Brand-new Pokémon revealed at Japan Expo in Paris!
Paris, France – 7 July 2016: Earlier today at the Japan Expo in Paris, GAME FREAK director Junichi Masuda took to the stage to unveil the brand-new Pokémon Salandit that can be found in the Alola region in the highly anticipated video games Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon.
More information about the new Poison- and Fire-type Pokémon:
Name: Salandit
Category: Toxic Lizard Pokémon
Type: Poison/Fire
Height: 2’00”
Weight: 10.6 lbs.
Ability: Corrosion
The Toxic Lizard Pokémon Salandit emits toxic gas, together with flames, from the base of its tail. The gas it emits has a sweet smell, and anyone who unknowingly breathes it in will become dizzy. Although Salandit is not a particularly powerful Pokémon, it uses its cunning nature to fiercely battle and throw its opponent off balance.
Salandit has the Corrosion Ability, an Ability that no previous Pokémon has had before. The Corrosion Ability means that Salandit can inflict the Poison status condition even on Steel- and Poison-type Pokémon.
Koei Tecmo has released four new videos for their upcoming Attack on Titan game as well as some new details regarding the game’s weapon upgrade system, the scout mode, and the decisive battle signal. Three of the videos focus on introducing characters as they focus on Levi, Hange, and Erwin, while the fourth video focuses on the decisive battle signal.
In Attack on Titan players will be able to enhance their various pieces of equipment with materials found from slaying Titans in single player as well as online and these improvements can improve your anchors, allowing them to attach to Titans from further away and at faster speeds, being able to deal more damage, fight longer, and more. Scout Mode is the game’s online mode that allows players to team up with three companions to venture out and take on missions spread out through a number of different stages.
As for the decisive battle signal, it is a way for players to call everyone to the player’s area in order to deal a great amount of damage to an enemy at one time while also increasing the amount of damage that their weapons do while also preventing blades from becoming blunt and stopping gas depletion.
On top of announcing that they are planning on bringing a popular visual novel series to PlayStation platforms next year, Sekai Project has also announced a large number of new visual novels that they will be releasing in English for the PC sometime over the course of the next year.
The products that the company have licensed range from titles that are simply for all-ages as well as those that have 18+ versions that will likely be released by Denpasoft at the same time as the standard English release. These titles include Baldr Sky Dive1 “Lost Memory”, Baldr Sky Dive2 “Recordare”, A Magical High School Girl, SakuSaku, Shining Song Starnova, Boku to Koisuru Ponkotsu Akuma (featuring artwork from Nekopara‘s creator), and Japanese School Life.
Details about each of the titles licensed by the company including trailers from Sekai Project can be found below:
Part visual novel, part cyberpunk action RPG, the hit duology, Baldr Sky Dive1 “Lost Memory” and Baldr Sky Dive2 “Recodare” are finally coming to western audiences via Steam!
In an alternate future where Nanomachines have helped shape a new world and humanity has embedded “always-on” access to the Internet, a virtual war is waged online. Using the aid of Nanomachines, a young boy by the name of Kou Kadokura seeks to restore his memory and avenge the death of his girlfriend, Sora, whose life was taken from her during the tragedy known as “Gray Christmas.” With a deep, story-driven narrative and the opportunity to pilot, upgrade, and modify their simulacrum (mechs), players will take to the virtual battlefield in top-down battles against virus-infected simulacrum.
A Magical High School Girl
Scheduled for release later this summer on iOS and PC from illuCalab, A Magical High School Girl is an enchanting magic-crafting role playing game with real time battles. Limited only by the imagination and creativity of the player, craft and create magical spells using almost any word or word combination to fend off a wide range of spirits, monsters, and fiends. Specific keywords will determine the power, element and various other parameters of the spell. Get crafty!
SakuSaku
Coming soon to Steam from Palette is SakuSaku. A tale about Yuma, a second-year student at Mihaya Academy who has heard more than a lifetime’s worth of gossip, romance, and love-related troubles. And as much as Yuma would like to roll his eyes and toss his head back in exasperation, he has no one to blame but himself. By offering up a listening ear and providing personal advice to the girls in his school his interest in love has reached an all-time low. However, could a mysterious girl who believes in the power of love, but has actually never been able to fall in love, get Yuma’s heart beating once again?
