I've been up to some e-mailing of actual PR representitives! Like a real website! I hope that can get me some leeway trying to get into E3 this year (hint!)Two confusions erupted during the week - the first being for the upcoming Pipe Mania game - based on the classic PC title and game similar to that of Bioshock's hacking mini-game. Though not discussed on here, the PR Blast did not mention the Xbox Live Arcade title:
AUSTIN, Texas - April 14, 2008 - With a new twist to classic favorite, Empire Interactive will heat up the puzzle game genre with the summer release of Pipemania for the Nintendo DSTM, WiiTM, PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, PlayStation® 2 computer entertainment system and PC. As they race against time, puzzle game fans of all ages and experience will be able to enjoy hours of brain-teasing fun in this frantic series of quests and puzzles that uses updated gameplay mechanics to build on one of the most poplar franchises of all time.
After inquiring about why the XBLA version was not mentioned, I was able to get this response:
Pipe Mania will indeed be coming out on the XBLA but not until towards the end of the year.Therefore, Pipe Mania will be getting a summer release for all other consoles, while the Xbox Live Arcade version (The assumedly cheapest version of the lot) will be released later on in the year in the fall or winter.
The second confusion was Namco's announced XBLA title yesterday - where websites called it PowerUp Forever, yet the official Namco PR called it Infinitum. Who was right? Well...
It's PowerUp Forever. The webmaster posted an old release, please disregard it.Done. So it's now officially PowerUp Forever, and the PR on their website has since been updated.
2 comments:
That's so weird. You're the only person I've come across that really looked into the whole name change thing, nice job.
Thank you Anonymous :)
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