Rocketmen: It Came from Uranus arriving on XBLA, PSN next week

Posted May 3, 2008 at 5:12AM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: PS3, Xbox 360 Tags: Capcom, PlayStation Network, Saturn, Xbox Live Arcade

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With a title like this, you know the jokes are going to start rolling in. Still, it hasn't stopped Capcom from announcing that the next chapter in the Rocketmen downloadable action series, Rocketmen: It Came from Uranus, will be available through Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network next week.

The game will be available on the XBLA this May 14 and will be priced at 400 points. The PlayStation Network downloadable version will go live a day after on May 15 and will for the set price of US$ 4.95. Players blast off through three new maps, as well as several new toys to zap all the new enemies with.

Here are the complete details of what Rocketmen: It Came from Uranus will contain:

3 New Weapons

• Blobber: Shoots blobs of goo at enemies, does damage over time in the part of the ground that it covers.
• Beamer: Shoots lighting at enemies, does high intensity damage.
• Bomber: Shoots grenades instead of bullets; grenades explode on impact doing damage.

2 New Secondary Weapons

• Falcon: Robotic falcon that attacks enemies automatically will disappear over time.
• Screw bomb: Rocket that turns into a proximity mine on impact

3 New Levels

• Level 11 - Finding Jane: The player must escape the Saturnian prison mine and reclaim NickÂ’s ship, the Icarus Jane.
• Level 12 - Clear the Asteroids: The player must clear a path for the ship through SaturnÂ’s rings
• Level 13 - The Plan: The player must make his way through the Saturnian palace and convince Angelica, leader of the Saturnians, to join the Alliance.

New Enemies

• Saturnian Marine
• Saturnian Elite
• Heavy Mining Terra Scientists
• Terra Rocket Marines
• Saturnian Pit Boss
• Saturnian Asteroid Demolition Machine
• Lord Angelica

You can also watch a sneak peek trailer of what the upcoming game will be like on the video we've provided below:

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# i tried the demo! — 93pauott 2008-05-03 08:32

and it sucks like ****!

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# I agree — RommelTJ 2008-05-03 18:48

Why would you make a sequel to this piece of ****!



This game is really bad.

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