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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Last Flight teaser trailer comes in for landing]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/05/26/last-flight-teaser-trailer-comes-in-for-landing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2010/05/26/last-flight-teaser-trailer-comes-in-for-landing/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/05/26/last-flight-teaser-trailer-comes-in-for-landing/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<center><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="580" height="346" id="viddler_1260eb5b"><param name="movie" value="http://www.viddler.com/simple/1260eb5b/" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed src="http://www.viddler.com/simple/1260eb5b/" width="580" height="346" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" name="viddler_1260eb5b"></embed></object></center>Bloober Team's extremely gradual rollout of media for <em><a href="http://joystiq.com/tag/last-flight">Last Flight</a></em> continues... In October, Bloober Team sent out screenshots; today, there's a teaser trailer, which shows what would appear to be real environments from the game -- we hope.<br />
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Even at this glacial pace, we're pleased to see progress toward a release of <em>Last Flight</em>, the now-episodic WiiWare action game about a plane full of vampires and  the food critic who <strike>loves</strike> kills them.  Being trapped on a plane with a bunch of monsters is a great setup for a horror game, and killing vampires with a bunch of random weapons is a great setup for a <em>game</em>.<br />
<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/last-flight-10-08/">Last Flight (10/08)</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/last-flight-10-08/#2350636"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/10/lastflight100801_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/last-flight-10-08/#2350635"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/10/lastflight100803_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/last-flight-10-08/#2350633"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/10/lastflight100802_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/last-flight-10-08/#2350632"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/10/lastflight100804_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/last-flight-10-08/#2350631"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/10/lastflight100805_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br />
<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/05/26/last-flight-teaser-trailer-comes-in-for-landing/">Last Flight teaser trailer comes in for landing</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Wed, 26 May 2010 16:45:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/05/26/last-flight-teaser-trailer-comes-in-for-landing/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/19492746/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/05/26/last-flight-teaser-trailer-comes-in-for-landing/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>action</category><category>bloober-team</category><category>last-flight</category><category>survival-horror</category><category>wiiware</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[JC Fletcher]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 16:45:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music Master: Chopin is a music game for the classically inclined]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/04/13/music-master-chopin-is-a-music-game-for-the-classically-incline/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2010/04/13/music-master-chopin-is-a-music-game-for-the-classically-incline/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/04/13/music-master-chopin-is-a-music-game-for-the-classically-incline/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<center><a href="http://www.gamemusic.net/show_news.php?id=127"><img border="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2010/04/chopin41310.jpg" /></a></center><em>Music Master: Chopin</em> is a music game for <em><a href="http://joystiq.com/tag/eternal-sonata">Eternal Sonata</a></em> fans (and classical music fans in general).
<meta charset="utf-8">If you love classical music and music games, this will provide a welcome break from <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Maestro!">Mad Maestro</a>! </em> The PC/Mac/iPhone/iPad music game will feature playable arrangements of the music of composer <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Chopin">Fr&eacute;d&eacute;ric Chopin</a>, in traditional arrangements as well as "
<meta charset="utf-8">vocal perfromances and rock arrangements," according to <a href="http://www.gamemusic.net/show_news.php?id=127">GameMusic.net</a>. <br />
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<a href="http://stacjakultura.pl/6,27,8053,Music_Master-_Chopin__czyli_Chopin_w_witrualnej_rzeczywistosci,artykul.html">StacjaKultura</a> reports that the game is one of the winners of the "<a href="http://biuro.chopin2010.pl/pl/dzialania/promesa.html">Chopin 2010 Promise</a>" competition, a Polish government program to promote Chopin-based projects in observance of the 200th anniversary of Chopin's birth. It's being developed by Poland-based Bloober Team, who is also working on the iPad game, <em><a href="http://joystiq.com/tag/gender-wars">Gender Wars</a></em>.<br />
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</meta><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/04/13/music-master-chopin-is-a-music-game-for-the-classically-incline/">Music Master: Chopin is a music game for the classically inclined</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.gamemusic.net/show_news.php?id=127>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/04/13/music-master-chopin-is-a-music-game-for-the-classically-incline/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/19437451/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/04/13/music-master-chopin-is-a-music-game-for-the-classically-incline/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>Apple</category><category>bloober-team</category><category>chopin</category><category>frederic-chopin</category><category>ipad</category><category>iPod</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[JC Fletcher]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Last Flight devs announce 'Gender Wars: The Battle,' an iPad strategy game]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/09/last-flight-devs-announce-gender-wars-the-battle-an-ipad-str/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/09/last-flight-devs-announce-gender-wars-the-battle-an-ipad-str/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/09/last-flight-devs-announce-gender-wars-the-battle-an-ipad-str/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center; "><a href="http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/gender-wars--the-battle-strategy-game-under-development-for-apple-s-freshly-announced-ipad"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2010/02/ipadwithblooberteam580px.jpg" /></a></div>
Remember back in late January when the world was all abuzz with <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/ipad">iPad</a> news and, more specifically, we named a handful of <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/01/27/the-games-we-want-on-ipad/">game genres we'd like to see</a> on the upcoming tablet? If our spidey sense is functioning correctly, the recent announce of "Gender Wars: The Battle" -- a "turn-based tactic game" (read: RTS) -- seems to indicate <em><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/last-flight">Last Flight</a></em> devs Bloober Team are avid Joystiq readers (obviously BT got its ideas from our post -- don't be so foolish!). <br />
