Take a Half Minute to save the world

XSEED Games has released Half-Minute Hero for PSP in North America - the game will also be available shortly for digital download on the PlayStation Network Store for those of you that hate UMDs or own a PSP go. Half-Minute Hero is a unique is a fast and loose game that combines role-playing, shooter action and even a little RTS in a story where you literally have right around 30 seconds to save the world from utter destruction. Ain’t that a bitch?

Players choose between four modes of accelerated game-play totaling over 100 unique stages. Among the modes are the quick level-grinding RPG flavor of Hero Mode, the rapid-fire shooting of Princess Mode, Evil Lord mode where you control units to save the day and Knight mode where you serve as protector. No matter what you choose you’ll have 30 seconds to save the world with a story filled with scads of Western pop culture referenced humor and an 8-bit graphical style.

Half Minute Hero is available at retail now and the PlayStation Network Store will be available for download starting October 22nd. Both the UMD and digital download version have a suggested retail price of $29.99. For More information, visit halfminutehero.com.

Half Minute Hero web site launches

XSEED has launched the website Half Minute Hero - the game will be released on Tuesday, October 13th. The website dedicated to this quirky action RPG offers a new gameplay trailer, additional media and an online leaderboard into the website where you will be able to input codes from stages you clear in the Hero 30 mode to rank yourself against the best players on the internet.

For more info about the game, check out the brand new web site at www.halfminutehero.com/.

Second Half-Minute Hero demo on the way

XSEED Games announced that the second of two downloadable demos for the upcoming speed RPG, Half-Minute Hero PSP, will be available to download starting September 24th. This demo will feature Evil Lord Mode, a real-time strategy game where players will take control of the powerful, and obnoxiously gorgeous, Evil Lord. In this mode players must summon monsters to fight enemies. Summon monsters are divided into three types: Brutes, Nimbles and Shooters, and enemies are also divided up into the same categories. Each type of monster or enemy has advantages/disadvantages towards another type of monster or enemy. Figuring out the best strategy to use against each type is crucial as when the time limit reaches zero, your reign of evil is over.

This second demo will be available for download through PlayStation Network on Thursday, September 24th. Half-Minute Hero is published by XSEED Games and will be released in October 2009 at retailers across North America.