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January 12, 2016

Snail Reveals Behind-The-Scenes of Age of Wushu Dynasty in Developer’s Diary: Episode 1

Los Angeles – January 11^th, 2016 – Snail Games has released the first episode of a new series of Developer Diaries for Age of Wushu Dynasty to coincide with the global launch of the game. In this first video, members of the development team highlight the main features and take a peek at some behind the scenes footage of the game’s production. As a follow-up to the PC MMO, Age of Wushu, Age of Wushu Dynasty aims to capture the essence of the original, while at the same time optimizing the experience for mobile. Members of the community, art, and design teams elaborate on related design challenges involved throughout the video.

Jianghu Reloaded

The first episode – Jianghu Reloaded, includes an introduction to Age of Wushu Dynasty and gives players a general idea about certain design core design concepts, such as:

How the art team recreated the world of Jianghu from Age of Wushu
How the art team accommodated both oriental and western aesthetics in AoWD
How the development team bridged the gap between mobile and PC MMOs
How the development team used motion capture from real kung fu masters to create an authentic martial arts experience

Watch Age of Wushu Dynasty Developer’s Diary: Episode 1 at the following link: https://youtu.be/zlW4sq8P8m4

To learn more about Age of Wushu Dynasty and keep posted about the latest news about the game, please visit the official website to subscribe to the AoWD newsletter: http://aowd.snail.com/en/

About Age of Wushu Dynasty

Age of Wushu Dynasty is the mobile follow-up to Snail’s hit PC-based martial arts sandbox MMO Age of Wushu. Set in a period of strife and intrigue during the Ming Dynasty of China, Age of Wushu Dynasty transports players to a world of martial arts and assassins. Combining fast-paced, skill-based action with a unique “class-less” player progression system, Age of Wushu Dynasty establishes an open world multiplayer martial arts adventure for mobile.

About Snail Games

Founded in 2000, Snail Game has been a pioneer in new online gaming experiences for over 15 years. With dozens of titles in over 60 countries, including Ministry of War, Bounty Bay Online, and flagship martial arts MMO Age of Wushu, Snail Games continues to push the frontier of gaming through game development, publishing and hardware.

Siren Visual’s ‘Monster’ Box Set Is Now Shipping Again

K. Roberts

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January 8, 2016

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Siren Visual’s ‘Monster’ Box Set Is Now Shipping Again

Siren Visual announced on November 6, 2015, that their box set of the Monster anime was no longer in stock. They originally hoped that there would be a second print run within just a few weeks of that announcement, but this did not happen. They then hoped to at least be able to have new copies available before Christmas, but their manufacturer was still unable to produce more copies in time. The manufacturer recently informed Siren Visual that new copies would be delivered to them on Wednesday. The problem turned out to be that the job was not entered into the system properly, meaning that no new copies were being produced at all until someone discovered the mistake. Just three hours ago, Siren Visual announced that new copies of the box set are now shipping to customers again.

Customers who pre-ordered this release between November and today, the 8th of January, 2016, will receive an unknown free item along with the box set. The box set contains all 74 episodes with dual audio options and English subtitles across 15 discs.

New Pokken Tournament Fighter to be Revealed on January 15th

Travis Bruno

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January 8, 2016

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New Pokken Tournament Fighter to be Revealed on January 15th

Last month Nintendo and Bandai Namco held a little teaser stating that they would reveal a new Pokemon for Pokken Tournament and at that time they announced that Sceptile would be joining the roster. Now they are doing yet another teaser in the same form as the companies have released another new teaser for Pokken Tournament stating that a new playable Pokemon will be revealed on January 15th.

The teaser this time is only hinting that the Pokemon’s name in Japanese will contain the character “ラ” which works as either “ra” or “la” meaning that it covers well over a hundred different Pokemon, including many fighting types, so it will be very interesting to see just which one it will be once January 15th rolls around.

