GDC '08 @ IGN - New Bionic Commando Rearmed Videos! Coop! Challenge Levels!

Six brand new videos of Bionic Commando Rearmed have been released over at IGN - and it's looking absolutely gorgeous.

In the videos we can see two brand new additions to the already full package - In Coop the screen will actually split if your partner wanders too far away, Toe Jam & Earl style!



As well as the main mode, Rearmed will also include a brand new Mission Mode! Similar to Metal Gear Solid's Special Missions, it's a wire-frame-esque set of difficult platforming levels requiring the utmost skill in Bionic Arm handling.



Check out all 6 videos below!

Source: Xbox360@ IGN.com - New Bionic Commando Videos!

Podcast wrapup - Tron gets panned, Bionic Commando discusses price

Two podcasts have come out this week discussing XBLA games:

The Player One Podcast discusses Discs of Tron this week, discussing the differences to the original and how it.. really hasn't held up very well. It's the first "LIVE" podcast POP have ever done too, well worth the listen for some pre-GDC discussion.

It's a different kind of podcast this week. Greg is absent, CJ and Phil are LIVE from San Francisco. It's the first time we've recorded an episode where any of us were in the same room. We talk about the Game Developers Conference and seeing it from two angles (press and industry), as well as some of the bigger news of the week (NPD numbers, oh boy!).

But we spend most of the show talking about the games we've been playing over the past week. And that includes Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon, Professor Layton and the Curious Village, PixelJunk Monsters, Team Fortress 2, Poker Smash, Discs of TRON, LEGO Star Wars TCS, Endless Ocean and Warriors Orochi.

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Second up is the official Bionic Commando Podcast, who discuss Bionic Commando Rearmed a little, including what price point it will be released at:

It's two gaming media veterans for the price of one: podcast legend and "Gaming Jesus" Mark MacDonald, and the founder of localization company 8-4 and longtime Japan resident John Riccardi, join us on the show, discussing the games industry in Japan and abroad. We'll also be talking about the Alpha version of Bionic Commando, and debating the price point for Bionic Commando Rearmed.

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Edit: The Official Bionic Commando website has also put up an article about Bionic Commando pricing, including a poll which might determine the price in the very end.

You can view the article here.

Interview: X3F goes commando with Ben Judd

Xbox360Fanboy.com have posted a new interview with Japanese Capcom Producer Ben Judd.

"We know that Master D and the Badds are coming back for Rearmed in North America, but what about Japan? Will the Japanese version feature Nazis and Hitler as enemies, as in the original Japanese Bionic Commando?

That's a good question. Rearmed has been titled "Master D's Resurrection Plan" in Japan. We've literally taken the English translation and re-translated that into Japanese to form the base of the game. We needed to make sure we had one unified story and since the current political climate and ratings standards would make releasing the original unedited version in Japan impossible, I think it's the best way to present the game."

Go check it out.

Source: xbox360fanboy.com and Shard on NeoGAF.

Podwatch: Rearmed Director joins the Bionic Commando Podcast

The Bionic Commando website has updated with a new podcast - this week having BC: Rearmed director Simon Viklund as their special guest.

"Simon Viklund, the Director of Bionic Commando Rearmed, joins the podcast today to tell us all about this fantastic return to side-scrolling action. Everything you want to know about Rearmed is right here. The multi-talented Simon also makes all of us feel worthless in comparison, as he discusses the music in Bionic Commando, where he is the Sound Director."

Get the podcast here. Duration: 1:18:55

Source: Bionic Commando Website