Grasshopper and Digital Reality's Sine Mora now an XBLA exclusive

A slight change of plans for Grasshopper Manufacture and Digital Reality's upcoming downloadable shooter, Sine Mora: it'll only be downloadable on Xbox. The two companies announced today that the "diesel-punk" time-shifting shmup is now an XBLA exclusive, despite its original status as both an XBLA and PSN release. There is still no known release date for the side-scroller.

That makes two upcoming XBLA exclusives for Suda 51's studio. The upcoming Diabolical Pitch is a de facto exclusive both because it's being published by Microsoft Studios, and because it's Kinect-based.

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Sine Mora, Grasshopper Manufacture, Digital Reality and Microsoft Studios' Upcoming Diesel-Punk Shoot'em Up, Will be an XBLA Exclusive

Budapest, Hungary – December 08, 2011 –Digital Reality Publishing announced today that Sine Mora, its long awaited shoot'em up game based on time manipulation set to revolutionize the genre, will be available exclusively on Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft.

Co-developed by Grasshopper Manufacture Inc. (Japan) and Digital Reality (Hungary) and published by Microsoft Studios, Sine Mora is diesel-punk shoot 'em up that provides a unique take on the genre, where time is the ultimate factor. Mixing classic shooter sensibilities with next-gen presentation, Sine Mora is a gorgeous shmup that appeals to both hardcore and casual gamers alike. The engrossing Story Mode weaves an over-the-top tale, while the Arcade Mode provides deep, satisfying gameplay to challenge fans of the genre. Sine Mora features over 60 combinations of planes, characters and time manipulation devices to complete every beautifully-crafted stage with scaling difficulty. All of this is set to an epic score of soaring heights, composed by Akira Yamaoka, acclaimed for his works on the Shadows of the Damned and Silent Hill series.

Release date and price will be announced at a later date. For more information about Sine Mora, please visit the official website (http://sinemoragame.com), the Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sine-Mora/133689503335920) or follow us on Twitter (http://twitter.com/SINE_MORA).

Reader Comments (27)

Good luck with that.

@civilciv

XBLA games are the most successful on consoles, I do believe.

@KungFuChaosNinja
you might be right, but why would a 3rd party publisher gimp themselves by releasing their game on only one console?
makes no sense.

@KungFuChaosNinja

It would be more successful the more platforms it released on, I do believe. live may be "more successful" but more sales from other consumers wouldn't hurt. This is just MS up to their old tricks again.

And that is how you build a relationship between developer and publisher.

Awww and I was looking forward to that ~.~

It's the shmup machine of this gen, so I guess no particular reason to mess with PS3 port. Why Sony had to make it so inconvenient for people to develop games for their console? They decided to make it cost "599,99 US dollars", too. I would be be playing Jaguar and 3DO all the time, if those were good ideas. Well, I guess PS2 wasn't any better. It had DVD drive so "woohoo", Blu-ray didn't save this time.

I'm just bitter, that the shmups are on 360, and that it has region lock, which isn't easily avoided (I think).

Red Seeds Profile was localized for 360, when it's on PS3 in Asia. I mean, c'mon. Also, Earth Defense Force 2017, Last Odyssey, Hydro Thunder: Hurricane, Virtual-On Force, Senko no Ronde... Yeah, bitter. Next gen might be last for Sony, perhaps they focus on Japanese handheld market, and allow tentacle rape and panty sniffing games to released on it, so it sells like crazy.

@Kyrx

Personally, all i can think is "why?" I've never heard of either title, and exclusivity with a 3rd party will only last so long. They will be multiplatform eventually.

ps. Yes, I know exclusivity can be signed / bought via contract, but i doubt MS has that much vested interest in either game. :P

OH JESUS CHRIST, didn't read all the way to see that Diabolical Pitch is being published by Microsoft. Just goes to show how good (odd) of an exclusivity deal this is...

*votes self down*

@Kyrx

...what?

Looks terrible.

Enjoy your bomba, Grasshopper.

@houstons85

Oh, stop it.

@houstons85

If it was coming to PSN I bet you would say it looks great. Fanboys gonna fan I suppose.

i guess its fine since i have pixeljunk sidescroller on my ps3 already. but im still pretty sure GH will sell this for ps3 next year just like most xbla exclusives that are not published by MS

damn PS3 fans, bitter much? (looking at you, houston, civilciv)

@Liquidfingers

I'm not bitter idiot. I really do wish Grasshopper luck, because they're awesome, but they really should really watch who they get in bed with. It didn't really work out for Square Enix at the start of this gen, but maybe it will for Grasshopper.

So good luck.

@Liquidfingers Damn 360 Fanboys, yes I'm looking at you Liquidfingers

Weird, considering most J-Dev's are porting their Japanese 360 exclusives to PS3 due to Japan hating Microsoft and most western things. Cave and 5pb still support it, and region lock all of their titles save for a select few, just to tease us.

I'd kind of prefer a disc based option including both of these games though, I'm still fighting the digital distribution thing with all my might.

@RenegadePanda

Cave has actually been very good at localising their shumps or not region locking them if they aren't planning on localising.

i wish i could join in on the "well, i'm not purchasing this even though i have a 360." but i honestly have no recollection of this game in my memory...

I read that as "Mines of Moria" every single time.

meh, and there goes my interest in the game. Oh well.

Politics and money. Sad for anyone who misses out on a (hopefully) great game just because a company with deep pockets tries to monopolise it. This is why Sony need to reel in some huge name PSN exclusive games to balance it out a bit.

@vonstalhein

So it's sad that people miss out games because of exclusivity... but you hope Sony gets more exclusives.

Ffffffffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuu....................

that's a shame. I'd love to give it a shot on ps3

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Grasshopper and Digital Reality's Sine Mora now an XBLA exclusive

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