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Wednesday7th Aug 2013
News Sound Shapes, We're Gonna Party Like It's Your Birthday
We're gonna sip Bacardi like it's your birthday
If you happened to spot a small circle being sick In Da Club last night, then you likely bumped into Sound Shapes’ first birthday celebration. The game is exactly a year old in North America today, and while it may have acknowledged that fact with a few too many shandies overnight, it’s planning to...
Tuesday12th Mar 2013
News Sound Shapes DLC Honks Its Horn to the Beat
Baby, you can drive our car
Sound Shapes is aiming to pump up the volume this week with a couple of downloadable expansion packs. The first – memorably dubbed the Car Mini-Album and Creator Pack – will augment the rhythmic platformer with a couple of pimped out rides, in addition to a number of new campaign levels, a full sound pack, a slew of...
Tuesday4th Dec 2012
News Sound Shapes Drops Some Sweet New Beats This Week
Music to your ears
If you’ve already exhausted Sound Shapes’ existing audio toolbox, then you might be tempted by the three new sound packs drumming their way onto the PlayStation Store this week. Fresh sample sets include the Acoustics sound pack, Drum Kits sound pack, and 8-Bit sound pack. Each audio bundle will set you back $0.99, and will...
Wednesday15th Aug 2012
Store Update 15th August 2012 (Europe)
Beat shapers
Sound Shapes finally arrives on the European PlayStation Store this week, alongside anticipated indie favourite Papo & Yo. They’re joined by PSone cult classic Alundra and Test Drive: Ferrari Racing Legends. Let’s get down to business, shall we? PS3 Games: Papo & Yo Papo & Yo is a Puzzle-Platforming Adventure that...
Wednesday8th Aug 2012
Store Update 7th August 2012 (North America)
Pull shapes
There’s only one title you need to pay attention to as part of this week’s PlayStation Store update: Sound Shapes. In fact, we’re not even going to continue until you go and buy it. Go on – we’ll wait. Are you all done? Excellent, now we can tell you all about, er, Farm Frenzy 3 and Payday: The Heist’s DLC. What’s that?...
Tuesday7th Aug 2012
News Sound Shapes Makes Beautiful Music This Week
The next best game ever
As if you needed selling on Sound Shapes again, Sony has released a beautiful new launch trailer certain to send your pulse rate through the roof. So good. Sound Shapes is due out later today in North America and on 15th August in Europe. And, yes, we hate every single one of you in the US. Only joking. (Sort of.)
Wednesday1st Aug 2012
News Check Out Sound Shapes' Level Editor in Action
Wub, wub
We suppose Queasy Games founder Jonathan Mak should be a master at his own game. Still, nothing can prepare you for this video of the industry legend pulling together Deadmau5 and Beck samples to create a brand new beat in the upcoming PS3 and Vita exclusive Sound Shapes. His rapid use of the rear-touch panel is truly a sight to behold...
Saturday21st Jul 2012
News Beck Shows Off His Sound Shapes
Comebeck
We’d love to regale you with anecdotes about the brilliance of award winning musician Beck, but unfortunately the North American artist hasn’t quite made it onto our iPod just yet. Rest assured it’s on our to-do list, right beneath “sample the delights of salted snail shells”. Mmm. Still, while we might be unimpressed, we’re...
Tuesday10th Jul 2012
News Papo & Yo Featured in PSN Play 2012 Promotion
Full line-up revealed
The hotly anticipated PS3 exclusive Papo & Yo will debut alongside Sound Shapes, The Expendables 2 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive as part of Sony’s PSN Play 2012 promotion. The digital endorsement is set to run from 24th July through until 27th August. If you plump up for two featured titles you’ll get $3.00...
Monday4th Jun 2012
News Sound Shapes Makes Sweet Music on 7th August
Funky beats
Queasy Games has announced the hotly anticipated Vita musical platformer Sound Shapes is set to release on 7th August in North America and 8th August in Europe. Oh, and the game’s also coming to PlayStation 3 too. Surprise. You’ll be able to snap-up both versions of the inventive indie title for a single price of $14.99 or £9.99...
Friday18th May 2012
News Superbrothers and Jim Guthrie Rock into Sound Shapes
A sensational treat
Awesome audio visual collaborators Superbrothers and Jim Guthrie have announced their involvement in Queasy Games’ upcoming Sound Shapes for Vita. The duo – who previously combined for 2011’s brilliant Superbrothers: Sword and Sworcery EP – will contribute an “album” to the upcoming Vita platformer named CORPOREAL...
Tuesday17th Apr 2012
News deadmau5 Shows Off His Sound Shapes
A little oblique
Sound Shapes, the musical driven Vita exclusive by Queasy Games, needs no introduction. The quirky audio experience remains one of the most exciting prospects in the platform’s upcoming line-up, and gameplay videos such as this only serve to enhance our anticipation for the game's eventual release. This brand new footage focuses...
Monday12th Mar 2012
News Sound Shapes to Get Pre-Release Demo
808 sampler
Sound Shapes has come a long way since it was first unveiled at E3 last year. In a new video, anchored by Queasy Games’ Jason deGroot, the developer has shown off a couple of new environments from the final game, including a kind of space level where players get to take control of a UFO. Don’t worry, the music hook is still present,...
Tuesday13th Dec 2011
News Deadmau5 Shapes Sound Shapes' Soundscapes
On the sea shore
DJ Deadmau5 has signed up to provide exclusive new tracks for upcoming music platformer Sound Shapes. According to the press release, Deadmau5 will create "a variety of exclusive new tracks" for the game, due out for Vita in 2012. We took the game for a spin back in September: our Sound Shapes preview tells you all you...
Tuesday26th Jul 2011
News Making Music Is Stupid Easy in Sound Shapes
Even a caveman could do it
Sound Shapes co-creators Jonathan Mak and Shaw-Han Liem recently sat down with the PS Blog to discuss the philosophy behind their game, and how its simplicity and style help it to work both as a quality platformer and an easy-to-use music maker. Players are given simple tools that instantly produce the building blocks of a...
Friday3rd Jun 2011
News NGP Gameplay Video Round-up
Uncharted, Sound Shapes and WipEout
Sony updated the PS Blog with tons of content yesterday, detailing the online gaming features of WipEout 2048, releasing a bunch of screenshots for Uncharted: Golden Abyss and debuting the new game
News Sony Unveils New Music Title Sound Shapes
From the maker of Everyday Shooter
The PS Blog has popped the lid on it's latest game for the NGP (or should we call it the Vita?), tentatively titled Sound Shapes. The game is from Jonathan Mak, maker of the popular PSN title Everyday Shooter, and will mix elements of the platforming and music/rhythm genres. Players create their own music by simply...
