This author took a few hours out today to work on super-secret-not-really-that-interesting-behind-the-scenes stuff, and he's returned to an industry in flames. Indeed, not only has Mass Effect Andromeda been discussed in a venue outside of Twitter, but Ratchet & Clank creator Insomniac Games has jumped into bed with… US retailer GameStop to make a new release named Song of the Deep.
Unfortunately, this isn't a riff on that infamous episode of The Simpsons – you know the one – but… Sigh, a Metroidvania set under the sea instead. You'll pilot a submarine in the game, which looks a little bit like Gravity Crash crossed with Ecco the Dolphin. It's due out this summer and will be available from either the PlayStation Store or as a physical copy exclusively from GameStop. Weird. The game looks a bit meh to be honest.
[source blog.eu.playstation.com]
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Unpopular opinion but i think insomniac are really overrated, only really enjoyed the resistance series though the record R&C looks good.
Insomniac's one of my favorite developers and Metroid's one of my favorite series' (although I'm not usually big on other Metroidvanias) so hopefully this turns out well, but I agree it looks a little meh from this brief slice.
Hmmm.... This is weird on so many levels
Cross between pixeljunk shooter and Velocity 2x?
This is weird. GameStop is moving into publishing?
Creates a publishing arm to publish games exclusively for their own retail operations, just imagine...
I don't know what I'm watching.
@viciousarcanum I love the Ratchet & Clank series, its probably one of my favorite game series of all time, but Resistance was a terrible FPS game. Nothing but linear 'corridors' with knee high rubble everywhere "blocking" your path. I had no games with my launch PS3, so I rented this, it was so bad (the few people I had over playing it also thought this) that I took it back to Blockbuster a couple hours later and just went without a PS3 game until Oblivion. It soured me on even trying any other launch titles.
So this is a quick "Finding Dory" not officially but close enough money grab?
@Punished_Boss_84 I couldn't find anything in the linked to EU blog about Gamestop publishing the game - maybe Sammy is just smokin' sumthin? - but, Gamestop did have Xenoblade Chronicles as a store exclusive about 4 years ago, and I recall people throwing the word "publishing" around, so it's possible Gamestop already has a publishing arm?
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/rumor/28666/gamestop-approached-nintendo-to-publish-xenoblade-chronicles
As Clinton would say - depends on your definition of "publishing".
Gamestop also seems related to Kongregate on mobile which could be connected?
I think this game looks very promising- I already preordered my physical copy yesterday in fact.
@rjejr
No, they are officially publishing this. Not behind the scenes like Xenoblade and the Metroid Prime Trilogy/Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn reprint scam. It's officially been announced all over the place.
Go check Gamestop's website- pretty sure it lists themselves as publisher (maybe not) but either way they are the official publisher for this one.
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