The Sims 4 has been copping a fair bit of flack in the lead-up to its release. After 5 years of The Sims 3, fans are a little hesitant about starting all over again. While new content is sure to be added later, the most important part about the upcoming game from EA and Maxis is the improvements that have been made over its predecessors. Not only is the way you create your Sims more intuitive, but the way you play the game will be changed forever.
For the first time in the franchise’s history, you are in control of your emotions, and with that comes whole new ways to play and interact with the game at large. To better show off what I mean when I say that you are in control of your emotions, we have a short little trailer below for you to check out.
So with just about every emotion under the sun at your fingertips, what kind of Sims will you create? Let us know in the comments below and remember to stay tuned to Capsule Computers for all the Sims news as it becomes available.
It has been over a year and a half since A Certain Magical Index was first released in North America after a substantial delay and while we knew the company had licensed the second season, many people were left wondering when A Certain Magical Index II would be released by FUNimation. Well today the company has not only given us a trailer previewing the second season, the first part of which will be released on October 14th, but also a list of who will be voicing the new characters introduced this season.
The newly announced characters and who will be voicing them can also be found below and the trailer, which shows off the English voice work for some of the new characters, can be found below that.
Fans of Okayado’s Monster Musume, or monster girls in general, will be happy to hear that Seven Seas Entertainment has picked up the license for his other, somewhat newer manga series, 12 Beast.
12 Beast follows the story of Eita Touga, a descendent from a ninja clan that enjoys playing video games more than training who is surprised to find a female harpy appear before him and bring him to a world full of humanoid monsters, including plenty of monster girls, that need his help against an imminent threat.
The first volume of 12 Beast is set to be released in April 2015 and it is worth noting that this series will be slower going compared to Monster Musume as a new chapter is generally released in Japan every two months compared to Monster Musume’s monthly release.
The company also announced that they have acquired Servamp, a manga by Tanaka Strike, that has currently reached six volumes in Japan and Seven Seas is planning on releasing the first volume in English on March 2015.
It has been over a year since Shin Megami Tensei IV was released in North America so it is easy for gamers in that region to forget that the title had not been released in Europe yet. Well we have some good news for European fans, as Atlus has announced that they are going to finally be releasing Shin Megami Tensei IV in Europe this September and it will be sold at the discounted price of €19.99 / £17.99.
It is worth noting that Shin Megami Tensei IV is still a digital only release in Europe. The company went on to say that all DLC released in North America, minus retailer-exclusive pre-order items, will be available for purchase in Europe as soon as the game is released.
We have some great news for fans of Persona 4 Arena Ultimax. We have recently been reporting on how Persona 4 Golden’s Marie will be a post-launch DLC character for the title and today Atlus USA confirmed that she is going to be released in the West and better yet, she will be free for the first week after the game is released.
Today the company announced that Marie, “The Antisocial Poet of the Hollow Forest,” will be given the same treatment as Adachi, meaning that for one week after the game is released both characters will be available as a free download, though no price was announced for those who miss out on the free download.
Today EA and BioWare released the first in what is going to be a series of videos showing off some of the features in Dragon Age: Inquisition and since this is the first video, they chose to highlight how the game’s combat system has been refined in this third title.
In the video, found below, viewers are shown how to make use of the strategic camera and plan out their attacks and change their strategy on the fly. After a slight delay, Dragon Age: Inquisition is set to be released on November 18th for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC.
Logitech has unveiled the Logitech G402 Hyperion Fury Ultra-Fast FPS Gaming Mouse (they love insanely long titles, don’t they?), which features their exclusive Fusion Engine sensor technology, allowing the mouse to reliably track over 500 inches per second (IPS) and claim the throne as the fastest gaming mouse ever made. Marcus Fry, Managing Director for Logitech ANZ, said of the peripheral;
We took on the challenge of creating the world’s fastest mouse in service of FPS gamers, and after three years of intensive R&D we are proud to launch a mouse that only Logitech could develop. The Logitech G402 Hyperion Fury is the fastest gaming mouse, bar none, and the best mouse for high-speed FPS gameplay. Its lightweight design, combined with the precision and capability of the Fusion Engine, lets you make fast, furious swipes and dominate the battlefield, proving once again that Science Wins!
