Atlus has revealed through Dengeki that they will finally be showing off a new trailer and perhaps revealing more details for Persona 4: Dancing All Night. After the title was announced last year, very little information has been given for the game that will eventually be released in the West other than some story and character information.
Thankfully that dry spell seems to be at an end. The company is planning on showing off a new trailer for Persona 4: Dancing All Night during a stage event that will be held on September 29th at 14:30 Japan time. The stage event can be seen live through NicoNico.
Today Microsoft and Moon Studios released a ten minute video walkthrough for Tokyo Game Show that goes through the prologue and sunken glades levels for Ori and the Blind Forest. In the trailer, which can be found below, we see that Ori has been separated from the Spirit Tree during a storm and is saved by Naru. Naru takes Ori into the Forest of Nibel in order to take care of him and one night when Ori hears the Spirit Tree calling to him, his lack of an answer causes the power of the tree to fade which results in the forest dying.
You can check out the video below and be sure to keep an eye out for Ori and the Blind Forest when it is released sometime later this year for the Xbox One and PC.
Today Square Enix confirmed rumors that the Final Fantasy XIII Trilogy would be heading to the PC. Starting on October 9th, Final Fantasy XIII will be released on Steam where it can be purchased for $16/£10.99/€12.99 with Final Fantasy XIII-2 and Lightning Returns Final Fantasy XIII to be released sometime before Spring 2015. The Steam versions of the game will include Steam Trading Cards and those who wish to pre-order the title will be able to net the game at a 10% discount.
Although all three of these games will be released through Steam, the titles will be available through other PC digital services including Square Enix’s own online store.
With Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel set to be released in a little under a month, 2K Games and Gearbox Software have chosen to release a hilarious video featuring two of Borderlands’ fans’ favorite characters, the dapper hunter Sir Hammerlock and the extremely hyped up Torgue.
In this nine and a half minute video Hammerlock and Torgue talk about every aspect of Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel. This includes talking about the storyline, the new game mechanics that are being introduced in Pre-Sequel, and details and gameplay footage for each of the four new, and chatty, playable characters.
While we have learned details about Senran Kagura: Estival Versus from various leaks, such as information about the four new characters and how clothing will now become wet and see through, today the first trailer featuring gameplay footage for Senran Kagura: Estival Versus was released.
While it may appear similar to what we saw when the game was announced, the latter half of the video includes footage showing Asuka taking on a number of opponents. Currently Senran Kagura: Estival Versus is set to be released for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita in Japan on March 26th.
Nintendo has well and truly jumped on the DLC bandwagon and the latest game to feature additional content will be the Zelda cross Dynasty Warriors action game, Hyrule Warriors. Three new DLC packs are being released which include brand new levels, new playable characters, new weapons, new costumes and even new game modes.
However if you are a bit short on money at the moment don’t stress, as good old Nintendo will be turning the games villains into playable characters via free DLC in patch 1.03! This patch will launch alongside the Hyrule Warriors Master Quest DLC pack on October 16 in Japan and Europe and include the option to turn off cutscenes as well as play as Cia, Volga and Wizzro. There has been no word on a U.S. release date for the patch yet.
All the details of the games packs for the Japanese market are below, but it has been confirmed that the DLC packs will also be making their way overseas by Nintendo’s Twitter accounts.
Hyrule Warriors Master Quest pack
– Out October 16
– 1,200 yen
– 1 new scenario
– 1 new weapon
– New Adventure Map
– 2 costumes
Twilight Princess pack
– Out November
– 1,200 yen
– 1 new character
– 1 new weapon
– New Adventure Map
– 2 new costumes
Majora’s Mask pack
– Out January
– 1,200 yen
– Two characters
– New adventure map
– 3 costumes
Ganon pack
– Out February
– 500 yen
– 2 new game modes
In a similar deal as to what Mario Kart 8 had, those who preorder all these DLC in a special discounted pack will gain instant access to an additional character in Dark Link, however he is confirmed to just be an alternate skin for the regular Link. Nintendo of America recently tweeted the American price for this preorder bonus will come in at $19.99 US. You can check out the screenshots below to see some of the newly playable characters in action. Hyrule Warriors releases in Australia tomorrow.
