Mastiff Sinks Teeth Into Technic Beat, Gungrave OD

Thanks to GamerFeed for its news story noting that publisher Mastiff has picked up the quirky Arika-developed Technic Beat rhythm title for American release. It's explained: "Players listen to music represented in the game by radiating concentric rings of sound. Picking up the beat, they dance into the middle of the rings and try to 'catch' the music", and a hands-on preview at IGN PS2 has screenshots and more info on the "wickedly weird" PlayStation 2 title. Mastiff, the tiny U.S. publisher also responsible for bringing cult PS2 SRPG La Pucelle Tactics to the States, are also publishing PS2 action title Gungrave OD in the U.S., according to IGN, who describe the sequel to the somewhat one-note Sega-published shooter as "an assault on the senses."

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Gungrave...

[Anonymous Coward]

I honestly wonder: if Gungrave didn't have the awesome Japanese character designs of Yashiro Nightow (Trigun), would it even be remotely popular?

I think most of the Gungrave's scuccess is because of Nightow.

Still, this is a good time to release Gungrave OD because Gungrave the anime TV series is getting its region 1 release.

Re:Great and all...

[h0mer]

Rez has already been out in North America on PS2. It came out a little over 2 years ago, 4000 or so units were shipped, the game was discontinued.

I managed to drive around and find a copy at a local Gamestop, but I don't think that's possible anymore. It's fetching above retail on eBay, now that was a good investment. :)