Come April, players all around the world will be able to get their hands on the next installment in Warner Bros. and Netherealm Studio’s epic, violent Mortal Kombat franchise; Mortal Kombat X. Well, to get everybody warmed up, the developers have taken a break from character reveals in order to put up a short little video that takes a look behind the scenes at some of the development choices and game mechanics that players will be button mashing their way through in just a few months time.
The video is pretty insightful and definitely worth a look if you are an M.K. fan, so make sure you check it out below and let us know your thoughts in the comments section.
Last year, Wizards of the Coast announced that they would be changing the way they produce and distribute Magic: the Gathering. One of the biggest changes was that they would be doing away with the traditional yearly Core Set, with this year being a fond farewell to the time-honored tradition.
Well, Wizards are certainly going out in style, and have announced that the final Magic: The Gathering Core set will be titled Magic Origins and will detail the lives of some of the most popular Planeswalkers of the franchise before their spark ignited and they were ordinary mages.
Not much is known about the set other than the fact that it will center around Jace, Chandra, Liliana, Gideon and Nissa before and after they got their world-hopping powers.
Rarely are any colorful 3D platforming games released under a name that is not Nintendo and one of the companies that used to dominate that market, Rare, has long since shifted focus. Thankfully it seems that six former Rare staff members have joined up to create what they are calling a “worthy spiritual successor” to the fondly remembered platforming adventures they made in the past.
Forming a company called Playtonic Games, the staff includes “the bloke who programmed Donkey Kong Country, the character designer behind Banjo and Kazooie, and the artist who made your console fit to burst with lavish environments across a decade’s worth of adventure games. Other than the artwork up top, nothing has been revealed for Project Ukulele at the moment but Playtonic is saying that more will be revealed in Edge issue 277 which is set to be released in a couple of days.
Today Koei Tecmo had quite a lot to say and show off for Atelier Shallie: Alchemists of the Dusk Sea. First anyone who pre-orders the game in North America from GameStop will be given a DLC pack that includes a costume that looks like Escha Malier’s, a Flower Pareo costume, a Passion Dress, and the Atelier series music collection. Those who pre-order through Amazon will be given two exclusive compilations of music as an extra bonus
The company went on to release a large batch of gameplay clips showing off various elements of the game including introducing us to Shallotte Elminus, the second protagonist of Atelier Shallie. Shallote is a young poor alchemist with very little knowledge of the craft but is very eager to learn. Thankfully her devoted friend Miruca Crotze is an extremely skilled alchemist that is somewhat harsh with her words.
You can check out the trailers below and keep an eye out for Atelier Shallie: Alchemists of the Dusk Sea when it is released in North America on March 10 and in Europe on March 13.
It looks like Bethesda is going to make a big deal at E3 this year. I say that because the company has announced that they will be hosting their own E3 press conference for the first time ever. The press conference will be held in Hollywood, California on June 14th while E3 itself begins on June 16th and runs through June 18th.
The company has said they will reveal more details about how fans can possibly attend in the next few months but they have also assured fans that the event will be streamed on Twitch for everyone to see. Considering what Bethesda is currently working with and has worked on in the past, there is a good chance that DOOM might be shown off and we may even see the announcements of Dishonored 2, Fallout 4, some type of expansion for The Elder Scrolls Online, or perhaps something entirely new.
Today Aksys Games has released another trailer for Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late and unlike the last one, this one happens to be a video focused solely on showing off the fighters in the game. Each of the playable fighters are given a few seconds of time to show off their move set in this trailer and you can check it out below.
Developed by French Bread, best known for their work on the Melty Blood series and most recently on Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax, Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late is set to be released for the PlayStation 3 in North America on February 24th.
Today Koei Tecmo released a new trailer for Deception IV: Another Princess showing off most of the new additions that have been added to this re-release. This includes highlighting the new main character Valgyrie and her abilty to kick enemies into traps as well as sadistically stomp on them when they are down.
Also shown off in the trailer is Valgyrie’s automaton servant Ephemera who will help guide her on her quest, a large number of new traps that players will be able to use in the game, and the return of the heroines from past Deception titles.
The video also highlights some of the modern day stages and traps that will be included in the game. You can check the trailer out below while Deception IV: Another Princess is set to be released in Japan on March 26th.
Remember Shadow Realms? It was a four versus one online multiplayer game for the PC that was announced last year by EA and BioWare Austin. Well I hope you weren’t looking forward to it as today the studio has announcedthat they have cancelled Shadow Realms and the reason they are giving is that there are “other projects for the team to work on.”
BioWare Austin said that they will try to figure out a way to thank players who signed up to try out the Shadow Realms closed Alpha but at the moment nothing has been revealed. The full message from BioWare Austin’s General Manager Jeff Hickman can be found below:
Today I’m sharing some important news about Shadow Realms and our BioWare Austin studio.
We’ve made the decision to not move forward with development of Shadow Realms. We fully recognize that this news is disappointing to some of our fans, so I want to explain more behind this decision.
While the team did amazing work on the game concept and we got lots of great feedback from our fans at events and through other game testing, right now there are other projects for the team to work on within the BioWare studios for the coming year and beyond. We’ve got an incredibly talented team here at the Austin studio, and they are excited and already deep on new projects within the BioWare family, ones that will make some great BioWare games even better.
These include additional ongoing enhancements to the award-winning Dragon Age: Inquisition, as well as the next game in the Mass Effect series and other new IP.
But the biggest focus for our team in BioWare Austin will be on Star Wars™: The Old Republic™. As every Star Wars™ fan knows, this is a massive year in the Star Wars universe. We have some great plans for expanding this epic game this year, and look forward to sharing the news about those plans with our players in the coming weeks.
For all the people that registered for the Shadow Realms Closed Alpha, we’re working on a way to say thank-you for signing up. To all those players that gave us feedback at Gamescom and PAX, and those that shared their thoughts and impressions in the past months, we thank you for being part of the conversation.
While this is as far from a confirmation as you can get, as he no longer works for Team Ninja or Koei Tecmo, Tomonobu Itagaki, who currently works at Valhalla Game Studios, has hinted that a localization of the Wii U’s Fatal Frame title The Raven Haired Shrine Maiden in a response on his Facebookpage.
Responding to a fan on his page, Itagaki stated the following:
“Hey guys, I strongly believe that Kikuchi Keisuke will release the Fatal Frame V in America, in many countries. He and me have same philosophy from Tecmo days. That’s what I can say for now. I want you guys to read between the lines.
Anyway I will play this game”.
Currently there has been no sign of Nintendo or Koei Tecmo looking to localize Fatal Frame: The Raven Haired Shrine Maiden since it was released in Japan back on September 27th so at the moment all fans can do is hope for the best.
Bandai Namco has released the opening movie for the arcade version of Tekken 7 which will start being rolled out on February 18th in Japan and you can check it out below. This English subtitled trailer shows Kazuya and Heihachi fighting a one on one battle inside of an active volcano.
Near the end of the video we are shown Kazumi Mishima, the mother of Kazuya and Heihachi’s wife who says that she must stop Heihachi at all costs and from here it looks like Kazuya obtained his Devil powers from his mother. It is worth noting that while this video is for the arcade release, Tekken 7 is currently being developed for the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 as well.
