I’m sure if Wiz Khalifa could go back and tell his child-self that he’d get to work on music for both Mortal Kombatand Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in the future, his child-self would suffer an extremely rare early-age cardiac arrest. That got morbid real quick…
My point being that Wiz is seemingly living out some dreams as of late and having fun with his music. Vanilla Ice may not like it, but Wiz Khalifa’s ‘Shell Shocked’ is the official theme song for Paramount Pictures‘ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. And embedded below is a behind-the-scenes video on the making of the track. Check it out! Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesreleases nationwide on September 11.
Capping off the week that brought us the 20th iteration of the Every Monday Bundle is Indie Gala and Capsule Computer’s Friday Special Bundle #5. This bundle is jammed pack with twelve indie games for Steam and Desura. For one price, buyers will receive:
Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken – A 2d platformer featuring some tough as shells chickens fighting against a totalitarian penguin regime.
LogiGun– June is in a tower filled with puzzles, armed only with a variety of tools that can create platforms, grab onto objects, and more. She’s on a quest to the top of the tower, but someone is looking to stop her.
Ravaged Zombie Apocalypse – A mix of fast paced vehicular combat and on foot killing, Ravaged features both intense PvP action and brutal PvE zombie survival shooting.
Hamilton’s Great Adventure– An isometric puzzle adventure starring Hamilton and Sasha, two adventures looking to solve an ancient mystery.
Gateways– The winner of Dream Build Play 2012, Gateways is a puzzle platformer that revolves around the Gateway gun, a powerful tool capable of time travel, teleportation, and more.
Home Sheep Home 2– The sequel to the BAFTA-nominated game Shaun the Sheep brings more puzzles and more puns to games from the legendary Aardman Animations.
Restaurant Empire II– Build a restaurant empire from a little bit of cash all the way to the top of the culinary world.
Hero of the Kingdom– A casual RPG adventure that will take players on an adventure to rescue your father and fight back the darkness overtaking your world.
InFlux– A beautiful puzzle game that mixes exploring a mysterious island and solving mind bending glasshouses containing mysterious puzzles.
Wooden Floor – A horror game that traps players in a maze of a house that is ever changing. Be sure to vote for the game on Steam Greenlight.
Luna – Shattered Hearts Episode 1 – A platforming RPG about unlikely an unlikely pair of heroes Lithien and Dez. The pay are self-centred and can barely think about anyone but themselves. Now, they must embark on a journey that may very well change their very being. Be sure to vote for the game on Steam Greenlight.
For the first 24 hours of the sale, all 12 games can be purchased for only $2.99 at Indie Gala. Be sure to snag the bundle before the price goes up!
Today Viz Media and Eleven Arts have announced that they will be adding screenings of Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie to more than 35 cities in Canada starting in September. The screenings will feature the dubbed version of the show and while the U.S. theatrical screenings will begin on August 29th, the Canadian screenings will take place on September 7th and September 11th.
Some of the cities in Canada that will have these screenings include Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Ottawa, Calgary, Edmonton, and more. Full details on where each theater will be located, both in the U.S. and Canada, and when and where the screening will be held, including the option to buy tickets ahead of time, can be found here.
This is the sixth feature film from the Naruto Shippuden series and features a situation where Naruto and his friends are able to drive away an infamous Akatsuki member who seemed to have returned from the dead only for Naruto to return to his home and come face to face with the masked shinobi responsible for his parents’ death.
Sentai Filmworks had a bit of a surprising announcement to make today when they revealed that they had acquired the rights to Queen’s Blade: Beautiful Warriors. While this is not the first Queen’s Blade license that Sentai Filmworks owns now, and this OVA does serve as a prequel to the season they do have the rights to, it is worth noting that Beautiful Warriors is a six part OVA series based on the original two season set which is currently licensed by the nearly defunct Media Blasters.
Anyways, with this announcement the company plans to give the series a digital release as well as a home video release some time in the future, though no details were given as to whether or not an English dub will accompany the home video release. For those who are interested in what these OVAs might be about, the company provided their own story synopsis which can be found below:
The tournament may be over, but the paths of your favorite characters of the Queen’s Blade competition continue on in preparation for a new age! Leina’s absence in Gainos sparks a war that reaches all the way to the steps of the castle, even as a new but familiar threat appears before her eyes. Alleyne and Nowa become travel buddies as they roam the land, but run into the many hands of a sea monster while they relax at the beach.
The Swamp Witch Trio returns to cause havoc one last time, giving Airi and Melona the dubious task of retrieving Menace from her homeland. Nanael, tired of the heavenly life, decides to build a harem to call her own. And in the darkest reaches of Hinomoto, a group of women prepare themselves for the ultimate sacrifice in order to revive an ancient evil to the land of the living. The air is always still before the start of rebellion, but the battling beauties of the Queen’s Blade competition you know and love still have their stories to tell in Queen’s Blade: Beautiful Warriors!
