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April 22, 2014

TRIALS FRONTIER DOWNLOADS TOP 6 MILLION IN ONE WEEK

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA– April 22, 2014 – Ubisoft has announced that Trials Frontier, one week after its release, has been downloaded more than 6 million times. The free-to-play mobile title from RedLynx, part of the best-selling and award-winning Trials series, launched on April 10 only on the App Store.

Trials Frontier is currently the number one free app on the App Store in 75 countries and has been reviewed by more than 10,000 players who have rated the game an average of 4.6 stars.

Download the game from the App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/trials-frontier/id659283309?mt=8

“We are thrilled with the success Trials Frontier has had in its first week of launch,” said Jean-Michel Detoc, Managing Director of Ubisoft Mobile. “Trials Frontier has the most first week downloads of any Ubisoft mobile title to date, and the thousands of players reviews we received are amazingly positive, an achievement Redlynx and Ubisoft are proud to announce. In order to keep players engaged, we have a robust post-launch content plan including new bikes and multiplayer modes that will allow players to continue exploring and enjoying the world of Trials Frontier.”

Trials Frontier transports players to the distant future where they find themselves the newcomer in a run-down town desperate for a hero. Players practice their skills, learning how to race, flip and cruise through tracks as they earn new gear for their bikes and complete missions for the townsfolk in order to prepare for a face-off with the town villain, Butch. As players progress through the game they unlock new maps, tracks, bikes and fine-tune their racing skills.

Trials Frontier will receive regular post-launch updates that include new bikes, missions and the introduction of infinite multiplayer brawls to keep players competing and racing on the newest bikes. Stay connected with friends through time challenges, leader-board sharing capabilities and social network integration to prove who has the fastest time.

Players can connect with Trials Fusion, available on consoles since April 16 and coming to Windows PC on April 24, to gain access to bonus rider gear and see what some of the tracks looked like in their prime.

For the latest information on Trials Frontier, please visit: www.facebook.com/trialsfrontier.game and www.trialsgame.com

Gardening Mama 2: Forest Friends out this April for the 3DS

Dustin Spencer

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April 22, 2014

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Gardening Mama 2: Forest Friends out this April for the 3DS

We have truly missed Mama. I know, that isn’t coming from everyone here at Capsule or from our readers out there, but to myself, the Cooking Mama (or whatever other task she picked up such as camping) franchise has been something that gamers are just used to seeing, and has become a flagship series from Majesco. If you have a niece or daughter, BAM! You have a high quality title that is sure to please, and even if you just want to play some relaxing mini-games – Mama has always been there to take care of it all.

Majesco have released a new trailer for Gardening Mama 2: Forest Friends today, and it honestly looks great. That scary yet charming voice, the quick tasks that utilize all of your system’s little features. Yep, it’s Mama alright. Gardening Mama 2: Forest Friends is due to bloom later this month, but watch the clip now below and be thankful we still have Mama to unwind with.

Kirby Triple Deluxe Shows Some Power with New Trailer

Dustin Spencer

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April 22, 2014

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Kirby Triple Deluxe Shows Some Power with New Trailer

I have said a lot of positive things about Kirby Triple Deluxe since we first seen the game announced. The new powers look awesome, the gameplay looks rock solid. You know, the usual coming from an avid fan. Today, Nintendo’s shiny new trailer has reminded us of the intense and somewhat dark part of the franchise, meaning this clip shows nothing but Kirby gobbling everything up.

Check it out below, and get a listen to that music! May 2nd folks. Engrave that date on your soul before Kirby has his way with it too and prepare enough space on that 3DS if you are planning for digital.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Millennium Duels launching on PS3 and Xbox 360

Luke Halliday

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April 22, 2014

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Yu-Gi-Oh! Millennium Duels launching on PS3 and Xbox 360

Konami have just announced that they will be releasing the latest installment in the popular card-battling anime video-game series Yu-Gi-Oh! Millennium Duels tomorrow on the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360.

The game is said to be an excellent way for veterans to sharpen their skills or for new players to be introduced to the wonderful card-game that is Yu-Gi-Oh!

Yu-Gi-Oh! Millennium Duels will feature a story-line that spans from the original Yu-Gi-Oh! series all the way up to the latest series Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL which is set in outer space and features aliens. Also featured in the game is an incredible online mode which allows all manner of duel battles including the hotly anticipated four way tag-team duels.

It will launch on the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Marketplace from April 23rd, 2014. Be sure to let us know what you think in the comments section below.

Avalanche 2: Super Avalanche Is Now On Steam Greenlight

Chris Chu

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April 22, 2014

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Avalanche 2: Super Avalanche Is Now On Steam Greenlight

Developers Beast Games has just released the live demo for their newest game, Avalanche 2: Super Avalanche, the sequel to the wildly popular flash game in 2007, Avalanche.

