Hey there everybody, Steve Stamatiadis here again for one final blog about everyone’s favorite pink haired catgirl game, Blade Kitten. The game is just about to finally hit the PlayStation Network and you’ll be able to try it out, buy it and enjoy it. Pretty cool, huh?
We said originally that the game would be out spring this year and technically is still is since it’s just turned spring here in Australia, and it’s already been a beautiful start to the season. See, we kept our word… sort of. Why did it take so long? Well we had the awesome good fortune of Atari… yes THAT Atari, picking up Blade Kitten. Not only has that allowed us to make the game even better, but being published by Atari has a very special significance for me personally. See back when I was about 13, I got my first computer: an Atari 400 (with all of 16K of memory, that’s less than the average icon or avatar image). So as you can imagine having the Atari logo at the start of the game just makes it all that much more cooler to me. So a BIG thanks to Atari for coming on board.
It’s been an exciting and challenging time bringing Blade Kitten to life from idea to comic to final game reality. Though it’s been more than a few years in the making, it’s been a lot of fun too. Working with a great team to bring the comic world to life has been a great pleasure. They’ve been totally committed to making the best Blade Kitten game they could and as a Blade Kitten expert I can safely say, without any hesitation, that this is the best Blade Kitten game EVER made. OK so it’s the only Blade Kitten game ever made… that just makes it rare and even more valuable.
Oh snap! We should totally have charged more for it, well too late now, it’s all in the system and stuff. I guess you get to buy it at the amazingly good value that it’s set to. I mean there’s all the excellent voice action in the fully voiced dialog. When you hear the spot on voices of Kelly Fuller as Kit Ballard, Dave Mitchell as Hundert Tonne or Eliza Schneider as Justice Kreel you’ll completely believe these characters, especially when you see them in the amazing cutscenes. The cinematics alone are worth the price of admission. But you’ll get to see all this for yourselves in a week or so.
For the newcomers here’s what to expect, in a short single paragraph version. Obviously the actual game is much longer:
Blade Kitten is a full on classic side scrolling adventure in glorious HD. You play Kit Ballard a catgirl Bounty Hunter on a mysterious planetoid called Hollow Wish. Kit is tracking down a local trouble maker when she’s ambushed by a rival who is after the same bounty. So you need to track down your rival then your bounty and along the way uncover the mystery that is Hollow Wish’s darkest secret. You’ll get some help from a little alien critter sidekick called Skiffy and your uber-cool floating A.I. sword, the Darque Blade. Get ready for level after level of free flowing, scrambling exploration and intuitive combat as you find make your way through this comic based adventure.
So for $14.99 on September 21st, PlayStation owners will be the first to get your hands on Blade Kitten from the PlayStation Store and check out all the fun for yourselves. Thanks and I hope you enjoy playing the game, I know I enjoyed making it.
@Sarno1605
Do you know who disappointing it is to buy Mass Effect 2 and to have it announce for the PS3 months later with all the DLC and then some? I will have to rebuy the game for the PS3 went it comes out just for the DLC alone because I haven’t purchase any for my 360
Yeah I bought mine for Mass Effect 2. But some recent games like Limbo have been pretty awesome. I’m sure PS3 will get Limbo in like 3 years at the nice price of 20 bucks, lol
@Sindred
Were FINALLY getting an Ace Combat game! FINALLY….and no ace combat on PS3 is the ONLY, ONLY, ONLY reason I bought Top Gun.
@BloodyCow
This is why I’ll NEVER buy a 360! MS pays for timed exclusives and more and more games are going to PS3. I’ve been saying it since 11/17/2006….PS3 is better than 360. Now is when people are truly seeing this happen. MS has what 2 exclusives now? Fable and Forza…cuz we all know that was Bungie’s last Halo…correction…Gaylo game. So good bye to the Gaylo game all the 360 fanboys loved so much. Their in loser denial!
@Sindred
FFXIII on 360 was two discs. PS3 one disc. More people purchased it for PS3 because of this.
I so would like this game!!!!! NEEDS A PSP VERSION!!!
My question is why doesnt developers (or Sony!) offer any good Game support for the PSP .. put all games in the PS Store and make as many games as possible availabale on the PSP as well … They made the PSP Go Download only, Charged $250 for the thing, and then do not give it any love or support as far as games go!!!!!
I agree with you guys, $14.99 is the new $9.99 and I’m not buying, sorry. At $9.99 I was buying games very often but now I hardly buy anymore. Too many games are $14.99.
I will be purchasing this tomorrow thanks for the update purchasing my PSN card today!
This game looks better then the rigid RDR and the rehashed Sonic.
This game looks awesome, my comments are general and not saying I won’t buy this because I might lol
@59
Stronghold mode in RDR is a lot of fun. As are the PVP horse-races since they require you to actually aim while riding rather than using the auto-target to faceroll other players.
It went multiplatform so I’ll pass
So, the basic message I’m getting is that you guys *don’t* like the multiplatform/delay/price-point combo they came up with? You’re mad, I tell you, mad!! XD
Normally, I’d give you all a tongue-lashing, but I actually honestly think you’ve made a good case here. With the multiplatform move and the new publisher, the price could’ve been lowered, and when taking that into account that we had to wait longer because of those facts, they *should’ve* lowered it as a sign of good-will. Especially when you consider that many/most owners of both systems prefer to work on their achievements rather than trophies, thus instantly lowering the potential PS3 sales.
Well-argued. Now would be a good time for the developer to pull a Sucker Punch (a la Cole) and earn back the people’s love.
The price is decided by the publisher based on the amount of content and the cost of developing and marketing the game. THey don’t do it to gouge you or annoy you it’s a simple matter of numbers. Same goes for delivery platforms.
Me I would have been very happy to see the game come out at $9.99 back in May. Hey PS3 still gets it first – by a few days at least.
At least try the demo to see if the game looks like it’s worth it rather than just dismissing it on numbers.