Big thanks to Oyaji Games’ creative director and designer Luc Bernard who’s sent us three more screenshots from his forthcoming Mecho Tales mini, just to tide us over following the recent news that the game has been delayed along with his other two upcoming minis, SteamPirates and Mecho Wars. Luc’s also given us this exclusive information about one very interesting aspect of Mecho Tales’ level design:
“The game will have infinite levels. How will that work? There will be a story mode with all levels designed by Oyaji Games. And then there will be a mode that will have infinite level designs, a level generator that will generate a new level every time you play. So you will never play the same level twice.”
4 new minis this week.
In a surprise move, 4 new minis have been released this week, developed by Sony themselves. It looks like they are going to support their brain child after all.
Unfortunately, after spending a little time with each game I not sure I’d recommend any of them. And that’s despite their low price. Maybe this will change if I spend more time with them. Maybe not. So on one hand it’s good news Sony are starting to home-brew some minis, but on the other hand they aren’t setting a good example for the quality level.
Stay tuned for a reviews soon.
Here’s the release list:
*Red = New worldwide
US Minis
- * Digi-Tiles ($2.99)
- * Earthshield ($2.99)
- * Legend of Kunoichi ($2.99)
- * Smashbreak ($2.99)
- Vector TD ($3.99) – Review
European Minis
- Nothing…
Oceania Minis
- Nothing…
1 new mini this week.
Age of Zombies, from Halfbrick landed this week. Thirty minutes spent with the game made it clear that not only has Halfbrick met there quality standard, they may have even raised the bar a little. As far as top down “twin stick shooters” go in the minis range it’s easy to say Age of Zombies is the winner. The range of weapons, enemies, locations and bosses is unmatched. If they weren’t already, this game cements Halfbrick as the top minis developer in my mind. I sure others will agree.
Stay tuned for a review soon.
Here’s the release list:
*Red = New worldwide
US Minis
European Minis
- * Age of Zombies (£3.99/€4.99)
Oceania Minis
- * Age of Zombies ($8.45)
3 new mini this week.
Alien Zombie Death from Pom Pom games, maybe the coolest named mini yet. Definitely a pretty fun, side on, arcade shooter that has a good pick up and play gaming.
Retro Cave Flyer from Big Head Games, lives up to it’s name by providing a Luner Lander experience on steroids.
Telegraph Sudoku, from Sanuk Games, delivers 300 number puzzles from the Telegraph.
Stay tuned for a reviews soon.
Here’s the release list:
*Red = New worldwide
US Minis
- Nothing…
European Minis
- * Alien Zombie Death (£2.49/€2.99)
- * Retro Cave Flyer (£2.49/€2.99)
- * Telegraph Sudoku & Kakuro (£2.49)
Oceania Minis
- * Telegraph Sudoku & Kakuro ($4.95)
Sony has today announced the second wave of the “minis month” sale on the European PlayStation Blog. The sale starts today, February 18th, and runs until March 4th. Here’s the complete list from the blog of all the sale prices:
- Tetris (was – £3.99/€4.99 now – £3.49/€3.99)
- Sudoku (was – £3.99/€4.99 now – £3.49/€3.99)
- Bowling 3D (was – £3.99/€4.99 now – £3.49/€3.99)
- Yetisports Pengu Throw (was – £2.49/€2.99 now – £1.74/€1.99)
- Red Bull X-Fighters (was – £3.99/€4.99 now – £3.49/€3.99)
- Let’s Golf (was – £3.99/€4.99 now – £2.49/€2.99)
- Stand O’Food (was – £3.99/€4.99 now – £3.49/€3.99)
- Spot the Differences (was – £2.49/€2.99 now – £1.24/€1.49)
Quite a mixed bunch – Tetris, Red Bull X-Fighters and Stand O’Food are all great games and worth a purchase at the new prices; Sudoku, Bowling 3D and Let’s Golf are three solid buys if the subject matter appeals to you; Yetisports Pengu Throw might be marginally more appealing at the lower price, although there’s not really a lot to the game, and Spot the Differences is a niche game, but probably a bargain at £1.24 if you like “spot the difference” games. Click on any of the game names to read the review.
Good news for those of us who’ve been looking forward to PomPom Games’ Alien Zombie Death mini. PomPom has just announced that the game will be available to download in next week’s European PlayStation Store update, on Thursday February 18th. No official word yet about release dates for any other territories, although Pocket Gamer says it’s due out in the US in the spring. PomPom describes Alien Zombie Death as “retro platform shoot-em-up madness”, with a host of bizarre space monster enemies, including “green slimy fiends, bullet burping blobbos, flying bats, demons and electric do-das” that the hapless dead spaceman hero must do battle with. These are the main features of the mini as listed on PomPom’s website:
- Available on PSP minis
- Intense survival gameplay
- 14 planets/levels
- Weapon power-ups
- Bonus UFOs and Coin pickups
- Medals awarded for achievements
One thing I don’t quite understand is why the spaceman is still bothering to fight the alien zombie hordes if he’s actually dead himself, but I’m sure that’ll all be sorted out in the wash next week. Roll on next Thursday!
