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May 4, 2016

WARHAMMER® 40,000®: DAWN OF WAR® III ANNOUNCED.

Sydney, 4 May 2016 – At long last, the sun rises on a new age of battle! Relic Entertainment and SEGA Europe Ltd. today announced Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III, the long-awaited third instalment of the critically-acclaimed real-time strategy franchise. The loyal are rewarded!

Dawn of War III immerses players in the escalating brutality of galactic warfare, where they will lead elite hero units and colossal armies to victory, or oblivion. Powerful super-walkers will tower over the front lines as screen-shaking assaults blister the battlefield in an all-out, over-the-top spectacle worthy of the iconic Games Workshop® Warhammer 40,000 universe.

Building on 12 years of explosive gameplay, Dawn of War III combines the epic scale of Dawn of War, with the customization and elite heroes of Dawn of War II. The result is a best-in-class edition giving players the rich strategic experience, stunning visuals, and catastrophic surprises that they’ve come to expect as Relic brings the franchise into the modern era.

“This is the Dawn of War that fans have been waiting for,” said Stephen MacDonald, the title’s Executive Producer. “Our biggest units ever? Check. Giant orbital lasers? Check. Base-building, epic heroes, huge battles, it’s all in there. Get ready for the biggest Dawn of War yet. For the Emperor!”

In an announcement trailer released on the official Dawn of War III YouTube Channel this morning, Relic revealed the devastating forces of Space Marines, Eldar, and Orks locked in battle, slipping ever deeper into the darkness of endless war.

With previous instalments released prior to Relic’s acquisition in 2013, Dawn of War III will be a landmark release for Relic: its first main title produced entirely as a SEGA®-owned studio.

“This announcement is a big moment for all of us at Relic, and at SEGA,” said Justin Dowdeswell, General Manager at Relic. “We’re setting the bar for what we can achieve, and showing players what they can expect from us in the future. This is just the beginning.”

For future updates on Dawn of War III, visit www.dawnofwar.com.

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About Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War:

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War is Relic’s critically-acclaimed real-time strategy game that brings to life the iconic Games Workshop Warhammer 40,000 universe. Set in the forty-first millennium, players choose a race and take them into battle on the brutal frontlines of war and fight for supremacy of the galactic empire. Since its inception, the Dawn of War series has sold more than 7 million copies. Dawn of War III will be the eighth instalment of the franchise.

About Relic Entertainment

Relic Entertainment is the award-winning development studio behind critically-acclaimed franchises including Warhammer 40:000: Dawn of War, Company of Heroes, and more. Since its inception in 1997, Relic has produced a rich catalogue of genre-defining real-time strategy titles and continues to innovate today as a SEGA-owned studio. Relic is located in Vancouver, Canada. Learn more at www.relic.com.

About SEGA Europe Ltd.:

SEGA Europe Ltd. is the European Distribution arm of Tokyo, Japan-based SEGA Games Co., Ltd., and a worldwide leader in interactive entertainment both inside and outside the home. The company develops and distributes interactive entertainment software products for a variety of hardware platforms including PC, wireless devices, and those manufactured by Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. SEGA Europe’s website is located at www.sega.com

About Games Workshop

Games Workshop Group PLC (LSE:GAW.L) is based in Nottingham, UK. Games Workshop designs, manufactures, retails, and distributes its range of Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000 games, miniature soldiers, novels and model kits through more than 400 of its own Hobby centres, the Internet and independent retail channels in more than 50 countries worldwide. More information about Games Workshop can be found at www.games-workshop.com and further details about all of Games Workshop’s licensees and their products are at licensing.games-workshop.com

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III © Copyright Games Workshop Limited 2016. Dawn of War III, the Dawn of War logo, GW, Games Workshop, Space Marine, 40K, Warhammer, Warhammer 40,000, 40,000, the ‘Aquila’ Double-headed Eagle logo, and all associated logos, illustrations, images, names, creatures, races, vehicles, locations, weapons, characters, and the distinctive likeness thereof, are either ® or TM, and/or © Games Workshop Limited, variably registered around the world, and used under license. This release is developed by Relic Entertainment and published by SEGA. SEGA, the SEGA logo, Relic Entertainment and the Relic Entertainment logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of SEGA Holdings Co., Ltd or its affiliates. All rights reserved. SEGA is registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. All other trademarks, logos and copyrights are the property of their respective owners.

