sinha on 30 November 2009
After Burner Climax
According to game rating boards worldwide, Sega's air battle game may be coming to the PlayStation Network.
After Burner Climax has recently appeared on the Australian Classification Operating Branch website, but like many games it shows up as Multiplatform. The Korean Game Rating Board however goes a little deeper, and reveals that the rating was applied for by the local Sony Computer Entertainment branch.
The game has been in Arcades for some time but there had been no talk of a home release for it. The game was developed on the Sega Lindbergh board. There might be a chance that this will also come to the Xbox LIve Arcade, but as we've seen from Outrun Online Arcade and Virtual On: OT, Sega isn't above going for a strictly multi-platform route when it comes to digital titles.
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