| Blip Festival Tokyo: the invite ROMConsider yourself formally invited to attend the Blip Festival in Tokyo on September 4 & 5. Chip artists have put together an NES ROM, downloadable or available to view on Vimeo, to promote the event. Code is by NO CARRIER & Batsly Adams, music by chibi-tech, with graphics by enso. |
| Preview: Planck (Shadegrown Games)Game designer and critic Matthew Burns has conceived of Shadegrown Games as a company consciously focused on a slow and steady production schedule, a potentially problematic philosophy outside of independent game sphere. His team's debut title Planck is a music game that weds rhythm action with visual cues from top-down shooters, where the overall gameplay architecture aspires to be so novel that it’s difficult to describe. |
| Scott Pilgrim game soundtrack now on Amazon and iTunesThe digital soundtrack to Anamanaguchi's Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game score is now available for download on Amazon and iTunes. The 24-track collection can be purchased for between $10 and $12, or $1 per track. Anamanaguchi will be appearing at PAX Prime in Seattle next week. Thanks for the heads-up, s0nlxaftrsh0ck. |
| PongVaders launch trailerBytejacker has posted the launch video for iPad game PongVaders, out today on the Apple Store for $3 from Koduco Games, an independent studio focusing on new collaborative games. The Space Invaders-meets-Pong hybrid title features tracks by chip musician Nullsleep and visuals by sprite artist Anna Anthropy. |
| DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue coming this SeptemberThough Ron Gilbert may have left Hothead, the game designer was involved in the making of the DeathSpank series sequel planned for later this year. The download will be published for XBLA and PSN by Electronic Arts on September 21 and 22, respectively. Music for DeathSpank is by Penny Arcade Adventures' Jeff Tymoschuk. |
| Game-inspired concert "Hideo" coming to BerkeleyPiano arranger Germanseabass, whose Cave Story and World of Goo medleys have taken the web by storm, wrote to inform us of a game-inspired concert taking place Saturday, October 16 at the University of California at Berkeley. Hideo - A Theatrical Concert of Music from Japanese Animation & Video Games - will include selections from Final Fantasy IV, Final Fantasy VI, Ico and the Mega Man series. According to the show notes, the performers are 100% enthusiasts of games and anime. |
| Watch Reformat the Planet on Penny Arcade2 Player Productions' chiptune documentary Reformat the Planet is currently airing on the Penny Arcade website. The film has been divided up into seven parts, preceded by brief commercial messages. The two-disc DVD, including extra material and LSDJ tutorials, can be purchased online through Fangamer. |
| Free Warlock Bentspine soundtrack releasedComposed by Phlogiston, the soundtrack to Lazrool's freeware 2D platformer Warlock Bentspine is now available as an 11-track free download from Pause Music. As a commemorative gesture, Francis Coulombe (FrankieSmileShow) had posted a timelapse video of the soundtrack cover being drawn from start to finish. |
| 8bitSF sampler includes Anamanaguchi & MinusbabyThe latest 8bitSF show sampler includes tracks by chip musicians Crashfaster, Mr. Spastic, Anamanaguchi and Minusbaby. Sunday, August 29th's show at DNA Lounge promises to be one of San Fran's biggest chiptune concerts yet, and the 8-track album can be downloaded for free. |
| Marvel vs Capcom 3 - Viewtiful Joe reveal trailerThe two latest playable fighters for Marvel vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds have been revealed at GamesCom. Capcom's Viewtiful Joe and Marvel's Dormammu appear in two new trailers viewable on the Game no Hanashi website. Sound design on the title is by Street Fighter IV's Masayuki Endou. |
| Radiant Historia announcement trailerAtlus has launched their first trailer for Nintendo DS role-playing game Radiant Historia. The title is being developed by several staff members from Square Enix's Radiata Stories, including scenarist Satoshi Takayashiki and character designer Hiroshi Konishi. Music is by Yoko Shimomura. |
| The Third Birthday - Gamescom narration trailerSquare Enix has posted a new English narration trailer for PSP Parasite Eve title The Third Birthday, coinciding with Gamescom. The action game, taking place in New York in 2012, sees Aya Brea facing off against the Hive, a "rapidly propagating life form praying on mankind." Music is by Yoko Shimomura. |
| Latest Splatterhouse trailer shows off retro rootsThe latest trailer from the forthcoming reboot of Splatterhouse illustrates how the PS3 and Xbox 360 title will pay homage to the original TurboGrafx-16 game. Included is a retro-styled music theme that appears during the sidescrolling sections of the game, including plot and gameplay concepts from earlier installments in the series. Music is by Afro Samurai composer Howard Drossin. |
| Sonic 4 Lost Labyrinth Zone music available for downloadSega has updated the Sonic the Hedgehog 4 official site with media of the Lost Labyrinth Zone. In addition to providing screenshots of the game environment, the Lost Labyrinth Zone Act 1 theme is currently available for download. Original music for the game is being composed by Jun Senoue. |
| Shoji Meguro scores Catherine for PS3 and Xbox 360Persona series composer Shoji Meguro's next project is PS3 and Xbox 360 action/horror title Catherine. Preliminary details on the game suggest the score will display a classical music feel catered to mature audiences. The story follows Vincent, a mild-mannered salaryman who begins having nightmares after encountering a mysterious young woman named Catherine. |
| La-Mulana soundtrack survey results are inThe Tokyo-based indie developers at Nigoro have been conducting a survey over the past few months to see which are the most popular tracks from the MSX edition of the game. The results will inform how the arranged soundtrack will be presented in the WiiWare edition, currently under development. A second video preview of the Wii arranged tracks by Samejima and Naramura is also now on YouTube. |
| Sample Anamanaguchi's Scott Pilgrim soundtrack albumABCKO Music & Records has posted a listing for the soundtrack album to Anamanaguchi's Scott Pilgrim vs the World game score, due out August 24. The chip music CD is 12-tracks in length, and each one can be sampled on the store website. The game is currently available through the Playstation 3's Playstation Network. |
| Reformat the Planet, reformatted for DVD1UP.com's Chiptuned Blog catches up with Paul Levering and Paul Owens of 2 Player Productions. The filmmakers will be releasing their chiptune documentary Reformat the Planet in a two-disc DVD set in less than a week. They also discuss their work on the Penny Arcade TV series, the PAX DVD set and the making of Infamous featurettes. |
| Classic Dungeon being localized as ClaDunNISA will be localizing their old school action role-playing title Classic Dungeon under the name ClaDun: This is an RPG. The official website is streaming music from the game, along with chip music arrangements, both by the Tokyo-based sound design team Zizz Studio. The game is due out September 7 on the PSP. |
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