Trailers:

YouTube Trailer: https://youtu.be/N_ZgyNoHtjw

Beyond the Boundary: Complete Collection Review

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Beyond the Boundary: Complete Collection Review

Beyond the Boundary: Complete Collection
Studio: Kyoto Animation
Publisher: Sentai Filmworks
Formats: DVD, Blu-ray (Reviewed)
Release Date: Available Now
Price: $69.98 – Available Here

Overview

Over the years Kyoto Animation has earned quite a reputation for themselves with their adaptations of light novels and manga series. More often than not these series become quite popular though there are a few that end up slipping through the cracks. Now that Sentai Filmworks has released Beyond the Boundary in the West, is this a series that fans will be remembering for some time to come?

Story

If most people saw someone who looked as if they were preparing to jump off the roof of a building they would generally try to intervene or call for help in order to prevent the person from harming themselves. Rarely however is it because they look so cute in the glasses that they are wearing nor do their efforts result in the potential jumper stabbing them with a red sword. That is what happens to Akihito Kanbara however as he meets Mirai Kuriyama one day after school.

While this would generally be the end of the story, the world of Beyond the Boundary is filled with plenty of strange creatures that most people know little about and it just so happens that Kanbara is one of these oddities. He is a half-human and half-yomu, yomu being supernatural creatures that appear throughout the world and thanks to this unique nature Akihito appears to be immortal.

On the other side of the spectrum Mirai Kuriyama is a rookie Spirit World Warrior who keeps to herself thanks to the fact that she is the last descendent of a family that has been called a cursed bloodline. You see, Mirai’s red blade comes from her “gift” for being able to control her own blood as a weapon and thanks to this ability she has been shunned by the rest of the supernatural world.

After this chance meeting, Mirai continues to attack Akihito thanks to him never being able to truly die from her attacks and slowly the pair begin to open up with one another and even go so far as to work together in order to help Mirai take down yomu since not only does doing so help her earn some money, but eventually allows her to conquer an enemy from her past. However all is not always as it seems in the Spirit Warrior world and after an extremely close call reveals that those who appear close to Akihito aren’t exactly his friends and that the yomu half that he is keeping inside of him is beyond anything that the world has seen before, viewers are in for an interesting albeit somewhat stunted story.

One of the best aspects of Beyond the Boundary is the relationship between Akihito and Mirai as the pair begin with a rather awkward and comical relationship as she clumsily tries to take him down as practice while he avoids her in numerous ways and as the story progresses we see these both of these characters develop as they learn about one another’s hidden natures and work to help one another. Thanks to the pacing of the series, these developments appear fairly scattered and even seem to vanish completely at times as the tone flips between dramatic and psychological to simply delivering what one would guess as filler content as a comedic method to try and help show a separate side to the supporting cast and the main pair.

As for that supporting cast, Beyond the Boundary features a number of enjoyable side characters in the form of Mitsuki, Hiromi, and to a lesser extent Ai. The former two characters are guards to keep an eye on Akihito but despite this the two rarely act cold towards him and in fact appear to be his closest friends while Ai serves as the cuter side-character who is also a yomu and interacts with everyone like normal, going to show that co-existence is indeed possible.

Despite the fact that these characters fit rather well with the main pair, it feels like their inclusion isn’t handled in the best way possible as the middle part of the series tries to help develop the supporting cast while also providing some comedy thanks to the strange cases the group takes on but unfortunately none of this really helps make the side characters stand out in any way nor make them any more interesting than they initially come off. This becomes a bigger problem than it should be thanks to the fact that most of these smaller developments feel incredibly rushed and while comedy works well in a series such as this to help offset the dramatic swings the series can take, it simply isn’t handled well enough to work most of the time.

