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• Bit.Trip developer launches PS4 and Vita collection, announces two new games

  Bit.Trip and Woah Dave fans are invited to absorb the multiple intel drops beyond the fold.

• Bit.Trip Presents Runner 2 turns one, passes 1 million sales, goes on sale

  Bit.Trip Presents Runner 2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien is one year old, and has sold 1,046,964 units, developer Gaijin Games announced today.

• Bit.Trip Presents… Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien lands next week on Vita

  Runner2 will arrive on Vita next week, December 17. It will retail for $9.99 on the Vita, and PS Plus users can expect a 20% discount at launch paying $7.99 instead. Additionally, The Good Friends Character Pack will be 30% off for PS Plus users, bringing the $2.99 price tag down to $2.09. Check out […]

• BIT.TRIP.RUN! launches for real this time on iOS, available now

  If you too were frustrated by last week’s tease of Gaijin Games’ BIT.TRIP.RUN!, a port of BIT.TRIP. RUNNER 2: Future Legend of the Rhythm Alien to iPhone and iPad. It’s up here, for real this time, on the App Store, priced at just $4 or your regional equivilent and promises 3 “Gorgeous Worlds”, 40 costumes […]

• BIT.TRIP.RUN! accidentally releases a week early on the iTunes Store, gets pulled

  Someone accidentally pushed a button and BIT.TRIP.RUN!, the universal iOS port of Bit Trip Runner 2: Future Legend of the Rhythm Alien was accidentally released on the New Zealand App Store for a little while, before getting pulled. The release, which was priced at $5.29 in NZ, requires iOS 6.0 and is optimised for iPhone […]

• Runner 2 Good Friends DLC hits Wii U and Xbox 360 this week

  The Good Friends pack for Bit.Trip Presents Runner 2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien arrived on Xbox 360 today, and makes the jump to Wii U tomorrow, according to the game’s Twitter. The pack is already available on PS3 and Steam; the latter has one extra exclusive character, Portal 2’s Atlas. On consoles, enjoy guest […]

• Runner 2 Good Friends DLC hits consoles "very soon"

  The Good Friends DLC for Bit.Trip Presents Runner 2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien will cost $3 when it hits consoles shortly, and also here is a video of the guest stars dancing.

• BIT.TRIP FATE now available through Steam, is 50% off until July 22

  BIT.TRIP FATE, the fifth entry in Gaijin Games’ series, is now available on Steam. The game was originally released on WiiWare and offered later in the BIT.TRIP COMPLETE collection for Wii and BIT.TRIP SAGA for 3DS. The side-scrolling shoot ’em up contains characters such as Super Meat Boy and Mr. Robotube, and you can get […]

• Spelunky, Portal 2 characters on the way to Runner 2

  The remaining two guest characters coming in Bit.Trip Presents Runner 2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien’s Good Friends DLC pack are from Portal 2 and Spelunky. The final addition is, uh … CommanderVideo.

• Machinarium's Josef and Super Meat Boy's Dr Fetus headed to Runner 2

  Gaijin Games has revealed two more characters coming to Bit.Trip Presents Runner 2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien in this week’s Good Friends DLC pack.

• Runner 2 DLC to add Psychonauts, Cave Story characters

  The Good Friends DLC pack for Bit.Trip Presents Runner 2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien adds seven characters from other video games.

• CommanderVideo stars in free browser game

  Gaijin Games has released a free endless runner called CommanderVideo, starring the famous hero of its Bit.Trip series. The browser-based affair has leaderboards and Twitter bragging support, and is a promotion for Bit.Trip Presents Runner 2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien, which is now available on Mac, PC, PlayStation 3, Wii U and Xbox 360, […]

• PS4 & Xbox One vs indies: the studios speak - part two

  Gaijin Games, Introversion, Hello Games and Brian Provinciano continue to discuss PS4 and Xbox One’s indie potential with VG247′s Dave Cook.

• Runner 2 has no Vita-specific bells and whistles

  Gaijin Games isn’t interested in building touch controls for Runner 2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien.

• Bit.Trip franchise on sale on Steam

  There’s a pretty special sale on Steam at the moment, offering 25-75% off every Bit.Trip game available on PC. The retro-styled Gaijin Games series has won awards all over the place and is also available on Wii and 3DS. The newest entry, Runner 2, mixes things up with a new graphical style.

• BIT.TRIP Runner 2 hits European Wii U eShop tomorrow, Australian build delayed

  Runner 2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien is dashing on to the European Wii U eShop tomorrow. It really is a lovely, lovely game too.

• Runner 2 Wii U patch in the works to fix crash bug

  Gaijin Games is working on a Wii U patch for Runner 2, and the main fix coming will squash a bug which freezes the console when powered down or exiting to the main menu.

• Runner 2 releases today on Wii U & Steam, PS3 & Xbox 360 later

  Bit.Trip Presents Runner 2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien has been dated for multiple platforms by developer Gaijin Games.

• Runner 2 trailer shows off shiny new visuals

  Bit.Trip Presents Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien developer Gaijin Games has released a new gameplay trailer for its sprint-em-up. It looks rather shiny and should appeal to fans of Canabalt, Temple Run and all those other cardio-intensive romps.