Viz Media have brought back the classic delinquent manga Yu Yu Hakusho by reprinting all 19 volumes of the series, this was revealed in a recently added photo on the company’s official twitter page showing all the books fanned out across a table.
Created by Hunter X Hunter mangaka Yoshihiro Togashi, the series was first published in Shonen Jump Magazine from 1990-1994 and has since been adapted into an anime series, OVAs and two movies. Not only have Viz reprinted the series, but they have also made it digitally available via Google play, Kindle and their own site. Check out Viz’s synopsis of the manga down below.
Yusuku Urameshi was a tough teen delinquent until one selfless act changed his life…by ending it. When he died saving a little kid from a speeding car, the afterlife didn’t know what to do with him, so it gave him a second chance at life. Now, Yusuke is a ghost with a mission, performing good deeds at the beshest of Botan, the spirit guide of the dead, and Koenma, her pacifier-sucking boss from the “other side.” But what strange things await him on the borderline between life and death?
Let us know what you think about the reprint of Yu Yu Hakusho by leaving us a comment.
Good news and bad news. Good news is the Grand Theft Auto V release dates for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Windows have been announced. Bad news for PC gamers, that is a plural “s” after “release date.” As originally planned, next gen console gamers will get their hands on Grand Theft Auto V on November 18th, 2014, while PC players will have to wait for another two months to get their copy on January 27th, 2015.
Gamers can expect to see some heavy visual upgrades such as improved visual effects, a new foliage system, further draw distances, and higher resolutions. Additionally, new weapons, vehicles, and activities have been added to the game. Players from the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions will be rewarded with rare vehicles and bonus activities in the next gen versions of Grand Theft Auto V. A pre-order bonus of a million dollars of in game currency is also available.
In the mean time, depressed PC gamers and giddy next gen console owners can check out the new trailer and screenshots from Rockstar.
Independent German Publisher, Headup Games are proud to announce the release of Bridge Constructor Medieval, the next instalment in their impressive Bridge Constructor series. To celebrate the launch of the physics based puzzle game on Steam, players will receive a 20% discount off the price of the game for a limited period.
Bridge Constructor Medieval sends players back to the Middle Ages, in the midst of a battle between King Harold and the Barbaric Urks. As shown in the trailer below, the constructors goal is to design and build bridges to protect their constructions from sieges and fight back the enemy, with well-timed collapsing structures.
Don’t miss out on the amazing bundle offer of 3 for 2 games – Bridge Constructor, Bridge Constructor Playground and Bridge Constructor Medieval from the Bridge Constructor series for just $19.99 on Steam.
Ahh it feels like just yesterday that I was sitting down to my computer to write last week’s Xbox Newsbeat, and yet here I am again! What’s Newsbeat you ask? Newsbeat is your one stop shop for all the news out of Microsoft HQ over the past week. We have news about games, about consoles and… well this week we have a lot of news about racing cars (but not for Windows Phone). So instead of me blabbing about what Newsbeat is, lets just get right into it!
Sunset Overdrive Season Pass Unleashes New Gameplay, Weapons and Exclusive Content
Sunset Overdrive, the mutant-infested, brightly coloured, manic shooter from Insomniac Games is about a month away from release, and now we have learned that there will be a Season Pass available for the game. A discussion about Season Passes is too long for us here on Newsbeat so lets just stick to the facts at hand. The Sunset Overdrive Season Pass will give players access to the following DLC:
Two campaign Game Add-ons that each deliver new locations to explore, stories to experience, and bosses to battle. Each of these Add-ons also includes new weapons, new Amps, a new Trap, new character outfits as well as new challenges and Chaos Squad* objectives!
The Weapons Pack Game Add-on, which includes four deadly new weapons to augment your arsenal!
BONUS – six character outfits, two Amps and two Traps to use as soon as the game is released
The season pass will be available alongside the game at launch, both digitally and through retailers, and will cost you around about $26.95.
