Rocketmen blast off onto XBLA, PSN next week
by Ross Miller 
{ Feb 29th 2008 at 4:00PM }
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
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
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.
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