How Gaijin Games won PAX10 without being there.

The Penny Arcade Expo is this weekend, which to the internet is just another video game announcement dumping ground; but for those attending is apparently a load of fun.

Developers of the much praised Bit.Trip series, Gaijin Games, aren't there, but picked a great time to announce new info for Bit.Trip Fate.

It's a shmup! A genre that I am not traditionally a fan of, but a few games like Ikaruga have won me over at times. I'm sure I'll love (and hate) this entry in the series as much as the rest.

We're back to a 3-level format with this game. The names are quite telling. "Patience - Frustration - Anger"

In a more surprising turn, the game's soundtrack had already hit the internets! No release date announcement yet for the game itself, yet the soundtrack has arrived. Strange...

And one last announcement, that is more amusing than exciting; Bit.Trip Runner is hitting Japan's WiiWare with an unusual subtitle...

That's "A Flat-Out Run of the Rhythm Alien." Lovely.

Thanks goes to Bit.Trip's facebook account for the awesome news.