An all-star cast of evil dudes…and one evil babe. (Click For Larger Image)
Just today, the good people over at Namco Bandai games released some more awesome information regarding the upcoming Naruto game “Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution” which will make fans of the series that are more interested in the “dark side” of the Naruto franchise extremely excited. Released was some news that the new game will feature a never-before-seen anime sequence which details the events that transpired before the “Akatsuki” – a band of rogue ninjas all with the same mentality and overall goal – was officially formed.
You, as the player, follow the story of Pain and Konan as they journey through each of the different ninja villages in search for like-minded and powerful ninjas to join their “evil” crew. Players are given a chance to walk a mile in the nefarious shoes of these ninja as they play through the actual story of the “Akatsuki”, slowly but surely unlocking the new animation sequence as they meet the younger versions of certain characters and as they bring them over to their side.
Kakuzu and Sasori both in story-based costumes. (Click For Larger Image)
Sasori, Kakuzu, Itachi, Kisame, Orochimaru, and all of the rest make an appearance sporting new costumes designed by series creator Masashi Kishimoto himself. Some more good news for all you fans is that Namco Bandai have also released a great deal of art assets/screenshots from the game that show both the anime sequence and the in-game action that you’ll be experiencing once the action/adventure title is released so head down below to check out the gallery of images and start getting excited for “Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution” coming to all good stores near you for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 sometime this year. Believe it!
With Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z set to be released in under a week, Tecmo Koei has released their final developer diary for the game which features members from all three development teams discussing why they chose to use a cel-shaded comic book style to create the game and why they chose to implement so much humor into the title, which pretty much boils down to being similar to western style comic books.
Anyways, the full developer diary can be found below and features big names such as Keiji Inafune, Yosuke Hayashi and others. As for the game itself, Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z will be released in North America on March 18th while the European release is a few days later on March 21st.
Over the past few weeks Atlus USA has been giving their fans a slow drip feed of information pertaining to the various details in Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars, ranging from the classes that the player’s children can be to gigantic robots.
Now this week they have released a trailer that many fans of the game will be interested in as it serves as an introduction to one of the game’s seven heroines. The first girl to be introduced is Torri and you can check her out in the gameplay trailer below. Atlus has stated that fans can expect intro videos for the rest of the girls to be released shortly.
Now that Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII has been on store shelves for about a month at this point, Square Enix has revealed that their second batch of costume DLC for the game has just been released onto the Xbox Marketplace and PlayStation Network in North America and Europe.
The full costume DLC released today and their prices can be found below:
Final Fantasy Legends Collection ($9.99)
Yuna’s FFX outfit, Cloud and Aerith costumes
Sohei Savior ($2.99)
Garb: Sohei Savior
Weapon: Treasure Hold
Shield: Fealty
Shogun ($2.99)
Garb: Shogun
Weapon: Thirteen Nights
Shield: Thunderstruck
The Samurai Collection ($9.99)
Shining Prince
Dark Samurai
Sohei Savior
Utsusemi
Art of War
Flower of Battle
Shogun
To go along with the release of this DLC the company has released screenshots of all of the outfits which can be found below as well as some gameplay videos showing off the Final Fantasy Legends outfits.
Yesterday Funimation released a small list of the official cast members for the Attack on Titan English dub, today they are adding to this ever growing list by revealing8 more character roles. Funimation will keep adding to the list every day leading up the official premier of the English dub of Attack on Titan. The new list is as followed:
Character – Actor
Jean – Mike McFarland Sasha – Ashly Burch Conny – Clifford Chapin Anka – Jamie Marchi Hanna – Tia Ballard Gustav – Keith Kubal Christa – Bryn Apprill Ymir – Elizabeth Maxwell
If you want to be reminded of the shows plot then here is the official synopsis provided by Funimation.
When the man-eating giants called Titans first appeared, humans retreated behind massive walls. After a hundred years of safety, a colossal-sized Titan smashes through the defenses, unleashing a flood of giants and carnage in the streets. Eren Jaeger watches helplessly as one of the creatures devours his mother.
He vows to kill every Titan walking the earth. Eren and his surviving friends enlist to fight against the insatiable monsters. The future looks bleak, but there’s more to Eren than meets the eye: he may be humanity’s last hope against extinction.
Let us know what you think about the casting list, and about the Attack on Titan English dub by leaving a comment down below.
Guess who’s back!? Everybody’s favourite wall-crawling web slinger is once again making his way out of New York City and onto your smartphone. After a terrific outing the first time round, the guys at Gameloft have brought Peter Parker out for round two – and just in time for the upcoming Amazing Spider-Man 2 film.
Looking to enhance on the first game, Amazing Spider-Man 2 will have players webs-slinging through a free-roam Manhatten that is larger and more detailed. This new playground is the ultimate place for Spider-Man to show off his impressive range of skills.
