A couple of days ago Sony announced that they are finally going to launch their PlayStation Now subscription service. Next week on January 13th, PlayStation 4 owners will be able to access a catalog of over one hundred different PlayStation 3 games as long as they pay a monthly subscription fee of $14.99 a month or pick up a three-month subscription for $44.99.
There will be a seven day free trial when the program goes live next week, allowing those interested in the service a chance to check it out before deciding whether they wish to purchase a subscription or not. To go along with the announcement they released an introductory trailer that you can check out below.
Shojo Beat fans who are looking for something new and short will be happy to hear that Viz Media has released the first volume of Meteor Prince in North America where you can purchase it physically for $9.99 or digitally through either Viz’s website or through numerous other digital marketplaces.
Created by Meca Tanaka, this two volume manga series is a romantic comedy that follows a princely alien that finds his match with a human girl. The girl’s name is Hako Natsuno and strange things have always happened around her which is why everyone calls her the “Queen of Bad Luck.” However it seems that her luck changes when a naked alien prince falls out of the sky and says that out of all of the girls in the universe that Hako is the only one for him.
Has her luck managed to change for the better or the worse? Currently Viz Media is planning on releasing the second and final volume of Meteor Prince sometime in the Spring so those who pick up this series won’t have to wait very long to see how the manga will end.
Today Idea Factory International announced that Hyperdevotion Noire: Goddess Black Heart will be released on the PlayStation Vita in North America on February 24th where it will be available both at retail stores and as a digital download and in Europe on February 27th at retail and March 4th digitally.
To go along with this release date announcement, the company released a new batch of English screenshots that show off the newly revealed “Sim Noire” mode, a new feature that can be accessed from the game’s main hub. Sim Noire allows players to buy and upgrade furniture while interacting with Noire and unlocking new scenes with her and your character.
FUNimation has been making daily announcements for 2015, including announcements of home video releases for several shows and many simulcast announcements. Below is the list of the final announcements for this season:
Noragami will be released in Summer 2015 on DVD and Blu-ray.
Danganronpa the animation and Daimidaler: Prince VS Penguin Empire (Kenzen Robo Daimidaler) will be released sometime in 2015 on DVD and Blu-ray.
Buddy Complex will be released on DVD and Blu-ray at a to-be-determined date.
Nobunagun will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on March 31, 2015.
Terror in Resonance will be released on DVD and Blu-ray in Autumn 2015.
Maken-Ki! Two will be released on DVD and Blu-ray in Spring 2015.
Selector Infected Wixoss will be released on DVD and Blu-ray at some point in 2015, with a release date for Selector Spread Wixoss to be confirmed at a later date.
Finally, FUNimation has announced that they will be simulcasting the following anime with English subtitles soon after their Japanese premieres: Samurai Warriors, Cute High Earth Defense Club Love, World Break: Aria of Curse for a Holy Swordsman (Seiken Tsukai no World Break), Yuri Kuma Arashi,Absolute Duo and Maria the Virgin Witch.
Love Live! School Idol Project became such a huge hit for NIS America that they could barely keep any in-stock when they originally released the first season back in September 2014. In fact, unlike other releases that have simply gone out of print and been released later in standard form, NIS America has responded to this high level of demand by releasing a second run of Love Live! School Idol Project 1st Season Premium Editions which are now available for purchase from their online store for $51.99.
That being said, at the time of this writing their website is currently listing the release as out of stock but currently Rightstuf still has copies in-stock for the price of $58.449. You can check out our review of Love Live! School Idol Project Season 1’s first run here.
We have some good news for anime fans that have been waiting for NIS America’s release of The Eccentric Family. In case you haven’t pre-ordered the title, the Premium Edition release is now available for purchase through NIS America’s online store for $51.99 as well as at various other online retailers.
The Eccentric Family Premium Edition makes use of the company’s more compact collectable packaging that still contains a sixty four page full color art book as well as the entire thirteen episode series on two Blu-ray discs.
NIS America has provided a description of The Eccentric Family below:
In modern day Kyoto, humans live in the city, tengus take to the sky, and tanukis roam the earth. One such tanuki is Yasaburo, the third son of Soichiro Shimogamo, famed tanuki leader who met his end far too early at the hands of a group of humans and their year-end banquet hot pot. Yasaburo has since embraced his “fool’s blood” and strives for a happy, carefree life. But between taking care of his old tengu master Akadama-sensei, avoiding the life-threatening advances of the beautiful human Benten, dealing with his dangerously stupid twin cousins, and avoiding becoming a hot pot himself in the next year-end banquet, the young tanuki has his proverbial work cut out for him!
Roccat brought some new toys to CES 2015 this year.
