Rocketmen blast off onto XBLA, PSN next week

20 Comments by Ross Miller Feb 29th 2008 4:00PM
Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Action

Eight-directional arcade shoot-em-up Rocketmen: Axis of Evil is coming next week to Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Store. In addition to customizable characters and four-player co-op (online and offline), the game will support 1080i visuals, according to a press release.

Rocketmen was originally unveiled in April alongside Talisman. The game will come out next Wednesday (Xbox 360) and Thursday (PS3) for 800 MS points / $10. (Important note: We were debating between the current headline and "Rocketmen explode onto XBLA, PSN." In the end, both were deemed equally pun-ful/painful and a coin was tossed.)

[Via Press Release]

Gallery: Rocketmen: Axis of Evil

Tags: capcom, playstation-network, psn, rocket-men, rocketmen, xbla, xbox-live, xbox-live-arcade

(Page 1) Reader Comments

PojoMofo: Feb 29th 2008; 4:06PM

Am I alone in not being interested in this one??

RobLink (McElroy Defence Force): Feb 29th 2008; 4:16PM

Nope.
As I'm pretty much full up on my 20Gb HDD, it takes a lot for me to buy an XBLA game now. Like N+ or Rez HD. Games like this kinda get glossed over, but I'll at least give the demo a go.

Shagittarius: Feb 29th 2008; 4:17PM

Not anymore.

CB: Feb 29th 2008; 4:31PM

@Rob What kind of stuff is on your HDD?

RobLink (McElroy Defence Force): Feb 29th 2008; 4:40PM

Coupla demos, little bit of music that I like to listen to ingame, all the XNA stuff that I have yet to sample, and a whole bunch of XBLA games. I've bought about 15, 18, something like that, and there's some like Geometry Wars that I see no reason to buy as the demo is so much like the game.
I really feel the need to get a 120Gb or an Elite, but £130 for 120Gb is an f-ing joke. In all seriousness, I could bulk buy SD cards and have more storage for the Wii for less money than that.

tcc3: Feb 29th 2008; 4:44PM

Roblink

Stream those mp3s from your PC, free up some space that way.

RobLink (McElroy Defence Force): Feb 29th 2008; 5:31PM

Could do, though we are talking about 2 dozen songs, which doesn't take up too much space.
And once I've had a crack at the XNA stuff, I'm sure I'll get rid of it. It's all timed demos anyway, right?

Dirty: Feb 29th 2008; 4:17PM

The Smash TV style game play sounds fun.... I guess. What I really want is a game like Gauntlet dark legacy, with light RPG elements. Castle Crashers cant come soon enough.

PojoMofo: Feb 29th 2008; 4:27PM

ooooooooooooooh,

Gauntlet Dark Legacy + Online MP= Epic!

Is that a Midway license? They need to get on that, pronto!

RobLink (McElroy Defence Force): Feb 29th 2008; 4:41PM

Amen to Castle Crashers. That game looks the mutt's.

Martez: Feb 29th 2008; 4:18PM

It'll have to be damn good to dethrone Super Stardust HD as my Omni-Directional Shooter of Choice(tm)

PSN: KillaKornbread (the shirt is a lie!): Feb 29th 2008; 4:43PM

sounds like Smash TV to me. i loved Smash TV. ok, you have my attention now give me a couple gameplay vids.

Organic_Shadow: Feb 29th 2008; 5:22PM

Hope there's a demo.
Hope it controls like Blast Factor/SSDHD.
Hope it doesn't suck.

I'm probably wrong on all 3.

aaron_k7: Feb 29th 2008; 5:24PM

Dungeon-crawler on the PSN? Yes please. I want all the excuses I can get to purchase a new PS3 hard drive.

Nate: Feb 29th 2008; 6:19PM

Ditto. can't decide if I want to save money and get a 160gig drive for $75, or go whole hog and get a 320 for $160...

aaron_k7: Feb 29th 2008; 6:24PM

Yeah, that's a tough one. I think I want the 320, though, you never know how much space you're going to need. Plus, I think a lot of developers are going to keep utilizing the PSN to distribute their games. There's a lot less overhead, and there's no "used game" market to zap profits. If you can put a full game like Warhawk on the PSN, I think the sky's the limit.

PSN: KillaKornbread (the shirt is a lie!): Mar 1st 2008; 12:56AM

ive already decided im upgrading my hard drive this summer. i was thinking 320GB but if i can find one with like 500GB that doesnt cost an arm and a leg, ill pick that up. i would seriously like to use my PS3 as the hub for all my recorded videos but 60GB isnt going to cut it for that. i can fit a decent amount of movies and such but i need more space. i also need a video playlist before i can really consider this my main media hub (i mean seriously, PSP can do it. i just want the videos to play back to back with no extra input from me is all).

russ: Mar 1st 2008; 5:10AM

that'll be october 2009 for Europe then.

J.Goodwin: Mar 1st 2008; 8:47AM

Why not "Rocketmen released like candles in the winds of XBLA, PSN"

Oh wait, that's right, because that would be crap.

SR388: Mar 1st 2008; 1:09PM

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