Today, Deep Silver, along with development studio Piranha Bytes (Gothic, Risen) announced the return to classic RPG roots with a new game set to launch later this year. Risen 3: Titan Lords will be the third installment in the franchise. It will pull players into a hand-crafted world full of rugged charm, where every decision changes your story, your fate, and the fate of the world. Piranha Bytes is aiming to deliver a lush, enticing world that will give players the freedom to roam and explore.
Risen 3: Titan Lords is set for release in August 2014 for PC and Consoles. For more information, be sure to check out their official website here. Be sure to check out the game’s image gallery below to see some of the upcoming title’s artwork!
The localization of Persona 5 was a given, the English release for the second Persona fighting game, Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, was expected, Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth might have been a bit of a stretch but we’ve seen all three of those titles given localization announcements today.
Now Atlus USA has closed out their day of Persona by announcing that Persona 4: Dancing All Night, the rhythm game following Rise as she returns to being an idol but still has to deal with Shadows, will also be coming to North America. We’ve previously seen screenshots for the game but now we have also been given some of our first gameplay footage which can be found below.
Following up on their past two announcements for Persona, Atlus USA still had more to give us as they have announced that they will also be bringing Persona 4: The Ultimax Ultra Suplex Hold, the sequel, to Persona 4 Arena, to North America under the name Persona 4 Arena Ultimax.
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax features the inclusion of Ykari Takega, Junpei Iori, and a new character named Sho Minazuki. The title is set to be released on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 sometime this Fall and to go along with the announcement the company released a new trailer for the fighting game as well as a few new screenshots, all of which can be found below.
While it was a given that the next numbered Persona title would be getting released in the West, it was a bit iffy if the 3DS spin-off Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth which sees the cast of Persona 4 and Persona 3 thrown together in a labyrinth where they must solve a mystery and try to escape, would be coming over.
Well today Atlus USA put fans’ worries at ease by announcing that they are planning to release Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth in North America sometime in Fall 2014. To go along with this announcement the company has released a new teaser trailer as well as some screenshots for the game which can be found below.
Today Atlus USA has announced that fans of the Persona series will be able to enjoy the next long awaited numbered Persona title, Persona 5, sometime in 2015. Unfortunately to go along with this announcement the company didn’t have a lot else to share about the game besides a new teaser trailer which can be found below.
Persona 5 is currently set for release on the PlayStation 3 and currently the tag line for the title is “You are a slave. Want emancipation?” and is described as following people who are discontent with their current lives. Hopefully we can expect to hear more news about the title in the months to come.
Today Square Enix has released three new DLC costumes for Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. The three new equipment sets all cost $3.99 a piece but you can also choose to purchase all three at a discounted price of only $9.99. In addition to the DLC costumes, five new themes for the PS3 and avatar items for the 360 have also been released while the Japanese voice pack is no longer free to download.
The company did not describe the actual stat or skill benefits these outfits and pieces of equipment provide but the names and appearance of each outfit can be seen below:
Ultimate Savior
· Garb: Celestial Body
· Weapon: Excalibur
· Shield: Aegis Shield
· Adornment: Tiara of the Goddess
Today Tecmo Koei has released the third developer diary for Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z and like the past two developer diaries it features members from all three development teams discussing the title. The topic this time around is how they came up with the various zombies that the player will be facing off against as well as what makes their zombies unique compared to the garden variety zombies found in most other titles.
The developer diary can be found below, but you will want to turn on the closed captioning for now as the English subtitles are currently not available. As for the game itself, Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z is set to be released on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on March 18th and on the PC on March 21st.
You may remember that last year Ubisoft had announced that they were working on a free-to-play spin-off of Tom Clancy’s EndWar for the PC. Well today Ubisoft has released a new teaser trailer for the game that just so happens to be called Tom Clancy’s EndWar Online.
The trailer is called the Tech Assault trailer and it highlights massive armies preparing for battle and also marks the beginning of the technical test phase. Players will be able to access the game for a three day test period during the game’s closed beta, that you can sign up for here, and choose between the European Federation Enforcer Corps or Russia’s Spetsnaz Guard.
