【PS4】Shadow of the Beast

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　　PS4独占游戏《Shadow Of The Beast》公布，从视频来看应该是动作游戏，希望不是一款抄袭《战神》的作品。

　　Aarbron的传说将再次展开，猛烈的动作冒险又会继续新的篇章，在充满野兽阴影的世界中寻找邪恶之神Maletoth。《野兽之影》将可作为PlayStation Network下载内容，适用平台为最新的PlayStation 4。

Shadow of the Beast Announced for PS4, a re-imagining of the 1989 Amiga classic

   

Shadow of the Beast Overview

The legend of Aarbron is told once more as you embark upon a ferocious action adventure, seeking to dethrone the evil lord Maletoth, in the visually stunning world of Shadow of the Beast.

Shadow of the Beast will be available as a digital download from the PlayStation Network, exclusively for the PlayStation 4.

Key features

• Explore the eerie, yet beautiful world of Karamoon, discover secret quests and unravel it’s darkest secrets in your bid to overthrow Maletoth.

• Battle hordes of enemies in ferocious adrenaline fuelled combat, unlocking increasingly brutal moves as you draw power from the blood of your enemies.

• Discover the souls of other players and summon them to fight at your side, or to lead the way to new locations.

• Enter Survival mode to put yourself to the test, against increasingly cunning enemies in endless visceral combat.

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Shadow of the Beast Launch Trailer

   

Shadow of the Beast Out Today on PS4

We’ve reached the end of what has been, for us, an epic journey. Our take on the classic action-adventure game Shadow of the Beast is finally launching on PS4 today!

The wonderful people at Sony have created a new trailer for our game, pulling together some of the thoughts shared by people who’ve previewed the game and editing them with some great footage of it in motion. It’s a wonderful (and humbling) way to celebrate the launch of our labor of love.

We’ve packed everything we can into it — a deep combat system, a mysterious world to explore, lots of secrets to uncover, the entire original game, a whole heap of Easter Eggs for fans, and hopefully a few memorable moments for everyone!

After three years, it’s strange to have reached a point where we can’t add any more. We’re not a big team and we know it’s taken us a long time to get here, but I can genuinely say we’ve done everything we were able to. We hope the result is something that people will enjoy spending time playing; and that the dedicated will savor the challenge of mastering the game’s subtleties and uncovering all of its secrets!

We urge those who’ve pre-ordered the game to give the Roger Dean dynamic Theme that is included a try; it was such a wonderful thing to make as fans and we’re really proud of the result. If you want to immerse yourselves even further in the game’s universe, and maybe take it with you on the move, you can buy the Original Soundtrack which Sony will release on PlayStation Store today as well!

Thank you for all the support on our journey, and we hope those who choose to play the game enjoy what we’ve made.

Matt Birch - CEO and Founder, Heavy Spectrum

blog.us.playstation.com

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《异兽王国》公布中文字幕版访谈介绍影片 重温 16 位经典动作玩法

　　湾索尼互动娱乐（SIET）预定 5 月 17 日推出中文版的 PS4 动作游戏《异兽王国（Shadow of the Beast）》，日前在台湾 PlayStation 官方 YouTube 频道公布了中文字幕版访谈介绍影片。

　　《异兽王国》是 Psygnosis 于 1989 年推出的 2D 横向卷轴动作游戏，后曾移植到许多平台上发行。 本次预定推出的 PS4 版由 Heavy Spectrum Entertainment Labs 开发，运用 PS4 的 3D 绘图重新诠释 27 年前初代作所打造的异兽王国冒险。 游戏中玩家将来到美丽、残暴且神秘的异兽王国「卡拉慕」，扮演为了杀戮而生的战争机器「阿波隆」，为了推翻暴君马图斯而孤身一人奋战。

   

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Shadow of the Beast for PS4 includes Amiga original

   

Shadow of the Beast on PS4 Includes the Amiga Original

Hi there, PlayStation fans! We’re delighted to share an element of our game that means a lot to us. This time we want to tell you about the heritage of Shadow of the Beast and the ways we honor it.

