Focus Home Interactive and Cyanide Studios released the first match footage of Blood Bowl 2. The trailer features the Rikland Reavers facing off against the Gouged Eye, with colour commentary from Jim Johnson and Bob Bifford. The new graphic engine powering Blood Bowl 2 is on full display, providing shots of a lively stadium and vicious hits.
Blood Bowl 2 provides a major visual update and a host of new features over the first Blood Bowl. Based on Games Workshop’s Warhammer universe, Blood Bowl 2 will be introducing the persistent multiplayer leagues and a new single player campaign mode. Blood Bowl 2 will be released at the end of 2014.
One man indie developer Silhouette Games, run by Danny Mastrangelo, is bringing his retro styled level runner History of the Demon Girl to Kickstarter, in hopes of raising enough funding to complete the title. History of a Demon Girl will challenge players to run through the nine Circles of Hell in the fastest time possible, in a bid to help Roku escape hell. Silhouette Games is drawing inspiration from games like Mega Man and Katamari Damacy to create a game full of dark humour.
Silhouette Games is looking to raise $8000 to help fund the next six months of development. History of the Demon Girl‘s Kickstarter campaign has 8 days left. The game will be compatible with Mac and Windows. Gamers can check out a free demo on IndieDB, back the project on Kickstarter, and vote for the game on Steam Greenlight.
Today, Disney Interactive and Harmonix Music Systems announced a slew of new pop-music inspired tracks for their upcoming dance party game; Disney Fantasia: Music Evolved. Featuring the likes of Elten John and Mozart himself, Music Evolved looks like it will be combining the beloved mechanics of games like Just Dance while mixing them with that traditional Disney Magic.
Newly announced tracks that will appear in the game are:
Peter Gabriel – “In Your Eyes”
Gorillaz – “Feel Good Inc.”
Cee Lo Green – “Forget You”
Elton John – “Rocket Man”
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart– “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik”
These tracks are joining the already impressive assortment of musical beats for you to shake your tail to. Disney Fantasia: Music Evolved will be out for Xbox One and 360 in Autumn of this year, so strap on your mouse-ears, do up your overalls and stay tuned to Capsule Computers for all the Fantasia news as it becomes available.
ICEBERG INTERACTIVE OFFERS FREE UPDATE TO 4X STRATEGY GAME HORIZON
33% Weeklong Steam Discount and New Batch of Screenshots Accompany Post-Launch Free Update
Haarlem, The Netherlands— April 14, 2014 – Iceberg Interactive and developer L3O Interactive announced today a free update for its classic 4X strategy game Horizon (PC), which launched on Steam early February 2014. The post-launch update includes a number of upgrades designed to make gameplay more challenging and incorporates improvements and tweaks suggested by Horizon’s community. The update coincides with today’s new weeklong deal on Steam, offering the game at a 33% discount. Get a copy of Horizonon Steam HERE: store.steampowered.com/app/236130/
Important Update Notes Include:
UPDATED: Improved fleet managing A.I. for attacks, or rallying to defend a system
UPDATED: Rebalanced economy and race relations
UPDATED: Improved UI
ADDED: French language now supported
ADDED: A new refit system is added to more easily change the design of existing ships
ADDED: New UI icons added making it easier to distinguish surveyed planets
About Horizon Horizon is a turn-based space-strategy game of galactic exploration and conquest in which players are in control of humanity’s destiny. Explore deep space, find new frontiers and discover the alien artefacts hidden in long-abandoned planets. Players will also learn more about the galaxy as they come into contact with ten other species, each with their own unique culture, history, and schemes.
Horizon’s fully interactive galaxy allows players to navigate open space between stars and planets, patrol borders and, when the need arises, defend one’s territory by engaging in ship to ship tactical combat. Develop new colonies and watch them become galactic centers for trade, industry, and science – and of course military bases, outposts and shipyards to build custom battle ships. Players will push the empire to its limits and go beyond the known horizon!
