NOVASTRIKE striking the PS Store Thursday June 5th
NOVASTRIKE will be the first self published game on the PSN. Which is great for independant developers.
Here is what the game’s director and president of Tiki Games had to say about the title…
” NOVASTRIKE is a free-roaming top-down arcade shooter where you’re flying an advanced fighter and combating the Draelus invasion. Yes, aliens are pretty single-minded in that regard. Airborne enemies consist of fighters, aces, kamikazes, bombers and capital ships, and you’ll also need to deal with enemy ground installations.
Fortunately the ship you’re flying – the Scythe – can acquire and upgrade weapons over time. And there are nine weapons total, each with three additional upgrade states, to aid you in sending the Draelus to the great beyond.”
Features include:
- Seven expansive challenging stages driven by objective-based goals
- Free-roaming flight: there aren’t any rails here allowing flight in any direction
- Progressive weapon acquisition and upgrade system: as the player successfully collects weapon drops from enemy ships the weapons themselves become available to the Scythe – there are nine base weapon systems, each with three subsequent upgrade levels
- Air and ground targets: two separate weapon systems allow the player to combat both air and ground opponents
- Multi-sectioned enemies where individual components can be destroyed; for example, Carriers have hangars that launch fighters – these hangars can be destroyed independently of destroying the Carrier preventing the Carrier from launching additional fighters
- Multitude of enemies: the player will combat enemy fighters, bombers, kamikazes, aces, carriers, and destroyers, all leading to an end-Boss fight
- You’re not alone: friendly fighters, bombers, and destroyers will aid you in your efforts to vanquish the Draelus invasion
- DualShock 3 support
- Uses Tiki Games own graphics engine technology
- Continuing support: Tiki Games will be developing additional content for NOVASTRIKE
Thanks to PlayStationLifeStyle reader Giacomito for the tip!
15 Responses to “NOVASTRIKE striking the PS Store Thursday June 5th”
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June 4th, 2008 at 8:46 PM
Sweet! I’ll update my post here. This Thursday is looking GREAT!
June 4th, 2008 at 8:50 PM
Thanks also for correctly capitalizing the game’s name. Even the director didn’t do that on his PlayStation.Blog post. Haha NOVASTRIKE. Much more intense.
June 4th, 2008 at 10:00 PM
Cool. But the one that matters to me is only Wipeout HD, any word on it? It should come out soon, no?
June 4th, 2008 at 10:09 PM
WipEout was due for May but its been delayed. Maybe this month, if not almost certainly July.
June 5th, 2008 at 12:15 AM
I’ll be getting this
June 5th, 2008 at 3:17 AM
Hopefully they have a trial version. It looks interesting but nothing i would shell out the cash for without trying it.
June 5th, 2008 at 3:37 AM
Its nice to see indie developers getting in on the action. Maybe with that free toolkit/engine they mentioned awhile back we’ll start to see more of this?
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June 5th, 2008 at 4:12 PM
No demo for NOVASTRIKE – confirmed.
June 5th, 2008 at 4:28 PM
No demo source: http://blog.us.playstation.com/2008/06/04/novastrike-invades-psn-this-week/comment-page-1/#comment-63986
June 5th, 2008 at 5:32 PM
NOVASTRIKE will have add-on packs in the future- Already, there is a planned update pack (FREE):
“The first update (which I can’t go into details on the specific contents just yet – sorry) will be free.”
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2008/06/04/novastrike-invades-psn-this-week/comment-page-2/#comment-64139
June 7th, 2008 at 1:39 AM
[...] NOVASTRIKE is a free-roaming top-down arcade shooter where youre flying an advanced fighter and combating the Draelus invasion. Yes, aliens are pretty single-minded in that regard. Airborne enemies consist of fighters, aces, kamikazes, bombers and capital ships, and youll also need to deal with enemy ground installations. Fortunately the ship youre flying the Scythe can acquire and upgrade weapons over time. And there are nine weapons total, each with three additional upgrade states, to aid you in sending the Draelus to the great beyond. [...]