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Three Legendary Bird Pokémon await you at Smyths Toys Superstores!
Three Legendary Bird Pokémon await you at Smyths Toys Superstores!
Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres will be distributed with their Hidden Abilities at participating UK Smyths Toys Superstores from 22 March.
For the first time ever, these three Legendary Pokémon, originally discovered inPokémon Red, Pokémon Blue and Pokémon Yellow, will be distributed with Hidden Abilities to owners of Pokémon Omega Ruby, Pokémon Alpha Sapphire, Pokémon Xand Pokémon Y video games.
Fans can request a code from staff in stores at Smyths Toys to receive one of either Articuno, Zapdos or Moltres, selected at random, from 22 March until 11 April.*
Alongside the special distribution, Smyths Toys Superstores will have the latest must-have Pokémon merchandise, including the upcoming Pokémon TCG: Red & Blue Collection—Charizard-EX, a wide selection of Pokémon toys from Tomy, TCG collector tins and the video games Pokémon Omega Ruby, Pokémon Alpha Sapphire,Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon and the upcoming package version of Pokémon Rumble World. There will also be copies of the highly anticipated Pokkén Tournament** available to purchase whilst stocks last.
To top it all off, there will be the opportunity for some fans to meet and greet Pikachu. The Pokémon will be making a guest appearance at key stores across the UK. Please visit www.SmythsToys.com for all dates and additional information.
Be sure to visit Pokemon.co.uk/20 for more information about Pokémon 20, Train On projects and join the conversation using #Pokemon20 on social media. Pokémon. Twenty Years. Train On.TM
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*A Pokémon Omega Ruby, Pokémon Alpha Sapphire , Pokémon X or Pokémon Ygame, Nintendo 3DS or 2DS system and an internet connection are required to receive Articuno, Zapdos or Moltres. One redemption only per code and in-store collection only for a limited period between 22 March and 11 April 2016. Game is in 2D. Some areas also available in 3D. Use parental controls.
**Pokkén Tournament is available exclusively for Wii U.
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About Pokémon
The Pokémon Company International, a subsidiary of The Pokémon Company in Japan, manages the property outside of Asia and is responsible for brand management, licensing, marketing, the Pokémon Trading Card Game, the animated TV series, home entertainment and the official Pokémon website. Pokémon was launched in Japan in 1996 and today is one of the most popular children’s entertainment properties in the world. For more information, visit Pokemon.co.uk.
About Smyths Toys Superstores
Smyths Toys currently trade from almost 90 stores across the UK and Ireland, with plans to open a further 10 to 15 stores this year. Bursting with fun and excitement, the leading retailer’s stores offer a massive range of toys, from dolls and action figures to baby products, video games and board games. Smyths Toys stock all the top toy brands and pride themselves on offering the most competitive prices on the best possible selection of products
ESCAPE FROM TARKOV: ENVIRONMENTAL IN GAME SCREENS
ESCAPE FROM TARKOV: ENVIRONMENTAL IN GAME SCREENS
Battlestate Games, the creators of the hardcore online shooter Escape from Tarkov, are happy to reveal the latest package of screenshots showcasing the game locations that change dynamically over the daytime hours. The shots are made in the vicinity of the industrial plant, featuring a wide, open-air territory. This is one of the large scenario locations open to Escape from Tarkov players for exploration, reconnaissance, and combat.
In the links below, the developers describe the process of creating a rich and devastating world – from architectural elements, to weapons and characters.
View the first Escape from Tarkov Developer Diary HERE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJfcaCmMy7c
Watch the Second Escape from Tarkov developer diary HERE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUwNFRGD-dA
Did you miss Escape from Tarkov’s kickass announcement trailer? Watch it now HERE: www.youtu.be/IPlnHe9l34E
Escape from Tarkov is a hardcore online game that combines FPS/TPS with RPG elements. The game events unfold in the sealed off Russian city of Tarkov, which has become a scene of a local conflict between two private military companies. As a hazardous environment combat simulator, the game uses multiple system modules for ultimately immersive gameplay and a complete feeling of reality. The closed beta-testing of Escape from Tarkov is planned for 2016. Interested in testing your mettle? Sign up now for the Beta on the official game Website at: www.escapefromtarkov.com/.
To stay up to date on current development be sure to follow Battlestate Games on Twitter and “Like” the game on Facebook.
AMPLITUDE STUDIOS DELIVERS CONSOLE-PERFECT DUNGEON OF THE ENDLESS TO XBOX ONE
AMPLITUDE STUDIOS DELIVERS CONSOLE-PERFECT DUNGEON OF THE ENDLESS TO XBOX ONE
The Award-Winning, Hyper-Genre Blending Dungeon Defense Game Will Challenge Xbox One Gamers Day One
Paris, France – March 16, 2016 – Award-winning indie developer Amplitude Studios announced today its popular dungeon-defense roguelike game Dungeon of the Endless is available now on Xbox One. Featuring updated and polished controls tuned for the Xbox One and a new and improved user interface, this unique blend of roguelike, RPG, strategy, and dungeon-defense genres has been hand-crafted for Microsoft’s platform.
