Bionic Commando Rearmed to tie in with magazines?

In the latest episode of Top Secret: The Bionic Commando Podcast, Ben Judd discussed the impending release of Bionic Commando Rearmed.

Whether it's June or ends up being pushed back to July is unknown, it's all up to Microsoft at this point, and their XBLA summer is quite full as it is. He mentioned that it's a little difficult to get the releases set up for all 3 platforms to release at the same time, along with the in game commerce (ie; buy via demo).

A little extra quip that popped up is this nugget:

... we are going to tie-in in some other secrets into it, there are going to be some more tie-ins with magazines in the future...

What could it possible mean? Could be nothing more than a reprinting of the Bionic Commando comic book currently on the site - or perhaps there will be some secret code that unlocks some extra goodies, a code you can only get in a magazine?

All speculation of course, but it's fascinating to see that Capcom are taking great lengths to promote Bionic Commando Rearmed in many forms of media, and for a $10 download does not happen at all. Good on them.

Top Secret File 016: The Top Secret Team

The Top Secret team arrange a hastily-convened podcast, where matters such as sex in games, gaming violence, and the release date of Bionic Commando Rearmed are laid bare. Who needs guests with this level of discussion?!

Download the podcast here or join the RSS feed.

Bionic Commando Rearmed Soundtrack released!

Unfortunately, Bionic Commando Rearmed was delayed a little bit before being released. To ease the pain, Capcom have released the official Bionic Commando Rearmed Soundtrack, available via iTunes or Sumthing Digital!

Both places carry the full album for $9.99US - but if you're outside of America, you'll have to go with Sumthing Digital - as currently only the US can enjoy some BCR beats via iTunes. Sumthing Digital's ID tags seem to be screwed up though - at least, mine were.

I know that once something hits the net it can be pirated very easily but I hope you can see the amount of time and money we have put forth to make this a reality. Just so that you don't see us as the evil corporation that is rolling in money and sticking it to the end-user, let me break down some costs:

We are charging 99 cents per song of which we usually make about 60% or so. That's 60 cents. Additionally there are server management fees, the internal staff hours it took to get the contract up and running, and of course a license fee to create the initial contract. All in all, it probably costs us around 10K just to get the product up and running. We would need to sell 15,000 songs to break even and when it comes to game soundtracks that just isn't a number that you can easily hit.

So what are you waiting for? Go buy and download them here.

Source: Bionic Commando Blog - Let there be MUSIC!