Monday, June 7, 2010

F-words

The original Type X game, Chaos Breaker, is being picked up, dusted off, and ported to PSN, under the name Dark Awake. Dark Awake was the game's original name (Ctrl+F, "Dark Awake" /OG internets represent!) when it was under development at craptacular Korean bootlegger, Eolith. The game was distributed in arcades by Taito, where it had it's name changed to Chaos Breaker. Now it's back under the original moniker. The company doing the publishing is some no-name, also most likely Korean. I smell this name change is a loophole to avoid paying Taito license fees. I remember the game being mentioned when Taito was pushing the Type X, but nothing since. I guess it must be at least technically competent to get the Taito label and backing. Will check it out. Out of the fighting games left behind in the arcade wastelands, there are much more interesting titles I'd like to see given new life, however. Rumble Fish 2 comes immediately to mind, also the (unreleased?) Rival Schools-alike, Kenju. Or Jingi Storm, for the lulz.

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