Compatibility: Requires iOS 6.0 or later. Compatible with iPad.
Description
This Is OUR LAND – is a dynamic game with comfortable combat system, lots of different monsters and locations, upgrade system and exciting storyline.
Game events revolve around three characters, who save the city and its surroundings from a sudden invasion of monsters. Once in the morning Bruce woke up, turned on the TV and started to water his adorable tomato plant, growing on the windowsill. Suddenly he heard an announcer reported strange news: “Attention! Monsters appeared in the city. It is still a question where did they come from and how they would act, so we strongly recommend you to stay home…”. While Bruce was distracted by TV, one of the monsters quickly came through the window. Bruce turned back to check what happened to his precious tomato and saw that monster ate it!! From that shocking moment our hero decides to banish the monsters out of the city. This is a beginning of fascinating story which tells you where the monsters came from, also you will meet other characters and help them to save the city from disaster!
KEY FEATURES
– three unique characters
– weapons upgrade system
– simple and easy combat system based on gestures
– 20 monsters with unique features
– 11 scene locations
– an Illustrated story in unique performance
Compatibility: Requires iOS 6.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This app is optimized for iPhone 5.
Description
Free your hands and use your head!
Challenge your friends with your head!
A new era of entertainment is beginning: FreekyBalls will give you the opportunity to be at centre of gameplay.
Step into the field and hit all the balls with your head. The real innovation will being able to guide the character through the face motion without using your hands, a unique experience of its kind!
Features:
– Face control
– Differents balls and trajectories
– Powerups and bonus
– A lot of missions
– Facebook integration and automatic challenges with your friends
While a few people may already be playing Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn on their PlayStation 4s thanks to an early access pass, a large number of gamers have had to wait until today to actually make the jump to that version of the game.
As such, with the game’s worldwide PS4 release happening today, Square Enix has released a launch trailer specifically showing off how the game looks on the next-gen console. You can check out the trailer below and for those who are looking to upgrade their PS3 copy of the game to the PS4 version, we previously discussed how to do that here.
Over the weekend during Respawn’s panel at PAX East it was revealed that the first piece of DLC for Titanfall will be released sometime in May by EA. This DLC is called Expedition and is set to take place after the events of the story that took place during the game’s campaign mode.
The DLC will feature three maps total, called Swampland, Runoff, and War Games and it will be priced at $9.99. Then again the content is also available as a free download for anyone who picked up the game’s season pass which is priced at $24.99 and will include all three pieces of the game’s planned DLC. As for the game itself, you can check out our review of Titanfall here.
Last week we saw the debut trailer for Hotoru no Nikki, also known as htoL#NiQ or Firefly’s Diary, but that video did not contain much gameplay footage. Well recently Nippon Ichi Software released a new trailer for the game that showed off some actual gameplay footage, showing us that this is a title far different from what the company normally develops.
The game includes shadow like monsters that players must defeat by using objects in the environment since Mion, the girl they are escorting, cannot defend herself from these creatures. Currently Hotoru no Nikki is set to be released in Japan on June 19th and considering the unique look of this game, it will be interesting to see whether or not the title will be localized by NIS America.
Overview Sometimes the best way to attract a large number of readers is to take something many people are familiar with, such as names and people from famous tales, and putting your own spin on things. Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic may have drawn people to it thanks to certain character names but since then Shinobu Ohtaka has managed to create a world and story that keeps readers coming back. With the events that readers were left with in Volume 4, how will things unfold in Volume 5?
Story
Back in Volume 4 after such a long time apart, Aladdin had finally met Morgiana again and by traveling with a man revealed as Sinbad, the group arrived in the city of Balbadd. Upon arriving Sinbad went about trying to work out a deal with the king of the town while Aladdin learned that the name Alibaba has become synonymous with a band of thieves called the Fog Troop that is led by a man named Alibaba.
