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Rotastic latches onto XBLA September 21
Rotastic finally has a release date. The peg-swinging, rope-cutting, gem-collecting, erm ... sim(?) will arrive on Xbox Live Arcade on September 21 for a cool 800 MS Points ($10). Eager PSN and PC players can take Rotastic for a spin in early 2012. %Gallery-132967%
What's In A Name: Dancing Dots Studio
Martial Hesse-Dréville, Dancing Dots Studio's managing director, explains how his studio came up with its energetic name. No, they're not fans of Dancing with the Stars -- turns out, the explanation is much more straightforward than that! "I named Dancing Dots just for the fact that what we do, at the core, is making pixels move. Moving pixels then lead me to think of dancing dots. It's a catchy title and playing a game is about having fun, something that dancing is too. Dancing expresses that something is fun." Dancing Dots Studio is currently working on Rotastic, due out on Xbox Live Arcade on September 21. The PSN launch is currently slated for January. Like this feature? Be sure to check out the What's In A Name Archives.
XBLA and PSN release Rotastic spins up its first trailer
We know you're probably not at E3, but if you are, drop what you're doing and check out Rotastic, a charming sort of multiplayer action puzzler from French studio Dancing Dots. Through tons of single-screen levels, players use their grappling hooks to swing between pegs collecting gems and performing stunts like figure 8s for extra points. In the online and couch multiplayer, players can connect to the same pegs as their friends and the player with the shortest rope slices the connection of the other, sending him flying. Oh, and spinning generates a shield which protects ... you know, it's probably better if you just watch the trailer after the jump. It doesn't communicate the fun as well as playing, but believe us when we say you'll want to give it a -- wait for it -- spin when it launches on XBLA in September and PSN in January.
