Ignition’s latest Xbox 360 game, Deadly Premonition was a really good deal to begin with. Instead of being over $40 or $50 like most Xbox 360 games, it was given the budget price of $19.99. Now, Amazon has declared it to be its Video Game Deal of the Day and dropped the price down to $14.98 for today (April 7, 2010) only.

Deadly Premonition is a horror game similar to the Silent Hill series of games. An FBI agent named Francis York Morgan has been sent to a small town called Greenvale to investigate a murder. It turns out this murder is just one of many, and is related to the Red Seed Murders that have been taking place throughout the town. All the the murders, and even the town, have a supernatural element to them and Agent York will soon be faced with quests and characters he never expected to meet.

If you’re looking for another cheap Ignition game, you may want to check out Blue Dragon Plus…

There’s been a recent trend, where successful RPGs tend to spawn sequels. In an attempt to freshen things up, these sequels end up belonging to a different genre than the original game. Blue Dragon Plus is following in the footsteps of Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings – it’s a portable, real-time strategic rpg sequel to a console RPG.

Thankfully, like Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings, Blue Dragon Plus is successful in it’s endeavor. It manages to continue the story in an engaging fashion and may give players a greater appreciation for the original game. I know that after playing Blue Dragon Plus for the past four days, I find myself wanting to pick up the original game.

If you haven’t played the original Blue Dragon, you still should be okay to jump into Blue Dragon Plus. All you need to remember is that a boy named Shu and his friends saved the world after gaining the power of sentient shadows. Now, the main villain of the original game, Nene, is back, and the heroes have to save the world again…

A pretty snazzy new website has just appeared for Blue Dragon Plus, the real-time strategic RPG sequel/spinoff to the Xbox 360 game Blue Dragon. Aside from looking pretty elaborate, with a video introduction, it also provides an ample amount of information on the forthcoming Ignition game. There’s a story summary, two trailers, character information and a few wallpapers. So when Blue Dragon Plus comes out February 24, 2008, people will be ready.

The trailers and character sections seem to be the most helpful, if you’re looking for game information…

Many people speculated that Blue Dragon Plus, the DS sequel to Blue Dragon, would be released outside of Japan. They were right – Ignition Entertainment has officially announced that it will be bringing Blue Dragon Plus to both North America and Europe in March, 2009.

As mentioned previously on Gamertell, Blue Dragon Plus is a direct sequel to the original Xbox 360 title Blue Dragon. Once again, Shu, Jiro, Kluke, Marumaro and Zola are the heroes, trying to explore a strange cube world and defeat a new villain – a dragon shadow known as Balaur. Like Heroes of Mana or Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings, Blue Dragon Plus is a real time strategic RPG. You send your Blue Dragon characters off into battles with enemies in the newly discovered cube world…

The Japanese release date for the DS follow-up to Blue Dragon, titled Blue Dragon Plus is creeping closer. On September 4, 2008, the real-time strategic rpg will be released in Japan. So far a North American release hasn’t been announced, but since Konami released Blue Dragon in the US and the DS is the Nintendo’s golden child.

Blue Dragon Plus picks right up where the Xbox 360 rpg Blue Dragon left off. King Jibral and Zola have discovered a strange and possibly evil dragon shadow in a cube world, and Shu, Kluke, Jiro, Marumaro and Zola have to go investigate it. The game looks similar to Heroes of Mana and Final Fantasy XIII: Revenant Wings, so if you enjoyed those, you’ll probably like Blue Dragon Plus.