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PopCap Games has teamed up with Square Enix for a little RPG/puzzle hybrid action that's bound to hit Steam and Xbox LIVE Arcade. Gyromancer, as it's called, could easily be mistaken for Puzzle Quest, but that's perfectly fine as far as I'm concerned.

It's not as if there's an overabundance of this specific type of game, and seriously, what two companies could be better suited for such a project than these guys? On that note, Gyromancer will almost certainly have to live up to high expectations based purely on these studios' prior work.

At least from what I have seen so far, the game looks to have a higher quality story than you might expect, but that just leads back to Square Enix being involved, I suppose. Make sure to catch the trailer by clicking the header image.


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bluexy's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/24/2009 22:53
bluexy
It looks so much better than Puzzle Quest. I need it. I yearn for it.
kirobz's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/24/2009 23:15
kirobz
Wow! When would we get this game? I live Puzzle Quest and I say this is looking to be better.
BiroBiro's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/24/2009 23:31
BiroBiro
pretty good, seems way better than galactrix. i still nedd to fill the gap after the first puzzle quest
njsykora's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/25/2009 03:43
njsykora
So once again it's left to Popcap to show everyone how it's done.
Midgetsnowman's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/25/2009 06:15
Midgetsnowman
...a Popcap fueled Puzzle rppg?

This thing will be fucking epic. Guaranteed.
feedback's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/25/2009 07:52
feedback
OK.

PopCap and Square Enix.

This might be the casual game to end all casual games. <3
Zac Bentz's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/25/2009 22:30
Zac Bentz
DO WANT very badly, but alas, I have no xbox, and an elderly PC. Guess I'll just have to wait and see if it'll run on ye olde pooter.
CaptainBus's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2009 05:18
CaptainBus
This could overtake nicotine as the most addictive substance known to Man.
HOLY TACO's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2009 07:37
HOLY TACO
Omg. Wtf bbq. I already know people who now see the world as an augmented reality after Bejeweled blitzed their brains. This is taking things too far. TOO FAR!!! That 'Zombies on my lawn' song in the Destructainment from this week has also bored a hole in my brain. 3 minutes after watching that inane shit my girlfriend was singing it (while downloading Flowers vs Zombies). Scary, scary stuff.
Nerd Rage's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2009 14:04
Nerd Rage
Maybe it was just me, but I always thought Puzzle Quest took a good bit of its RPG flavor from Fire Emblem, so going to Square-Enix with this is double karmic retribution. (Yes, I know they didn't make Fire Emblem, but along with Final Fantasy those are the two games I think of first when someone says JRPG.)
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