Capcom brings Rocketmen and Talisman to XBLA and PSN
by Jared Rea 
{ Apr 13th 2007 at 8:00PM }
Though it seemed like Capcom was giving Xbox Live Arcade all the love at their annual Gamers Day event, they did have two surprises up their sleeves for fans of the PlayStation Network. Rocketmen: Axis of Evil and and Talisman both represent very opposite ends of the gaming spectrum and while we got to go hands-on with the former, the latter was not presently available.
Based off the constructible strategy game of the same name, Rocketmen ditches the thinking and settles for some good ol' eight-way shooting. Like a friendly version of the classic Total Carnage, Rocketmen is deeper than your average Robotron-clone by offering up customizable characters, four player co-operative play and online modes to match. While what we saw was fairly early, the cel-shaded environments are looking fairly slick and the action can get nuts, as you can see in the screenshots below. Capcom currently has it penciled for a Fall release for both XBLA and PSN, though don't hold your breath for cross-connectivity.
Talisman is based off a different strategy game, only in this case it'll be sticking to its Games Workshop roots. Revolving around a 3-D representation of the board, Talisman is a translation of the tabletop game that sports one to four players on or offline, 25 characters from the franchise and expansion through downloadable content in the future. It will be seeing a release this winter for XBLA, PSN and PC as well.
Based off the constructible strategy game of the same name, Rocketmen ditches the thinking and settles for some good ol' eight-way shooting. Like a friendly version of the classic Total Carnage, Rocketmen is deeper than your average Robotron-clone by offering up customizable characters, four player co-operative play and online modes to match. While what we saw was fairly early, the cel-shaded environments are looking fairly slick and the action can get nuts, as you can see in the screenshots below. Capcom currently has it penciled for a Fall release for both XBLA and PSN, though don't hold your breath for cross-connectivity.
Talisman is based off a different strategy game, only in this case it'll be sticking to its Games Workshop roots. Revolving around a 3-D representation of the board, Talisman is a translation of the tabletop game that sports one to four players on or offline, 25 characters from the franchise and expansion through downloadable content in the future. It will be seeing a release this winter for XBLA, PSN and PC as well.
Gallery: Rocketmen: Axis of Evil
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Christian @ Apr 16th 2007 3:52PM
Talisman...Oh my god...once people get ahold of this it'll be a cash cow!! That game was SO fun back in the day!
Tim @ Apr 16th 2007 6:21PM
Man Talisman I can't believe it, I still get together with friends to play the original and all the expansions. I figured it would resurface again someday in a new incarnation, just never thought it would be on Live.
Lobo @ Apr 17th 2007 9:14AM
Wow, talisman... it was fun back in the days, but it didn't age well. Compared to today's boardgames it's slow, completely random, eternal, outdated.. well.. It was nice when it was the only thing we had, but in the age of Ticket to Ride, Settlers of Catan and Carcassonne, it's really a poor competitor. They are reprinting also the "analog" version, btw.
Aaron @ Apr 17th 2007 9:42PM
FYI
a new boxed version of Talisman from Games Workshop will be released in September. seems like a strong push for an old classic. glad they finally realise what a great game they have there. :)