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Trophies: Puzzle Quest Galactrix

by Andrew Yoon { May 11th 2009 at 3:36PM }

RPG story-telling meets space combat ... meets Trophies. However, although the game is $20, don't expect a Platinum out of this one.

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PSN Thursday: 'Finally, some PS1 games' edition

by Jem Alexander { May 7th 2009 at 8:00PM }

Puzzle Quest: Galactrix makes its PSN debut this week in the US, no doubt intending to feed off the free publicity from the new Star Trek movie. Other than that, there's a lot of new DLC for many different titles, as well as three new PS1 games and even a few full PSP games. What is this, Europe?

Choose your platform to view the corresponding release list:

(Note: Continue past the break to view both release lists.)

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Puzzle Quest: Galactrix jumps onto PSN this week

by Alexander Sliwinski { May 5th 2009 at 5:45PM }

The PlayStation Blog has sent a sub-space transmission that Puzzle Quest: Galactrix will materialize on the service this Thursday, May 7, for $20. The Puzzle Quest sequel arrived earlier this year on other platforms to mixed reviews -- with the DS version having its own special loading issues.

So, take a spin around the galaxy this Thursday, and hopefully the jumpgate hacking missions won't make you experience Galactrix's patented brand of frustration.

Gallery: Puzzle Quest: Galactrix (XBLA/DS/PC)

Tonight: Play Galactrix with the developers

by Richard Mitchell { Apr 10th 2009 at 5:00PM }

For those of you out there that decided to pick up Puzzle Quest: Galactrix this week, you might be interested to know that you can square off with the developers tonight on Xbox Live. For your chance to play, simply send a friend request to one or all of the gamertags below. The developers will be on Xbox Live starting at 8:00pm Eastern Time and will be playing until 10:00pm. According to the event details on the 360 dashboard, you should be ready to play within half an hour of the event. All that's left is to hope you get an invite from one of the developers.

If you do get to play with a developer, do us a favor and ask what's up with the load times on the DS version.

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X3F TV -- XBLA in Brief: Puzzle Quest Galactrix, Flock!

by Richard Mitchell { Apr 8th 2009 at 5:30PM }

It's an XBLA double puzzler this week with both Puzzle Quest Galactrix and Flock! landing on Microsoft's download service. Galactrix is a traditional puzzle game laced with the trappings of an RPG, while Flock! is more of a logic-based affair that has players herding animals into a spaceship. Both seem to be decent games and both will cost you significant scratch, with Galactrix costing $20 and Flock! clocking in at $15.

Watch the latest episode of XBLA in Brief and see if either one piques your interest.

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This Wednesday: Galactrix Flocks things up on XBLA

by Richard Mitchell { Apr 6th 2009 at 3:30PM }

The good news: Flock and Puzzle Quest: Galactrix are both headed to Xbox Live Arcade this week. The bad news: They will cost you not only an arm, but also a leg to obtain. Flock clocks in at 1200

, while Galactrix will set you back two Hamiltons (aka 1600

). If you can live without a couple appendages -- what with computers doing everything these days, you probably can -- you can enjoy the space-faring successor to Puzzle Quest and ... erm ... a UFO-enabled herding sim. Herding is more fun than it sounds, trust us.

Gallery: Flock (XBLA, PSN, PC)

Gallery: Puzzle Quest: Galactrix (XBLA/DS/PC)

Puzzle Quest: Galactrix beams down to XBLA on April 8 [update]

by Justin McElroy { Apr 2nd 2009 at 10:14AM }

We take no pleasure in admitting that Puzzle Quest: Galactrix on the DS was a poorly designed, loading-time-riddled heart breaker. So, it's with no small amount of trepidation and a modicum of hope that we report the XBLA version of the game will arrive on April 8 for ~~an undisclosed price~~. [Update: Just heard back from D3. Galactrix will run you 1600 points, or $20.]

