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Sidhe Talks About Sony’s PhyreEngine

4:00PM Logan Booker | PhyreEngine. It’s a funky name, but what the heck is it? We asked Sidhe Interactive’s sexy technical director, Tyrone McAuley, to help us demystify Sony’s cross-platform tech. Sidhe developed its PSN/Xbox Live Arcade/PSP title GripShift using the engine, so if anyone’s going to know a thing or two about it, it will. Of course, there may be a few deities that know more, but they’re hard to get in contact with, for obvious reasons (we did try). Hit the jump for the gorgeous text that makes up the interview! More »

Gripshift, Arkadian Warriors Come To XBLA

10:00AM Michael McWhertor | This week’s Xbox Live Arcade releases include a racer born on the PSP and a hack and slash fantasy game with nods to Sega’s arcade classic Altered Beast. Gripshift, from Sidhe Interactive, is a stunt racing-puzzle game, of sorts, featuring platforming mechanics combined with raw speed. It’s joined by Arkadian Warriors, a hack and slash adventure from the team created last year’s well received XBLA hit Assault Heroes. It’s gimmick is that you and your co-op buddies can choose from one of three classes, each with it’s own spirit animal. Both will hit this Wednesday, extremely early in the morning, for 800 Microsoft Points. Details on both are available at Xbox.com. Gripshift and Arkadian Warriors [Xbox.com] More »

GripShift Coming To XBLA

6:30PM Luke Plunkett | GripShift’s pretty fun. Which explains why it’s gone from PSP to PlayStation 3 Network and now all the way over to Xbox Live Arcade. Developers Sidhe Interactive have announced that the downloadable racer will be made available on 360 sometime in December, though a firm date and price are still undecided. 360 fans worrying over the quality of a game that’s been double-ported, relax: Sidhe claim it’s the “definitive” version of the title. Until it’s ported to the Wii and/or PC. That one will be more definitiver. GripShift Heads to Live Arcade [IGN] More »