When Sinbad is tasked with defending the rich of the city from any more raids by the Fog Troop, Aladdin realizes that their leader is in fact his old friend Alibaba. After facing off with one another, the volume ended with Morgiana bringing Alibaba and Aladdin face to face again so Alibaba can explain his side of the story and that is where volume 5 picks up from.
This volume begins with a long flashback as Alibaba explains his past to Aladdin and how Cassim, the true leader of the Fog Troop, was once his childhood friend before a certain event that changed his life forever. However after seeing the cruel reality that the people of Balbadd now suffer, Alibaba chose to leave the past behind and join up with Cassim and the Fog Troop to try and ease the people’s suffering.
Things begin to escalate quickly however as Aladdin and Alibaba’s peaceful discussion is brought to an abrupt end when the Fog Troop attacks and Sinbad and his men retaliate, culminating in a face off that sees the true nature of the Balbadd king revealed, a dark empire moving behind the scenes and attempting to take over the world, and a battle against a villainous Magi named Judar who seems to be delighted in causing chaos and will cause destruction wherever he goes simply because it is fun for him which is a nice contrast from previous enemies in the series that were corrupt simply because they wanted power or riches.
Volume 5 might start out a bit slow thanks to spending the better part of three chapters spent in a flashback but this was something that is necessary since not only do readers gain knowledge about Alibaba’s mysterious past but also why he is suddenly working with a gang of thieves when he previously planned to go dungeon conquering with Aladdin.
From then on however things begin to move very quickly as the action ramps up considerably for a few chapters as we see Sinbad’s men step up to the plate and fight for real. From then on this volume is nicely paced in that regard, as every piece of character development or revelation is broken up by an impressive battle, especially when the volume comes to a close as readers are treated to a battle that shows what Magi can truly be capable of when they know how to properly use the rukh and their magoi to fight.
Artwork
One of the best aspects of Shinobu Ohtaka’s artwork is how unique the Arabic setting of Magi is and how this plays into each of the character’s clothing and the design of most buildings in the manga. Throughout this volume the artwork remains impressive with crisp looking drawings that are great looking whenever a fight begins. The battle between Judar and Aladdin with Ugo is an impressive looking one, especially in regards to the ice spear attack, but the smaller scale fighting earlier in on the volume remain nicely drawn and don’t suffer from any shortcuts.
That being said, there are a large number of panels with blank or basic looking backgrounds which is disappointing considering how impressive most of the actual backgrounds in the series are and the basic villains in this volume continue to be quite obvious as Ohtaka has continued to draw corrupt politicians with a specific style since the beginning.Thankfully none of the artwork has been damaged or whited out by the translation so this is always a nice plus.
Extra Content Unfortunately Magi Volume 5 does not contain any extra content in the way of author notes or additional illustrations, outside of a very tiny note and mini illustration of Judar from Shinobu Ohtaka after the final chapter in this volume. This is then followed by a number of full page advertisements for other Viz products, the anime adaptation of Magi, and an ad for Case Closed.
Overall Volume 5 of Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic is heavy with action and plot development and while it starts out with a large amount of backstory that slows things down, it adds much needed character depth to Alibaba and then settles into a nice pace that results in a number of plot developments spaced out nicely by battles before finishing up with yet another revelation and a clash of Magi that will leave readers with yet another question concerning Aladdin’s past.
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Hosted and run by Abertay University in Dundee, Dare to be Digital offers an amazing opportunity for tertiary students and graduates to enter the world’s leading computer game design competition. Students are expected to build a working game prototype over the course of eight weeks in teams of five, with the three winning teams chosen to compete for the BAFTA Ones to Watch Award.
Professor Louis Natanson, who leads computer games education at Abertay University, stated, “Dare to be Digital is a very exciting opportunity for students of game art, audio, design and programming. To spend eight weeks building your own game, working with professional mentors, is a huge learning curve . . . Every year we see Dare to be Digital students being hired by major companies during the contest, or pulling together plans to launch their own companies.”
