| Phantom Breaker preview trailerPublisher 7sixty has released a preview trailer for 2D fighter Phantom Breaker, developed by 5pb in Japan. The gameplay movie coincides with the launch of the official website and announcement of the game's release on Xbox 360 in North America on February 28. Music is by Takeshi Abo of Steins;Gate, with an ending theme by Azusa Chiba of Basiscape. |
| Persona 4: Ultimate in Mayonaka Arena opening movieAtlus has posted the intro movie to their arcade fighter Persona 4: The Ultimate in Mayonaka Arena, developed by BlazBlue's Arc System Works. Entering the ring are Persona 4 protagonists Yu (the silent hero), Chie, Yosuke, Teddy, Yukiko, Naoto and Kanji. The title is slated for release on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 later this year, with music by Shin Megami Tensei series composer Shoji Meguro. |
| Christopher Tin of Civilization IV launches electronica projectGrammy award-winning composer Christopher Tin of Civilization IV has launched electronica project Stereo Alchemy. A full-length record entitled God of Love ships on Valentine's Day and includes ten tracks, which can be streamed in full via the official website. The title track is free to download. |
| Square Enix teases Battle SQ arrange albumFrench music news site Musica Ludi stumbled upon the teaser trailer for Square Enix's next installment in the SQ series of arrange albums, titled "Battle SQ." While still shrouded in mystery, clips from the trailer uploaded to YouTube suggest source material will include battle tracks from Live A Live, Final Fantasy IV and IX, Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon, Seiken Densetsu 3 and Final Fantasy Legend. |
| Andi Bissig scores IGF finalist MirageAndi Bissig of Switzerland is providing original music for Mario von Rickenbach's independently developed title "Mirage." Telling the story of a lonely subaquatic tophat and the human foot that loved him, the game is a finalist in the visual art category of the 2012 Independent Games Festival awards. Music by the composer can't be heard in the trailer, but is available through soundcloud.com/nekomusics. |
| "Kids Run Through the City Corner" from Final Fantasy VI arranged by AycomusicEiko Ishiwata of Aycomusic has arranged Nobuo Uematsu's "Kids Run Through the City Corner" from Final Fantasy VI as part of her series of acoustic renditions of music from the classic Super Famicom role-playing game. High quality files of the Vancouver composer's arrangements can be downloaded via her official website. |
| K-Murdock releases Hero Muzik Vol.1K-Murdock of the hip-hop album Forever Famicom has released Hero Muzik Vol.1, an 11-track collection of instrumental arrangements of Nobuo Uematsu's Final Fantasy VI character themes. The album, available to stream in full through Bandcamp, features themes belonging to Gau, Cyan, Terra, Locke, Strago and Relm as re-imagined, remixed and mastered by Neosonic Productions. |
| Mega Ran and Lost Perception release Black Materia: The RemixesHip-hop artists Mega Ran and Lost Perception have released their latest album, titled "Black Materia: The Remixes." The 21-track album, available to stream in full and purchase on Bandcamp, is based on the Sony PlayStation role-playing game Final Fantasy VII, composed by Nobuo Uematsu, and centers on rap songs about protagonists Cloud Strife, Barret Wallace and Yuffie Kisaragi. Additional production is by DN3 and Plue Starfox, with mixing and mastering by K-Murdock. |
| Manabu Namiki scores DoDonPachi SaidaioujouCave has announced a new arcade installment in the DoDonPachi game series, titled DoDonPachi Saidaioujou. Location tests are scheduled to be held in February in Akihabara. Music for the game is by series composer Manabu Namiki, who performed at the Blip Festival Tokyo concert last year and joined us for a discussion on the music of the game series, posted to IndieGames.com earlier this month. |
| Fami-Mode 2012 photo set50 photos from Fami-Mode 2012 are now available to view on Google+. The all-night celebration of the 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment System featured music performances by Sexy-Synthesizer (with Chihiro and m7kenji), Penny and Ashtray, Kplecraft, Professor Sakamoto, and Omodaka. The Famicom games chosen for the competitive tournament included Super Mario Bros., Kunio-kun, Gradius and Klu Klu Land. |
