This author took a few hours out today to work on super-secret-not-really-that-interesting-behind-the-scenes stuff, and he's returned to an industry in flames. Indeed, not only has Mass Effect Andromeda been discussed in a venue outside of Twitter, but Ratchet & Clank creator Insomniac Games has jumped into bed with… US retailer GameStop to make a new release named Song of the Deep.
Unfortunately, this isn't a riff on that infamous episode of The Simpsons – you know the one – but… Sigh, a Metroidvania set under the sea instead. You'll pilot a submarine in the game, which looks a little bit like Gravity Crash crossed with Ecco the Dolphin. It's due out this summer and will be available from either the PlayStation Store or as a physical copy exclusively from GameStop. Weird. The game looks a bit meh to be honest.
[source blog.eu.playstation.com]
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Unpopular opinion but i think insomniac are really overrated, only really enjoyed the resistance series though the record R&C looks good.
Insomniac's one of my favorite developers and Metroid's one of my favorite series' (although I'm not usually big on other Metroidvanias) so hopefully this turns out well, but I agree it looks a little meh from this brief slice.
Loved resistance but Ecco the dolphin is probably my most hated games of all time. Dolphins and puzzles, coma enducing music.
Hmmm.... This is weird on so many levels
Cross between pixeljunk shooter and Velocity 2x?
This is weird. GameStop is moving into publishing?
Creates a publishing arm to publish games exclusively for their own retail operations, just imagine...
I don't know what I'm watching.
@viciousarcanum I love the Ratchet & Clank series, its probably one of my favorite game series of all time, but Resistance was a terrible FPS game. Nothing but linear 'corridors' with knee high rubble everywhere "blocking" your path. I had no games with my launch PS3, so I rented this, it was so bad (the few people I had over playing it also thought this) that I took it back to Blockbuster a couple hours later and just went without a PS3 game until Oblivion. It soured me on even trying any other launch titles.
So this is a quick "Finding Dory" not officially but close enough money grab?
@Punished_Boss_84 I couldn't find anything in the linked to EU blog about Gamestop publishing the game - maybe Sammy is just smokin' sumthin? - but, Gamestop did have Xenoblade Chronicles as a store exclusive about 4 years ago, and I recall people throwing the word "publishing" around, so it's possible Gamestop already has a publishing arm?
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/rumor/28666/gamestop-approached-nintendo-to-publish-xenoblade-chronicles
As Clinton would say - depends on your definition of "publishing".
Gamestop also seems related to Kongregate on mobile which could be connected?
I think this game looks very promising- I already preordered my physical copy yesterday in fact.
@rjejr
No, they are officially publishing this. Not behind the scenes like Xenoblade and the Metroid Prime Trilogy/Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn reprint scam. It's officially been announced all over the place.
Go check Gamestop's website- pretty sure it lists themselves as publisher (maybe not) but either way they are the official publisher for this one.
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