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The PlayStation Move is set to launch in the US on September 19 alongside several bundles. The Starter Pack -- a $99 bundle including one PlayStation Move controller, a PlayStation Eye camera and a copy of Sports Champions -- is apparently going to be a bit different when it launches in the UK on September 15. MCV reports that the UK Starter Pack won't include a full copy of Sports Champions, instead giving gamers a taste of nine different titles.

The nine demos included in the package include snippets of six retail Move titles: Sports Champions, Start the Party, The Shoot, EyePet: Move Edition, TV Superstars and Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11. The remaining three demos will be for PSN games: Echochrome 2, Tumble and Beat Sketchers. In the UK, the Starter Pack will have a suggested retail value of £49.99.

JoystiqPlayStation Move Starter Pack includes nine demos in the UK originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Forget about Just Dancing, it's time to get your sing on -- SingStar Dance was just revealed at Sony's E3 presser. What, not a dancer? Perhaps you prefer the black-and-white stylings of Echochrome? Well you'll be glad to hear that Echochrome 2 was also revealed. We know, we know -- more disparate titles could not be found, but we figured you'd rather hear the news as soon as humanly possible. We do what we can, folks. It's all for you.

JoystiqSingStar Dance and Echochrome 2 announced originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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PSN Tuesday brings the cute and epic this week. Cute comes in the form of Rocket Knight, which may have some of its sales fueled by nostalgia, but can be a blast for those in the mood for classic (pseudo) 2D side-scrolling. The epic is delivered by Dragon Age: Origins' "Darkspawn Chronicles" DLC, which is just the latest add-on in the saga of Ferelden -- this one with a "what if" twist.

Check out the full update after the break.


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Gallery: Rocket Knight

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JoystiqPSN Tuesday: Rocket Knight, Dragon Age's Darkspawn Chronicles originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 18 May 2010 18:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>dragon-age-origins-darkspawn-chroniclesechochromejoustPSNPSN-Storepsn-tuesdaypsn-weeklyrocket-knightsam-and-maxTue, 18 May 2010 18:18:00 EST<![CDATA[TGS 2009: Hands-on: Echoshift]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/09/27/tgs-2009-hands-on-echoshift/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/09/27/tgs-2009-hands-on-echoshift/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/09/27/tgs-2009-hands-on-echoshift/#commentsI think that if I hadn't played Yoshio Ishii's Cursor*10, I wouldn't have had any idea what was going on in Echoshift. But because I have played both Cursor*10 and its sequel, I had no problem playing Echoshift, because the Echochrome sequel is that game, but side-scrolling. This is not a complaint. Echoshift was one of the most engrossing games at Tokyo Game Show. There's far more room for exploration in the still-fresh time-loop genre.

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JoystiqTGS 2009: Hands-on: Echoshift originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Trademark digger Superannuation has taken note of Echoshift, a new trademark filing by Sony Computer Entertainment America with the US trademark office. So, is it a new Echochrome title or, as some are speculating, a sexier name for PSP's Echochrono stateside?

We asked SCEA for comment and a company rep replied, "We do not have any official announcements at this time."

JoystiqSCEA trademarks Echoshift (Echochrono rebranding?) originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>echochromeechochronoechoshiftsceaTue, 07 Jul 2009 13:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Soon-to-release echochrome patch adds PS Eye support, public level sharing]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/05/18/soon-to-release-echochrome-patch-adds-ps-eye-support-public-lev/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/05/18/soon-to-release-echochrome-patch-adds-ps-eye-support-public-lev/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/05/18/soon-to-release-echochrome-patch-adds-ps-eye-support-public-lev/#comments Along with fellow PSN downloadable title The Last Guy, echochrome is receiving a sizable update in Japan. The PS3 version of the Escher-inspired puzzler will receive a new patch this Thursday, May 21, bringing to the game PS Eye support and a brand-new, public space for user-created levels.

Previously, echochrome did not have an open online space for players to share their level creations (or abominations), but instead user-created levels were screened and selected by Sony. Thankfully, this is changing now. The inclusion of PS Eye support is, suffice it to say, odd. In case you've ever played echochrome and wondered, "Gee, I really wish I could use my PS Eye to record how dumb and frustrated I look when trying to solve these mind-bending puzzles. Oh, and hey, I'd really like to put it up on YouTube, too." ... then, this is for you. You can watch yourself as you solve puzzles via a picture-in-picture screen (also pictured above). No word yet about other regions, but we've got a good feeling that this will be heading our way, too.

