About three and a half months ago, Japanese video game paraphernalia designer Cyber Gadget revealed their Retrofreak retro video game console system. Previously translated details can be found here and here. Just this week, Cyber Gadget revealed that the system is planned for release this October, and the variations of the console, which will be detailed below, are now available for pre-order.
There are two variations. Retrofreak Model CY – RF – A will come with an adapter for 11 types of cartridges, a standard controller, a HDMI Cable and an AC adapter. This model will sell for 20,000 yen plus tax. Retrofreak Model CY – RF – B will include a controller adapter that will allow players to use their Family Computer, Mega Drive, PC Engine and Super Famicom controllers and to use their Family Computer Expansion Connectors when playing their games. This model will sell for 23,000 yen plus tax.
Discotek Media will be releasing a complete DVD collection of Chi’s New Address on June 30. Additionally, today is the official release date for their Collector’s Edition Blu-ray release of Lupin the Third: Castle of Cagliostro. The full details of this release can be found here. The collection of Chi’s New Address contains all 104 episodes with English subtitles. This series is described as follows:
The Yamada family’s newest addition, a cute kitty named Chi, isn’t welcome by their landlady. Having searched all over for a new owner, eventually the Yamadas decide they can’t just abandon a part of the family, and they move into a brand new home that allows them to keep Chi. Skeptical at first, Chi doesn’t know what to make of the new home, but eventually she comes to realize that a new place just means new adventures! There are so many new things to see and do, and so many new friends to meet, how will Chi ever find the time to play with them all?
A kitten’s work is never done. Of course, when Chi gets too wrapped up in her playing, she just might find that the new territory is even more unfamiliar than she first realized! Will Chi be able to make it back to her new home?
A complete collection of Chi’s Sweet Home was released by Discotek earlier this year on March 31. A region 4 release of this collection is available from Siren Visual.
So E3 is over, but that doesn’t mean the news mill has taken a day off. Activision recently released a trailer for Treyarch’s latest Call of Duty, spanning nearly fourteen minutes and focusing on two different topics. The first of course is the brand new co-op campaign. The second is the Cyber Core tutorial, taking players further into the experience and displaying whats new with the combat this time around.
Check out the description and trailer down below, and you can expect Black Ops III to be in stores this November.
Take a deep dive into the Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 cooperative campaign with the Cyber Core tutorial and an extended cut from “Ramses Station” as seen exclusively at the Sony PlayStation E3 booth. Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 is a dark, gritty future where a new breed of Black Ops soldier emerges and the lines are blurred between our own humanity and the cutting-edge military technology that define the future of combat.
Designed for four-player online co-op or solo play, players will encounter epic cinematic moments and open-area gameplay, allowing players to approach the game with a different strategy each time they play. And now your campaign character is completely customisable: from weapons and loadouts, to abilities and outfits, all with full progression systems and a personalised armoury to show off accomplishments. With these and many more exciting new features, Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 aims to deliver a constantly-evolving campaign experience.
Yes Project CARS released just last month but that hasn’t stopped Slightly Mad Studios announcing it is now accepting crowdfunding to fund the sequel, Project CARS 2. Some might argue the studio is getting a little too greedy and ambitious, asking for £7,000,000. In comparison the first game managed to raise just under £3,000,000 and even other very popular Kickstarters such as Shenmue 3 and Yooka-Laylee have not come close to raising that amount of money. To be honest we don’t see it happening. The campaign is currently on £245,000.
The studio seems to have rather ambitious plans for the sequel with the most notable points listed below.
THE LARGEST TRACK ROSTER EVER – 50 unique locations and 200+ courses including ‘loose surface racing’ on dirt, gravel, mud, and snow. All will have dynamic time of day and weather allowing you to play anytime, anywhere.
THE WIDEST VARIETY OF MOTORSPORTS with 8 different disciplines now including Rallycross, Hillclimbs, and Touge. 200+ cars from over 40 different vehicle classes including never-before-seen Concepts and Banned Race Cars.
CO-OP CAREER – Play as the Teammate Driver, Spotter, Driver Swap, or Co-Pilot. More choices, more opportunities, more strategy, greater risks and greater rewards.
SEAMLESSLY CONNECTED – Socialize and compete via Online Track Days, have players from around the world take the place of AI-controlled drivers in your solo play, and get news updates on the Driver Network around you.
PRO ESPORTS RACING – Skill & Behavioural-based matchmaking, create your own Online Racing Seasons, and Live Broadcast and Spectator functionality.
YOUR HOME FOR RACING – Your own personal, customisable Test Track to tune and test your cars. Invite others to showcase your passion for racing and learn race craft and engineering with the Project CARS Academy.
As you can probably expect, people were both shocked and outraged, taking to the official forumsto vent their frustration at a sequel being announced so close after the release of the original game and after the Steam Summer Sale had just come to an end. Many players are concerned that this will impact the support planned for the first game and many are wondering why the studio is turning to crowdfunding yet again as opposed to using the profit generated from the first game.
