The last time I wrote about Mecho Wars was…over a year ago, and the attached trailer suggests a January 2011 release date. It didn’t happen, so we moved on. Now, finally, a release date is confirmed. Next week’s PlayStation Store Update (10th of January, 2012), Mecho Wars is coming, at least in North America. At around 7:00 in the latest US PlayStation Blog blogcast, it is mentioned by the hosts that indeed this game will be coming out. All right!
Remember Choplifter? The very old Apple II (and then many other platforms) game where you piloted a helicopter and tried to rescue people in enemy territory? Well, it’s back, in stick form. Or at least TikGames is apparently making a clone of it entitled Stick Man Rescue.
A few of the screens seem to indicate it might be more complex than just Choplifter, though perhaps not as complex as the amazing Fort Apocalypse (a Choplifter clone for those of us with mere C=64s).
It also appears to be a completely new game just for Minis, not a port from somewhere else. Good for them! Read the rest of ”Upcoming—Stick Man Rescue” »
Looks like we’ve got another game cruising into the Minis program. Polygon Toys will send their beloved Flash-based browser game,Tiny Hawk, to the PSP/PS3. You can play the Flash version of the game here, or on every Flash game portal you can imagine. I’ve played this game before, and I love it because of its responsive controls and well thought-out level design. But mostly, I love Tiny Hawk because of its old school pixel graphics. According to a developer blog post, the Minis version will receive new graphics and a new scoring system. Tiny Hawk “is a platformer, a little bit in the style of Canabalt or Pix’n Love Rush, where you can’t stop, and you’ll bounce off walls, but with more focus on levels than an infinite stream of random obstacles.” This game will be released on January 4th in European territories. North America has to wait. The usual screenshots below:
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Beatshapers sent us a teaser. It is obvious what it is; Canabalt is coming to the Minis program.
Forum member Grayback spotted a story on a French gaming site which apparently contains information about four upcoming titles from Spanish developer Ninja Fever. It’s unclear if all (or even any) titles will become Minis, but the story mentions that their engine allows quick ports between iOS, PSP, PC, and Android.
One project that at least started off as a Mini (and hopefully will remain so) is Arson and Plunder (pictured above), a side-scrolling beat ‘em up that stars an elf and a troll and will feature six different levels with five or six sub-levels each. And better yet, according to Google Translate, “it smells good.”
There’s also Joomba, about a rooftop jumping chicken; Fate of the Fearless, a Diablo clone; and what likely will stay an iOS/Android title, Inky Planets.
Update: Eloy from Ninja Fever stopped by the forums to let us know that they are indeed working on Arson and Plunder as a Mini, but they are very busy with contract work for other companies, so a release date is unknown. It looks really good so far, so best of luck to them.
(big hat tip to Grayback for spotting this and mentioning it)
Finally, Hungry Giraffe footage! You be the judge!