Check out the announcement trailer below and remember to download Amazing Spider-Man 2 when it becomes available this April. Also remember that the movie comes out April 17th, so make sure you set a reminder on your calendars. Will you be heading down to the first showing of Amazing Spider-Man 2, or did the Andrew Garfield’s first outing in the red and blue suit turn you off this series? Let us know in the comments below and remember to stay tuned to Capsule Computers for all the Spider-Man news as it becomes available.
Jormungand Season 2: Perfect Order Studio:White Fox Publisher:FUNimation Release Date: February 18th, 2014 Format: DVD/Blu-Ray Combo Price: $64.98 – Available Here
Overview
While the first season of Jormungand was a fairly good series, it did have a few hiccups in that with so many characters not all of them received as much back story as the others and a lack of an overall story or progression throughout the series. Does Jormungand have what it takes to finish the rounds of characters and show what the anime is really about, or will it end up just a meandering narrative bent on showing viewers the world of an arms dealer and her bodyguards?
Story
The first season of Jormungand actually did end up leaving off on a pretty big twist and setting up for the next character’s back story, but luckily the beginning of the season is easily able to reiterate the situation from last time and get immediately back into the swing of the series. With Koko Hekmatyar having made so many enemies over the years, it stands to reason that she would have crossed paths with the CIA at some point and it seems that because of this Koko has had a spy in her unit for quite a while.
This is really the beginning of where the plot of the series is kicked into gear, with the first season simply setting up the lives of the majority of these characters and how they came to work for Koko. Exploring the back story of the undercover spy at this time introducing not only more important side characters, but starts to hint at what Koko’s goals truly are and how she might possibly achieve them. While the first season had more one off episodes and two episode arcs, the second season as a whole works much more as a full progressing story, and the remaining character’s back stories actually tying more directly to the development of the plot like nearer the end of season one.
What makes the second season even better is that it isn’t just the present characters that get explored, in one case it actually delves more into the past and gives a better idea of what the team was like before the boy soldier Jonah and many of the others joined the team. This adds so much more depth that certainly was never expected as when Jonah initially arrives the team acts much more like a family than a team of guards just working a job, showing just how much has changed over the years of Koko’s dealings.
Ultimately, when it finally comes time focus entirely on the plot of what Koko has planned, the series does an excellent job slowly building up to the execution of the plan. Though surprisingly, the main conflict in the series doesn’t come from Koko having to try and take on her enemies and achieve her goals, but a more personal conflict that has been building between Koko and Jonah, with his vast dislike of arms dealers and the like. Which makes for a far better conclusion as the internal conflict of the group seems to weigh much more emotionally on the group, then the external as Koko’s team is just too great at what they do.
Visuals
Coming so quickly on the heels of the last season the vast majority of visuals are on the same level, but as the plot gains speed the anime does start going in a much darker direction and facing off against new enemies. With these additions though, Jormungand is still easily able to keep up the quality and seems to do a lot more with the action scenes this time around. While the first season had great action, the second is still able to improve on this with the scenes being more extended than before, as they fight more groups of enemies instead of just two or three.
Audio
Again, as these seasons occurred back to back the quality is still much the same with the same actors still doing a very good job in the roles, there were several new characters though and voices that came with them. Adding in these new characters though they have still preformed well, especially with such a wide major cast. As this is also the final season to conclude the story of Jormungand, the return of some of the minor characters to see where they’ve been and where they are now does adds to the experience as well, especially with the returning voices.
The music is also able to keep up the quality as Koko’s team continues to travel to different locations and get into fights, but there is also a new opening and ending theme for Perfect Order. The opening theme this time was “UNDER/SHAFT” by Maon Kurosaki, which fits perfectly with the character of Koko, even more so this time as it is literally the codename for the CIA mission centered on her. The ending theme, “Laterality” by yanaginagi, in contrast is more about Koko from the perspective of Jonah and the conflict arising between their opposing views. Like the first season, there is an additional ending theme, “Shinjitsu no Hane” by yanaginagi, that acts as a sort of farewell to another character though this time is has a lot more meaning as they were around much longer than the assassins in the first season.
Extras
The special features for is very much in line with regular FUNimation releases and with the first season. This time fans can hear commentary on Episode 15 and Episode 24 as the American cast talks about their characters and working on the show. Likewise, there are opening theme and both ending themes available to view without the credits text and the trailers for the U.S. release of Jormungand Season 2: Perfect Order and other releases. There is an additional special feature, with the American director and two leads talking and exploring the different members of Koko’s team that gives a nice insight into their background and how they fit into the team.
Overall
With a lot more focus on the plot and finishing off the final few character back stories, Jormungand Season 2: Perfect Order is the perfect compliment to the first season. With no problems matching the quality of either the visuals or the music and voice overs from before, Jormungand is able to bring the story of Jonah and Koko to a definitive close. Fans of character driven plot with a good splash of action should find a lot to like as it explores the past and present lives of Koko’s team as she nears her ultimate goals and combat fiercer and fiercer enemies trying to oppose her, though the first season is kind of a must to get to know the vast majority of the team.
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One of the more popular combinations around Akihabara is themed cafes and currently airing anime; add some maids into this trend and what you get is the Cure Maid Cafes Kill la Kill menu.