This latest title published by Midnight City, an independent digital label under Majesco Entertainment Company, was voted onto the PAX 10 this year during the PAX Prime event. Avalanche 2: Super Avalanche is an endless climber infused with RPG elements. The game was inspired by roguelikes like Spelunky, where every level is unique. With shops, upgrades, NPC’s and bosses to battle, players will be tested as they make their way through the myriad of blocks. With over 100,000 new possible combinations of power-ups and one million customization combos, players will be introduced to the addictive world of Avalanche 2: Super Avalanche.

The title is now on Steam Greenlight, and needs your help getting votes. Here is the link to their Steam Greenlight page. You can also access their live demo on their official site here, where pre-orders are also available for $9.99.

AVALANCHE 2: SUPER AVALANCHE IS READY TO ROCK THE VOTE ON STEAM GREENLIGHT

Press Releases

Philip Federico

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April 22, 2014

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AVALANCHE 2: SUPER AVALANCHE IS READY TO ROCK THE VOTE ON STEAM GREENLIGHT

Play the 2013 “PAX 10” Platformer for Free and Vote it onto Steam Today!

OAKLAND, CA – April 21, 2014 – Avalanche 2: Super Avalanche, the sequel to the 2007 endless climber played more than 60 million times, needs your help to get on Steam – but don’t worry, all you have to do is play the new demo launched today by developer Beast Games and vote! In just seconds you can help one more marshmallow get its wings!

Brought to you by Midnight City, Majesco Entertainment Company’s (NASDAQ: COOL) independent digital label, Avalanche 2: Super Avalanche is an endless climber with a newly integrated RPG twist. Inspired by popular modern rougelikes such as Spelunky and Binding of Isaac, every game is different. Featuring shops, upgrades, NPC’s and boss battles galore, this isn’t your average climber. The teaser demo lets you play for up to 30 minute a day, giving you a taste of the many powerups and personalizations available.

Modeled after the original, wildly popular flash game Avalanche, Avalanche 2 pulls players back into the warm embrace of a marshmallow hero powering through an endless shower of blocks. New additions include over 100,000 possible combinations of powerups, not to mention the over one million customization combos. As the puffed-up protagonists vault towards the heavens, new block types, enemies and environments keep the action fresh, while increasingly challenging missions and procedurally generated boss battles offer plenty of variety in the climb to the top. To help unlock new powerups, players collect coins as they smash enemies and pull off split-second close call bonuses. Keep an eye out for banks to withdraw and deposit your coinage and stores and vendors who offer up their wares in exchange for your coveted coin.

Avalanche 2: Super Avalanche is available for pre-order at $9.99 via www.superavalanche.com – buyers will receive a Steam or Desura code at launch. The full version of Avalanche 2: Super Avalanche will include local two-player cooperative mode so friends can get in on the action!

The Demo is Available on the Avalanche 2: Super Avalanche Website: www.superavalanche.com

Vote for Avalanche 2: Super Avalanche on Greenlight: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=158613297

Follow Beast Games: @beastgames http://twitter.com/beastgames

Follow Midnight City:

Website: http://www.Midnight-City.com

Twitter: @Midnight_City https://twitter.com/Midnight_City

Casey Lynch Twitter: @Lynchtacular https://twitter.com/lynchtacular

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/midnightcitygames

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ABOUT MIDNIGHT CITY
Midnight City is Majesco Entertainment Company’s (NASDAQ: COOL) independent digital label dedicated to supporting indie development teams with customized publishing services, including public relations, marketing, and community content. Operated by former IGN Editor-in-chief Casey Lynch and longtime industry veteran Doug Kennedy, Midnight City focuses its efforts on the ever growing independent game development market and independent game studios.

Indie Gala Every Monday #4 Bundle Now Available

Jamie Laike Tsui

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April 21, 2014

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Indie Gala Every Monday #4 Bundle Now Available

The Indie Gala Every Monday bundle is back this week with its fourth iteration. For a single purchase of $3.49, buyers can snag $70 worth of Steam and Desura games. The following titles are in the Every Monday #4 indie bundle:

Crystal Towers 2 is a platformer inspired by classic 90’s DOS games. Bernard has been tasked to prevent the world’s music from being stolen. He will slowly grow in power, learning new spells and finding new items, as he conquers 33 levels. Be sure to vote for Crystal Towers 2 on Steam Greenlight.

Love by Fred Wood is a retro styled platformer that aims to balance accessibility with challenge. Players will be able to drop their own respawn checkpoint, allowing players to tune the difficulty level based on their own skills.

Scourge: Outbreak is a third person co-op shooter that will pit players against the Nogari Corporation. The game supports four player co-op and 4v4 competitive modes.

Kaptain Brawe: A Brawe New World is a point and click adventure game. Kaptain Brawe is trying to solve the mystery of two kidnapped alien scientists in this hand drawn adventure game.

Shad’O is colourful dream-like tower defense game about a boy who has lost his memory. Players will need to survive the onslaught of enemies in a world littered with the boy’s shattered memories.

Legends of Aethereus is a physics based action RPG in a world rebuilding after the Three Great Skyfalls. The Ancient Skyfall Relics hold the promise of great power for the wielder. Now, the people of Aethereus are in a race to control the relics.

