Celebrate Memorial Day in the US with a brand new indie bundle! Capsule Computers and Indie Gala’sEvery Monday Bundle #61 is bringing seven indie games to gamers starting at $1.89.
Agent Awesome – 12 levels of stealth, combat, and … koalas?! Help Agent Awesome prove how awesome he really is by raiding E.V.I.L.’s headquarters and knocking off their top managers.
Paper Dungeons – A fantasy board game with a hand-drawn visual style.
Jones On Fire – A simple 2-button infinite runner that will challenge players to run and jump to save adorable kittens from the fire.
For the first 24 hours of the sale, the entire bundle can be purchased for only $1.89. Grab your copy at Indie Gala before the price goes up.
Retro gamers will remember the classic 256 glitch in Pac-man. Gamers skilled enough to make it to Map 256 would hit a map that was impossible to beat due to an integer overflow. The 256 glitch is the main villain of the new game Pac-man 256.
Players will play in a nostalgic maze full of Pac-Dots, Power Pellets, and ghosts. The game has some very modern gameplay elements, too. The maze is infinite, but players must escape the 256 Glitch that is consuming the screen. Players will have access to collectible coins and power-ups along the way.
Pac-man 256 will launch on iOS and Android later this year. The game is being developed by Melbourne based developers Hipster Whale and Bandai Namco Studios Vancouver.
As the lead up for Final Fabledraws near, IGG have decided to create a ‘Pledge to Play’ promotion to reward all of their participants with a special free welcome pack; containing 500 Gems and 30 Apple Queen Shards.
The RPG free-to-play mobile game, Final Fable, follows a team of childhood fairy tale characters on a mission to save their home, Fantasia, from the forces of darkness and untold evils.
To join in the magical event, fill in the google form provided on the official Facebook page for Final Fable.
Hanabee Entertainment has just provided an update on two of the releases they had scheduled for June 3, 2015. The complete collection of SoniAni – Super Sonico The Animation and the box set of the Revolutionary Girl Utena TV series have been rescheduled for release on July 23, as have the releases of Captain Earth Part One, Muv Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse Part One and Hakkenden Season Two. The Familiar of Zero: “Rondo” of Princesses (season three) will still be released in June. The delays are a result of “unforeseen production issues”.
On-disc extras for SoniAni, The Familiar of Zero season three and Muv Luv Alternative Part One are still to be confirmed. Pre-orders for all June and July releases can be made here.
Just over a month ago, the official website for NTV’s live-action Death Note TV drama series launched. Ryuk the Shinigami began making posts on the official Twitter account at the same time. Now, the cast details for Light Yagami, L and Near have been revealed.
Masataka Kubota will play the main role of Light Yagami, Kento Yamazaki will play L and Mio Yuuki will star as Near. After finding out who is playing Near, people have been asking questions on Twitter such as “Why is Near a girl?” and making statements such as “Near’s cosplay is below standard. It’s lame”.
More information can be found at the official website here. Details about how the plot of this adaptation will differ from the plot of the manga have not yet been revealed.
Atlus USA has released another new trailer for Lost Dimension and this time around they are introducing the so called “powerhouses” of the S.E.A.L.E.D. team, Mana Kawai and George Jackman. Mana loves everything cute but is more than eager to pummel her foes with her bare hands or throwing debris at enemies who are trying to avoid her beatings.
As for George, he cuts down enemies using a deadly katana that’s damage is amplified through psychometry as he “fights for the glory of freedom and justice!.” You can check out the introduction trailer below and keep an eye out for Lost Dimension when it is released in North America on July 28th and in Europe on August 28th.
Those familiar with Persona 4 may remember a certain cross-dressing event that took place during the game and now fans can re-experience that bit of humor thanks to Persona 4: Dancing All Night‘s latest DLC announcement. Atlus has released a trailer showing off part of the “School Festival Cross-Dressing + Seaweed Set” paid DLC.
The outfits shown off in the trailer are the cross-dressing costumes for the protagonist, Kanji, and Yosuke while the Seaweed costume for Kanji is teased with a silhouette. Persona 4: Dancing All Nightis currently set to be released in Japan for the PS Vita on June 25th while a North American release has been scheduled for sometime later this year.