Shining Song Starnova
Shining Song Starnova from Love in Space is an idol-themed visual novel featuring energetic anime-style illustrations, a dramatic story about the trials of the entertainment industry, and songs and vocals from Japanese voice talents MI-KO (vocalist, MOSAIC.WAV) and himari (Chocola, NEKOPARA), among others.
Players will assume the role of Mr. Producer, who takes seven imperfect talents under his wing at Shining Productions. When the girls debut as the idol group STARNOVA, the task of lifting these starlets to fame rests solely on the shoulders of Mr. Producer. As they face various trials and hardships, the aspiring idols soon discover that the industry is nowhere near as perfect as it is portrayed by media.
This is the story of STARNOVA’s trials, their laughs, and their tears, as the seven girls walk the thorny path to stardom…
A star’s death is only rebirth.
Boku to Koisuru Ponkotsu Akuma
From SMILE, featuring the vibrant and lovable artwork of Sayori, the creator of everyone’s favorite catgirl comedy series, NEKOPARA, comes the hilarious nukige tale, Boku to Koisuru Ponkotsu Akuma.
After being kicked out and mistakenly placed into the school’s special dormitory overrun by ponkotsu, or seemingly useless demons, Ren is by default assigned the task of supervising and watching over this group of misfits. But will Ren be able to survive his new job as teacher and mediator for these ponkotsu demons, or will he find himself succumbing to their every beck and call? Find out in Boku to Koisuru Ponkotsu Akuma, coming soon exclusively to Denpasoft.com.
Japanese School Life
Previously announced as Sekai Project’s first original IP, Japanese School Life will be developed and published in-house under the newly established brand, Code:jp. As a result of in-house development with newly added features including e-mote functionality, new and upgraded illustrations, in-game facts and tips to help players better understand Japanese life and culture, bilingual in-game text, the Japanese vocal talents of Takada Hatsumi as Suzuki Arisa and Taneda Risa as Honda Chiyoko, Sekai Project has decided to forgo plans for a crowdfunding campaign and will look to release Japanese School Life in October 2016.
Over the weekend at Anime Expo MangaGamer kept themselves extremely busy by announcing that they had acquired a number of new titles for release in English which also resulted in three brand new partners for the company. These PC titles range from cuddly romance games, to boys live titles, to otome games, and even something from ClockUp, the minds behind euphoria.
The company has licensed their new partner Chuablesoft’s If You Love Me, Then Say So!, the boys love title from Mada Koubou Hadaka Shitsuji – Naked Butlers, the otome game from new partner Kalmia8 Fashioning Little Miss Lonesome, the spiritual successor to the Da Capo series, D.S. – Dal Segno –, and finally ClockUp’s Maggot baits.
You can check out trailers and descriptions for each of these games from MangaGamer below:
If You Love Me, Then Say So!:
“‘I love you.’––Three simple words that are always hard to say. When do you confess? Where? How? Everyone faces this worry, trying to gauge the proper time, but once you’re going steady, how do you keep it that way? If You Love Me, Then Say So! features an innovative event system with enormous freedom to choose how you spend your time—and when to take the plunge with the girl of your dreams. Is it better to confess early? To wait and see? Countless branching paths wait for you to make that agonizing decision.”
Hadaka Shitsuji – Naked Butlers:
“The singular vision of diaboical genius, Mito Togo—a game for people who love butlers, by someone who loves butlers. Mada Koubou’s debut title has earned itself cult-hit status with its handsome butlers, and its atypical and irreverent take on the BL genre.”
https://youtu.be/y857j8c9MsQ
Fashioning Little Miss Lonesome:
“When two handsome young men spot the perfect girl to be their first model and help make a name for themselves, they’re determined to go for broke and make her shine—but first they’ll have to get her out of her house! Can these two really give such an anti-social recluse the makeover she needs to be a star? Or will she be the one to change them in this off-beat romantic comedy?”
Dal Segno:
“We have something new from Circus––their latest game, and something of a spiritual successor to the Da Capo series, D.S. –Dal Segno-! Happiness. Paradise. Words that mean as many different things as there are people in this earth. What does happiness mean to you? What shape does your paradise take?”
https://youtu.be/Y7y6oatrstY
Maggot Baits:
“Once born into this world, you must live. That is the single truth that exists for all life in the beginning. Mentors and models to follow, the will to do good and abhor evil—are all a fiction we learn later, a fiction known as “ideology”. Living this fiction is what makes us human. But do we need such ideology to be human, as we do our limbs? Does that make those who lose or abandon such ideology less than human—does it make them limbless maggots? If so, then this tale is devoid of humans—it is a tale of maggots. Crawling to survive, like the maggots we are.”
