October 2009 4

7th of October 2009

Siliconera has some interesting statistics for Persona 4 and Devil Survivor. How well did it do in Japan and North America? More
Person 4 can be purchased at Play.com in the UK for £15.99. Here's a link to the site. More

Here's a link for Amazon.com. More

Here's a link for Devil Survivor (it's not available in the UK yet). More

Sliding Heroes: Tilt to Victory is an interesting looking game where you take control of your units to defeats the monsters. It doesn't sound that great admittedly but probably will be cheap on the iPhone. More

Infinite space looks different and is coming to the DS. More

I love cliqued games and Atelier Lina looks like it will come with lots of cheese.
You play a character called Lina, who is an Alchemist, whose just past her exam to use her skills and she gets caught up in a fire which the locals think was caused by her and her friend.

The two of them them have to earn money rebuilding the forest. I told you it was cliqued but I think it might be fun to play non the less. More

Gamasutra has an interview with the creators of Persona 4. It's quite enlightening and I think you will find it interesting to see what the developers had in mind when they created the game. More

Massively.com have some new screen shots for the new Star Trek online game. They don't look too bad. The only problem I have with online games are; who wants to do the menial jobs in this virtual world? More

Mickey's back and this time it's personal. Eurogamer has some artwork from the new Mickey Mouse game that is being developed with Warren Spector at the helm. More

Star Fox in Iraq: Do A Barrel Roll!

Here are some concept art pictures for Critter Crunch. The first thing I thought of when I saw them was; Digimon.

6th of October 2009

Metal Slug XX coming to the PSP. More

Techmo begin work on Undead Knight: Zombie Rush. More

Now here's a TV that just makes me drool. It's a new TV from Toshiba, but check out what it can do:

It's powered by the Playstation 3 Cell processor.

The 55-inch REGZA 55X1 includes LED-backlighting, 240Hz refresh rate and dynamic contrast ratio of 5,000,000:1.

The Cell processor also allows for improved image quality, stronger colours, enhanced brightness balance and a "luminance of 1250cd/m²."

The TV also has a 7-speaker sound bar and can also access the web through Opera.

It has a 3 Terabyte HDD, allowing users to record up to 26 hours of 1080p content from 8 channels, at the same time; it can also display 8 channels simultaneously, with no delay when switching between stations.

It will be able to upconvert from 1080p films to 3840 x 2160.

The TV is estimated to cost around 1 million yen in Japan, (about $11,000 USD) which is expensive, but will eventually come down in price quickly.

Konami’s Sparkster, is to be revived in a new game called Rocket Knight. More

Danball Senki, has you collecting Mech robots, just like Pokimon. More

Zen Studios may be working on a Ninja Gaiden pinball game. More

Freeware Game Pick: RedRive (Amusement Makers)

In RedRive you destroy enemies by drawing a rectangle around them, with the size of the shape that can be drawn determined by a gauge shown at the bottom of the screen. The smaller the rectangle used to take out enemy ships, the higher the score multiplier will be.

Tale of Tales Release Fatale

Fatale, developed by Tale of Tales (The Path, The Graveyard), is an interactive first person representation of the story of Salome. Released on the 78th anniversary of the first performance in England of Oscar Wilde's theatrical "Salome"; you may likely be unsurprised to read that "it may appear somewhat unconventional to the seasoned gamer," according to the Tale of Tales site.

The official description is as follows:

Salome is a first century Judean princess mentioned in the Christian Bible by Matthew and by Mark. But it is Oscar Wilde's 19th century play “Salome” that really inspired Fatale. In the Bible, Salome is a child who dances for King Herod and asks the head of John the Baptist as a reward. In Wilde's version, Salome falls in love with the prophet. He rejects her and she has him executed. The play ends with her kissing the lips of his decapitated head.

Most of Fatale takes place in the aftermath of this event, when all has turned quiet and the moon brings comfort to troubled hearts.'

It can be purchased from the Tales of Tales website for $7 and is available for both Windows and Mac.

5th of October 2009

Freeware Game Pick: Strange Adventures in Infinite Space

Digital Eel's Strange Adventures in Infinite Space is a space exploration game in which you play an unemployed space pilot, hired by a smuggler to embark on a dangerous ten-year mission in the Sector Prime system. Your employer is willing to part with handsome rewards for any discoveries that you find during this dangerous journey, but return to him late and you will be charged extra in ship rental costs.

The map is randomized every time you play, and interplanetary travel is initiated by left-clicking on a nearby star and pressing the engage button. Your ship can only travel in a straight line, and flying through the Purple Void nebula will only slow you down even further.

Combat is conducted in real-time, with information about the current ship selected shown on the left side of the screen during a space battle. The green bar indicates your shield status, which recharges automatically during combat. The orange bar shows your ship's condition, and when this gauge runs out the ship is pretty much reduced to space debris.

Both the Windows and Mac versions of SAIS are now available as free downloads, and there are a bunch of mods that can be applied to change your ship's appearance, the types of aliens populating the system, and even the effects of new artefacts that you can find during your adventure in space. Some mods like Red Planet and Even Stranger Adventures in Infinite Space act as full-fledged conversions as well, offering a new storyline, GUI and alternate objectives for the players to achieve. (encyclopaedia)

S.H.M.U.P – A Casual Shoot-em-up. More

Siliconera finds out why Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey is based in Antarctica. More

Demon’s Soul's servers will be switched on, on the 8th of October. More

Fate/Extra, is an alternate retelling of the Seventh Holy Grail War. More

Level 5 may consider making a new Dark Cloud game, if there is enough interest in it. More

2nd of October 2009

Another day, another handheld console that emulates well; but, will it disappear quickly like all the rest have done so far? This is the new Android handheld that seems quite powerful and it is emulating the Super Nintendo in this video below. More

Final Fantasy XIII TGS trailer in English

Final Fantasy XIV Beta will be initially for Windows platform only. More

LEGO Indiana Jones 2 trailer

Toshinden trailer

Namco Bandai is about to launch Magnacarta 2 in North America and the main character has amnesia. That's never happened before. More

Browser Game Pick: Altitude (Nimbly Games)

Altitude is an online multiplayer dogfight-em-up. Players roam the skies, shooting down rivals, picking up power-ups and gathering XP to level up and gain access to special perks and better aircraft. The game can be played through your browser or downloaded and booted straight from your hard drive.

It's a lovely little thing, bursting full of challenges, missions and general good fun. As well as gaining experience from shooting down enemies, XP points are also awarded for completing certain tasks - for example, 'shoot down 3 enemies in four seconds' or 'kill 100 enemies using the Bomber'. Perks can then be added to your winged avenger like the ability to bounce off walls rather than crash straight into them.

The general feel of Altitude is really nice too. The controls, while simple, can be mastered to devastating effect (as I learnt when trying to take on a few guys who were way higher levels than me) and the package as a whole is pretty slick. Note, however, that if you want to properly get into the game, it costs $19.95 to unlock everything - that is, receive special planes, perks and maps.

Still, for free you're getting some great, sky-diving fun. Check it out at AltitudeGame.com.

1st of October 2009

3D Dot Game Heroes looks very similar to Zelda games

The Resident Evil: Alternative Edition trailer

The Japanese games market continues to decline. More

Robin Lustig on the BBC's website asks the question; is Japan a dying nation? I thought it was interesting. More

The demo of Bayonetta will be available next week on the 8th of October, on XBOX Live in Japan. More

Atlus will be bringing a version of Zeno Clash to XBOX Live. It won't be a straight port but will be different. It's called Zeno Clash: Ultimate Edition but not a great deal is known as to what the difference will be. More

Last Ranker trailer

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