The List of Madman’s Manga Releases of January 10-11, 2016

K. Roberts

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January 8, 2016

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The List of Madman’s Manga Releases of January 10-11, 2016

Madman Entertainment will be releasing one manga volume in Australia this Sunday, the 10th of January, and several more volumes the next day. The following is a list of all of those releases.

January 10, 2016:

Kamisama Kiss Volume 19

January 11, 2016:

Assassination Classroom Volume 7
Bloody Mary Volume 1
Claymore Box Set
Deadman Wonderland Volume 12
Dragon Ball (3-in-1 Omnibus) Volume 11
Food Wars! Volume 9
Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic Volume 15
One Piece (3-in-1 Omnibus) Volume 14
Ooku: The Inner Chambers Volume 11
Seraph of the End Volume 7
Toriko Volume 31
Ultimo Volume 11
Uzumaki Naruto: Illustrations

Some of these releases were originally scheduled to come out in December 2015, but they were evidently delayed due to an unknown reason. The box set of Claymore includes all 27 volumes and a black and white booklet. The Naruto art book will feature almost one hundred pages of full-colour images from the conclusion of Masashi Kishimoto’s popular long-running manga series. Commentary from Kishimoto will be included, as will a double-sided poster and a sticker sheet.

Xbox Newsbeat: January 8th, 2016

Andrew Day

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January 8, 2016

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Welcome ladies and gentlemen and step right up to the first Xbox Newsbeat for 2016! After a tremendous 2015, the guys and gals over at Microsoft are ready to keep the party on trucking into the new year. So sit back, relax and get stuck into all the hottest news from Microsoft HQ for this first week of January.

Start the New Year off Right with January’s Great Games with Gold Titles

The Games with Gold programme was responsible for bringing players three, sometimes even four new games a month to Xbox 360 and Xbox One owners over the past year and now with backwards compatibility being offered for select Xbox 360 games, Microsoft shows no signs of slowing down. Here is a list of the available games that you can download this month (totally free) if you have an Xbox Gold subscription:

Xbox One
- Killer Instinct Season 1: Ultra Edition (Jan 1 – 31)
- Zheros (Jan 16 – Feb 15)
Xbox 360 (These are playable on the Xbox One)
- Dirt Showdown (Jan 1 – 15)
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Jan 16-31)

Rise of the Tomb Raider is coming to Windows Store on Jan 28

If you have been waiting for a PC release of last year’s awesome Rise of the Tomb Raider, then your waiting has finally paid off because Lara’s newest adventure will be available through the Windows Store later this month. Considering the game launched on Xbox One the same day as Fallout 4, many players may have missed the game so this is the perfect time to rectify that mistake and play through one of 2015’s greatest adventure games.

Celebrate the New Year with New Xbox One Bundles

If you were waiting until the new year to purchase your new Xbox One then now is the perfect time, with two brand new console bundles having been announced from Microsoft today. CHeck out these new bundles and see which you prefer:

Xbox One Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege Bundle
- shipping to retailers in most regions starting today and featuring a 1TB hard drive, a copy of Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege and full-game downloads* of Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas and Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2
Xbox One 500GB Name Your Game Bundle
- The bundle comes with a 500GB hard drive and a full-game download of one title from the greatest games line-up in Xbox history – Forza Motorsport 6, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Gears of War: Ultimate Edition or Rare Replay. The choice is yours.

There we have it folks, the first Xbox Newsbeat of the year. I hope you all had a wonderful holiday period and could come in fresh for the hot Microsoft news. Did any of today’s headlines really have your attention? Let us know in the comments below and make sure you stay tuned to Capsule Computers for all the latest and greatest Xbox news as it becomes available.

Odin Sphere: Leifthrasir Post-Game Content Detailed, Japanese Demo Released

Travis Bruno

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January 8, 2016

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Odin Sphere: Leifthrasir Post-Game Content Detailed, Japanese Demo Released

With Odin Sphere: Leifthrasir set to be released next week in Japan Atlus and VanillaWare have released a new trailer for the game where they show off some newly added post-game elements. After beating the game for the first time, a mode called “Xtra New Game” will be unlocked and in this mode players can play the game from the beginning using a previous save file’s items and ability level. A “Hell” difficulty will also be upgraded to the point where the player’s HP will never grow from the initial starting value, making it much harder to clear the game, especially since enemies will be far more difficult the second time around even if you chose to only replay on normal difficulty.

