Today Microsoft and Insomniac Games have released a new video for Sunset Overdrive focusing on how players can create any type character they want and then customize it to look as cool, or as crazy, as they feel like. In the video we hear from many members of the development team as they discuss the various options players will have and how they thought of all of the crazy fashion choices available in the game.
The video also shows plenty of concept art as well as some new gameplay footage near the end. Sunset Overdrive is currently set to be released on October 28th as an Xbox One exclusive.
A couple of days ago we learned that Ruto, Darunia, and Sheik would be playable characters in Hyrule Warriors and today Koei Tecmo has released some gameplay footage showing how The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time’s Princess Ruto will be dealing with her opponents in Hyrule Warriors.
In the video below you can see that almost all of her attacks involve water in one way or another, including shooting fish-shaped water arrows at enemies and creating giant orbs of water, making her look like one of the funnest characters to be revealed so far.
Last week we learned that D3 Publisher was planning on re-releasing Onechanbara Z for the PlayStation 4 under the name Onechanbara Z2: Chaos and now they have released a large batch of screenshots to show off how the title will look on the next-gen console.
In the images, which can be found below, we are shown Kagura, Saya, Aya, and Saki as well as a number of enemy characters. As for the game itself, it is going to feature a brand new Cross Merge combo system where players can perform combos with multiple characters and quick time kills that make use of the PS4’s touchpad controller.
As we heard last week, Marie from Persona 4 Golden will be joining the roster of Persona 4 Arena Ultimax as a post-launch DLC character and today Atlus took the opportunity to show off her fighting style with a new gameplay trailer.
As you can see in the video, Marie has numerous trick moves that involve using items from her bag and a number of close ranged striking attacks. Also revealed is her finishing movie which is a one hit KO that makes use of fog and lightning. No price has been announced for the character as of yet, but currently Persona 4 Arena Ultimax is set to be released in Japan on August 28th and sometime in the Fall for North America.
If you were hoping to pick up Dragon Age: Inquisition in October then you will have to wait a little over a month longer than what you expected. EA has announced that the title has been moved from its previous release date of October 7th to November 18th in North America and November 21st in Europe.
This may be disappointing for some, but this is probably for the best not only because of the reason that the developer gave, which you can read below, but also the fact that October is absolutely packed with releases while November is, for once, a bit thin.
That has meant completing huge amounts of game content, fixing bugs both big and small, and improving the overall experience. This last bit of time is about polishing the experience we want you to see. Ensuring that our open spaces are as engaging as possible. Strengthening the emotional impact of the Hero’s choices. And ensuring the experience you get is the best it can be in the platform you choose to play on.
The teaser website that Nippon Ichi Software created last week has been fully revealedand with it comes the announcement of a PS Vita title called Great Edo BlackSmith which is set to be released in Japan on November 27th. Great Edo Blacksmith will see players spending the last year of their life working as a blacksmith who is trying to earn money as well as earn the love of a girl.
Players will be able to mine dungeons for materials to forge swords and other items and players will be able to hire assistants to fight against enemies in these dungeons. Similar to Criminal Girls, which is being released in the West by NIS America, Great Edo Blacksmith will make use of the Vita’s touch screen for a touching aspect, but the exact details about this were not fully revealed.
Focus Home Interactive’sSherlock Holmes game is very much alive as we finally see a lengthy look at its gameplay via a 23-minute video which sees the famous detective begin the mysterious case of “Black Peter”. See it for yourself below.
The video shows off a small part of the first of six cases the game will have players solve and is thankfully devoid of spoilers with only one of multiple endings shown.
Developed by Frogwares studios and built with Unreal Engine 3, Crime and Punishments will have players take part in varied game mechanics (up to 14) from dressing up in disguise to throwing harpoons at dead pigs in a test of strength.
The game is due for release sometime at the end of September on PS4, PS3, Xbox One, Xbox 360 and PC. Check out the E3 2014 trailer released earlier HERE.
Today Nintendo and Level-5 have revealed the opening video for Fantasy Life, the life simulation role-playing game which is set to be released in Australia and Europe on September 27th and in North America on October 24th.
For those who don’t know, Fantasy Life is set in the fantasy world of Reveria where players will be able to choose from twelve different life classes to choose from and then play the game at their own pace as the title offers a large open world to explore full of items to collect and craft and numerous characters to meet across the land.
Overview What is good and what is evil? If someone were to do something many consider evil to put a stop to something far worse what does that make that person? A hero? A villain? While many series tend to focus only on a hero who can do no wrong must put a stop to an evil mastermind’s plan, Code:Breaker looks to offer a different perspective. That being said, is Code:Breaker unique and entertaining enough to be worthwhile?
