Lumines II Confirmed In Latest Buena Vista Deal News
Jon Wilcox
26/04/2006
A follow-up to one of the greatest PSP titles is confirmed in a deal between BVG and Q Entertainment...
Without a doubt one of the best games currently available on PSP, rumours of a sequel to Lumines have been ongoing for months. In a deal announced today, the 'interactive entertainment' arm of the Walt Disney company, Buena Vista Games, has confirmed that it's signed a deal with Lumines developers Q Entertainment to publish the anticipated follow up later this year on PSP.
In addition to publishing Lumines II, the deal will see BVG publish three other titles from Q Entertainment in all international regions except for Asia: Lumines Plus (an expanded version of the original title for PlayStation2), Meteos: Disney Edition (Disney themed version of the Nintendo DS title), and Every Extend Extra (the action puzzle shooter for PSP).
Making the announcement Graham Hopper, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Buena Vista Games said "We are looking forward to enhancing our relationship with the talented team at Q ENTERTAINMENT to bring gamers unique and innovative gaming experiences...With BVG's expertise in publishing a broad portfolio of video games for the entire family, these new titles are a perfect fit because they appeal to a wide variety of gamers."
"Q ENTERTAINMENT established itself last year as the premier creator of action puzzle games with the best-selling and highly addictive Lumines for the PSP system and Meteos for the Nintendo DS. This year, our goal is to build upon that success and reach new heights around the world with our new publishing agreement with BVG. We are also very excited to introduce another music-based game, Every Extend Extra," said Q ENTERTAINMENT CEO Shuji Utsumi.
We'll have more news shortly...