Of course everything starts to accelerate towards a conclusion near the end of the series and thankfully I will say that Beyond the Boundary does take enough time to actually handle this conflict well by not rushing the developments that take place. Sadly it is a bit predictable considering viewers can guess from the get-go what is going to happen what with both main characters possessing very powerful opposing abilities. That being said, although the ending series of events do come off as predictable the writers have handled it in a personal way that actually portrays how high the stakes are and just how important it is that the main characters are successful.

Visuals

One of the best aspects of Beyond the Boundary is how great this series looks. Thanks to the high production values of this series viewers are in for quite a treat as the character designs are well handled and all of the animation is extremely fluid. This really pays off during the many action sequences that take place throughout the title with well-choreographed movements and great attention to detail making sure that no shortcuts are taken.

As mentioned before, the character designs are nicely presented with the focus often being on making sure the characters look cute with Mirai being the most memorable of the group thanks to her smaller stature fitting her initial nervous personality. The backgrounds are highly detailed and are nicely varied considering the many unique locations the characters end up with when dealing with the yomu.

Audio

With the release of Beyond the Boundary in the West Sentai Filmworks has decided to include an English dub track to go along with the Japanese voice work. The English cast does a good job with their roles with Krystal LaPorte’s handling of Mirai and Monica Rial’s Mitsuki Nase being the best two examples as their voice acting fits the character personalities perfectly.

As far as the soundtrack is concerned, there is a nice mix of dark themes that work into the action scenes and keep the tension high while the more light-hearted tracks used during comedic scenes are rather forgetful. The opening theme “Kyoukai no Kanata” by Minori CHihara works well while the ending theme “Daisy” by Stereo Dive Foundation is a satisfying closing theme.

Extras

With the standard Blu-ray release of Beyond the Boundary Sentai Filmworks has included their standard clean opening and closing animations as well as Japanese promos and trailers for other products from Sentai Filmworks. Alongside these standard inclusions the company has also included five short “Idol Trial” episodes that run about six minutes each. These shorts are presented in Japanese only and help provide some extra humor that is fairly hit and miss.

Overall

Beyond the Boundary may tell a story that anime fans can predict quite easily but it does so in a rather pleasant manner. There are some faults along the way as the mid-point of the release features some of the weakest moments but thankfully the rest of the story prior and after these episodes help make up for it. With some fantastic looking animation providing fluid fight sequences and characters that, although many are underdeveloped, help add some emotional impact to the final events of the series. Beyond the Boundary may not try anything new but does a great job telling its own story.
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Grand Kingdom’s Online Mode Shown Off in Latest Trailer

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With the beta for Grand Kingdom kicking off today what better way to celebrate than with a brand new trailer focusing on showing off the game’s online system. NIS America has released that such trailer and you can check it out below. For those who are participating in the beta they will be able to access four character classes in the form of Fighter, Hunter, Witch, and Medic, take on two complete quests from the single player campaign, and fight in three online war battles per day.

Save files including squad members and mercenary money will be carried over into the full release but the online war will be reset when the title is released on the PlayStation 4 and PS Vita on June 21 in North America and June 17 in Europe.

TIER 10 TANKS AND NEW MISSIONS ARRIVING TO ARMORED WARFARE TODAY

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TIER 10 TANKS AND NEW MISSIONS ARRIVING TO ARMORED WARFARE TODAY
Massive Update 0.15 Now Available For All Players

Amsterdam, The Netherlands – May 3, 2016 – Developer Obsidian Entertainment and global publisher My.com are excited to present the newest update for Armored Warfare launching today. Update 0.15 brings the highly anticipated Tier 10 vehicles, new PvE missions, premium vehicle and various adjustments and improvements.

