New character videos from the highly anticipated Final Fantasy Type-0 HD have appeared on the Square Enix YouTube channel. A total of three videos were uploaded introducing Ace, Queen and Nine from ‘Class Zero’ – the name given to the group of characters you can expect to play as. The videos include character interaction (Japanese audio) and some combat scenes in different locales. All three videos are included below and an additional trailer on the characters of ‘Class Zero’ can be found here.
Available on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, the game will release on March 17th in North America, March 19th in Japan and March 20th for Europe.
Aniplex of America recently announced their plans to import and distribute the original soundtrack for the Aldnoah.Zero anime series, which premiered in July 2014. Aniplex USA lists the release date as being the 10th of February, but Right Stuf lists the release date as the 5th of February, and also lists the CD as being in stock. The CD contains 20 tracks composed by Hiroyuki Sawano, composer for popular series such as KILL la KILL, Blue Exorcist, Attack on Titan and Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn. The track list is as follows:
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The soundtrack is available here for $34.98 USD (SRP is $44.98 USD). This will be a ‘very’ limited edition release and is only available for fans in North, Central and South America and Canada.
Indie Gala and Capsule Computers is marking its tenth Friday Special Bundle with the biggest Friday bundle yet. This bundle contains twelve indie games for only one low price.
AI War: Fleet Command– Lead the last survivors who endured the AI death squads and save humanity from AI Central Command.
Bionic Dues– A turn based rogue-lite that allows players to choose their own path through the game.
Castles– Players will need to balance building and protecting their castles in this frantic puzzle game.
Ninja Guy– The popular hack’n slash for mobile devices has been given an HD treatment and ported to PC.
Primal Fears– A top down shooter featuring over 15 upgradable weapons to slaughter hordes of zombies with.
Retention– A point and click adventure game that will introduce players to a man who has lived a fast life, but now lays out in the cold after a bicycle accident.
Shattered Haven– After rescuing a neighbour’s son from a zombie attack, the Williams family is now in a life and death struggle against a new Eldritch horror.
Skyward Collapse– A novel turn-based strategy game where players will need to drag out the battle between the mortals as long as possible.
Tales of Maj’Eyal– A turn based roguelike RPG that will have players crawling through randomly generated dungeons and support for player-made mods.
Tidalis– A block-based puzzle game that is easy to learn, but difficult to master.
World of Tanks: Xbox 360 Edition has received a major content update. Console players will be receiving an exclusive map set on a lush tropical island that will force tank commanders into ambushes hidden in the foliage and deadly close ranged combat.
A Japanese tank have been fittingly added to the game to compliment the new map. The Chi-Nu Kai tank is a tier V medium tank that can be purchased from the in game store. The tank features the largest main gun of all Japanese WWII tanks. Buyers will receive a garage slot, a fully trained crew, and three days of premium game time.
Now that season passes are an expected part of every AAA release, developers are looking at new ways to extend their game’s experience. The companion app seems to be the new frontier, and Turtle Rock Studios does not plan to be left out. Evolve: Hunters Quest is the official companion app for Evolve.
The companion app is a match-3 puzzle combat game containing 100 missions. Successful missions will reward players with mastery points that can be transferred to the base game. Evolve: Hunters Quest is available now on Android, iOS, and Windows Phones.
Additionally, Turtle Rock Studios and 2K Games released a lengthy 22 minute video featuring gameplay from the solo mode. Although the game was designed with 4v1 multiplayer gameplay in mind, it appears that there will be plenty to do for the solo gamer as both the hunters and the monster. Evolve will be released on February 10, 2015 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Windows.
Visceral Games and EA are throwing open the doors to Battlefield Hardlineagain on February 3rd, 2015. The open beta will be available on PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and Windows. This is the second open beta for the game. The first open beta occured back in June 2014. Since then, Visceral Games has been making adjustments based on player feedback.
In this beta, players will have access to the game’s entire multiplayer progression on three maps called Downtown, Bank Job, and Dust Bowl. The open beta will test the new Hotwire and the Heist modes along with the Battlefield classic conquest mode.
Battlefield Hardline launches on March 17 in North America, March 19 in Australia, and March 20 in New Zealand.
Warner Bros Interactive, Traveller’s Tales Games, and the LEGO Group have issued an announcement on their planned releases for 2015. While some of the LEGO titles have been flawed, Traveller’s Tales Games has mainly produced high quality family-friendly games.
The announced titles include recent and upcoming films, as well as evergreen titles such as LEGO Batman. The announced titles also include a title focusing on the Ninjago sets currently in production from LEGO.
The titles span a wide breadth of platforms as well. It seems that Warner Bros is working hard to make sure that no matter what console a person has, they can find a LEGO title to play. The list of titles and details follow:
LEGO Jurassic World™
Following the epic storylines of Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Parkand Jurassic Park III, as well as the highly anticipated Jurassic World, LEGO Jurassic World is the first videogame where players will be able to relive and experience all four Jurassic films. The game will be available in June for the Xbox One all-in-one games and entertainment system; the Xbox 360 games and entertainment system for Microsoft; PlayStation®4 and PlayStation®3 computer entertainment systems; PlayStation®Vita handheld entertainment system; the Wii U™ system from Nintendo; Nintendo 3DS™ hand-held system; and Windows PC.