As fans of the original, we wanted to make sure that we did everything we could to give new players that same experience that inspired us. To that end we’ve implemented a full emulation of the original game as an unlockable bonus! So you get the entire original game playable on your PS4 included within the new Shadow of the Beast!

It’s something of a notoriously difficult game, so we’ve added an infinite lives mode and some other helpful features that should give you a fighting chance of reaching the end — these can be disabled for anyone brave enough!

We know music is incredibly important to the atmosphere of Shadow of the Beast. The incredibly talented Ian Livingstone has produced a fantastic dynamic soundtrack specifically to complement our take on this universe, with each level getting its own theme and the music escalating as the fighting increases in intensity.

In his pursuit of finding the right sounds for the game, he has investigated many unique instruments to keep the haunting and alien sound that helps define this universe. Fans of the 1989 game’s music will notice lots of elements and themes familiar to them that are subtly woven into the compositions they hear.





There are even more treats for fans of the original music as we’ve also included the original David Whittaker score as an unlockable in the game. And seeing many requests for one particular feature made us decide we had to include it: once you’ve earned enough Mana within the game, you can unlock the option to play with David’s amazing music as an alternative soundtrack!

If all that isn’t amazing enough, the complete soundtrack will be available to download as a standalone purchase on PlayStation Store when the game is released.

The amazing art of Roger Dean will undoubtedly have made a huge impact on anyone who had the famous long-box originals. Roger kindly provided us with a super hi-res scan of the original painting that was used for the box art. Play the game well enough and it can be unlocked to view and zoom in on so you can examine his incredible work in exquisite detail — an incredible chance for fans of the original cover and Roger’s work!

As fans ourselves, it’s been a lot of fun adding all these little nods to the original game (and even a few other Psygnosis titles); some small, some not-so-small. We hope that anyone else with fond memories of that era will find something to reminisce about, and maybe even newer players will be driven to look up a bit of gaming history!

We have still more to unveil, but if this has fuelled your interest then I’d like to remind you that if you pre-order the game you’ll receive a dynamic Theme featuring a creature designed by Roger specifically for our title. This was a dream come true for me to see and I hope it’s exciting for some of you, too!

Matt Birch -CEO and Founder, Heavy Spectrum

blog.us.playstation.com

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Shadow of the Beast Gameplay Mechanics Video
《异兽王国》新预告片展现游戏机制和惊人的世界

　　《异兽王国（Shadow of the Beast）》开发商Heavy Spectrum Entertainment Labs公开了时长5分钟的游戏预告片。预告片动感十足，展示了大量游戏机制，还有部分玩家可以尽情期待的新功能。从片中可以看出，游戏融合了街机、横版过关、格斗解谜等元素。本作是1989年发售的同名游戏时隔27年后的重制版，重置后的游戏加强了动作元素，基础的攻击、闪避、投技可以打出连击，积攒特殊能量槽“血槽”，消费“血槽”不仅可以回复自身的HP，同时可以使用各种必杀技。

　　《异兽王国》将于2016年5月17日正式发售，登陆PS4平台。

   

Exploring the Vicious Combat in Shadow of the Beast

Hi everyone, I’m so grateful to have the chance to write this blog post, as I get to talk about a subject close to my heart — gameplay!

I recently got a chance to sit down with James Hawkins, XDev executive producer at Sony, and record us playing a bit of the game as we discuss some of the gameplay design.

Our game has quite a few different facets to the experience, from platforming and puzzles to the intricacies of combat. We want players to have a varied challenge — after all, learning and mastering the skills to beat the game are a large part of the fun.

Of course, we appreciate that some players want to enjoy the world and would prefer to be able to take a slightly more laid-back approach, so we’ve added a beginner option to make that possible too — but to see anything beyond the most basic ending you’ll have to really sink your teeth into the game!

