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Capcom's Rocketmen on XBLA, PSN this week

Nothing to do with Mega Man though, unfortunately...
Capcom's download shooter Rocketmen will be out on Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network this week, the company has revealed.

The colourful blaster is based on the card game of the same name, letting you create your own blue-haired spaceman before shooting lasers at baddies all day long.

"Those of you who have given Microsoft all your money can snag off of Live on Wednesday, March 5 for a measly 800 points," reveals Capcom's US blog. "For those of you who worship at the altar of Blu-ray, you can get your Rocketmen on starting Thursday, March 6 for the non-robot sum of $10 American."

It looks like the top-down blaster (which plays a bit like Geometry Wars mashed with Gauntlet) will be on XBLA this Wednesday, and European PSN in about a year (if its track record is anything to go by).

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It looks like the top-down blaster (which plays a bit like Geometry Wars mashed with Gauntlet)

Surprised Interest has definately peaked!

& lol at the euro PSN Dig. But seriously - pull your finger out Sony! Mad
mfnick on 3 Mar '08
Click here if you're wanting some screens like I was Wink
mfnick on 3 Mar '08
Click here if you're wanting some screens like I was Wink

Looks pretty crazy. Guess I'll be downloading it to see what it plays like.

I really want to see how XNA might develop though, I expect some gems from it.
StonecoldMC on 3 Mar '08
Click here if you're wanting some screens like I was Wink

Looks pretty crazy. Guess I'll be downloading it to see what it plays like.

I really want to see how XNA might develop though, I expect some gems from it.

That Dishwasher game is fantastic, Kinda like a side scrolling DMC.

Still this looks pretty good, time to get some MS points
sevvy b goode on 3 Mar '08
You know, whilst this looks great and all, I do wish less games were copying the Geometry Wars control interface. It's very 8-Bit. To think that the likes of R-Type Final and Ikaruga pushed the shooter so far only for the genre to boil down to a ceaseless barrage of non-descript enemies is quite sad I think.
Mappman on 3 Mar '08
Yeah I've had my eye on this one for a while, I'll download the demo but from what I've seen recently it's most likely gonna be a purchase for me.

Will need to convince some of my friends to get it so I can play co-op online.
monkey_puncher on 3 Mar '08
Yeah I've had my eye on this one for a while, I'll download the demo but from what I've seen recently it's most likely gonna be a purchase for me.

Will need to convince some of my friends to get it so I can play co-op online.

How many players is this online? 2 or 4?
sevvy b goode on 3 Mar '08
4 player
monkey_puncher on 3 Mar '08
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