If you love the recent release of Super Street Fighter II HD Remix on PSN or XBLA, or just love video game music remixes in general, then be sure to check out the soundtrack for the game which has been officially released.
Featuring over over 60 tracks and remixes, and the collective talent of over 20 different game / music enthusiasts, there’s a whole range of stuff from jazz, hip-hop, rock and electronica. And best of all it’s totally free.
Coming from Over The Top games is Icarian: Kindred Spirits a mixture of Disney, mythology and Kid Icarus. Before the Nintendo fan-boys get too excited and start frothing at the mouth, this isn’t anything to do with the classic feathered adventurer, but it doesn’t half remind you of it.
Fly with Nyx in her dangerous search for her dearest friend Icarus. With ICARIAN: KINDRED SPIRITS you will discover a new type of game play and mechanics that will surprise you…
The action takes place in ancient Greece, a place inhabited by all kind of fantastic creatures, where the fate of humans is in the hands of capricious Gods.
Through impressive sceneries, you will guide Nyx in quest of her objective, and will enjoy the ultimate Wii experience: the joy of flight!.
But be careful! These surroundings are dangerous for celestial beings. Without your help she will not be able to complete her task. Protect and guide her flight, and take advantage of the incredible powers that gods such as Zeus or Eolus will grant…if you figure out how to reach them!
Features
- New gameplay mechanics taking full advantage of the Wii Remote. Use your hand movements to raise Nyx, flap her wings and fly over awesome ancient Greece scenery. But that is not all! You will be able to invoke the powers of the gods and move platforms, cast rays and control winds while pointing your Wii Remote to the screen . An interaction as never seen before!
- A game for one or two players. Play with a friend and maximize your abilities, while one controls Nyx, the other will control the powers from the Gods.
- Charming graphics that take full advange of Wii technology.
- A fascinating story. Will you be able to help Nyx discover what happened to her friend Icarus?
Microsoft have decided that they’re going to have a sale on certain Xbox Live Arcade games this holiday season in America. Below is the full list of what you can pick up and for how much:-
Rez HD - originally 800 now 500
Arkadian Warriors - originally 800 now 500
Assault Heroes - originally 400 now 250
Catan - originally 800 now 500
Brain Challenge - originally 800 now 500
Golf: Tee It Up! -originally 800 now 500
Boogie Bunnies - originally 800 now 500
The offer runs from Friday until Sunday evening for Xbox Live Gold members only. The discounts are also not available outside of the US.
As promised, today Xbox Live Arcade users get the chance to download Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix. The game is available for 1200 Microsoft Points.
Speaking of which, and if you haven’t already, why not read our INTERVIEW with the OCRemix gang who did the music for the game.
With Thanksgiving well and truly under way in the US, Capcom have given gamers a delcious treat to celebrate - an early update to the PlayStation Store with Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix.
The original MMA series is back! Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix receives a whole new look while improving on the innovative fighting system of the original game. Updated with 1080p HD redrawn art, widescreen support and remixed music, SSFHD Remix offers a unique experience appealing to new fans and Street Fighter purists alike. Play at home versus a friend or test your skills online. A new Remixed mode incorporates new techniques for your favorite characters, and the original Super Street Fighter II Turbo mode is built-in for those who want to revisit the game’s old school gameplay.
* New graphics: Check out the all-new 1080p high-definition art for the Street Fighter characters and backgrounds created by Udon Entertainment, creators of the Street Fighter comic books.
* Classic characters: The game features all 17 of the original Super Street Fighter II Turbo characters including Ryu, Guile, M. Bison and Akuma.
* Multiplayer: New multiplayer modes are provided including Quarter Match, Ranked Match, and Tournament. The network code has also been improved for the best possible online game experience.
* Remixed or Classic Mode: The new optional Remixed Mode provides massive changes across the board to all Street Fighter characters as created and tested by some the world’s top-ranked professional Street Fighter players. Or try the original Super Street Fighter II Turbo mode, which is built-in for those who want to revisit the game’s classic gameplay. You can even choose from classic game tunes or newly remixed music.
Other territories… well, EXPECT A BIT OF A WAIT. Capcom are staying tight lipped on when the rest of world will get the game. Oh dear.
But if you also have access to the XBLA the game will be getting a global release tomorrow.