View the Update 0.15 Trailer HERE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUe2il95GeA

Features introduced with update 0.15:

Tier 10 – First six Tier 10 vehicles have been introduced. Besides such main battles tanks as Challenger 2B, Leopard 2A7-140, XM1A3, and T-14 Armata, the update also brings a concept light tank PL-01 and armored fighting vehicle called SPHINX. Tier 10 will be unlockable through a token system similar to the one used to unlock Tier 9 vehicles.
New PvE missions – In the newly delivered PvE operations “Prometheus” and “Meltdown,” players will have to defend the important cargo on the sandy beaches of the tropical island and defend the nuclear reactor from enemy invasion in order to save the people of the small town from devastation.
Merkava 2B Premium – A brand new Tier 7 Premium vehicle Main Battle Tank.
Garage UI Update – The garage UI has received a visual upgrade and now features an improved Ammo Loadout, updated Consumable and Retrofit windows, and an expanded vehicle filter.
APS and Anti-Tank Guided Missile Changes – A number of measures have been enacted to reduce the currently excessive high effectiveness of APS, while still keeping the system useful in deterring the occasional ATGM.
Light Tank Adjustments – Includes front, side, and rear cannon depression changes to Light Tanks and a few Main Battle Tanks. Additionally, the Light Tank active ability was improved as well.
Global Vehicle Mobility Adjustment – The combined hull and turret traverse mobility has been adjusted for MBTs and AFVs and LTs so as to achieve more balance for these vehicle types interaction in the battlefield.
Apart from the above new features, a large number of game corrections will also be included with the update. The corrections include, but are not limited to: vehicle performance adjustments, balance, and critical issue fixes.

Read the full patch notes for more details HERE: aw.my.com/us/news/general/introducing-update-015

Armored Warfare is a free-to-play massively multiplayer online tactical military game that puts the player into the world of modern warfare. In Armored Warfare, players get a chance to try the most powerful tools of destruction invented by mankind – from modern main battle tanks, to scouts and wheeled vehicles. Using modern defense systems like anti-missile protection and smoke grenades, along with various types of armor and ammunition, players can jump into fast paced battles both in PvP mode and a vast amount of PvE missions.

To download Armored Warfare for free today, visit aw.my.com.To learn more about Armored Warfare, please visit aw.my.com, ‘Like’ it on Facebook, and follow its development on Twitter @ArmoredWar for all the latest developer updates and news.

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Dead Island: Definitive Collection ‘Dead Facts’ Trailer Released

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May 4, 2016

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Dead Island: Definitive Collection ‘Dead Facts’ Trailer Released

With Dead Island: Definitive Collection set to be released at the end of the month Deep Silver has released a brand new trailer for the release which will contain not only Dead Island: Definitive Edition but also Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition for $39.99 and those who pick up the retail release will also obtain Dead Island: Retro Revenge for free. These games will be sold separately as digital downloads for $19.99 a piece but will not include the bonus game.

As for the trailer, found below, it shows footage from the two main titles as the characters whatever weapons they have on hand to survive against the undead monstrosities standing before them.

Dishonored 2 to be Released on November 11

Travis Bruno

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May 4, 2016

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Dishonored 2 to be Released on November 11

After Bethesda and Arkane Studios revealed that they were indeed working on Dishonored 2 we have heard practically nothing about the game in nearly a year. Well that changed today when the company announced that they are planning on releasing the game worldwide on November 11th for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.

To go along with this announcement the company also revealed that they will be premiering the first ever gameplay of Dishonored 2 during their E3 2016 press conference on June 12, which begins at 7 p.m. PT / 10 p.m. ET and will be streamed lived via Twitch and YouTube. The game will also be featured as the cover for the June 2016 issue of Game Informer and the magazine will contain fourteen pages covering the title.

Award-Winning Technological Singularity Author David Simpson, Launches New Sci-Fi Series

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Philip Federico

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May 3, 2016

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Award-Winning Technological Singularity Author David Simpson, Launches New Sci-Fi Series

Plymouth, MI. – May 3, 2016 – Best selling Post-Human series author, David Simpson, launched a new sci-fi series today. The new book, Dawn of the Singularity, is set in the near future and follows the conflict between those who embrace a post-technological Singularity future in which humanity and strong AI work together and those who envision the more traditional view of humanity’s future.

