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Sine Mora free for PlayStation Plus members starting tomorrow
The PlayStation Vita version of Grasshopper Manufacture and Digital Reality's horizontally scrolling shoot-'em-up Sine Mora will be available as a free download for PlayStation Plus members after the PlayStation Store updates tomorrow. Merging arcade-styled action with a dual sci-fi narrative, Sine Mora features time-limited stages in the place of traditional life-based gameplay mechanics. The game skews toward the "bullet hell" subgenre in later levels, challenging players to counter curtains of enemy fire with carefully chosen ship, character, and ability combinations. Sine Mora was originally released for Xbox Live Arcade in 2012, and is also available for the PlayStation 3, iOS and Android devices, and PC platforms.
Hotline Miami, Kingdoms of Amalur head up PlayStation Plus in October
Sony revealed next month's PlayStation Plus lineup for North America, announcing that subscribers will receive free access to Dennatron's indie hit Hotline Miami and 38 Studios' action-RPG Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, among other featured games. October's free PlayStation 3 offerings include Reckoning, Telltale Games' Poker Night at the Inventory 2, and an HD remake of Shadow of the Colossus, pairing it with September's PS Plus release of Ico. Hotline Miami joins PlayStation Plus as a Cross-Buy title, giving members free access to both the PlayStation 3 and PS Vita versions of the game. PlayStation Vita owners will also receive a free copy of the acclaimed shoot-'em-up Sine Mora as part of next month's PlayStation Plus lineup. Sony previously announced that Far Cry 3, Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen, Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams, Street Fighter x Tekken, and Touch My Katamari will join the PlayStation Plus program in Europe next month.
Sina Mora gets one mora port on iOS
Digital Reality and Grasshopper Manufacture's picturesque steampunk shmup, Sine Mora, has landed on iOS. Sine Mora is currently available as a $5.99 universal download and requires iOS 6.0 and above. It is not yet optimized for 4th generation iPhone and iPod Touch devices, according to the product page. iTunes reviews suggest a Facebook login is required for both saving the game and accessing the leaderboards, and that the game does not run in full-screen on iPad. We've inquired with Digital Reality to confirm the details and will update accordingly. Sine Mora is currently available on Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita and PC. Our review said the game's time-control mechanic "gives less dedicated players a chance to enjoy one of the industry's more vibrant genres while simultaneously giving hardcore players a new spin on an age-old formula."
Grab Sine Mora PC for $2 on Green Man Gaming
Waiting for the perfect time to try out the awesome, time-bending shooter, Sine Mora? Looks like this is it, as Green Man Gaming is currently offering the Steam version of the game for a paltry two bucks, a full $0.50 off the already ridiculous price of $2.50. All you have to do is enter the promo code GMG20-PJFEW-Y16HK.If that's not enough to pique your interest, did we mention that it also features super dramatic animal people speaking in Hungarian?
PSN Tuesday: PS All-Stars and Persona 4 Golden out today
The latest PlayStation Store update brings two long-awaited game to PS3 and PS Vita. PlayStation All-Stars is now available in digital form on the PS3 for $59.99, as is a pint-sized version on the PS Vita for $39.99. And Atlus' acclaimed JRPG, Persona 4: Golden, is out on the PS Vita for $39.99.Meanwhile, Clan of Champions and Sine Mora are both available on the PS3, and Jet Set Radio and Halfbrick's great iOS game, Jetpack Joyride, hit the Vita. A new bundle assembles Sonic the Hedgehog and its sequel for $4.99, and some bonus content is thrown in with Hitman Absolution, alongside a discounted Sleeping Dogs.There are also sales on some PS3 Ultimates (including the great Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine), and over in the DLC column we get the fifth episode of Telltale's popular Walking Dead series. Today also marks the debut of Mr. Torgue's Campaign of Carnage for Borderlands 2 and a demo for the new DMC: Devil May Cry.You can see the full list of additions over on the PlayStation blog.