Here’s part three of Capcom’s Super Street Fighter II HD / Karate Kid mash-up. With the game launching this week on XBLA and PSN, it’s also likely that this is the final video. In the event that you missed parts one and two, hit the link to see them. (more…)
With this weeks regular US update you’ll find you can now purchase:-
Boingz - 1000 Nintendo Points
Stretch, flex and flick your way to freedom. A truly mind-bending experience, Boingz introduces you to cute, colorful, stretchable friends lost in an alien world, searching for the magical gates that will take them home. Boingz springs to life with 30 levels of puzzle-platforming fun. The Boingz are bendy little critters that can be pulled, stretched and flicked from place to place like rubber bands. It’s a team effort, as all the Boingz will have to work together to unwind the game’s puzzles. What’s more, many of the Boingz have fallen into a deep slumber, and you’ll have to lead the stronger Boingz to find and wake up their sleepy friends. Explore surreal landscapes, sail through the air like a trapeze artist, walk along the seafloor, and collect the Twinklies to power up your elastic-powered flights.
Sudoku Challenge! - 500 Nintendo Points
Now’s your chance to play the brain-busting puzzle game taking the world by storm. With over 100 million Sudoku puzzles, you’ll never see the same puzzle twice in Sudoku Challenge! You can select the classic nine-by-nine Sudoku game boards as well as Grand Sudoku, which challenges you to complete five intersecting Sudoku boards simultaneously. Just a beginner? Don’t worry-with three difficulty options, even a novice player can complete a Sudoku with ease. But if you’re a seasoned pro, challenge yourself in Expert mode and test your true skills. It’s time to get your thinking cap on and see how many Sudoku puzzles you can conquer.
This Gametrailers exclusive suggests that the upcoming PSN exclusive title will have all the ingredients needed to keep Punisher fans happy when it arrives.
Today’s update to the Euro WiiWare service doesn’t bring you just one game. Nor two. Three? Nope, today brings you four new titles on which to splash your virtual cash.
Art Style: CUBELLO - 600 Nintendo Points
Art Style: CUBELLO mixes the strategy and feel of a traditional puzzle game with the precision and reflexes required in a shooter. As each stage begins, various colored cubes form into one large object called a Cubello, which floats and rotates as you play. Launch additional cubes from your magazine and try to connect four or more of the same color, removing them from the Cubello and eventually leaving only its core. Take on the challenge of either Stage or Endless mode and watch what happens when Bonus Time is activated. The straightforward controls and goal ensure that anyone can play, while offering enough depth that even advanced players will find themselves quickly addicted to the unique world of Art Style: CUBELLO
Strong Bad Episode 3: Baddest of the Bands - 1000 Nintendo Points
Rock and roll! Hurting for cash, Strong Bad sets out to dominate the “Battle Royale of the Bands.” Can he rule the stage and win the big prize? Or will he be drowned out by the competition? Find out in this high-voltage episode.
Yummy Yummy Cooking Jam - 1000 Nintendo Points
Yummy Yummy Cooking Jam is a frenetically active cooking game in which you must serve food to your customers as quickly as possible. This could be a simple task, but the customers aren’t very patient, and you’ll find a multitude of annoying insects that make the noble mission of satisfying your small gourmets’ stomachs much more difficult. In the game’s Career Mode, your goal is to become the best chef in the city. To do so, you have to prove your worth by cooking in four fantastic restaurants: the Hot Dog, Hamburger, Pizza and Mexican Restaurant.
Enjoy playing Yummy Yummy with your family, serving delicious food to the most surprising characters: vampires, ninjas, extraterrestrials and mafia thugs. Put on your chef’s hat, sharpen your knives and turn up the heat
CueSports - Snooker vs. Billiards - 800 Nintendo Points
Friends and billiard fans from across the world can get together for online matches! Will you be the one to dazzle the competition with your skills? Take on all challengers from around the world from the comfort of your own living room!
There’s been lots of Super Street Fighter 2 talk lately, as Capcom ramp up to the release of their long awaited HD-remake.
Now they’ve confirmed that you’ll be able to download the game via XBLA on 26th November for 1200 Microsoft Points. PlayStation Store users can get it a day before on 25th November for $14.99.
XBLA releases tend to be universal but the PlayStation Store… well, not so much. There’s no indication of whether or not the game will get a launch outside of US territories on that day but this comment on the CAPCOM UNITY POST that brought the pricing news doesn’t sound too reassuring:-
You will see standard international price adjustments for overseas PSN stores when it eventually arrives.
