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The bright, dark world of couch co-op puzzler Chariot on PS4
Chariot is a game about transporting a dead body. But it's not just any body – it's your father's body. And he's not just any dad – he's the king. As the princess, your task is to take the king's body to its final resting place, deep underground through winding tunnels filled with gold and treasure. The king's ghost follows your journey and he insists on gathering as many riches as possible so he can be buried with them. Yeah, this game could have been really dark. Instead, it looks pretty adorable – Chariot is designed for two players in local co-op, but it can also be played solo, Executive Producer Martin Brouard of Frima Studio says: "Chariot is a 2D, couch co-op adventure platformer in which two players must work together to guide a chariot through underground levels using physics-based mechanics such as pushing, pulling, riding, reeling, and so on." As one reader on the PlayStation Blog points out, the princess doesn't seem too bothered that her father is dead. Frima responds with, "Wait until you meet the king ... he's got quite a character." Chariot is due out for PS4 in the fall. [Image: Frima Studio]
Lights, Camera, Party! Moves to PSN on August 28
If you've been waiting for a new mini-game collection for the PlayStation Move, you won't have to wait much longer. Sony has announced Lights, Camera, Party!, a mini-game collection apparently so zany that it warrants an exclamation point right there in the title. The game stars the Funzinis, "a family forced to compete in an array of wild game shows to win a new home after the TV station's satellite crash lands in their living room."Lights, Camera, Party! features 50 different mini-games, and only requires one Move controller to play. The main story mode supports up to 4 players, while certain modes go all the way up to 8. The mini-games seem playful enough, though cat bowling may be the most reprehensible thing we've heard of since we discovered cat juggling.
A Space Shooter for Two Bucks goes 'Free' on iOS
It's a bold move to change the price of a game whose price is in the title, but Frima Studio figured out how to do so for the iOS release of its PSP Mini A Space Shooter for Two Bucks: replace the already-low price with "Free." For the iOS release, due July 28, it's been re-christened A Space Shooter for Free!, and reworked into a freemium experience. The free download features part of the original game -- with " an infinite supply of aliens to obliterate." For a dollar, you can upgrade it to the "Big ASS" version that unlocks the rest. So, it ends up being a space shooter for one buck. That's still fewer than two.%Gallery-128311%
Young Thor studio unveils A Space Shooter for Two Bucks!
No, Frima Studio didn't receive two dollars to unveil its new game -- rather, the new PlayStation Mini from the Young Thor/Zombie Tycoon developer is called A Space Shooter for Two Bucks! You can guess both the genre and price from the title. Despite the low price, Frima Studio has included full voiceover for both the pilot character and his sarcastic AI companion, as well as every other character who, for some reason, has lines to speak in a shmup. If you have PlayStation Plus, you'll be able to get A Space Shooter For Two Bucks! for free when it launches on December 21.
