Holy Invasion Of Privacy, Badman! Goes PSN Exclusive

[Marine Mike]

Holy Invasion Of Privacy, Badman! Goes PSN Exclusive
By Michael McWhertor, 1:40 PM on Wed Jun 24 2009, 651 views

NIS America is dropping plans for a UMD release of Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman! What Did I Do To Deserve This?, opting to make the PlayStation Portable game exclusively a downloadable PlayStation Network game.

Retailers began canceling pre-orders for the PSP game earlier this week, with online outlets like GameStop removing listings of Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman!, as spotted by IGN. Online rental service GameFly also updated the title's status, marking it as "Not For Rent." That change in availability was similar to that of Sony's own Patapon 2, which also made the leap to digital download only earlier this year.

We contacted NIS America today and were told that the title will be skipping a traditional retail release, becoming a PSN exclusive when it launches this Summer. NIS America reps said that the game was simply a better fit for a downloadable release, partially based on positive reception to the game's PSN demo.

NIS reps also confirmed that Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman! What Did I Do To Deserve This? will carry a $19.99 USD price tag when it becomes available on the PlayStation Store. Expect to see official word about the change later today from NIS, with a detailed explanation on the official PlayStation.blog.

To learn more about the game, make sure to check out our preview.

Wasn't too sure where to put it as its a PSP game, but available only on the PSN Store, lol. I figured this section as its still a PSP game.

[BlackMamba]

Don't know much about the game, but I like!

[saprano]

Damn marine your on a roll with all this news lately.

what are you up to?

[Marine Mike]

Originally Posted by saprano

Damn marine your on a roll with all this news lately.

what are you up to?

Haha, just keeping the good people informed is all.

[dk3dknight]

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2009/...-deserve-this/

Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman! What Did I Do to Deserve This? Available Exclusively via PlayStation Store

Posted by Nao Zook // PR/Marketing Coordinator, NIS America, Inc

Hello everyone,
This is Nao from NIS America, Inc. Today, I’d like to share some exciting news about “Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman!” for PSP with all of you.

NIS America has decided to release Badman exclusively on the PlayStation Network on July 16, 2009. The reason we’re going this direction is because the demo version of Badman on PSN was so surprisingly well received, and we thought Badman would be the perfect title to test the waters of this download-only release opportunity on PSN. Badman is a relatively small title in terms of download size, and with a PSN release we can provide this title to our fans for only $19.99. We hope that you all are happy with this decision :-)

After the launch of the Badman demo, I noticed that some people were a little confused and struggled with the gameplay. Badman has very simple rules, but it is still very challenging. The first couple of stages will be easy to beat, but it gets tougher as you go forward. So, NIS America has created a strategy sharing forum. You can download a dungeon designer program, and then create your perfect dungeon! (To download the dungeon designer program, simply click on “CREATE A DUNGEON MAP” on the right-hand side of the forum page.)

There are some strategies up already, so please visit the dungeon forum if you need some help from fellow Badman fans! Here is one dungeon I created just for fun. It doesn’t help with the strategy, but I just wanted to show how you can make your own dungeon!



When you create the dungeon map, you can export it to a JPG file and save it to your computer. Then e-mail it to badman@nisamerica.com or simply click “SUBMIT A DUNGEON MAP” on the right-hand side of the forum page. Don’t forget to share your strategies and tips!
I hope you guys can connect and help each other kick those heroes’ butts!! :-p

We’ve also come up with some gameplay footage clips, which can be found on the official Badman website. There is only 1 gameplay clip available so far, but more are on their way!
Here is the first stage clip…

Lastly, the cool people over at PluggnPlay.com are holding a contest for Badman. And they have a pretty nice prize, so I hope you guys can check them out and enter the contest to earn an awesome prize!



These are OMNOM figures, and just one example of the prizes they are offering. These are made from Pixel Blocks. So cute, right?
I hope you all have fun with the contest!

Thank you for reading my post! I’d really love to reply to all of you. But realistically, I cannot do that. But I will try to reply as much as I can, and as soon as I can! So, please don’t get mad/frustrated/filled with hate if I don’t reply right away…

Have a great day!
Best regards,
Nao Zook