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Let's get ready to Bundle! The latest installment in the pay-what-you-want bundle franchise is the Be Mine Indie Game Bundle, offering five games, a soundtrack and extra incentives when the total payment reaches $3,000, $50,000 and $75,000, with 20 percent of all donations going to Child's Play Charity. The current total is just over $46,000 and the bundle is available until March 3.

The Be Mine Bundle includes Xotic, Sideway New York, Wasteland Angel, Beep and The Ball, and for hitting the $3,000 mark it now includes Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals and all DLC packs for Xotic when they're released. The $50,000 includes a bunch of soundtracks and $75,000 hits a mystery bonus.

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It had to happen sometime. With the veritable explosion of videogaming across all media, on all platforms and within all demographics, there simply had to come a game - at some point - to which one could un-ironically attach the label "urban." That time is now, and that game is Sideway: New York.

Sideway is a funky and hip (almost too hip) platformer in which you play as Nox, a young graffiti artist who enters the world of Sideway to rescue his girlfriend from the evil villain Spray. In so doing, he becomes a part of the gritty graffiti landscape of New York City, adventuring across the walls and rooftops of the urban jungle, collecting tags and eliminating the spray-painted obstacles in his way. It's a novel concept that's amazing to look at, and, unfortunately, that's just about where the praise ends.

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This week doesn't see quite the onslaught of new stuff that last week did, but man, there are a ton of add-ons for your existing games to make up for it. Seriously. A lot of add-ons.

Choose your platform to view the corresponding release list:
(Note: Continue past the break to view both release lists.)

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>playstationps3psnpsn-tuesdaypspsideway-new-yorksonyTue, 11 Oct 2011 22:45:00 EST<![CDATA[Sideway: New York shows off new mechanics and a spray-on look]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/10/01/sideway-new-york-shows-off-new-mechanics-and-a-spray-on-look/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/10/01/sideway-new-york-shows-off-new-mechanics-and-a-spray-on-look/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/10/01/sideway-new-york-shows-off-new-mechanics-and-a-spray-on-look/#comments The PSN Blog has posted a feature on Sideway: New York, the upcoming 2D platformer from Playbrains that features a lead character actually painted on a wall, and interacting with the environment from a flat plane. Developer Scott Simpson is also interviewed, and talks a little bit about the various mechanics of the game -- working through the levels will allow your character, Nox, to double-jump, glide down a wall, or even leave the wall for a bit to explore the actual 3D world.

The trailer above shows off the game's art style as well -- it's not super realistic, even in the parts off of the wall, but the "sprayed-on" graffiti asthetic does seem to make for a few fun twists and turns. Sideway: New York (the subtitle hints, of course, that it's the first in a series) will be available on October 11 for $9.99 on PSN.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>graffitiplaybrainsplaystationplaystation-networkps3psnscott-simpsonsidewaysideway-new-yorksoesony-online-entertainmentSat, 01 Oct 2011 04:30:00 EST<![CDATA[PSN titles Rochard, Payday and Sideway priced and dated]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/18/psn-titles-rochard-payday-and-sideway-priced-and-dated/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/18/psn-titles-rochard-payday-and-sideway-priced-and-dated/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/18/psn-titles-rochard-payday-and-sideway-priced-and-dated/#comments Payday: The Heist
Sony Online Entertainment has dropped release date details for three of its upcoming PSN titles. Two of them have some elements in common: they're both Scandinavian; and they're downloadable games built by teams recovering from AAA failures.

First up is Recoil Games' Rochard, the impressive "action-adventure, side-scrolling puzzle platformer" from Finland, which will be available on September 27 for $9.99. The ex-Remedy devs at Recoil Games were working on the ambitious Earth No More, a 3D Realms-published shooter whose cancellation nearly closed the developer.

Next is the promising Payday: The Heist, from Overkill Software in Sweden. The debut project from this team of former GRIN developers, Payday: The Heist is a cooperative, squad-based shooter and will be available on October 4 for $19.99. After GRIN's collapse in 2009, co-founder Bo Andersson formed Overkill Software but stayed intentionally "below the radar," the website says.

Lastly, Sideway: New York will be available on October 11 for $9.99. This title built by the developers of Madballs in Babo Invasion is produced by a marketing company looking to turn the property into a cartoon.

Gallery: Payday: The Heist (Gamescom 2011)

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