Ubisoft announced the release of the new Far Cry 4 Game to Web feature. The new community hub stores all the stats Far Cry 4players would ever want on their game, read about latest game updates, and check out the multitude of community made content.
To celebrate the launch of the new hub, Ubisoft is starting a Map Editor Challenge. Map makes are challenged to share their craziest maps before January 12th for a chance to have their work showcased on the next community trailer. To participate, map makers should add the #FC4MAP hashtag to their map.
If map making isn’t for you, check out this giant infographic crammed with interesting stats about Far Cry 4or try the hundreds of community made maps available in game.
Destructive Creations has announced the Steam Greenlight campaign for their upcoming title Hatredhas been cancelled. The developers were told by Valve “that based on what we see on Greenlight we would not publish Hatred on Steam. As such we’ll be taking it down.”
Valve has traditionally banned games rated Adults Only by the ESRB from their store. The water gets murky since most indie games are not always rated by traditional boards, leaving Valve to make the decision on which indie games to sell on their own. Hatred has yet to actually be reviewed by the ESRB in the US or any of its international equivalents.
Though Destructive Creations likens their game to Manhunt and Postal, which are both currently being sold on Steam, Valve has slapped Hatred with the equivalent of Adults Only rating based on the contents of Hatred’s Steam Greenlight campaign. It is important to note that only the first Manhunt game is available on Steam, as it earned only an Mature rating. The sequel was rated Adults Only and is not sold on Steam. Only a few retailers, such as Amazon, actually sell video games rated Adults Only.
Between the initial surge of popularity from the Steam Greenlight campaign and the further attention the game has received in wake of Valve’s decision, Destructive Creation is planning to keep development on track. Hatred will still be launched in Q2 2015. No word yet on which stores will carry the game in light of this news.
Update: In face of public controversy, Valve has reinstated Hatred’s Steam Greenlight campaign with the following apology from Gabe Newell himself:
Hi, Jaroslaw, Yesterday I heard that we were taking Hatred down from Greenlight. Since I wasn’t up to speed, I asked around internally to find out why we had done that. It turns out that it wasn’t a good decision, and we’ll be putting Hatred back up. My apologies to you and your team. Steam is about creating tools for content creators and customers. Good luck with your game Gabe
With money being a little tight due to holiday spending, Indie Gala and Capsule Computers has the perfect solution for gamers on a budget. This week’s Every Monday Bundle features six great indie games for one low price.
Chess 2: The Sequel– Chess with a twist! Players can choose from six different armies, each with their own unique movement rules, ranging from the traditional movements to teleportation.
Reversion – The Meeting: Chapter 2– This classic point and click adventures picks up where the first chapter left off. You and Victoria are now looking to discover your lost memories and find out the identity of the person in the photo.
Left in the Dark: No One on Board– You have been sent to Port Providence to solve the mystery of the a missing ship that has recently re-appeared without a soul on board.
Guns N Zombies – Fight your way through the zombie apocalypse with your merry band of survivors in this randomly generated action-adventure.
The bundle is available now at Indie Gala for $2.19.
Are you a PC gamer who is looking for a few games to play over the summer break? Well Ubisoft have you covered with their Uplay Summer Sale (known as the Winter Sale over seas). Running from now until the 4th of January, players can score up to 80% discounts on titles in the Uplay store. Now is the prefect time to try out titles like Watch_Dogs, Child of Light, South Park: The Stick of Truth, Batman: Arkham Origins, Dead Rising 3, Metro Redux, or The Walking Dead Season 2 at huge savings. There are also various sales on physical products such as games (excluding Ubisoft’s more recent releases), and merchandise like figurines etc.
As with most digital gaming sales, the Uplay Summer Sale will also have flash discounts and other goodies for players who keep an eye on the store over the coming weeks. So for all the discounted gaming you could poke a stick at, click here to check out the sale and as always make sure you stay tuned to Capsule Computers for all the Uplay and Ubisoft news as they become available.
