Tag: Rising Star Games
News Bizarrely, Deadly Premonition on PS3 Might Still Be the Best Console Version Available
Switch isn't the Director's Cut
Who would have thought that Deadly Premonition 2 would be a thing 24 hours ago? Deadly Premonition 2! Nevertheless, the sequel that nobody saw coming was announced in last night's Nintendo Direct along with a port of the original game to the Switch, but it turns out that version isn't quite the definitive release.
News Deadly Premonition 2 'Switch Exclusive at Launch', Suggesting a PS4 Release in the Future
"We're not discussing other platforms at this stage"
Update (5th September 2019): We've received word from Rising Star Games co-founder Brjánn Sigurgeirsson about the possibility of Deadly Premonition 2 on PS4. He says the game is a "Switch exclusive at launch" and that the publisher is "not discussing other platforms at this stage". That sounds...
Review Decay of Logos - An Action RPG for Those Who Love to Explore
Discover the truth behind this ruined realm
A burning village, a dark abomination harassing a noble looking elk, and a sword at your feet. These are the opening moments in Decay of Logos. No tutorial, no lengthy exposition of the world’s lore, just you and a sword. This opening is a sign of things to come. This is not a game that’s going to hold...
News Decay of Logos Is a Zelda-Like Experience Coming to PS4 on 27th August
New footage to digest
Decay of Logos, the upcoming indie title that has drawn numerous comparisons to the likes of Dark Souls and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, finally has a confirmed release date. It comes to PS4 first on 27th August, and you can check out some new footage in the trailer above. Pitched as an experience with a focus on...
Review Little Dragons Café (PS4)
All fired up
Booting up Little Dragons Café for the first time, the first thing that strikes is how damn cute the whole thing is. From the adorable twins you choose between to play as to the quaint café itself complete with delightful miniature vegetable patch and impossibly sweet chickens running around, everything is designed to immediately tug...
Go-faster stripes
These days, arcade racers are few and far between, so it's refreshing to see one as bright-eyed and original as Trailblazers launching on PS4. Supergonk's unique racing game has looked promising from the start, with a core mechanic that separates it from its stablemates. With an emphasis on cooperation, and a surprising amount of...
News New Trailblazers Video Explains the Basics of PS4 Arcade Racer
Trailing off
Trailblazers is a unique indie arcade racer heading to PS4 next week, and what better time to release a video going over the basics? The above trailer shows off how the game's core mechanic works. Basically, a team member in front of you can lay down a trail of your team's colour, which provides you with boost. Team work is clearly a...
News Trailblazers Features Cross-Platform Play Between PS4 and PC
But not other consoles
The track-painting anti-gravity racer Trailblazers is out next month on PS4, and it's looking rather promising. By laying down a strip of your team's colour on the track, you give your teammates more opportunity to boost, improving your team's chances in races. This co-operative approach means the game features online...
News Trailblazers Tasks You with Painting Your Own Racing Line
Put a Supergonk on it
We’re rather taken with Trailblazers, the co-operative racing title that fuses WipEout with Splatoon. For those who missed the announcement, the game essentially sees one racer painting a line, so your partner can boost through it. And if that makes about as much sense as Marouane Fellaini in midfield, there’s a new trailer
News RICO Brings XIII's Art Style and Co-Op Action to PS4
Releasing by the end of the year
The likes of Killer7 and XIII are fondly remembered for their eye-catching art style, and it's something that RICO is clearly paying homage to as it's announced for PlayStation 4, with a release planned for later this year. The experience is a co-operative one, as it sees you and a buddy paired up as police officers...
News There's a Bit of Zelda, a Bit of Dark Souls in PS4 Action RPG Decay of Logos
Off on an adventure
Rising Star Games has announced that it'll be publishing Decay of Logos, which is set to launch in the autumn of this year on PlayStation 4. The action role-playing title is currently in development over at Portuguese studio Amplify Creations, and it looks quite promising. You can get a glimpse of the game via the reveal...
News Trailblazers Looks Like a Cool Mashup of WipEout and... Splatoon?
Coming this year to PS4
Above is the announcement trailer for a brand new arcade racing game named Trailblazers, and it does an excellent job of explaining what this interesting new game is all about. Coming from a new studio called Supergonk, this neat looking racer features anti-gravity vehicles, twisty tracks, and team-based gameplay. However,...
King conga
A game about conga lines, what could possibly go wrong? Conga Master is a bit like Nokia 3210 favourite Snake with more fancy footwork and less Angel di Maria. This pixel art arcade title sees you attracting deserted dancers to your own personal party, as you attempt to maintain your mambo momentum all the way back out of the fire escape...
