Nintendo has released some new screenshots for Hyrule Warriors and in these screenshots it has been revealed that Fi, Link’s companion and assistant in Skyward Sword, will be a playable character once the game is released.
Considering her style it looks like she may be one of the faster fighters in the roster and earlier this week through a Famitsu leak, it was revealed that Ghirahim and The Imprisoned will appear as enemies in the title. You can check out some of her moves below and be sure to keep an eye out for the game itself when Hyrule Warriors is released on September 26 in North America and September 19 in Europe.
Indie Gala is kicking off a big Blockstorm contest worth over $3000 in Steam Wallet money and indie bundles. Players will need to share their best in-game screenshot on the official BlockstormSteam Group. The top 100 screenshots will snag a variety of prizes.
– The most voted screenshot wins $300 of Steam Wallet Credit;
– From 2nd to 50th most voted screenshots win $10 of Steam Wallet Credit each;
– From 51st to 100th most voted screenshots win ONE of the ACTIVE INDIEGALA BUNDLES on the site at their choice.
To help give gamers a head start, IndieGala has knocked the price of Blockstorm down by 50% at the IndieGala store. Buyers can snag a copy of Blockstorm, two wallpapers, and a copy of the Blockstorm soundtrack by F-777 when it is released in Q4 2014 for $5.99. A double pack containing an extra Blockstorm key and a copy of F-777’s Celtic Dance Machine album can be had for $9.99. Learn more at the official contest site at Indie Gala.
Recently NIS America released a new trailer for Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair and similar to the first game in the series, this trailer goes over how the game will unfold now that you and a number of your classmates have become stranded on Jabberwock Island and forced into the killing game by Monokuma.
In the trailer we also can see how the class trial system has been refined a bit, as well as a glimpse at how the English dub for many of the characters will sound, but you can check it out yourself below. As for the game itself, Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair is set to be released in North America on September 2nd and in Europe on September 5th.
Those of you perusing the iOS App Store today may have noticed that Magic 2015: Duels of the Planeswalkers hit the store and is available for download. For those of you who didn’t notice; surprise! Wizards of the Coast have launched the latest iteration of their digital adaptation of their hugely popular trading card strategy game, and it is yours to own right now.
Hit download and start tapping lands, playing creatures and casting spells in this year’s installment which includes free-form deck building for the first time! With a new and improved UI, and awesome new cards, there is no reason to not download this now. Just note that while the game is free to download, unlocking the content will cost you a little bit.
We will have a full review of the game coming very shortly, but if you need some incentive to pick it up then check out our earlier preview. Now while Duels of the Planeswalkers is out now on iPad it hasn’t yet come to PC and Xbox consoles. So with that in mind, make sure you stay tuned to Capsule Computers for all the Magic: The Gathering news as it becomes available.
Double Fine has confirmed that their remaster of the critically acclaimed adventure game by Lucasarts; Grim Fandango, will be released on PC as well as Playstation. Double Fine announced during E3 that they would be releasing a remaster of the classic game for the Sony PS4 but left journos speculating about whether they would release a version for desktops. Double Fine acquired the license to the intellectual property through collaboration with Sony after Disney closed down LucasArts and liquidated its assets.
Grim Fandago was originally released in 1998 to great critical acclaim and follows the story of Manuel ‘Manny’ Calavera as he navigates the noir, Aztec mythology-inspired afterlife. The game achieved kudos at its release for its art style and direction. It is considered one of the hallmarks of the Adventure game genre and is often considered one of the best games of all time even though it did not perform well commercially at release (And ultimately led to the termination of LucasArts’ discontinuation of adventure game development).
This confirmation, nearly a month after the original announcement, means that the posthumous adventures of “Manny” will be available to PC, Mac, and Linux users when the game is released at some point in the future.
Unfortunately this may not be what you’re thinking; the famous musician hasn’t written a song about Evangelion, nor is he in the next rebuild movie (although both would be amazing), but he does share a connection with the mangas’ author and they have reunited once again.
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto has created the jacket art for the albumEric Clapton & Friends The Breeze; the highly detailed illustration shows the singer/songwriter holding the neck of a guitar in a cloudy background. This will be the second time Sadamoto has designed album art for Clapton, the first time being in 1998 for the studio album Pilgrim, check out the image down below to see both album covers.
