We’re happy to announce that there will be a Mac version of Burn Zombie Burn in May, followed by an iOS app version (for iPad, iPhone and iPodTouch) later in the year. For those curious, these ports are being handled by Kavcom on our behalf. In any case, we’re suitably happy that the game will finally find an audience on the Mac and other Apple hardware.

As for Zombie Sushi and the forthcoming patch for the original PS3 version of the game, this is still underway. However, due to the Japanese release, the subsequent regions are being delayed as the patch is the same across all regions, on account of the game’s global leaderboards. Once we have an update on its progress, you’ll be the first to know.

The latest issue of Weekly Famitsu has covered the upcoming release of Burn Zombie Burn in Japan on PSN. For those wondering what’s been happening with the latest (PS3) patch and Zombie Sushi; now that we’re going to be finally releasing the game in Japan we’ll hopefully have some happy news for our fans in the next few weeks. Stay tuned!

Just so people know, we’re in the final stages of sorting out a new patch for the Steam version of Burn Zombie Burn. Specifically, the addition of a 3D cross-hair (shown above) that allows you to aim more accurately when using the mouse and keyboard control setup (something that people have been asking for since it was released a while back). The reason for a 3D cross-hair over a 2D one is down to accuracy, as the camera angle caused issues with a straight 2D cursor. So the delay was due to creating a system that would work in the game world itself. With any luck, the patch will go live in a week or two.

It turns out that the “Friend of d6″ trophy in Burn Zombie Burn, where you have to beat all our Dev Scores (the ones set by Chewie, Jon and I), is one of the toughest trophies for a PSN game. It has also engendered a certain level of hardcore credibility since the game’s release last year.

The game’s fan-made FAQ, by Vyrastas, even has a special section dedicated to the exclusive club of gamers that have managed to 100% complete the trophies for the game (even linking a video to the moment one player managed to land the final “Friend of d6″ trophy, shown below).

Considering this is more than a little awesome, we’re going to start rewarding these skilled gamers with trinkets and virtual high-fives (more on this in the coming weeks). In short, keep an eye out for our future games as they may also contain a fiendishly difficult “Friend of d6″ trophy or achievement.

To celebrate the release of Top Gun, Sam baked us an awesome cake… Maverick would be proud! not to mention the lovely cupcakes displaying a tiny Top gun logo!

Nice work.

Now let’s eat it!

First off, thanks for all the e-mails and tweets from people about our new Top Gun game. We’ve even had a fair amount of interest over the game’s two hidden trophies (naturally, they’ve been figured out already). The reviews have been mostly positive too, from Gamespot to Kotaku and for those curious about the game’s script and narrative, then PS3 Attitude also has an interview with Jack Epps Jr about the work he did on that for our game. Even Ironstar’s wonderfully balanced appraisal, with the video version below, was very much appreciated in the studio.

Top Gun is finally released in the US today for the princely sum of $14.99. To commemorate the release we’ve uploaded a new YouTube video of the game’s Horde mode, along with some helpful annotations about how the game works. Enjoy!

After a fair bit of waiting, the trailer for our Top Gun game has finally been shown to the world. We’ve also had some more previews for the game too, from Daily Joypad to NXTGamer and even Strategy Informer. Again, these were hands on demos and it seems that they really liked what they played (which is always encouraging). Still no word on the European release date but we’ll know soon hopefully. In the meantime, enjoy the trailer below…

Earlier in the week we were busy in giving hands on previews to the press for our upcoming Top Gun game. From CVG to PS3 Attitude, the game’s been covered in a fair bit of detail. Even places like BeefJack, Girl Gamers UK and Electronic Theatre managed to give a good amount of coverage for the game, the latter even made some lovely comparisons to Star Fox 64 – so thanks for that! Our favourite piece was by Resolution Magazine though, if only for the barrel roll mention.

For those curious, the build we demoed was actually the final US release (that’s out on August 17th in case you’re wondering). We’re still waiting on the European release date but once we get that we’ll let you know. In the meantime, make sure to check out our developer diary over at IGN.

What with the Steam release of Burn Zombie Burn but a few days away, Gametrailers have been kind enough to host the exclusive debut trailer for the PC version (shown below). For those that played the PS3 original then the PC version will afford you the same amount of zombie burning goodness. You can pre-order the PC version on Steam here and it will go live on August 12th.