The lightweight, streamlined mouse – bearing a resemblance to the Logitech G502 Proteus Core – also guarantees pinpoint accuracy with its integrated Delta Zero technology, can switch between four DPI settings with a range of 4000-240 DPI and has eight programmable buttons. The Logitech G402 Hyperion Fury Ultra-Fast FPS Gaming Mouse will be available mid-August for Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 PC’s at an RRP of $69.95.
Today, new footage and screenshots were released for Ghost Machine’s new upcoming game, Final Burn. Final Burn is a flight combat game coming out on PC that has been designed to be played with the awesome new gaming tech, Oculus Rift.
The game is still in development, but with VR in mind. Final Burn is action packed and has been described as being reminiscent of popular blockbuster sci-fi movies like Independence Day and Mars Attacks. An official release of the game is set for early 2015 in anticipation of the Oculus DK2 release.
You can check out the alpha gameplay footage below and more on the Ghost Machine website. This kind of simulation, whether it be action in the sky or high-speed track racing, really creates big screen arcade experiences and with the help of Oculus tech, Ghost Machine is certainly showing that they can take the experience to a whole new level.
Broadcasting your RuneScape adventures to Twitch is now easier than ever. Jagex Games Studio announced that Twitch is now integrated into their MMORPG, RuneScape. The new feature allows RuneScape players to seamlessly broadcast directly to Twitch from within the game and without having to muck around with any external software.
It was a big update for Runescape, as the release of this cool feature came hand in hand with the launch of a new adventure and boss, the arachnid horror Araxxor. The new combat boss challenge was voted for by RuneScape’s community as part of the game’s Player Power initiative.
It also seems that RuneScape is not Jagex’s only game that will have the built-in Twitch feature. They are also working to have it in their up-coming game Transformers: Universe, which is still in it open beta stage.
In a move that may entice some peoples decision in which next gen console they will be picking up, EA and Microsoft have entered into an exclusive deal to bring you EA Access, a subscription based service promising a collection of EA’s biggest games on Xbox One ready for you to download and play. The Beta has been rolled out over the course of the day and is currently offering gamers unlimited access to four EA games including FIFA 14, Madden NFL 25, Peggle 2 and Battlefield 4, with more titles being added soon. The subcription cost $6.99 (AUD) a month or $39.99 for a yearly subscription and provides access to those games whenever you want while you’re subscription is active. No release date for the service outside of Beta has been released yet, with EA only saying coming soon.
Besides the unlimited access games you have access to from what EA is calling the Vault, there are also a few other perks for subscribers including a 10% discount on all EA digital content purchased through the Xbox One digital store. This includes everything from full game downloads to DLC so the subscription could pay for itself if you are a frequent buyer of EA products. Subscribers also get early access to trials of new EA games up to five days before release date. Planned titles so include Madden NFL 15, NHL 15, FIFA 15, NBA LIVE 15, and Dragon Age: Inquisition, however many more are planned. In a great move from EA, if you decide to buy the full game upon release your progress will carry over from the trial version.
This seems like a great payment plan option especially for those who purchase the yearly sports games only for them to become redundant a year later or those that play a game for a month and then move on. There are a few hidden details here that we had to dig through the T&C’s to find out about. First up, an Xbox Live Gold account isn’t required to access the service but will be required if you want to play online. You will also need an active EA Origin Account to subscribe to EA access. If any games are to be removed from the service, EA will give 30 days notice before such action occurs.
Sony released a comment on the exclusivity of the service to Microsoft’s console basically saying the service won’t be coming to the PlayStation 4 anytime soon.
“We evaluated the EA Access subscription offering and decided that it does not bring the kind of value PlayStation customers have come to expect…PlayStation Plus memberships are up more than 200% since the launch of PlayStation 4, which shows that gamers are looking for memberships that offer a multitude of services, across various devices, for one low price. We don’t think asking our fans to pay an additional $5 a month for this EA-specific program represents good value to the PlayStation gamer.”
A strange move from Sony as it seems they are deciding for the user whether the service is good value or not rather than letting them decide. Either way we don’t really expect it to hurt Sony’s strong position in the next gen console war. Let us know in the comments below what you think of EA access and if you will be signing up to it on your Xbox One when it becomes available.
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