Also added to the game is a thirty round special mode that will pit the player against all of the game’s mid-bosses and bosses as their favorite character with no checkpoints and item boxes as players must rush through them. With the title releasing next week, Atlus has also released a demo for the game onto the Japanese PlayStation Store where those with a Japanese PSN account can already download the demo for either the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, or PS Vita versions of the game.

Hanabee Entertainment Reveals Three Anime Releases For February 11, 2016

K. Roberts

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January 8, 2016

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Hanabee Entertainment Reveals Three Anime Releases For February 11, 2016

Following on from their announcement of the DVD and Blu-ray release date Rooster Teeth’s X-Ray & Vav in Australia, Hanabee Entertainment has revealed their February 2016 release schedule. All of the following titles will be released on February 11, 2016.

Chaika the Coffin Princess will be released on DVD and Blu-ray. 12 episodes will be included with dual audio options and English subtitles. The textless opening and ending animation will be included as on-disc extras. Both editions have a suggested retail price of $59.99 AUD.

Tamako Market will be released on DVD and Blu-ray. 12 episodes will be included with Japanese audio and English subtitles. Hanabee’s product information does not mention Sentai Filmworks’ new English dub of the series. The textless opening and ending animation will be included as on-disc extras. Both editions have a suggested retail price of $59.99 AUD.

ALDNOAH.ZERO Part Two will be released on DVD and Blu-ray. Episodes 7-12 will be included with dual audio options and English subtitles. The commercials and textless ending animation will be included as on-disc extras. Both editions have a suggested retail price of $49.99 AUD.

Bandai Namco Joins Wizard World as Anime Partner for 2016 Comic-Con Tour

Travis Bruno

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January 8, 2016

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With Bandai Namco being the company that releases nearly every anime game that ends up getting localized, it shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise that today it was announced that Bandai Namco America is joining with Wizard World as the official anime entertainment partner for the 2016 Comic Con Gaming Tour.

This means that while the tour is going on throughout the year that Bandai Namco will be bringing games and providing major live events to provide those in attendance a chance to experience some of this year’s most anticipated games such as Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4, Dark Souls III, and more.

While Bandai Namco will have a presence at every Wizard World show, they will be making a major appearance involving “major gaming activations” and an eSports tournament streaming stage in Portland , Ore. (Feb. 19-21); St. Louis (April 1-3); Minneapolis (May 6-8); Philadelphia (June 2-5); Sacramento, Calif. (June 17-19); Columbus, Ohio (July 29-31); Orlando , Fla. (August 5-7); Chicago (August 18-21); Austin, Texas (September 23-25); and Pittsburgh (November 4-6).

FUNimation Streaming Service to be Updated in February

Travis Bruno

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January 8, 2016

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Those who use FUNimation‘s streaming services will soon be able to experience a revamped service as the company announced today that starting in February they will be launching the FUNimationNow streaming service. This revamped service will serve as a replacement to the current streaming system and the app will be available on Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Windows 10 Universal with redesigned Android, Kindle, and iOS apps also slated for February.

As for those who use the website, gaming consoles, or Roku, to stream those services will be given a full update in May though the official FUNimation website has already undergone a revamp complete with a new logo that many people seem to be on the fence about. Those who want to start up a thirty day trial and begin watching some of their recently licensed series, such as Dimension W, Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash, Pandora in the Crimson Shell Ghost Urn, and Snow White with the Red Hair, can do so here.