One key area as you progress through the game is the Wisdom of Shadows that allows you to buy upgrades, new special moves, and talismans that can be equipped to enable new strategies. To access these items you’ll need to hunt down secrets hidden throughout the levels to unlock them, and then purchase them with Mana gained through demonstrating your skills in the game — primarily by scoring well in combat!

The heart of combat is simple: enemies come in from the left or right and you have to defeat them. Most of your attacks will destroy them with one hit. It’s straightforward to understand but the depth in the formula quickly becomes apparent as different enemies respond differently to your various attacks, and have different methods and timing of their own attacks — not to mention getting faster as they approach.

As you go deeper into the levels you’ll have to start watching enemies very closely to defeat them unscathed, and once multiple types of enemies are mixed together you’ll really have to stay on your toes! Keep in mind that your moves take time to execute, so once enemies start getting a little faster you’ll have to think about the enemy coming at you from behind while you’re executing your move on the enemy in front. Once things get even more hectic you’ll need to start planning for the enemies behind the enemies you’re attacking!

Luckily you have a huge range of options available to you: basic attacks, counters, stun, throws, special attacks, evades, dodge rolls, the Wrath of Aarbron, Rage Chains, and — most importantly –the oft-overlooked but oh-so-important block button! When you master them, many of these moves have “perfect windows” in their timing as well that can grab you extra points.

The combo multiplier in particular is critical — it is applied to every kill so if you can get a really big multiplier then this can reward you with massive scores. But be super-careful — taking damage (or using a Rage Chain) will reset your combo multiplier back to one. Scoring big starts with not getting hit, and for that reason the most fundamental skill is learning to block effectively.

It’s so nice to talk about the game design! I hope it will prove helpful for players who decide to pick up Shadow of the Beast, and particularly anyone who decides to unlock all the different endings and aim for Platinum ranks in all the fights on Beast mode!

Please be sure to pre-order your copy of Shadow of the Beast today in order to secure your limited edition dynamic Theme featuring a brand new original creature designed by acclaimed artist Roger Dean! Roger was the creator of the cover art for the original Shadow of the Beast game and its sequel, so it’s a massive honor to have him revisit the universe with our game.

Thanks again for your interest — it is genuinely appreciated.

Matt Birch - CEO and Founder, Heavy Spectrum

blog.us.playstation.com

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PS4 独占游戏《异兽王国》中文版 5 月推出 经典 16 位动作游戏重出江湖

　　马来西亚索尼互动娱乐（SIET）宣布，PS4 独占动作游戏《异兽王国（Shadow of the Beast）》中英文合版将于 5 月 17 日同步在台推出蓝光光盘版和数字下载版，建议售价马币 RM89。

　　《异兽王国》是由 Reflections 开发、Psygnosis 于 1989 年在 Commodore Amiga 上推出的 2D 横向卷轴动作游戏，后曾移植到许多平台上发行。 本次预定推出的 PS4 版由 Heavy Spectrum Entertainment Labs 开发，运用 PS4 的 3D 绘图重新诠释 27 年前初代作所打造的异兽王国冒险。



《异兽王国》简介

探索异境卡拉慕，一个充满着美丽、残暴和神秘的世界；孤军奋战推翻暴君马图斯。

使出令人肾上腺激素激增的凶残行动，在壮烈的头目战中求生，对付敌人大军。 用打败敌人后获得的技能点数培养技能，或是在从敌人血液吸取力量时取得更加凶残的攻击动作。

本游戏的原作在 1989 年发售，当时被认为在美术设计和配乐划下了新里程碑。 现在一睹名作风采的时候到了。

在本作阿波隆的故事更丰富。 传奇名作让人耳目一新。

早期购入特典动态布景

　　首批 BD 版与上市 2 周内购买的数字版，将可获得以 Roger Dean 插画为主题的动态布景。








































游戏信息

游戏名称：异兽王国
游戏原名：Shadow of the Beast
游戏类型：动作
对应平台：PlayStation 4
发售日期：2016 年 5 月 17 日
建议售价：RM89
语言版本：英文 / 繁体中文
开发厂商：Heavy Spectrum Entertainment Labs
发行厂商：Sony Interactive Entertainment
代理经销：台湾索尼互动娱乐（台湾地区）
香港索尼互动娱乐（香港地区）
官方网站：https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/shadow-of-the-beast-ps4/

