Lexis Numerique has released a new trailer for its upcoming survival-horror title, AMY. Due out on the PC, XBLA, and PSN platforms later this fall, AMY puts players in the role of a woman who must get a small girl to safety in the wake …
Ubisoft’s disaster aftermath adventure has resurfaced, with a release on XBLA and PSN set for this winter. Ubisoft’s I Am Alive has had a somewhat troubled development cycle. Originally intended as a triple-A retail title, it disappeared without trace after an initial trailer at E3 …
Although Capcom’s expressing regret that its new mobile game, MaXplosion , is so similar to Twisted Pixel’s Splosion Man , it claims its mobile team didn’t get an early peek at the XBLA game before developing its project. Since MaXplosion hit the app store last week, there’s been something of an online outcry from Sploison Man fans — and from Twisted Pixel itself. The Splosion Man developers took to Twitter recently to complain that MaXplosion ‘s red, cartoony, self-detonating hero and its quirky laboratory setting were a little bit too much like their own work. Notably, Twisted Pixel claimed it had shown the Xbox Live Arcade title to Capcom for possible publishing and been rejected well before the release of MaXplosion . Capcom admits it saw the title beforehand, but asserts the mobile team had no contact with the group that evaluated it. “While Twisted Pixel did have discussions with our console game team about publishing Splosion Man on game consoles, Capcom Mobile is a different division of Capcom with separate offices and, as such, had no prior knowledge of any meetings between the console game team and Twisted Pixel,” said the publisher in a statement to consumer weblog Joystiq . “ MaXplosion was developed independently by Capcom Mobile,” the statement continues. “Nonetheless, we are saddened by this situation and hope to rebuild the trust of our fans and friends in the gaming community.” Brand recognition is an important component for success on Apple’s crowded App Store, and recognizable properties tend to sell much better than original or unproven franchises. Many look-alikes that have appeared on the Store include heavy similarities to console properties without crossing the line into actual IP theft. Gameloft has published Halo -alike N.O.V.A
Polytron has posted up a video of the first two minutes of upcoming XBLA title Fez. The gameplay shows protagonist Gomez climbing up to meet Geezer at the top of a little village, before a strange, 3D cube appears spinning above his head.
Xona Games has been busy, releasing two Xbox Live Indie Game shmups in a week. The first was of course Decimation X3 , and now Score Rush has landed, the ‘spiritual prequel’ to upcoming XBLA title Duality ZF .