Bionic Commando Rearmed is an update / homage to the classic 8-bit NES game. Originally scheduled for release in May, 2008, the game has been delayed until July, 2008.[3] Developed by GRIN in cooperation with Capcom, the game will feature updated graphics, new areas, additional features and online leaderboards. Capcom has revealed that former Capcom employees who worked on the original NES version will serve as consultants for the new release. In keeping with the American release of the original Bionic Commando, the references to the Nazi party which were prevalent in the original Japanese title will not be featured in Rearmed. Instead, the inadvertent humor resulting from the censorship will be accentuated by purposefully over-the-top voice-acting.

Welcome to the first installment of our weekly Bionic Commando: Rearmed column. The folks here at the PlayStation.Blog have been kind enough to give us some space to strut our Bionic stuff. Don’t worry, I promise there will not be an excess of swinger jokes.

To kick off this edition, we’d like to mention some of the “PSN specific” content that you can expect for Rearmed. There will be Dualshock 3 support, because we all know that games that vibrate are better and besides… there really is no reason not to implement a feature that has become the industry standard. Also, Rearmed is one of the only PSN games to feature Remote Play support. This one wasn’t as easy to add and, matter of fact, there is one point where we had to “creatively” reprogram the controls to give players the illusion of using 2 sticks (you’ll know when you see it). The classic 2D side-scrolling graphics really fit with the PSP and just make the PSN version all the more cooler.

Of course there is one more VERY cool surprise for those of you who purchase the PSN version… but that is another story for another time.

Is there going to be trophy support?

It was too late into development to add trophy support at this time, however, Ben assures me that we’ll have this feature for BCR in the near future!

Game modes like Deathmatch and Last Man Standing are going to make an appearance, but the trademarked Bionic Arm is going to shake things up; it will allow players to grab items from a distance and deflect enemy fire. There will also be a multiplayer mode where weapons don't do any damage; instead, the grappling hook feature of the arm is used to keep players suspended and weapons will merely push them around. The end goal of the mode is to knock other players to the floor.

You waste way too much energy with your posts about unimportant games.

god help me i will fly to germany and strike you down if you ever insult bionic commando again >o