Though its DS counterpart hurt us and hurt us badly, we're hoping that the XBLA version fares much, much better. We're not sure all the problems can be fixed by porting the game to a different box, but we'd love nothing more than to be proven wrong.

Gallery: Puzzle Quest: Galactrix (XBLA/DS/PC)

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Days of Arcade promotion coming to XBLA March 18; Lode Runner, six other titles coming soon

by Griffin McElroy { Mar 5th 2009 at 12:35PM }

Xbox Live figurehead Major Nelson recently updated his blog with the titillating announcement of a six-week long promotion titled the "Days of Arcade." Similar to last year's "Summer of Arcade" event, the promotion will kick off March 18 with the release of Hasbro Family Game Night, with the following five weeks bringing a number of highly anticipated titles to the Marketplace, including The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai, Flock, Outrun Online Arcade, Puzzle Quest: Galactrix, UNO Rush and Tozai Games' remake of Lode Runner.

Aside from Game Night, we won't know which games are coming which weeks until Major Nelson announces them on the Mondays preceeding their Wednesday releases. However, as the keen-eyed mathmaticians among you have already noticed, with seven titles dropping in six weeks, one XBLA Wednesday will bring us a double dose of downloadable distractions. We've already canceled our Spring Break excursion to Cabo San Lucas in a fit of breathless anticipation.

MTV's Totilo: DS version of Galactrix plagued by load times

by Griffin McElroy { Feb 27th 2009 at 4:30PM }

Considering our outrageous, unslakable handheld lust for Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords, we didn't think anything could keep us from diving back into our dual-screened device for a go at Galactrix -- though a report from MTV Multiplayer's Stephen Totilo is giving us slight cause for concern. According to Totes, the DS version of the game suffers from "surprisingly long load times." Yes, he said the DS version -- not the Commodore 64 version. We were confused at first as well.

Totilo said that the four to five-second load times occur before each puzzle, during mission selection and when checking inventory. Doesn't sound like much, but as he assures us, "it adds up." Anyone else notice their precious seconds being squandered whilst participating in some interplanetary gem-swapping?

Galactrix may not arrive Feb. 25, Xbox.com is a big fat liar

by Alexander Sliwinski { Feb 18th 2009 at 6:45PM }

Much like Xbox.com's fiction about an Exit 2 release today, it was apparently also being a lying liar telling fibs about Galactrix's release next week. Siliconera spoke to a representative for redundant publisher, D3 Publisher, which informed the site it had "not confirmed" a date for the XBLA version of the crack-infused RPG puzzler.

Sure enough, changing from yesterday, the Xbox.com page now notes that Galactrix's release is T and B to the D (i.e. to be determined). The only way to be sure and play Galactrix next week is to purchase it on DS or ~~pirate it from the web~~ pick it up for PC on February 24.

[Via Siliconera]

Xbox.com lists Puzzle Quest Galactrix for Feb. 25

by Alexander Sliwinski { Feb 17th 2009 at 2:45PM }

Xbox.com has updated its previous listing of Puzzle Quest Galactrix to note a February 25 release date. If this date holds, it means the XBLA version will not require a six-month wait again, arriving in XBLA's virtual retail space around the same time as the DS and PC versions.

We contacted publisher D3 and the company could not confirm the date nor pricing at this time. For those who still haven't tried Galactrix, the follow-up to multi-platform sleeper hit Puzzle Quest, there's always the Flash-based demo available. However, we recommend anyone with addictive personality traits not come within a parsec of the title.

[Via GameBytes]

D3 throwing Puzzle Quest: Galactrix launch event -- and you could be there

by Randy Nelson { Feb 13th 2009 at 4:30PM }

What? The public being allowed into a game's launch event? We've never heard of such a thing. Okay, maybe we have. So has D3 Publisher, who is going to let the first 100 Joystiq readers that RSVP to PQGalactrixRSVP@d3p.us celebrate the release of its latest ~~controlled substance~~ Puzzle Quest game, Puzzle Quest Galactrix.

