Survival horror finally has finally made an appearance on the PlayStation Store with yesterday’s release of Siren: Blood Curse. The Sony-developed episodic game can be bought in its entirety for $40, or you can buy the three episode packs (each including three episodes) for $15 each.

A small selection of downloadable games on PSN have been temporarily discounted as part of a summer game sale. PAIN, PixelJunk Monsters, High Velocity Bowling, High Stakes on the Vegas Strip: Poker Edition and Rocketmen: Axis of Evil have had their price cut in half, from $10 to $5, for just one week. $5 for PixelJunk Monsters is an absolute bargain, and most PAIN owners would probably say that $5 is what the price should have always been.

Hit the break for the full list of content, which includes 1942: Joint Strike, new Guitar Hero III and Rock Band tracks, and a demo of PixelJunk Eden.

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A title like that doesn’t write itself very often, so I’m happy to take advantage. The new Rocketmen expansion pack, It Came From Uranus, is now available on the PlayStation Store. You’ll also now find two new Hot Shots Golf characters, each of which cost $.99, and are small enough that I reckon they’re already on the Blu-ray disc you hold in your hands.

Rounding out the DLC scene is this week’s installment of Rock Band tracks and 21 new Karaoke Revolution: American Idol tracks.

You’ll also find demos of both Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit and Overlord Raising Hell, new videos, trailers, themes, and wallpapers.

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The Rocketmen: It Came from Uranus expansion has been released on PSN and XBLA. The next chapter of Capcom’s Rocketmen: Axis of Evil is 400 points on Xbox LIVE or $4.95 on PlayStation Network, and Rocketmen fans will have access to new maps, weapons, and enemies.

To download the add-on you must have already purchased Rocketmen: Axis of Evil in order to play It Came from Your Uranus.

Submitted for your approval are the new screens and trailer for the Rocketmen: Axis of Evil expansion It Came From Uranus. I have looked online, have looked at the Capcom website, and have read numerous game stats and press releases on this game, and I still cannot figure out if the actual title of the damn thing is It Came from YOUR Uranus or It Came From Uranus. It is being called both by numerous sources so pardon me for being confused. In the end I guess it does not really matter, both titles are a play on words of sort and no matter what title is accurate, you will either like the game or you won’t.

You can expect the expansion to hit next week for both the PS3 and 360.

The PlayStation Store has gotten a great update this week with three solid demos, new music for both Guitar Hero III and Rock Band, the expansion pack to PixelJunk, PixelJunk Monsters Encore ($5.99), and Rocketmen: Axis of Evil ($9.99). In addition to all that, there’s a number of trailers for games and movies, including an Iron Man trailer and one for WipEout HD and Mercenaries 2.

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The next chapter of Capcom’s Rocketmen: Axis of Evil is coming next week to the Xbox 360 and PS3 on May 14th and 15th respectively. Rocketmen: It Came from Your Uranus, an expansion to the original digitally-distributed title, will be available for 400 points on XBL or $4.95 on PSN, and included new maps, weapons, and enemies.

To download the add-on you must have already purchased Rocketmen: Axis of Evil in order to play It Came from Your Uranus.

Features:

• Continue the Rocketmen saga with your characters from the original game

• 3 New Weapons
  • Blobber: Shoots blobs of goo at enemies, does damage over time in the part of the ground that it covers
  • Beamer: Shoots lighting at enemies, does high intensity damage
  • Bomber: Shoots grenades instead of bullets; grenades explode on impact doing damage

• 2 New Secondary Weapons
  • Falcon: Robotic falcon that attacks enemies automatically
  • Screw bomb: Rocket that turns into a proximity mine on impact

• 3 New Levels
  • Level 11 – Finding Jane: The player must escape the Saturnian prison mine and reclaim Nick’s ship, the Icarus Jane.

For more information on Rocketmen: Axis of Evil check out our previous posts, as well as Shawn’s impression of it.

Via: Press Release

Rocketmen: Axis of Evil
Developer: A.C.R.O.N.Y.M Games
Publisher: Capcom
Price: $9.99
Platform: Xbox 360, PS3
Category: Arcade Shooter
ESRB Rating: E10+ for Everyone Ages 10 and older (Fantasy Violence, Mild Suggestive Themes)
Release Date: March 5, 2008

One of the highlights of last years E3 for me was my trip to visit and interview the folks at Capcom about their upcoming games. I was jazzed about the upcoming Harvey Birdman game, Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles looked like it was going to resurrect the arcade rail-shooter on the last platform I’d have expected and the Street Fighter II ultimate hand-drawn coolness edition was in the works. One of the titles that flew somewhat under the radar at the time was the Xbox Live! arcade game Rocketmen : Axis of Evil. I even wrote a quick preview of it during our E3 coverage.

Even the PR guy who politely showed me around did not have any clue what the game was based on so I guess he was surprised when I mentioned that the title was an interesting choice for a license built around a constructible card game where ship-to-ship combat was the main focus. Instead of the Star Control-like  melee I would have expected instead I was watching someone grind through a swarm of burly Martians in a Smash TV-like top down shooter.

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Mirroring this week’s Xbox Live Arcade release, the PlayStation Store is now home to Rocketmen: Axis of Evil. This shooter costs $9.99 and is joined by the release of new DLC for both Guitar Hero III and Rock Band, which get the Modern Metal Track Pack and Grateful Dead assortment released on Live earlier this week, respectively.

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The lone Xbox Live Arcade release this week is the action game Rocketmen: Axis of Evil. It is, like so many other XBLA games, a shooter, but it looks to set itself apart from the competition with an actual storyline and its pretty, cel-shaded graphics. The Xbox.com description:

Join Nick Sion, Alec Mink and the Alliance of Free Planets in their white-knuckled, frenzied struggle to free the Solar System from the tyrannical grip of the Legion of Terra! Rocketmen®: Axis of Evil provides non-stop multiplayer action with role-playing game elements, including customizable characters and an engaging story, all wrapped in the game’s distinctive cel-shaded art style. Play with up to four players in co-op mode and blast anything that moves.

• Customize your character: Create, customize, and level up your own individual Rocketmen characters with new items, abilities, and looks.
• Multiplayer action: Join with friends to save the galaxy in four-player cooperative play locally or online.
• Your choice: Choose from three races: Human, Mercurian, or Venusian, and from three classes: Warrior, Engineer, or Outcast.
• Explosive action: Simple, addictive, and highly explosive gameplay blasts onto your TV in high-definition with plenty of levels, hordes of enemies, and lots of fun.

The game is releasing tomorrow on the PlayStation Store. The game costs 800 Microsoft Points ($10) and is available now.

I’m personally willing to give the game a shot since it’s trying to do something different, albeit in a shooter package.

Have you ever heard the phrase, “Too many cooks spoil the broth?” Well those cooks never had to create a video game apparently. Capcom has posted on their blog that they’ve got 15 different projects in the works, so they’re looking to add more people to their staff to help them out. They’re hoping to attract people who have been involved with AAA titles in the past and are tired of working for huge conglomerates. Of those 15 project though, only seven have actually been announced though:

We’ve got 15 different projects cooking right now (and more to come) – many that have been announced like Dark Void, Street Fighter 2 HD Remix, Commando 3, Rocketmen, Talisman, MotoGP, Okami Wii, and many more titles that haven’t even been announced. Yet.

Seems like Street Fighter IV should be added to that list. Still, that does make me curious about just what Capcom else Capcom could be up to these days.

Via Capcom Blog