The newly created menu contains a range of drinks and food items named after the various characters and themes from the anime; such items include the Ryuko Matoi drink (made from blueberry juice, flavoured Ramune and grenadine), a Mankanshoku croquette plate and the Satsuki afternoon tea with elite four mini desserts.
This café is not just for the younger fans as the menu does feature a couple of alcoholic drinks too, appropriately named after two adult characters and each containing their own unique mixture of ingredients. The Aikuro Mikisugi is made with vodka, Blue Curacao, ginger ale and Silver decoration whilst the Ragyo Kiryuin is made with 7 different things including Green mint syrup and gold leaf.
The Kirurakiru café will be open from the 14th of this month and will be available to Japanese customers until the 6th of April; they will also be able to purchase special Kill la Kill themed glasses for around 1050 yen ($10.50USD) and limited edition postcards will be given out to those who anything off the menu.
Let us know what you think about the Kill la Kill maid café, and what other anime themed cafes you’d like to see by leaving a comment down below.
Compatibility: Requires iOS 6.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This app is optimized for iPhone 5.
Description
Adventure Era is an exciting urban development strategy game that takes place in a fictional world whose inventive inhabitants are in for a bumpy ride on the path to progress.
The game’s hero is a young explorer whose curiosity leads him on exciting adventures to distant, unexplored worlds.
The story begins quite well for the player. The local inhabitants turn out to treat unexpected guests like great messengers of the gods. From this point on, the well-being and prosperity of the village depends on you.
Develop the economy, expand your territory, and modernize technology to more quickly reach never-before-seen heights of civilization!
But not everything is as simple as it seems. Aggressive members of the local fauna and a secret race of people that lived in this world long before the current inhabitants won’t give you enough time to grow bored – not for a second.
Throughout the game, you’ll meet lots of new friends, explore the vivid, if dangerous island and, just maybe, get to the bottom of a secret permutation between worlds that can help you find a way home.
Game Features:
– A comprehensive, detailed world populated by charismatic characters
– Tons of unique buildings with original architectural characteristics
– Entertaining pets who will bring you to unexplored lands
– A development system which allows you to go from hunting and gathering to cinematography and aeronautics
– An exciting plot and hundreds of interesting quests
– A professional musical score
Official Facebook community: https://www.facebook.com/AdventureEra
SoftBank Ventures Korea Announces Investment in Video Game Creators TURBO
Brooklyn-Based developer is drawing global talent to craft “cross-screen” core titles
BROOKLYN, NY – MARCH 11, 2014 – SoftBank Ventures Korea (SBVK) today announced a strategic investment in TURBO, a freshly revealed Brooklyn-based game developer. With a pedigree that includes talent from such highly regarded and successful game makers as Nintendo, Sony, CCP, Riot, Rockstar Games, OMGPOP, Q-Games, KABAM, and Zynga, TURBO is comprised of a dream team of designers obsessed with refined gameplay mechanics applied to “cross-screen” design.
“We’re driven by the desire to create AAA-quality entertainment with multiplayer components across devices,” said Yohei Ishii, CEO of TURBO. “Natively developed cross-screen core titles with seamless functionality and fun have been elusive. We’re enabling elite development talent to innovate on today’s digital platforms because quality is what matters, not of-the-minute trends. We are thrilled that SoftBank shares our vision.”
“We’re working with TURBO because they have the seasoned background and visionary ideas to reinvent how games are played,” said Daniel Kang at SoftBank Ventures Korea. “Our meticulous investment choices have led to a strong position in gaming and we hope to benefit from the expertise of other subsidiaries of SoftBank Group, such as Supercell and GungHo. We look forward to furthering this success when TURBO’s first game is released in late 2014.”
TURBO is buoyed by the vibrant, growing creative scene in New York City. No place on earth is the worlds of game design, tech, and the arts colliding into such a supportive ecosystem of ideas and opportunity. The team at TURBO believes New York has the potential to drive the next wave of innovation in games, fueled by unparalleled cultural capital.
TURBO will be attending Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco, and in the coming months will reveal plans from the team for 2014 and beyond. For more information about culture and development at TURBO, visit www.TURBOStudios.com. To stay up-to-date with the latest from TURBO, follow along on Facebook (www.Facebook.com/TURBOStudios) and Twitter (@TURBOStudios).
About SoftBank Ventures Korea Corp.
Established in year 2000, SoftBank Ventures Korea is a venture capital arm of SoftBank Group. The SoftBank Group, is one of the largest technology and telecommunications corporations in the world, focused onmobile communications, broadband infrastructure, fixed-line telecommunications, and internet culture. SBVK has invested approximately USD 320M across 158 startup companies. SBVK is committed to investing in and supporting companies and entrepreneurs with disruptive technologies and innovative ideas to change the world.
About TURBO
TURBO. Brooklyn born. Founded in 2013, TURBO is an independent game development studio formed by a dream team of industry veterans who believe in building a business around killer games. When we’re not making games, we’re playing games and therein lies the difference.