Distributed by Fearless Publishing, Dawn of the Singularity is available for pre-order via Amazon Kindle and will be released on May 12.

Dawn of the Singularity provided the backstory for the recently released, award-winning strategy game, Ashes of the Singularity which follows humanity’s struggles after the technological singularity. The technological singularity, which occurs after Dawn of the Singularity but well before Ashes of the Singularity posits a point in time in which artificial intelligence surpasses that of natural humans.

“I’m really excited about this book,” said David Simpson. “With Dawn of the Singularity we can walk the reader through step-by-step one possible scenario that the technological singularity manifests.”

Dawn of the Singularity begins in the near future with the rise of the first strong-AI and the inevitable conflict between those that see it as a harbinger of humanity’s doom and those who see it as mankind’s greatest ally.

“The book really brings into sharp contrast the assumptions we’ve had for decades on how we thought the future would play out versus how the future will probably actually play out,” said Simpson. “When we watch Sci-Fi shows, we always assume that the future will be human beings flying across the stars in space ships with the computer being little more than a glorified personal assistant. I think it’s becoming more clear to people that AI will be a lot more than something that gives us directions or tells us what the atmospheric content on Rigel IV is.”

Dawn of the Singularity is available for pre-order on Kindle for $4.99, along with a printed version that is available from Amazon for $12.99. The Kindle version will be widely available on May 12.

About Fearless Publishing

Fearless Publishing is a publisher of Science Fiction and Fantasy books. Located in Plymouth Michigan, the first book launched from this publisher is Dawn of the Singularity.

Viz Media Reveals Free Manga Samplers for Free Comic Book Day 2016

Travis Bruno

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May 3, 2016

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Viz Media Reveals Free Manga Samplers for Free Comic Book Day 2016

Free Comic Book Day is approaching once again in North America and now that May 7th is less than a week away Viz Media has announced that they will be partaking in the event this year with a pair of free manga samplers.

They will be offering a little something for everyone as they will be providing a sampler that children and older fans will like in the form of Pokemon Pocket Comics: Legendary Pokemon as well as something for their adult fan base in the form of a sampler containing action-packed excerpts from One-Punch Man as well as My Hero Academia.

Etrian Odyssey V’s Warlock Class and Master & Title System Shown Off

Travis Bruno

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May 3, 2016

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Etrian Odyssey V’s Warlock Class and Master & Title System Shown Off

Atlus has released a new set of trailers for Etrian Odyssey V: The End of the Long Myth and these videos focus on introducing us to the “Warlock” class as well as a new system that is called “Master and Titles.” The Warlock class, as one would imagine from a magic user, will be a back-row attacker who will use ancient magic to manipulate fire, ice, and lightning to attack enemies.

As for the other system, when players clear yet unrevealed conditions they will be acknowledged as a “Master” class and when they become a master they will be able to select from two different titles and learn “Master Skills” as well as gain more stats. Each playable class will have two Master titles to choose from.

You can check out both videos below and as for the game itself Etrian Odyssey V: The End of the Long Myth is currently set to be released on August 4th in Japan for the Nintendo 3DS.

Warlock Trailer

Master and Title Trailer

Experience to Release New Interpretation Stranger of Sword City for PS Vita

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May 3, 2016

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Experience to Release New Interpretation Stranger of Sword City for PS Vita

During their 10th anniversary event not only did Experience announce that they are working on a new game called Yomi wo Saku Hana they also announced that they are once again revisiting the Stranger of Sword City title by working on New Interpretation Stranger of Sword City: Black Palace for the PS Vita.

The game will be an updated to the original title and will feature a number of new additions such as the Clocker and Puppeteer classes, the appearance of Elthalia from Students of the Round, a Guard Counter system, new events, and various adjustments and improvements to the game.

The company is planning on releasing the updated New Interpretation Stranger of Sword City on July 21st in Japan where owners of the original game on the PS Vita will be able to upgrade for 1,800 yen while the game itself will be priced at 3,800 yen.