Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com Joystiq http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com en-us Copyright 2013 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[NintendoWare Weekly: BurgerTime World Tour, Maru's Mission]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/02/09/nintendoware-weekly-burgertime-world-tour-marus-mission/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/02/09/nintendoware-weekly-burgertime-world-tour-marus-mission/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/02/09/nintendoware-weekly-burgertime-world-tour-marus-mission/#comments The XBLA/PSN reimagining of BurgerTime needed a little more time on the grill before hitting WiiWare, but now MonkeyPaw Games is ready to serve BurgerTime World Tour to a hungry audience on a plastic tray all right these food metaphors are falling apart.

We'll have to warn you about this week's 3DS eShop game, lest you get unreasonably excited. Maru's Mission is not about Maru the cat. It is a cute-looking ninja action game, though. But not about Maru. Sorry!

Gallery: BurgerTime World Tour (WiiWare - 2/9)

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JoystiqNintendoWare Weekly: BurgerTime World Tour, Maru's Mission originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Things are a little quieter this week, with just one high profile XBLA release in the form of BurgerTime World Tour, so this week's XBLA in Brief is dedicated to letting you know if the modern remake is perfectly rare, or way overdone.


There are new Xbox Live Arcade games released every week. We realize that our readers are busy, attractive people, and may not have time to download and examine each and every new XBLA game. You've got busy, attractive person stuff to do, after all. Not to worry though, because we've done the work for you, downloading every single trial game and giving you a taste of what to expect. Watch XBLA in Brief every week to see which games deserve a closer look. When you have the time, of course.

JoystiqXBLA in Brief: All Burgers, all the Time originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 02 Nov 2011 22:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Are you hungry for burgers? How about giant burgers on which a chef and some magically animated food have repeatedly trampled? Burgers which live only within your Xbox?

Probably not, no. But if you want to play a game about said burgers, you'll be able to do so on November 2. MonkeyPaw Games announced today that BurgerTime World Tour will arrive on XBLA that day, with the PSN, PC, and WiiWare releases of the reimagined Data East classic to come later that year.

Above, enjoy a pre-BurgerTime appetizer in the form of a new trailer.

Gallery: BurgerTime World Tour (10/13/11)

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JoystiqNovember 2 is BurgerTime on XBLA originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 13 Oct 2011 13:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>burgertime-hdburgertime-world-tourfrozen-codebasemicrosoftmonkeypaw-gamesq4-2011release-datexblaxboxThu, 13 Oct 2011 13:45:00 EST<![CDATA[Burgertime World Tour delayed for multiplayer testing]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/09/28/burgertime-world-tour-delayed-for-multiplayer-testing/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/09/28/burgertime-world-tour-delayed-for-multiplayer-testing/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/09/28/burgertime-world-tour-delayed-for-multiplayer-testing/#comments In the interest of making BurgerTime World Tour a more filling meal, publisher MonkeyPaw Games announced a delay of the downloadable reimagination of the Data East classic. Once announced for summer, it's staying in the kitchen until "a late October/early November date."

MonkeyPaw said in a Facebook note that it wants BurgerTime World Tour to have "a fresh new multiplayer experience, including competitive online play and leaderboards." Features like these require a lot of QA, and therefore the publisher is holding off on the release until everything is stable.

Then, of course, it has to work with Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo to figure out when they all want the game to go up on their respective storefronts.

[Thanks, Steve.]

JoystiqBurgertime World Tour delayed for multiplayer testing originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 28 Sep 2011 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>burgertime-hdburgertime-world-tourdelaysfrozen-codebasemicrosoftmonkeypaw-gamesnintendopcplaystationps3wiixboxWed, 28 Sep 2011 20:00:00 EST<![CDATA[BurgerTime World Tour trailer tours the world of BurgerTime]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/05/27/burgertime-world-tour-trailer-tours-the-world-of-burgertime/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/05/27/burgertime-world-tour-trailer-tours-the-world-of-burgertime/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/05/27/burgertime-world-tour-trailer-tours-the-world-of-burgertime/#comments MonkeyPaw Games' refresh of the arcade classic BurgerTime has a new name. BurgerTime HD is out -- likely due to the existence of a Wii version -- in favor of BurgerTime World Tour.