Key Features:
Advanced turn-based tactical combat, which many 4X fans have been requesting for years
Full Tactical ship control includes managing movement, weapons, and more. Board other ships, attack from planetary, and orbital defences
A distinct open world system, where ships can explore without artificial limits and where combat can span many turns before concluding
Interact with alien races of different levels, including ancient civilizations featuring their own unique storyline, schemes, ships and technology
An immersive galaxy storyline with open-ended missions that add another layer of gameplay over classic 4x mode, which is also available
Engage in meaningful diplomacy choices that will impact the game outcome, includes coordinated actions with your allies against your enemies
Discover more than 80 technologies each with 10 levels of upgrades Conduct planetary surveys and dig for artifacts
Players can design and customize their ships’ weapons and systems based on available technology
A detailed economy and colony management system with different types and levels of colonies based on gamers build choices
Play in different galaxy configurations from a few dozen stars to over a hundred star systems containing more than a thousand planets
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ABOUT L3O INTERACTIVE
L3O Interactive (http://www.l30.com) is a Canadian independent video game developer located in Toronto, Ontario. L3O was founded on the principle to make classic hardcore games with innovative and more immersive gameplay elements. The studio is currently focused on completing its first commercial project Horizon, a grand space 4X game which strives to bring a new experience to strategy and sci-fi gamers!
ABOUT ICEBERG INTERACTIVE
Iceberg Interactive (www.iceberg-games.com) is an independent video game publisher founded in 2009 by an international group of games industry veterans and is located in Haarlem, The Netherlands. While keeping its roots in the European retail games market, Iceberg has rapidly increased its focus towards the global digital games market, by building strong direct relationships with dozens of Game Portals. Staffed with avid gamers, Iceberg works closely with an international assembly of game developers, both midsize and indie. With a distinct focus on the strategy, action, simulation and adventure game genres, the company has garnered attention with acclaimed releases including Killing Floor, Wings of Prey, APB Reloaded and Endless Space among its 70+ game arsenal – with more promising games in the pipeline.
Compatibility: Requires iOS 5.1.1 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This app is optimized for iPhone 5.
Description
ARE YOU READY TO CRUMBLE?!!
Discover a funny mix between war and baking, the first of its kind! Get your yummy gear, bake your soldiers and defeat your enemies…, or friends!
In solo, multiplayer, or with friends, you can bake 15 different kinds of your own “Freakies,” each with unique characteristics: Archers, Knights, Soldiers, Wizards, Giants… These frantic turn-based strategic battles will turn you into a baking addict!
Key features:
* 15 unique Freakies classes: Ninja, Fakir, Tank, Knight, and many more!
* Over 30 ingredients to bake your army, and a wide variety of deadly recipes.
* Take part in delirious battles where the victory depends on your strategy and your response to your opponents!
* 4 modes: 1-player, 2 players, Kitchen and Online.
The title follows a distraught heroine as she tries to figure out who she is in a fantastical world. Players will embark on a journey through a non-linear world, utilizing gesture-based combat to defeat foes and unlock more pieces to her story. This first person adventure allows players to unlock new abilities, discover secrets of the land, and grow in skill and power as they unlock more offensive and defensive capabilities. The game plays like a first-person dungeon crawler adventure, and features light RPG elements like spells and upgrades that can empower their character.
The game is planned for a Spring 2015 release, but the platforms it will be released on is still to be determined. You can see their announcement trailer below for some awesome footage of what the game might be like, and be sure to check out some concept screenshots they’ve released.
Ubisoft released a new trailer for the upcoming RPG Child of Light today. The trailer is entitled “The World of Lemuria,” and takes viewers on a trip through the varied landscapes featured in the game. The protagonist Aurora flits through the air, travels into the depths of the seas, and everything in between, in the new video.
Child of Light will be released for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Wii U, and Windows on April 30th, 2014. The game follows Aurora on her epic journey that will see her rescuing the sun, moon, and stars as she faces off against the evil Black Queen. It is being developed by Ubisoft Montreal and is the latest title to run on the UbiArt Framework.
Back in 1990, the Nintendo World Championship challenged gamers in 29 US cities to rack up the highest possible score in three games in six minutes. Nintendo is revisiting the event in their upcomingWii U title NES Remix 2. Those who have save data from NES Remix will be able to play Championship Mode in NES Remix 2. Gamers will race through Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros 3, and Dr. Mario in an attempt to top the leader board.
NES Remix 2 features some of the best moments from NES games, like Kid Icarus, Kirby’s Adventure, and Metroid. It will be available on the Nintendo eShop for Wii U on April 25th.
