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Feb 24, 2008

GDC '08: Puzzle Quest was deemed too risky

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Just like the Beatles, Puzzle Quest was turned down many times before D3 Publisher took the game on, Infinite Interactive CEO Steve Fawkner told the audience at his Game Developers Conference session.

Fawkner said that the pitching process was incredibly frustrating, which he illustrated with a cartoon. He said, "because it was deemed an 'innovative product,' it was difficult to sell the idea. We had one publisher who said they loved it, but they wouldn't publish it because they had no idea how many copies it would sell." A while later, the same publisher asked for more copies of the game, and Fawkner presumed this was because it had changed its mind on publishing the title. "They said 'no'," he laughed. "They just wanted more copies because everyone was playing it in the lunchtime in their office."
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Feb 8, 2008

More Puzzle Quest On The Way

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D3Publisher of America has confirmed that a second entry in the ultra-addictive Puzzle Quest franchise is due this year. No further details on the title are available, though company also revealed it will be publishing a Shaun the Sheep video game and another Ben 10 title.

Released last year, the Infinite Interactive-developed Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords took the gaming community by storm with its addictive combination of color-matching combat and RPG-style quests. The initial Nintendo DS and PSP editions were followed by PC, PlayStation 2, and Wii iterations along with an Xbox 360 release via the online Xbox Live Arcade.
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Dec 29, 2007

Kotaku's 2007 Games of the Year and Overall Game of the Year

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Kotaku's Brian Crecente writes:

"Our first-ever Game of the Year awards was a pretty straight forward deal. I asked all of the writers to submit a list of three games for each category and the three that showed up most in each category made it as a finalist. Once we had the list of finalists I asked each writer to go through and order the finalists and then tallied the vote. The one with the most points was named Game of the Year, the runner-up was named Not Quite Game of the Year. The game with the most votes for Worst Game of the Year received that dubious honor."

Super Mario Galaxy won Kotaku's Overall Game of the Year award. Uncharted: Drake's Fortune came as second, it won the Not Quite Game of the Year award. (Kotaku posted the overall results as a separate post, see the link at the Alternative Sources below for more details.)
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Dec 1, 2007

First day sales in Japan on 11/29/2007

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DS - Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords - First day sales in Japan on 11/29/2007

VG Chartz translates the latest first-day sales reported by the Japanese site Sinobi:

¿ Professor Layton and Pandora's Box (DS): about 200,000
¿ SD Gundam G Generations Spirits (PS2): about 160,000
¿ Sengoku Basara 2 Heroes (PS2): about 60,000
¿ Yu-Gi-Oh: Duel Monsters World Championship 2008 (DS): about 25,000
¿ Assassins Creed (360): about 20,000
¿ Naruto Shippuden: Gekitou Ninja Taisen EX 2 (Wii): about 15,000
¿ Sengoku Basara 2 Heroes (Wii): about 7,000
¿ Disgaea Portable with Network Play (PSP): 7,000
¿ Zero no Tsukaima: Muma ga Tsumugu Yokaze no Nocturne (PS2): 3,000

Games listed below are red light(?):

¿ Guilty Gear: OVERTURE (360): about 4000
¿ Super Swing Golf 2nd Shot (Wii): about 3000
¿ Another Century Episode 2 Special Vocal Edition (PS2): about 3000
¿ IQ Sapuri 2 (DS): about 2000
¿ Izuna 2 (DS): about 1500
¿ Tony Hawk Project 8 (PS3): about 1500
¿ Tony Hawk Project 8 (360): about 1000
¿ Puzzle Quest (DS): about 600

Notes: Wii Fit is not on the list because it launches on 12/1 in Japan, and the wholesale market is already reporting a shortage.
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Jul 17, 2007

Puzzle Quest expands platforms

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D3Publisher has announced its plans to release Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords to Wii, PS2, Xbox LIVE Arcade, and mobile devices. The prospective release date for Wii, PS2, and mobile versions has been set to early 2008, while XBLA will be having crazed Puzzle Quest fanatics downloading in just a few months. “The gaming community has offered such warm support and we are elated to open the game up to more fans by offering new ways to play,” said Steve Fawkner, lead ... » Read More

Feb 9, 2007

New puzzler delves into RPG territory

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DS - Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords - New puzzler delves into RPG territory

D3Publisher is bringing another Bejewelled-influenced puzzle game to DS that incorporates a story-driven RPG mode to the experience.

Set in a land known as Etheria in an age of warlords, Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords places you in the role of a sword-wielding warrior who must save Etheria from evil.
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