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 [...]

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 Classic [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]