Build-em-up: make Sine Mora ships in Lego
While gliding through Sine Mora, surely only a scant few thought to themselves, "The one thing I really want to do is stop playing this distinguished Hungarian shoot-em-up, and spend the next few hours meticulously making its fighter ships in Lego." And yet, now that developer Digital Reality sends us authentic instructions for how to make Lego replicas of the Merenstein VI and BS4-VR Soprano, we find building these ships is exactly how we want to spend the next few hours. Screw games, there's Lego to be building!Sadly, the above picture isn't of a set you can buy in stores, as awesome as that would be. You'll have to go about getting the pieces yourself, most likely from various sets - the instructions do at least provide you at the end with a list of the pieces needed. Then again, if you're seriously contemplating making these ships then we reckon you're probably the kind of person who already has every piece needed. And we genuinely envy you.If you've yet to experience Sine Mora on XBLA, the good news is that the game's already flown its way to PC, and is journeying across to PS3 and Vita next week, via PSN.
Sine Mora almost a Digital Reality on Vita and PS3 [update: out Nov. 20!]
Digital Reality doesn't have a firm launch date for the PS3 and Vita versions of its time-shifting shooter, Sine Mora, but a new trailer shows plenty of gameplay footage. There's also a demonstration of the Vita's touch controls, which look ... interesting.Digital Reality says Sine Mora is coming to PS3 and Vita "soon."Update: This week's Official PlayStation Blogcast confirms Sine Mora lands on PSN for PS3 and Vita on November 20 in North America, and the day after in Europe.
PSA: Sine Mora brings bullets, steampunk, and Hungarian to PC today
If you like challenging shoot-em-ups, giant steampunk bosses, and Hungarian voice-overs, then you'll be pleased to hear Sine Mora is out today on PC. The game is currently raining bullet hell on Steam and Green Man Gaming at 10 percent off ($8.99).The unusual collaboration between Grasshopper Manufacture and Digital Reality shot onto Xbox Live earlier this year. It impressed enough to get four and a half stars out of five in Richard's review, which acclaims the game for offering "both a serious challenge to serious shooter fans and a palatable experience to lapsed addicts."
Sine Mora rains bullets and pianos on PC Nov. 9
Digital Reality's steampunk shoot-em-up, Sine Mora, is coming to PCs next week, starting through Steam and other portals on November 9. Kalypso Media informs us it'll be priced at $14.99/£9.99, and that those other digital portals include Green Man Gaming, GamersGate, Amazon Digital, Metaboli, and Kalypso's own online store.Co-developed by Suda 51's Grasshopper Manufacture, Sine Mora arrived on XBLA earlier this year. Since then Digital Reality announced Vita and PS3 ports, but neither has yet come good on releasing "soon." In the meantime, we'll stay on the lookout for killer pianos*. %Gallery-169968% * Yes, the game really has a killer piano, and no, it doesn't look like that one.
Sine Mora coming to PS3 as well
Sine Mora's surprise Vita announcement is joined by renewed plans for a PS3 downloadable version, which is also something of a surprise, though a different kind. The "dieselpunk" shmup by Digital Reality and Grasshopper Manufacture was originally announced as a PS3 and Xbox release, before Microsoft Studios snapped it up as an XBLA exclusive. Now, with the exclusivity period up, it's coming to PSN.There's currently no date for the PS3 release, except for a vague "soon" – which happens to be the same descriptor applied to the Vita version.
Sine Mora takes flight on PS Vita 'soon'
No longer will Digital Reality's purty shmup Sine Mora be confined to Xbox Live Arcade. Sine Mora will debut on PS Vita "soon," along with a new character (Wilhelmine Muller) from cult Japanese studio G.rev – the studio responsible for shmups such as Border Down, Strania and Under Defeat.There aren't many other details right now regarding the PS Vita port – we've no idea how "soon" the PS Vita version will launch, along with changes beyond the new character, "new special weapon and new chronomes."