LEGO Marvel’s Avengers
Avengers Assemble! Experience the first console videogame featuring characters and storylines from the blockbuster film The Avengers and the much anticipated sequel Avengers: Age of Ultron and more . Play as the most powerful super heroes in their quest to save humanity. The game will be available in Fall 2015 for the Xbox One all-in-one games and entertainment system; the Xbox 360 games and entertainment system for Microsoft; PlayStation®4 and PlayStation®3 computer entertainment systems; PlayStation®Vita handheld entertainment system; the Wii U™ system from Nintendo; Nintendo 3DS™ hand-held system; and Windows PC.
LEGO Ninjago™: Shadow of Ronin™
The popular LEGO Ninjago franchise gets its most expansive adventure to date in LEGO Ninjago: Shadow of Ronin. The latest LEGO handheld game delivers an untold story of the LEGO Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu TV show. Using their Spinjitzu abilities, players can unleash their Ninja’s elemental power to smash their way through enemies and solve puzzles. Developed by TT Fusion, a subsidiary of TT Games, the game comes to the Nintendo 3DS™ handheld system and the PlayStation ® Vita handheld entertainment system on 27th March, 2015.
The LEGO Movie Video Game The LEGO Movie Video Game for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch follows Emmet, an average, rule-following citizen, who is mistakenly identified as the key to saving the world. In the game, players guide Emmet as he is drafted into a fellowship of strangers on an epic quest to stop the tyrannical Lord Business from gluing the LEGO universe into eternal stasis. With a delightful mix of over 90 characters from the feature film, including Batman, Superman and the Green Ninja , The LEGO Movie Video Game leads gamers on a journey through fantastical worlds in 45 exciting levels. Developed by TT Games, the mobile game is now available on the App Store.
LEGO Batman™ 3: Beyond Gotham
In LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, the Caped Crusader joins forces with the Super Heroes of the DC Comics universe and blasts off to outer space to stop the evil Brainiac from destroying Earth. Players will unlock and play as more than 150 characters, including members of the Justice League and the Legion of Doom and explore iconic locations such as the Hall of Justice, the Batcave and the Justice League Watchtower. Developed by TT Games, the mobile game will be available this spring on the App Store.
Whether you’re a kid or adult, keep an eye out for these titles this year.
In conjunction with Square Enix Collective, indie developer Sushee has put their finishing touches on a demo for their upcoming Kickstarter title Goetia. Square Enix Collective is a publishing group run by Square Enix to help indie developers get off the ground.
Sushee’s Goetia is a point and click adventure game where the player controls a ghost of deceased girl. The goal is to discover why she died and while the player will be able to fly through walls and doors, the player cannot manipulate objects without possessing them. Obviously a possessed object cannot pass through walls, though.
The title looks like an interesting twist on the typical adventure game. The Kickstarter is only at 50% of it’s goal, but there shouldn’t be too much trouble breaking past that in the 21 days left. Goetia is planned for release in October 2015, and you can find the free demo on their Kickstarter now.
Sometimes it feels like Disney is trying to literally conquer the world’s multimedia. Releasing a slew of incredible movies like last year’s Big Hero 6, or this year’s highly anticipated Avengers: Age of Ultron and Star Wars: The Force Awakens has ensured their grip on cinema, while the home console market is slowly being enveloped by Disney Infinity 2.0: Marvel Super Heroes. All of this is great, but what about mobile devices? Well now the House of Mouse have got us there too with the release of Disney Infinity 2.0: Toy Box on iOS devices.
From today, iOS owners can download the FREE app that gives access to the entire Disney Infinity 2.0 Toy Box experience. You can build your own worlds, games and just about anything else your mind could envision all while on the go. Best of all, the app will link up with your console or PC version of the game, so that you can keep all of your saved data with you and continue making tweaks and adjustments to the massive Toy Boxes while on the train, long car rides or just sitting bored at a family gathering.
Players who own the actual Disney Infinity figures can unlock the characters for use in-game via the code cards that come in every box, but for those who are just starting our then you will find yourselves able to use three free characters (the characters will rotate from time to time) so you wont be missing out on the fun. Also, if you own the original Disney Infinity: Toy Box then you will find all of your unlocked characters carried across to the new iteration.
To mark the launch of the new app (which you can get from here) Disney have also given us a new trailer that shows off the Toy Box in action. So check that out below and make sure you check out our Disney Infinity 2.0: Villains Competition for your chance to win the recently released Ronan the Accuser, Yondu Udonta and The Green Goblin figures.
DONTNOD released a new dev diary about Life is Strange today. The video is packed with new tidbits about the game.
The developers sat down to talk about the mix of licensed music and the scoring by French musician Jonathan Morali of the band Syd Matters. The entire soundtrack can be found on Spotify and on YouTube.
The video also revealed the voice actors cast as Max and Chloe and also spoke at length about the visual design choices made for Life is Strange. The developers have chosen a hand painted look to create a look fitting of an indie film at the Sundance Film Festival and spent extensive time researching the northwestern United States to create an accurate environment in Life is Strange.
Life is Strange is an upcoming adventure game from the team behind Remember Me. The first of five episodes will be available tomorrow on PlayStation 3, Playstation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and PC.
