Today during their panel at Anime Expo Aksys Games had news for fans that have often been seen asking for the continuation of a certain series. The company, and Zero Escape series director Kotaro Uchikoshi, announced Zero Escape Volume 3 for release on the Nintendo 3DS and PlayStation Vita.
Currently the team is aiming to have Zero Escape Volume 3 released with both English and Japanese voice work sometime in Summer 2016. Being the third game in the series, the title will feature familiar faces, multiple endings, and puzzle solving that will “be vital to your survival.”
Thankfully with nearly a year until the game is slated to come out, those wanting to get into the series have plenty of time to go back and play the previous games 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors and Virtue’s Last Reward.
When Project X Zone 2 was first announced by Bandai Namco the company originally planned to have the title released in the West sometime in fall 2015 but it seems that is no longer the case as the company has announced that the English version of the title has been pushed back to early 2016.
We do have a bit of good news for those waiting forProject X Zone 2 in English as the company has released a new seven minute long trailer for the title showing off some of the crossover characters and the “Mirage Cancel” system that allows players to land critical blows a bit easier and you can check that out below as well as a bunch of new Japanese screenshots.
Yesterday Bandai Namco revealed that Tales of Zestiria would be given a collector’s edition in Europe and now less than 24 hours later the North American branch of the company has revealed that fans in the United States will also be getting a collector’s edition for the PlayStation 4 version of the game. This package is priced at $129.99 and will be available from multiple retailers in the days to come and contains the game and the following bonuses:
Serialized premium box packaging
Exclusive SteelBook case
Chibi Kyun Chara figure set
Downloadable content pack
Tales of Zestiria hardcover art book
Three Tales of Zestiria pixel-styled character key chains
Tales of Zestiria 40-minute “Dawn of the Shepherd” OVA anime Blu-ray disc
You can also check out a newly released trailer below and as for the game itself, Tales of Zestiriais currently set to be released in North America on October 20th and in Europe on October 16th.
When the Shenmue IIIKickstarter launched it quickly broke past the initial funding goal and seemed to be rising at a rather alarming rate despite the rather bland stretch-goals that were revealed by the developer especially since a retail copy goal was never announced and funding has since slowed.
Thankfully that has now changed as the campaign has been updated with a $60 “Special Backer Edition” where those who pledge $60 or higher can opt for a physical copy of Shenmue IIIfor the PlayStation 4. The developer has stated that after funding closes a survey will be sent to people at these pledge levels whether they want a physical PS4 copy, PC physical copy, or a digital copy for either platform.
Bandai Namco has been very busy delivering news at Anime Expo 2015 and have now released an all new trailer Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 with English subtitles showcasing the final battles between Team 7 and Madara Uchiha. Kaguya, the ‘Mother of Chakra’ is also confirmed to be playable getting some brief time at towards the end of the trailer. The game is confirmed for an Autumn 2015 release in America for the PS4, Xbox One and PC.
Pre-order bonuses and a collectors edition were also announced. American fans before you get your hopes up keep in mind past Naruto Limited Editions have unfortunately been available only in Europe and Australia. The Collector’s Edition will include an art book, exclusive The Last Naruto figurine, a steel case and a metal plate illustration. All this comes in a very nice collector’s box. Click the image above for a larger image.
As for pre-order bonuses, it seems you might actually want these as they feature some pretty hefty bonuses. Least consequential will be the Hokage Kakashi skin, but those that don’t pre-order will miss out in two playable characters. Sasuke and Sakura’s daughter Sarada and Naruto and Hinata’s son Boruto from Boruto: Naruto the movie. Those who pre-order will also get early access to The Last Movie playable characters and skins. Click the above image for a larger look.
In other sweet news for Storm fans, sharp eyed fans have been analyzing a lot of gameplay footage and have discovered that selectable jutsus for characters are back and that Awakening Actions will also make their return, taking over the item slots when your character is awakened. CyberConnect2 are looking to make this game the biggest Naruto Storm title yet and so far it looks like they are doing a good job. Let us know what you think of the trailer, Collector’s Edition and pre-order bonuses in the comments below.
Click here fora recent developer play through of the game that takes a deeper look into some of the games new fighting mechanics.
Digimon fans have been asking for a while now and Bandai Namco is delivering. Today the company announced that Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth will be released in North America, Latin America, and Brazil for the PlayStation 4 at retail and digitally on the PlayStation Vita sometime in 2016. The company also announced that Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth would be released on the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita in Europe in 2016 but did state that the game would be digital only on both of these platforms in that region.
You can check out the teaser trailer as well as some of the first English screenshots for Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth below as well as a story description for the game.
We’re back with anotherXbox Newsbeat! This week brings more news from the Forza universe, Windows 10, gamescom 2015, and Minecraft.
