Although Nintendo announced plenty of news for fans of the company around the world, there was a certain little something that they kept exclusive to their Japanese fans which is some unfortunate news for fans of their older game systems. The company announced during the Japanese Nintendo Direct that they will be releasing a New Nintendo 3DS XL system that will feature the Super Famicom/SNES design in mid-April in Japan where it will sell for 21,600 yen.
This is quite fitting since the company also announced that SNES games will be available for the first time through the New Nintendo 3DS, though owners of the normal 3DS will have to upgrade if they want to play them as they are not available on older versions of the handheld.
As was announced yesterday, Square Enix has released the first English trailer for Star Ocean: Integrity And Faithlessness and while it may not be a brand new trailer for those that have been following the Japanese videos for the game, this one does offer us a look at how the game’s English voice work will sound as every main character is shown off here and given a few voiced-over lines set against the game’s theme song “Astra Nova” by Androp.
You can check out the video below and as for the game itself, it is currently set to be released in North America and Europe sometime in 2016 for the PlayStation 4 and in Japan on March 31st for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4.
Whether the tail end of winter is bogging you down or you’re desperately hanging onto the dying days of summer, Capsule Computers and Indie Gala’sFriday Special Bundle #29 might just make you feel better. Priced at a paltry $2.49 in the first 24 hours of the sale, the bundle contains 12 great indie titles.
For only $1.00, buyers will get:
Sugar Cube: Bittersweet Factory – An adorable puzzle platformer starring a little sugar cube trying to escape a cookie factory.
Quest of Dungeons – A retro 16-bit dungeon crawler featuring rogue-like gameplay.
Wooden Floor – A first person horror adventure set in a mansion that is constantly rearranging itself as you travel.
For a minimum price of $2.49 in the first 24 hours of the sale, buyers will also get:
Fermi’s Path – You are a sub-atomic particle barreling down subatomic space that is crammed full of obstacles and other particles. The levels are generated based on the music, allowing players to select from the preset soundtrack or music they provide.
Angvik – A cartoony puzzle platformer with only a single life.
Lost World Zero – An open world survival game set in a futuristic planet where two factions are battling it out. Will you pick a side or will you try to eke out a survival alone?
Drift Streets Japan – Join illegal street racing scene in Japan, with its famous drifts through the roads that curve around the mountains.
Wooden Floor 2 – Resurrection – The prequel to Wooden Floor, Wooden Floor 2 stars Andrew Winter, an alcoholic with nightmares of the creepy mansion at Blackdust Field.
A.I. Invasion – A top down shooter that will have players leading a crack team of commandos against the relentless A.I. machines that have taken over the universe.
A.I. Space Corps – The battle continues in space against the A.I. machines.
Quantum Rush Champions – An adrenaline pumping high speed race through giant tracks in space ships armed to the teeth with cannons and other weapons.
The Tape – A slow first-person horror focusing on heavy atmosphere about a detective searching for a missing girl.
The $2.49 price will only stick around for the first 24 hours of the sale, so head on over to Indie Gala and pick up your copy before the price goes up.
Io-Interactive today invites all PlayStation Plus members to try the original HITMAN beta this weekend.
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Labeled “The Prologue”, the Beta takes place twenty years before the Paris Showstopper mission. Set in a secret ICA training facility, the Prologue features a pivotal moment in Agent 47’s life – his introduction to the ICA and very first meeting with his future handler Diana Burnwood.
The Prologue features two free-form training hits, which will introduce players to the features and mechanics of the upcoming HITMAN game. The Prologue will also be available as part of the first episode of HITMAN.
Earlier this week Io-Interactive also released the Season Premiere trailer, which showcases the Prologue and Paris locations from the first episode as well as the Italian coastal town of Sapienza dropping in April and a first glimpse at several areas from the Moroccan imperial city of Marrakesh arriving in May.
HITMAN will launch on March 11th for the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system, Xbox One, the all-in-one games and entertainment system from Microsoft, and Windows PC.
Those who have been eager to play a fresh all-ages visual novel from Japan will be delighted to hear that MangaGamer has one coming down the pipe at the end of the month. They have announced that they plan on releasing propeller’s Tokyo Babel on PC on March 31st for $34.95 through Steamas well as their own website. If you choose to pre-order the title through the official website you’ll net yourself a 10% discount bringing the price down to $29.70.
Tokyo Babel begins its tale on the eve of the apocalypse: parallel worlds crumble in succession as the gates of Heaven are closed shut and Hell is irrevocably submerged in water. In a final, desperate attempt to set things right, the surviving angels and demons flock to the soaring purgatory of Tokyo Babel, intent on climbing Jacob’s Ladder to reopen the gates of Heaven and earn divine forgiveness.