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The game (as described by lead designer Peter Bielatowicz) is intended to be "easy to pick up and play" with what sounds like paired down tactical commands for "casual players." Producer Piotr Babieno explains the iPad development focus by saying, "We believe that tactic games will be one of [the] best and most successful games on [the] iPad platform." He also notes that the game will be released at a "very low price" to entice players to get hooked on the "series" and prepare them for future "Gender Wars" titles. And no, neither Beilatowicz or Babieno explain why it's called <em>Gender Wars</em>, but we'll hopefully find out when the game releases this March alongside Apple's new device.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/09/last-flight-devs-announce-gender-wars-the-battle-an-ipad-str/">Last Flight devs announce 'Gender Wars: The Battle,' an iPad strategy game</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/gender-wars--the-battle-strategy-game-under-development-for-apple-s-freshly-announced-ipad>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/09/last-flight-devs-announce-gender-wars-the-battle-an-ipad-str/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/19349334/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/09/last-flight-devs-announce-gender-wars-the-battle-an-ipad-str/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>bloober-team</category><category>gender-wars</category><category>gender-wars-the-battle</category><category>ipad</category><category>last-flight</category><category>peter-bielatowicz</category><category>piotr-babieno</category><category>rts</category><category>turn-based</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Gilbert]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Last Flight resurfaces as an episodic game]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/10/08/last-flight-resurfaces-as-an-episodic-game/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2009/10/08/last-flight-resurfaces-as-an-episodic-game/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/10/08/last-flight-resurfaces-as-an-episodic-game/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<center><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/last-flight-10-08/"><img vspace="4" hspace="0" border="1" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/10/lastflight1008.jpg" alt="" /></a></center>Remember <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/last-flight"><em>Last Flight</em></a>, the WiiWare vampires-on-a-plane game from Nibris expats Bloober Team? Sebastian from <a href="http://anygivengamer.com/2009/10/08/last-flight-possibly-taking-off-soon/">Any Given Gamer</a> did, noticing a <a href="http://twitter.com/marty_k/status/4549963344">Tweet</a> from executive producer Marcin Kawa that sort of indirectly referred to the game. He guessed that it meant news about <em>Last Flight</em> would be on the way, and he was right!<br /><br />Bloober Team sent out some <em>screenshots</em> today! The last time we saw the game was <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/09/18/hopefully-not-the-last-update-on-last-flight/"><em>over a year ago</em></a> and just as concept art, so we're <em>thrilled</em> to see actual screens of food critic Larry Adelman taking out some vampires. In a fact sheet, Bloober Team outlined the game's motion-based slashing: each hand is mapped to either the Wiimote or Nunchuk, and moving the controller swings the weapon. <br /><br />The game is being divided into four episodes, to make it "as accessible and affordable as possible." According to Bloober Team, the game is comparable to a boxed Wii release, but the bite-sized purchases remove a barrier to entry for people not sure about buying a game from a new team. <br /><br />Perhaps the most surprising news: <a href="http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/gory-wiiware-game-last-flight-outed">Eurogamer</a> says that the game will be out <em>this year!</em><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/last-flight-10-08/">Last Flight (10/08)</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/last-flight-10-08/#2350636"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/10/lastflight100801_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/last-flight-10-08/#2350635"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/10/lastflight100803_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/last-flight-10-08/#2350633"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/10/lastflight100802_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/last-flight-10-08/#2350632"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/10/lastflight100804_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/last-flight-10-08/#2350631"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/10/lastflight100805_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2009/10/08/last-flight-resurfaces-as-an-episodic-game/">Last Flight resurfaces as an episodic game</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2009/10/08/last-flight-resurfaces-as-an-episodic-game/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/19189139/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2009/10/08/last-flight-resurfaces-as-an-episodic-game/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>action</category><category>bloober-team</category><category>brawler</category><category>episodic</category><category>last-flight</category><category>wiiware</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[JC Fletcher]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hopefully not the last update on Last Flight]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/09/18/hopefully-not-the-last-update-on-last-flight/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2008/09/18/hopefully-not-the-last-update-on-last-flight/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/09/18/hopefully-not-the-last-update-on-last-flight/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/screens/" rel="tag">Screens</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/wiiware/" rel="tag">WiiWare</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/last-flight/1044158/full/"><img hspace="4" border="0" align="middle" vspace="4" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/09/lastflight0918.jpg" /></a><br /><em>Click for more eye candy</em><br /><br /></div>
Bloober Team may have split from the Notorious N.I.B.R.I.S., but their methods seem disturbingly similar to their progenitor. They have yet to actually <em>release</em> any games, and after months, and some cases years, of teasing, we have nothing to go on but concept art and occasional doctored screenshots. Their most complete games have made it to the "DS <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/08/08/nibris-does-something-has-proof/">homebrew</a> <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/04/25/nibris-shows-possible-real-game-double-bloob/">program</a>" stage. We <em>really</em> want Bloober Team to <em>not be <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/Nibris/">Nibris</a>.</em><br /><br />So it is with mixed feelings that we present this concept art of <em><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/24/last-flight-vampires-on-a-plane-on-your-wii/">Last Flight</a>.</em> We can laugh at the continued non-development of Nibris's <em><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/21/rub-your-eyes-sadness-footage-emerges-disappears-again/">Sadness</a>,</em> because it sounds like a pretentious, overambitious game and we'd probably laugh at it if it came out anyway. But <em>Last Flight</em>, the WiiWare game about fighting vampires on an airplane, is something that we would actually like to play within our lifetime. We're glad to see Bloober Team releasing <em>something</em> about this game, but we're a bit worried that it's <em>concept art.</em><br /><br /><br />[Via press release]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/09/18/hopefully-not-the-last-update-on-last-flight/">Hopefully not the last update on Last Flight</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:19:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/09/18/hopefully-not-the-last-update-on-last-flight/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/1317856/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/09/18/hopefully-not-the-last-update-on-last-flight/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>action</category><category>bloober-team</category><category>horror</category><category>last-flight</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[JC Fletcher]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:19:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