Console players will experience dynamically generated retro pixel-art dungeons in both the single-player mode and the four-player cooperative multiplayer modes on the desolated planet of Auriga. They will feel the brutal do-or-die burn of a true roguelike while benefitting from the complete original PC version, and also the Deep Freeze and Bookworm add-ons. Dungeon of the Endless on Xbox One is available for $9.99 (US).
Watch the launch trailer for Dungeon of the Endless HERE: youtu.be/Cfj9HStua-Y
“We are very proud to bring to the Xbox One this unique roguelike and tower defense hybrid game, designed with the help of the community,” said Romain de Waubert de Genlis, creative director at Amplitude Studios. “The blend of genres, the challenge to truly cooperate in multiplayer, and the tough nature of the ‘Easy’ mode will provide, well, excuse the pun, endless hours of gaming fun for Xbox One fans.”
Originally distributed on Steam PC in October 2014, and nominated at the D.I.C.E. Awards for Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year and Outstanding Achievement in Game Design, DotE gives players the chance to build and equip their own team, gather resources and construct defenses, all while exploring an infinite number of dungeons in an effort to reach the planet’s surface.
Dungeon of the Endless on Xbox One Features Include:
- Improved interface and updated control scheme.
- Two, three, and four person Xbox Live cooperative multiplayer gameplay.
- A distinct rogue-like, do-or-die play-style that encourages teamwork and cooperation in multiplayer.
- Randomly created dungeons for a new gameplay experience each time you play.
- Technology and resource management abilities including the skillful handling of Dust, Food, Industry and Science to keep one’s team alive and prepared for battle.
- Endless replayability with unlockable ships that will renew your game experience.
Known for its deep, engaging, and gorgeous 4X strategy games, Amplitude Studios won the venerable 2013 Golden Cube and Community Choice Unity Awards for Endless Space and the 2015 Best 3D Visual Experience for Endless Legend. For more on Dungeon of the Endless, visit Amplitude Studios on its website (www.amplitude-studios.com), like it on Facebook, and follow it on Twitter.
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ABOUT AMPLITUDE STUDIOS
Amplitude is an independent team of experienced video game lovers (and developers) with a single goal: Create the best strategy games with the players’ help! Based in Paris, the studio boasts an international team that has worked all over the world on major AAA titles. Since Amplitude’s creation in 2011, the studio has released Endless Space, Dungeon of the Endless and Endless Legend, all critically acclaimed. A pioneer in its working method, while developing its first game Amplitude launched an open crowdsourced development process called “GAMES2GETHER.” This platform enables the community to participate in the creation of a video game from the early stages of development. Today, this methodology enables the studio to fulfill the expectations of its players while earning international recognition for the quality of its productions. Read more at www.amplitude-studios.com.
The Reject Demon: Toko Ch. 0 – Prelude Voice Acting DLC to Arrive in Spring
While Lupiesoft may be working on continuing the series and some other projects, the developer hasn’t forgotten their first release The Reject Demon: Toko Chapter 0 – Prelude. In fact the company has been hard at work to help provide a content update to the PC visual novel in the form of English voice acting for every character.
This will be released as a downloadable add-on sometime this Spring, but the company will also be offering a free update that will upgrade the character sprites to full body hi-res sprites and increase the game’s assets to 1440p. You can check out two videos below where the voice acting is previewed:
Voice Acting Preview Part 1
Voice Acting Preview Part 2
NVYVE Studios Release Alpha Gameplay Trailer for PC Open World Survival Horror Game P.A.M.E.L.A.®
NVYVE Studios Release Alpha Gameplay Trailer for PC Open World Survival Horror Game P.A.M.E.L.A.®
Raw, Unedited Gameplay Trailer Shows Off New Environments, Combat Mechanics, Weapons and Base Building Features
Mississauga, Canada – March 15th, 2016 – Indie micro development team NVYVE® Studios today released the Alpha Gameplay Trailer for P.A.M.E.L.A., the open world utopian sci-fi survival horror FPS that is scheduled for release in summer 2016 for PC on Steam. In P.A.M.E.L.A. players survive against all odds by wielding unconventional technology as they explore Eden, an unforgiving paradise that explores the unforeseen consequences of humanity’s craving for technological and biological advancement.
The P.A.M.E.L.A. Alpha Gameplay Trailer gives the first reveal of raw gameplay showing off a longer, unfiltered taste of what it means to survive in Eden, including exploration of all-new environments, combat mechanics, weapons and base building features.
“The alpha gameplay video provides players with a deeper insight into the world of P.A.M.E.L.A. Beginning as the player awakens from cryosleep, it showcases the first few moments of the player’s experience as they scavenge for supplies, weapons, and defend themselves against the afflicted citizens of Eden,” said Adam Simonar, Studio Director of NVYVE® Studios. “In a completely open and non-linear world, no two players’ experiences will be the same as they struggle against randomly generated dangers and items. Even sanctuary behind the walls of their fortifications can only last so long, as power is finite and constantly depleting.”
