Robotology: A Bunch of Circles and Lines (..and N+: a Tattoo!)

First of all, we have a few new winners for Contesque #3, at long last. The first win goes out to Duncan, who sent us a whole bunch of drawings of N+ costumes. We chose the one we thought was the most fun
Duncan’s Ninja Mask
And next, we have to share what may be [...]

N Other News…

A few years ago, at Slamdance, we were introduced to a game we liked very much, called Rumble Box. A beat-em-up game with characters made of cubes and spheres, cel-shaded graphics and a cool mechanic whereby the parts of your bested opponents assist you in your climb to the top — what’s not to like? [...]

Robotology: Edit Mode

Before we get started on the continuing saga of Robotology, we should quickly give you an update on Contesque #3, The Creativity Contesque. Thanks so much to everyone who entered! We saw some really great work. However, since we received far fewer entries than expected, instead of immediately awarding a prize, we thought we’d [...]

N+ Sighting in Tokyo

We recently ran into several copies of N+ (both DS and PSP) in Tokyo (at import stores in Akihabara), and noted that some of them had sold when we revisited the stores later on. We had assumed N+ DS/PSP would, like N+ XBLA, be sold worldwide — with any luck that will happen someday. [...]

N+ Levelpack 3 is out!

The third (and final… well, for now, anyway) N+ levelpack is now available on XBLA, and it’s free!
This one features levels from the original N, reworked and restyled for N+, in the form of: 150 singleplayer, 50 co-op, and 50 race. So the three level packs give you 675 new levels total — that’s like [...]

N+ Level Pack Contesque: Part the Third

 
Edit: Thank you all for entering, this Contesque is now closed!
 
So the third N+ level pack debuts Wednesday (the 15th of October, 2008), and that means it’s time for another contesque! For this open-ended contesque, if we like your submission you could win whichever version of N+ you want!
This one is going to be a [...]

Contesque 2: Level Name References — Winners!

As you may know, the second (of three) N+ expansion packs was released yesterday. To our surprise, several gamers who post on the Xbox forum had finished the SP levels within hours (and they’re definitely not easy!) — congrats, guys, your ninja skillz are honestly amazing.
On to the Contesque. Thanks to all the participants in [...]

Technical Difficulties…

Sorry about that, everyone, it appears our webhost is still having some technical difficulties. The site and blog appear to be back and finally functioning properly again, so the contesque is once again open.
Because of the idiotic downtime, we will be extending the contesque for one day, and adding some new prizes to the [...]

N+ Level Pack Contesque: Part the Second

It’s that time again! The second pack of new N+ levels for N+ XBLA will be out on Wednesday September 10, and that means we’ve got another contesque for you.
 
The contesque is open to everyone, world-wide. It closes September 10 at 9am EST. That means it will be open for one week only, so get [...]

Contesque 1: Level Names — Winners!

Originally posted by M&R | July 23, 2008
The first N+ Downloadable Levelpack releases today (it’s up right now!), which is really exciting.
We tried to make everyone happy: there are 150 “easier” Singleplayer levels, which should ease the pain of those who have found N+ too difficult, and 50 Co-op Multiplayer levels, which should [...]