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Roccat Sponsoring Intel Extreme Masters Season 9 Tournament Series

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November 12, 2014

Roccat Sponsoring Intel Extreme Masters Season 9 Tournament Series

Roccat announced today they will be joining the Intel Extreme Masters Season 9 tournament series as a major sponsor for four events.

“Our dedication to the eSports community is well-established, with our own Team ROCCAT League of Legends team, and world champion StarCraft II player HyuN representing us proudly. We are heavily invested in the success of the eSporting ecosystem, and are extremely proud to join one of its most lauded representatives in Intel Extreme Masters for these exciting events. We can’t wait to show up in Northern California to be a part of the madness,” said Rene Korte, CEO of Roccat.

Roccat will be sponsoring events in California, Germany, Taiwan, and Poland. Things kick off at San Jose, California’s SAP Center on December 6-7 and culminates at the world championships in Katowice, Poland on March 12, 2015. Check out the full schedule at the official Intel Extreme Masters site.

Nekopara Volume 1 licensed by Sekai Project; added to Steam Greenlight

Travis Bruno

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Today Sekai Project announced that they have partnered with Nekoworks to help release Nekopara Volume 1 in the West and to do this they are not only helping give the visual novel an English translation, they are also trying to get it on Steam through Steam Greenlight.

Nekopara follows the story of Kashou Minazuki, a young man trying to establish his own pastry shop called “La Soleil.” Once he moves out however he finds that two catgirls named Chocola and Vanilla have tagged along with him. Not having the heart to send them away, Kashou accepts their help in order to make La Soleil a success.

Currently no release date has been announced for Nekopara Volume 1 but it is worth noting that the Steam release will be the “All Ages” version of Nekopara and that Nekoworks will release the 18+ version of the PC game starting on December 30th, though additional details concerning that version will be released later. For now you can check out some screenshots of the game as well as the introduction trailers for both Chocola and Vanilla below.

Chocola Introduction

Vanilla Introduction

Game of Thrones – A Telltale Games Series coming to Xbox One and PS4; story detailed

Travis Bruno

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November 12, 2014

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Earlier today we reported that Telltale’s Game of Thrones series would be releasing sometime soon for the PlayStation 3, PC, and Xbox 360 and now Telltale Games has decided to reveal some more information about the game, as well as new platforms. Now this six episode season will be released on the aforementioned consoles as well as the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Mac, and iOS.

They went on to say that the game will pick up near the end of the third season of Game of Thrones’ TV show and end before the beginning of season five and it will tell an original tale in the world created by George R.R. Martin. The story will focus on House Forrester “a noble house from the Wolfswood in the north of Westeros” where players will be controlling five members of the house throughout the season, ranging from direct family to servants.

Telltale goes on to say that “Playing as five characters not only reflects the epic scope of Game of Thrones, but is also something that the player needs to be mindful of. This is because the actions of one character can ripple out to affect the rest of House Forrester. Multiply the actions of one character by five, and you’re truly playing the Game of Thrones … where you win, or you die.”

Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth2: Sisters Generation opening movie released

Travis Bruno

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November 12, 2014

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Today Idea Factory International released a number of new battle screenshots as well as the opening video for Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth2: Sisters Generation. These screenshots show off the modified battle system and for those who haven’t been following the title, it also features new playable characters and extra story content that was not available in the original Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2.

You can check out the screenshots as well as the opening movie below. Currently Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth2: Sisters Generation is set to be released physically and digitally in North America and Europe sometime in 2015 for the PlayStation Vita.

Senran Kagura Bon Appétit now available on PSN

Travis Bruno

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November 12, 2014

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You’ve tested their skills on the battlefield with Shinovi Versus but how will the Senran Kagura girls manage in a cooking battle? Well you can now find out as Senran Kagura Bon Appétit has just been released onto the PlayStation Network for the PS Vita. Featuring fast-paced rhythm gameplay set to upbeat Japanese music, players will compete against other ninjas in order to impress shinobi master Honzō with their cooking.