Story Sakura Sakurakoji is an extremely popular girl who is a martial arts expert in high school who lives a normal life. However that changes when one day on a bus ride home she witnesses a group of people being burned alive by blue fire with a young man standing in the center unharmed. After witnessing this event, Sakura tries to report it to the police but the only thing they find are scorch marks with no evidence left behind.
Believing she might have just imagined it, Sakura attends school the next day only to find that a new transfer student is joining the class and it just so happens to be the young man from last night. His name is Rei Ogami and despite Sakura questioning him about the incident, he plays innocent. That is until, once again on the way home, Sakura stops to try and protect a homeless man that is being beaten by gang members only to find herself outnumbered and outmatched.
On the verge of being killed, Sakura sees that Ogami has appeared and after committing a horrible act in front of her eyes, he proceeds to kill every single one of the gang members with blue flames before trying to kill Sakura as well. Once she wakes up again, Sakura tracks down Ogami and learns that Ogami is a member of the Code:Breakers, a group of assassins who have been organized to deal with evil that is outside of the laws reach by killing anyone they are assigned to.
After threatening to kill her if she says a word about this secret organization, Ogami allows her to continue observing him, even as Sakura ends up getting pulled along for assassination missions where she tries to prevent him from committing any more murders. However when an old Code:Breaker who has gone rogue surfaces and threatens their way of life, Sakura finds herself meeting with the rest of the Code:Breakers as they deal with this former ally.
The beginning of Code:Breaker feels like it was created with someone checking off boxes of clichés that had to be filled and unfortunately that feeling pops up far too often in the series which is full of cliché elements that you find in almost every other action drama. The only saving grace for Code:Breaker’s story are the various plot twists and revelations that occur throughout the series. The world of Code:Breaker is one of moral ambiguity where performing heinous acts to put a stop to evil plans seems justified in a world filled with terrible people.
However the feeling of a dark story is hindered by the fact that not only does the story have numerous tonal shifts from serious drama to cornball comedy, but also due to the fact that Sakura’s feelings of good and evil and about how no matter who they are and what they done, everyone deserves a second chance. While she does make a few good points in some cases and her view on good and evil creates an interesting contrast to what Ogami and the rest of the Code:Breakers are used to doing, her idealistic and naïve nature ends up being more of a hindrance than anything else.
Ultimately Code:Breaker does tell a mildly interesting storyline that is littered with clichés and poor attempts at comedy with its only saving grace being the fact that it is an action series with a decent amount of drama. That being said, the ending also feels as generic as possible which was probably intentional due to this being an adaptation of a fairly long manga series, but due to how mediocre the story still ended up being, the type of ending used only makes things worse.
Visuals The artwork and animation on Code:Breaker is something of a mixed bag. While the characters are all rather polished looking, they are also very bland and generic. Those watching the series will find it very hard to find anything really unique looking about the characters that populate Code:Breaker as they are all designed to fit into a very typical visual style.
The same can be said for standard scenes where characters are talking to one another, as there is little to no actual animation in these sequences. This is an odd problem as the background details are fairly impressive and the action sequences where the Code:Breakers use their special abilities are a highlight of the series.
Audio FUNimation has chosen to give Code:Breaker the English dub treatment so viewers will be able to choose whether they wish to listen to that or the original Japanese voice track. The English voice cast perform admirably considering the characters they had to work with and they also do a nice job following the wild tone shifts that the series makes.
The background music has a decent amount of variety and is actually not half bad when compared to the way the artwork is. That being said, both the opening theme “Dark Shame” by Granrodeo and “White Crow” by Kenichi Suzumura, the Japanese voice actor for Toki, are as standard as action theme songs come, making neither memorable in any particular way.
Extras As far as bonus features are concerned, Code:Breaker comes with a standard array of on-disc FUNimation content. There are two commentary tracks, one for episode 7 and another for episode 12, Japanese promotional material, clean versions of the opening and ending theme, and trailers for other FUNimation releases.
Overall Code:Breaker has a unique sounding concept and while it tries to run with this dark and philosophical story, it simply falls apart in the process. While the story may have a number of different twists here and there and the fights are impressive, the story begins to feel as generic as they come while Sakura’s sense of justice should have been used differently instead of making viewers feel like she is simply naïve. Code:Breaker might be interesting for those who are fans of darker themed action anime, but everyone else should pass this one by.
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The latest faction in Mordheim: City of the Damned was unveiled today through a series of new screenshots. The Sisters of Sigmar are the is third faction in Mordheim. While the other three factions fight for greed, the Sisters of Sigmar seek to hide away the Wyrdstones in hopes of protecting the Empire from their effects. As their name would suggest, the Sisters of Sigmar are comprised entirely of women.
Mordheim: City of the Damned is a turned based strategy/RPG set in Games Workshop’sWarhammer universe. Mordheim has plunged into chaos after a comet slams into the city, scattering Wyrdstone fragments into its neighbourhoods. The game will feature four factions and launch in late 2014.