[Via Siliconera]

JoystiqSoon-to-release echochrome patch adds PS Eye support, public level sharing originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 18 May 2009 21:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Soon monochrome puzzlers will have more than just the satisfaction (and ensuing headache) that comes from a job well done, as Sony has added Trophy support to the PS3 version of echochrome. Available today, this downloadable patch will finally give Escher enthusiasts something to talk about with friends other than who got lost this week on the upside down staircase.

Additionally, while up until now user-designed stages have been released at a meager 10 levels at a time, Sony adds that beginning with today's update it will make a mind-numbing 1,000 user-generated puzzles available for Freeform play. Our brains, they hurt.

To see which Trophies you can unlock, visit PS3 Fanboy.

JoystiqPS3 echochrome gets Trophies, 1,000 custom stages originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It's probably been a little while since you played echochrome but today you'll have two new reasons to go back and enjoy the mind-bending puzzler. The Trophy patch will be released today, allowing you to get PSN recognition for your mad Escher skills. Not only that, but a bunch of new user generated levels will be available to try out.

"A bunch" may be a bit of an understatement. There will actually be a thousand new levels for you to play. So even if you have exhausted the developer levels already, there are plenty more hours of gameplay being added to the game, completely free of charge. These levels, and the Trophies, will be made available in a patch later today. The patch also includes an in-game screenshot feature and the PlayStation Blog post hints at more features coming at a later date. Check out the video above for a sneak peek at all 1,000 new stages.

JoystiqToday's echochrome patch brings Trophies and new levels originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Surprisingly, two PSN games will be getting Trophy patches in the immediate future. Blast Factor, one of the earliest PSN games, will be getting a patch which adds DualShock 3 support and Trophy support. The game and its expansions will get 25 Trophies, although there's no word on what the Trophies are (yet!). The patch will be available for free tomorrow. Those that don't have the game will be able to buy it off the PlayStation Store for $10, or $13 with both add-ons.

echochrome will also receive Trophy support, although a date hasn't been revealed. You can check out the Trophy list for this puzzle game here. The recently released Brain Challenge also has Trophy support.

Those that have been following the Trophy Portal may have also noticed we've stealthily added a few other games and guides. Check out our Warhawk and Buzz! Quiz TV guides, if you haven't yet.

JoystiqBlast Factor, echochrome to get Trophy patches originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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0 Platinum
2 Gold
1 Silver
7 Bronze
 Difficulty: Moderate
Online Trophies? Yes
Time to Completion: 10 hours
DLC Trophies? No
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JoystiqTrophies: echochrome originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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People come up to me and they say, "Ken, ol' buddy, aren't you doin' anything since you gave Kaz your old gig?" and I tell them, "Friend, I don't know how I still have enough hours in the day!" So, what's been keepin' me busier than a classroom of dung beetles on a field trip to the doody factory? Well, just findin' the best video game savings and passin' 'em on to you, the consumer.

Why just today, I checked the PSN Store and it's is just crammed with games that simply must go to make room for our 2009 stock. People think that digital games don't take up space and I think those people are idiots who don't have the sense that god gave an avocado. But God bless 'em, I'd still sell 'em a copy of Echochrome or PixelJunk Eden for $4.99! I hear you sayin', "But Ken, what if I don't want those games? What if I want something different?" Well, friend, I may think you're dumber than a bag of hammers, but I'll still sell you something else from my stock at half price, there's plenty to go around! Have you heard about these before? Sure! But never let it be said that Ken Kutaragi would miss an opportunity to move a couple extra units.

You can see my whole stock, just just come out to Krazy Ken's Digital Distribution and Tanning Salon, just 4 miles past Purcellville off the I-64 Turnpike. Or, you know, just click on this link. Either way, just remember what we always say: "If It Don't Say Ken, You Probably Overpaid For The Product You Purchased!"

... Yeah, we're still workin' on that.

JoystiqSome prices halved at the PSN Store originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 26 Nov 2008 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It's a rare-yet-joyous day when the gaming comic we really want to see win actually does earn the popular vote. Joystiq readers, thank you for picking 2P Start's Echochrome Auditions. No, really, we think you made the right choice. You should consider doing that more often.

Second and third place both went to Penny Arcade (Magnum Opus and The Great Divide, respectively, although the commenters are right that all three of their comics last week were gold). Thanks to everyone who voted, and be sure to let us know of any game-related webcomics you stumble upon this week! (Protip: It's best to use the comments field for that kind of stuff, or if you go via our tip line be sure to include "webcomic" in the subject or it will likely get ignored.)

