PlayStation

Rare Remix Of The Bible, In The Form Of An Action Game

Lucifer is charming in what is probably his biggest video game appearance of the year. He’s a pal. He’s smooth. He calls God on a cell phone. He wears fashionable jeans.


November 11, 2010
News

This Is Ignition’s Cancelled $US20m Baby

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Ignition Entertainment shuttered its Florida studio earlier this month, deep-sixing the game the 70 developers were building, which was an FPS rumoured to have cost $US20 million. Video of the game, “Reich” has surfaced.


July 21, 2010
News

XBLA Shooter Could See Australian Release After All

Kotaku AU

Blacklight: Tango Down, the online shooter we’d heard could not be classified in Australia, will now be submitted to the Classification Board, according to US publisher Ignition Entertainment.


July 16, 2010
News

XBLA Shooter Cannot Be Classified In Australia [Updated]

Kotaku AU

Blacklight: Tango Down is a first-person shooter from Spec Ops developers Zombie Studios. It was released on Xbox LIVE Arcade last week. Only it wasn’t in Australia. Why?


June 19, 2010

El Shaddai Has God On Speed Dial

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In Ignition Entertainment’s El Shaddai, you’re guided by a pre-fall Lucifer who carries a mobile phone with God on his speed dial. Then things get weird.


June 5, 2010
News

BlackLight: Tango Down’s Technology Is Part Fact, Part Fiction

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BlackLight: Tango Down features the Hyper Reality Visor – an advanced imaging system that uses augmented reality to deliver battlefield intelligence. Lead game designer Jared Gerritzen tells Kotaku about the real-life inspirations behind the game’s tech.


May 18, 2010

A Clearer Look At El Shaddai: Ascension Of The Metatron

For another glimpse at Ignition’s El Shaddai: Ascension Of The Metatron, the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 game that could use a punchier title, come here. See how the unusual looking game with a Devil May Cry pedigree is shaping up.


May 11, 2010

A Heartwarming Look At Arc Rise Fantasia

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Imageepoch’s Arc Rise Fantasia is coming to the Wii in June courtesy of Ignition Entertainment, who’s passed along this exclusive look at the characters and environments of the turn-based role-playing game.


January 23, 2010
News

Samurai Shodown Sen Coming To Europe

Rising Star Games has snapped up publishing rights to SNK Playmore’s fourth 3D installment of Samurai Shodown, releasing it in Europe in the second quarter of this year as Samurai Shodown Sen.


October 22, 2009
News

Anyone Want To Guess What Ignition’s New Game Is?

Ignition is teasing a game announcement on both Twitter and its Facebook page. Don’t you just love modern advertising? Time was, you’d have to wait until tomorrow for a press release. Oh wait…