Don't stop the beat
The developers at PM Studios have had a long track record when creating exemplar rhythm games. As previous developers of the DJMAX series, one could say with Superbeat: Xonic it's created a spiritual successor to the rhythm franchise. What was originally a Japanese arcade-only experience has now become one of the most polished...
Review I Want to Be Human (PS4)
Don't let it be human
From the outset, I Want to Be Human presents itself as a rough-and-ready rebellious ride. A Blink-182-style pop-punk song proclaims “I want to be human” upon startup as the text on screen spasms back and forth, red and black covering the main menu. Developer Sinclair Strange’s first console release is a ride, alright...
News Popular PS Vita Rhythm Game Superbeat: Xonic Boogies to PS4
Head candy
PM Studios' excellent PlayStation Vita rhythm game Superbeat: Xonic will make a beeline for the PlayStation 4 this Spring, publisher Rising Star Games has announced. The definitive version of the boogie-'em-up will get you on your feet with over 65 songs across dozens of genres, include rock, K-pop, and techno. All of the downloadable...
Tunnel vision
Earth's Dawn is a 2D, loot-heavy brawler with a post-apocalyptic theme. It's got a lot in common with Vanillaware titles such as Dragon's Crown and Odin Sphere: Leifthrasir, except it's keen to ditch pretty fantasy settings and settle for a ruined grey world complete with a gigantic underground tunnel system that's teeming with...
Competition Win Assault Suit Leynos for Your PS4
Mega prize
Assault Suit Leynos mechs old-school cool again. Don't believe us? Point your peepers at our review, in which Gundam geek Robert Ramsey described the remastered SEGA Genesis release as a "hardcore classic". If you're feeling a little retro yourself right now, then we've got five copies of this throwback PlayStation 4 release to giveaway...
Review Assault Suit Leynos (PS4)
Heavy metal
Originally released all the way back in 1990 on the SEGA Genesis, Assault Suit Leynos – or Target Earth as it was known in North America – is a 2D side-scrolling mecha shoot-'em-up that still holds up well today. Remade for the PlayStation 4, this new version comes with high definition visuals, a remixed soundtrack, and some slight...
News Old School Mech Shooter Assault Suit Leynos Explodes onto PS4 in July
Mech it happen
If you're up for some old school shooting action, then you'll definitely want to keep an eye on Assault Suit Leynos - a high-definition remake of a Japanese mech classic. Earlier this year, it was pegged for a summer release on PlayStation 4, and now we've got a confirmed launch date. Fortunately, all you mech heads don't have long...
Old school of magic
One thing that's evident from the outset of Gareth Noyce's isometric puzzler is the focus on nostalgia. Noyce is somewhat of an industry veteran working for a number of studios over the past 15 years, including the recently closed Lionhead, Geometry Wars creators Bizarre, and Realtime Worlds. Ostensibly an homage to isometric...
News Mech Shooter Assault Suit Leynos Unleashes Bullet Hell on PS4 This Summer
Ready for launch
Sometimes you just get the urge to turn giant bipedal mech suits into scrap metal, so it's nice to hear that the hectic Assault Suit Leynos is boosting onto PlayStation 4. Rising Star Games is bringing the 16-bit shooter to Sony's home console this summer, although no specific date has been issued just yet. Originally released on...
Competition Win Superbeat: Xonic Limited Edition for PS Vita and Much More
Official headphones, vinyl, and more
We're pumping up the volume with a Superbeat Xonic competition this week that's sure to have you strutting your stuff – but can-can you win the lot? The top prize here will see you secure a Limited Edition copy of the resplendent rhythm release, which ships in a numbered presentation box and includes the game,...
News Superbeat: Xonic Brings More Head Candy to PS Vita Today
Sound of the underground
Underrated rhythm release Superbeat: Xonic is boogieing back into the spotlight today, as Rising Star Games has announced three new DLC packs for the PlayStation Vita exclusive. The sets pledge "new music from a range of different artists and DJs from across the globe", with Guilty Gear Xrd's Daisuke Ishiwatari contributing...
News Superbeat Xonic's Special Edition Oozes Awesome
Head candy
If you haven't been playing Superbeat Xonic on the train with a pair of those obnoxious overhead cans, then what the hell have you been doing during your commute? The excellent PlayStation Vita release – which has been published by Rising Star Games in Europe – is so good that it won the Silver Trophy in our November Game of the Month...