FIFA 15 Available for Pre-Order and Pre-Download on Xbox One
I’m not a big soccer guy, but even I know how massive the Fifa series of games is. With its release just around the corner, publisher EA have announced that you can now Pre-Order and Pre-Download the game so that you are ready to go when it drops in just over a week’s time. Not only that, but you can have a choice of two bundles to download:
Xbox One FIFA 15 Pre-Order Edition, available starting today for $99.95, includes the standard game, plus 1 FUT gold pack per week, for 15 weeks.
Xbox One FIFA 15 Ultimate Team Edition, available starting today for $109.95, includes the standard game, plus 1 FUT gold pack per week, for 40 weeks.
So there you go folks. If you are getting ready to yell GOALLLLLLLLL while playing Fifa against your friends, then head over to the Xbox Store and start the pre-download now.
Xbox One System Update: Improvements to Snap, TV experiences on Xbox One Available for Preview
It seems like every day the guys over at Microsoft are releasing information about new updates that are coming to the Xbox One console… and I for one love it! After last month’s social update, the tech guru’s have announced another update, this time impoving Snap and TV. Here are the small, but fruitful changes that will be made to your console in the coming weeks:
New Snap and Friends functions – Stay in the game and in touch with your friends at the same time with improved Snap, SmartGlass and Achievements functions.
Media Player DLNA and MKV support – Members of the preview program who have also downloaded the latest version of the Media Player app will now have support for DLNA streaming. With this update, you will be able to easily access and play music, watch photo slideshows or movies stored on home media servers and devices that support the DLNA server protocols. Additionally, you will now be able to playback MKV files stored on a USB device or a device on your home network that supports DLNA streaming.
The media playback, and MKV support is what excites me the most. Update by update Microsoft are making it so that I don’t need anything else plugged into my TV aside from my Xbox One… I think that’s how Skynet took over in the Terminator movies….
Final Forza Horizon 2 Car Reveal +Â Launch Trailer Now Available
Speaking of common occurences here at Newsbeat. Forza Horizon 2, by the talented racing fans over at Turn 10 Studios is set to release in just under three weeks on October 2nd. As with any new game release, the developers have also put out a small launch trailer to let you know what you’re in for. Check it out:
Not only that, but Turn 10 have also announced that members of their Forza Rewards loyalty system, will unlock special exclusive in-game cars just for playing current and past Forza titles. With six levels of reward available, it is quite the incentive to race to your heart’s content. Oh, and speaking of cars, we now know the last of the vehicles that will be part of the game at launch. here is a brief rundown of the final vehicles:
1984 Honda Civic CRX Mugen2003 Ferrari Challenge Stradale
1970 Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1
1987 Ferrari F40
1966 Ford GT40 Mk II
2004 Maserati MC12
1987 Buick Regal GNX
1960 Chevrolet Corvette
2009 Lotus 2-Eleven
1977 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am
2012 Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4
1987 RUF CTR Yellowbird
1956 Ford F-100
2012 Cadillac Escalade ESV
2013 Ford Shelby GT500
1968 Abarth 595 esseesse
2003 Ford Focus RS
2013 Lamborghini Veneno
Another big week here at Newsbeat, and I for one am stoked that you joined us! So which of today’s headlines grabbed your attention the most? Let us know in the comments below and make sure you stay tuned to Capsule Computers for all the hottest gaming news and reviews as they become available.
Devil’s Knot, a re-imagining of the shocking true story behind the 1993 murder of three 8 year old children living in Arkansas, will be released on Home Media this November 19 from Icon Home Entertainment. Here’s the official synopsis:
On May 5, 1993, three young boys playing in West Memphis, Arkansas, never made it home for dinner. The loyalty of an entire community spurs hundreds of people to begin a frantic search for the missing children. All hope is crushed the next day when the three families come to the harrowing realisation that their boys have been murdered. In a rush to convict the killers, police focus on a trio of devil worshipping teenagers. As the mother of one of the murdered boys (Witherspoon) tries to come to grips with this unspeakable tragedy, she desperately believes that the killers have been found. It is only when an investigator (Firth) reveals that the evidence doesn’t add up, that the community is forced to face the reality that the true killer might still be out there.Â
Produced by Worldview Entertainment, Devil’s Knot stars Academy Award winners Colin Firth and Reese Witherspoon, and was one of the standout films in the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. On November 19, check out the film The Hollywood Reporter referred to as “compelling”.
