Posted by Ross
Thu, 23rd Feb 2012
After Monday’s belated general release of Hungry Giraffe in Europe I’m pleased to be able to tell you that Tuesday’s general release in North America went smoothly and that the Hungry Giraffe now roams the savannah of the PSN Store, freely available to all (not just the PSN+ subscribers!) for only £2.49/€3.49/$3.49.
Of course you’ll also need the skill to keep him fed because believe me he is a very Hungry Giraffe. Fortunately for the few of you who have never owned a giraffe before we have previously prepared a guide to caring for your giraffe. After all, an unhealthy giraffe is no fun at all (trust me).
You can also see some footage of one of skilled trainers at work in the video below.
That’s all for now. I’ll be back next week, but until then why not on join us on our Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and Google+ pages?
Posted by Al
Thu, 16th Feb 2012
Note: As Ross is off sick today (get well soon, slacker!) I'm posting this - written yesterday by the man himself - on his behalf. Thanks! Al :)
Hi everyone. I was going to start off by hoping all our European fans have been enjoying Hungry Giraffe since it went on general release as part of yesterday’s PSN Store update, available for just £2.49/€3.49. But... it didn’t Al is looking into this at the moment as this was supposed to have happened but something has clearly gone amiss in the aether. More news as we get it... :-)
The good news is that we’ve been getting some excellent reviews since Hungry Giraffe became available on PSN+, such as this one from PSNStores.com, who gave Hungry Giraffe 4/5 saying: “It looks great on either system you play it on, and the gameplay is addictive enough to make you want to keep coming back for repeated sessions”.
After the gore-soaked OMG-Z, the futuristic Cubixx HD and the cartoony visual style of Orbit, it’s made a nice change to show off our cuter, gentler side with Hungry Giraffe and I think you’ll agree that the Hungry Giraffe himself is by far the cutest character we’ve come up with:
I mean, look at him! :-)
Those of you who are interested in how Hungry Giraffe came to be should really check out this interview with our Senior Producer, Al, where he goes into more detail about the development of Hungry Giraffe and why we decided to create a game starring a giraffe in the first place :-)
I’ll be back next week to talk about the North American release of Hungry Giraffe. Until then, why not on join us on our Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and Google+ pages?
Posted by Ross
Thu, 9th Feb 2012
Hi everyone. Those of you who keep your eye on PSN releases will have seen lots of new Laughing Jackal releases make their way onto PSN in both Europe and North America this week.
In North America we released the wonderful Hungry Giraffe exclusively free for PSN+ users. Not only is Hungry Giraffe the cutest game I’ve ever worked on, it is - as far as I’m aware - the only PlayStation Mini to run in Hi-Res when played on PS3. We’ve also got another free treat for all our North American fans as the Cubixx HD demo (which until now was exclusive to Europe) has finally made its way across the Atlantic and is available on the PSN store giving everyone in North America the chance to experience the arcade puzzling of our first ever PS3 game before they buy it.
Not that our European fans should feel left out, as we’ve released a whole host of great value Minis Bundles onto the European PSN store. Full details can be seen in our previous blogpost but to summarise, yesterday we released the following 3 bundles:
Our space shooting bundle the Ace Armstrong / Stellar Attack bundle will cost you just £3.99 (€4.99).
Our puzzles bundle the Cubixx / Vibes bundle will cost just £3.99 (€4.99).
Our Fighting Fantasy Bundle the Fighting Fantasy: Talisman and Warlock bundle is priced at only £4.99 (€5.99).
There has never been a better chance to catch up with our awesome back catalogue.
Finally we’d like to send out a big thank you to the guys over at PocketGamer who have nominated our chain reaction shooter OMG-Z for their PSP Game of the Year Award.
I’ll be back next week when we’ll have the *fingers crossed* successful general release of Hungry Giraffe to talk about. Until then, why not on join us on our Facebook, Twitter and Google+ pages?