Chromatic chaos
Kromaia Ω is a chaotic, fast-paced, no-nonsense arcade shoot-'em-up that simply gives you a spacecraft, a playground full of things to make dead, and sets you on your way. There is a story behind all the action, but it's unobtrusive and doesn't appear to add much to the game - you can quite happily ignore it and continue shooting...
Robots in demise
It's the end of the world again, everyone – and no, we're not talking about a radioactive American wasteland. Poncho takes place in a world where the humans have been eliminated, leaving their now purposeless robot companions to fend for themselves. Enter the titular Poncho, presumably named after his fashion sense, to save the...
Review Superbeat: Xonic (PS Vita)
Gotta go fast
Those familiar with the DJ Max series back in the PlayStation Portable era will immediately recognise this rhythm game. Superbeat: Xonic is the newest addition to the rhythm game genre by developer Nurijoy. Rhythm games are no stranger to the PlayStation Vita, so how does this one fare? As with most music games, buttons get mapped to...
Review La-Mulana EX (PlayStation Vita)
Temple of Doom
Back in the good old days, a game wasn't even considered playable unless it was so hard that you could never actually see beyond the first few levels – that was just how we got our value for money. The late 1980s were a time when men were men – even when they were pre-pubescent or, God forbid, female – and chest hair, flat caps,...
News La-Mulana EX Ventures to PlayStation Vita Next Week
Temple fun
It's been a long time coming, but La-Mulana EX will finally complete its voyage to the PlayStation Vita next week. The title – which started life as a humble PC indie before gaining fame on the Nintendo Wii – will crack its whip from 3rd March in North America and 4th March in Europe. Could that mean that it'll be part of the Instant...
News It's Rising Star Games' 10th Birthday, Which Means Massive Discounts in Europe
Deadly Premonition, King of Fighters, and loads of RPGs
Rising Star Games may not be the biggest and most well known studio outside of its loyal fanbase, but it may well be worth checking out its catalogue of PlayStation 3 and Vita games on the European PlayStation Store starting today. The company's sharing the joy of its 10th birthday with a...
Review Deadly Premonition: The Director's Cut (PlayStation 3)
Sinner's software
Deadly Premonition: The Director's Cut feels like a relic of the PlayStation 2 era, as if it was long forgotten and recently recovered from an old box within a developer's dusty archives. It's decidedly lo-fi, with a framerate that frequently sputters for dear life, regular pop-in, droning, repetitive sound effects, enemies that...
News Deadly Premonition: Director's Cut Divides UK Retail on 26th April
Greenvale beckons
Deadly Premonition: Director’s Cut, the PS3 port of the most critically polarising survival horror title ever released, will haunt UK store shelves on 26th April, publisher Rising Star Games has announced. The re-release – which is also due out on 30th April in North America – promises new content, upgraded graphics, and...
Interview SWERY Discusses the Success of Deadly Premonition, Sequels, and Strange Snacks
Going back to Greenvale
This year PlayStation 3 owners will finally be able to journey to the mysterious town of Greenvale, where purple fog pollutes the air, axe-murderers grace the streets, and the rain never seems to stop falling. We recently caught up with Deadly Premonition: Director's Cut honcho Hidetaka 'SWERY' Suehiro, producer Tomio...
News Deadly Premonition 2 Could Take Place in an English Market Town
Change of scenery
Chatting to us as part of his world tour, Deadly Premonition: Director's Cut creator Hidetaka 'SWERY' Suehiro has hinted that he is already pondering his next title – but whether it gets made depends on the success of the upcoming re-release. “We are in discussion about moving onto the next project,” he teased. “It all...
News Deadly Premonition's York Was Originally Going to Be a Girl
Right, Zacherina?
Since its release in 2010, Deadly Premonition has rightfully earned its title as one of the most absurd, yet insanely gripping open world horror games in history. However, the story of Agent Francis York Morgan could have been very different, as director Hidetaka 'SWERY' Suehiro and producer Tomio Kanazawa explained in a recent...
News Sexy Threads Heading to Deadly Premonition: Director's Cut
Dressed to kill
The previously announced post-release DLC for Deadly Premonition: The Director's Cut will include some saucy new threads for Greenvale's favourite female cop Emily, according to series creator Hidetaka 'SWERY' Suehiro. Speaking as part of an exclusive interview with Push Square, the legendary developer revealed that the outfit was...
