Atlus has released so many R-Type Command screenshots we'll soon have enough to build our own interstellar space port. And with these new shots that have released, an annex will be added on in due course too.
R-Type Command is a turn-based strategy game for PSP that's based on the classic
How much longer ‘til May 6? Just long enough for Atlus to tease us with more new R-Type Command screens.
This new batch introduces three types of R-Type Command units, one good, one enemy and a special type that take up a lot of room on the battlefield. We’ve got the press blurb on each so scroll down for a full briefing.
ACHILLESAs the R-Series went into mass production, an obvious flaw emerged: its
Atlus is going mental with all these R-Type Command screenshots, lately. It's almost like it's shouting "LOOK AT OUR GAME" but without words. See for yourself.
But we are looking. It looks great. So does the playable demo on the US PSN Store for PC.
Not content with beating us down with its brutal difficulty level in arcades and consoles, the R-Type series is making a move towards the tactical RPG genre, one turn at a time. We just scored some shiny new screenshots of R-Type Command and so far, they’re looking pretty sweet. R-Type Command is currently scheduled to release on May 6.
More lasers and enemy swarms fill the screens of these latest shots of the R-Type series strategy spin-off for PSP - R-Type Command. Strategy fans might be looking at R-Type Command with keen eyes, while traditional shooter fans take a back step from the series strategy U-turn, but all those bullets, space ships and space backgrounds get our shoot-'em-up-loving brains tingling. You can download a playable demo of the game from the US
PSP will be the home of the next R-Type game, titled R-Type Tactics, reveals the latest issue of Famitsu magazine.
Firm gameplay details are yet to be revealed, but the word 'Tactics' in the title suggests it being some sort of turn-based strategy battle game, a theory supported by one of the screens in a blurry photo of the magazine. Just look to the right at the screen above the black box - that looks like a grid-based battle system to us.
We'd hope that the traditional shoot-'em-up
This May, the PSP will get yet another racer in the form of Race Driver 2006. But while it's entering a crowded field with a generic-sounding title, Race Driver looks like a promising speedway simulator.
Developed by the minds behind the TOCA series, Race Driver will feature 60-plus racing circuits, more than 50 cars and wireless multiplayer for up to 10 drivers. It looks great in motion, too, as you'll see in the official trailer Codemasters sent us; the visuals look sharp and the action
A videogame version of Ratatouille, Pixar Animation's latest project about a French rat who really wants to be a great chef, will be launched on just about every gaming platform you can think of next summer.
In case you can't think of that many platforms, here's the list: PS2, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, GameCube, PC, DS and PSP. Mon dieu.
As the Parisian rodent, Remy, you'll be skittering through a bunch of minigames and cookery challenges themed around what publisher THQ promises are "the film's
Rats aren't very cute, but neither are bugs, monsters and hillbilly pickup trucks. But somehow Pixar has been able to take those characters and make some pretty great movies. Whether or not the videogame tie-in for Pixar's next animated film, Ratatouille, can borrow that mojo and make a game that appeals to everyone remains to be seen, but now we've got a trailer to give you a better idea of what to expect.
Our recent look describes the platformer as borrowing "everything from Super Monkey
Good news for fans of weird-ass space marsupials and well-spoken robot sidekicks. David Kaye, the man who provides his talented tones to both Clank and Resistance’s Nathan Hale has revealed in an interview with Shogun Gamer that he’s working on new Ratchet and Clank content. Head inside for the full details...
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