The previously mobile only game Deus Ex: The Fall is now making its way to PC via Steam after having much success in the market and winning a number of awards. Developed in conjunction with the original team that developed Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Deux Ex: The Fall is set in 2027 – a golden era for science, technology and human augmentation, but also a time of great social divide and global conspiracy. Powerful corporations have seized control from governments and command the drug supply needed by augmented humans to survive. In this chaos Ben Saxon, a former British SAS Mercenary who underwent physical augmentation, is desperate for the truth behind the drug conspiracy. Betrayed by his private military employers, the Tyrants, Ben’s life, and the life of all augmented humans are in great danger.
Deus Ex: The Fall will be out on March 25th for £7.99/€9.99/$9.99 depending on your region. It will feature 28 Steam achievement, Steam Trading cards, adjusted AI, added keyboard and mouse functionality and obviously the ability to play the game on your monitor as opposed to your tablet or phone. Gamers who pre-order Deus Ex: The Fall on Steam will get the original Deus Ex- Game of the Year edition for free. To pre-order now just follow this link. You can check out some screenshots of the PC version of the game below.
The ghost of Banri has been angered and his wrath shall be felt! All lingering sympathy that you may have had for Banri’s old self went straight out of the window this episode as he declared that he would have his revenge on his current self for abandoning Linda and rejecting his existence last episode. While that would be an empty threat coming from most spectral beings, it appears that the ghost of Banri is no normal ghost. In fact, he seems have the ability to control the weather, interfere with people’s lives, and just generally be a demi-god! Truly he came back stronger than we could ever imagine, determined to ruin Banri’s life one curse at a time.
While that may have made it sound like this episode was all doom and gloom it was actually quite the opposite. Aside from the one line where Banri’s ghost announced his revenge, this episode was a filler episode that focused mainly on festivals and Banri and Kouko’s newly committed relationship – a welcome break from all of the stress that has been building up over the last few episodes. It has been a really long time since we’ve had a chance to sit back and appreciate how cute they are together and now that the summer vacation has begun we should have ample opportunity for that.
Kicking off the summer with a bang, the Japanese Festival Culture Research Society had their first real chance to actually participate in a festival and Banri and Kouko were on the edge of their seats – Banri eager to get stuck in, and Kouko desperate to get out of there! Yes, Robogirl was back and as graceful as ever, flopping to the ground like an extremely well dressed sack of potatoes. Although, a sack of potatoes could probably apply make-up better… And there wouldn’t be a need to take up half of the episode with dialogue that didn’t really progress anything and wasn’t overly funny either. Kouko losing her cool is cute, but after 10 minutes, even I start to find her a bit annoying. Aside from a few funny one-liners and how surreal the chanting part at the end was, the first half of the episode fell flat rather quickly and I found myself actively waiting for it to end.
Thankfully, to the relief of everyone watching, what was to follow was a second half packed with all the Kouko x Banri that you could handle. More so than any other in the series, this episode made sure to put Kouko in as many embarrassing situations as possible and some of them were utterly priceless. It was funny to see how bashful the ever-stylish Kouko can be when she is out of her comfort zone, especially when she is trying so hard to impress Banri with her limited life skills. Nevertheless, she made a huge display of cooking for Banri, blindfolding him and tying him up to stop him watching her as she ‘cooked’ her premade yakisoba. Looking on as his blindfold slipped down, Banri’s reaction was perfect, simply sitting there silently until she turned around and saw her plan exposed. It got even better when she tried to play it off as a joke, claiming it was the spice of love. Easily one of the funniest moments of the series so far, that made the first half worth sitting through.
As far as episodes of Golden Time go, this was far from notable, but it was a decent filler episode that served to soften the impact of the ominous message left by the ghost of Banri. Now that he has thrown off the shackles of restraint, there is no telling what he will do to his present self. He has already taken him over for a short period of time and at this tentative point in Banri’s relationship with Kouko, even a lapse of a few seconds could spell disaster. For now, there is no knowing what revenge he will exact for trying to forget his beloved Linda, but I’m sure it is only a matter of time until the hammer falls. Stay tuned.
Golden Time is currently simulcasting on Crunchyrollwhere new episodes can be found each week and watched on mobile devices, consoles, smart TVs and of course on PC.
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