Zen Studios has announced that its Marvel Comic-inspired first person shooter The Punisher: No Mercy is now available on the PlayStation Store in both North America and Europe for $9.99. This announcement comes despite earlier reports from the studio that the game would be delayed in Europe.

The publisher also announced that a free demo of the game will also be available to download on the PlayStation Network from today. The demo will allow players to “sample the fast-paced action of the Marvel Comics-inspired first-person shooter with two of the eight levels from the original version of the game.”

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A nice, quick little trailer for the Wii and DS games, Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars and Mushroom Mend:Rise of the Fungi respectively, some interesting looking platform puzzlers from developers Red Fly and Zen Studios, while Game Cock is handling publishing duties.

For some reason, the release dates for both Mushroom Men games is December 2nd in the US, but the UK and European release dates are February 28th…

ZEN Studios have announced that they have secured the licensing rights to The Punisher, one of Marvel’s more well known anti-heroes. With the license comes the game, and ZEN Studios are currently developing The Punisher: No Mercy.

This arena-based first-person shooter, coming exclusively to the PlayStation Network, is powered by Unreal Engine 3 technology, the engine running under the hood of, most notably, Gears of War and Bioshock. No Mercy will allow players to choose from an array of characters that have made appearances in The Punisher’s various media iterations, to battle out their differences in various arenas. A story mode is also promised, featuring artwork by Marvel artist, Mike Deodato. CEO of ZEN Studios, Zsolt Kigyossy, assures the fans:

“The ZEN developers are huge Marvel fans, and the Punisher is certainly one of our favorite characters. With No Mercy, we’re creating gameplay unlike anything else found on PSN. This includes unique features like character-specific taunts, many of which were pulled directly from the comics.” Can’t wait to taunt you.

Check out The Punisher: No Mercy website for more information, real soon.