The Forza Garage is Now Open! New Car List Confirmations for Forza Motorsport 6
Every week until September 15th, Forza Motorsport will be releasing parts of the full car list. This week starts things off with all ten 2014/2015 FIA Formula E racing cars. Players can look forward to getting behind the wheel of:
2015 Formula E #55 Amlin Aguri Spark SRT_01E
2015 Formula E #11 ABT FE 01
2015 Formula E #10 Trulli Spark SRT_01E
2015 Formula E #99 NEXTEV TCR FE01
2015 Formula E #27 Andretti Formula E Spark SRT_01E
2015 Formula E #21 Mahindra M2Electro
2015 Formula E #9 e.dams-Renault Spark SRT_01E
2015 Formula E #6 Dragon Racing Spark SRT_01E
2015 Formula E #2 Virgin Racing VIR 01E
New Xbox Features in Preview on Windows 10 and Xbox One
The launch date for Windows 10 is drawing near, and Microsoft is putting in the final touches on the new OS. The latest Windows 10 preview build introduced a new Xbox app that implements many Xbox social features and creates local Game Hubs that can launch local Windows 10 games from the Xbox app.
Additionally, more work has gone into the Xbox One’s backwards compatibility and game streaming since it’s announcement at E3 last month. Microsoft is acknowledging that they are also working on the Wireless Display app and hope to get it working properly in the near future.
Xbox at gamescom 2015
Although not nearly as well known as E3, gamescom is still one of the most important events in the gaming industry. Microsoft will be bringing Xbox to the German convention this August. Their gamescom 2015 Xbox Briefing will kick off at Wednesday, 5 August 2015 at 12:00 a.m. AEST. The Xbox team will be showing off some new upcoming games to at the briefing such as Scalebound, Quantum Break, and Crackdown.
Microsoft will also be running an Xbox booth. If you’re in the area and want to visit, their schedule is as follows:
Wednesday, August 5 – 9:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. CEST (Note that this is for press/trade only)
Thursday, August 6 through Saturday, August 9 – 10:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. CEST
Sunday, August 10 – 9:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. CEST
Watch the MINECON livestream this weekend on Xbox with Twitch
Sorry Halo, but Minecraft is without a doubt Microsoft’s biggest game IP now. It’s big enough for its own convention for crying out loud! If you aren’t able to head out to London this weekend to Minecon 2015, then you can keep up with all the festivities on Twitch. The stream will be accessible through the Xbox One and Xbox 360 Twitch apps and on Twitch.tv.
Three streams will be live at twitch.tv/minecon throughout the weekend:
twitch.tv/mojang– The main MINECON stream, from the Studio in the Expo Hall (North Halls)
In no surprise to anyone, popular Generation 1 mascot Charizard is the latest character to be announced for the as-of-yet Japanese only arcade fighting game, Pokken Tournament. Joining him will be one of the fastest Pokemon in the game, the Dark/Ice type Weavile. Both characters were announced in a recent Japanese stream. You can find trailers for both the new characters as well as the opening movie for the game below. They will be joining Pikachu, Lucario, Suicune, Gardevoir, Machamp and Gengar as the list of confirmed fighters slowly grows.
Charizard is a power based Pokemon that uses powerful physical attacks as well as its ability to breathe fire to cause trouble for it’s opponents. It’s Burst Attack allows it to take the form of Mega Charizard X, which seems to have even more powerful fire related abilities.
Weavile is a speed based Pokemon that seems to use it’s sharp claws to attack quickly and relentlessly. It also seems able to use it’s Ice typing to launch projectiles.
It was also confirmed that Whimsicott and Jirachi will be non-playable support Pokemon. Pokken Tournament is being developed by Bandai Namco who are of course famous for the Tekken series. The game also has an official release date now and will launch in arcades Japan wide on July 16th.
We are hoping a Wii U port will make it’s way to international markets at some point in the future. With the release date so close we don’t expect too many more roster announcements now so that might be it. You can check out our mock roster which has done pretty well so far. We placed Charizard in the included characters list and Weavile in our honorable mentions.
During their panel at Anime Expo Sentai Filmworks announced that they had acquired a number of Summer 2015 anime titles for future release. The first of these titles includes Gate: Jie-tai Ka no Chi ni te, Kaku Tatakaeri, the second season of To Love Ru Darkness, School-Live!, Ushio & Tora, Wakaba Girl, and Aoharu x Machinegun.
Currently Crunchyroll is set to stream all of these series in the United States and Canada though at the moment the only series that has started airing at this point is Gate. Earlier in the day Sentai Filmworks also announced the licensing of both Higurashi – When They Cry, and the classic series The Legend of Galactic Heroes.
It seems that fans of the Legend of the Galactic Heroes series will have the best chance to acquire as much of the original material possible in the coming years. Not only has Viz Media announced that they will begin releasing the original novel series starting in spring 2016, but Sentai Filmworks has announced that they have licensed the Legend of the Galactic Heroes anime series.
For those looking for a little something else, Sentai also announced that they had acquired the rights to both seasons of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, also known as Higurashi – When They Cry. This isn’t the first time that someone has tried to release Higurashi – When They Cry in North America, as the series was originally released by FUNimation seven years ago but let the license slip a few years later.