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Shadow of the Beast Launching May 17 on PS4

   

Shadow of the Beast Launching May 17th on PS4

We’ve finally reached a critical point in development and we’re excited to share some good news with our beloved PlayStation fans. Shadow of the Beast will launch in North America on May 17th, 2016! Please stay tuned for pre-order details.

Our small team has been using their time to the fullest and we’ve made significant changes in the last few months. Fans of the fighting genre will be excited to hear that we’re now targeting 60 frames per second and we’ve fine-tuned the combat experience from top to bottom, honing in on optimal response times.

And we haven’t forgotten about Aarbron! The game’s protagonist received upgrades to the full extent of his abilities and we’ve equipped him with some of the mystic artefacts that add much more depth to gameplay. Shadow of the Beast feels quite different to other combat-adventure games, but hopefully people will find it very rewarding!

And before we go we’d like to share a new screenshot from the game, one that reveals a feature we haven’t talked about yet — the gun!







The game will be available for pre-order soon in the US and Canada on PlayStation Store and will include a fantastic dynamic theme to let you fully immerse yourself in the world of Shadow of the Beast.







That’s all for now! Our team is busy making final tweaks to combat, ironing out a few bugs, and burying those Easter eggs for the most dedicated players. We can’t wait for launch in a couple of months.


Matt Birch - CEO and Founder, Heavy Spectrum

blog.us.playstation.com

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《野兽之影》发售日确定1月27日上架

　　PSN英服公开了三款游戏的发售时间和价格，其中最引人瞩目莫过于《《野兽之影》(Shadow of the Beast)》了。

　　这款游戏是1989年在Amiga 500上发行的《野兽之影》的重制版，在当时受到了非常高的评价。本作最早在2013年的科隆游戏展上公开，但之后一直杳无音信。一年后的PSX，制作组为我们带来了一些新情报和概念图，之后再次归于沉寂。据英服消息，本作将于2016年1月27日上架，售价为16英镑，其他区域的发售时间未定。

　　此外，曾在本届巴黎游戏周中登场的《Alienation》将于2016年3月2日在欧服上架，售价为16英镑。EA出品的《Unravel》则定于2016年3月31日上架，售价为15英镑。目前这三款作品均已开放预订，感兴趣的玩家可以登陆对应的服务器进行查看。

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Shadow of the Beast Pre-Beta Trailer

   

   

Shadow of the Beast Update, New Trailer From Paris Games Week

Hi PlayStation fans,

It’s been a great week for gaming news! Lots of wonderful announcements from Paris Games Week, and so many things to look forward to. We’re once again humbled that Sony asked for our game, Shadow of the Beast, to be in attendance amongst such illustrious company.

On the gameplay side, we’ve been very lucky to get lots of feedback from people who took the time to play our previous demo at various shows, and we’ve been working out how best to use that to improve the game. To that end, we’ve been iterating and tweaking our combat system further, as well as making adjustments to help the platforming flow better. We’re trying our best to make sure that the combat in particular has layers to discover and that truly mastering the game is going to be something players can enjoy doing as they uncover the secrets of Aarbron’s world.

So with immense nervousness, but quiet excitement, we’d like to share a new trailer with you. Hopefully fans of the original game will spot a few nods to familiar locations, and also some new things to make the return to Karamoon an exciting prospect!

Thank you again for looking at the game, we’re still working hard to improve it and hope to share more news with you as soon as we can.

Matt Birch - CEO and Founder, Heavy Spectrum

blog.us.playstation.com

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