Trine Dev causes mass confusion over XBLA release
June 30, 2009 by Jamie Davies
Filed under News, PSN, XBLA
It was only a few weeks ago when E3 was in full swing and Joystiq posted (and we reported) that Atlus were bringing Frozenbyte’s Trine to Xbox Live Arcade. Now, in a post over on the official Frozenbyte forums, developer Joel Kinnunen has thrown doubt over that news by saying:
“The XBLA version and its features [...]
Band of Bugs meets Outpost Kaloki X in new DLC
June 30, 2009 by Matt Ingrey
Filed under News, XBLA
Ninjabee, one of Xbox Live Arcade’s most consistent developers, have today announced some new DLC for Band of Bugs, along with avatar support.
The avatar support will come with a free update to the game and offer players the chance to have their own likeness come face to face with insects twice their size. Which frankly, [...]
Double Dragon and Speedball 2 vanish from XBLA
June 30, 2009 by Jamie Davies
Filed under News, XBLA
You may have missed the news, but a few months ago Empire Interactive became victims of the global recession and went into administration. Surreptitiously their two releases on the Xbox Live Arcade, Double Dragon and Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe, have vanished. This is no doubt down to the licensing rights returning to the original holders.
If [...]
Serious Sam HD for PSN a possibility
June 29, 2009 by Jamie Davies
Filed under News, PSN
Last week it was announced that Serious Sam HD would be coming to XBLA this summer. Now, speaking to G4, Croteam CEO Roman Ribaric has said that they haven’t totally ruled out a PSN release just yet.
Ribaric explained that the reason a PSN title wasn’t currently in thw works:
“We did plan for PSN at the [...]
US WiiWare Update: Water, Fish and Reversi
June 29, 2009 by Jamie Davies
Filed under News, WiiWare & Virtual Console
Today’s update for US WiiWare users features:
Water Warfare – 800 Nintendo Points
Water Warfare is a comical first person shooter that uses water guns to battle and soak your opponents. Each map, a Playground, Beach, Plaza, or Nature Park theme, is generated automatically when the game is on, where you can think up new strategies each [...]
Interview with Strawdog Studios
June 28, 2009 by Jamie Davies
Filed under Featured, News, PSN, XBLA
We got the opportunity to speak to Dan Marchant of Strawdog Studios – developers of Geon on the PlayStation Network and the upcoming game Space Ark on the Xbox Live Arcade. We asked him about working on the game, downloadable titles and other bits and bobs.
Be sure to check out the interview by clicking HERE.
Trine PC demo is a taster for console users
June 26, 2009 by Jamie Davies
Filed under News, PSN, XBLA
If you’re looking forward to upcoming fantasy adventure Trine on XBLA or PSN, then you’ll probably be interested to know that the PC demo is now available. Downloading this will give you a nice little taster of what to expect when the title comes to the Xbox 360 and PS3 sometime later this year – [...]
Euro WiiWare Update: Puzzle Bobble Plus & Water Warfare
June 26, 2009 by Jamie Davies
Filed under News, WiiWare & Virtual Console
Out today:
Puzzle Bobble Plus! – 800 Nintendo Points
“The latest in the Puzzle Bobble / Bust A Move Franchise – Puzzle Bobble Plus! Connect 3 colored bubbles together and complete the puzzle! The game has two modes – “1P PUZZLE” where each ZONE has been divided into 135 mode, then clear the stage clear time and [...]
(US) 1 vs 100 open to Silver members this weekend
June 26, 2009 by Matt Ingrey
Filed under News, XBLA
Microsoft has offered Silver members the chance to join in the 1 vs 100 beta this weekend, with the game available to all between Friday 26th and Sunday 28th of June.
The offer is available in the United States only as that’s where the beta is available right now, but being open to silver members means [...]
US PSN Update: Droplitz
June 25, 2009 by Jamie Davies
Filed under News, PSN
Out right now for the enjoyment of American PSN users:
Droplitz – $9.99
“Immerse yourself in this addictive puzzler that’s all about strategically twisting and connecting mismatched dials to save precious droplitz. Just making a single junction is child’s play; can you master the art of the combo or will you let your pipes runneth over? With [...]





