Square Enix releases Thexder NEO
Square Enix’s Thexder NEO is available today on the PlayStation Network for the PSP go and PSP. Originally released on the PC in 1985, THEXDER is a side-scrolling shooter featuring sleek animation, strategic transforming-mech gameplay, and lots of homing lasers. Now the excitement of the original returns with revamped graphics, a novice mode, 6-player online races, and all-new features in THEXDER NEO. This action arcade game is aPSP mini title and retails for right around $10.
Sony reveals minis for PSP: small games with a big crunch
Everybody wants to be the iPod Touch or the iPhone. Nintendo tried to get in on the action with DSiWare for the DSi and now Sony makes its play with a new service that will deliver small, bite-sized games to the PSP Go.
At its Gamescom press event in Cologne, Germany, Sony Computer Entertainment revealed minis, a new offering on the PlayStation Store that gives players a range of all-new downloadable games for PSP. Only available via digital distribution, minis will have a 100MB size limit, ensuring they are quick and easy to download to either the upcoming PSP Go or older PSP units. The new minis section will be available on PlayStation Store on October 1 in Europe/ PAL territories and in North America, to coincide with the launch of PSP Go.
Fifteen games will be available at launch across various genres including arcade games, racers, parlor games and more. SCE hopes to up that number to around 50 by the end of this year. These minis will come from developers of all stripes and sizes including Gameshastra, HoneySlug, Creat, and Subatomic Studios. Bigger publishers like EA want to get in on the action too; Electronic Arts is already developing a number of games including Tetris and Sudoku, and more.
We’re extremely interested to see how good these games will be and whether or not they will have the power to excite a PSP user base that doesn’t always get much to be excited about.
