Square Enix announces THEXDER NEO is available from today, exclusively for download via PlayStation Network for the newly launched PSPgo system and the PSP, priced £7.99 and €7.99.Originally released back in 1985 from GAME ARTS and regarded by many as a classic, THEXDER is a side-scrolling shooter featuring slick animation, strategic transforming-mech gameplay, and spectacular homing lasers. Now you can experience the excitement of the original, complete with revamped graphics, a novice mode, six-player online races, and a host of other all-new features in THEXDER NEO.
Larry Sparks, Vice President Brands PAL Region of Square Enix Ltd. comments, “THEXDER NEO is a really enjoyable game and we’re pleased to be able to release it as a downloadable launch title for the PSPgo. THEXDER has been praised as a classic since its Japanese launch in 1985 and THEXDER NEO is the first opportunity for European gamers to get their hands on it.”
About THEXDER NEO
THEXDER reactivated. ASTROLOG: YEAR 089
During a routine survey, the interstellar weapons platform Laevina detects Nedium, an asteroid of unknown origin, and soon finds itself in the grip of the planetoid’s ultramagnetic field. Shipwrecked atop an impregnable fortress of rock, the starship turns to its last resort—the Hyper Dual Armor prototype Thexder.