Sine Mora review: A shmup in time
Growing up in an era where arcades and shooters were king, I have plenty of fond memories of games like Raiden and 1943. As the genre has evolved, difficulty has dramatically increased -- as has the number of bullets -- relegating my interest into the realm of fascination rather than participation. I can certainly appreciate a game like Ikaruga, for example, but I've come to terms with the fact that I lack the dedication to ever finish it (or probably even clear the second level).That's why Sine Mora is so refreshing. It offers up both a serious challenge for serious shooter fans and a palatable experience for lapsed addicts like myself.%Gallery-141456%
Taste Sine Mora's fireworks of destruction in the launch trailer
Take a look at all the pretty things in Sine Mora ... and then see them get shot at until they explode in this launch trailer! Huzzah!
Sine Mora, Rayman 3 HD, Human Revolution, more this week on XBLM
Digital Reality's super-serious shooter Sine Mora arrives on XBLA this week, along with Rayman 3 HD, starring a character with unrealistic digits. Those will be here tomorrow; meanwhile, today on Games on Demand, you can get Deus Ex Human Revolution (a game about augmented-reality digits) and Kinect Sports. But we suggest hanging on to your Microsoft Points, as the service will host some kind of "Games on Demand Sale" next week, starting March 27. This week, it's half off "certain" THQ content and BioShock 2 DLC.DLC for existing retail games includes Operation Raccoon City's exclusive "Nemesis Mode," Kingdoms of Amalur's "Legend of Dead Kel," and -- oh yeah -- the first Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 Collection.
Sine Mora will cost 1,200 Microsoft Points, new trailer is free
Digital Reality announced Sine Mora's March 21 release date with a wacky contest resulting in sort of a puzzle. For the price, there were no such shenanigans -- it's 1,200 Microsoft Points ($15), co-publisher Grasshopper Manufacture revealed in a regular old press release.Now, if you want to be puzzled, watch the new trailer above -- and be absolutely mystified that a shooter can have this much voice acting in it.
Sine Mora shoots up XBLA on March 21
Sine Mora, the time-bending shooter from Grasshopper Manufacture and Digital Reality, finally has a release date, and it's sooner than you think. The game will be released exclusively on XBLA on March 21.The date was revealed in something of a roundabout way, as developer Digital Reality held a contest on Facebook to see who could guess the release date. The winner is revealed in the above video and, referencing the original contest post, we see he guessed March 21, so there you go!
Sine Mora's difficulty settings compared
Sine Mora comes in two flavors: normal and insane, shown side-by-side in this trailer. The difference, much like the difference between normal and "insane" hot sauce, is that one seems likely to generate intense pain, but people volunteer nonetheless.
See more of Sine Mora in these new screens
While you'll see no more o' Sine Mora on PSN, you can see more o' Sine Mora's XBLA outing in the gallery below.%Gallery-141457%
Grasshopper and Digital Reality's Sine Mora now an XBLA exclusive
A slight change of plans for Grasshopper Manufacture and Digital Reality's upcoming downloadable shooter, Sine Mora: it'll only be downloadable on Xbox. The two companies announced today that the "diesel-punk" time-shifting shmup is now an XBLA exclusive, despite its original status as both an XBLA and PSN release. There is still no known release date for the side-scroller. That makes two upcoming XBLA exclusives for Suda 51's studio. The upcoming Diabolical Pitch is a de facto exclusive both because it's being published by Microsoft Studios, and because it's Kinect-based.
Preview: Sine Mora and Black Knight Sword
PSN/XBLA titles Sine Mora and Black Knight Sword are the result of a new partnership between Grasshopper Manufacture and Hungarian studio Digital Reality. Of course, both games are strange, though only one of them is strange in the familiar Grasshopper Manufacture milieu. Both of them strongly suggest that this is a worthwhile collaboration. Sine Mora is a traditional side-scrolling shooter, developed by Digital Reality with assistance from GHM. "The art direction, sound design, music by Akira Yamaoka, it's all coming from Grasshopper," explained Digital Reality creative Theodore Reiker. "Digital Reality, we have a ten-member-strong team making the programming, the 3D modeling, and the game design." That art style is a steampunk-esque world of big, complicated machines, airships, and squat, gunmetal-colored planes against skies of bright Sega blue. It was originally a much darker game, but Reiker explained that Grasshopper and Digital Reality eventually came to a "consensus" that the game should look like Studio Ghibli's Porco Rosso.