BAFTA One to Watch 2012 Winning Team ‘SwallowTail’, with Mark, Callum, Rosie, Sophia and Kristian
One of the previous winners of Dare to be Digital, Sophia George (featured above), is currently the V&A’s first ever Game Designer in Residence and presented this year’s BAFTA Ones to Watch Award to Studio DOS. Her advice to all new entrants is that, they should apply for the competition if they want to be a professional game developer.
With one week to go, there is still time for students to submit their application on the official website here before the deadline on Monday April 21 at 9am. Individuals wanting to apply, as well as teams needing extra members, must contact other applicants through the Dare to be Digital website.
Sony is celebrating Easter with an ‘egg-cellent’ sale of their digital titles on the PlayStation Store for their PS3 and PS Vita consoles (sorry PS4 owners looks like you’ve been left out this time). There are definitely some great bargains you can grab right now if you have the space on your consoles hard drive/memory cards, but there are also some you should avoid. We’re taking a look through the entire list of games that are on sale to find you the golden bargains and also tell you which specials really aren’t all that special. All prices listed here are for the Australian market, but this sale is also happening across Europe. To be taken to our review of any game you see here, please click on the games title.
Original Price: $58.95 Sale Price: $18.45 /$16.61 for PlayStation Plus Members
File Size: 21.5 GB
Won’t find this one much cheaper. Containing the best versions of Metal Gear Solid 2 and Metal Gear Solid 3 as well as Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker and MSX classics Metal Gear and Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake, all remastered in HD with various improvements how can you go wrong. The Vita HD version is also available without Peace Walker at $14.95, which is still great value.
Original Price: $58.95 Sale Price: $12.95 /$11.66 for PlayStation Plus Members
File Size: 8 GB
Another Hideo Kojima game and also another HD collection, Zone of the Enders HD packages two PlayStation 2 classics in Zone of the Enders and The 2nd Runner into one collection. These two action games received high praise upon their original release and have been made even better with the HD overhaul. At around $6 a game you can’t go wrong.
Original Price: $24.95 Sale Price: $12.95 /$11.66 for PlayStation Plus Members
File Size: 7.4 GB
Often referred to as the not-as-good PlayStation version of Super Smash Bros., All-Stars Battle Royale was still a fun game in it’s own right and is worth a look at this price, especially if you own a Vita as if you purchase this game on the PS3 you get it for Vita at no additional cost (but please not this doesn’t work the other way round). The MedEvil level plus Isaac Clarke and Zeus character DLC bundle has also been heavily discounted to $1.95 from $14.95, so if you’re looking to add two additional characters to your roster and a level definitely jump on that. The DLC is also Cross-Buy enabled.
Original Price: $11.75 Sale Price: $4.35 / Currently free for PlayStation Plus Members
File Size: 962 MB
Another cheap cross buy title and even free if you are a PS Plus member, this small, high octane action title will give you hours of fun and challenge, especially if you are an older gamer after those retro thrills. With Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number releasing soon, this is definitely worth your time if your looking into the sequel.
Original Price: $109.95 Sale Price: $29.95 /$26.96 for PlayStation Plus Members
File Size: 36.8 GB
Probably one of the best savings in terms of sheer dollars, the Mass Effect Trilogy combines all three games in the renowned Mass Effect series, which is best known for it’s story that constantly evolves based on your choices. Even if you’ve already got one or two of these games this is still an amazing price. If you haven’t touched the series or want to replay it again from the beginning without swapping disc (the trilogy also includes the first Mass Effect which was previously unavailable on PS3 and on it’s own cost $21.95 as a digital download), this is the best entry price you will ever see.
Original Price: $24.95 Sale Price: $12.95 /$11.66 for PlayStation Plus Members
File Size: 6.6 GB
No doubt a game that revolutionised Superhero games and showed they can be much, much more than what we had available to us at the time. This gem should be picked up and this is a decent price, however only buy if you are sure you are not interested in any of the included extra DLC available in the Game of the Year Edition (where you play as the Joker in 4 additional challenge maps).
