Hi everyone, I’m really pleased to tell you more today about The 3rd Birthday, our new RPG shooter game featuring the return of Aya Brea. If you’ve not seen the game before (where have you been?:-)), take a look at the latest trailer below!
To mark the game’s launch we’re going to be releasing the game as a special Twisted Edition, including some exclusive bonus contents. Check out the image below to get a glimpse of what’s going inside the box!
In the Twisted Edition you’ll get:
- A copy of the game in a red PSP case
- A 48 page artbook ‘CTI Confidential’ including early concept artwork of the Twisted monster designs, locations and Aya Brea art2 x deluxe art prints
- A download code for an exclusive ‘Aya Brea costume’ for Lightning to use in the upcoming DISSIDIA 012[duodecim] FINAL FANTASY
The 3rd Birthday is coming out in Spring, only on PSP. If you want to find out more about the game, head over to our website at www.the3rdbirthdaygame.com and let us know your comments on the Twisted Edition below!
46 CommentsAdd Yours
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Posted on 2 February, 2011 at 4:04 pm by HiddenAway
Rumours are abound that there won’t be a PSN release for this in the US, despite it being a day and date release in Japan.
So, is there going to be a PSN version of the game in Europe/US?
I’ll be extra cheeky and also ask where the hell is the Dissidia Duodecim release date
Posted on 2 February, 2011 at 4:09 pm by Rob Rutter
Hi HideenAway, I’m afraid there’s no news I can talk about yet on a PSN release.
As for Dissidia Duodecim, please wait just a little longer
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Posted on 2 February, 2011 at 4:04 pm by Chaosprower
Will it be available on PSPgo?
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Posted on 2 February, 2011 at 4:08 pm by GrimFiction
That’s awesome! looking forward to this game, you’ve now made me want to part with my money more =P
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Posted on 2 February, 2011 at 4:09 pm by SuicidalSteve
For the PSPgo users will there be a special offer via PSN like what they did with GoW: Ghost of Sparta?
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Posted on 2 February, 2011 at 4:09 pm by KylieDog
Will this game get a digital release?
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Posted on 2 February, 2011 at 4:11 pm by cthulhu85
Yeah I’d also like to know if this is going to be released on PSN or if it’s only on UMD. Considering the fact that NGP is coming within the year, I’m not going to buy another game on UMD.
In fact I haven’t done so in a long time already, but I’m sick of missing out of games that I’d like to play.
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Posted on 2 February, 2011 at 4:17 pm by HiddenAway
@ Rob
Fair enough, so we’ll know by the end of lets say, next week then?
Thankfully you’d tempted me enough already to grab the special edition – despite this not really being the type of game I normally go for. So, good trailer work
Posted on 2 February, 2011 at 7:04 pm by Rob Rutter
Thanks! You know I can’t commit to telling you by then
But soon is soon!
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Posted on 2 February, 2011 at 4:20 pm by SolidGreg
I hope we’ll get japanese VA for 3rd Birthday and upcoming Square Enix titles like Dissidia 012, FF type-0 and FFXIII-2.
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Posted on 2 February, 2011 at 4:20 pm by AaronSOLDIER
How about PE2 for PSN?
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Posted on 2 February, 2011 at 4:20 pm by remanutd5
Digitally Release please , i wanna be able to play the game on my psp GO and my future NGP purchase , oh and will there be some controls changes when NGP come out ?
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Posted on 2 February, 2011 at 4:22 pm by HazelAM
you know what would be really cool to go with this?
the original parasite eve on the store.
please, pretty please with a cherry on top.
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Posted on 2 February, 2011 at 4:27 pm by dgnfly
i was actually looking forward 2 this game untill i found out it only takes about 1 hour 2 compleet on easy
very disappointed now.
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Posted on 2 February, 2011 at 4:35 pm by Suzzopher
Looking forward to this, Tactics Ogre and Dissidia Duodecim more than any game on the HD consoles.
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Posted on 2 February, 2011 at 4:36 pm by ShadowDoGGG
Everything from Japan always seems very sexualised.
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Posted on 2 February, 2011 at 4:36 pm by Benjamin81
Yeah, people screaming left and right in the comments about a PSN release and yet Square Enix refuses to put their games on the Playstation store. Sad to see they are so stubborn about this. With NGP announced, i won’t buy any UMD games that are not compatible with the new Sony handheld. Sad, because i really would like to play Kingdom Hearts, Tactics Ogre and this.
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Posted on 2 February, 2011 at 4:47 pm by StuDevo
Game looks amazing. I will definitely pick this up.
