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Update: As some commenters have pointed out, it looks like the deals are no longer available. We hope you managed to snag one.
We bet you were really hoping to not spend an extra five dollars today. We're sure you thought to yourself that you've got plenty of games to play and, honestly, what could you buy with five bucks anyway? The answer: Worms 2: Armageddon on Xbox Live Arcade. The good people at CheapCollegeGamers have uncovered a pair of great deals on Amazon. First and foremost, Worms 2 is available for a paltry $5, fifty percent off the usual $10 price tag. If you don't have it already, it would be crazy not to buy it at that price.

Amazon is also offering Puzzle Quest: Galactrix at a discounted price of $10, half of the normal $20 cost. Granted, it's not quite as easy to recommend Galactrix as Worms 2, but $10 is a much more palatable price. Now go buy Worms 2.

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JoystiqWorms 2, Galactrix half-off at Amazon [update] originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>amazondealspuzzle-questpuzzle-quest-galactrixworms-2worms-2-armageddonxbox-liveThu, 03 Dec 2009 14:15:00 EST<![CDATA[D3 Publisher: Puzzle Quest 2 won't have Galactrix's load time issues]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/12/01/d3-publisher-puzzle-quest-2-wont-have-galactrixs-load-time-is/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/12/01/d3-publisher-puzzle-quest-2-wont-have-galactrixs-load-time-is/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/12/01/d3-publisher-puzzle-quest-2-wont-have-galactrixs-load-time-is/#comments As exciting as the prospect of Puzzle Quest in Space might have been, the excitement offered by Galactrix was completely derailed by the game's outrageously lengthy load times. However, in a recent interview with Kotaku, D3 Publisher's Michael Cerven claimed that the recently announced Puzzle Quest 2 won't be plagued by the frequent intermissions, as developer Infinite Interactive "rebuilt the DS engine from the ground up to be fast and perform smoothly with very quick load times as opposed to retrofitting the lead SKU code for the DS."

If Cerven's claims are true, we suppose this is good news for the impatient puzzle-solvers out there. However, we got so much stuff done during Galactrix's near-constant loading screens. We even learned to speak Esperanto! Ĉi tiu estas rakonto pri videoludoj!

JoystiqD3 Publisher: Puzzle Quest 2 won't have Galactrix's load time issues originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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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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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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JoystiqPSN Thursday: 'Finally, some PS1 games' edition originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 07 May 2009 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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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)

JoystiqPuzzle Quest: Galactrix jumps onto PSN this week originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 05 May 2009 17:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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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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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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JoystiqX3F TV -- XBLA in Brief: Puzzle Quest Galactrix, Flock! originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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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


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

JoystiqThis Wednesday: Galactrix Flocks things up on XBLA originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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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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JoystiqPuzzle Quest: Galactrix beams down to XBLA on April 8 [update] originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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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.

JoystiqDays of Arcade promotion coming to XBLA March 18; Lode Runner, six other titles coming soon originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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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?

JoystiqMTV's Totilo: DS version of Galactrix plagued by load times originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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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.

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JoystiqGalactrix may not arrive Feb. 25, Xbox.com is a big fat liar originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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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.

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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.

JoystiqD3 throwing Puzzle Quest: Galactrix launch event -- and you could be there originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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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)

JoystiqGalactrix coming to PC on Feb. 24, XBLA date unconfirmed originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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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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JoystiqThe Best of Big Download: January 19-25 originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 25 Jan 2009 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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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.

JoystiqPuzzle Quest: Galactrix warps onto DS Feb. 24 originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Forget that Flash demo. The real demo of D3Publisher's space-ified Puzzle Quest follow-up, Puzzle Quest: Galactrix, is available exclusively at our PC-crazed sister-site, Big Download. The 132MB download excludes fancy features like "saving" and "having more than five levels" but at $0, the price is certainly right. If the taste is to your liking, look to the stars for the full meal in February.

Download Puzzle Quest: Galactrix Demo (132 MB)

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

JoystiqPuzzle Quest: Galactrix PC demo at Big Download originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 22 Jan 2009 12:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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As hinted by the official Puzzle Quest Galactrix flash demo, the game has been confirmed by D3Publisher (via Eurogamer) to have a planned release on the PSN. Galactrix will be similar to the original Challenge Of The Warlords in terms of gameplay, but will feature a science fiction setting, rather than a fantasy one. If you haven't played Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords yet, be sure to give it a go. You've no excuse really, it's on practically every system available.

Currently price and release date info is a mystery, but Galactrix is supposed to release around March.

JoystiqPuzzle Quest Galactrix boldly going to PSN originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This Flash demo will give you a pretty good idea of what playing the DS Puzzle Quest Galactrix will be like, except that the DS one will look different, cost money, and last longer. Playing the thing will explain the concepts of the game a lot better than we can. Even the pre-demo instructions seemed complicated (and we've seen the game before), until we started playing, at which point we just got it immediately.

We wanted to complete the demo, so we could take in the entirety of the presentation before reporting it for you, but that's just not going to happen right now. In fact, we're going to go ahead and proclaim that it's impossible to beat General Tarn or whatever, and also that the game is cheating and it's totally not fair.

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A Flash demo is available now for those looking to try Puzzle Quest's sci-fi follow-up, Galactrix. The rules may be slightly different (the no extra turn for 4-of-a-kind is a doozy), but be warned, star gazing gem shifters: the refined spice which made the fantasy realm of Puzzle Quest so addictive is still quite potent in this new form.

Galactrix is expected to arrive the relatively near future for Nintendo DS, PC, XBLA and PSN. The demo doesn't seem to take prisoners, so hit the enemy with lasers and use shields when opportunity allows.

