Joe Danger

Joe Danger
Joe Danger in front of the game's logo
Developer(s)Hello Games
Publisher(s)Hello Games[5]
Director(s)David Ream
Designer(s)Sean Murray
Programmer(s)Ryan Doyle
Artist(s)Grant Duncan
Platform(s)PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Windows, iOS, Android, Vita
ReleasePS3
Xbox 360
14 December 2011[3]
iOS
10 January 2013[4]
Windows
24 June 2013
Vita
  • NA: 2 September 2014
  • EU: 3 September 2014
Genre(s)Racing, platform[6][7]
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Joe Danger is a 2010 platformer game incorporating elements of racing. Developed and published by Hello Games, it is their first game. The player controls the eponymous daredevil and navigates time-limited courses, aiming to complete enough objectives to continue to further rounds. Joe Danger is presented in a lighthearted way, with emphasis on stunts and maintaining speed.

It was released for the PlayStation 3, via the PlayStation Network, in June 2010, after Hello Games originally chose to publish it exclusively with Sony Computer Entertainment. A "Special Edition" for the Xbox 360, via the Xbox Live Arcade, was released on 14 December 2011; an iOS spinoff was released on 10 January 2013. In April 2015, a version for Android was released through the Google Play Store.[8]

On its release, Joe Danger received generally positive reviews; most reviewers praised the accessible gameplay and the ability to edit courses while playing them. Some suggested the game would have benefited from more options, such as sharing and rating user-generated content, and criticised the lack of an online multiplayer mode. Hello Games subsequently released downloadable content to add features that users and reviewers had requested in the months following the game's release. Using leaderboard statistics, Joe Danger was estimated to have sold at least 108,000 units in its first three months on sale. It was nominated for several awards, including the grand prize at the 2010 Independent Games Festival.

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  2. ^ Bramwell, Tom (1 June 2010). "Joe Danger gets Euro date and price". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on 16 September 2010. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
  3. ^ Yin-Poole, Wesley (3 November 2011). "Joe Danger Special Edition for Xbox Live Arcade announced". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on 5 November 2011. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
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  5. ^ "PSN Games – Joe Danger". PlayStation Blog. Sony. 9 June 2010. Archived from the original on 14 August 2010. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
  6. ^ Murray, Sean (10 June 2010). "Joe Danger Officially Out On PS3!". PlayStation Blog. Sony. Archived from the original on 28 December 2010. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
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  8. ^ "Joe Danger - Android Apps on Google Play". play.google.com. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2015.