HI-REZ STUDIOS KICKS OFF THE SMITE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP PRESENTED BY XBOX ONE WITH NEW REVEALS IN KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Press Releases

Philip Federico

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January 8, 2016

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HI-REZ STUDIOS KICKS OFF THE SMITE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP PRESENTED BY XBOX ONE WITH NEW REVEALS IN KEYNOTE ADDRESS

New surprises unveiled for SMITE and Paladins, including the SMITE Japanese Pantheon

Hi-Rez Studios’ first mobile game, Jetpack Fighter, is available today on iOS

ATLANTA – Jan. 7, 2016 – Hi-Rez Studios has opened the 2016 SMITE World Championship presented by Xbox One (SWC), revealing new details about SMITE and its latest titles, Paladins and Jetpack Fighter. COO and co-founder Todd Harris will go in-depth with these announcements during today’s keynote address at 11 a.m. EST, viewable at www.twitch.tv/smitegame.

Season 3 of SMITE will focus heavily on improving the game’s overall user experience, including changes to the in-game shop, the introduction of Daily Quests and a host of user interface updates. But most notably, Season 3 will introduce the long-awaited Japanese Pantheon. Amaterasu, the Goddess of the Sun, will be the first of these new playable characters based on Japanese mythology to join the Battleground of the Gods, starting Jan. 12 on PC (and late February on Xbox One). Amaterasu’s release also begins the new multi-week event, Rising Dawn, which will include many Japanese-themed skins, such as Kaiju Sobek and Harajuku Neith. Learn more about Amaterasu in this special making-of video from the developers, located here.

SMITE will also feature a 3v3 Joust League, a highly requested feature from the community, as well as an all-new 3v3 Joust map, a Chinese-themed environment based on the sky palace from the famous Sun Wukong legend. Hi-Rez dives into the new map in a new in-game cinematic video, found here.

In addition, Hi-Rez has officially launched its first mobile game, Jetpack Fighter, a swipe-to-attack, high-speed platformer with gear progression. One of Jetpack Fighter’s heroines, Leona, will also appear in SMITE as an alternate skin for the goddess Nemesis, and Nemesis will be a playable character in Jetpack Fighter. The game is available today in all English-speaking territories as a free-to-download title on select iOS devices via the App Store; additional markets will follow in the coming months. Jetpack Fighter’s gameplay trailer can be found here.

Hi-Rez also revealed that Grover, the treant of SMITE’s Sylvanus, will be the next playable Champion to join Paladins, its team-based, first-person shooter, currently in closed beta on PC. A first look at Grover in Paladins is available here. Hi-Rez announced the first official Paladins tournament, expected this spring with a prize pool of $100,000. More information about the game’s development will arrive throughout the year.

The SMITE World Championship is currently underway and will conclude on Sunday, Jan. 10. The winning team from the PC World Championship will take home the majority share of a $1 million prize pool, while competitors in the Xbox One Invitational will battle over a $150,000 prize pool. Watch the SWC at www.twitch.tv/smitegame, and follow the action on the official SWC website, Facebook or Twitter for up-to-the-minute news.

About SMITE

SMITE is the online Battleground of the Gods, a mythology-themed action game for PC and Xbox One. Since launching in Europe and North America in March 2014, SMITE has quickly established itself as one of the Top 3 games in the rapidly growing MOBA genre, with over 13 million players. Themed around gods of mythology and offering a third-person camera and more game modes than any other leading game in its genre, the game provides a unique, action-packed experience that puts the player in the thick of the action. SMITE is free-to-play on both PC and Xbox One.

About Hi-Rez Studios

Atlanta-based Hi-Rez Studios was established in 2005 to create exceptional online interactive entertainment, and is now one of the largest video game studios in the Southeast United States. Its games include the squad-based shooter Global Agenda, the critically acclaimed Tribes: Ascend and SMITE, the Battleground of the Gods. Hi-Rez Studios also has two new games: Paladins, a fantasy FPS with progression using collectible cards currently in closed beta testing for PC, and Jetpack Fighter, a swipe-to-attack, high-speed platformer with gear progression. www.HiRezStudios.com.