We have some good news for basketball fans that prefer to play their favorite video games on the PC. Today 2K announced that they are planning on not only releasing NBA 2K15 for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One but they will also be releasing it on the PC with the PC version offering “even more graphical fidelity.”
To celebrate this announcement the company released the first in-game NBA 2K15 screenshot, found above, which features this year’s cover athlete, Kevin Durant. Those looking to pick up NBA 2K15 will be able to do so on October 7th in North America while gamers in Australia and New Zealand have two wait two days longer to pick the title up on October 9th.
Overview Adapting a novel into an anime can be a rather difficult task. While light novels adaptations are very common nowadays, actual novel adaptations can be difficult simply because of the amount of detail that your average novel contains can be difficult to cram into even a 25 episode anime series. However, outside of some questionable time-skips, From the New World told a successful story in Collection One. The question is, will this story continue successfully in Collection Two?
Story It should go without saying that for those who have not watched the first thirteen episodes found in From the New World Collection One, that this review will contain spoilers from the first half of the series. That being said, the story picks up immediately where it left off with Saki, Satoru, Mamoru, and Maria outside of the village after tracking down the runaway Mamoru who fled the village fearing for his life.
Unable to convince Mamoru or Maria to return to the village due to some of the dark truths the group has learned over the course of the story, Saki and Satoru return alone, only to be forced back into searching for their friends in order to save them from being assigned for death by the Board of Education. Despite returning to where they left them, neither Maria or Mamoru can be found but Saki and Satoru do come across a familiar Monster Rat colony that is now being led by Squealer.
After spending time with Squealer’s Robber Fly colony, the two realize that Squealer’s colony has made drastic technological advancements in such a short time and have completely changed the way that they rule themselves. With the help of Squealer and his soldiers, Saki learns that Maria and Mamoru have left them with no intention of ever returning to the village and disappeared into the wilderness. Accepting the loss of their friends, time moves forward several years to the point that Saki is now in her twenties and has taken up an administrative position within the village.
Where the first half of the series focused mostly on building the world and establishing the character base, it is only a sample of what occurs in the second half. While everything up to this point has given viewers glimpses and hints at the darkness that has led up to the way society is in From the New World, this time skip marks the point where the story takes its darkest turn yet, placing everything that Saki had learned and humanity at the risk of annihilation.
The running themes throughout From the New World all deal with morality being a gray issue. The series poses questions such as how humanity is currently at peace, are the means that are forced upon the villagers worth doing so at the sake of their freedom? What does humanity truly mean and to what ends would someone go to in an effort to better their lot in life, even if it means throwing away everything to do so?
To describe what happens further would due this series and anyone waiting to watch it a disservice as the events that take place, the various twists that occur, and the moral quandaries that arise make From the New World Collection 2 a satisfying end to the series, especially in regards to a shocking truth that is revealed in the final episode and the terrible journey that Saki had to go through simply to survive in a journey where even victory means returning to a world fraught with darkness.
Visuals Unlike the first half of the series where a certain episode contains unique looking character designs, all of Collection 2 retains the same standard look found through the rest of the series. The environments that the characters traverse are still very impressive looking with a lot of attention to detail while the characters themselves are presented the same. It is worth noting that in the second half of the series, I noticed that the quality of the character artwork actually dipped a number of times throughout the release, which is disappointing as it did not occur nearly as much throughout the first half.
As far as the Monster Rats are concerned, their artwork and designs actually improved over the course of the series, though this is likely intentional due to their role in the story. It is also worth noting that From the New World is not a series to shy away from blood and death and although the level of actual gore is low, the amount of twisted bodies and exploding silhouetted heads is quite high.
Audio As with the first release of the series, Collection 2 comes with both the English and Japanese voice track with the English cast retaining their roles. One thing that really caught my attention is how each of the voice actors for the children managed to properly age their voices to match the current age of their character in the English dub. Considering how many time skips are used in the series, especially in this release, the aging of the voices in the English dub fit far better than voice actor changes used in the Japanese dub.
The sound effects and background music used throughout much of From the New World helps provide a dark atmosphere that is essential to many parts of the storyline. As far as themes go, there is no opening theme used for the second half as this time is instead used to continue the story while the ending theme “Yuki ni Saku Hana” is introduced partway through this release and is performed by the Japanese voice actress for Maria, Kana Hanazawa.
Extras From the New World Collection 2 comes with the bare minimum amount of bonus features. There is only a clean closing animation and Japanese promotional material alongside trailers for other Sentai Filmworks anime and the disc credits.
Overall From the New World tells a complex story full of mystery and dark thought provoking ideas that will leave a haunting impression on the viewer. There are very few storylines that are capable of evoking such a powerful storyline while also raising questions about society as a whole. With Collection 2 bringing the series to a close with a chilling revelation that many may have feared, From the New World offers a compelling and enjoyable viewing experience that will be remembered for quite some time.
