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Sony Trademarks Echoshift (Which Is Probably Echochrono)
8:40AM Michael McWhertor | 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. More »
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Echochrome Adds PlayStation Eye Support, “Cloud” Level Sharing
6:40AM Michael McWhertor | Sony’s PlayStation Network release echochrome is getting a substantial update, one that will lengthen the lifespan of the PlayStation 3 puzzler. echochrome’s getting PlayStation Eye support and a new level sharing option soon. More »
Indie Games Get a Mainstream Closeup
8:30AM Owen Good | In its “All New” issue, discussing the cutting edge of trends in American culture, New York Magazine lauds four indie titles for “ushering in a golden age of smart, beautiful, and really weird games.” More »
Echochrome Gets Trophy Support And 1,000 New Stages
1:20AM Mike Fahey | Sony is expanding the world of PSN puzzler Echochrome once again, with a new patch today that not only adds trophy support, but also unlocks 1,000 user-generated levels to Freeform play. More »
echochrome Coming To PlayStation Home In Two Dimensions
11:00AM Michael McWhertor | Tatsuya Suzuki and Jun Fujiki, lead developers on the PSP and PlayStation 3 puzzler echochrome, announced that a 2D version of the game is coming to PlayStation Home at an unspecified date. Instead of tapping into the PS3’s 4D capabilities, the Japan Studios team is going in the other direction, presumably adhering to their gameplay credo of “getting people to play with rules and laws”. According to a report from Develop, the two had little else to say about the next version of echochrome (obviously not pictured), focusing on the development of the first, 3D title. Yup, that’s all we got. How about those Cubs? 2D Echochrome on the way for PlayStation Home [Develop] More »Why We Can’t Swap Echochrome Levels Cross-Platform
9:20AM Leigh Alexander | Newsweek’s N’Gai Croal has an idea: enabling user-generated content across asymmetrical platforms through extensible markup language. …Wait, wait, don’t glaze – in plain language, this means making it possible for the levels you built in Echochrome or your Spore creature creations, for example, to be swapped around to any platform where the game resides. Ever wonder why you can’t transfer user-created Echochrome levels between the PlayStation 3 and PSP versions of the game, when it seems so theoretically possible? Echochrome associate producer Kumi Yuasa explained at Croal’s Level Up: More »
Echochrome Review: Poppin’, Lockin’ and Thinkin’
6:00AM Michael McWhertor | Sony touted it’s minimalist PlayStation Network puzzler Echochrome at E3 2007 as a game inspired by the classic, simple-but-deep rule sets of traditional brain teasers like the Chinese board game Go and the Rubik’s Cube. Pitched as the PlayStation 3 game with “the least graphics and the most gameplay,” Echochrome lets players guide an animated artist mannequin through a blocky construct, picking up “echoes” via Escher-esque perspective bending. Echochrome, with its simple black and white line-work aesthetic is certainly lacking in the expected visual fireworks common in most modern games, as promised. But does it feature the proportionate gameplay of its inspiration? More »
Bonus Echochrome Levels Up For A Limited Time Only
11:00PM Luke Plunkett | One of the best features about Sony’s Echocrome is that it embraces user-generated content. Thing is, it only embraces it temporarily. Like a female praying mantis, coupling with a mate in a fit of passion before turning on it and devouring it whole. See, each new round of user-generated levels, when thrown up, replaces the last lot. So if you want to play the best homemade designs available, you’ve only got a limited time before they’re gone. Gone forever. Not sure I really like this idea, since Echocrome isn’t a game that really makes me want to rush through it. echochrome: no end in sight [PlayStation.Blog] More »
PlayStation Store Update: echochrome Edition
7:20AM Michael McWhertor | This week’s PlayStation Store store update doesn’t shy away from a game release like some people did, bringing the mind-bending puzzler echochrome to North American PlayStation 3s and PSPs. It’s the main draw this week, with a Dark Sector demo available for those with tightly shut virtual wallets and a taste for first-person throwing. It’s low key, but a whole mess of Rock Band tracks, wallpapers and videos await you after the jump. More »