Last week Idea Factory International announced that the PC release of Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth2: Sisters Generation had been delayed from its initial release date of May 19th to June 2nd but it seems that those waiting to buy the PC version won’t have to wait quite that long.
You see, today the company announced that they will now be releasing the PC version of Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth2: Sisters Generation on Steam on May 29th. Although the release date has been moved up a bit, the company will still be selling the $29.99 title at a 50% off discount for the first week.
Atlus USA has released a new trailer for Dungeon Travelers 2: The Royal Library & the Monster Seal and this one happens to introduce some of the many classes available in the game. The focus of this trailer is to introduce the five basic classes that every character in the game first starts off as.
When you start off these girls are fixed to their basic classes but as they grow players will be able to assign them new intermediate and advanced classes, though it is always possible to still put skill points into the basic class skills.
You can check out the trailer for the classes below as well as a brief description of each class from Atlus.
Fighter: Standard melee damage dealer, has skills for basic defense as well as attacks. With high HP and strength, they can be the vanguard of the party.
Magic User: The basic class can use all elemental damage-dealing spells. They can use the basic healing spell as well, making them an invaluable asset to the party.
Scout: A master of speed that can attack when the enemy lets their guard down, and can also steal money. Because they can use both daggers and bows, they can change their fighting style to fit your needs.
Maid: Though not good with physical attacks or magic, they can provide special support without using TP or needing casting time. The unsung hero type.
Spieler: This class is literally a wild card. The most powerful of the Spieler abilities are high-risk, high-reward gambles, so choose them for your party carefully! They can make a HUGE difference in battle.
Who’s ready for some Xbox Newsbeat? “What, no clever monologue for your intro, Andrew?” Nope, no time! Waste even a few seconds here and people will snap up the news before you even see it! So instead, lets just come straight out of the gate with two awesome headlines, straight from Microsoft HQ.
Casey Hudson Joins Microsoft as Creative Director at Microsoft Studios
Probably the biggest piece of news this week has Casey Hudson joining on as Creative Director of Microsoft Studios. After working for Bioware and EA on huge franchises like Mass Effect and Star Wars, Hudson has jumped to the big green offices to work on the upcoming HoloLens, Xbox and other gaming endeavors. Hopefully Hudson will thrive and take Microsoft to the next level during his tenure.
Xbox Wire, the official news site of Xbox has put up an interview with Hudson, which you can check out here.
New Xbox Features Now Available in Preview
Rolling straight along from news to news, Microsoft have started rolling out the new features for Windows 10 and Xbox One consoles. Here is a brief rundown of the features that lucky system previewers can try out now, and the rest of us will have access to in the very near future:
Xbox on Windows 10
Avatars – You can now download and launch the Avatars app from within the Xbox app.
Friends updates – Microsoft are making it easier to add friends, designate them as favourites and share your name from the Xbox app. Click on a friend’s profile in your friends list and click on More > Change friendship to make them a favourite, or from anyone’s profile to add them as a friend. The friends list will now also show you which of your friends are in a party, playing multiplayer games, or broadcasting. You can also now report or block people from the Xbox app.
Game hubs – Similar to Xbox One, you can now view the game hub for an Xbox One game and view the activity feed curated by the game’s community manager. Click on any game tile, under Home > Recently played or elsewhere in the Xbox app, and you will be taken to the game hub. There you can also see friends who have played the game, your achievement progress and more easily get the details on the game’s achievements.
Game DVR – You can now alter the keyboard shortcuts used for opening the Game Bar, starting and stopping recording, taking screenshots, and more.
Testing streaming – The Xbox team needs your help in providing information about your PC’s performance and connectivity characteristics as we prepare to enable game streaming from Xbox One to Windows 10 PCs.
Turn On/Off your Xbox One Console – The Connect menu in Xbox app has been updated to let you power your Xbox One on and off from your Windows 10 devices when they are on the same home network as your console.
Xbox One
Wireless Display app – After all the great feedback you’ve sent to the team, they have made improvements to the Miracast functionality in the Wireless Display app.
Short and sweet this week folks, but that is because like everyone else, Microsoft are gearing up for E3 in just a few weeks time, so expect Newsbeat to be a little light in the lead up as they hold back all the big announcements for then. So make sure you stay tuned for all the Xbox news as it becomes available.
