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It's been well over a year since the release of ZEN Pinball on PSN, and the updates keep on coming. On July 27, you'll be able to download the space-themed Mars table ... and, best of all, it'll only cost $2.49. Trailer after the break.

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JoystiqZEN Pinball goes to Mars next week for $2.49 originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 24 Jul 2010 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We know that not everyone was blessed with knowledge of aeronautical physics and interplanetary telecommunications, so we'll try and keep this simple. A recent Edge Online article examined the possibility of online multiplayer matches between human Earthlings and human Martians -- as one might expect, the future of galactic Left 4 Dead bouts looks pretty grim.

First off, NASA's two Martian orbiters, through which information is relayed to Earth, can only transfer a single megabit of data per second. Worse still, these orbiters only work in 15 minute increments before they must be repositioned -- a process that takes hours. Furthermore, bandwidth is unsurprisingly limited on the Red Planet -- messages between Earth and Mars usually suffer 4 - 20 minutes of lag, depending on the positions of the conversing planets.

Check out the full article for even more interesting tidbits about extraterrestrial multiplayer. It's all a bit pointless, though. From what we've recently learned, folks on Mars are far too busy causing property damage to play any video games.

JoystiqOnline gaming between Earth and Mars will be laggy as hell originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 06 Aug 2009 06:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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An Xbox 360 version of developer Spiders' upcoming game, Mars, may be planned, but apparently there's currently no work being done on it. Destructoid spoke with Spiders CEO Jehanne Rousseau, who said that the company sorta needs a publisher to fund the project first.

Rousseau explained that the developer is currently shopping for a publisher and will give a "final answer" on an Xbox 360 version when it has a contract in hand -- or lack thereof. Bucking the trend, Spiders is developing Mars for PS3 because it's a "very complicated platform." Hopefully, the extra work will put it in the company of Naughty Dog and Sucker Punch -- and not that of the ill-fated Factor 5 and Free Radical.

[Thanks, Estee]

JoystiqMars for Xbox 360 still dependent on publisher support originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This action RPG looks to follow the mold of other traditional hack 'n' slash games. This first footage is very rough (to say the least), but with a planned late 2010 release, there's a lot of time to make improvements to the game.

JoystiqSpiders' PS3 RPG 'Mars' creeps onto Xbox 360 originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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French developer Spiders is working on a brand new sci-fi RPG called Mars, currently slated for release on PS3 and PC. The game takes place 200 years after the colonization of Mars. Inexplicably, the orbit of Mars is altered, causing a communications breakdown with Earth and exposing the inhabitants to solar radiation. With supplies and water in short supply, Mars looks to be Total Recall an extraterrestrial version of Fallout.

Two playable characters are planned for use in the game. Seth, an elite soldier, will have the ability to master a variety of weapons to fight his enemies. Pandora is a "technomancer" equipped with several, magical abilities. Both of their stories will intertwine, giving players two unique perspectives of the world.

The first screens (available in our gallery) reveals the game's current, primitive state. But since us PS3 owners are an RPG-starved bunch, we'll watch how Mars progresses.

[Via GameZine]

JoystiqNew PS3 sci-fi action RPG heads to 'Mars' originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If The Martian DS looks a little rough on the edges, it's because the title was originally created by a team of three for a 72-hour game development competition four years ago. The resulting project is actually quite impressive, considering, and we're happy to see that one of the original developers took the time to create a homebrew port of it for the DS.

Short but sweet, The Martian DS is a side-scrolling shooter in the vein of Alien Hominid. Players roam the city picking up weapons and power-ups while dodging constant gunfire from the local law enforcement. The game really suffers from the lack of a soundtrack, but the original character sprites, especially the donut-heaving boss, makes up for it.


[Via GBATemp]

JoystiqMy Favorite Martian originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Some are calling this a hoax, while others seem to think it a legitmate trailer. We won't fan the flames of speculation and will let you make up your own mind (we're nice like that), yet can't help but think how hard it would be to live as a biker mouse, let alone one that is from Mars. Poor guys, they're just trying to live the American dream!

JoystiqBlast from the past: Biker Mice From Mars trailer originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 16 Aug 2006 10:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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