AQ Interactive canceled their role playing game Cry On on Christmas Day.
The Japanese developer said "current market environments and forecasts" help with their decision.
The game in development since 2005, by Mistwalker and Cavia was the 3rd by Hironobu Sakaguchi. The soundtrack was being created by legendary composer Nobuo Uematsu and character design was by Kimihiko Fujisaka.
Hironobu's previous two games were Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey .
SpongeBob SquarePants featuring Nicktoons: Globs of Doom is an action-packed adventure featuring 10 playable characters from some of the most popular Nickelodeon TV shows, as well as numerous iconic locations such as Retroville, Amity Park and Bikini Bottom. Players will play cooperatively as both heroes and villains while utilizing special gadgets in order to defeat the Morphoids.
Hero and Villain Cooperation - For the first time ever, the heroes and villains of the Nickelodeon universe must team up to battle Globulous
Cooperative Play - Throughout the game, players can control either a hero or villain and fight alongside their friends or a computer controlled ally
Amplified Abilities - The Mawgu Gadgetry amplifies the heroes' and villains' unique characteristics and abilities
Gadget-Combo Attacks - After a series of successful attacks, the heroes and villains can combine their gadget abilities to perform Gadget-Combo Attacks against their opponents
10 Playable Characters - Choose from five heroes and five villains from the Nickelodeon universe to play as hero and villian
Blu-Ray may have won the High Definition Video format war but it hasn't been a sweet victory as sales have been disappointing could Batman save the day?
With Xbox 360 (15.5 million) still outselling Sony's PlaySation 3 (9 million) and both lagging behind Nintendo's Wii (20 million) console will The Dark Knight, Batman film push Sony sales?
In November more than 462,500 Blu-Ray discs were sold that's 165% jump from October but sales of PS3s to play Blu-Ray disappoint.
Consumer Blu-Ray players have been heavily discounted to try and boost demand.
The PlayStation 3 was meant to be the entry into Blu-Ray HD players but this hasn't happened. I cannot understand why as our PS3 is used to play Hd content with jaw dropping effect.
So let's hope that Batman has saved more than Gotham City - with the recession on the horizon let's hope it's a great 2009.
Load of you would get and iPhone or iPod touch for Christmas and loads more already have one.
Here's a list of top games you might want to consider - some of the best are free... Aurora Feint: The Beginning (Free) - Amongst the first games in the App Store, this may have been an eye opener for many iPhone gamers. The game offers a polished match-3 (Bejeweled-like) puzzler in the setting of a role playing game. Progressive accomplishments in the puzzle portion of the game provides you with resources to level up and gain increasing skills.
Dropship ($0.99) - We confidently declared this to be the best shooter in the App Store. Excellent and innovative controls with well balanced gameplay made this one of our most enjoyed games. This is how an iPhone game should play and at $0.99, it’s a no brainer.
Wurdle ($1.99) - Curiously, we’ve never covered this game here on TouchArcade. This word game is a variant of Boggle in which you try to find as many words on a tiled board. This is app-store crack for a good segment of the iPhone gameplaying population. The simplicity of its design with easy to use touch screen controls make it one of the best. PapiJump (Free) - A ridiculously simple game that will have you frustrated and addicted. Sunflat’s Papi games have received a bit of a cult following due to their insultingly simple graphics but compelling gameplay. PapiJump, however, remains Sunflat’s best.
Trism ($2.99) - Also one of the early titles available for the iPhone, this is another Match-3 color game but reinvented for the iPhone. It uses triangles (trisms) and tilt controls to influence the direction that the tiles will fall. Surprisingly, the design really worked and resulted in one of the first (and best) iPhone-specific puzzle games.
Fastlane Street Racing ($3.99) - There’s no shortage of racers for the iPhone, but this one stood out to us as one of the best racing games for the platform. The game had its detractors, however, due to the high starting difficulty of the game. Fortunately, the developers have just released a v1.1 update which introduces an “easy” mode
Toy Bot Diaries ($3.99) - Toy Bot was another standout title, not just because of the enjoyable gameplay as a physics platformer, but also the fact that this was one of the first true iPhone games with game design and controls invented specifically for the platform. The right control system really lets you immerse yourself into a game. Fieldrunners ($4.99) - Tower Defense. Heard of it? If you haven’t, this is the game for you. Even if you have, this is probably the game for you. Named one of Time Magazine’s Top 10 video games of the year, we at TouchArcade feel the title is well deserved. This game has significant cross-over appeal that has introduced countless iPhone users to the genre of Tower Defense (TD). Despite the proliferation of TD games in the App Store, many still consider this one the best.
