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This week's echochrome user levels
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These echochrome vids inspire you to think
If you haven't picked it up yet, then watch the vids anyway. You might just find something alluring about faceless avatars and endless walking. Besides, PSP Fanboy is giving away a copy of the game for free, so check that out too.
American PSN Store update for May 1st
Playable content
- echochrome full game ($10)
- Dark Sector demo (free)
- Rock Band DLC (listed after the break)
- Many Karaoke Revolution: AIE songs ($1.50 a piece - Check the PS.Blog for full details)
More horrifying echochrome levels to fear
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echochrome coming back at you tomorrow
Stay tuned for our full review.
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echochrome soundtrack resonates in Japan
Wish you could have the soothing strings of echochrome with you everywhere you go? Looks like the popularity of Sony's intriguing puzzle game has greenlit production of the soundtrack CD. Available on May 21st in Japan, the CD will include 13 tracks from the game, including such hits as "prime #3" and "prime #9973." These hits will undoubtedly open your mind to new kinds of perspective -- please don't listen to them while operating a motor vehicle.The soundtrack CD will retail for the standard price of 2,940円 (~$28.21 US).
User-created echochrome levels are mind-boggling
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While America is getting just a taste of echochrome in America today, our Japanese friends have been able to enjoy this innovative puzzler for quite some time now. With the game's built-in level editor, they've created some truly frighteningly fiendish levels. These devilish creations will be distributed via the PSN in the future.
Those who've tried the game know that it can be difficult to think so extraordinarily out of the box. Imagine, then, how difficult these user levels must have been to design!
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echochrome demo strikes US PSN tomorrow
The fine folks at SCEA wanted us to tell you that an echochrome demo will be available in tomorrow's Thursday PSN update. If you haven't been keeping updated, echochrome is a unique downloadable puzzle game that plays with perspective. Watch the trailer above to get a feel for the game.
A demo was released in Japan a few weeks ago. SCEA's Scott Goryl added: "Yes, this is the same demo that was available on the Japanese Store. Except, well, you know, with English." That's an added plus for many of you, we're sure.
Until then, check out our new updated gallery of the PS3 version.
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MTV 'dates' upcoming PSN games
While May will be the busiest month of the quarter, April will kick things off with (as well as a Store redesign) PixelJunk Monsters: Encore, an expansion pack for the well received tower defense game, which is pegged for the latter part of the month. Echochrome and Elefunk will keep May interesting until WipEout HD finally gets a release in "late May, or early June".
Interestingly, it seems that Echochrome will receive two releases - one for PS3 and one for PSP. Each will be entirely different to the other in terms of level layout, but both will be available for download from the PSN Store. True Echochrome fans will no doubt want to grab both versions for the full experience. Needless to say, these dates are all US based. There's no telling when Europe will be seeing any of these games ...
echochrome now available on Japanese PSN
echochrome is a perspective-bending puzzle game, heavily influenced by Escher. It's due for a US release in the coming months.
Pain due out in Europe this month; Elefunk in April; Echochrome follows in May
The press release says that Pain will be out at some point this month, along with a few extra buyable characters on day one. With ten extra characters finished and ready to go, both Europe (that seems to include all PAL territories) and America should be seeing more characters becoming available regularly. That's all very well and good, but where are the new levels? One really isn't enough, no matter how many characters you can toss around in it.
Elefunk (a game we sadly haven't heard about in quite a while) will be available in April and the PS3 release of Echochrome will come in May. So, now you know how the next few months according to Sony and its first-party titles, what do you think?
[Via N4G]
Echochrome hitting North American PS3s this Spring
When asked whether the extra content could be released for the PS3 version as DLC the Sony PR rep responded that the feature list for the PS3 version had not been announced yet. With Spring swiftly approaching, we'd hope that an announcement regarding the game's features will be coming soon. We're far more likely to pay for the game if it's more than just a demo for a non-existant PSP game.
GDC08: Gameplay footage of Echochrome emerges from GDC
Confusingly, the PSP version of Echochrome hasn't been announced for the Western world. We're hopeful that it will be, since it features a huge amount of extra levels. Of course, the trade off is that the PSP's graphics will be much lower quality than those seen in these videos (plus it'll be about twice as expensive!) Still, that's a trade off we'd probably be willing to make.
It would seem from these videos that the avatar can be sped up at will, which will surely cut down on waiting times for the game. The camera also seems to move freely, adding an element of precision to an already brain-melting concept. Nevertheless, we can't wait to get our hands on it. The second video can be seen after the jump - see you there!
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Japanese trailer gives you some insight into echochrome
If you didn't catch it on PSP Fanboy, there was a new trailer released for the upcoming title echochrome that attempts to explain some of its mechanics. It's also just fun to look at. Well, since there's not much to say other than "watch the trailer", our work here is done. It looks like the game will be wild and stylish, but not exactly something that'll wow your friends. Unless they really, really like art.
Japan gets Echochrome in March
