When you hear the title Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken, I wouldn’t blame you for assuming the game is a silly adventure populated by chickens and rockets. This is one of those cases where you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover. Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken isn’t humorous, lighthearted or a game for younger audiences. It’s also a good game with some very pretty visuals. Come with me as I try to explain why this game is worth your time.

NIS America is on a roll this month! Not only has Disgaea 4, the PS3 strategic RPG, been released, but Atelier Totori: The Adventurer of Arland, the direct sequel to the PS3 game Atelier Rorona: The Alchemist of Arland is launching at the end of the month. Gamertell got the opportunity to test out Atelier Totori early, and see what’s new and improved in the latest entry in the relaxed RPG and life simulation series that focuses on creation, rather than destruction.

Atelier Totori follows Totooria Helmold during a crucial period in her young life. Everyone calls her Totori though, because it’s cuter and easier…

If you really want to get technical, Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten, is all about the sardines.

Sardines are a kind of fish used as food around the world. (They’re a great source of omega-3 fatty acids!) They’re also the breakfast of champion Prinnies, and happen to be former vampire-tyrant-turned-prinny-instructor Valvatorez’s primary source of food since he decided to stop drinking human blood due to a promise made years ago. That promise made him loose his power and position, resigning him to the position in Hades he currently occupies, with his former werewolf-vassel Fenrich as his only assistant. Though if you ask Valvatorez, he’d just say he’s there working in Hades because of a promise he made the warden and would deny any loss or fall from power….

Ignite Game Technologies just announced its newest online simulation game site, SimRaceway.com.Ignite Game Technologies just announced its newest online simulation game site, SimRaceway.com.

Players who want to experience the Indy racing circuit when it goes live can visit the site and register for up-to-date information about SimRaceway to include the release date of the beta access.

Paradox Interactive is known for its PC simulations, and one of it’s latest goes in a whole new direction. For the first time, Paradox Interactive is taking players to the Warring States period in Japan in the aptly named Sengoku. Players will have to strategically unify the country. I recently got the opportunity to spend some hands-on time with a preview build of the forthcoming game.

The overall goal in Sengoku is a noble one. You are a clan leader, daimyo or kokujin with lofty ambitions. Where ever you are, you want to be someplace better. The only position that will do is shogun of Japan…

NIS America is going to release Bleach: Soul Resurreccion, the first PS3Bleach game in North America and, while it isn’t a console version of the beloved Bleach: Heat the Soul series, it is an action packed adventure game. Players get to go around beating up Hollows and Arrancars. I was fortunate enough to get a sneak peek at some of the early Story Mode levels of the game and see how it’s shaping up.

Story-wise, Bleach: Soul Resurreccion takes place during the Arrancar Arc of the anime series…

Nano Assault is scheduled to ship in November, a couple months after the U.S. release of Star Fox 64 3D. The two games will offer different experiences, of course, and are aiming at slightly different audiences. But if my E3 demo was any indication, Nano Assault looks to be the more intense and visually impressive flight shooter. We’ll find out this fall…if the deadly nanostray virus hasn’t destroyed humanity by then, of course.

Wii owners are feeling a little hurt these days, what with Nintendo basically turning them back on them until the Wii U rolls around. No Xenoblade? No Last Story? No Pandora’s Tower? Don’t storm off in a huff; dig around to see what Wii games are coming out this year. A decent place to begin your search is at Natsume’s Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny.

On June 29, 2011, Gamertell was invited to attend a demonstration of Atlus’ first HD PS3 and Xbox 360 game, Catherine, led by Aram Jabbari, Atlus’ PR and Sales Manager. While most people are drawn in by and know of the game for some of the racy imagery used in it, it’s really more of a dramatic adventure with lots of supernatural elements and what seems to be an intense action game as players must keep climbing a tower to keep from dying.

The presentation began by actually going ahead and starting the game. The events of Catherine are made even more surreal when you realize they aren’t just happening, but they’re part of a TV show called Golden Playhouse that’s following Vincent Brook’s life. Midnight Venus Tricia, the host, and her awe-inspiring afro set the scene. Vincent will also receive texts from her while at the Stray Sheep bar in the game, to congratulate him on completing the previous night’s nightmare. Anyways, she sets the scene of how Vincent is currently being pressured to make a more serious commitment to his girlfriend of five years, Katherine. Tricia also mentions the strange series of dreams that can claim peoples’ lives if they fall during it and don’t wake up before landing.

From there, we see Vincent and Katherine at dinner at a very fancy, very pink restaurant…

Kona’s Crate is an upcoming physics-based puzzle game from Zoo Entertainment’s indiePub label. It will be released tomorrow (June 23, 2011) for $4.99 (PC, Mac, iPad) and $2.99 (iPhone, iPod Touch, Android). Kona’s Crate‘s gameplay mechanics are downright simple, but it can be quite difficult. I know the phrase “easy to play, difficult to master” is thrown around a lot, but Kona’s Crate is a shining example of what that phrase really means.