News Deadly Premonition: Director's Cut Drops in March 2013
Zach and gimme
Cult survival horror title Deadly Premonition: The Director’s Cut will terrify PlayStation 3 in March 2013, publisher Rising Star Games has announced. The conflicted classic previously launched as an Xbox 360 exclusive in the West – despite being available on PS3 in Japan. In order to make up for the delay, The Director’s Cut...
News PS Move Support Confirmed for Deadly Premonition
Wand waver
Back when Deadly Premonition: The Director’s Cut was very first revealed, director Hidetaka “Swery” Suehiro promised that the PlayStation 3 re-release would feature full PlayStation Move support. However, today’s official announcement failed to mention the motion peripheral, leading us to suspect that the feature had been...
News Deadly Premonition: Director's Cut Spooks PS3 in 2013
Better late than never
We’re not sure whether this is good news or bad news, but Deadly Premonition: The Director’s Cut is officially coming to the PlayStation 3 next year. The polarizing survival horror title – which launched on the Xbox 360 in 2010 – will ship with a host of additional features, including HD graphics (?), an updated...
News Under Defeat HD: Deluxe Edition Fires onto PS3 This Fall
Bullet hell
Under Defeat is perhaps best known for being a Dreamcast game – despite launching in 2006, long after the console’s untimely demise. As such, there’s a good chance you might not have played the revered arcade shooter – but thankfully localisation specialists Rising Star Games have happened upon a solution. Under Defeat HD:...
News Sail Away with Rune Factory Oceans on 25th May
Hit the waves
Rising Star Games has attached a 25th May European release date to its upcoming PS3 exclusive farming simulator, Rune Factory Oceans (also known as Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny). The agricultural RPG – which launched in North America and Japan last year – challenges you to run a farm, while also adventuring the high seas in...
News Rising Star Games Brings Rune Factory: Oceans to Europe
Hoe down
Rune Factory: Oceans — known as Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny in North America — is coming to Europe in 2012 courtesy of Rising Star Games. The Move-enabled farming title is down for a Q2 release in the publisher's latest schedule. Interestingly RSG isn't bringing over the Wii version, which is all-but identical. You can read our Rune...
News King Of Fighters XIII DLC Delayed On PS3, Netcode Patch Incoming
Atlus has announced that it has delayed the King Of Fighters XIII's upcoming "NESTS Kyo" character DLC pack, citing a remarkably vague "technical error" as the reason for the delay
The downloadable extension was originally intended for a December 20th release, but will now drop on January 10th. In order to make up for the delay, the DLC's price will...
News King Of Fighters XIII Hits British Shores On November 25th
Rising Star Games has confirmed that King Of Fighters XIII will release in the UK on November 25th
The game was originally due out in October, but was pushed earlier in the month. Those that pre-order the game will receive a limited edition four CD soundtrack taken from the history of the series. A double-sided A3 poster and digital art disc will...
News Grand Knights History Makes Its Way To The West
XSEED and Rising Star Games has confirmed it's bringing the Vanillaware developed Grand Knights History to North America and Europe respectively
Those in the US can expect the PSP RPG this Winter, while Europeans will be made to wait until early next year. (Better late than never, huh?) The medieval turn-based adventure depicts the events of three...
News Rising Star Outlines Pre-Order Bonuses For King Of Fighters XIII
Fans of the King Of Fighters series will want to make sure they pre-order a copy of the upcoming King Of Fighters XIII in the UK
Publisher Rising Star has announced that all pre-orders will come with a four CD soundtrack spanning the history of the series. The incentive comes in addition to the retail product's variety of goodies, including the...
News The King Of Fighters XIII Comes To PlayStation 3 In October
Rising Star Games has announced that The King Of Fighters XIII will launch on the PlayStation 3 in October
The arcade brawler first launched in Japanese arcades last year. The game takes place shortly after the events of The King Of Fighters XI and features a host of familiar faces including Terry Bogard.
News Harvest Moon: Hero Of Leaf Valley Heading To European PSPs This Year
Rising Star Games has confirmed that the PSP farm 'em up, Harvest Moon: Hero Of Leaf Valley, will hit European PSPs this year
It's a typical Harvest Moon affair, with inhabitants of Leaf Valley working together to save the dwelling from ruin. Naturally you'll be growing crops, raising animals, and earning the trust of the locals. The game's due this...
News Be Super Awesome & Individual With A Half-Minute Hero T-Shirt
It's no secret: we love Half-Minute Hero (like, lovvvvvvve)
So, consider us extremely tempted by these excellent "official" shirts designed by Bag Of Bees. They're available now. If you're nerdy (like us) you should probably buy one. ... We kinda just did.
