March 25^th, 2009 marks the spot.

As Snow mentioned in an earlier blog, the PSN version of Age of Booty now has Trophy Support, and this is for both North American and European territories.  Just launch the game on your PS3 and the trophy patch applies itself.

We’re not stopping with trophy support.  There’s more booty where that came from. The PSN Trial also released today in North America and releases in one week, March 12^th, in Europe.  To you PSN users who have not yet given Age of Booty a try, the trial is free - you no longer have an excuse!

Oh, and this is the REAL trial; the official one; the one we designed for you to play.  An unauthorized version accidentally released in Europe back in November when the full version went live and it caused a lot of problems for everyone.  All players worldwide were affected as the trial allows for multiplayer matchmaking.  The trial released today (and next week in Europe) works the way it is supposed to.

But wait, there's even more...  The PC version releases tomorrow.  You'll see it first on Steam, Direct2Drive, and Digital River/Capcom Store and others as quickly as we can, hopefully getting them all this month.  The PC Demo will likely arrive next week on all those same sites.

Last and certainly not least, let's not forget about NXE Avatar Support.  Msft has the build in test right now.  We passed the tougher of the two tests.  We should pass the other and receive Msft approval any day now, at which point we can immediately push it live to you (via free Title Update) any day now.

PS – Additional Map Packs will appear weekly on PSN again later this month.

Sony America and Sony Europe have approved the Age of Booty Trophy Patch.  All this free booty is sailing towards a PSN connection near you.  Date for a North America/Europe release to be announced soon.

Bronze - Cartographer
Create and save a custom map.

Bronze - Bombs Away
Destroy a neutral or enemy town’s defense with a bomb.

Bronze - Flushed Away
Use a whirlpool curse to teleport an enemy that is attacking your town.

Bronze - Cherry Picker
Capture a neutral town after the enemy has destroyed its defenses.

Bronze - Boom Boom
Sink two enemy ships with a single bomb.

Bronze - On the Account
Beat all medium challenges.

Silver - Freebooter
Beat all hard challenges.

Gold - King’s Pardon
Beat every challenge in the game.

Bronze - Sea Legs
Win 5 public games online.

Gold - Old Salt
Win 50 public games online.

Yes, those videos many of you saw last week were an early look at Spyborgs ... a waaaay early look from about a year ago, well before the recent upgrades we've made to the game, the engine, the art style.  Those videos weren't even gameplay footage anyway.  They were all animatics - early blocked out cinematics for figuring out timing, camera angles, animations for various cuts, etc.  Those are all meant to be rough and easy to iterate before things are locked down and the polished models, textures, effects, etc. are put into place.

The new Spyborgs is looking really good.  When people's first reactions are surprise that those graphics are on the Wii, you know you're on to something.  We're excited to reveal it to you all soon.  I'm working with Marketing to get permission to post a teaser of some kind: a screenshot, a piece of a screenshot, some character art... anything!  I haven't yet found the right thing to bribe them with.  Any suggestions?

PS - Sony America has approved the Trophy Patch for Age of Booty.  Just waiting on Europe to give us the green light too.  We should be able to announce the release date for that patch shortly.

Much thanks to Gamers Daily News for their great review and more so we're glad you guys loved the game!

Click either image to read the review.