JoystiqReaders pick best webcomic: Echochrome Auditions originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The third PSP redesign is now available in retail stores across the US and the rest of North America. The first PSP Brite pack, which is out now starting today, is the silver Ratchet & Clank bundle. It's a Silver PSP with a copy of Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters, a National Treasure 2 UMD movie, 1GB memory stick and an online download voucher for echochrome. The price remains the same as the older bundles at MSRB $199.99.

If you're looking for that other bundle which is the black PSP Brite with the 4GB memory stick, you'll still have to wait for next month in order to get that. The silver pack will be available in all European countries except the UK a day later on October 15. EU countries will also have to wait for the black bundle in November.

JoystiqPSP Brite is now available in North America originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Today's PSN update will see the release of a $5 expansion pack for echochrome on PSP. The PlayStation Blog states that the PSN's mind-bending puzzler will receive an additional 40 stages for the doll to survive.

The expansion pack will also be offered in a bundle with the original game, though no price was set. There is also no mention of an expansion for the PS3 version, which released the same day as the PSP version back in May.

JoystiqExpansion pack for echochrome PSP available today originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Although PS3 owners have been enjoying dozens of free levels in the perspective-bending echochrome, PSP owners are not as fortunate. They'll have to shell out $5 on the PLAYSTATION Store today to get an expansion pack which adds 40 new levels to the game -- that's (according to the PS.blog) 71% more content.

The blog entry also reveals a few interesting facts about the PSP version of echochrome, notably that the simple-looking title is surprisingly stressful on the hardware. It may surprise you to hear this, but the game takes up all 333MHz of processing power the PSP can take advantage of.

Joystiqechochrome gets $5 PSP expansion today originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:13:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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During the Develop conference in Brighton, England, Sony Japan Studio producer Tatsuya Suzuki told Eurogamer that there are no plans to create a sequel to the PS3 and PSP puzzler Echochrome. Instead, he and Jun Fujiki, the Kyushu University researcher who helped develop the game, confirmed that they will expand on Fujiki's work in "3D trick imagery" in a completely new title.

Those hoping for more Echochrome shouldn't feel totally forgotten; the duo also mentioned that the original game is being remimagined in two dimensions exlusively for PlayStation Home. The game will appear in the virtual space as an "arcade game" along with titles previously announced by Namco.

[Via PS3 Fanboy]
Source - Eurogamer
Source - Develop

JoystiqEchochrome re-tooled in 2D for Home, creators working on new project originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If you're one of the few that's already in the Home beta, you may have already experienced the underwhelming virtual arcade, located in the Games Space within Home. The new version being released for Japan will expand the arcade offerings, and the new choices look yummy. Namco Bandai is offering seven games within Home, with four revealed already: Dig Dug, Galaga, Pac-Man and Xevious. Three more "secret" games will be revealed later.

More intriguing, a 2D Home-exclusive version of echochrome can also be accessed from within Home. With more and more game offerings being added to the online service, we're confident that everyone will want to access the virtual world at least once -- if only to play these games.

[Via Joystiq & Siliconera]

JoystiqHome virtual arcade now includes Dig Dug, Galaga, Pac-Man, echochrome originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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When echochrome debuted earlier this year, it was praised for its innovative use of perspective. Players had to manipulate their perspective to guide the on-screen avatar to various echoes. The Escher-inspired game quickly became a fan-favorite hit. However, don't expect a sequel to this celebrated game. Producer Tatsuya Suzuki and Kyushu University's Jun Fujiki from Japan Studios told the Develop audience "we're not doing a sequel - we're not doing echochrome 2".

Instead, Fujiki is working with Japan Studio on an entirely different game that uses yet another method of "trick imagery." What does that mean? We're not entirely certain, but considering the incredible fascination we have with echocrhome, we can't wait to see what surprises they'll have in store for us.

[Thanks, Kyle P.!]

Joystiqechochrome team working on new puzzler, not sequel originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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When echochrome debuted earlier this year, it was praised for its innovative use of perspective. Players had to manipulate their perspective to guide the on-screen avatar to various echoes. The Escher-inspired game quickly became a fan-favorite hit. However, don't expect a sequel to this celebrated game. Producer Tatsuya Suzuki and Kyushu University's Jun Fujiki from Japan Studios told the Develop audience "we're not doing a sequel - we're not doing echochrome 2".