Galcon ($4.99) - The perfect pick-up strategy game? A fast paced arcade strategy game in which you must dominate all the planets. Wonderfully suited for the iPhone with short gaming sessions lasting a few minutes each. Online multi-player really takes this game to the next level. Real Soccer 2009 ($5.99) - For soccer fans, this is the game to get. Sports gaming on the iPhone hasn’t seen much that can compare to the massive titles available for traditional consoles, but this game comes closest
Hero of Sparta ($9.99) - This overall package is one of the most impressive games for the iPhone. As a “Hack n’ Slasher”, you fight your way through hordes of enemies in a 3D environment. For those who have wanted a “console-like” experience in the iPhone, this is the closest yet Rolando ($9.99) - Rolando was one of the most anticipated iPhone games of the year. Even though Ngmoco is a sponsor of this site, I still feel confident that I can unbiasedly say that the game delivered on much of the hype. The game offers an iPhone-specific platformer that incorporates the iPhone’s touch screen and accelerometer into a wonderfully produced game
Mirror's Edge is coming out for PC January 6 of 2009. The very capacity to be allowed the freedom to control the character as the player would his or her own body proves to surpass any video game before it. In this way, players aren't merely punching buttons to manipulate what they see before them, players are utilizing the controls as a medium through which they can watch their chosen actions performed by a character on-screen. In Mirror's Edge, the character is the player. Having already been released for the XBox 360 and PS3 on November 11, the game's hype has become realized. Soon, the computer nerds of the US will be granted the privilege to pick apart Mirror's Edge for PC. The time will come on January 6, 2009.
February: Exclusively for PC, Commander in Chief comes out on February 20, 2009. For what seems like the first time in gaming history, Commander in Chief allows for the player to choose an existing country to manage in a real-time simulation.
March: Tom Clancy's EndWar will be released March 2, 2009. This game looks like an extremely intricate improvement upon old school Battleship; which is fascinating in my book.
April: On April 1, 2009 Prototype is scheduled to be let loose upon the US. Set in current-day New York, the game puts the player in the role of comic-book-style antihero Alex Mercer, an ordinary guy who wakes up one day and finds himself completely at a loss for memory
May: The only game officially set to be released this month is X-Men Origins: Wolverine. VideoGamer.com basically describes X-Men Origins as a sort-of interactive follow-up of the original movie's trilogy.
June: Solely due to the fact that this game is brought to you by Capcom, the adventures of Dark Void should be nothing short of mind-blowing. With such titles as Street Fighter, Mega Man, Resident Evil, Devil May Cry, Monster Hunter, etc under their belt, one can only see the promise of greatness in Capcom's future.
July: For the kiddies interested in losing themselves in some hardcore J.K. Rowling adventures, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince just may be your cup of tea.
August: In August, Madden NFL 2010 will be available for all who own some sort of console or handheld gaming device.
September: TimeGate is liberating its developmental hold on FPS Section 8 on September 30. After the resolution of a lawsuit pinned upon TimeGate by ABC Studios earlier this year, the game has been issued a sure-fire release date for September of next.
October: Brash Entertainment is saving the release of a Saw game for next October.
November: After next Fall's scheduled QuakeCon event to be hosted in Dallas, Texas, a consumer electronics show by the name of Li-Fi will be held at the Dalls Convention Center November 20-22, 2009.
December: Now, is it golden oldie Starcraft II or spankin' new Bioshock 2 that have gamers, all across the globe, salivating at the bit for a chance to reserve that one special game title in December?
Grand Theft Auto - San Andreas 2nd Edition Rockstar Games - Rated: Mature
This well-crafted adventure from Rockstar Games spans three huge cities, based on Los Angeles, San Francisco and Las Vegas, and many points in between. As "CJ," you must perform dozens of "run-and-gun" missions to track down his mother's killer, and climb behind the wheel of dozens of cars and other vehicles to explore these sprawling metropolises. A great soundtrack of '90s rock and rap songs adds to the fun.
Half-Life 2 - Portal Valve Software/Electronic Arts - Rated: Teen
In this ingenious strategy game meets 3-D shooter, your job is reach a destination by firing your gun to create inter dimensional portals in objects such as a floor or wall. A blue portal is the one you can jump through and an orange portal is where you'll appear. As the game gets tougher, you'll need to send objects through the portals, consider the speed in which you're traveling, and solve other challenging tasks to reach the end.
Penumbra - Black Plague Paradox Interactive - Rated: Mature
Adventure gamers with a yen for scary films will enjoy clicking through Penumbra: Black Plague, a critically acclaimed interactive horror experience with thought-provoking puzzles. You play as Philip, trapped in a creepy underground complex, who must use items in the environment to escape and unravel the mystery behind his father's disappearance. This macabre game uses real physics.
More on Penumbra series here...
Bioshock 2K Games - Rated: Mature
Found at CircuitCity.com and ConsumerDepot.com is one of 2007's best games -- at just $9.99. The atmospheric BioShock is a first-person shooter that lets you biologically modify your body to take on the mutated creatures roaming about Rapture, a hidden underwater city you stumble upon after a nasty plane crash in the North Atlantic. Not only must you find a way out alive in this nonlinear world -- with incredibly detailed graphics and surround-sound audio -- but you also solve the mystery about what happened.
Shogun - Total Gold War Edition Sega - Rated: Teen
Why merely read about history when you can rewrite it? Armchair generals can get their fill in Shogun: Total War, a gripping real-time tactical combat game of samurai warfare, allowing you to experience epic battles on enormous battlefields as you vie to become the military ruler, or shogun, of 16th-century Japan. This Gold Edition also includes Shogun: Total War Mongol Invasion, an expansion pack that takes place 300 years before the civil wars in the main game, and adds new historical campaigns and unit types.
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