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Posted on 2 February, 2011 at 5:00 pm by gypsiee
Honestly the PSPGO was the biggest con ever, so many games are unavailable for it. Such a joke! Sony should be ashamed with the way they have handled the PSPGO situation.
Wish I hadn’t bothered :/
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Posted on 2 February, 2011 at 5:11 pm by Wollan
What about us PSP Go and future PSP2 owners!? Booo!
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Posted on 2 February, 2011 at 5:22 pm by dragonmagician
Square Enix Europe is so much more awesome than SE North America. I wish we get Special Editions as well. I would buy this if it was able to me.
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Posted on 2 February, 2011 at 5:23 pm by MohammedMK
I will buy this game the moment I see it on shelves. I loved Parasite Eve games and I can’t to play as Aya Brea again. Thanks for bringing this game to the west, I thought it’d never make it!
Posted on 2 February, 2011 at 7:05 pm by Rob Rutter
Glad you’re looking forward to it MohammedMK!
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Posted on 2 February, 2011 at 5:33 pm by OniEyes
Im am getting sick of this “wait and see” approach to PSN releses of some UMD games. at this late stage after over a year of the PSP Go and now with NGP around the corner, it is quite frankly idiotic that parity between UMD and Digital is not 100% guaranteed.
Third party developers get away with this insult purely because of Sony’s absolutely inept contracts for development. Really, how hard is it to say “PSP develpoment also means digital distribution through the PlayStation Network. If you dont agree, kindly [Deleted]“.
Seriously sony, hire some decent lawyers next time.
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Posted on 2 February, 2011 at 5:42 pm by Skookie30
Yeah my Fab devs come up trumps again that is 1 awsome beast there like hazel said it be swell if we get PE1 we getting PE2 so
pretty please with sugar cherry on TOP
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Posted on 2 February, 2011 at 5:46 pm by whoismilan
Please release this game on PSN.
I really want to play it, and I’d hate it if I had to pass on this one also, as I had to do with Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, which was one of my most anticipated games of last year until I found out that for some unnamed reason you decided to only release it on disk.
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Posted on 2 February, 2011 at 5:59 pm by Sambuque
Here to ask for a psn release.
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Posted on 2 February, 2011 at 6:05 pm by OniEyes
btw, If you are happy with Japanese language games, please note that the 3rd birthday is available right now on the Japanese Playstation store.
Its might not be perfect, but you can at least be happy in the knowledge that Square enix Europe didn’t get your money.
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Posted on 2 February, 2011 at 6:13 pm by TC_James
Would be a day one purchase for me on PSN, but if its UMD only then its hard to justify when you can’t carry it forward to the NGP.
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Posted on 2 February, 2011 at 6:16 pm by cronotriggr
LONG time Parasite Eve fan here, just wondering if the Twisted Edition would get released in Australia?
Posted on 2 February, 2011 at 7:06 pm by Rob Rutter
Hi, yes it’s on it’s way to Australia too
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Posted on 2 February, 2011 at 7:19 pm by dgnfly
it’s great 2 see how much they don’t care about digital distribution in europe they hardly seem 2 awnser any questions about it
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Posted on 2 February, 2011 at 7:45 pm by CassyChan
Awesome, a definite pre-order for me!
With Dissidia Duodecim, The 3rd Birthday and Final Fantasy Type-0 coming soon the PSP and Final Fantasy XIII-2 this year, a much improved Final Fantasy XIV at some point and Final Fantasy Versus XIII next year for the PS3 it looks like I’ll be busy playing Square-Enix titles for a fair while.
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Posted on 2 February, 2011 at 8:43 pm by Chaosprower
“I’m afraid there’s no news I can talk about yet on a PSN release.”
That’s the same thing that was said of Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep, and hasn’t even been mentioned of a PSN release anymore.
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Posted on 2 February, 2011 at 8:45 pm by PSN-OmniusALX
Notice how the only comments Rob answered were one’s that ‘praise’ the game and the all important digital release questions are ignored.
Rightly so Sony should be ashamed of the launch of the PSPGo, and I’ve said it in the NGP posts. This shows that things won’t look any better when the NGP actually releases!
Why the hell do companies keep promoting UMD new releases? Not that I want to see original PSP owners ‘lose out’ if they prefer the actual disc, but both PSP and PSPGo (no option really) can use digital downloads, so why is there not parity in this media?
How can Sony expect to shift NGP’s???? Hold on, I can see what will happen, only PS1, Minis and the odd new ‘Android Phone Game’ from PS Suite will be on the Store come next year for use on the NGP, all the ‘real’ games will appear on those ‘new’ memory cards and I bet the same will happen, not every ‘Memory Card’ game will even be released as Digital Download, just watch and see!!!
