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1 CommentKarateka Soundtrack Bundle headed to PSN May 7 with game, soundtrack and discount
By Dave Tach on May 06, 2013 05.06.13
Karateka, the recent rhythmic remake of Prince of Persia creator Jordan Mechner's karate game, is headed to PlayStation Network tomorrow, May 7, bundled with the game's soundtrack as the Karateka Soundtrack Bundle, according to the developer. The $7.99 bundle includes the soundtrack from Christopher Tin, composer of games like Civilization 4, whose composition "Baba Yetu" won a Grammy for "Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists" in 2011, and films like X2. Karateka will still be available solo on PSN and Steam for $9.99, on Xbox Live Arcade for 800 Microsoft Points and in the iOS App Store for $2.99. For more on the remake of Mechner's first game, be sure to check out Polygon's interview with its creator.
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4 CommentsWii U version of Karateka 'never went into development,' says producer
By Samit Sarkar on Apr 22, 2013 04.22.13
The studio behind Jordan Mechner's 2012 remake of Karateka considered putting the title on Wii U, but that version "never went into development," assistant producer Heather D'Evelyn told Nintendo Everything. Liquid Entertainment released Karateka on Xbox Live Arcade last November, and on PlayStation Network, Windows PC and iOS in December. An ESRB listing from last August rated the title on those platforms as well as on Wii U. D'Evelyn said that Liquid thought about a Wii U version "at the beginning of the project but [it] never went into development." D'Evelyn added that Liquid has no plans to make a Wii U version at this time. We asked D'Evelyn in December about a potential Android version of Karateka; at the time, she told Polygon that Liquid had "no official plans right now, but...
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0 CommentsXbox Live puts Gears of War DLC on sale, Far Cry 3 and Forza Horizon on Games on Demand
By Samit Sarkar on Feb 26, 2013 02.26.13
This week's slate of Xbox Live deals and content includes discounts on DLC for Gears of War 2 and Gears of War 3, as well as the Games on Demand releases of 2012 hits such as Far Cry 3 and Forza Horizon, Major Nelson announced today. Add-ons for Gears 2 (the All Fronts Collection) and Gears 3 (including the season pass and RAAM's Shadow pack) are all available at half price from today, Feb. 26, through March 4. Those deals are in addition to Microsoft's ongoing Ultimate Game Sale, which will put more than 60 games on sale over the next week. Also available today are a bunch of new Games on Demand titles, including Far Cry 3, Forza Horizon and Hitman: Absolution. New content launching today includes Mass Effect 3: Reckoning, a free add-on that will be the penultimate piece of DLC for...
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1 CommentKarateka on iOS stays true to the '80s original, says creator Jordan Mechner
By Emily Gera on Jan 04, 2013 01.04.13
The iOS port of classic fighting game Karateka stays true to the 1980s original in terms of the size of the game and the simplicity of the platform, creator Jordan Mechner told Touch Arcade. Mechner discusses the differences between developing titles thirty years ago compared to the present day. While the original Karateka was released on a 143K floppy disk and designed for the Apple II, a platform with 48K and a 1MHz processor, the iOS release is roughly 1GB in size. According to Mechner: "I wanted to be true to the original Karateka in the size of the game. "We talked about, before, how there's now a gigabyte of data but, as a playing experience, the original Karateka was a game where you could experience a story from beginning to end in a single play session. Today there are games...
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2 CommentsSleeping Dogs and Rage DLC, Karateka remake coming to PSN on Dec. 18
By Samit Sarkar on Dec 14, 2012 12.14.12
Jordan Mechner's Karateka remake, as well as new downloadable content for United Front Games' Sleeping Dogs and id Software's Rage, will launch on PlayStation Network next Tuesday, Dec. 18, according to the most recent episode of Sony's PlayStation Blogcast. The Karateka remake, which Mechner developed with a small team at Liquid Entertainment, launched in November on Xbox Live Arcade for 800 Microsoft Points ($10) and earlier this month on Steam for $9.99. Sleeping Dogs will get its second campaign add-on, the Zodiac Tournament Pack, which publisher Square Enix announced in mid-November. The DLC pack adds a new island to the game's Hong Kong setting, the site of an exclusive invitation-only tournament in which combatants fight to the death. The Zodiac Tournament will feature a...
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1 CommentKarateka coming to Steam Monday, discounted 10 percent first week
By Megan Farokhmanesh on Nov 30, 2012 11.30.12
Jordan Mechner's remake of 1984 8-bit classic Karateka will launch on Monday, Dec. 3, for Steam, along with ebook The Making of Karateka: Journals 1982-1985. Karateka is a rhythm-based fighter set in feudal Japan. In a recent interview with Polygon, Mechner explained that the remake will feature three playable characters with three different endings. Each character must fight to resuce and win the hand of the princess Mariko from evil warlord Akuma. The Making of Karateka is an ebook edition of Mechner's journal during the creation and publishing of Karateka. A print edition is expected to follow at an undisclosed date. Karateka is priced at $9.99, with a 10 percent discount during its first sale week. The remake launched on Xbox Live Arcade on Nov. 7, with a PSN and iOS version...