If they lose however, they will be stripped completely of their clothing and forced into quite a risqué situation. This initial release is priced at $14.99 and features the Hanzo and Crimson Squad girls while the second half featuring Gessen x Hebijo, also priced at $14.99, will be released on November 25th.

To celebrate the launch of Senran Kagura Bon Appétit, XSEED Games has released a number of new screenshots as well as a launch trailer that you can check out below.

Assasin’s Creed Unity and Rogue now available in North America

Travis Bruno

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November 12, 2014

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If you happen to be a fan of Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed franchise then this must be a really amazing week for you as not one but two Assassin’s Creed titles are hitting stores this week. Assassin’s Creed Rogue been released for last-gen consoles but Assassin’s Creed Unity has also been launched on current-gen platforms and the PC in North America while gamers in the UK have a few extra days to wait.

For those who haven’t been following the games, Assassin’s Creed Unity takes place during the French Revolution where a young man named Arno sets out on a deadly path of redemption that sees him thrust into the middle of a ruthless struggle for the fate of a nation. As for Assassin’s Creed Rogue, players will take control of Shay Patrick Cormac during the Seven Years War where Cormac is betrayed by the Brotherhood and becomes an Assassin hunting Templar.

Possible Rin-ne anime adaptation to be announced soon

Travis Bruno

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November 12, 2014

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Rumiko Takahashi is the author behind many long running anime series including Urusei Yatsura, Ranma ½, and most recently InuYasha and now it seems that she will be able to add another anime adaptation to her repertoire. This week’s issue of Shōnen Sunday has revealed that a “super important announcement” will be made for her latest series, Rin-ne.

Of course there is no guarantee that the announcement will be an anime adaptation, but considering the manga is already at twenty three volumes and most of her works have turned into successful long running series, the timing seems perfect. Those who may not want to wait around for the anime to air can currently purchase the Rin-ne manga in English through Viz Media.

Free! Eternal Summer Rei and Nagisa English voice actors announced

Travis Bruno

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November 12, 2014

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FUNimation has begun announcing the English dub cast for Free! Eternal Summer, despite the series not actually having a release date in North America and the first season’s home video license being held by Crunchyroll with the latter company not responding to FUNimation’s inquiries about the rights.

Every day this week the company will be revealing one character’s English voice actor and yesterday they revealed that J. Michael Tatum would be voicing Rei Ryugazaki while today they have announced that Greg Ayres will be handing the voice work for Nagisa Hazuki. Both of these voice actors have a large number of titles and characters under their belts so it will be interesting to see how they portray these two characters.

Final two Hellsing Ultimate episodes to premiere on Toonami in December

Travis Bruno

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November 12, 2014

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Cartoon Network and Toonami have announced that December will be something of a movie month for the programming block. Well, at least movies from FUNimation that is. While that is interesting news in its own right, what fans of Toonami will be interested in hearing is the fact that the first two weeks of December will include the final two episodes of Hellsing Ultimate, which were previously not planned to be shown on Toonami but apparently those plans have changed.

The movies and episodes planned throughout December can be found below:
December 6th – Hellsing Ultimate 9 and Summer Wars
December 13th – Hellsing Ultimate 10 and Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos
December 20th – Dragonball Z: Broly – The Legendary Super Saiyan and Akira
December 27th – Evangelion 1.11 and Evangelion 2.22

Final Fantasy XIII-2 to be released for PC on December 11

Travis Bruno

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November 12, 2014

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Last month Square Enix released Final Fantasy XIII on the PC through Steam and now the company has revealed that Final Fantasy XIII-2 will be following its predecessor as it too will be released on Steam on December 11th.

This PC release will include all of the downloadable content released for the console versions of the game, run at 60 frames per second, feature customizable rendering options, and include both the English and Japanese voice tracks. The company also stated that the aforementioned Final Fantasy XIII PC release will be updated in December to implement customizable rendering.