The Roccat Phobo concept keyboard has seen a major re-design. The original Roccat Phobo design featured a keyboard with a tray replacing the number pad of the keyboard. The tray was designed to hold a smartphone running a special Roccat app that would keep gamers in the loop about their computer information and serve as a touch pad to trigger macros and access computer functionality. The new Roccat Ryos Phobo has dropped the smart phone tray in favour of a smart phone stand that can be placed where ever the user desires. The number pad still faces the axe with the Roccat Ryos Phobo, as the keyboard itself uses the compact tenkeyless design.
The Roccat Ryos Phobo will be joined by the Roccat Ryos MK FX and the Roccat Ryos TKL FX as the new additions to Roccat’s line of mechanical keyboard. The Phobo will launch in Q3 2015, while it is unknown when the two RGB LED toting FX keyboards will launch.
Roccat also brought along their previously announced Roccat Nyth gaming mouse to the show. The modular mouse features a thumb panel that allows users to move key caps and panel parts where ever they want to compliment the video game they are playing. The panel is designed to accept both the parts Roccat has bundled with the Nyth and parts printed on any old 3d printer. Roccat is hosting a library 3d printer plans for Nyth key caps and parts.
The Roccat Nyth will be released in Q2 2015. No word on the MSRP.
Finally an analog Kave XTD 5.1 will be launched in Q1 2015 for those who still swear that an analog surround sound headphone is superior to virtual surround sound headphones. Each ear cup features four 40mm speakers and adjustable bass vibration. The headset manages to be 25% lighter than previous Kave XTD designs and features effective noise cancelling technology.
It’s not often that we see video games coupled with the themes and ideas of classic romantic literature, but indie developers Dejobaan Games were able to pull it off beautifully with Elegy for a Dead World.
The game is a side-scrolling platform PC game with amazingly simple game play; you explore three distant planets and dead civilizations that are representative of the works of classic British poets Percy Bysshe, John Keats and Lord Byron. The game is centered around the storytelling more than anything else, but what makes this game different from others is that you have to write the story yourself. The objective of the games is to narrate your journey as you travel through beautiful landscapes. With little on-screen text as a guide you write out a tale, a history of places long gone, that you can share with other players.
The games idea of free imagination and that everyone has their own interpretation of the world is what pushes this game out of the genre of entertainment and in to the realm of interactive art. The short interactive stories and sweeping backgrounds brings to mind the stunning and moving game Journey, created by thatgamecompany for the PlayStation 3.
Elegy for a Dead World is already available on Steam, and for those who talents don’t lie in writing, do not be discouraged. This game is encouraging, creative and fun. Early on ‘fill in the blanks’ prompts and challenges helps get the ball rolling and the next time you know you’re writing a grand romantic adventure or about the time Spongebob and you went to get burgers.
We are exactly one week into 2015 and Marvel is already hitting the ground running. Not only did the brand new Agent Carter series premiere in the United States today (and I will have my thoughts about that posted later), and Avengers: Age of Ultron is only a couple of weeks away, but the dream factory have also given us our first human-sized look at their upcoming film Ant-Man, (set for release on July 17th) with a trailer and brand new poster to wet our whistles with.
For those of you who aren’t up to speed, Ant-Man stars Paul Rudd as Scott Lang, a thief who wants to do right by his kids. Hank Pym (played by Michael Douglas) gives Lang the Ant-Man suit and with it the power to shrink down to the size of a (you guessed it) Ant. Check out the first teaser trailer for the film for a better understanding of what I’m jabbering on about:
As if that wasn’t enough to get your pants shrinking, Marvel have also given us a clever new poster for the film which you can check out below. While still definitely an action movie, Ant-Man looks to look like a little bit of a change of pace for the studio who just can’t lose, with a serious, maybe less high-octane tone to the proceedings?
What do you think though, will Ant-Man be a deeper, more introverted movie or is the trailer just taking us for an ant-sized ride? Let us know in the comments below and make sure you stay tuned to Capsule Computers for all the Marvel news as it becomes available.
Click through to see a larger version of the poster… Though spoiler alert, it isn’t much different
Sometimes, Nintendo comes in and shocks us a bit. Today, Nintendo of America announced that The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D will be getting a collector’s edition on the 3DS, exclusive to GameStop, Amazon, and Frys. This Limited Edition set will receive a statue of Skull Kid, and simply looks excellent for the low $49.99 price tag.
The problem this Legend of Zelda set has is that at this moment, it is sold out at all three retailers (due mostly to the resale market). Its quite a bummer to see that this will receive such a low print, but there is always a chance of a restock (unless it becomes Amiibo rare, then goodbye Skull Kid). Keep an eye out folks, as this little collectible seems to be a big ticket item for 2015.
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