Bandai Namco is continuing with their series of character introduction videos for the thirteen idols that will be appearing in The Idolmaster: Platinum Stars. So far we have seen introduction trailers for Takane Shijou, Chihaya Kisaragi, Yayoi Takatsuki, Haruka Amami, and Iori Minase. This time around the girl being introduced is one half of the Futami twins, Mami Futami.
You can check out the highlight trailer for Mami below where a bit of dialogue and a bit of a performance is shown off and as for the game itself, The Idolmaster: Platinum Stars is currently set to be released in Japan on July 28th as a PlayStation 4 exclusive.
Sekai Project has announced that they are planning on bringing World End Economica to the PlayStation 4 and PS Vita in 2017. Teaming up with Limited Run Games, the title will be available both physically and digitally upon release and will include all three chapters of the game compiled into one game. For those who never followed the game, World End Economica is written by Spice and Wolf writer Isuna Hasekura and was developed by Spicy Tails.
World End Economica is set in the far future on the moon, a mere 16 years after humans have begun to colonize it, where a young boy named Haru has been chasing his wildest dream – a dream to stand where no man has stood before. But in order to do so he needs capital, a ludicrous amount of capital and what better place to seek out and raise that capital than the stock market? There are two key rules to the stock market however, the first being to never take a loss and the second to never forget the first rule. Those who manage to follow these two rules can obtain enourmous wealth…
NEXON and Nat Games Launch Heroes of Incredible Tales (HIT) The Unreal Engine 4 Powered Action RPG on Mobile Devices Worldwide
TERA and Lineage II Lead Designer Brings AAA Single and Multiplayer Gameplay Experience to Mobile in the Studio’s Debut Title
Berlin, Germany – July 7, 2016 – Nexon and NAT Games announced that Heroes of Incredible Tales (HIT), the HD hack-and-slash RPG powered by Unreal Engine 4, is now available worldwide on the App Store for iPhone and iPad and on Google Play for Android devices. HIT is the debut mobile title from NAT Games, founded by Yong-Hyun Park, the renowned lead designer behind popular massively multiplayer online role playing games Lineage II and TERA. With an expansive single player campaign, cooperative and competitive online multiplayer and a variety of game modes, HIT offers a wealth of content for all types of players. Reaching the number one Top Grossing Google Play position in Korea, HIT broke records to become the fastest growing game with over 5 million downloads to date. The hotly anticipated game also garnered almost 400,000 pre-registrations, reaching the last stretch goal and rewarding all preregistered players with gems, premium weapon skins limited edition accessory sets available now.
“HIT weaves together elements from beloved action RPG and hack-and-slash titles to create a mobile experience that feels both intuitive and boldly innovative,” said Lawrence Koh, General Manager at Nexon M. “Yong-Hyun Park and the NAT Games team have come out swinging with their debut game, maximizing the potential of the game’s powerful engine to put HIT in a rare group of AAA, console-caliber mobile titles.”
Fast action is at HIT’s core where players must keep enemies at bay by utilizing high-speed combos, aerials, throws, counters, dodges, ultimate specials, juggles and more. The expansive skill tree provides the ability to customize the style of combat and evolve powers to take on the toughest of foes. A variety of gear including weapons, armor, and other rare loot that can be collected in sets encourages exploration and experimentation in search of the ultimate combo of gear. HIT offers four playable characters from the outset, each with unique strengths, abilities and play styles. The two-handed greatsword-wielding Hugo mows through enemies, while Anika pairs her deadly scythe with agile acrobatics. Lucas wields fearsome dual swords while Kiki uses her magical staff to control the elements and bend nature to her will.
“With HIT, we set out to raise the bar of core gaming standards and redefine player expectations on these powerful mobile devices,” said Yong-Hyun Park, CEO of NAT Games. “With the game’s visceral HD graphics, living 3D environments and fast and fun combat, we’re confident that console and PC players around the world will feel right at home when they get their hands on HIT.”
Along with an engrossing fantastical storyline in the Adventure mode, HIT is packed with additional single player modes including Tower Trials horde mode and the Daily Dungeon challenge. HIT is true to its MMORPG roots, offering players an abundance of real-time multiplayer content for both cooperative and competitive play with head-to-head combat in The Arena, 3v3 PvP arenas, cooperative Raid Mode and all out mayhem in Guild War.
