Limbic Entertainment and Ubisoft, the folks behind Assassin’s Creed IV, announced today that their upcoming Might & Magic game, Might & Magic X – Legacy, will be dropping for both digital and retail release on January 23rd.
The game experienced a successful Open Development phase in August that allowed the team to share their passion for the source material and get feedback from fans. X – Legacy is an authentic solo first-person RPG that uses turn-based gameplay. Players will create and lead a group of adventurers around the city of Karthal, battling powerful mythical creatures and collecting treasure along the way.
For more information you can check out their official website here.
In this, the Year of Luigi, the underdog of the Mario Bros. will be receiving his medical degree and will be joining Mario in the ranks of doctors pushing absurd amount of pills. In all seriousness, Nintendo has announced Dr. Luigi for the Wii U during their latest Nintendo Direct.
Dr. Luigi will play similar to the original Dr. Mario game but it will feature four different modes: a Retro Remedy mode with classic controls, an “Operation L” mode with L shaped pills, a competetive versus mode where players can play against their friends or online where various power ups can be used to punish opponents, and finally a Germ Buster mode that will take advantage of the Wii U GamePad.
Currently Dr. Luigi is set to be released in North America on December 31st through the Wii U eShop at a price of $14.99 while gamers in Europe will have to wait until January 15 to download the title.
Last night during their latest Nintendo Direct, Nintendo revealed that Yoshi’s New Island will be hitting the Nintendo 3DS, and the 2DS since that is now a thing, in Spring 2014 both in Europe and the United States.
The game is being developed by Arzest while the director is Nintendo’s Takashi Tezuka, the man who has directed a number of games including Super Mario World. To go along with this announcement Nintendo also released a gameplay video showing Yoshi’s New Island in action which… looks rather rough considering this is a first party Nintendo title but we’ll have to wait and see how it looks when it is released.
If you happened to have picked up Sonic Lost World for the Wii U instead of the 3DS version, though our review of the 3DS version can be found here, then we have some good news for you. Today during their latest Nintendo Direct, Nintendo has announced that a free piece of DLC called “Yoshi’s Island Zone” has been made available for download on the Nintendo eShop.
This zone is a recreation of a Yoshi’s Island stage and in this stage Sonic has to collect eggs to save the Yoshis. Nintendo also teased that a second piece of Nintendo themed DLC for Sonic Lost World will be released sometime next year, though as to what the DLC might be can be anyone’s guess.
Hamo Studio and indie game developer, Undercoders present the release of Band Land, an iconic music culture game now available on iOS devices at the App Store.
The free trivial application, invites musicians to test their knowledge of over 200 bands, divided into 10 levels of ascending difficulty; from popular classics to the most obscure bands. As shown in the trailer below, players must write the name of the pictured band as fast as they can, to clear a level and earn high scores, Band Land coins and compete for the top ranking on the GameCentre leaderboard. Players who are stuck on a band name, can use the coins for valuable hints, as well as seek help from friends via Twitter or Facebook.
Prepare for a musical journey across past and present bands today, by downloading Band Landherefor iPad and iPhone.
Overview Create a one-of-a-kind zoo filled with zombie animals – aka Zoombies!
Called forth by a rather helpful and talkative rhinoceros, it is up to you to transform your vacant lot into a hip and happening Zoo/Cemetery hybrid…a Zoometery if you will. Fill it to the brim with cute little critters from beyond the grave and keep them happy with some tasty brains. Such majestic creatures…
Well, you heard it here folks
Gameplay The basic premise of the game is construction. As the one in charge of running the Zoometery, it falls to you to build the facilities, hire the staff and create the animals. Naturally each of these elements costs money, or rather Zoomboleons as is the regional currency. Money can be gained through your Zoombies, who will systematically produce EXP and Zoomboleons for you to collect. The frequency at which they produce said currencies, as well as the amount, depends on the creature.
Certain animals are also unique in that they can be trained to perform tricks for your amusement. In order for your pet to truly learn a trick, you must teach it the action multiple times. If they perform well, you reward them. If they perform poorly, you discipline them. Of course if they’re to hungry, they won’t perform at all. In order to replenish their energy you must feed them with the food you’ve hopefully grown from one of your facilities. Or you might decide to invest in a different type of facility, perhaps one that allows you to cross-breed your Zoombies?
The game will also provide you with various quests to complete as you play. Once completed, these quests will net you EXP and Zoomboleons, which in turn will allow you to upgrade your Zoometery. Should your little area become to congested, as it no undoubtedly will, you have the option of upgrading your land. This will grant you more space to fill with whatever your heart desires.
