PS3 and PSP Game Announcement Parade
Sequels, Squalls, Sakura and Shatter!
Published: July 16, 2009
UPDATE : The fans have spoken, and Kenka Bancho 3 has a name for it's North American release! And you guessed it, it's Kenka Bancho : Badass Rumble. I guess that beat my entry of "Kenka Bancho : WTF Does That Mean?". More details coming soon!
Time for a weekly conglomeration of certified coming soon CDs (ok DVDs, Blu-Rays and UMDs) keeping you up to date on what you need to look forward to (and maybe need to ignore) coming down the pipe, with the latest new and release dates.
For the PS3, Tecmo has reconfirmed that Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 (that's a mouthful) is still coming to rape you and your whole family (figuratively, I assure you) this Fall. For those of you who can't wait to smash your controller in frustration, Ninja Gaiden Sigma (1) is now a greatest hits title and can be grabbed new for just $20!
If you have ever watched the movie Twister and thought to yourself, "man, that tornado is a real pussy, if I was a cyclone of 120mph winds, I wouldn't take that sort of shit", then Konami has been listening to you! Coming this September is Tornado Outbreak, the game that finally lets YOU take control of the tornado as you tear through trailer parks ruining as many peoples lives as possible! With humor filled mission and plenty of destruction, Tornado Outbreak seems like it could be a surprise hit.
And last but not least for the PS3, the tradition of Breakout and Arkanoid is brought into the 21st century with the upcoming PSN title Shattered, hitting in just 2 weeks. Adding new takes on classic brick-breaking fun, will provide innovative controls, multiple game modes and 10 distinct worlds. Brought to you by the same studio that gave us the feature packed GripShift, Sidhe Studios. At just $7.99, you might owe it to yourself to give shattered a shot.
The PSP is seeing a lot of new content getting announced as Sony gets ready for the big PSPgo push, and we've got quite a few announcements this week, starting with a somewhat mysterious announcement fro Tecmo of Undead Knights. What is it? Well...who knows? According to Tecmo, it MIGHT be Medieval, Zombified, Babelicious (yummy!) and Driven by Crazy Hair Metal with Contemporary Vulgar Dialogue. Who can say? Hopefully anyone who picks it up this Fall.
In the never ending Dynasty Warriors series and it's spinoffs (30+ titles and counting) we have a new entrant. Warriors Orochi 2 is coming to PSP August 25th, and will feature 96 playable characters from both Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors series, and pretty much everything else you remember from Warriors Orochi 1 (or Warriors Orochi 2 on the PS2, since this is a port). Preorder now!
The perhaps a bit too mystifyingly titled Kenka Bancho 3 is being brought over by our friends at Atlus early in 2010, and so they have announced they are looking for fan input to choose a title for the NA release. Kenka Bancho 3 is a brawler which puts the player in the role of a high school student on a class trip trying to win some bragging rights. Follow this link to contribute to the naming contest : http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07e2jikoxqfwtj87wt/start
Playstation 2 lives on with the NISA announcement of Sakura Wars, and a premium package that includes 2 discs, one with English voices, and the other with the original Japanese. Sakura Wars is a strategy RPG that focuses on character interaction and your destiny is NOT predetermined. Also there are mechs that change into jets during combat! Playstation 2 era graphics! Special Art Cover!
Time for a weekly conglomeration of certified coming soon CDs (ok DVDs, Blu-Rays and UMDs) keeping you up to date on what you need to look forward to (and maybe need to ignore) coming down the pipe, with the latest new and release dates.
For the PS3, Tecmo has reconfirmed that Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 (that's a mouthful) is still coming to rape you and your whole family (figuratively, I assure you) this Fall. For those of you who can't wait to smash your controller in frustration, Ninja Gaiden Sigma (1) is now a greatest hits title and can be grabbed new for just $20!
If you have ever watched the movie Twister and thought to yourself, "man, that tornado is a real pussy, if I was a cyclone of 120mph winds, I wouldn't take that sort of shit", then Konami has been listening to you! Coming this September is Tornado Outbreak, the game that finally lets YOU take control of the tornado as you tear through trailer parks ruining as many peoples lives as possible! With humor filled mission and plenty of destruction, Tornado Outbreak seems like it could be a surprise hit.
And last but not least for the PS3, the tradition of Breakout and Arkanoid is brought into the 21st century with the upcoming PSN title Shattered, hitting in just 2 weeks. Adding new takes on classic brick-breaking fun, will provide innovative controls, multiple game modes and 10 distinct worlds. Brought to you by the same studio that gave us the feature packed GripShift, Sidhe Studios. At just $7.99, you might owe it to yourself to give shattered a shot.
The PSP is seeing a lot of new content getting announced as Sony gets ready for the big PSPgo push, and we've got quite a few announcements this week, starting with a somewhat mysterious announcement fro Tecmo of Undead Knights. What is it? Well...who knows? According to Tecmo, it MIGHT be Medieval, Zombified, Babelicious (yummy!) and Driven by Crazy Hair Metal with Contemporary Vulgar Dialogue. Who can say? Hopefully anyone who picks it up this Fall.
In the never ending Dynasty Warriors series and it's spinoffs (30+ titles and counting) we have a new entrant. Warriors Orochi 2 is coming to PSP August 25th, and will feature 96 playable characters from both Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors series, and pretty much everything else you remember from Warriors Orochi 1 (or Warriors Orochi 2 on the PS2, since this is a port). Preorder now!
The perhaps a bit too mystifyingly titled Kenka Bancho 3 is being brought over by our friends at Atlus early in 2010, and so they have announced they are looking for fan input to choose a title for the NA release. Kenka Bancho 3 is a brawler which puts the player in the role of a high school student on a class trip trying to win some bragging rights. Follow this link to contribute to the naming contest : http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07e2jikoxqfwtj87wt/start
Playstation 2 lives on with the NISA announcement of Sakura Wars, and a premium package that includes 2 discs, one with English voices, and the other with the original Japanese. Sakura Wars is a strategy RPG that focuses on character interaction and your destiny is NOT predetermined. Also there are mechs that change into jets during combat! Playstation 2 era graphics! Special Art Cover!
