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Elminage Original comes to Europe

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:05:13 GMT

Hi everyone. After yesterday’s warm up announcement from Microsoft, it’s time for the main event. :) As promised last week I’m delighted to announce that our latest PSP game is the fantastic first-person dungeon crawler, Elminage Original developed by Starfish-SD of Japan. I’m also pleased to say that our version will include the improvements to the translation made in the recent patch.

We’ve been testing Elminage Original in the office for quite some time now and personally speaking it’s quite reminiscent of old school Dungeons & Dragons or the classic Wizardry series, both in terms of atmosphere and mechanics. Certainly anyone who, like me, fondly remembers THAC0, will really enjoy this one. Although a word of warning: it is rock hard at points, just as a good RPG should be :)

More on Elminage Original

Set out on a grand adventure in the land of Halodra Ille! The fate of this world hangs in the balance as the magical barrier protecting it has been severely weakened by the powers of darkness.

In ages past the gods granted power to six rings to create the barrier. The rings were placed in a tower known as Dragon's Fang, safe from the enemies of peace.

But nothing is forever, and now dark priestesses plan to destroy the barrier so they can summon their Demon King and plunge the realm into darkness. The priestesses have already destroyed one of the rings, weakening the barrier greatly, but in doing so the five remaining rings were scattered to the ends of the realm.

With the barrier weakened, monsters of ever greater power and ferocity have begun to appear throughout the land. You must join the search for the five remaining rings, taking your place among the other adventurers of Halodra Ille, and restore balance to the world!

Elminage Original features:

Classic First Person Dungeon Crawling
Hugely rewarding turn-based combat with a wealth of enemies to encounter
Tackle dozens of quests in any order you choose
Massive variety of dungeons to explore
Create Your Party: Many races, jobs and skills to master

So, is there going to be a boxed Collector’s Edition, I hear you ask? Well, it’s not been decided yet but rumour has it that there might be a special promotional version in the works. If it goes ahead, stock of the Special Edition will be very limited indeed and the game will not be released in a standard version, so it’ll certainly be one for all you fanatical collectors out there. The game will be available this summer and I should be able to confirm a release date for the PSN version and details of the Special Edition in the next couple of weeks. :)

That’s all for now. I’ll be back next week with more news from Ghostlight. Until then you can follow Ghostlight on our Twitter and Facebook pages, our YouTube Channel and our Google + account, where we’ll be posting all the latest news from Ghostlight. You can also follow me on Twitter for a more personal take on all things Ghostlight.

Crash City Mayhem gets a Trailer

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:05:13 GMT

Hi everyone. I hope you’ve all been enjoying Crash City Mayhem, which was released last week on the Nintendo 3DS eShop. The reaction to this excellent action driving game has been extremely positive! Many of you have asked if there’s a European trailer for the game – well, due to some ‘technical difficulties’ the trailer wasn’t quite ready for the release date, but I’m pleased to say that it has now been finished!:

Crash City Mayhem (released as Runabout 3D: Drive Impossible by Rocket Company in Japan) is out now on the Nintendo 3DS eShop, priced at just £17.99/€19.99.

On the subject of 3DS news, I’m happy to report that the patch for Devil Survivor Overclocked has passed through Nintendo Lotcheck in Europe and is now with their team in Japan. That means we are yet another step closer towards getting the patch out to all you brilliantly patient fans. Not long to go now!

Speaking of Devil Survivor Overclocked, we’ve currently sold out of the second manufacturing run of the game, but don’t despair as we’ve got more stock due in on the 27^th May. If you would like to order the game to ensure your copy is sent out as soon as the new stock arrives you can order either the Standard Edition or the Poster Edition from the Ghostlight Store, here. (Please note that this manufacturing run will still require the patch on release.)

In other news, the team at Laughing Jackal have been hard at work on the PC version of Agarest: Generations of War and a new build of the game is currently in test. In addition to various bug fixes, this new build has the Steam API fully implemented as well as a brand new pause menu – Ok so it may not sound all that exciting :) but technically speaking the team is taking big steps towards finishing the port over to PC.

