NZ Gamer - Free-to-play games are a common thing in the mobile market these days and, with them slowly making their way onto consoles and PC, it was only a matter of time before they started releasing on handhelds. While Ecolibrium isn’t the first for the Vita, it is the latest, and it seems to do what the majority of mobile games do - but in a far less convenient way.
indiePub has published its weekly update of new and notable indie games on the Playstation Store Indie Games Channel.
Best bets this week include: Cloudberry Kingdom, a 2D platformer with a random level generator; Draw Slasher, where you use your fingers to save a ninja’s family; Jacob Jones and the Bigfoot Mystery, a creative 3D puzzler, PixelJunk Monsters: Ultimate HD, a tower defense game; and Puzzle by Nikoli V Slitherlink, which features 50 Slitherlink puzzles to play.
Ecolibrium, a free-to-play ecosystem simulator, is coming to the North American PlayStation Store February 12, 2013. This is five months after the European release. Prepare for microtransactions if you want to get ahead.
Why in good gaming's name did it take such a simple free title to be finally put up on the store 5 months after the EU release? Does this mean I'll have to wait 5 months+ for the free music app?!
Keep up the free games. Jetpack Joyride and Treasure Park are fun F2P games.
Alice O'Connor: ''For decades you've dreamed about being a space marine, gunning down those rubbery black aliens every night with your pulse rifle. Next week, those dreams will become virtual reality with the PS3 and Vita release of Team17's remade Alien Breed. Oh, and Aliens: Colonial Marines is coming out too. Plus, unrelated to that side-splitting introduction, so is the Dungeon Keeper-inspired Impire.
Here's our list of next week's new releases.''