Instead, Fujiki is working with Japan Studio on an entirely different game that uses yet another method of "trick imagery." What does that mean? We're not entirely certain, but considering the incredible fascination we have with echocrhome, we can't wait to see what surprises they'll have in store for us.

[Thanks, Kyle P.!]

Joystiqechochrome team working on new puzzler, not sequel originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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For most of our younger readers, school's no longer in session in observation of the midsummer months -- though we're certain that our studious readers won't allow their minds become dull as rusty butter knives during their valuable vacation time. That's why we turn your attention to a fascinating article written by PS3 Fanboy's newest columnist, Ph.D candidate and gaming enthusiast Kylie Prymus, who examines the effect that the Escher-esque Echochrome can have on our perception of our own three-dimensional world.

Prymus posits that Echochrome's unique, manipulatable 2D perspective is not only jarring when compared to the robust 3D engines we've become accustomed to seeing in most games, but it also points out the "frailty of our own perceptual apparatus", which is fundamentally two-dimensional. Those who still possess unblown minds might want to give the article a read -- if only to give you some Hawking-quality discussion material with which to impress your gaming cohorts.

JoystiqEchochrome: The PSP's philosophical answer to Brain Age originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Kylie Prymus is the first columnist for PS Fanboy. A Ph.D candidate in philosophy, Kylie specializes in the sociology of technology. Through this new weekly column, Kylie will explore the impact of PlayStation on thought and culture.

Any gamer who has spent a significant amount of uninterrupted time staring through a 2D screen into a 3D game world understands the strange perceptual shift that takes place when returning to the truly 3-dimensional space of the real world. There is a disorienting effect, a sense of unreality, in coming back to a place where perspective changes are achieved not by the subtle movements of an analog stick, but by actually shifting the head which houses your ocular apparatus. I first experienced this 10 years ago after a marathon session of The Ocarina of Time, giving my not-yet-21 self a taste of the post-college-party vertigo to come. A similar effect can be achieved by long stretches of reading, focusing on a purely 2D plane for hours and then trying to adjust to the vividness of reality.

Games also have a deeper effect on our perception of the world, one which far too much press has declared detrimental to gamers and society at large. Our actions in the game world can and do affect our real-world thoughts. Who can claim not to have had at least a small desire to put the pedal to the floor after playing Gran Turismo, especially when one of the licensed songs comes on the radio? How often do you think about the alternate routes through the grocery store a Portal gun would make possible? Beyond being whimsical fantasies divulged only in conversation with individuals at or above yourself on the gamer-nerd scale, some games can actually change the way you think in a positive direction. The intellect enhancing possibility of games has been exploited most successfully by Nintendo with their DS selling Brain Age series (despite a recent Wired article claiming it has no such benefit). Echochrome may well be Sony's answer to the Dendrite Stimulation genre. There's just one problem: what exactly does it make you smarter at?

Continue reading Echochrome - the new Brain Age?

JoystiqEchochrome - the new Brain Age? originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 28 Jun 2008 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Japanese gamers aren't the only ones that can create some devious echochrome creations. Starting this Thursday, the innovative PSN downloadable title will be updated with new puzzles, created by American gamers. Thirty new puzzles, featuring the best from the user community of echochrome, will be downloadable for free once players launch the game. The PlayStation.blog's Flickr has images of all the levels for your viewing pleasure.

With so much free user generated content, echochrome really is an incredible value. It's a never-ending mind-bending puzzler.

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How does one craft the music for a game like echochrome? It must have been a challenge to create the ambiance necessary for such an abstract puzzle game, but Hideki Sakamoto was up to the challenge. Speaking with Siliconera, the musician noted the need for simplicity to match the game's visual style. echochrome is a game that needs no language, and Sakamoto wanted to convey that through a sound that's universally appealing. "Considering that the visual aspect of the game is strikingly simple, I had it in mind not to let the music overpower the overall design. I wanted to avoid distracting the player by using unusual sound effects or unfamiliar instruments. Classical music seemed to me the best choice because it is universal."

One of the challenges of crafting the musical landscape for echochrome was creating a sound that doesn't necessarily move the player in a particular way. "In Echochrome, the important thing was for the player to have such feelings, just for their own sake. There was no sense of striving to manipulate the player's emotions, and that was something of a realization for me as a musician."

Please read the entire interview at Siliconera for more. It really is quite fascinating. Samples of the soundtrack can be heard here. The soundtrack is available for import at Play-Asia.