Today Viz Media detailed their plans for the rest of the month of December which includes a 70% off all digital manga promotion which will last until January 15, 2015 but what may come as bigger news to some is that they have acquired the digital rights to three manga series that were abandoned once TokyoPop went out of the manga publishing business.
They have acquired the rights to Sgt. Frog, Hands Off!, and Mikansei No. 1. While the latter of those two were released in their entirety in English before, only twenty one volumes of the current twenty five of Sgt. Frog were released in English previously. Mikansei No. 1 Volume 1 will be released on December 23rd while Sgt. Frog Volume 1 and Hands Off! Volume 1 will be released on December 30th with each volume priced at $4.99 a piece.
In other news, Yukarism Volume 1 and Vampire Knight: Life, a digital exclusive, have both been released today through digital marketplaces. Later this month Viz is also planning on releasing Lagoon Engine Volume 6, Lucky Star Volume 6, Video Girl AI Volume 9, Trinity Blood Volume 12, Zone-00 Volume 3, and Mouryou Kiden: Legend of Nymph Volume 2.
NIS America has announced that they have acquired the license for Operation Abyss: New Tokyo Legacy, previously known as Tokyo New World Record: Operation Abyss in Japan. The title is developed by Demon Gaze’s developer Experience and NIS America plans on releasing it on the PS Vita sometime in Spring 2015 for North America and Europe.
From the studio that made Demon Gaze comes Operation Abyss: New Tokyo Legacy, a sci-fi dungeon crawler RPG set in a near future Tokyo. With the city under the constant threat of Variants genetically engineered monsters and the emergence of portals leading to a mysterious dimension called the Abyss, the government has established the Code Physics Agency to investigate these mysterious phenomena. The Xth Squad a unique group of teens modified by the CPA’s Code technologymust evade traps, face down powerful monsters, and investigate the mystery behind the Abyss.
Today NIS America has announced that they plan on releasing the sequel to The Guided Fate Paradox, The Awakened Fate Ultimatum, in North America on March 17th and in Europe on March 20th for the PlayStation 3. The company also revealed that they will be offering a standard edition as well as three different Limited Editions depending on what special version of the game you want.
There is an Angelic and Devilish Limited Edition that cost $54.99 each and feature a copy of the game and bonuses that are themed towards that specific character, while the $59.99 Ultimate Fate Edition includes both Angelic and Devilish picture card sets as well as a 1.5 inch double sided coin.
You can check out the various limited editions on NIS America’s online storeand some new screenshots below.
While we knew this was coming eventually, it is good to hear an official announcement. Today NIS America confirmed that they will be bringing Disgaea 5 to North America and Europe in Fall 2015 for the PlayStation 4 and they will be giving it a new name, as it will be called Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance when it is released in the West.
As we already know, Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance tells the tale of Killia and a number of other rebels who rise up to fight against Void Dark, a powerful and terrible Overlord. We recently saw a trailer introducing us to the main protagonist and NIS America has released some new screenshots for the game that you can check out below.
Are you a big online gamer? In this day and age I would be seriously surprised if many of you say “no, not really.” Well for those of you out there who are big into online gaming, you would know that the closer you are to the servers means the less ping and less lag you experience while playing. That is why it is seriously amazing to announce that Microsoft have officially switched on Xbox One servers here in Australia!
Now you can enjoy games like Forza Horizon 2, Sunset Overdrive and Halo: The Master Chief Collection with even better load times, letting you get into the online action sooner and with less disruptions to your gameplay. This is big news, and with all the big games rolling out over the next 12 months and beyond, it will no doubt prove to be an ever increasing boon to us Aussie gamers.
So are you excited about the new servers hosted down under? Let us know how they will affect your gameplay experience in the comments below and remember to stay tuned to Capsule Computers for all the Xbox news as it becomes available.
