Hello Games Revives "Joe Danger" as a Free Browser Game

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Hello Games Revives "Joe Danger" as a Free Browser Game

Hello Games is now known for its epic development journey with No Man's Sky, but the studio's starting point was Stuntman; Joe Danger is a simple, fun, and polished indie game that was initially sold on PC and consoles before moving to mobile.

At least recently.

At least until recently. This time last year, the studio returned to "Joe Danger" to update and revamp the old "Joe Danger" game on iOS after receiving a call from his father, a big fan, for a very gaming feel-good moment. Hello Games was understandably focused on creating the world of "No Man's Sky," and the Joe Danger game had been neglected. But the reminder that people still cared clearly had an impact.

Hello Games has now relaunched Joe Danger Touch and its sequel Infinity as free browser games, essentially preserving forever the best of the titles that launched the studio.

"It's sad that so many games are slowly dying," says Sean Murray, founder of Hello Games and creator of Joe Danger. And we've been trying to figure out a way to keep Joe alive forever and reach as many people as possible. We hope this is one way to do that. We owe him this and more.

If you've never played Joe Danger, you've probably never played Autorunner (Auto Motor Biker?), starring an Evil Knievel action figure. The game is unabashedly hilarious and entertaining at times, and I just spent 30 minutes testing the browser version to see if it works properly. I just spent half an hour testing to see if the browser version works properly, and I'm relieved to say that it does.

After the low point of the "No Man's Sky" launch, the studio that has pushed forward and proven time and again how committed it is to its own titles has provided another feel-good moment. The only slightly depressing element is that, although unrelated to "Hello," few games will receive the kind of love that "Joe Danger" has received recently, given how many other games have been practically lost to iOS updates and the like.

In addition to looking back, Hello is of course looking to the future. The studio's next game will not be a sequel to "No Man's Sky," but it will be just as ambitious. This time, however, Hello will probably do everything in its power to curb the pre-release hype.

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