Finally, I know that several of you have been asking about when we will be able to announce our latest PSP game so I just thought I’d let you all know that I now have everything I need and that we will be able to announce this new title next Wednesday.

That’s all for now. I’ll be back next week with more news from Ghostlight. Until then you can follow Ghostlight on our Twitter and Facebook pages, our Youtube Channel and our Google + account, where we’ll be posting all the latest news from Ghostlight. You can also follow me on Twitter for a more personal take on all things Ghostlight.

Crash City Mayhem is out now!

Thu, 09 May 2013 15:05:49 GMT

Hi everyone. I’m pleased to say that our brand new action driving game Crash City Mayhem (released as Runabout 3D: Drive Impossible by Rocket Company in Japan) is out now on the Nintendo 3DS eShop, priced at just £17.99/€19.99. To whet your appetite for this fantastic game why not go and check out Game Asylum’s look at the history of the Runabout series, which can be found here and then head to the eShop to find out why Official Nintendo Magazine called Crash City Mayhem “…shamelessly ridiculous driving fun” and awarded it a very impressive 75%.

So, pick it up today and experience high-octane driving thrills in glorious 3D as Crash City Mayhem comes speeding on to the Nintendo 3DS! The more you destroy, the greater your rewards as you smash through the city streets in a series of dangerous missions against an evil syndicate of terrorists!

In other news, our dev team have been working away on Agarest: Generations of War for PC and we’ve been testing the latest build. Aside from fixing a whole host of reported issues, this latest version has added the Steam API, which means that the game is now working on my Steam account. :) We don’t want to get ahead of ourselves but the conversion seems to be going really well which might just mean a release sooner than we had originally anticipated.

With the Devil Survivor Overclocked patch currently in submission with Nintendo, we’ve been able to turn our attention to other things. This means that you can probably expect some news on the upcoming Agarest Zero and Agarest 2 Digital Collector’s Editions on PSN, along with news of our plans for releasing Devil Survivor 2 on DS. We will, of course, update you when we have more news on the release date for the Devil Survivor Overclocked patch, but at the moment no news is most definitely good news as it means that no issues have been found. :)

Crash City Mayhem gets release date

Thu, 02 May 2013 16:05:28 GMT

Hi everyone. We’ve got lots of news for you this week but first of all I thought I’d let you know that since last week’s blog, the patch for Devil Survivor Overclocked has now been submitted to Nintendo. Assuming all goes well and it passes through their submission process, we are hopeful that it will be on the eShop very soon. I will of course update you when I have more news.

In Agarest: Generations of War news we are now officially a Steam publisher and we are currently working to implement the Steam API into Agarest. In addition to this, mouse controls are now implemented throughout the game and we have also been discussing ways of implementing the pause menu and an autosave feature.

Lastly and as the title suggests, I’m pleased to say that we now have a release date for the awesome Crash City Mayhem for 3DS (released as Runabout 3D: Drive Impossible by Rocket Company in Japan). Crash City Mayhem will be released on the Nintendo 3DS eShop on the 9^th May priced at just £17.99/€19.99.

More on Crash City Mayhem

Experience high-octane driving thrills in glorious 3D as Crash City Mayhem comes speeding on to the Nintendo 3DS! The more you destroy, the greater your rewards as you smash through city streets in a series of dangerous missions against an evil syndicate of terrorists.

Drive a huge variety of crazy vehicles including mopeds, supercars and tanks!

Drive anywhere - rooftops, sewers, inside buildings, rail tracks and more.

Unlock a stash of secret items and vehicle upgrades.

Dodge the cops in a wealth of missions including high-speed pursuits, rescuing hostages and planting bombs!

Devil Survivor Overclocked postage offer ends

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:04:20 GMT

Hi everyone. As the pre-order period has finished and the new Devil Survivor Overclocked stock has arrived we have now ended the offer of reduced postage for those of you buying Devil Survivor Overclocked.

Due to increased postage costs associated with the posters we are now offering you two different ways to buy Devil Survivor Overclocked . Those of you who wish to buy the game without the poster are still able purchase it for £34.99 from here and the Poster Edition containing the two rolled A1 posters will now be available for £39.99 from here.

Orders placed before this announcement will be unaffected.