One good thing though atleast the online price for Memory Card games will be better when buying from Play and Amazon than the PSN!
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Posted on 2 February, 2011 at 8:51 pm by psn_Witcher
The trailer for 3rd Birthday listed on Square Enix’s website for North America had the PSN logo at the end of it. I thought that would mean a definite release on the PSN.
Please, Square Enix, don’t leave us PSP Go owners out in the cold!
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Posted on 2 February, 2011 at 9:19 pm by Raonak
Theres not much reason to get it on UMD if you’re getting a PSP2, since it wont be playable on it, but the PSN version will.
If it doesn’t get a PSN release im not buying it. i skipped KH:BBS, can do the same with this.
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Posted on 2 February, 2011 at 10:13 pm by Project2insanity
Crazy idea, people; keep your PSP if wanting to play UMD… Surely I’m not the only one!?
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Posted on 2 February, 2011 at 10:58 pm by dgnfly
a who cares square enix is a dying company anyway. releasing 1 horrible game after another this Gen their only hope is nomura’s
FFXIIIversus
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Posted on 2 February, 2011 at 11:04 pm by Benjamin81
Rob probably got the order from his bosses not to talk about the possibility of a PSN release at all. So i don’t blame him, but i blame Square Enix for treating the Playstation community like [DELETED]. Be upfront about your intentions and the community knows what to expect. But this “we don’t talk about a possible psn release yet” is nonsense if you don’t plan to release the game on the Playstation store anyway.
Hopefully Sony learns from this experience and demands digital releases for NGP. If Sony doesn’t force them, then third parties will treat the community like [DELETED] again.
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Posted on 3 February, 2011 at 12:17 pm by way2easy
I love special edition releases.
I also love playing my PSP games on my PSPGo.
Why can’t Sony sell this same boxset with a download code inside instead of a UMD? (assuming it’s coming to the store)
That would make me happy.
FIN.
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Posted on 3 February, 2011 at 3:56 pm by obiadekanobi1980
this is what square are good at taking a muched loved story and putting it on the worse console ff13 xbox, now parasite eve on th psp???? i mean [DELETED] guys thisshould have been on the ps3 and not on a dying handheld with the NGP comming out by xmas.
this should have been a 1st class first ps3 release of one of the best games square ever done now its got to R.I.P on the pspee dont get me wrong i love sony but hell they make some bad calls this would have been massive on the ps3 MASSIVE……
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Posted on 3 February, 2011 at 5:11 pm by Philip99
#1, Dissidia Duodecim is coming out in Europe on March 25th.
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Posted on 4 February, 2011 at 8:06 pm by psn_Witcher
Emailed Square Enix’s customer support yesterday about The 3rd Birthday being digitally released on the PSN outside of Japan, they responded today that they had no plans to do so. Wow…talk about a dagger. Thanks for rewarding your loyal customers, SE….
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Posted on 7 February, 2011 at 1:26 pm by Skookie30
Nooooo Dont tell me it‘s true SE It must arrive on PSN as well PE1 we Know PE2 coming why rob you not answering the questions DON‘T MAKE ME HATE SE you lot doing so well.
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Posted on 7 February, 2011 at 4:21 pm by psn_Witcher
@Skookie30
Sorry, wish I had better news. After the initial question about the digital release and the response in the negative, I asked the rep why. I have not heard back yet, so I am assuming that SE isn’t going explain. Sucks a lot, I guess non-JPN gamers are pretty low on their priority list.
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Posted on 8 February, 2011 at 5:40 am by JaabiTaylor
I’ve been hearing things here and there that this isn’t coming to New Zealand. I think its due to classifications. (The M16+ rating, I guess?) Any details about that? :/
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Posted on 8 February, 2011 at 6:33 pm by Killa-byte
The 3rd Birthday Video Review – enjoy
http://psp.gamezone.com/videos/item/big_in_japan_-_the_3rd_birthday/
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Posted on 8 February, 2011 at 6:34 pm by Killa-byte
http://psp.gamezone.com/videos/item/big_in_japan_-_the_3rd_birthday/
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Posted on 10 February, 2011 at 4:32 am by Grerxrir
”I’ve been hearing things here and there that this isn’t coming to New Zealand. I think its due to classifications. (The M16+ rating, I guess?) Any details about that? :/”
Yeah, -this.-
So, everyone in EU but New Zealand will get to play T3B? That sucks.
I hope that this is just a temporary problem and not a permanent one, otherwise you’ll have screwed over all NZ fans of this game who are keen to play it and force them to import the game. And we don’t exactly have many options when it comes to importing either. >_>
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