Category Archives: Majesco

Planned 3DS title Bloodrayne: The Shroud has been shelved, at least temporarily.

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Majesco Entertainment has announced plans to publish The Hidden, a unique-sounding 3DS game.

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Majesco has announced that scantily clad dhampir Rayne will return to consoles this summer in the digital download title Bloodrayne: Betrayal.

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Peter Ong, of Harry Hatsworth and Monster Tale developer DreamRift, has said publishers have gone cold on new IP for the DS.

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Serious Sam and Cooking Mama publisher Majesco has pulled itself out of a recent fit of stock doldrums and rejoined the glowing ranks of the NASDAQ.

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The US arm of Southpeak Interactive has won back the rights to publish Nobilis’s My Baby games, a series of terrifyingly popular baby simulations. That’s one down, but at least two more court battles in progress for the litigation-plagued publisher.

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Platforming and pet-rearing may sound like an odd combo, but it’s not like Henry Hatsworth set a precedent for normalcy. What it did do, however, is start a trend toward excellence – one that newly formed studio Dreamrift hopes to continue with its upcoming DS action-platformer, Monster Tale.

In a nutshell, the game sees you turn your adorable monster pal Chomp into a tear-fueled engine of destruction while using his ever-evolving powers to access new non-linear areas. So basically, it sounds like Castlevania mixed with Pokemon and a hint of those plastic keychain virtual pets we… er, we mean, kids used to love.

Better still, it looks absolutely fantastic in action. This one caught us by surprise, but it’s definitely one to watch. Check out the trailer after the break, courtesy of GameTrailers.

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What next for Mama outside of cooking? Camping? Ha, we laugh in your fa—oh.

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Majesco’s announced Serious Sam: The Second Encounter will release next month on Xbox Live Arcade.

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Looks like Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter on XBLA was the number one game on the service for January with 35,211 players.

Good for Sam.

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Majesco announced today that Data East Arcade Classics for Wii has shipped to retailers.

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Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter has been pushed into spring, or April to be more precise.

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Steam has Psychonauts on sale for $2.  That’s £1 in the UK and €2 in Europe.

Dirt. Cheap.

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Majesco has announced that Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter has hit Xbox Live Arcade today.

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GoG has added Psychonauts and Advent Rising to its online library for $9.99 and $5.99, respectively.

This is all part of a deal the company signed with Majesco, which plans to send BloodRayne and BloodRayne 2 along in the coming weeks.

“One of GOG.com‘s main goals is to bring games that were overlooked back into the spotlight”, said GoG managing director, Adam Oldakowski. “Games like Psychonauts perfectly embody the ‘Good Old Game’ and we’re thrilled to be bringing that game, along with other quality titles, to a new audience.”

Hit the site up to see for yourself.

Another banner week for news regarding indie and other games of interest.

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine may make it onto PC after all, 3D Dot Game Heroes is coming to North America, Nostalgia is now available, The Void sounds awesome, King Arthur: The Role-playing Wargame has finally gotten a release date, Eufloria has a demo, and version 2.6 of the Unity Platform is now free.

There’s tons more stuff after the break, too. Surely there is something that interests you should you click onward.

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Majesco has announced that A Boy and His Blob has been released for Wii in the US.

It’s scheduled for a November 6 release in the UK according to Play.

The game features hand-drawn and painted animation to keep you enchanted as you solve puzzles, defeat monsters, and feed your blob companion gourmet jelly beans which force the poor fella to turn into ladders and other handy items.

It’s rather lovely looking.

Via Press Release.

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Majesco posted an operating loss of $4.2 million for the third quarter. The loss compares to a profit of $0.3 million for the same quarter in 2008.

Revenue for the company did show an increase however, up 19 percent to $17.2 million compared to $14.5 million last year.

Sales of the publisher’s Wii and DS titles were up 16 per cent and 18 percent respectively.

Release more Cooking Mama. Quick. More on GI.

Some screens for A Boy and His Blob have surfaced over on Aussie-Nintendo.

Go have a look.

The updated title will feature hand-drawn and painted animation to keep you enchanted as you solve puzzles, defeat monsters, and feed your blob companion gourmet jelly beans which force the poor fella to turn into ladders and other handy items.

Majesco have slated it for a fall release on Wii.

Thanks, GoNintendo.

Majesco has reported second quarter earnings for the company’s fiscal year with an increase in revenue of 60.8 percent equaling $20.5 million. These figures are for the months of February – April compared to $12.8 million during the same quarter in 2008.

Still, it is reporting a loss of $1.7 million for the quarter with a comparison of $257,000 for the same time period last year.

The loss is being blamed on “strategic marketing campaigns” but CEO Jesse Sutton projects the rest of the year will ge3nerate $80 to $85 million thanks to investing in new titles.

“We believe the benefits of these investments will continue beyond the first half of 2009 and help drive future growth,” he said in a statement.

The revenue increase was attributed to Jillian Michaels’ Fitness Ultimatum 2009 and the Cooking Mama franchise with the later selling 4 million units worldwide and the former selling 600,000 copies.

“We continue to believe that Majesco can deliver sustainable profits, as we have better revenue visibility with an ever stronger game lineup,” said analyst Michael Pachter in a financial mailer.

“We believe investors should remain focused on Majesco’s continuing profitability [as] Q2 revenue was much better than expected.”