In the midst of this world-rending calamity, a young man called Tendou Setsuna travels to Tokyo Babel in order to lend his aid in the quest for Heaven – joining him are the angel Raziel, the demon Lilith, as well as the amnesia-stricken, yet relentlessly optimistic high schooler, Kugutsu Sorami. Theirs is a journey laden with love, hate, passion and betrayal – one that, at its conclusion, may very well alter the fate of the universe as we know it over a fifty hour long visual novel.
‘ONE ROBOT AGAINST THE ALIEN SCUM: McDROID LANDS ON CONSOLES!’
Sci-fi Tower Defense hit arrives on Xbox One and PS4
After the successful Steam launch of action tower defense game McDROID, the intergalactic hit becomes available on the PlayStation Store and Xbox Store today, for only $7.99. The console versions of McDROID have been developed by Grip Digital.
Prague, 4th March 2015 – McDROID is a mix of action and tower defense gameplay, developed by the innovative team at Elefantopia. Prague studio Grip Digital, also known for current hit The Solus Project, is responsible for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions.
“When you mix creativity, tough action, gorgeous art style and lots of humor – you get McDROID. One of the most unique Tower Defense action games you can find in this part of the galaxy! We are proud of the game and can’t wait to see it in the hands of players on PS4 and Xbox One,” says Jakub Mikyska, co-founder and CEO of Grip Digital.
In McDROID you take control of the titular cute little robot who crash-lands on a lush planet infested with alien scum. In order to repair your ship and to heal the planet, you will have to show the aliens some really close encounters of the lethal kind. McDROID will be tasked with building a base and defenses, harvesting resources and discovering numerous crazy sci-fi weapons, as swarms of alien enemies try to take the brave ‘bot down. You can leave the dirty work to your automatic turrets, or you can join the fight yourself. McDROID is a game for players of all ages who are looking to test their wits and flex their trigger fingers.
About GRIP Digital GRIP Digital s.r.o. is a privately owned developer and publisher of games for consoles and high-end portable devices, based in Prague, Czech Republic. The company was started by industry veterans who worked on games across all major platforms. GRIP is working with the top independent developers to bring their games to console platforms. For more information, please visit www.grip-digital.com.
With the Xbox One version being released by Experience on March 22nd the company has decided to release a trio of videos showing off the many character portraits that players can choose from when it comes to creating a character in Stranger of Sword City.
Players can still choose between using either the original artwork from Yoko Tsukamoto or the new style from Oxijiyen but the chosen character portrait will remain the same no matter what option chosen, even if it is from Students of the Round, a separate game from Experience. Stranger of Sword City is also coming out on the PlayStation Vita by NIS America in North America a month later on April 26th and April 29th in Europe.
It appears that it is hard to keep a zombie down, even when it’s a zombie game. Deep Silver has announced that they will be releasing Dead Island Definitive Collection, a game that contains both the first Dead island and Dead Island: Riptide in remastered form and all of their DLC, on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. Both games will retain the same mechanics and co-op as before and will now feature higher quality textures, a new photo-realistic lighting system, physically based shading, anti-aliasing, and improved models.
The Dead Island Definitive Collection will also contain a new Dead Island Retro Revenge which is a retro styled side-scroller focusing on melee combat with power-ups and super attacks. When released on May 31st the title will cost $39.99 though they will be released separately for $14.99 a piece, minus the aforementioned retro title.
It appears that Ubisoft took a little shortcut when it came to Far Cry Primal. The people over at Gamepressure must have had a hunch that they had seen the lay out of Far Cry Primals map before and it turns out they were right. After comparing the basic features, such as the layout of the rivers, ponds, and explorable land, Far Cry Primal‘s map is extremely similar to the one found in Far Cry 4, though one is set in Eastern Europe during the Stone Age and the other is in the modern day Himmalayas.
The enlargeable comparison image can be seen above with Far Cry 4 shown to the left and the map from Far Cry Primal on the right. Considering the fact that Far Cry Primal has been out for a little over two weeks now and no one that has reviewed the title nor any of the people playing the game since then seemed to have caught on, I must say that Ubisoft’s team has done a stellar job making this recycled map feel fresh, though it isn’t the best thing to be revealed for the company.
We’ve been hearing a fair bit about No Man’s Sky but the key piece of information has never been revealed until now. Hello Games has announced that they will be releasing No Man’s Skyonto the PlayStation 4 and PC on June 21st in North America and the 22nd in Europe. The title will be cost $59.99 at launch and will be available on the PlayStation 4 both digitally and at retail while the PC version will be available through Steam, GoG, and Humble Store.
Both versions of the game will offer special limited editions that come with various bonuses, with the PlayStation 4 version offering a steelbook case, a forty eight page art book, comic, downloadable content starter kit, and a PlayStation 4 theme while the PC “Explorer’s Edition,” including a digital copy of the game, Cast Metal Ship Replica, pin, backdrop, and a mystery item.
