PlayStation

Lumines Electronic Symphony: The Kotaku Review

Every time I fire up a Lumines game and am not instantly greeted by the mellow beats of Mondo Grosso’s “Shinin” from the franchise 2004 PSP debut I can’t help but feel a little disappointed.


February 15, 2012
PlayStation

Lumines On The VIta Is Cool, Except For The Tapping Parts

Lumines was one of the best games on the original PlayStation Portable. It was sort of a rave version of Tetris, which was a very good thing. The successor to the PSP is now upon us, and so is a new Lumines, subtitled Electronic Symphony.


February 2, 2012
PlayStation

Lumines Electronic Symphony Is A 34-Track Love Letter To Electronic Muisc

Years of playing games like the original Lumines, Harmonix’s Frequency, or Squid in a Box’s PC shooter Waves have left me with a voracious appetite for electronic music, which is why the 34 tracks included in Ubisoft’s Lumines Electronic Symphony have me drooling.


January 26, 2012
PlayStation

Getting To Hear New Music Should Be Easier In Lumines: Electronic Symphony

We think Lumines is one of the best games for the PSP. But damn was it ever hard to experience everything the game had to offer. In the first game, players had to grind through the entire game to hear all the music or see all the trippy synchronised visuals. Lumines II improved on that with tiered difficulty settings and the ability to make custom playlists but you still had to reach a level to unlock its skin.


September 19, 2011
PlayStation

Get Ready To Fall In Love With Lumines All Over Again

Monster Hunter is now synonymous with the PSP. Back in late 2004 and early 2005, that wasn’t the case. Monster Hunter was a PS2 game, and Sony was still convinced that the PSP was its new Walkman.


September 7, 2011
PlayStation

Handful Of New PS Vita Games Leak Out

At this year’s Tokyo Game Show, there will be around 40 PS Vita games. Forty. And the machine isn’t even out! Some of the games have already been revealed. Some haven’t.


August 17, 2011
PlayStation

Lumines And A ‘New Iteration’ Of Assassin’s Creed Coming To PlayStation Vita

They’re showed us a screenshot (bullshot?) of Rayman Origins running on the PlayStation Vita today, but the most exciting news from Ubisoft regarding their support for PlayStation Vita involved some other games.


February 1, 2011
PlayStation

PlayStation Revivals On NGP That We’d Like To See

Many of the games being made for Sony’s PSP successor, the NGP, appear to be built upon past PlayStation greatness. If that’s how it goes, might we suggest a few more?


July 21, 2010
News

Everyday Kinect Is Getting Better And Better

Worried about Kinect lag? Tetsuya Mizuguchi, the game designer behind Rez and Lumines, is here to quell your fears.


October 21, 2009
News

What’s Keeping Lumines Off The PlayStation Network

The original Lumines and its sequel took advantage of all the PSP had to offer. You’d think that the puzzle music game would be penciled in for new Sony portable, the PSPgo. You’d think.