The event is being held in Los Angeles on Thursday, February 19 from 6:30 to 10:00 p.m. -- so bear that in mind before emailing. The publisher isn't going to fly you there or anything.

The first 50 "chosen ones" who show up with a Nintendo DS will receive a pre-release copy of the DS version of Galactrix. They'll also be able to play every version of the game pre-launch and have a chance to win T-Shirts, calendars ... and potentially even a customized Galactrix DS Lite. To your email clients, dear readers!

Update: 2/15 - 11:40PM EST : Tickets are still available, feel free to email the address above.

Galactrix coming to PC on Feb. 24, XBLA date unconfirmed

by Alexander Sliwinski { Feb 3rd 2009 at 3:55PM }

The stars are pointing to an almost simultaneous release of Puzzle Quest Galactrix on DS, PC and XBLA; currently, the Xbox 360 version is the only one not "officially" confirmed. GamerBytes noticed earlier today that Xbox.com listed a February 24 release date for the RPG puzzle title. The page is, as of this writing, still live with the date. Of course, a problem with that release date is that it marks a Tuesday ... which doesn't really fit in with that whole Xbox Live Arcade Wednesday thing. Oh yeah, also, it says "2/24/2008," which would be last year.

Publisher Aspyr has confirmed the Feb. 24 PC release date, which follows the confirmation of the DS date a couple of weeks ago. By Grabthar's hammer, we hope Galactrix hits that Wednesday. We'd rather avoid another six-month wait like we endured with the original Puzzle Quest.

Gallery: Puzzle Quest: Galactrix (XBLA/DS/PC)

The Best of Big Download: January 19-25

by Joystiq Staff { Jan 25th 2009 at 7:00PM }

Once again its been a busy week for features, downloads and news at Big Download. So let's don't waste any more time and check out the week's highlights:

Exclusive features

A look at fictional US presidents in PC games: We celebrate the inarguration of a new president by looking at the fictional Commanders-in-Chief that have showed up in PC games over the year.
From Ink to Bytes: Turning pen-&-paper RPGs into PC games: We look at a number of RPGs that have been adapted for the PC game platform and speculate on other titles that could get the treatment.
Stardock reveals details on next version of Impulse Reactor: We chat with Stardock head Brad Wardell as he reveals how the the next version of Impulse Reactor could be a help in protecting games from piracy
More Spore on the horizon: We chat with EA's Maxis team on the next PC game versions of their best selling alien evolution title
Impressions: Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War II multiplayer beta: We give our hands-on impressions of the multiplayer beta for Relic's upcoming RTS game
Mirror's Edge PC review: We give our final verdict to the PC port of Digital Illusions' first person action game
Mac Monday: Our weekly Mac game column looks at the fantasy-themed puzzle game 4 Elements.
MODmonday: Our weekly mod column looks at the original Team Fortress for Quake.
Indie Showcase: Our weekly Indie column this week looks at a number of new indie games including the contraversial title Kristallnacht along with The Manipulator, Mirror Stage, and This Game is Wizard.
Big Ideas: Our weekly column on game themes asks what makes the perfect game experience.
Big Iron: Our weekly hardware column this week looks at how processors are using smaller and smaller integrated circuit etchings.
Freeware Friday: Our weekly look at free games takes a look at the shooter-strategy title Tremulous.
Virtual Bargain Bin: Our weekly look at cheap games checks out Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War Soulstorm.

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Puzzle Quest: Galactrix warps onto DS Feb. 24

by Alexander Sliwinski { Jan 22nd 2009 at 7:06PM }

D3Publisher announced today that Puzzle Quest: Galactrix will jump into retail on stardate 62402.24 (February 24, 2009). Demos are currently playable on PC in both Flash-based and downloadable form. Versions for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC are planned for "early 2009."

We've sent Bothans to gather more intel on a specific release date for our home systems, because like our obsession with The Real Housewives of Orange County, we prefer to keep our gem-shifting vice behind-closed-doors.