• playstation 3

    echochrome Coming To PlayStation Home In Two Dimensions

    Tatsuya Suzuki and Jun Fujiki, lead developers on the PSP and PlayStation 3 puzzler echochrome, announced that a 2D version of the game is coming to PlayStation Home at an unspecified date. Instead of tapping into the PS3's 4D capabilities, the Japan Studios team is going in the other direction, presumably adhering to their gameplay credo of "getting people to play with rules and laws."

    According to a report from Develop, the two had little else to say about the next version of echochrome (obviously not pictured), focusing on the development of the first, 3D title. Yup, that's all we got. How about those Cubs?

    2D Echochrome on the way for PlayStation Home [Develop]

    7:00 PM on Thu Jul 31 2008
    By Michael McWhertor
    1,709 views, 27 comments

    Latest by bobtheduck: Geez... What's with these PS3 sequals of PSP games messing with the very mechanic that makes the games memorable to more »

  • Making Demands On Developers

    Why We Can't Swap Echochrome Levels Cross-Platform

    Newsweek's N'Gai Croal has an idea: enabling user-generated content across asymmetrical platforms through extensible markup language.

    ...Wait, wait, don't glaze - in plain language, this means making it possible for the levels you built in Echochrome or your Spore creature creations, for example, to be swapped around to any platform where the game resides. Ever wonder why you can't transfer user-created Echochrome levels between the PlayStation 3 and PSP versions of the game, when it seems so theoretically possible?

    Echochrome associate producer Kumi Yuasa explained at Croal's Level Up: More »

    5:20 PM on Tue May 27 2008
    By Leigh Alexander
    7,150 views, 44 comments

  • review

    echochrome Review: Poppin', Lockin' and Thinkin'

    Sony touted it's minimalist PlayStation Network puzzler echochrome at E3 2007 as a game inspired by the classic, simple-but-deep rule sets of traditional brain teasers like the Chinese board game Go and the Rubik's Cube. Pitched as the PlayStation 3 game with "the least graphics and the most gameplay," echochrome lets players guide an animated artist mannequin through a blocky construct, picking up "echoes" via Escher-esque perspective bending.

    echochrome, with its simple black and white line-work aesthetic is certainly lacking in the expected visual fireworks common in most modern games, as promised. But does it feature the proportionate gameplay of its inspiration? More »

    2:00 PM on Fri May 9 2008
    By Michael McWhertor
    9,734 views, 48 comments

    Latest by Ted: Is there anyway to turn the time limit off? more »

  • north america

    PlayStation Store Update: echochrome Edition

    This week's PlayStation Store store update doesn't shy away from a game release like some people did, bringing the mind-bending puzzler echochrome to North American PlayStation 3s and PSPs. It's the main draw this week, with a Dark Sector demo available for those with tightly shut virtual wallets and a taste for first-person throwing. It's low key, but a whole mess of Rock Band tracks, wallpapers and videos await you after the jump. More »

    3:20 PM on Thu May 1 2008
    By Michael McWhertor
    5,892 views, 55 comments

    Latest by TheMysteryKid: I don't get it. The biggest market for ps3s is Europe- over 5 million in Europe out of approx. 12 more »

  • playstation 3

    echochrome? Thursday!

    As the minimal headline suggests, Sony's long awaited Escher-esque 3D puzzler echochrome will arrive digitally on North American shores tomorrow. The PlayStation 3 and PSP versions will each ring up at $9.99 and features 56 platform specific, ultimately controller flinging puzzles. I'm off to sell a pint to scrounge up the funds for both.

    echochrome arrives tomorrow! [PlayStation.blog]

    3:20 PM on Wed Apr 30 2008
    By Michael McWhertor
    2,383 views, 59 comments

    Latest by M: I'll buy it if it's ever reduced to $5. more »

  • demo

    echochrome Demo Changing Minds Tomorrow

    Anxious to get your hands on the perspective-bending puzzler echochrome for the PlayStation 3 and PSP? At the official PlayStation Blog, the game's associate producer Kumi Yuasa has just announced that the demo for the game will be available tomorrow via the PlayStation Store on the PS3, with the PSP demo also available on the PC version of the store. The demo will only take you through a brief tutorial, but Yuasa is excited about what's in store for us once the game releases.
    On PS3, you can upload your created levels to the developers through the game's interface. Once uploaded, your creation will be considered by the developers for a future downloadable content release.
    User created levels from Japan and Asia will be available from day one, with US players' creations folded into the mix at a later date. Check out the new video up top for a glimpse at how the game will change the way you look at everything.

    Feeling Puzzled? echochrome Demo Coming to PSN [Official PlayStation Blog]

    7:00 PM on Wed Apr 23 2008
    By Mike Fahey
    5,060 views, 66 comments

    Latest by ceilingFANBOY: @amazinglarry: Perhaps that is intentional. The click clack of the feet gives you one more thing to think about while more »

  • psp

    Echochrome To Skip UMD Release In America

    Unsurprisingly, Sony will bypass regular retail channels for its minimal PSP and PlayStation 3 puzzler echochrome, with Newsweek confirming that the UMD version for PSP will be a Japan and Asia only offering. North Americans will see the PSP arrive as a digital download only. While that may not sit well with some gamers, a title like echochrome would have very little chance of success at retail, with its intentionally simple aesthetic and potentially cheaper PlayStation 3 counterpart.

    If you're set on having a UMD with echochrome data stamped on it, you may want to pick up the import version, as there will definitely be a surplus if Japanese sales data is any indication.

    Could You Use Some Echochrome in Your Diet? [Level Up]

    6:20 PM on Thu Apr 3 2008
    By Michael McWhertor
    1,699 views, 42 comments

    Latest by fuchikoma: System: PlayStation Portable Topic: General Question Hello, I'm writing about the decision to release EchoChrome as download-only content in North America. I understand more »

  • playstation 3

    The PlayStation Network's Next Big Games

    The release of SOCOM Confrontation via the PlayStation Network this fall may have the mass appeal to be a digitally distributed "killer app" for the PlayStation fan base, but Sony has plenty of unique offerings over the next few months, some of which we are already intimately familiar with. Echochrome and Wipeout HD haven't been lacking in exposure, but MTV's Stephen Totilo goes hands-on with two more PSN originals, Elefunk and PixelJunk Monsters Encore to get a handle on what's next for the Store. More »

    4:20 PM on Fri Mar 28 2008
    By Michael McWhertor
    6,850 views, 44 comments

    Latest by electricmine: I really want Wipeout HD. It looks amazing so far and I never played a Wipeout game. more »

  • echochrome

    Echochrome Demo Now Available On Japanese PS Store

    As the headline states. If you're after impressions, it's the same demo we played at TGS. If you're after some news that will please prospective downloaders, it's this: the demo's not only got an English language track, but it's there for both the PS3 and PSP. Go!

    1:30 AM on Thu Mar 6 2008
    By Luke Plunkett
    3,554 views, 55 comments

    Latest by krokus: yes, the controls on PS3 were slow, and were not precise. it would keep rotating even when i stopped more »

  • clips

    If Echochrome Only Had Afros...

    The minimalist stylings of Echochrome are certainly welcome, but seeing the game play in a photorealistic environment with a man in an all-white suit and stunning afro makes me wonder what might have been...

    Say, this is only a fortnight away! I might have to import.

    7:40 PM on Mon Mar 3 2008
    By Michael McWhertor
    2,044 views, 43 comments