According to Pocket Gamer, CobraMobile’s smash hit iPhone game iBomber is set to be released as a mini, although probably under a slightly different name, possibly GoBomber. Pocket Gamer reports that at the same time as announcing that iBomber has just passed the milestone of being downloaded 2 million times from the iTunes Store, Cobra MD Mark Ettle also confirmed that the game is scheduled to be revamped and released as a mini.
The You Tube video shown above is a promo for the iPhone version of the game, and it certainly looks really addictive! iBomber has already won many industry accolades, including being featured as one of the iTunes “Rewind 2009 Best Games”, and was also nominated for Best Mobile/Handheld Game at the 2009 Rose Design Awards.
Interestingly enough, CobraMobile’s involvement in the minis programme was initially announced way back in August 2009, in an exclusive news story on Casual Gaming.biz, which said that Cobra had three titles ready to go as minis: GoBomber (iBomber), Numba and Cobi Treasure. All three titles were due to be released as minis by the end of 2009, so not quite sure what happened there! It’s possible we’ll also be seeing the other two titles as minis soon too. Having checked out the CobraMobile site though, one game I for one will be hoping to see released as a mini is the gloriously named Zombie Chav Hunt!
1 new mini this week.
This week brings us the second mini from developer Virtual Toys, Spaceball: Revolution.
I personally enjoy when titles come from out of no where. As far as I know this title got it’s first mention on the Europe Playstation blog the day of the update. But it does make me wonder what’s going on at the game developers PR department. I’m pretty sure it’s almost a proven fact games sell better when they are put into the publics mind long before the release day. Oh well, who doesn’t like surprises.
Stay tuned for a review of Spaceball: Revolution soon.
Here’s the release list:
*Red = New worldwide
US Minis
- Nothing…
European Minis
- * Spaceball: Revolution (£3.99/€4.99)
Oceania Minis
- * Spaceball: Revolution ($8.45)
Not only is February the month of love with Valentine’s Day and all, it’s also now the month of minis love, as SCEE has declared February “Minis Month”. So what exactly does this mean, I hear you ask? Does it mean that your PSP (or PS3!) gets to wear a fancy sash and ride in a parade? Probably not, although it should. What it actually means, according to this announcement on the PlayStation Blog from Adam Grant, PSP European Product Manager, is that throughout the month there will be lots of minis news and previews on the EU blog, plus free downloads, minis competitions and special minis features (sadly February is just another month on the US PlayStation Blog, with no extra minis love 
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It’s all good stuff, but perhaps the most important move of all is the special minis sale in the PlayStation Store, which starts with the store update today (February 4th) and continues until February 18th. Here’s the list of all the new prices:
- Fieldrunners €4.99/£3.99 now €3.99/£3.49
- Kahoots €2.99/£2.99 now €1.99/£1.74
- Vempire €2.99/£2.99 now €1.99/£1.74
- BreakQuest €2.99/£2.99 now €1.99/£1.74
- Pinball Fantasies €4.99/£3.99 now €3.99/£3.49
- Bloons €3.99/£3.49 now €2.49/£1.99
- Mahjongg Artifacts: Chapter 2 €2.99/£2.99 now €1.99/£1.74
- Dracula – Undead Awakening €2.99/£2.99 now €1.99/£1.74
They’ve certainly picked some good ones to discount, Fieldrunners, Dracula – Undead Awakening and BreakQuest in particular are “must-haves”, although everyone will have their own favourites. Shame the sale only lasts for two weeks though!
BreakQuest is one of my favourite minis so far and I play it all the time, so I was very excited to see that BreakQuest developer Beatshapers’ second mini MelodyBloxx is due to be released very soon. We’ve talked to Beatshapers in a previous feature on PSPMinis.com about the game, but now they’ve got a lot more information up on their website, including the following facts:
MelodyBloxx is a music-puzzle game, featuring emerging genres: interactive music gameplay and Match-3 puzzles.
- 20+ levels with outstanding audio-visual experience
- Every level features unique “skin” graphics, animations, music and sound effects
- Interactive/gameplay-adaptive music
- Various bonuses from bombs to music slowdown
- Two game modes: classic and action/puzzle
We’ve seen with BreakQuest how well Beatshapers do with a traditional gaming concept, so I’ve got high hopes for MelodyBloxx, which has also already received an “honourable mention” in the Audio Achievement category at the Independent Games Festival Mobile.
[Many thanks to prince caro 19 in our forum for the heads-up on the latest MelodyBloxx info.]
*EDIT: This draw is now closed. The winners will be announced in the comments and emailed personally with their codes. Thanks to everyone who entered.
It’s game code give-away time.
Daren Morgan from Laughing Jackal has been kind enough to provide 5 codes to give to our readers.
These codes allow you to download Cubix for free. If you don’t know anything about this game check out our Cubix review here.
Entry Details:
- All you have to do is comment on this post below. That gets your name in the hat. After 48hrs we will pick 5 names from the hat and send them the codes.
- IMPORTANT: These codes only work in the Europe and Asia-Pacific region. So if you are in any other region please don’t comment below. Sorry guys.
Today we bring you both good news and bad news regarding Luc Bernard’s upcoming minis, SteamPirates, Mecho Wars and Mecho Tales. First the bad news: Luc’s been in touch to let us know that the release dates of all three minis have been pushed back, “just because we want to make them as great as possible,” in his words. All were originally scheduled for Q1 of this year – no word as yet as to when we can expect to see any or all of the games, but we’ll keep you posted. Now for the good news! Luc has sent us two exclusive screenshots from Mecho Tales, as well as some more tantalising details about the game. This is what he told us:
Mecho Tales, all I can say is that it will be the ultimate retro platforming action game. These screenshots don’t demonstrate it yet, until I show a video. But the action is going to be over the top.
Now remember everyone, patience is a virtue! 
