine tuning.

Check out all Plain Sight downloads

As promised, indie developer Beatnik Games has released the final version of their robot-themed multiplayer shooter Plain Sight via Steam and other download sites after a long beta period. In fact Steam offers up their latest four-pack deal for Plain Sight where you can purchase four downloadable copies of the game for the price of three.

And what about the future for the $9.99 game. Rock Paper Shotgun chatted with Beatnik's Robin Lacey about their plans. Lacey states, " . . . We have tons of stuff we're waiting to add" including a map importer for the game. Next year the developer will release a PS3 port for the game using a new engine that will be accompanied by a " super cheap upgrade for PC users". Plain Sight might just show up for Macs as well.

April has three downloadable games that will be released this week. In addition, retail stores get a bundle copy of the previously released first two downloadable mini-expansions for Borderlands this week.

Lead and Gold:Gangs of the Wild West: Developer Fatshark releases its first game this week via publisher Paradox Interactive. It's a Western themed multplayer third person shooter with some Team Fortress 2-styled elements. People who pre-order the game can get early access to its beta test.

So you like cool indie games, eh? Well we've got an announcement that is sure to peak your interest. You may remember a year or so ago we posted up word of an open beta for Plain Sight, a colorful multiplayer action game from developer Beatnik Games. Well this week the developer annouced that the final version of the game will be released via various download services on March 22 for $9.99

So what do you get for such a low price? Well you get to break a lot of robots up. Oh you want more info? Ok. How about 13 multiplayer maps, support for up to 20 players, 30 different robot upgrades, and five gameplay modes (Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Capture The Flag, Lighten Up and our favorite title Ninja! Ninja! Ninja! Robozilla!). It even comes with dedicated server support out of the box (or the file as the case may be). Good stuff.

Plain Sight, the independently developed muliplayer game featuring exploding robots, recently released version 8.2.0 of its open beta client. The open beta ends this week, so this is your last chance to try out the game for free and let the developers know how you feel about it. Visit the official website for more information about Plain Sight.

Download Plain Sight v8.2.0 Open Beta Client (39 MB)

The public beta for the robot smashing multiplayer 3D online arcade game, Plain Sight, recently entered public beta. The newest version (now with fewer bugs) is available for download. If you have a previous version of the game installed, you will need to uninstall it first. Check the official website for more information about the beta test, including instructions and system requirements. Plain Sight is expected to release for the PC and Xbox Live Arcade this spring.

Download Plain Sight v0.8.1.2 Public Beta Client (39 MB)