Though not everyone is entirely happy with the way the service is being run, the first titles to be approved by Steam Greenlight have been announced...

RuptureFarms is reopening for an HD remake of Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee. According to Oddworld Inhabitant's head Lorne Lanning, the remake is currently brewing at the UK studio Just Add Water, and will sport a whole new look for the offbeat, 1997 puzzler...
The Oddysee begins anew as Abe makes his way through flowing 3D environments, and Oddworld Inhabitants founder Lorne Lanning has strong words for studios holding onto their intellectual property...

You know, we’ve always thought that Easter was kind of a bunk holiday. Sure it’s the highest of the high feasts for some of the world’s biggest religions, but the fact that there’s some sort of bunny that only gives you candy and eggs in a basket means that it can’t really be that big a deal, knowhatahmsayin? Leave it to Just Add Water, then, so give us an Easter gift we’ve really been waiting for: an HD remake of Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath for PlayStation 3...

RuptureFarms is reopening for an HD remake of Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee. According to Oddworld Inhabitant's head Lorne Lanning, the remake is currently brewing at the UK studio Just Add Water, and will sport a whole new look for the offbeat, 1997 puzzler...
Oddworld: Strangers Wrath HD
will be releasing December 27 on PSN, with plenty of
immediately-visible improvements over the original. Stewart Gilray,
CEO of Just Add Water, says his company has been working on the port
“one way or another for around 15 months.” As well as bumping the
whole game up to 720p, character models and environments have been
overhauled, as you can see here...
The PS2 isnt going away without a fight. Every few weeks we think its time to finally tuck the little guy into bed one last time, and move on to bigger and shinier hardware; then a game like Odin Sphere is announced, a gorgeous 2D side-scrolling Action RPG, and we promise to never threaten our little buddy again.
Developed by Vanillaware, creators of the Sega Saturn cult hit Princess Crown, Odin Sphere plops players into the rather important shoes of Gwendolyn, daughter of the head honcho of
September 4, 2007
An arcade game called Arm Spirit has been recalled in Japan after three people suffered a broken arm while playing it - with further unreported cases likely. The game is supposed to be quite easy to beat and its makers Atlus Co. (the company who brought the world Princess Crown and Odin Sphere) can't see how people could manage to sustain such an injury while playing it. All 150 machines have been recalled and will be investigated for possible malfunction.
"The machine isn't
Today Sony via the PlayStation Blog
announced its new PlayStation Network promotion. Titled “Only on PSN,” the blog
post highlighted multiple downloadable offerings like this week’s Eufloria and Rochard,
plus the Infamous 2 DLC Festival of Blood. And tucked away at the bottom, given
barely a mention was the real big news: Starting tomorrow a handful of
underrated PS2 games will be available for download, including staff favorites
like Odin Sphere and God Hand...
Game
of Thrones: Genesis developer Cyanide has released a batch of shots for its
upcoming Of Orcs and Men. Produced in partnership with Faery: Legend of Avalon
developer Spiders, the game is Cyanide's first shot at bringing a large-scale
new IP to the fantasy RPG arena. The game's hook rests on a simple perspective
shift: those big green guys? That's you and your crew. The little pink dorks
with the swords and armor? Those bastards are the enemy...