Comments on: CUBIXX HD Coming to PSN With 7-Player Multiplayer

By: dhoom-12345

dhoom-12345 — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 10:19:02 +0000

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By: dhoom-12345

dhoom-12345 — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 09:43:26 +0000

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By: evanac

evanac — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 11:06:43 +0000

@plaztiksyke Glad you enjoyed the Mini and I hope you have an even better time with Cubixx HD. In answer to your questions:

does it render in 1080p natively?

We use one of the ps3′s 1080p upscaling modes. So it’s something like 1280 x 1080, hardware upscaled to 1920×1080, which is still higher than most games, allows us to maintain 60fps, and looks great!

are the audio assets losslessly-compressed and/or 24-bit?

Audio assets are ATRAC3 stereo 16 bit 48khz. ATRAC3 is a lossy audio compression type (similar to MP3) but we have used the highest quality settings when encoding our Music.

I’m currently trying to get more details on the soundtrack from our producer Steven and I’ll get back to you when I get the details off him.

By: evanac

evanac — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 09:21:18 +0000

Hi. I work at Laughing Jackal so I just thought I’d drop in and answer your questions. @LDiablo84 Yes it does indeed have a custom soundtrack. @Zezzler No Demo I’m afraid. @MPaullin Instead of just 20 levels as in the Mini Cubixx HD features 50 levels in Arcade Mode all of which are playable in Line, Score and Time Attack Mode, 50 Challenges and 10 Death Match levels. Speaking of Death Match Cubixx HD also features up to 7 player Multiplayer both co-op and competitive. We’ve also included several new enemy types as well as power-ups and Trophies.

Thats all for now as I need to go now but if I’ve missed you out don’t worry I’ll be back later to answer more of your questions :).

By: Seshat

Seshat — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 20:42:04 +0000

We need a database with all games that support 7 players!! I need to give it a try just for the 7-player aspect alone! We like to have gaming parties at our home :-).

By: WelmoscaBR

WelmoscaBR — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 20:09:37 +0000

looks awesome…I need to give it a try…please release one demo.

By: SoleAddict23

SoleAddict23 — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 19:10:47 +0000

Seven players -_- how can PS2 do eight players but PS3 STILL can’t. Sure it’s better if you do a firmware update so we can get it, but if it’s not possible, releasing a add on like how multitap was released on PS2 to achieve 8 players should be release and every new PS3 should come with the ability of having eight players. I can’t not having eight players, when playing team games it’s 4 against 3, what the heck! even great Bomberman it’s only 7 players. Come on Sony, this isn’t something we have just asked for, not only that, but we still don’t have 4 players Move and navigation combo multiplayer because Sony still has fixed this. Please Sony.

By: station3fever

station3fever — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 22:21:07 +0000

i already own the mini which is cool so now i might have to add this to my collection :)
oh? did i say it looks sweet? lol

By: FriedConsole

FriedConsole — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 19:59:04 +0000

Loved the mini. Played a lot of it. Not sure if I need it in HD for $10. Multi-player might be interesting. Will wait for reviews.

By: plaztiksyke

plaztiksyke — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 19:26:11 +0000

I loved, loved, loved Qix a few decades ago (played a PC clone of it on my glorious 9″ CGA display), so I bought Cubixx and loved it as a mini. I’m extremely happy to see it have an HD version, with co-op no less! Also, it reminds me of Geon Emotions, one of my fav games from the early days of PSN. Day one purchase for me!

does it render in 1080p natively?

any new songs in the soundtrack? which artists? are the audio assets losslessly-compressed and/or 24-bit?

any plans for a level editor as part of a play/create/share experience?

PS: Don’t listen to the haters who demand online co-op — doing 60fps makes the latency of online play an insurmountable issue. Most of us understand that, and I personally prefer 1080p/60fps local co-op over online play any day of the week ;)