A recent patch made available for PS4 and Xbox One significantly improved the performance on both consoles and also added the option to turn off or reduce the strange ghosting effect on the PS4 version of the game. Funnily enough, the Wii U version of the first Project CARS is still very much in limbo, but we are willing to bet an official announcement on its cancellation will be announced soon as the developers stated they were struggling to get the game running properly on Nintendo’s console. In no surprise to anyone, Project CARS 2 has been stated to be coming only to the PS4, Xbox One and PC with no release window mentioned as of yet.
The Xbox One is not the only console getting the 1 TB treatment. The PlayStation 4 Ultimate Player Edition will be packing a 1 TB hard drive, allowing gamers plenty of room for all their free games from PlayStation Plus with some more to spare for pre-ordered games that automatically download so they can be ready when the game launches. Until now, the biggest hard drive available was a measly 500 GB.
Australians can expect the PlayStation 4 Ultimate Player Edition to hit the shelves of their local retailer on July 15th, 2015. The recommended retail price will be $549.95 AUD. Europeans will be able to get their hands on the 1 TB units around the same time as Australia, but no word on exactly when North Americans will get the 1 TB units.
Recover from your post-E3 exhaustion with some indie games! Capsule Computer and Indie Gala’sEvery Monday Bundle #65 contains seven great titles for one low price.
Immune – A top down open world MMORPG that will pit players against mutants, bandits, and each other. The game is currently part of Steam Early Access.
Age of Enigma: The Secret of the Sixth Ghost – Ashley Reeves is a spirit medium who is on a quest to save a girl she has seen in her dreams from a house full of restless ghosts.
Ride the Bullet – If the Wanted video game left you desiring more, than Ride the Bullet may be the exact thing you’ve been waiting for. You have one bullet and one target, but at least you can steer!
BasketBelle – An innovative approach to basketball through the streets of Paris.
F-19 Stealth Fighter – One of the classic flight sims from the 80’s has been resurrected on Steam!
Are you ready to BE the Batman? Ready to roam the streets of Gotham City and eat the Batmobile? Wait, what, EAT the Batmobile? Yep, Ok my report definitely says eat. Well, you CAN eat the Batmobile with the help of Warner Bros. and N2 Extreme Gelato. To celebrate the launch of Batman: Arkham Knight, the two have combined to release three limited edition Gelato flavours to really get you into the spirit of the game; The Batmobile, The Scarecrow and The Riddler. Here are the flavours in all of their glory:
3 syringes filled with citrus ‘fear toxin’ bitters
The Riddler
Matcha gelato
Green tea, ‘bewildered’ choc top
‘Confused’ ganache
Feuilletines ‘puzzled bits’
Topped with ‘?’ waffle discs
I’ll be honest all editorialising aside, The Batmobile sounds absolutely delicious and I wish I lived closer to the city so that I could justify the trip there! If you are in the neighborhood (Newtown for Sydneysiders, and Brunswick Street for Melbourners) then make sure you head down there from June 24th to try it out. Then of course check back in and let us know how the flavours were, and as always stay tuned to Capsule Computers for all of the awesome Batman news as it becomes available.
Madman Entertainment has just revealed seven new license acquisitions at Supanova Sydney 2015. The new acquisitions include DRAMAtical Murder, Hamatora the Animation, Hanayamata, Wolf Girl & Black Prince, Blade Dance of the Elementalers, Koufuku Graffiti (known in English as Gourmet Girl Graffiti) and Wizard Barristers: Benmashi Cecil. Preview images for all of these titles are included in the gallery below.
Sentai Filmworks is releasing Hamatora the Animation with dual audio on DVD and Blu-ray in North America on September 22, 2015, but none of the other titles licensed by Sentai Filmworks currently have set release dates. DRAMAtical Murder and Hanayamata have not yet been licensed by Sentai Filmworks.
Anime Sols, a crowdfunding platform for bringing classic anime series to DVD, announced at the end of March that they would be shutting down on the 1st of May, 2015. All of their remaining DVDs must now be sold by June 30 or else they will be destroyed. Anime Sols explained why this is the case: “Because the LLP partnership will disappear and any remaining stock would be counted as capital that would have to be split up among the partners, counted as “income” and thus taxable. In order to avoid that significant cost to the partners we will destroy them beforehand”.
The pair released a concept trailer that sets the stage for their upcoming game. Set in 20th century London, the Spanish Flu is ravaging the world, and will eventually kill off 3-5% of the entire human population. The flu is not the only disease to terrorize humanity, the vampires are also walking the streets. Players will become John E. Reid, a military surgeon, WWI veteran, and now a vampire. He is battling to stay as human as possible while being gripped with the growing hunger for blood.
The blood serves as the source of Reid’s power and his health, forcing the player to make difficult choices in combat. The entire world is a potential feeding ground for Reid, but each life taken may cause unexpected consequences in the future. Vampyr will feature a deep crafting system that will arm Reid with powerful weapons. The game features melee, ranged, and magical combat against a variety of creatures, both human and supernatural.
Vampyr will launch in 2017 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.
