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Indie Royale goes back to school with new seven-game bundle
The latest Indie Royale game bundle is serving up seven games at a low, pay-more-than-the-minimum price for Steam and Desura. The Back to School Bundle includes Ronimo Games' Swords & Soldiers, along with the game's Super Saucy Sausage Fest DLC.The bundle also includes Lunar Flight by Shovsoft, Bunny Must Die: Chelsea and the 7 Devils, Qlione and Flying Red Barrel by Rockin' Android, rhythm-RPG game Sequence from Iridium Studios, and the game and original soundtrack for Cute Things Dying Violenty from ApathyWorks. Those that spend over $8 on the bundle will also receive an 18-track chiptune album, BIAS. The Back to School Bundle will be available over the course of this next week.
Indie Royale launches The Summer Bundle with 8 games and some chiptunes
The latest in a long line of Indie Royale bundles is now live, this time named after the hottest, most miserable season of the year: Summer! The Summer Bundle includes Harvest: Massive Encounter, The Journey Down: Chapter 1, Serious Sam 2, Gundemonium Recollection, GundeadliGne, Hitogata Gappa, Acceleration of Suguri X-Edition and Dino Run SE.Patrons will also receive entrance into the AirMech Steam beta, as well as an Indie Royale in-game pet. Anyone who pays over $8.00 for the bundle will be gifted Pixeljams Volume 1, a chiptune collection of music from Pixeljam's catalogue of work. As with all previous Indie Royale bundles, the price you pay is based on the prices of the transactions that have come before you, so get in there and ruin the bell curve.
'Bunny Must Die,' declares Rockin' Android
Rockin' Android, which translates and updates Japanese fan games for Western release, has issued an ultimatum, in the form of its next game's title. Bunny Must Die: Chelsea & the 7 Devils is an "exploration-based platformer" due this summer on PC and unspecified consoles, in which a bunny-suited girl explores the "Devils' Labyrinth," picking up additional weapons like the "Hyper Heels," getting through traps, and solving puzzles.Bunny also gets time manipulation powers, allowing her to slow, stop, or reverse time. Perhaps by the end of the game she can find some reasonable clothes as well. Check out a PC demo at the official site.
PSN's Crescent Pale Mist is actually pretty vivid
Next week, Rockin' Android will grace PSN with another of its localized Japanese indie games. However, instead of a shmup, this time the publisher has chosen Crescent Pale Mist, a magical-themed action-platformer developed by Classic Shikoukairo. Rockin' Android has worked with Sony Online Entertainment to spruce up the graphical effects for this ridiculously overblown-looking action game. You can see the result for yourself after the break -- sorceress Yunou runs, jumps, and slashes at super-speed against swirling, explosive backdrops. There's really nothing "pale" about it! It'll be out Tuesday for $5.99.
PSN is 'perfect home' for shmups, Gundemonium pub explains
Sony Online Entertainment recently signed a deal with Rockin' Android to bring three shmups (shoot 'em ups) exclusively to the PlayStation Network: Gundemonium Recollection, GundeadGline and Hitogata Happa. Micah Loucks, producer at SOE, explained to Gamasutra that the "uniquely Japanese" quality of these shooters made them an attractive fit for PS3 owners. Of course, Rockin' Android was incredibly enthusiastic to have these games appear on a console for the very first time. "One of our game plans was to get these games on a console system, because we always believed that they were meant to be played on a gamepad. Sony came in at the perfect time," Rockin' Android president Enrique Galvez explained to Gamasutra. Clarifying why the games were coming exclusively to PS3, Galvez added: "Xbox had some Japanese shooters already, we felt that Sony didn't really have those on PlayStation Network, so we thought that [PSN] was just the perfect home." Although only three games are confirmed for release on PSN thus far, it appears PS3 owners can expect even more shmups in the future. "There's going to be more," Loucks added. "I can't speak towards when or which titles yet, but yes, there's going to be more." For a look at the original PC version of Gundemonium, check out a video after the break.