HIT utilizes Samsung’s cutting-edge Vulkan technology which offers unprecedented graphical fidelity and color depth for a mobile title. On modern mobile devices, HIT’s graphical effects include particles, smoke, fire, reflections, and explosions rendered at a smooth and consistent frame rate for an experience on par with console and PCs.
The trailer and other HIT videos can be viewed on YouTube.
For more information including character details, trailers, screenshots, concept art, upcoming events and more, visit the game’s official website: hitmobile.nexon.com
Stay up to date on the latest HIT news by liking the game on Facebook and following HIT onTwitter.
NEXON Co., Ltd. (“Nexon”) (3659.TO) is a worldwide leader in free-to-play online and mobile games. Founded in Korea in 1994, Nexon developed one of the world’s first graphics-based massively multiplayer online games. Nexon also pioneered the concept of microtransactions and the free-to-play business model, setting a new standard in which play is free, and users have the option to purchase in-game items to enhance their experience. Nexon currently services nearly 100 titles in more than 190 countries. The Company is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan and its shares are listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
About NAT Games
NAT Games has specialized in quality mobile roleplaying experiences since it was founded in 2013 by experienced RPG developers, including Park Yong-Hyun, famous for his work on the hit massively multiplayer role playing games Lineage II and TERA. NAT Games’ first mobile title HIT is a fully-3D mobile action RPG. HIT was launched in Korea on November 18, 2015. It became the top selling game in both Google Play and App Store the following day.
Flat Earth Games announces post-apocalyptic truck driving game Unstoppable, OUT NOW for iOS
Destroy for cash! Upgrade your rig! Drive like hell…
Unstoppable is a post-apocalyptic truck driving game for iOS where your goal is absolute mayhem. You must survive long enough to see the other side of a Scandinavian gauntlet with your cargo and truck intact. But of course, it’s never that simple. Lining up to stop you are marauders brandishing all kinds of deadly weapons and hell-bent on taking you out.
If they want to stand a chance of reaching their destination, players must complete contracts and crush marauders to earn cash, then bolt on every menacing weapon they can to turn their truck into a ‘weaponized big rig’.*
“I’m terrified of fast moving vehicles,” said lead developer Mathew Purchase. “I’m garbage at driving, even on quiet roads. Unstoppable is an extension of this fear combined with my love of high impact action. It’s an attempt at recreating that terrifying adrenaline rush that surges from hurtling down a highway and turning it into a fantasy riddled with explosions, machine guns and buzzsaws.”
Brutal difficulty with marauders who’ll ram, bash and shoot you with all kinds of weapons.
A fully-upgradeable truck – increase speed, fuel and armour, customise the look and more!
An insane amount of weapons to bolt onto your rig: spikes, shotguns, flamethrowers, grenade launchers, mounted circular saws, a magnet gun and much much more!
No two games ever the same. Procedurally generated roads and enemies to keep you driving for hours.
Cash for damage – cause as much destruction as you can to be able to afford the baddest weapons.
No ads!
No in-app purchases!
Just hardcore post-apocalyptic truck driving.
Unstoppable is available for $USD2.99 from the App Store on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch or at the Store Page here! Reply to this email for a review copy.
We started Flat Earth in early 2012 in Sydney, Australia. Following the release of our first game TownCraft (PC/Mac/iOS), we released the top-down cyberpunk hitman game Metrocide (PC/Mac), then Super Death Fortress (iOS) and its Halloween sister game Super UNDEAD Fortress. TownCraft was a bit of a local success, reaching #2 in the paid app charts in Australia, and we still continue to create original games for various platforms which aim squarely at bringing their love of 90s gaming into modern titles. We’re also working on Objects in Space: it’sour biggest passion project ever, and we’re pouring everything we’ve got into making it the best we can!
UBISOFT® CHALLENGES GAMERS TO GET THE FULL GAME FOR FREE BY COMPLETING THE DEMO FOR TRIALS® OF THE BLOOD DRAGON ON WINDOWS PC
UBISOFT, SYDNEY — July 7, 2016 — Ubisoft has announced an opportunity for gamers to win their own copy of Trials® of the Blood Dragon on Windows PC. On July 22nd, players can jump into the madness by downloading a free demo version of the full game from Uplay®, and those who complete the demo with 15 faults or less, are rewarded with the full game for free. Players can also compete against each other on a global leaderboard to see who can achieve the fewest number of faults.