Not by coincidence, today’s update to the XBLA features Ninja Bee’s A Kingdom For Keflings, the first in a long line of games to offer support for the NXE Avatars - as the press release below is keen to stress.
Place your customized Xbox Live Avatar in the medieval world of A Kingdom for Keflings, a new city-building game from NinjaBee. Play as your Avatar or choose from other friendly giants as you teach the local Keflings how to collect and convert resources to customize your kingdom. Educate and train your Keflings to become workers, scholars, even Mayor of the city! Build your kingdom alone or cooperatively with up to three of your friends online. The more you build, the more buildings you unlock and the more Keflings you attract, so start building today!
* City-building fun: In an original approach to a well-loved genre, A Kingdom for Keflings features a large avatar interacting with the Keflings, resources, and buildings of a small village. Resources and Keflings can be converted from one type to another. Buildings can be built and upgraded with a combination of specific resources and specific Kefling types. Buildings in turn make new resources and Kefling types available, unlock new building types, attract more Keflings, and achieve other game goals.
* Xbox Live Avatar: It’s the first game of its kind on Xbox Live Arcade to support full in-game playable avatars. Move your avatar around, pick up the Keflings and pop them into buildings.
* Customization: Make your city your own by customizing the look and colour of buildings, and decorating the village with additional elements such as trees and walkways.
* The time of the season: Stylized animated graphics change with the seasons, and a dynamic music soundtrack (which adapts to the season and the state of the village) gives the game an unusually strong sense of life and activity.
* Co-op play: Build cities online cooperatively with your friends.
After lots of hyping and selected entry in to preview programs, today the New Xbox Experience is released for all. Once the update goes live at some point today, you can look forward to a redesigned interface, which should make finding all those Live Arcade titles much easier, as well as granting the ability to delete those zero Gamerpoints stains from your gaming history from any leftover Arcade trials.
There’ll also be the official launch of Community Games section, where you’ll be able to download games developed using XNA. It’s expected that there’ll be 30 titles available straight away, ranging from puzzlers, platformers and shooters, so there should be something for everyone. Just like the XBLA there’ll also be trails available for each game so that you can decide whether to stump up their 200-400 Points price tag.
However there are some limitations that you should brace yourself for:-
Community Games won’t show up in the new Quick Launch feature and will require you to be signed in to Xbox Live to play them (unlike XBLA games which can be played offline if tied to the Console ID).
The games can have Online play but that’s as far as their functionality will extend. That means no online leaderboards.
The games will not have Avatar support as to do this requires them to go through the official ratings process.
Following on from PART ONE last week, the buzz on the Capcom Unity forum is that part 3 will arrive next week, just in in time for the games release on Live Arcade and PlayStation Network. Nothing is confirmed as yet, but this would tie in with Capcom’s teasing that the game will be coming sometime this month.
Update: Those with the preview of the New Xbox Experience have already been privy to the date. An advert on the new dashboard says the game is coming on 26th November, with no doubt the PSN version coming a day later on 27th.
This weeks update for the US WiiWare service is (brace yourself for the obvious joke…) one for real tossers!
Target Toss Pro: Bags- 700 Nintendo Points
Target Toss Pro: Bags is a new video game based on beanbag toss-the nation’s hottest backyard and tailgate sensation. Bags is a deceptively simple, yet extremely competitive game where players try to toss beanbags into a hole in a slightly raised platform or “box” for points, similar to horseshoes. Whether at a tailgate party or a summer barbecue, the game has become a social focal point, and the unmistakable thud of bags hitting the box is now a universal party sound track.
and there’s also more Strongbad too
Strong Bad Episode 4: Dangeresque 3 - 1000 Nintendo Points
Move over, generically buff action heroes! Strong Bad is here to show you how it’s done in his handcrafted cinematic masterpiece, Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective. You play Dangeresque, a dirty cop in pursuit of a little action and several big sacks of cash. Can our hero stay alive long enough to defeat his archnemesis, save the world, and get the girl?
Announced earlier this year, the image you see above is actually an in-game model of Rorschach from the upcoming Watchmen game which gets and exclusive reveal in Decembers issue of EGM. The issue will feature the exclusive details and screens of the game which still has many fans raging over how un-necessary a prequel (even in game form) would actually be.
Hopefully there’ll be more news once the magazine hits the stands.
If you love the recent release of Super Street Fighter II HD Remix on PSN or XBLA, or just love video game music remixes in general, then be sure to check out the soundtrack for the game which has been officially released.