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How does one craft the music for a game like echochrome? It must have been a challenge to create the ambiance necessary for such an abstract puzzle game, but Hideki Sakamoto was up to the challenge. Speaking with Siliconera, the musician noted the need for simplicity to match the game's visual style. echochrome is a game that needs no language, and Sakamoto wanted to convey that through a sound that's universally appealing. "Considering that the visual aspect of the game is strikingly simple, I had it in mind not to let the music overpower the overall design. I wanted to avoid distracting the player by using unusual sound effects or unfamiliar instruments. Classical music seemed to me the best choice because it is universal."

One of the challenges of crafting the musical landscape for echochrome was creating a sound that doesn't necessarily move the player in a particular way. "In Echochrome, the important thing was for the player to have such feelings, just for their own sake. There was no sense of striving to manipulate the player's emotions, and that was something of a realization for me as a musician."

Please read the entire interview at Siliconera for more. It really is quite fascinating. Samples of the soundtrack can be heard here. The soundtrack is available for import at Play-Asia.

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The teams behind the creative PSP games, Patapon and echochrome, will make an appearance at this year's Develop conference in July. Atsushi Li, director of Pyramid and Junichi Yoshizama, associate producer of SCE Worldwide Studios will discuss the tribal music game Patapon. Jun Fujiki and Tatsuya Suzuki will speak about the mind-bending echochrome.

"We are privileged to welcome Ii-san, Yoshizawa-san, Fujiki-san and Suzuki-san to the Develop Conference and are thrilled that we can offer our delegates the opportunity to be inspired by what can only be described as some of the most creative video games designers on the planet," said managing director of Tandem Events, Andy Lane.

JoystiqPatapon and echochrome devs to speak at Develop originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 30 May 2008 10:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The PlayStation Blog announced today that 20 new user-generated levels will be available in echochrome between May 15-21, and those new levels may be replaced with even more content the following week. Despite our mixed feelings on the idea that the puzzles are replaced rather than added to a mega-list, it's still great to see how quick the promise of free extra content for the $10 Escher-iffic puzzler was fulfilled.

The additional levels will appear randomly in freeform mode if the difficulty is set to level 2 or 3 and there's also been a Flickr page created to give some recognition to the level designers. Definitely check out the demo for the game if you haven't tried it,

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If you've been trying to find a new way to melt your brain and think outside of the box, you'll probably get a kick out of the twenty new user-created levels for echochrome due out tomorrow and continuing to get released through next Wednesday. These levels will appear at random in freeform mode when you set the difficulty to two or higher. If your level was selected, assuming you created one for them, your PSN ID will be displayed along with the level. So, get ready for additional challenges created by your peers!

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Japan's scary obsession with creating echochrome user levels continues in this week's showcase. Updates are going to come for those with the US version as well, making this $10 digital download a gift that keeps on giving. Check out the latest additions in our gallery below:

JoystiqThis week's echochrome user levels originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 08 May 2008 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It's interesting to note the differences between echochrome's Japanese UMD release and the North American PSN-only release. The North American downloadable version lacks two of the three play modes found on the original Japanese UMD. The two modes that were cut are "pair" and "other," while "solo" is the only one found in the NA game. Pair requires players to take two pairs of alike-colored figures and make them tag one another, while other makes players hit echoes as done in solo, but while avoiding other moving figurines.

Now, there's no reason to complain about the exclusion. The NA version only costs a fourth of the price (10 bucks compared to the Japanese UMD's $38) for one third the content, and you can see from the math that it's not a bad trade off. This makes us wonder, however, if that missing content will be brought over to North America via expansions on the PSN. If the game does well, then why not?

And by the way, this ugly box art you see here is from the European UMD version set to come out in June. God, it is ugly. Couldn't emphasize that enough. Gladly, that's one bonus us North Americans have -- not having to see this every time we want to play echochrome.

JoystiqEchochrome differences: JPN UMD versus NA PSN originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 05 May 2008 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Kumi Yuasa, associate producer of echochrome, has revealed on the PlayStation Blog that future free updates of the title will add hand-picked user-generated content selected by the developers. The new levels will be available on a "regular basis" by signing in online with the game; however, these levels will only be available until the next group goes up. The PlayStation Blog details how players can create and submit levels for consideration.

It's too bad about the time limit on the content, but it all depends on the frequency of the updates. Of course, for some people it'll be too short, while for echochrome addicts aficionados even a weekly update would be too rare. We'll try to give warning about the new content in our PSN Thursday posts.

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So echochrome is now out and you can pick it up on the PSN for either the PS3 or PSP. If you've already gotten it and been playing it, then you know just how difficult some of the perspective puzzles can be. One of the best ways to troubleshoot is follow by example -- watch and learn. So check out these gameplay clips that might inspire you to try different angles and new perspectives.