In Trials of the Blood Dragon, players will journey through 30 missions spanning seven different worlds, using a range of gravity-defying vehicles, weapons and tools, such as bikes, jetpacks, plasma rifles, CD launchers and grappling hooks, to get over and through anything they need to.
Additionally, players will be able to race against each other on asynchronous multiplayer leaderboards for an extra competitive edge. Over the course of the game, players can complete the experience by unlocking the game’s soundtrack, composed by Power Glove.
Trials of the Blood Dragon, the follow-up to the successful Trials series, is available for download worldwide on Xbox One, PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system and Windows PC.
About Ubisoft Ubisoft is a leading creator, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and services, with a rich portfolio of world-renowned brands, including Assassin’s Creed, Just Dance, Watch_Dogs, Tom Clancy’s video game series, Rayman and Far Cry. The teams throughout Ubisoft’s worldwide network of studios and business offices are committed to delivering original and memorable gaming experiences across all popular platforms, including consoles, mobile phones, tablets and PCs. For the 2015–16 fiscal year Ubisoft generated sales of €1,394 million. To learn more, please visit www.ubisoftgroup.com.
About RedLynx
RedLynx, a Ubisoft studio, is located in Finland and is best known for its award-winning and best-selling physics-based racing series, Trials. Previous installments, such as Trials Evolution and Trials Fusion, amazed the fans with innovative gameplay and new types of social features. In 2014, Trials Frontier brought the series to mobile platforms for the first time, having resulted in over 40 million downloads since launch. The studio continues to put its energy into exciting the fans of the Trials franchise and expanding its portfolio of groundbreaking titles on all platforms.
Xbox’s Major Nelson to Provide PAX Australia 2016 Keynote
MELBOURNE – 7 July 2016 – Industry icon Major Nelson (aka Larry Hyrb) will deliver the opening keynote at PAX Australia 2016.
An Emmy Award-winning Director of Programming for Xbox Live, Larry has been instrumental in the development of Xbox platforms and Xbox LIVE since 2003. He runs the long running and popular weekly podcast “Major Nelson Radio,” hosts and handles interviews for many major gaming events and launches, and provides an inside look at operations at Microsoft’s Xbox division.
The PAX series of shows (West, East, South and Australia) represent some of the largest gaming festivals in the world, with each event drawing tens of thousands of attendees. Connecting the world’s leading video and tabletop game makers with their most avid and influential fans, the shows also focus on the cultural aspects of gaming with panels, concerts, tournaments and freeplay areas.
The 2016 show is expected to be the largest yet, as PAX Aus continues its exponential growth.
“As the embodiment of Xbox and Xbox Live, Major Nelson has seen it all,” said Jerry Holkins, co-founder, Penny Arcade. “I will be there with everyone else when the show kicks off, ready to absorb his wisdom.”
PAX Aus will be held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre from 4-6 November, 2016 and is organised by ReedPOP in conjunction with Penny Arcade
Badges for PAX Aus are still available and can be purchased online at paxaustralia.com.au/registration. Single day badges cost $60 AUD, and three day passes are $160.
PAX or Penny Arcade Expo (http://www.paxsite.com) is a festival for gamers to celebrate gaming culture. First held in Seattle in 2004, PAX has nearly doubled in size each successive year, with PAX Prime 2014 selling out of tickets in a matter of minutes. Connecting the world’s leading game publishers with their most avid and influential fans, PAX expanded with a second show in Boston in 2010 and a third in San Antonio in 2015, making it the three largest gaming shows in North America. The first international PAX was held in Melbourne, Australia in 2013.
PENNY ARCADE
Penny Arcade (http://www.penny-arcade.com) is a web comic focused on video games and video game culture, written by Jerry Holkins and illustrated by Mike Krahulik. With over 3.5 million readers, it is the most popular and longest running gaming web comic online. Penny Arcade is also responsible for the Child’s Play Charity, the Penny Arcade gaming expos (PAX) in Seattle, Boston, San Antonio and Melbourne, multiple videogames based on the brand, and multiple online video series.
REEDPOP
ReedPOP (http://www.reedpop.com) is the largest producer of pop culture events in the world, a full-service boutique team that has the backing and muscle of a major international events organization.ReedPOP runs events such as New York Comic Con, Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo, Star Wars Celebration, Oz Comic-Con, Paris Comic Con, PAX Prime, PAX East, PAX South, Comic Con India, and more.