[Via X3F, Evil Avatar]

JoystiqResistance is futile: Puzzle Quest Galactrix launches Flash demo originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Figured you'd like to know that there's a Puzzle Quest: Galactrix mini demo now available online at playpuzzlequestgalactrix.com. The flash demo of D3 Publisher's upcoming Xbox Live Arcade release of Galactrix gives a sampling of the gameplay, the powerups and the overall experience. Just watch out for that General Tarn and his abuse of the Trident Laser. He's a Trident Laser madman.

[Via Evil Avatar]

JoystiqPuzzle Quest: Galactrix demo trialable online originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Puzzle Quest Galactrix takes the fantasy world of the original Puzzle Quest and injects it with a healthy dose of sci-fi. The "match three" gameplay is still present, as are the RPG elements, and it all comes together in a Puzzle Quest experience for those who prefer interstellar drama over orcs and goblins.

We're going to write the rest of this hands-on with the idea that the reader has played the original Puzzle Quest, because if they haven't, they should go out and rent/buy it right now. For those who played the first Puzzle Quest and didn't like it, Galactrix won't convert them, unless the sci-fi concept is the only thing they felt was missing from the original.

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

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JoystiqJoystiq E3 hands-on: Puzzle Quest Galactrix originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We understand that trailers for puzzle games, even ones with strong RPG elements, aren't exactly titillating. With very few explosions, no dialogue, and the repetitive swapping of multi-hued bricks, the odds are somewhat against them. If you never played the first Puzzle Quest, the above trailer will probably look as bland as eating toast at a Kenny G concert -- however, those who have gemswapped their way through the Challenge of the Warlords understand the fancy-tickling capacity of this debut Puzzle Quest: Galactrix trailer. With looks at the new hex-based gameplay, the massive galaxy the game takes place in, and the new visual aesthetic, this one video should be enough to cause visions of hexagons to dance in your head until the game's Q1 '09 release.

JoystiqFirst Puzzle Quest: Galactrix trailer is rather hexy originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If you haven't tried the original yet Puzzle Quest yet, now would be a great time what with that price drop. As for the sequel (which we still can't believe is actually being made), Puzzle Quest Galactrix had its first bit of gameplay released which shows off some of the changed game mechanics.

Changing over from a grid based system to a hex-based system would mean of course that gems wouldn't fall when those beneath them were removed, so the play field has been moved into zero gravity. Now, the gems will "fall" in the direction that they were swapped. Move a gem diagonally up and to the right and the gems from diagonally down and to the left will move to fill the space.

If that sounds confusing check the gameplay video after the break. And the current release window is the first quarter of 2009.

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JoystiqPuzzle Quest: Galactrix video; release Q109 originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 13 Jul 2008 00:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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D3Publisher is looking for some help with the next Puzzle Quest game. See, they need people to give it a play, however it should be noted that this only applies to folks living in the L.A. area. Where's the east coast love, D3?

How do you get on board with this? Send an email with the subject "Puzzle Quest Research" to lisa[at]mindofthegamer[dawt]com before April 18th. Names will be chosen on a first come, first serve basis, and are also subject to "additional criteria" needed to qualify. We guess you'll find that out the day of.

The lucky gamers that do get to head on down for some quality time with new Puzzle Quest stuff will not only get to play Galactrix, but also that Xbox Live expansion, Revenge of the Plague Lord, along with "other" Puzzle Quest stuff. Any of our west coast readers going to sign up for this?

JoystiqWant to play Puzzle Quest: Galactrix early? originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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D3 Publisher's big surprise at GDC this year was the newly rebranded Puzzle Quest: Galactrix, the sci-fi spiritual sequel to the hit Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords. We weren't able to play the game -- we were forced to sit tantalizingly close as we watched the PC version of the game (also coming to DS and Xbox Live Arcade) being demonstrated. The new game explores the question "What if people didn't have souls?" in the medium of match-three puzzle games. No, we don't know what that means either.

Enjoy our gallery of spaceship concept art, screenshots, and this thing, and continue past the break for what gameplay details we could glean from the demo.

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

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JoystiqGDC08: Hands almost-on with Puzzle Quest: Galactrix originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Today, D3Publisher and Infinite Interactive sent out word that the latest in the Puzzle Quest franchise, Puzzle Quest: Galactrix will be releasing to the Xbox Live Arcade sometime this Fall. Details are light, but D3Publisher revealed that Galactrix will take the franchise into the sci-fi genre, nearly opposite of its older brother Puzzle Quest: CotW. D3Publisher also promise to include a "rich and detailed storyline and fresh gameplay elements" into the mix. Which is a good thing, we wouldn't want Galactrix to have a non-existent storyline or stale gameplay elements ... that gets a thumbs up from us. Feel free to browse the Puzzle Quest: Galactrix concept art, renders and screenshots in the super awesome gallery below.

JoystiqSci-fi Puzzle Quest: Galactrix is headed to XBLA originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We've known a Puzzle Quest sequel was coming out for some time -- turns out, we've known longer than we thought. In April 2007, D3 Publishers announced Galactrix, a "blend of puzzle, RPG, and strategy games" with sci-fi twist. This week at GDC, D3 announced it again (via Gamespot), only this time re-branded as Puzzle Quest: Galactrix. (You can view the old screenshots here.)

The obvious gameplay difference from Puzzle Quest is the hexagonal board, adding to the board's complexity. Galactrix is due out this year for DS, Xbox Live Arcade and PC; a PSP version could not be confirmed.

JoystiqPuzzle Quest: Galactrix (re)announced originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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