2K and Visual Concepts have utilised new scanning technology for NBA 2K15 that not only captures beards with amazing detail, but now allows the player to scan themselves into the game on current-gen using their Kinect or PS Eye. The process is explained and demonstrated by Ronnie 2K in the following instructional video:
Now you can truly live out the events of MyCareer with your own personal, accurate player model (well, the head anyway). To commemorate this fact, 2K shot “Beard Guru”, a promotional video featuring Rockets NBA All-Star James Harden receiving council from his beard guru Fritz. Haven;t you ever wondered how he maintains that glorious facial hair masterpiece? Check it out embedded below. NBA 2K15 comes out October 9 for the Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3 and PC.
Logitech has revealed (and released!) the X300 Mobile Wireless Stereo Speaker. Available in four colours – silver, black, pink and blue – the X300 allows you to connect and play music from any Bluetooth-enabled device, with a five hour battery length for a great mobile theatre sound experience.
The X300 features angled drivers that provide an expansive, wide-range sound spectrum, and wireless freedom for up to a 30 feet distance. The speaker also lets you adjust the volume and even manage phone calls from your device, with ease. Recharging is simple and convenient with an included micro-USB cable. You can find out more about the Logitech X300 Mobile Wireless Stereo Speaker here. John Paterson, Music Category Manager at Logitech ANZ, stated;
The Logitech X300 Mobile Wireless Stereo Speaker gives you theater-quality sound on the go. We designed this stereo speaker on a completely new acoustic platform, strategically positioning the drivers to face upward and outward to deliver expansive sound that can help take your mobile entertainment to the next level.
Tokyo Game Show 2014 day one featured a panel on Silent Hills, and we now know the depths of Hideo Kojima’s previously unheralded, screwed up mind. Of course Guillermo Del Toro is known for this sort of creepiness, but Kojima licked his lips watching people cringe and jump at Silent Hills footage! He’s sick! And we love it…
At the panel, a “concept movie” was shown to the audience in attendance, and you can now view it embedded below. Unfortunately, the quality isn’t too great, but that doesn’t keep it from creeping us the heck out! A rolling ball turning into a child’s decapitated head, centipedes coming out of the walls, a giant, blood-sucking humanoid creature thing chasing the player character up the hallway…and my favourite part, just because it’s genius and such signature Silent Hill…a door being blasted into the next wall, proceeding to open and reveal entry to a basement that wasn’t there a second ago. Awesome. I want this game, but at the same time, I don’t want this game.
SEGA – those no-localising son-a-ma-guns! – have released two new Yakuza Zero trailers at TGS 2014. One focuses on the story and the other more-so on the overall experience, introducing all the new mini-games, side quests, combat mechanics and more. Of course, they’re both in Japanese, so bear through the language barrier my fellow English speakers!
Directly below you’ll find the former (apologies for the low quality). Being set in 1988, Yakuza Zero recognises the real-life Japanese asset price bubble period that saw real estate and stock market prices inflate heavily from 1986 to 1991. Why is this important to the player? Well, 20 year old Kazuma Kiryu trades in the market, competing to become the richest, most influential businessman in Kamurocho. As for the 24 year old Majima, his focus is on creating and maintaining the best hostess club in the area. As you may be able to ascertain, money is a huge motivator and factor in Yakuza Zero (not much has changed on that front!).
What has changed, however, are many things…graphically, Yakuza Zero presents a fidelity and level of detail that Yakuza Ishin should have had, being the first “next-gen” entry in the series. Gameplay-wise, the integration of an entirely new animation system and engine has resulted in a much more fluid, responsive and visually striking (no pun intended) combat experience. There are apparently over 100 side quests in the game, with new mini-games such as Disco, Rock-and-Roll shows and Female Bikini Wrestling; Japan successfully retains its title as perviest place on Earth with Yakuza Zero. “Cat-o Fight!” Check out the 7 minute long introduction to Yakuza Zero embedded below. The game releases next year in Japan, and hopefully – let’s hope, wish, pray and dream – it might get released for a Western audience.
