July 11, 2007 - The first surprise of Sony's E3 2007 conference, a brand new game called echochrome was announced for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable. On PSP, the game will be delivered as a UMD game in stores, but for PS3, the game will be available by download ove the PlayStation Network.
This curious puzzle game by SCE's Japan Studio, echochrome is most simply described as a playable version of a M.C. Escher drawing. Created in simple black-and-white line drawings (Sony boasted that the game offers "The least graphics and yet most gameplay" of any game ever made), the title looks to play much like the PSP's own Crush or the upcoming Portal. You move on beams set in random space, and there are bounce boards and holes in the path that will complicate your movement. By rotating the stages around and adjusting the dimensions, you will be able to unravel the puzzles.
It's odd, but it's an elegant beauty that we're eager to see on PSP and PS3 in its full form -- the puzzles shown look deceivingly simple, but we've been promised that it gets much more complex once you're playing it. Look for more soon.