For the first 24 hours of the sale, gamers can snag all six titles for $1.99. Buy your copy of the Indie Gala Every Monday #4 indie bundle at Indie Gala.

Majin Bone Episode 3 Impressions

Luke Halliday

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April 21, 2014

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Majin Bone
Episode 3 – Rejection of Bone

I’ve heard of getting boned but this is just ridiculous!

So now that Majin Bone essentially threw the kitchen sink threw a window onto an exploding tractor popping a wheelie, the stakes are most certainly raised, although they lack any sense of urgency. Things are beginning to reach a fever pitch and Majin Bone is starting to hit its stride as its main story arc seemingly finally kicks into gear.

What we learn this week is that Shougo’s bone is a special bone for some inexplicable reason. So much so that aliens are invading Earth in order to steal his bone. Tsundere blue-haired Aussie Luke informs Shougo that bones have a mind and will of their own and that they need to resonate and connect with their user in order to work. Unfortunately for Shougo, for some unexplained reason his bone decides to screw him around and not resonate with him, essentially being boned by his own bone.

This week we get to see the whole Bone Boys Brotherhood (as I have dubbed them) get into some serious action against the invaders in the digital world. Not much is explained about who the aliens are, why they so badly want Dragon Bone or what exactly bones even are. That is thus far Majin Bone’s greatest flaw, it just doesn’t explore any of it’s elements other than at immediate face value. “Here is an alien, he wants the bone thing but that bone is ours so lets fight him” Is essentially the gist of the entire series up until this point but by and large it has worked for the most part.

The CG improves this week and we get a pretty fun battle sequence with Luke, Antonio and Tyrone going against a group of invaders in the digital world (another part of this series that has not even been even slightly explained). Each get to show off their own individual combat styles, Antonio doing his best Eddie Gordo (Tekken) impression and Luke going for a bit of a swim all the while Tyrone just kind of pummels things. Shougo doesn’t make it into the fight because his bone rejects him. Why it rejects him is up to debate, but I’m betting it has to do with the fact that he was kind of bitching out and not wanting to fight, but you now it’s only a hunch (that is probably right).

Antonio continues to shine as comedic relief here as he randomly appears at Shougo’s school pretending to be a window cleaner, only to quickly drop the charade and begin juggling to the amusement of the rest of Shougo’s class. He is through and through a very stereotypical character who plays heavily into the Brazilian racial stereotypes, but he is just such a fun character that it doesn’t matter in the slightest. Heck he even debuts a new catchphrase in this episode ‘Oh! Dynamite!’ may just have given ‘This is Japanese plate spin!’ a run for its money.

The episode wraps with the conclusion that Shougo must somehow reconnect with his bone after it harshly rejected him right before a battle. The story is a little contrived and almost seems too soon of a development when we have hardly even seen Shougo don the bone so far. This is the kind of plot point that generally arises late in a series, to run this kind of a story line so early is a little confusing but it should be interesting to see how it plays out. My guess is that Shougo will form a bond with the bone, also I suspect the bone will probably start talking to him because this is Majin Bone and it is a ridiculously silly anime series.

All in all this was a pretty good episode. It took things to a whole other level and actually gave the story some actual stakes (the end of the world and what not). Yet another solid Majin Bone.

Check out more Majin Bone impressions HERE.

Daisuki Streams M3 that dark metal Trailer

Sergei Lazarev

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April 21, 2014

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Daisuki Streams M3 that dark metal Trailer

Upcoming anime M3 that dark metal has been given a trailer which Daisuki has streamed on its YouTube channel. You can check out the trailer below, showing off some of the characters, mecha design and the theme song “Re:REMEMBER” by Japanese pop artist May’n.

M3 that dark metal is about a group of eight boys and girls who combat Admonitions, manifestations of humanity’s despair and chaos, while their past and present lives are caught in a complicated web.

Daisuki has recently announced that it will be streaming the anime weekly from tonight, 2am JST April 22nd, worldwide via the official site, iOS app and YouTube channel.

Aniplex Of America Set To Stream “Sword Art Online II” Worldwide

Frank Inglese

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April 21, 2014

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Aniplex Of America Set To Stream “Sword Art Online II” Worldwide

“Aniplex of America” announced over the weekend that they have already put into motion some plans of theirs regarding the upcoming anime “Sword Art Online II” and how it will be distributed. They revealed that they will be streaming the series across the world as it airs in Japan so that fans all over the globe can experience the show at almost the exact same time.

“Sword Art Online II” will be distributed digitally through the “Aniplex” site once the episodes air much like a great deal of their other shows. This season will follow on from the previous one and, despite still being called “SWORD Art Online”, it will revolve around the use of firearms as opposed to that of blades and magic, two elements featured in the original “SOA“.

Stick to the site for any and all news as it is released. You can expect more information to be unveiled by “Aniplex” in the coming months so keep your eyes out for that.