Sega has released a new batch of screenshots of its forthcoming alien shooting fest as a way of highlighting the variety of firepower you can expect to get your digital hands on while you're eradicating some of the universe's lifeforms.
The original Alien Syndrome, released in the mid-80s by Sega, was blatantly influenced by both Aliens and Gauntlet, and while the home games based on the Aliens license weren’t bad, the arcade game released by Konami was a pretty simplistic shooter. Alien Syndrome had large sprawling maps to traverse, which made for a more interesting adventure. In each area, you had to rescue hostages and fight a boss, all with a pretty strict time limit, all while under near constant attack.
Alien Syndrome was ported to pretty much every machine under the sun at the time, but, other than a 3D remake for the PS2 some 15 years later that never saw the light of day in Europe, the series vanished without a trace. That was until 2007, when, when, with virtually no fanfare, a brand new game was released for the Wii and PSP.
SEGA has today added a number of new titles to their warmly received PSN Essentials Spring Sale. Launched back in late March, the PSN Essentials Spring Sale continues to offer a number of top-tier PlayStation Portable titles at a greatly reduced price, as well as PlayStation 3 downloadable content (DLC) and some ports of classics Mega-Drive games.
Shame Crazy taxi is for PSP only :( Would love DC port to PS3. Ah well will have to wait for E3 hope we get the... Oh almost let it slip there :).
sega, how about brining out-run to NA. seriously, the lack of PSN store support from these devs are stupid.
I picked up Gunstar Heroes in this. Already got it on about for systems, but come on - It's Gunstar Heroes for £2.39!!!
Gamertell offers some advice concerning inexpensive role-playing games available for the Wii.
From the article:
"A common misconception among the gaming population is that the Wii is home to mini-game collections and family friendly shovelware. While there is a substantial amount of sub-par games, there are many quality games as well...
To get a better idea of what's available for budget conscious gamers, I decided to do a little bargain shopping and research to see what kinds of affordable RPGs are out there for Wii owners."