Quite the undead menagerie
Visuals and Audio Pet Zoometery features a very quirky style. The Zoombies themselves are equal parts cute and creepy, creating an odd visual. The mixmatched creatures feature pronounced eyes, missing protions of skin and a number of visible bones. You know, typical animal stuff. The background itself is pretty basic. Though possessing the same cartoonish style of the creatures, it is literally a single picture. Noticeable as the waterfall doesn’t…you know, fall. Clouds will occasionally drift over the land however and it might rain once in a while…so that’s nice.
The game has an expressly calm soundtrack. This effect is created through the use of violins and trumpets, also providing an almost exclusive quality. It is a fancy Zoo after all. Bongos also add a certain tribal flair, suiting of the jungle environment that surrounds your establishment. Creatures themselves will also make the occasional sound, though you will mainly hear a variety of “dings” when you tap to collect your hard earned Zoomboleons.
My God…what has science done?
Overall Pet Zoometery HD is a fun and quirky game. Once you wrap your head around the Zoombie and facility systems, it’s not too hard to expand you Zoometery. The consistent play reward system will keep you playing for a few days as well, five in fact…if you want to unlock the cool prizes that is. Overall, it’s a simple game with a simple goal: create the best damn Zoometery around…or the only one for that matter.
Capsule Computers review guidelines can be found here.
That’s right Nintendo fans, the cosmic guardian Rosalina has decided to try her hand at a little competition. Plucked straight out of Super Mario Galaxy, the space bound lady has seen a boom in popularity, appearing in Super Mario 3D World and the previous two Mario Kart games. But now, Rosalina is set to make her first combat appearance with her inclusion in the brand new Super Smash Bros.
From what is shown in the trailer, Rosalina will be accompanied in battle by Luma. This stellar sidekick is shown to aid in combos and a variety of attacks, changing colour at various intervals.
Rosalina will also return to the racing circuit in the new gravity defying Mario Kart 8. Clad once more in her racing suit, she will race against the likes of mainstays Mario, Waluigi, Bowser…all the classics. Also glimpsed in the trailer was the return of the baby versions of Mario, Luigi, Peach and Daisy.
Check out the trailers below and check out the girl that’s out of this world bring the fight to the challengers, on both the battlefield and the race track. May the stars shine down on you.
Microids continues to explore real historical events through the medium of video games and this time they have their sights on the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy. The real archives gathered on the case will be released to the public in 2017, so in Hidden Files: Echoes of JFK, the player investigates on a case parallel to the president’s murder. As special agent Jane Sully, the player is sent by the FBI’s boss to resolve the mystery around the death of journalist Jack Olsen who was himself investigating on JFK’s case.
The game itself is an interactive investigation where players must solve puzzles and complete mini games to advance the story and solve the case. Players will have to use their investigative powers and various skills to hack computers, examine print and even be involved in gunplay when the time comes. For historical buffs, they will have fun tracking down fifty pieces of historical information on the real JFK case as they progress through the game. Classic adventure game tropes such as using your inventory to intereact with certain objects in the scene are also included.
Hidden Files – Echoes of JFK is available now (on the 50th anniversy of JFK’s assassination) on iOS from the App Store, Android from Google Play and PC here, and is coming soon to Mac, the game is available in English, French, Spanish, Italian and German.
An announcement regarding Digimon was teased early last week and it seems as though we’ve finally gotten the news, I know a lot of you Digimon fans have been hankering for some sweet new Digimon-related news and here it is: V-Jump Magazine have revealed that a brand-new Digimon game titled “Digimon Story: Cyber Truth” is in the works and will be released on the PS-Vita. Nothing in-depth about this game has come to the surface as of yet though what we do know is that it will be a training RPG, much like almost every other Digimon game, and will take place in Japan in the near future.
The game is also said to feature some real world locations from around Japan which is very suiting considering this seems to be a title that is a Japan-exclusive. There are no images nor footage of the game in action but the first trailer is said to première this weekend at the big Jump Festa event so keep an eye out on the site for that one. The game is slated for a 2015 release and I can guarantee we’ll be hearing a lot about the game in the coming year so stick around.
The first key visual for the upcoming anime adaptation of Shonen Jump volleyball manga series ‘Haikyu!!‘. The new visual for the anime adaptation can be seen above featuring Karasuno High School’s volley ball team, the stars of the series.
Also released was a character art piece featuring the team in a line-up to give fans a good look at how they are set to appear in the anime adaptation of the series. You can check that out below.
The ‘Haikyu!!‘ anime is slated to begin airing in Spring 2014. The cast is set to be announced at Jump Festa on the 22nd of December. It is to be animated by Production I.G. Stay tuned for more detailed on this anime series as it comes to light. Let us know what you think of this key art in the comments section below.