Turtle Beach announced at PAX East the latest addition to their line of headsets designed for the PlayStation consoles. The Ear Force P12 Amplified Stereo Gaming Headset is compatible with the PlayStation 4 and the PlayStation Vita. The P12 features a more powerful amplifier to help compensate for the changes between the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4. An adjustable bass boost function will allow users to turn up the bass for head rumbling action films and then turn it down for the competitive edge in Call of Duty Ghosts.
The microphone is adjustable and is monitored through the headset, so gamers know that their entire team can hear them, without disturbing the neighbours. The headset connects to the PlayStation 4 via USB. The in-line control unit/amplifier can be removed, allowing the P12 to be used with mobile devices like the PlayStation Vita.
No word on when the Turtle Beach Ear Force P12 Amplified Stereo Gaming Headset will hit stores and for how much.
I know, I know, the spring anime season has already started and we’ve seen what most of the shows have to offer. Still, there is a lot to get through and I have a good feeling about this season, I really do. There are a ton of shows with interesting concepts (seriously, where do they get these ideas?) which can’t be said for the mostly-average previous season.
Aside from a couple of shows, I was struggling to care all that much about the winter line up. But with a new season come new hopes and dreams. It’s like New Years Day every month for anime fans. Here are a few shows which have caught my, frankly, divided attention:
Black Bullet
It’s rare when I really enjoy a high profile adaptation with a lot of hype, but I’m hoping this will be it. Huge cicada-like parasites called Gastrea (hate that name) have overwhelmed humanity in the near future. Forced to live in city hubs bordered by giant slabs of Varanium, a fictional metal which the Gastrea hate, humanity now employs Civil Security agents who specialise in dealing with the bugs. These agents have under their command little girls with abnormal abilities. Check out the trailer HERE in case you missed it.
So aside from the adorable Enju-chan, who’ll serve as my weekly medicine for the soul, there’s also great music and high production standards. Wait…good music, great animation, lots of hype, what does that remind me of? Oh right. Please don’t be another Guilty Crown or Sword Art Online. I’m begging you, one can only take so much.
Date A Live II
The long-awaited sequel to the so-bad-it’s-good 2013 anime Date A Live that forced Itsuka Shido, the typical incredibly lucky protagonist, into dating volatile spirit girls to prevent them from wreaking havoc. To make things even better they threw in a little sister who happens to be in charge of the task force leading the dating operation.
Hilarity, interesting character designs and a strangely good soundtrack were all on hand. But there’s also tongue-in-cheek stereotypical tropes and familiar harem elements. Here’s hoping for more of everything in season two. Check out the trailer HERE in case you missed it.
Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei
Looking through the myriad of shows I couldn’t see an imouto anime anywhere (that’s “little sister anime” for you new fellows), which has become a staple every damn season. It wasn’t until I started reading the blurbs when I found a cleverly disguised imouto show, without the ridiculously long title and twin tails. Nope, this little sister is refined, swapping the onii-chan with onii-sama.
In Mahouka, magic is an integral part of technology and Magic Technicians replace ordinary high school students. Cue a low achieving elder brother and a classy, flawless younger sister and you have a curious spin on the tired genre.
No Game No Life
It’s a mantra everyone here lives by but this takes it to a new level. Sora and Shiro are not only siblings but NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training) shut-ins whose online reputation precedes them. One day, a boy named God summons these two gamers into a world where everything is decided by games.
Want to start a war? Too bad, you gotta beat them in a video game to decide the outcome. No shots fired. Wouldn’t that be true peace? Unfortunately, humanity is so bad at games compared to other races that it has been beaten back to one city and it’s up to the siblings to win with their finely honed skills.
Hitsugi no Chaika
What caught my eye was the title. Chaika is a Russian word for seagull and it happens to be the name of the protagonist. Why I’m not so sure yet, but it might just be coincidence. Toru Acura is a young retired solider not sure what to do with himself since the war (not specified which) ended. He comes across Chaika Trabant who is, get this, a 14 year old sorceress carrying a huge coffin on her back.
He follows her in order to get some meaning back into his broken life. This odd couple is accompanied by Toru’s adopted sister Akari who happens to be the only member of the group earning money. With studio Bones behind it I think this is going to be a sleeper hit. Then again, my predictions are almost always off.
