Sony Trademarks Echoshift (Which Is Probably Echochrono)
Black and white perspective shifting puzzler echochrome is getting a semi-sequel in echochrono, as revealed at E3 2009. Perhaps that name was a bit too similar, as the PlayStation maker has filed a new, familiar sounding trademark.
Sony Computer Entertainment America recently filed a trademark for echoshift, which might be the new name for echochrono, not a brand new game. After all, Sony did issue the caveat that echochrono was a “working title.”
The puzzle game, which keeps things more 2D (and more 4D), looks to borrow from time manipulation games like Braid and Cursor*10—clearly good places to borrow from. It’s slated to hit the PlayStation Network and PSP in Fall or Winter of this year. We’d expect that Sony will have news on any potential name changes soon, but reps did not respond to requests for clarification.
Instead of clarification, here’s a trailer.
ECHOSHIFT [USPTO]
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@AnalysisDialysis (and a MudkipNDS):
I see your sun king and raise you a Mazda Furai:
-HM-fresh+div@Mr. F: *crickets* And now... the Sun King.
@mfwahwah: Yes, don't worry. If you think of it as being called PixelJunk Elements with shooting would be a more accurate title ;)
Eviltim
@Preng: Hey, you've got castle crashers.
@mfwahwah: PJS is still a puzzle game, in case you were thinking it was just another dualstick shooter game.
while we've seen this basic mechanic before, it's very fun and I'm sure I'll be tempted to grab this.
@Wii Biznitch loves Halo:CE: Pixeljunk Shooter? I was hoping Pixeljunk Dungeon would be next :(
@Mr. F: Braid was overpriced. For less than 2 hours of gameplay it should have been 200 or possibly 400 points. This looks more interesting. Looks like you can use multiple yourselves. Also, Castle Crashers was much better than braid.
I own a 360, but I'm pretty envious of all the cool games my buddy gets from the PlayStation Network. The only game I've bought from the Xbox Marketplace was Braid, which was worth all 1,500 pennies.
You know, I wish more of these downloadable games would come out for multiple systems. Quite a few retail games come out for multiple systems, but not the downloadble ones. A lot of people don't consider that when they check out consoles.
Preng
@Wii Biznitch loves Halo:CE: I could have sworn they said Fall 09, but I'm not sure.
Can't wait for Shooter. When you get your PS3 make sure you pick up Eden, and Wipeout HD to get things going.
@Wii Biznitch loves Halo:CE: Just ignore it, it will go away.
@Mr. F:
Does Mr. F stand for Mr Fuck you?
@EdibleFood: Landscape* wow i fail
@emwurst: I felt echochrome's much more open (not as 2d)landskape made it more charming
also echochrome was miles more artistic however this does look fun.
Braid ftw? anyone? best game i played on XBLA
Hey. You know, the first ecchochrome was pretty cool because of the way it turned puzzle games into something more.
But I kinda like how all these cool artsy things are coming out of sony if you know what I mean.
Say, when are they going to pop out pixeljunk shooter? I hope it be out by the time I get my ps3.
After watching the trailer, I can adjectively verb that this game looks a lot more challenging and fun than echochrome.
While echochrome was just a lot of spinning and backtracking, this one looks to be quite a bit more thought-provoking. Getting help from yourself in the past? Yeah, definitely going to look into this one.
emwurst
CHRONO?! YOU BASTARDS!
Red_Dragon