The Breeze is a tribute album to rock legend JJ Cale who passed away last year; it will contain 16 covers of Cales’ songs performed by Clapton, Willie Nelson, Tom Petty and more. The album will go on sale this month on the 29th, let us know what you think about this by leaving a comment below.
Kohske’s manga Gangsta has recently announced plans to adapt the popular crime thriller into an anime series. News of the adaptation was included with the sixth volume of the manga which was released in Japan yesterday, it was also announced that the voice actors from the drama CD will be voicing the same characters in the anime.
One of the main characters will be voiced by Junichi Suwabe who you may recognize as the main character from the anime Space Dandy, other voice actors include Mamiko Noto (Trinity Blood) and Kenjiro Tsuda (Fairy Tail). More information can be found on the mangas’ official twitter page, be sure to keep your eyes on this site for updates regarding the anime.
Gangsta has been in publication since 2010 with the first volume being translated and released for western fans earlier this year, check out the Capsule Computers review of it by clicking here. let us know what you think about the series by leaving a comment down below.
Today Koei Tecmo released a large number of new screenshots for Samurai Warriors 4 and they have broken these screenshots into showing off the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 versions of the game. To go along with these new screenshots a gameplay trailer showing off the PlayStation 4 version was also released and all of those things can be found below.
These screenshots highlight some of the new characters that will be available in the game and some of their techniques. Currently Samurai Warriors 4 is set to be released in North America on October 21st and in Europe on October 25th.
Overview Anyone who is familiar with visual novels of any kind is probably familiar with the fact that many of these games involve choices that the player must make and depending on these choices, they will be progress down a certain route. Well what if these choices had to be made to actually date a person who has the potential to destroy a city? That is where Date A Live comes in and now that the first season has been released in North America, is it worth picking up?
Story Thirty years prior to the events that begin in Date A Live, the world was devastated by a massive disaster called a “spatial quake” that killed millions of people. Since that day various spatial quakes have appeared around the world at random times, though they were rare until five years ago when they began again but this time mostly in Japan. The populace has learned to prepare for these massive disasters that tear apart the landscape and generally leave nothing left alive, but even then the amount of damage they produce and the constant threat of these spatial quakes haunt the lives of the populace.
That doesn’t seem to bother a certain high schooler named Shido however, as he begins his day with his little sister Kotori gleefully dancing on his bed to wake him up. Being the loving brother he is, Shido lets her off with only minor teasing and promises to meet her later in the day for a family dinner. Despite their plans, a spatial quake alarm sounds and although he should be heading to shelter, he runs to try and protect the stubborn Kotori.
Along the way he finds the epicenter of the spatial quake where he is surprised to find that the source of these quakes seems to be a beautiful girl who begins to attack Shido thinking he is trying to kill her. He doesn’t have much time to react to this however as a squadron of flying female soldiers called the AST, a special task force created to attack the beings that come from spatial quakes and drive them away, appear and begin attacking the girl resulting in Shido passing out.
Things don’t get much better when he wakes up, as he learns that his little sister is actually the commander of a special organization aboard an invisible aircraft that has been created to tackle this situation in a different manner. Kotori explains to Shido that these spatial quakes are caused by Spirits, and that Shido has the power to seal away their power by raising their affection for him and eventually kissing them, allowing these Spirits to live a normal life and avoid causing any additional damage.
Despite sounding rather odd, this actually plays out rather well and creates an interesting harem style story that is a bit different than your average series. This is helped by the fact that as Shido begins to date these Spirits, the first of which is the naïve first spirit Shido names Tohka, he is coached through his dates with them by a team of, for lack of a better term, perverts, and his sister Kotori as they give him various dialogue choices similar to what one would find in a visual novel.
The entire premise works very well thanks to that fact and how likable the cast of characters are in this series. As the series progresses we see how things work with the naïve but devoted Tohka and another more reclusive and shy Spirit named Yoshino, only for things to become a bit more complicated as Shido’s classmate and AST ace, Origami, who seems to have a stalker obsession with Shido, begins to make moves on him as well.
