Sony recently mentioned that over 69 million users have registered for the PSN. That’s a pretty impressive number. What’s equally impressive is that their own division, Sony Online Entertainment (SOE), has generated 6.5 million game downloads. That’s just SOE. Which is why I took notice when I got their announcement for these planned PSN titles.
Plants vs. Zombies has been gaining a huge fan base since it first released for PC in May 2009. SOE has teamed up with PopCap to bring the popular tower defense title to PSN. The best part? It’s coming next month.
While that’s the only one of their six announced games I am familiar with, the rest seem like they could also be worth following. Acceleration of Suguri X Edition has a mouthful for a title but that probably won’t stop anyone at BSR!, especially since it’s about our robot brethren. This is another team up with the Rockin’ Android (Qlione) crew. In great anime style, you play a scorned robot tasked with battling other robots in arcade action.
I don’t know much about developer Fire Hose Games but they’ve got a PSN exclusive scheduled for March. Slam Bolt Scrappers looks like some crazy, kinetic, fighting fun – mixed with some city building. Not sure how that’s going to work but it sounds entertaining. Lots of bright colors and more even more colorful characters should keep this on your radar.
In Akimi Village from Ninja Bee (A World of Keflings) you are trying to rid Akimi Island of gloom. That’s pretty much all I’ve got on it for now. It involves finding blueprints and building resources so I’m thinking perhaps an RTS?
Another spring exclusive, Sideway, comes to us from Playbrains and Fuel Industries. The player character is Nox, a 2D artist, moving through a 3D New York. Again, I don’t much about this one, but the downloadable games market is a great platform for artistic developers and this seems like that sort of title.
Finally, Rochard from Recoil Games looks to be your fix for puzzle-solving exploration. John Rochard, a miner with some gravity bending ability, finds proof of extra-terrestrial life. Gravity-bending puzzles with aliens? How can I not be excited?