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Former THQ exec forms casual pub Mamba Games
Brimming with confidence, a new name has strutted into the marketplace with plans to take the world by storm, albeit casually. Co-founded by former THQ vet Robert Nielson, Mamba Games is a new casual game pub, though unlike other startups it already has several titles flowing through its low-pressure pipeline.Among the games on the studio's plate is Matchman (pictured), a black and white comic-style shooter for the Nintendo DS coming in the second quarter, with versions for the PlayStation 3 and Wii coming later in 2009. Mamba is also publishing the PC horror adventure game The Lost Crown: A Ghost-hunting Adventure and racer Pyroblazer, however neither of these will be brought to North America by the fledgling studio. Slightly more interesting are the outfit's plans to publish six expansions for Flight Simulator X over the next two years, though with the recent shuttering of Flight Simulator dev ACES, we wonder if these planes will run out of fuel before they land.
Matchman enters the side-scrolling shooter arena
Here's a quirky title announced from the UK publishers Lexicon Entertainment: Matchman. Partnered with the Chinese developers TF-H Co. Ltd., this game is scheduled for the DS, Wii, and PS3 in 2009. The game itself is a side-scrolling shooter involving pure black and white graphics in the style of really, really old cartoons. The gameplay is probably going to be run-of-the-mill, but boss battles seem to switch things up. Instead of firing madly, you give a boss monster apples until its stomach explodes, for example. We assume the game will be a downloadable PlayStation Network title for the PS3.[via SiliconEra]
We hope Matchman matches our expectations
One of the more interesting games that's been announced recently is Matchman, which is being released for the DS, the Wii, and (oddly enough) the PS3. The developer for this one is TH-F, who normally develops Chinese games. Thanks to a partnership with Lexicon Entertainment, though, Matchman is slated for a worldwide release.Blah, blah, and so on -- not that that's out of the way, let's get into the juicy, colorless details. We're not calling the game "colorless" as an insult, mind you; it's just literally in black and white. (Hey, it worked for Echochrome). Aside from that little detail, you may also be interested to know that Matchman is a side scrolling shooter with a storyline that's based on a combination of classic fairytales.As for the enemies, don't expect to always kill them with a classic "shoot 'em up" mentality. Some bosses you might have to feed until they explode (it's just a wafer-thin mint!), while others you'll have to manipulate (we're not sure how). The game will feature a "Commuter" mode, too, designed for people who take public transportation (so that they can play with one hand and drink a cup of coffee in the other). That sounds like a funny enough idea, we only hope that the rest of the game has the same sense of humor.Check out the gallery below to see the concept art for Matchman.%Gallery-24271%