While the first half of the series works well in this regard and there are a number of more humorous episodes focused around some harem antics in the middle, things begin to take a dark turn as Shido encounters a homicidal Spirit that seems all too eager to become close to him, a returning face from the past with numerous secrets, and a blow close to Shido that brings the series to a head with the final episode wrapping up that arc, but leaving plenty to continue on with in the already aired second season.
Rather than follow the standard flow of a harem series, Date A Live stands out as being exceptional by keeping the core cast of characters small enough to manage and giving actual storyline reasons as to why Shido has to date these girls as well as keep them happy with him while also delivering a ton of humor that fans of the genre will be eating up. While some questions are left unanswered and vague, especially regarding Shido and Kotori, it is clear that more will be revealed as the series continues to progress which is a good thing since Date A Live is a series that comes highly recommended.
Visuals If there is one thing that can be said about Date A Live outside of its great humor, is the fact that the series has some amazing looking artwork and character designs. While Shido is far from special and the standard look of most of the normal characters is simple, the Spirits in this series really stand out as special looking thanks to how detailed their normal clothing is as well as their appearances. That doesn’t even touch upon their Astral Dresses, which are the outfits they are in when using their abilities, as these outfits are not only even more detailed than normal but thanks to how colorful the series is, really standout as special.
The same can be said for the many action sequences that occur in Date A Live, as the Spirits often clash with the AST or one another in spectacular form that rarely ever sees the animation quality take a dip. In fact, the only time the quality drops at all is when a character reacts to a ridiculous situation for the sake of comedy. It is worth noting that there is some fan-service in this show, but it is very tame considering it is limited to swimsuits and some very partial nudity that really shouldn’t bother anyone.
Audio With the release of Date A Live FUNimation has provided an English dub alongside the Japanese voice track and it pretty good for the most part. While Bryn Apprill, the voice actress for Kotori, does an amazing sounding job with the character and the rest of the cast does well, Michelle Rojas’ voice work doesn’t mesh very well with Tohka’s innocent somewhat idiotic nature after she is sealed away.
There are a few nice sounding pieces of background music used throughout the series but as one would expect, most of the tracks are fairly forgettable. The opening theme “Date A Live” by Sweet Arms is an amazing sounding opening theme, while the series makes use of three different ending themes, “Save the World” and “Save My Heart” by Iori Nomizu are the most common ending themes while “Strawberry Rain” by Iori Nomizu is used once but is actually the best of the three.
Extras There are a number of on-disc bonus features found in Date A Live, with there being a clean opening theme, all three clean ending themes including an extended version of Strawberry Rain, various promo trailers, a teaser for the second season, two commentary tracks and the OVA episode. The two commentary tracks are for episodes 4 and 7 and feature the ADR director Joel McDonald in both, posing the voice cast various questions following the theme of the series.
Also included in this release is the OVA Date to Date which is listed as episode 13. This OVA takes place sometime after Tohka was sealed but before the appearance of Yoshino and it focuses on a date with Origami that the group tries to fail on only for a number of hilarious events to occur and is closed out with another date with Tohka that is also humorous and contains a bit of a call out to the second season’s twin spirits.
Overall Date A Live is a fun series that leaves some questions unanswered in favor of continuing the series later, but provides more than enough entertainment in this first season thanks to its unique premise and a likable cast of characters that work well together to provide viewers with plenty of hilarious moments. With top-notch character designs and an enjoyable storyline Date A Live’s first season is certainly worth checking out.
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Dead Shark Triplepunch are proud to announce the official launch date of their award-winning game, Epigenesis, for August 1 on Steam. The futuristic FPS title originated as the champion of Make Something Unreal Live 2013 and won ‘Game of the Year’ in the Swedish Game Awards.
Epigenesis is the ball sport of the future, a fast-paced multiplayer game that requires teamwork, tactics and precision to ensure world domination is achieved.
Since Steam Early Access opened late last year, Dead Shark Triplepunch have made significant improvements for the official release, including;
New queuing system with one-button matchmaking, an easier way to find and join matches
New maps for single-player mode: GranArena, MixedArena and LegacyArena
In addition, the developer confirmed a tournament with Cooler Master for European teams to enter, with prizes from their PC gaming gear catalogue. Further details about the tournament will be available soon on the official site here. Check out the epic release trailer below for Epigenesis and get ready to play August 1!
