IGN: "If the bevy of holiday titles hitting store shelves this month wasn't enough to satisfy your craving for new news, today's weekly ESRB rating report unofficially announced two games coming Sony's way -- Aquatopia and Blokus Portable: Steambot Championship.
Little is know about Aquatopia, a title listed for the PlayStation 3 and as being published by Sony Computer Entertainment America, but the title is rated E. A Sony rep promised more information later this week. PlayStation 3 already has two games with "aqua" in the title in other regions -- one is a Japanese sequel to ArtDink's Aquanaut's Holiday games from PS1 called "Aqua" and the other an interactive fish tank called "Aqua Viat" that players can interact with via the PlayStation Eye -- and either one of these may be what SCE is releasing in North America as Aquatopia. Either that, or it's now a third game with "Aqua" in the name. Let's hope they never make a game based on the band "Aqua.""
The Portable Gamer writes:
"Do games like Virtual On, Mech Assault, and Armored Core make you weep with gaming euphoria? Do you enjoy feeling the earth beneath your hulking metal feet tremble as you blast fools directly INTO said earth? Did you eat your Wheaties this morning? Have you heard of a little company called Atlus?
If you answered "YES" to the logical majority of these questions then mark your calendars NOW for Steambot Chronicles Battle Tournament."
Yea, if you're an Atlus fan, plan on draining your wallet beginning next month all the way through the summer.
That's awesome! Considering most other companies take the summer off.. I'm looking forward to this!
Well someone has to pick up the slack now that S/E is more into rehashing, promoting the 360 in Japan, that new IP.
I loved the older Armored Core.. also loved Chromehounds on the 360.. looking forward to picking this one up!
Cool, Im looking forward this game. Wanting for more Mecha action after some Rex vs Ray in MGS4 (awesome!!!)
Need to add that the 2009 PSP lineup is kicking some seriuos a$$. Good for my psp, bad for my pocket.
Atlus is really supporting the PS brand. The principle: "Nature hates emptiness" is fully realized here, Atlus (and others) are begining to fulfill SE space.
Awesome news Atlus keep up the awesome work. Also great news on seeing more PSP games.
There is a flood of content coming to the PSP this year. Its starting to cut into my PS3 budget.
When are they (or, I guesss, Irem) going to show us more about Steambot Chronicles 2!?
We need more companies like Atlus for the PSP. Also Nis is just as good. Prinny is sweet!
Mike Hartnett on Tawkn.com writes: "Over the past few months, gamers (PS3 owners in particular) have witnessed some of the most spectacular looking downloadable titles available that define a new kind of game, if you can really call it a game. It seems as though a new genre of said "game" is emerging entitled Interactive Digital Art."
I'm going to be honest here. I'm not a fan of this genre. I am a competitive gamer by heart. I always love the hardest games out there and I love competition. I can understand how games like these are taken well. It's a form a relaxation and I can dig that, I'm sure some yoga people can hang with games like these. Just not my cup of tea. If I want to relax, I always throw my ass on the couch and watch some TV. :P
Well, I know games like Ecco the Dolphin on the Genesis and especially Dreamcast served both purposes, or at least in my opinion they did. It provided some pretty challenging gameplay with some incredibly beautiful visuals. If you haven't played that on either console, I HIGHLY recommend it. =)
"Interactive Digital Art", I like it.
It seems PSN is really becoming a great venue for these very creative art/games.
Linger in the Shadows, Flower, Flow even PixelJunk Eden falls into this genre.
I would love to see PlayAuditorium hit PSN
http://www.playauditorium.c...
EDIT: had a typo. also glad you like it imdaboss, very interesting game, it gets quite challenging.
hey Parapraxis thanks for the PlayAuditorium link the game real fun and refreshing yeah PSN does need to pick it up
Edit: yeah im already on act 2
You should try it some time, it doesn't hurt to play with some 'feel good' games from time to time. I'm like you though I do play a great deal of competitive gaming and an even bigger one is RPG both Western and Eastern styles.
thank u so much for the game in ur link, its so artistic game, i like the music in it,
for a return i will give u another link but for something more important than gaming and that is the power that controls gamings and the whole world.
http://www.youtube.com/watc...
but i really feel relaxed while going through whole experience.
its just felt like a romantic poem....
then why are you here? seriously if you're going to put down a game, or the genre in general, then don't post at all. keep it to yourself.
agree there are quite a few games now i would love to see Afrika Come to the states that looks pretty intresting Flower is great by the way
I think these games are great - while they're not for everyone, neither are highly-competitive action games, and it's not as if more Flower means less Killzone, so I think it's a win-win (I'm personally all for both - I'm a gaming floozy, I'll play anything! Well - at least in terms of genres - I'll proudly say I've never played a Matrix game!) Actually really enjoyed Flower (and Flow, and PixelJunk Eden) - and while it's got a bit more challenge (finding the hidden flowers and the like) than Flow, anyone who's been gaming for a little while we find it very easy - but that's not a bad thing if you like to mix it up a bit. Of course, I still love my R2, CoD4 and 5, Wipeout HD and the like.
He he, yeah, perhaps these games could be like therapy after the post-traumatic syndrome of Killzone 2. =)
PSPFanboy writes:
So okay, Pipemania didn't come out a week early. It's coming out now. Blockus didn't come out in Europe last month either and while it's listed yet again for this week, we're shaking our heads -- it's probably not happening. Anyway, we like seeing a full week such as this; it's the third one in a row no less.
NA Games:
Pipemania
Valhalla Knights 2
EU Games:
Blockus
Brave Warrior's Tale
FIFA 09
Asian Games:
Ikkitousen: Eloquent Fist [Limited Edition]
To Love Ru Trouble: Doki Doki! Rinkaigakkou-Hen [Limited Edition]
As for Japan, they're getting high school girls + explosive clothing ... enough said.
Oh man psp's game list is pathetic. PSP is just so superior...what the hell gamers are thinking?