Overview George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire has practically taken on a life of its own thanks to the amount of popularity that the television adaptation, Game of Thrones, has garnered. The bleak land of Westeros has attracted fans from all over the globe and now Telltale Games is trying to make their own little mark on the series with Game of Thrones – A Telltale Game Series: Iron from Ice starting everything off. Now the question is, has Telltale managed to grasp what keeps viewers interested in the show while also delivering a worthwhile experience?
Story Now it is worth noting that since Iron from Ice takes place after specific events that take place in the “A Storm of Swords” novel and season 3’s “The Rains of Castamere” that there will be spoilers concerning these events as these events lead players directly into the start of the storyline. It is also worth mentioning that unlike most of the other titles Telltale has worked on, Game of Thrones almost requires players to have knowledge of the series to actually enjoy it.
That being said, players take control of Lord Gregor Forrester’s squire Gared during the events that take place during a wedding at the Twins. From here on, players will find themselves controlling a couple of members of House Forrester in what becomes turmoil times for the house which has found itself on the wrong side of a lost war and suffering the consequences.
Similar to Game of Thrones’ storytelling style, players will swap between certain characters in the Forrester House throughout the game. In Iron from Ice players take control of not only the righteous but lowborn squire Gared Tuttle, but also Mira Forrester who resides in King’s Landing as a handmaiden to Margaery Tyrell, and Ethan Forrester a boy who has found lordship thrust upon him at a young age due to the demise of his father and older brother. Now if a few of these characters may sound somewhat familiar, it is likely due to their close resemblance to the Stark family.
Almost every member of the Forrester House is nearly a carbon copy from their Stark counterparts, including the situations they are placed in and what ends up happening to them. In the world of Game of Thrones rarely does anything good happen to good people and this does make many of the interactions players have with the likes of Cersei and Ramsay Bolton really nerve-wracking as you never know what they will do or how they will react to the player trying to balance their real feelings and those that they must wear on their face to avoid the tip of a blade.
That being said, despite the story actually blending the Forresters’ struggle seamlessly into the world of Game of Thrones, the illusion of choice once again looms its head in Iron from Ice. In something that has unfortunately become commonplace, from what has been shown so far very few decisions you actually make in this first episode change the story in any way. Perhaps these choices may have more effects later on, but for now they are nothing more than simple illusions.
Gameplay Those familiar with the way Telltale Games handles their properties should know what to expect coming into Iron from Ice as nothing has changed. Players will spend their time selecting from up to three different dialogue choices or the choice to remain silent, exploring an area and examining things, and taking part in quick time events during action sequences.
Unfortunately Iron from Ice takes one thing from Game of Thrones that really is an issue in a game such as this, and that is the low level of action that generally takes place. Outside of the initial area where players take control of Gared, there are no quick time action sequences of any sort which means that the rest of the episode is something of a slow paced affair.
Another issue that rears its head is that exploration and basic item gathering are cut back in this episode and even the items you gather at the moment are not used in any meaningful way, though they will likely have some purpose in the coming episodes.
Visuals & Audio One thing that is a bit interesting about Game of Thrones – A Telltale Game Series: Iron from Ice is how Telltale has chosen to move away from their standard comic-book style art and instead have adopted a style similar to an oil painting. This makes for an interesting look at times with the background scenery, but it also creates a very blurry looking backdrop more often than not.
The character designs are also found lacking, especially since a number of popular characters such as Tyrion, Cersei, and Margery all appear in a manner similar to their HBO counterparts. While it is admirable that Telltale has managed to retain the cast from the series to voice their in-game characters to fit perfectly with the roles, it is unfortunate that the actual designs range from looking barely anything like how they are meant to be to simply being stylized wrong.
Overall While the plight of the Forresters is indeed an intriguing one that will have me returning, the various issues that have already arisen in Iron from Ice are a warning sign. That being said, Game of Thrones – A Telltale Game Series: Iron from Ice is off to an interesting start as the developer has managed to craft a storyline that fits in perfectly in the world of Game of Thrones, including personalities of returning characters being exactly how fans should expect them, but whether or not they will manage to keep this level of intrigue throughout the story has yet to be seen.
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