P.A.M.E.L.A. begins as a Sleeper is awoken from cryosleep in Eden, a fallen utopia wrought with death and danger. As the Sleeper, players will struggle to survive alongside Pamela, Eden’s AI overseer, as they explore the once vibrant utopian city. Uncover the tragic events that lead to the downfall of a civilization, fighting for their lives as the broken citizens of Eden defend their home against intrusion. With a personality-driven AI system, no encounter will be the same as the Afflicted react in unpredictable ways, driven by their excruciating pain and disfiguring disease. Players will interact with various factions, including the Afflicted citizens, security droids, robotic custodians and more. Each faction has its own unique behaviors and alliances, and will react dynamically to the player’s behavior to become allies or enemies.
P.A.M.E.L.A. features tense gameplay in a richly developed, believable sci-fi universe where each decision is meaningful, and each encounter could be the player’s last. By customizing an array of modular equipment, players can defend themselves against the denizens of Eden while they explore the environment to gather and upgrade weaponry and construct a safe haven. But as energy is finite in Eden, players must manage the city’s power reserves carefully, using energy only when necessary to avoid the dangers of being stuck in the dark. Through an immersive UI that incorporates full body awareness, the player’s experience in the dystopian world is never broken. As every decision in Eden has consequences, players must tread carefully and think about the ramifications of their choices, such as the cost of enhancing their body with Bio-Augmentation – it might help in the short-term, but at what cost in the long-term?
For the official website visit: www.pamelagame.com
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About NVYVE® Studios
NVYVE® Studios is a 6 person indie team that branched out, in late 2014, from NVYVE® Inc. an award winning visualization and interactive content firm. The team employed the skills gained in developing interactive non-game experiences towards creating their first game, P.A.M.E.L.A.™, a utopian survival horror game for Windows PC. The team includes a diverse background in architectural design, concept art, film, and more to create a unique mix of skills and direction. For more information about NVYVE® Studios, visit www.nvyvestudios.com.
Hellblade Now Titled Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, New Details This Week
Ninja Theory, the developers of DmC Devil May Cry and Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, announced that they were working on a new game for the PlayStation 4 and PC quite some time ago and since they announced the game, called Hellblade at the time, the company has only been releasing developer diaries.
Well it seems that that will change later this week as the developer has announced that the game, now including a subtitle to be called Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, will have more information to reveal about the game later this week. For now however, they have released a new visual that you can check out above.
One Piece: Burning Blood Live Action Trailer Unleashed
Bandai Namco has stepped things up a bit with their latest trailer for One Piece: Burning Blood as they have opted to forgo showing off any additional gameplay or characters and have went the live action route instead. The company has released a video showing off One Piece‘s Monkey D. Luffy, Enel, and Crocodile battling against one another in the streets of Shibuya, Tokyo among cheering/frightened pedestrians.
You can check out the trailer below and keep an eye out for the game itself when it is released in North America on May 31st and in Europe on June 3rd for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PS Vita, and PC.
Two New Characters and New Weapon Revealed for Toukiden 2
This week’s issue of Weekly Famitsu has revealed quite a bit of information for a few games and Koei Tecmo‘s Toukiden 2 is yet another title to get a bit more information from its pages. The new details this time around come in the form of two new characters, named Benizuki and Homura, a new weapon that is the Swordwhip, and a new type of Oni that players will be facing off again which is a large winged creature covered in red scales called a Kashiri.
The swordwhip is rather self explanatory as it is a bladed whip with a kunai attatched to the tip and offers multi-stage attacks with flying kunai that can be sent out to attack opponents at a distance. As for the new characters, Benizuki is a woman with a heavy crime weighing upon her and she wields a naginata while Homura is a wandering fighter that uses the aforementioned swordwhip.
Ponycan USA Announces Their Release of ‘Sound! Euphonium’ on Home Video
Ponycan USA announced today that the Sound! Euphonium anime series will be released on home video in North America from June 2016. The first collector’s edition release will be available on June 10, 2016, with volumes 2 and 3 following on August 10, 2016, and October 10, 2016, respectively.
Episodes 1-5 will be featured with Japanese audio and English and Spanish subtitles on both DVD and Blu-ray. Unaired short episodes, the textless opening and ending animation, the promotional video collection and the TV commercial collection will be featured as on-disc extras. The set will feature a double-sided cover, a deluxe booklet and two illustration cards.
Pony Canyon describes the series as follows:
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Find something precious through the activities in a brass band club. This is a real and memorable story of girls in their youth.
Spring in the first year of high school. Kumiko, a member of the brass band in junior high school, visits the high school brass band club with classmates Hazuki and Sapphire. There, she comes across Reina, her former classmate from junior high. Hazuki and Sapphire decide to join the club, but after reflecting on her experience with Reina at a junior high competition, Kumiko can’t make up her mind!
Volume 1 can be pre-ordered from Right Stuf here. It has a suggested retail price of $89.98 USD, but can currently be pre-ordered for $71.98 USD. Fans who pre-order the first volume before April 30, 2016, will receive a mystery bonus.