Rock Boshers DX: Director’s Cut digs into PS4, PS Vita this week

Hello! Two weeks after launching Aqua Kitty DX on PS4 and PS Vita, we have another title pumped full of retro nostalgia – although this time it goes beyond the 16bit era, all the way back to 8bit days!

Rock Boshers DX: Director’s Cut will arrive on PS4 and PS Vita tomorrow, 10th December, with Cross Buy and Cross Save for both consoles.

There will also be a 10% PlayStation Plus launch week discount, allowing you to get both versions for one great low price.

What’s the story?

A young Queen Victoria, bored and looking for adventure dresses up incognito and sneaks onto a transport shell headed to Mars. But oh no! Upon landing all the travellers are rounded up and put to work deep underground in the Martian mines.

Why? How? Who is behind this dastardly plot?

Victoria must battle her way across Mars, and attempt to find a way home whilst collecting special food items as she goes.

Did someone say scones?

Yes! Tea, Cheese and Jammy Scones, the 3 most important foods for survival are spread about each level, sometimes hidden and at other times VERY well hidden.

Good hunting is rewarded of course, unlocking mini arcade games.

Action ahoy!

A small twin stick adventure shooter game, Rock Boshers DX mixes top down and side on perspectives on different levels.

Battling across the planet, you`ll encounter all manner of enemies and sometimes extra weapons such as Coal Rockets or Steam Lasers to help you on your journey.

Such colour, much beauty!

With supremely authentic hand drawn retro pixel art, each level is created from a mind boggling palette of 15 colours. There is even a screen zoom function to further immerse yourself in the chunky pixel goodness.

The PS4 actually renders the game at an amazing 4k resolution on its GPU, to give maximum quality 1080p output.

Mini arcade games

Beyond the main game, unlocking the arcade gives you access to a further four different small arcade style games.

• Cheese Dreams sees you chasing down a giant lump of Cheddar.
• Aqua Kitty is a mini spinoff from the DX version, where you must protect a milk pipeline.
• Ghost Pyramid places you in the shadow of some ancient Martian pyramid as you dash to collect gems.
• And finally Boshteroids lets you take to the stars in your very own space ship.

Have more than one PS4 controller? Great, the PS4 version has a special exclusive 4 player local battle mode. Play as Victoria, Darwin, Ada Lovelace or Lewis Carrol and duke it out in a range of different fighting arenas.

Historical accuracy

So in summary, you get to play through a small chunk of 100% accurate history from an alternate universe, as well as both PS4 and PS Vita versions for one low price! There are trophies to achieve, leaderboards to compete on, and a Cross Save function to let you easily switch between consoles.

We are pretty excited to release our second PSN title in as many weeks. Please check out the game website http://tikipod.com/rockboshersdx/ and follow us on twitter @TIKIPODltd to keep up with game news.

That’s all for now, if you have any questions please pop them into the comments below.