Original Price: $54.95 Sale Price: $24.95 /$22.46 for PlayStation Plus Members
File Size: 6.6 GB
The DC fighter that allow’s you to pit your favourite superheroes against eachother within the great fighting system crafted by the creators of Mortal Kombat. This is the superior edition with additional characters, skins and missions. The only negative is that the sale is only on the Vita version.
Original Price: $13.25 Sale Price: $4.35 /$3.48 for PlayStation Plus Members
File Size: 3.0 GB
While this game might not have been worth it at it’s previous price point, this guitar hero meets martial arts genre mixer give’s more than enough satisfcation at this bargain price. Worth it just so you can beat up goons to the beat of your own music library.
Original Price: $89.95 Sale Price: $39.95 /$35.96 for PlayStation Plus Members
File Size: 7.9 GB
One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2 actually received our PS3 Game of the Year 2013 award after The Last of Us took out the overall award and was touted as the most enjoyable game on PS3, One Piece fan or not. This brawler is all about fun, blending the Dynasty Warriors Style with the imaginative world of One Piece.
Original Price: $39.95 Sale Price: $17.95 /$16.16 for PlayStation Plus Members
File Size: 7.7 GB
Again, another great game but just not worth it at this price, especially if you are planning to buy all the DLC seperately which can cost alot. Much better off purchasing the Game of the Year Edition online or at your local retailer.
Original Price: $39.95 Sale Price: $17.95 /$16.16 for PlayStation Plus Members
File Size: 7.7 GB
There are two reasons a game would be in this section of the list, either it can be found at a better price somewhere else, or the game just sucked. Star Trek is definitely the latter. Even at this price, avoid unless you are an absolutely massive Star Trek fan.
Original Price: $24.95 Sale Price: $10.35 /$9.32 for PlayStation Plus Members
File Size: 21.7 GB
Receiver of our hidden gem of 2013 award, Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch was one of the best games of 2013 and one of the best classic RPG’s ever to be released. With a beautiful art style, an extraordinarily imaginitive world and fantastic battle system, any RPG/Adventure fan would be mad to pass up this game at this low price.
If you want to see the full list of sales for yourself, head over to the PlayStation Blog where you can click on any title listed to purchase it from the PlayStation Store. If you are considering purchasing a few titles and the savings would total over $10, you should also consider buying PlayStation Plus for a month to get those additional savings and take a month of PS Plus home free. The sale lasts from April 5th to April 30th, so you still have alot of time to decide if their’s anything that interests you. Let us know in the comments below which games you grabbed at a bargain price or if buyers should be avoiding any other specials out there.
The game will bring all of the old defense gameplay back, allowing you to set traps to decimate your orcish foes as they rush towards you, but Orcs Must Die! Unchained introduces the ability to attack and lead your own armies into the forefront. Besides attacking and defending against the horde, players can choose from a variety of heroes to use, whether it be the War Mage and Sorceress, or the newer heroes like Blackpaw, Midnight, Stinkeye, or Bloodspike. As you collect the newer heroes, you can unlock weapons and traps to alter your strategy for every round. New content will continuously be added into the game. The game will support up to 10 players in a 5v5 multiplayer mode.
The game will be available for digital download on the PC in late 2014. They have Founder Pack specials right now, with “The Master” pack allowing you direct access to their Alpha phase, which can be found here. We’ve also included their teaser trailer below, so make sure to stay tuned.
As many fans predicted, Toonami has announced that they will be adding Funimation’s dub of Attack on Titan to their programme line-up soon. They confirmed that the series will begin airing in full English dub starting May 3rd, 2014.
To add further fuel to the hype flame that began burning with the announcement, Toonami and Funimation have released a trailer for the announcement giving a brief taste of what Attack on Titan is all about. You can check that trailer out below.
The series has become a massive success, with the manga volumes becoming best-sellers multiple times over in Japan and North America. The anime was also one of the most watched series on Crunchyroll when it was first aired. Be sure to let us know what you think of Attack on Titan coming to Toonami in the comments section below.
