Key Ubisoft series like Michael Jackson the Experience, Rayman Origins, and Assassin’s Creed are coming to Sony’s next handheld.

On April 2, Microsoft is temporarily slashing prices off Xbox Live Arcade games like Ikaruga in Japan.

Remember how we said Q Entertainment was doing something with PlayStation Home? They ended up making PlayStation Home avatar outfits.

Q Entertainment released an expansion pack for Lumines Supernova containing 20 skins from the PSP game that started the series yesterday. With a name like “Classic Pack” you might expect “classic” songs like Shinin’, Lights, or Shake Ya Body. Well, you won’t find them here! The Classic Pack doesn’t have any licensed music from Mondo [...]

Out of all the Lumines games I enjoyed the first one the most. Partially because it was fresh, partially because of the soundtrack. Shinin’ was one catchy song.   Mondo Grosso’s music hasn’t made its way into future releases, but maybe, just maybe, it will sneak into Lumines Supernova. Q Entertainment is working on a [...]

Namco Bandai has always taken care of Q Entertainment in Japan, but in North America Tetsuya Mizuguchi’s studio flipped between Ubisoft, Namco Bandai and Buena Vista Games. Moving forward Q Entertainment will work with Atari and their first joint project is Q3 (pronounced Qubed), a compilation disc of three Q Entertainment Xbox Live Arcade games. [...]

For those not satiated with Lumines, Lumines II, Lumines Live, Lumines Mobile, and Lumines for PCs (catches breath) Lumines Supernova is coming to the PlayStation 3 as a PSN download. I gave it out at Tokyo Game Show, but the demo didn’t have the newly created Dig Down Mode where you remove piles of blocks [...]

Lumines made its debut on the PSP so it’s fitting to see the musical block dropping game come out as a PlayStation Network download. However, it doesn’t look like much has changed in Lumines Supernova. The sequencer from Lumines II is incorporated in the PS3 version with a few more options and there is a [...]

Tokyo native Takayuki Nakamura is a self-described music lover and technophile.  As early as junior high he was experimenting in radio through a school program, started a band, and began broadcasting his own songs.  He developed an affinity toward electronic sound design, performing daily and working part time through university to afford his own audio [...]

The latest album by the music director of the LUMINES puzzle action titles, a challenging and unconventional game soundtrack.   L.II remixes composed by Takayuki Nakamura Brainstorm Co. Ltd.   [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K_A0VWePos[/youtube]    More info on Sound Current: L.II remixes Samples:  Nakataka.net

< Spencer’s note: As an addendum to Jeriaska’s Sound Current post we’re presenting a vlog about LUMINES Remixes Winter where you can hear samples of the album and Jeriaska’s thoughts on it. Enjoy! >   [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKHVlOx96Aw[/youtube] 

Late last year Brainstorm Co. Ltd., the publishing house behind the LUMINES series of games put together a strong collaborative effort by Takayuki Nakamura, h ueda, and Keiichi Sugiyama called "LUMINES remixes Winter."  Just a month later, the chief composer of the visually compelling puzzle series has returned with a solo album.  Built from arrangements [...]

The cover art of LUMINES remixes Winter shows a headphone jack cutting across the night sky.  The illustration speaks to the chosen audio style of the game series, where solid sound engineering is put to use creating dreamlike musical vistas. Having no storyline to cohere to has offered the composers of LUMINES the freedom to [...]

Over the past few months Microsoft has been testing the waters with temporary sales on Xbox Live Arcade games. On December 4th (the day the new dashboard comes out) popular Xbox Live Arcade games tagged as Xbox Live Arcade Hits are getting permanent price drops. Essentially, Microsoft is unleashing the digital equivalent of their Platinum [...]

I can’t blame Q Entertainment for trying to milk Lumines as much as possible. It was their first project and a critically acclaimed puzzle game. However, between two PSP games, a Playstation 2 port, a mobile phone version and an Xbox 360 release the only thing that has really changed are the skins. OK, the [...]

At least Japan is getting a confirmed price break for Lumines Live. Q Entertainment is dropping the price of the base back from 1200 Microsoft Points ($15) to 800 Microsoft Points ($10). The base pack is the core game with a handful of skins and online versus play.   If you want more skins you [...]