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Afrika Release Date, Price Announced (Not By David Attenborough)

Afrika, Sony's upcoming entry in the burgeoning savannah-wildlife-photojounalist-sim genre, has been given a final release date and price. It'll be out on August 28, and will cost ¥5980 (USD$56), which is a bit of a worry. I'd presumed this would be a neat little addition to the PSN's lineup. A different way to blow $15-$20. But that price has it pegged as a, well, proper game. And what they've shown thus far doesn't look like it has the legs/meat of a proper game at all.

Afrika [Official Site]

A First Look at Afrika's Beanie-Wearing, Robot-Controlling Player

Not only does Afrika let you take pictures of lots of high-res animals, but you get to control those little remote camera bots and run! Seriously though, I am looking forward to this game. It looks like it's going to be a blast. I do hope they squeeze in some need facts about the animals while they're at it, this could be a great, fun educational game.

A trailer for Sony's Afrika was released today on the Japanese PlayStation Store. It looks, I'm surprised to say, pretty amazing (I'm due for a break from all this killing, you see). You are indeed a photojournalist, running around the grasslands trying to take PERFECT, HORROR and hopefully EROTIC shots of animals doing their thing, and from the looks of the trailer, you'll be making use of stuff like RC cars and jeeps in order to get into a good position. Also looks like there's a mini encyclopaedia in there on Africa as well. Those without Japanese PSN accounts can check the trailer out over at The Able Gamer, linked below.

New Afrika Trailer [The Able Gamer]

Japanese game retailer Game Star has posted a description of upcoming PS3 title Afrika along with release date info. Until now, info about the game has been scant, but according to Game Star, players take on the role of a photojournalist (and not actually as animals as some originally thought!). "The photojournalist travels by foot, by car and sometimes by hot air balloon," says the retailer's online site. Players are able to complete an "Animal Library" photo data base of wild creatures the players encounter. Afrika, says Game Star, is noted for its realistic animals and environment. The game will apparently retail August 28 for ¥5,980 (US$57).

Afrika Info [Game Star via PS3 FAN Thanks, Riyu!]

Sony Skipping Afrika For Europe

Afrika for the PlayStation 3, whatever it is, looks very pretty. We look forward to enjoying whatever Afrika is, whenever Afrika arrives. Oh, and thank heavens that we don't live in Europe, as it appears Sony Computer Entertainment Europe is dropping the publishing ball, telling Eurogamer that it shan't be publishing Afrika in the region. Why? We're as clueless to the reasons why as we are to how Afrika plays, but it doesn't give us much confidence in the title if SCEE can't be bothered.

Perhaps it's just a localization nightmare, but we hope that SCEA will invest in the game(?) and bring it to American PS3s. We've got an e-mail in with them now, just to see how interested they are in escorting Afrika out of Japan.

No Afrika for Europe, says Sony [Eurogamer]

Hey, Afrika Might Be Real After All!

Ah, Afrika. Lions, savannah, misspelled (well, for me) continent names, it's all been a little interesting since first unveiled a few years back. It's also been terribly ambiguous. Really, we know nothing about this game. If it even is a game. What's it all about? Can we shoot the elephants? Can we ride the elephants? Who knows (though my money's on it being an animal sim...you ARE the elephant, etc). We'll hopefully know soon, though, as Sony wouldn't go putting a website for the game together without having something to tell us, would they?

Afrika [Official Site]

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