Along with the new name, MonkeyPaw released some new assets, including a trailer after the break. Not only do you get to see the bizarre cylindrical environments in which you build giant burgers -- you'll also, for the first time ever, get to see inside Peter Pepper's apartment. How thrilling!

Gallery: BurgerTime World Tour (XBLA/PSN/WiiWare/PC)

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JoystiqBurgerTime World Tour trailer tours the world of BurgerTime originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 27 May 2011 02:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>burgertime-hdburgertime-world-tourfrozen-codebasemicrosoftmonkeypaw-gamesnintendoplaystationps3wiixboxFri, 27 May 2011 02:00:00 EST<![CDATA[First real and fake BurgerTime HD trailers]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/04/03/first-real-and-fake-burgertime-hd-trailers/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/04/03/first-real-and-fake-burgertime-hd-trailers/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/04/03/first-real-and-fake-burgertime-hd-trailers/#comments MonkeyPaw Games is going back to the kitchen to create a new serving of BurgerTime -- which is a good idea, considering the original burgers are now 29 years old, and that's disgusting. For those of you interested in sampling BurgerTime HD's new recipe, you'll find a trailer after the break.

Also after the break is MonkeyPaw's heartbreaking April Fools' Day joke, a trailer for the "Delicious Edition" DLC, which replaces Peter Pepper with Burger King's eponymous, creepy monarch. It was a joke, but ... we would have been totally into playing as the King. So much so that we would have walked into a Burger King and purchased Burger King food to make that happen. We were willing to go that far.

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JoystiqFirst real and fake BurgerTime HD trailers originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 03 Apr 2011 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The updated version of Data East's classic burger-stacking platformer is being developed by Frozen Codebase, and it's coming to XBLA, PSN, PC and WiiWare "early this summer," according to MonkeyPaw president John Greiner. A peck of Peter Peppers will be able to play together, since the game now includes four-player online multiplayer, along with split-screen local multiplayer. Leaderboards, DLC and chat will help add a modern flavor to this culinary concoction.

We'll let MonkeyPaw describe the updated gameplay, since we don't know if we'd ever be able to generate a sentence this wonderful on our own: "A unique cylindrical playing field reinvigorates the familiar classic gameplay of creating enormous hamburgers while fending off wieners, condiments and spices." The enlarged 3D landscapes offer "numerous paths of burger creation."

Screens of all three console versions are available after the break.

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JoystiqBurgerTime HD coming to PSN, XBLA, PC & WiiWare this summer originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 30 Mar 2011 12:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Here's the deal: It sort of looks like Data East's 1982 original in terms of the basic burger-building gameplay, but the HD-ification has clearly been taken to an extreme. The levels twist, the art style screams "cyberspace" circa 1992 and there's just so much happening.

But hey -- it could be weirder.

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JoystiqBurgerTime HD footage shows a twist on the coin-op classic originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 07 Mar 2011 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>burgertimeburgertime-hdburgertime-world-tourgdc-2011MonkeyPaw-Gamesplaystationps3psnMon, 07 Mar 2011 17:00:00 EST<![CDATA[BurgerTime HD rating cooked up by ESRB]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/02/28/burgertime-hd-rating-cooked-up-by-esrb/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/02/28/burgertime-hd-rating-cooked-up-by-esrb/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/02/28/burgertime-hd-rating-cooked-up-by-esrb/#comments An ESRB listing reveals that MonkeyPaw Games is working on BurgerTime HD for PS3, Xbox 360, Wii and PC. The title is assumed to be an update of the classic 1982 arcade game fom Data East -- and likely in development for digital platforms, including PSN, XBLA and WiiWare.

The ESRB description notes that BurgerTime HD will introduce carrots, apple cores and hot peppers, indicating that a new breed of "oversized" monsters is out to destroy the "small," burger-building chef.

BurgerTime HD certainly fits MonkeyPaw's mission to remake and localize Japanese games from the past and present. The original game is a sort of munchies-induced nightmare: Chef Peter Pepper must try to escape the homicidal Mr. Egg, Mr. Hot Dog and Mr. Pickle, while attempting to assemble giant hamburgers. (There's definitely a thesis on food existentialism buried somewhere in there.)

We've contacted MonkeyPaw for more information on BurgerTime HD.

JoystiqBurgerTime HD rating cooked up by ESRB originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 28 Feb 2011 23:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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