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.

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So echochrome is now out and you can pick it up on the PSN for either the PS3 or PSP. If you've already gotten it and been playing it, then you know just how difficult some of the perspective puzzles can be. One of the best ways to troubleshoot is follow by example -- watch and learn. So check out these gameplay clips that might inspire you to try different angles and new perspectives.

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. Also, don't forget that we're giving away a copy of the game for free, so make sure you enter.

Continue reading These echochrome vids inspire you to think

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Now available on the PLAYSTATION Store, this MC Escher-inspired puzzler is downloadable for only $10. Want to try your luck at scoring a copy for free? Here you go.
  • To enter this giveaway, leave a comment with the biggest prime number you can think of.
  • You must be 18 years or older and a resident of the US or Canada (excluding Quebec).
  • Limit 1 entry per person.
  • This entry period ends at 12:00pm ET on Monday, May 5th. We'll randomly select 1 winner at that time.
  • For complete rules, click here.
Note: Please make sure you know how to use the PLAYSTATION Network Downloader before entering this contest. You will receive a digital download of the game. Visit store.playstation.com and try downloading one of the many free videos and demos available.

JoystiqWin a copy of echochrome! originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 02 May 2008 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It's time for North America to experience the full perception contorting reality of echochrome with this week's PSN update. For those not sure about putting down $10 for the 56 MC Escher-inspired levels, don't be afraid to try out the demo first.

Also, Happy PSN Canadian Equality Day! Today's the day that Canada begins getting charged the same price as the United States for PSN titles.

Europe has an update too ... we're sure they aren't happy, but there's an update. Check it out -- or not -- at PS3 Fanboy. This week's North American PSN update can be found after the break.

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Happy echochrome day! Seventy-five percent of today's new content is related to the mindbending puzzle game. Sure, that sounds a lot - until you realise there are only four new items available for purchase on the store. Don't forget, echochrome on the PSP is a different game from the PS3 version and is exclusively available in America from the PlayStation Store. Here's the full release list:

Playable content
Trailers
  • echochrome trailer (free)
  • Burnout Paradise Wyclef "Fast Car" video (free)
Themes and wallpapers
  • Four echochrome wallpaper (free)

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Much like Niko, echochrome's faceless protagonist arrives in the Land of the Free this week, ready to make a new life for himself and hopefully find his way out of his various labyrinthine prisons. Of course, he'll need your help to do so. If you're not too busy playing GTA IV, that is. For ten bucks, echochrome is a no-brainer for anyone who likes feeling mentally challenged. Here's the full release list:

Playable content
Add-on Content
  • Rock Band DLC (listed after the break)
  • Many Karaoke Revolution: AIE songs ($1.50 a piece - Check the PS.Blog for full details)
Rock Band and Karaoke Revolution continue their scary reign as King and Queen of DLC (we'll leave you to decide which is which). As for whether this is a clever time to be releasing a highly-anticipated game, when GTA IV came out only two days ago, we'll leave that up to you too. Choice can never be a bad thing, we suppose.

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The user-generated levels for echochrome continue to pour in. In preparation of today's American PSN release, we wanted to showcase the latest bunch from Japan. If you've played the demo, you know how daunting this title can be. Imagine how much pain your brain will be in when processing these brain-benders.

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The mind-bending echochrome is coming out on PS3 and PSP tomorrow -- just one week after the release of last week's demo. Both versions will cost $9.99 each. The PS3 and PSP version both feature 56 unique levels each, with plans for more downloadable levels in the future. With a level editor included in both versions, this is an incredible value.

Stay tuned for our full review.

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The mind-bending echochrome is coming out on PS3 and PSP tomorrow -- just one week after the release of last week's demo. Both versions will cost $9.99 each. The PS3 and PSP version both feature 56 unique levels each, with plans for more downloadable levels in the future. With a level editor included in both versions, this is an incredible value.

Stay tuned for our full review.

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This is not a good week in games for anyone who has finals or works from home. The PlayStation Blog announced this afternoon the full version of echochrome will be available tomorrow from the PlayStation Store, which is just one glorious week after the demo release gave the general populace a taste of the game's MC Escher-inspired addictive madness.

The game is available on the PS3 and PSP for $10, and comes with 56 levels on PS3, along with 56 "completely different" levels for PSP. The game will also feature a "Canvas mode," allowing players to create their own levels and share them online. In the parlance of the internets, "Do want now!"

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