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PixelJunk Shooter 2, Vagrant Story added to PlayStation Store

Posted on March 1, 2011 by John Scalzo

Q-Games’ manic shooting series returns to the PS3 in this week’s PlayStation Store update. PixelJunk Shooter 2 promises to be bigger than the first game with plenty of new weapons and new levels.

Also available this week, on the PSon Classics store, is the Square Enix RPG Vagrant Story. Like most JRPGs from the PSone era, Vagrant Story has been a nightmare to find on the used market, so its great to see its inclusion as a PSone Classic.

Finally, PlayStation Plus subscribers will be getting a quartet of free games this week including the first Sega Genesis Classic, Sonic the Hedgehog. Another classic game, this one a PSone Classic, going free this week is Spyro: Year of the Dragon.

Also available this week for Plus subscribers is a full-game sneak peek at two upcoming PSP Minis. There’s the retro-themed platformer Pix’n Love Rush from Sanuk Games and the puzzle game Enigmo from Beatshapers.

More information on this week’s new releases can be found after the break and details on all of this week’s game add-ons can be found at the PlayStation.Blog. (more…)

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Digital Chocolate bringing three launch titles to Xperia Play

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Mike Gutierrez

Social gaming studio Digital Chocolate announced today that three of their most popular products are being brought to Sony’s Xperia Play as launch titles. The games include: addictive sidescroller Rollercoaster Revolution 99 Tracks, puzzle/strategy game Tower Bloxx: My City, and a special Xperia Play version of Millionaire City, one of the top ten biggest games on Facebook. While Rollercoaster Revolution, Tower Bloxx, and Millionaire City aren’t exactly Final Fantasy, Metal Gear, and Grand Theft Auto, it’s good to see support from the sectors that are going to play a large role in the device’s mass market appeal.

The Xperia Play will release this month in the U.S. and will be coming first to Verizon.

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Ms. Splosion Man gameplay footage is off the charts

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Mike Gutierrez

It seems like just yesterday Splosion Man was blowing up on XBLA, but Twisted Pixel clearly wasted no time crafting an equally explosive sequel with Ms. Splosion Man. Above you can see the lady herself doing what she does best, all the while saying catchy phrases like “word up.” The video above was released during GDC, hopefully we’ll have some more information come PAX East.

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Rift opening on PCs today, editions and pricing plans spout forth

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Mike Gutierrez

We’ve been hearing about Rift for a while, but today Trion Worlds proudly announced the launch of their first game. This ambitious new MMORPG has players taking on the role of an Ascended hero brought back from the beyond to save a world under siege. The folks at Trion Worlds are really pushing this one, hoping it will raise the bar for the genre, boasting “unprecedented freedom of choice and epic social events in an ever-evolving world of dynamic conflict,” as stated by CEO Lars Buttler of Trion Games. The game is available in standard, digital collector’s, and retail collector’s editions for $49.99, $59.99, and $79.99, respectively. The monthly subscription fee is $14.99 a month with a special “Founders Pricing” plan allowing you to pay $9.99 each for a bundle of months.

I’m personally pleased to see this up and coming publisher release their first game, we all at Warp Zoned wish the best for Trion Worlds during this exciting time. Regrettably they won’t have a booth this year at PAX East but stay tuned for more information on their other exciting game, End of Nations, from the minds who brought you the original Command & Conquer games.

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Unity Android set to ease game ports, Androids selling faster than iPhones

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Mike Gutierrez

Unity Technologies announced today at GDC that their game porting technology for Android devices, Unity Android and Unity Android Pro are now available for puchase at their site. Unity Android boasts a one-click solution to porting games running on the Unity development platform, including iOS games, to Android. Hopefully this will go a long way towards reducing the differences between the two competitors as gaming services. Unity partially attributed the importance of this announcement to recent analyst reports indicating that Androids are now outselling iPhones worldwide, which probably isn’t news to some. This development comes alongside a study of just how fast mobile phone gaming is growing.

Unity has also spread to the PlayStation 3 last year, with yesterday’s announcement of Rochard being the first game to appear on the platform. It’ll be interesting to see if the game makes the jump to Sony’s Xperia Play, an Android-based phone. With over 400,000 developers and almost every major platform within its scope, Unity proclaimed themselves today as “the industry’s leading game development platform and middleware company.”

Damn.

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Crysis 2 Multiplayer Demo out today on PC, back on 360, PS3 long forgotten

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Mike Gutierrez

The multiplayer demo for Crysis 2 that launched a few weeks ago on Xbox Live is back, and this time the invasion has spread to PCs as well. You can download the demo for Windows here. In addition to the Skyline map, this version includes Pier 1 Imports 17, with the same two modes of Team Deathmatch Instant Action and Crash Site. Unfortunately there’s still no confirmation of the demo heading to the PS3 anytime soon, which is disappointing for many. Either Crytek is stuck in the 2007-thinking that only the 360 crowd likes shooters, or they’re scared to compete with another outstanding multiplayer offering.

In any case, it would be nice for a PSN demo to hit before the March 22 release date. Crysis 2 was a recurring game on Warp Zoned’s inaugural The Next Level as we looked ahead to the games of March 2011.

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Burger Time HD likely incoming for consoles and PC

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Mike Gutierrez

An ESRB rating of E for Everyone popped up for Burger Time HD, with PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, and PC as listed platforms. Good luck with the whole HD thing on Wii, unless Michael Pachter is finally getting his wish. The game has received many iterations over the years, but many will remember it as an NES classic, a kind of Donkey Kong for Epicureans.

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Devil May Cry on its way to the big screen

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Mike Gutierrez

Screen Gems, the same studio who developed the Resident Evil films, picked up the license to adapt another Capcom franchise to movies: Devil May Cry. Kyle Ward, who wrote the upcoming Fiasco Heights for Universal, has been hired to pen the script. Screen Gems hopes to develop the property as another film franchise, much like Resident Evil. The movie will (obviously) revolve around Dante, who avenges his mother’s death by killing demons.

The Devil May Cry series has been knowing for pioneering the contemporary style of the hack and slash genre since the PlayStation 2. The Resident Evil films weren’t so bad, so hopefully the film won’t disappoint die hard fans as much as the proposed Ninja Theory reboot of the franchise has.

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