| Eufloria iPad trailerGame creator Rudolf Kremers has uploaded the trailer for Eufloria, headed to iPad in February. The trailer for the Independent Games Festival Grand Prize and Innovation Awards finalist is set to "Winter" by Antonio Vivaldi, whereas the actual game features an original score by Milieu, with the soundtrack available through Bandcamp. |
| Lifeformed releases Dustforce soundtrackMusician Terence Lee, also known as Lifeformed, has released "Fastfall." Featuring music from Dustforce, the independently financed game received an honorable mention in the category of visual art at this year's Independent Games Festival. Fifteen tracks are available to stream in full through Bandcamp, with an additional three unlocked upon purchasing the album in your file format of choice. |
| PixelJunk Eden debuts on Steam next weekQ-Games' independently developed title PixelJunk Eden will debut on Steam next week. The game will contain the full Encore expansion pack that came separately in the PlayStation Network release. The full soundtrack by Kyoto DJ and graphic artist Baiyon will also be available for purchase as downloadable content, together with the previously unreleased Encore music tracks. |
| Gravity Rush live action apple trailerSony Computer Entertainment has sent out a promotional package to members of the press today including an apple and a new trailer for PlayStation Vita title Gravity Rush. The live action movie dramatizes the way the direction of gravity can be shifted in the game, depicting baskets of apples floating and falling through the air. Music for the handheld title is by Kouhei Tanaka of Resonance of Fate. |
| NES cover art Mega Man joins Street Fighter X Tekken roster on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation VitaCapcom has announced four exclusive playable characters for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita releases of Street Fighter X Tekken. They include the NES cover art rendering of Mega Man, with potbelly and handgun intact, together with Cole MacGrath of Infamous, Sony mascots Toro and Kuro, as well as Namco legend Pac-Man. Music for the game is by Marvel vs Capcom 3 composer Hideyuki Fukasawa. |
| Listen to WeeklyBeats Week 3's latest chiptune creationsWeeklyBeats is an online community dedicated to writing and releasing amazing new songs for each week of the year. Week 3 of 2012 features music by chiptune artists little-scale, Lazerbeat, Trash80, Pongball, Minikomi, Starpause and Dot.AY, among many others. Tracks are available to stream and download for free from the WeeklyBeats website. |
| Rom Cassette Disc In NATSUME vol1 album announcedRecord label Clarice Disc has announced Rom Cassette Disc In NATSUME vol1, a compilation of music from Nintendo Famicom, Game Boy and Super Famicom games developed by Natsume. The two-disc album, due out February 25 in Japan, will include music tracks from Chaos World, Dragon Fighter, S.C.A.T.: Special Cybernetic Attack Team, Shatterhand, Amazing Penguin and Wild Guns. Music is by Iku Mizutani, Hiroyuki Iwatsuki, Kouichi Yamanishi and other artists. |
| Gravity Rush soundtrack due out March 21 in JapanRecord label Team Entertainment has announced the company will publish a two-disc soundtrack album for Gravity Rush on March 21 in Japan. Music for the PlayStation Vita gravity-defying game, developed by Sony Computer Entertainment, is by Kouhei Tanaka, whose previous credits include Resonance of Fate and Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love. 47 music tracks in total are planned for the album. |
| Piano Collections NieR Gestalt & NieR Replicant datedSquare Enix has announced a release date for Piano Collections NieR Gestalt & NieR Replicant via the album's official webpage. Produced by sound studio MONACA, the single-disc collection will arrive March 21 in Japan, and will feature compositions by Keiichi Okabe from the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 title arranged by Keigo Hayashi, Kumi Tanioka, Masato Kouda, Ryuichi Takada and Yuri Misumi. |
| Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance soundtrack announcedSquare Enix has announced that the soundtrack album for Nintendo 3DS title Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance will drop April 18, 2012 in Japan. The first sample track from the three-disc album is currently streaming on the official webpage, which states that composing duties are being shared between series musician Yoko Shimomura and in-house composers Takeharu Ishimoto and Tsuyoshi Sekito. |
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