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Ahead of the inaugural Disney Infinity Toy Box Summit, the guys over at Disney and Avalanche Software have released the a full list of the new features that will be available for players in the brand new Toy Box Mode for Disney Infinity 2.0: Marvel Super Heroes. These new tools and toys not only add a lot to the game, but also make it easier to build amazing worlds and games. We recently went hands-on with Disney Infinity 2.0 and got to see some of these new features in-action, but now you can check them out in all their glory:
Toy Box Tools – Procedural generation of content can now be accessed and harnessed through two primary systems:
Creators – Tools that the player can place into the world in real-time, and a themed arrangement will procedurally build that world within minutes.
Builders– Non-player characters (NPCs) that a player can drop into their Toy Box to build out detailed worlds.
Templates– Players can use these pre-built Toy Box Games ranging from battle arenas to race tracks and customise them using the items saved in their personal Toy Boxes.
Toy Box Games – The Disney Infinity 2.0: Marvel Super Heroes Starter Pack will feature Toy Box Game discs, which players can use to access standalone game modes including Tower Defence and Dungeon Crawler games that any character from across the Disney Infinity universe can play.
INteriors–Players can now create their own interior levels where they can build rooms and theme them to their favourite characters. Unlock hundreds of furniture pieces and decorations based on iconic Disney and Marvel properties.
New Toys – New toys allow players to make more detailed games with beginnings, endings, winners, losers, result screens and virtually any type of game including races, battles, collection-based games, defence games or exploration adventures.
Challenge Maker – Allows players to create any type of game, including structured games within the Toy Box.
Toy Box Game Maker – Allows creators to restrict core actions typically available in the Toy Box, such as the use of the magic wand.
Text Creator – Allows builders to write their own text bubbles in the Toy Box. All text is filtered through a safe chat server for friendly writing.
Creativi-Toys – More than 75 new Creativi-Toys allow players to customize their Toy Boxes even further.
Improved On-Boarding– The introductory Toy Box will now be filled with Game Play Hosts who are available to assign missions and answer questions, as needed. Players are free to learn and explore on their own, but can ask a host for help and they’ll even be rewarded with extra goodies once missions are completed.
Updated Online Services – A Newsfeed screen has been added to the main menu, giving the user an overview of the new online services:
Increased Storage – Storage for locally saved Toy Boxes in a player’s private cloud has increased from 100 to 300 Toy Boxes. Support for downloadable published Toy Boxes has increased from 100 to 100,000 Toy Boxes.
Like and Search User-Generated Toy Boxes – Players can “like” their favourite published Toy Boxes and find others that are well received. Quickly search through the published Toy Boxes using categories (developer picks, most liked, most downloaded, newest, trending, all Toy Boxes and Disney 1.0), and further refine the search with filters (genre, character required, ability required and Toy Box Games).
Sharing with Friends– Share Toy Boxes with friends directly using cloud storage.
All of these new toys and features combined with the mechanics of the original game will surely result in endless possibilities and unlimited fun. We have attached a short trailer below that shows off some of these new additions. Check it out below and let us know in the comments what excites you most about Disney Infinity 2.0
The commented solo demo below shows an early story mission, tasking player protagonist Arno with assassinating a Templar with strong economic connections named Sivert. Demonstrated is the open approach to mission design that the development team at Ubisoft Montreal has taken with this instalment, as the player is given the freedom to tackle their objective in any way they see fit. The video also highlights the beautifully recreated Notre-Dame cathedral, built to scale.
Assassin’s Creed Unity Gamescom 2014 Commented Solo Demo
Assassin’s Creed Unity releases worldwide on October 28 for the Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC.
2014 must be the year of the turtle! (yes I know it is actually the year of the horse). Not only is Paramount Pictures’ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles set to release next month, but a week later on September 17th fans will be able to buy a brand new documentary: Turtle Power, that details the history of the franchise.
We have a little snippet of the documentary below that shows some of the key players in the creation of the Turtle’s franchise discuss their role in the worldwide phenomenon. Check out the video and let us know in the comments below whether or not you are going to be picking this one up. As always, make sure you stay tuned to Capsule Computers for all the TMNT news as it becomes available.
At Gamescom, Ubisoft has revealed first gameplay of the last-gen only Assassin’s Creed: Rogue, coming out November 11, 2014. Rogue expands upon the already great naval gameplay found in Black Flag, while also providing new weapons for on-foot combat.
Directly below is the ‘River Valley’ demo, showing Shay’s templar arsenal in action as he utilises his air rifle and poison gas in clearing out a gang headquarters. Embedded at the very bottom of this article is the ‘Arctic Naval’ demo, showcasing the Morrigan’s – Shay’s ship – upgraded ability to ram through ice sheets, shoot an early version of the machine gun and lay down burning oil behind it for pursuing enemies.
