After officially announcing that they are indeed working on a brand new Valkyria game, Sega has now released the debut trailer for Valkyria: Azure Revolution. Very little is shown in this minute long teaser trailer but it does give us a glimpse at how this game will look.
Currently Valkyria: Azure Revolution is only slated for release in Japan for the PlayStation 4 sometime in winter 2016, though a demo of Valkyria: Azure Revolution called “Valkyria: Azure Revolution Battle Demo Ver. 1.0″ will be included in all first print copies of Valkyria Chronicles Remaster which will be released in Japan on February 10th.
With Final Fantasy Explorers being a different kind of game for the series, one that allows players to choose from a number of classes and partake in battles that are more similar to Monster Hunter, Square Enix has decided to provide a large infographic providing some small details regarding each of the twenty one classes that players can select when they are playing Final Fantasy Explorers.
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It is worth noting that the two costumes, Blue Mage and Samurai, that were DLC in Japan are being included for free in the Western release. Final Fantasy Explorers is set for release in North America on January 26th where a standard and collector’s edition will be available for purchase and in PAL regions on January 28th.
While many people flocked to Quantic Dream and David Cage’s unique little games Heavy Rain and Beyond: Two Souls, there were quite a few people who either avoided them or simply didn’t have a PlayStation 3 to play them on and now Sony has announced that these people will soon be able to have an enhanced chance to play these games again.
You see, Sony has announced that both Beyond: Two Souls and Heavy Rain will be released as enhanced digital downloads for the PlayStation 4 with Beyond: Two Souls dropping on November 26th and Heavy Rain set for March 2, 2016 release. The company is also planning to release the Heavy Rain and Beyond: Two Souls Collection at retail on March 2nd as well.
The announcement primarily focuses on what Beyond: Two Souls will have to offer:
Enhanced 1080p graphics including motion blur, bloom and depth of field effects, as well as improved lighting and shadows. The game also makes use of the DualShock 4 speaker to improve immersion when playing as the EntityDecisions are highlighted at the end of each scene and compared with those made by other players
Once you have completed Beyond: Two Souls, you will be able to replay the game in chronological order – a much-requested feature in the PS3 version!
Increased difficulty in certain fight scenes, combined with improved controls for action sequences
Includes the “Enhanced Experiments” DLC in the base game
Remember how XSEED Games was planning on releasing both of their previously announced Earth Defense Force games sometime this year? Well most thought that they would be spacing these titles out a little bit but the company is opting to double down on the bug invasion as they have just announced that Earth Defense Force 2: Invaders from Planet Space for the PlayStation Vita and Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair for the PlayStation 4 will be released on the same day and that day happens to be December 8th.
To go along with these release date announcements XSEED has released more information, a few new screenshots, and gameplay footage for both titles and you can find all of that below.
Earth Defense Force 2: Invaders from Planet Space
Considered by series fans as the “definitive” entry in the franchise, the release of the PlayStation®Vita system version of this classic title marks the first time that Earth Defense Force 2 will be available in North America. For its western debut, Earth Defense Force 2: Invaders from Planet Space will launch with massive improvements worthy of its pedigree, including English voiceovers to keep players focused on the game’s nonstop action, new content, and a choice of four-player co-op and versus modes served up either online or via local ad-hoc connection, with each method providing varying levels of difficulty for co-op as well as unique weapon selections.
In Earth Defense Force 2: Invaders from Planet Space, players take on the role of the Infantryman, a military soldier armed with conventional weaponry, the Pale Wing, a special ops soldier equipped with a jetpack and armed with energy weapons, and new to this version, the Air Raider, who fights indirectly through the strategic placement and dispatch of trip mines, sentry guns, airstrikes, and more. Whether alone or with up to three friends, players must fend off the spacefaring invaders through frenetic real-time combat in a variety of mission areas, many of them inspired by real-life locations.
Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair
The wild sci-fi action of the Earth Defense Force series comes to the PS4™ system for the first time as Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair, a complete reimagining of Earth Defense Force 2025 (known in Japan as Earth Defense Force 4) complete with silky-smooth framerates, beefed-up graphics, and tons of new and rearranged content. After selecting from one of four unique playable classes and customizing a loadout from hundreds of weapons, players will lead NPC troops into city-wide battles against hordes of seemingly endless giant bugs, robots, and other colossal enemies.
In Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair, players will take on extraterrestrial invaders as the versatile Ranger, the aerial Wing Diver, the vehicle-summoning Air Raider, or the armored Fencer. Call in airstrikes, commandeer tanks, operate giant robots and more to obliterate alien scum. Two players can enjoy local campaign co-op and head-to-head versus modes, while online co-op features 98 total missions (9 exclusive to online play) with support for up to four players to increase the odds against this gargantuan incursion.