Can you feel it in the air? That excitement and that buzz from a new game launch. Disney Infinity 2.0: Marvel Super Heroes is less than a week away, and while we have been told of more awesome figures than I can recall, Disney still sees fit to give us more! Two new Marvel figures have just been announced, and they fill out the roster rather nicely. The first character is Falcon, who many moviegoers will recognise from Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Falcon can fly through the Avengers Play Set as well as Toy Box mode, and shoot razor sharp feathers into his enemies.
While a new member of The Avengers is always exciting, we can’t forget Marvel’s other blockbuster ensemble flick – Guardians of the Galaxy. Yondu, the leader of the Ravagers and the pseudo-father figure to Star Lord will be jumping out of his ship, whistling a tune and launching his arrow through his enemies. You can play as the blue-skinned bounty hunter in the Guardians of the Galaxy Play Set and the Toy Box Mode.
Sadly, Disney haven’t given us a trailer to gawk over, but that is probably because these two characters aren’t due to join the roster until some time next year. At any rate, let us know which character you are most excited to play as when you finally get to slam them onto the Infinity Base. Disney Infinity 2.0: Marvel Super Heroes launches here in Australia next week, so make sure you stay tuned to Capsule Computers for all the Disney news as it becomes available.
The biggest Japanese Film Festival outside of Japan is set to land in Australia and Auckland this October until December. So far only the Rurouni Kenshin trilogy was confirmed to make an appearance, but now the full list of films has been revealed including a live action adaptation of Studio Ghibli’s Kiki’s Delivery Service.
While closing movies vary on location, the festival will kick off with musical comedy Lady Maiko, a country girl who dreams of becoming a geisha despite her rural accent and uncultured demeanour, her chances are slim.
An extensive lineup will follow including A Tale of Samurai Cooking – A True Love Story, the Short Peace anime anthology, Patema Inverted, Wood Job!, Thermae Romae II, Ask this of Rikyu and The God of Ramen. All films will be in Japanese with English subtitles.
The JFF website has been updated to show the latest dates, locations and film details so be sure to check it out.
Today Square Enix released a batch of new screenshots for Life is Strange. For those that missed the game’s announcement, Life is Strange is from Dontnod Entertainment, the developers of Remember Me, and it is an upcoming episodic title that will be released digitally sometime in the future for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3.
The new screenshots can be found below and the story for Life is Strange follows the story of a senior student named Max Caulfield who learns that she has the mysterious ability to rewind time and change the course of history as she begins to investigate the truth behind the disappearance of a fellow student.
Today Techland and Warner Bros. announced that they have nailed down a solid release date for Dying Light and it just so happens to be a date earlier than what they previously were expecting. While Dying Light was set to be released sometime in February 2015, today the company revealed that the title will be released on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC on January 27th in North America and January 30th in Europe.
While no exact story has been revealed for the game at the moment, Dying Light takes place in an open world similar to South America and players will make use of free-running and weapon crafting in order to fend off the zombies that have spread throughout the area.
FUNimation announced last month that they are planning on releasing an “Extended Edition” of Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods on October 7th and today the company released an English trailer for the movie that not only shows the premise of the movie but also touts the fact that this home video release features twenty minutes of never before seen footage as well as over a half hour of bonus features on top of the original theatrical release.
The trailer can be found below and while Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods Extended Edition will be available in a Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack a basic DVD only release will also be available, though the DVD version will only include the basic uncut version of the film.