Today it has been announced that acttil is going to be bringing over the Experience developed dungeon crawling RPG Ray Gigant as a digital download exclusive for the PlayStation Vita. Originally released by Bandai Namco in Japan, acttil is planning to release Ray Gigant sometime in Spring 2016 for North America and Europe.
Ray Gigant follows the story of three heroes who all share the common goal of saving the world, though each of the three as a different set of ideas as to how to do it. The story is going to be told through a number of arcs for each character as they converge seamlessly by the end of the game. Acttil will be bringing Ray Gigant to PlayStation Experience in San Francisco when it kicks off next month.
Some screenshots from the Japanese version of the game as well as additional story details from acttil can be found below.
This adventure is set in the near future…
Earth’s major cities have been ravaged by giant, terrifying creatures known as Gigants. Across the globe, military forces from every nation attempted to counter the attacks but, to their horror, failed miserably. In a twist of fate, it was reported that a boy named Ichiya Amakaze defeated a Gigant. The boy defeated the Gigants using a mysterious power called the Yorigami. This victory was short-lived, however. Ichiya lost control of his power and tragically destroyed the city he tried so hard to protect. After this fateful experience, he fell unconscious. Ichiya was then detained and sent to a safe location where his fate would soon unfold…
Gigants are mysterious, alien life-forms that have invaded Earth. Gigants of various shapes and sizes have been discovered, and they generally take upon forms of beasts from legend. However, unlike those mythical beasts, Gigants do not harbor a brilliant, celestial aura. Whatever aura they do possess is something much more vile…
With Bandai Namco already planning to release Project X Zone 2 in the West the company has announced that those who pre-order the game will find themselves with a few little digital bonuses. Those who pre-order Project X Zone 2 will net themselves an exclusive Nintendo 3DS home theme featuring art from the game with all of the characters appearing on the screen as well as a Rare Item Pack that will provide the player with special equipment made up of the Sun Sword, Diamond Medal accessory, and Amethyst Medal accessory as well as a special challenge stage called “The Woman from 10 Years Ago.”
Currently Project X Zone 2 is set to be released in North America on February 2016 and a small preview of the theme can be seen in the image above.
Looks like those who are eager to see what will be happening next in Minecraft: Story Mode won’t have to worry about how long the wait will be for the third episode of the five episode series. You see, Telltale has announced that they are keeping up the fast episode turnaround by planning the release of Minecraft: Story Mode – The Last Place You Look on November 24th for the PC and PlayStation consoles while other platforms will be getting it later in the week.
To go along with this announcement Telltale has released a new trailer showing off what fans an expect in the third episode.
Atlus USA has announced that they are working on a special PlayStation 4 “Storybook Edition” collector’s release for Odin Sphere: Leifthrasir in North America. This version is priced at $79.99 and will only be available for the PlayStation 4 version of the game which the company is aiming to release sometime in spring 2016.
The special edition comes with the game, a 64 page hardcover art book, a potion recipe t-shirt, an art print, and a collector’s metal slipcase all contained in a premium outer box. Atlus did state that all launch copies of the game, including the PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, and of course the PlayStation 4 version will launch with a softcover version of the art book at various retailers.
Koei Tecmo has released some new gameplay footage for Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 and this time around they are showcasing the various mini-games that players will be able to partake in outside of the standard volleyball matches.
These mini-games include the return of tug-of-war and pool hopping and if you keep an eye out you’ll notice that the girls will now have various mishaps with their swimsuits. Currently Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 has been slated for release in Japan for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita on February 25th and an English subtitled version is set to be released in Asia on that same day.
Sentai Filmworks has announced that they will be releasing a premium edition box set of the Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun anime. Although Sentai Filmworks was originally only planning on producing a standard edition English-subtitled release of the series, fan demand led to the decision to produce this limited edition release for collectors. Pre-orders for it will open soon.
All of the following items will be housed in a heavy chipboard box, featured in the bottom left corner of the image above. The box set will include episodes 1-12 on both DVD and Blu-ray. On-disc extras will include promotional videos, commercials, the textless opening and ending animations and six 3-minute vignettes, titled:
“Is That Handsome Boy Just a Friend or Her Boyfriend?” Parts 1 and 2
“The Correlation Chart That Connects Everything”
“It’s Summer! It’s the Ocean! It’s Training Camp!”
“Me or the Sun…Which Do You Think Shines More?”
“The Happening Is Being Turned Into a Shojo Manga”
Physical bonuses will include a two-disc soundtrack containing more than 60 songs, die cut stickers of Nozaki, Chiyo, Mikorin, Hori and Wakamatsu, a large poster and a booklet featuring character profiles, staff discussions, character interviews and small segments such as Mikorin’s Art Modeling Journal, Life with Hori and Kashima and Seo vs. Wakamatsu.
