Microids and Her Interactive have announced that they will be partnering up in the new year. This partnership makes sense, as Microids already has a solid list of strong female protagonists in their games like Syberia‘s Kate Walker and Still Life‘s Victoria McPherson. So, it is great to see such a great team up to help Nancy Drew continue to prosper around the world.
After decades of books and movies, not to mention 15 years of adventure video games totaling over 9 million copies sold, Nancy Drew is still going strong with its fanbase of girls and women of all ages. Next year alone will see 6 new game titles, all of which will be distributed by Microids for Europe. These six new games have already been announced as The Silent Spy, Ghost of Thornton Hall, The Deadly Device, Tomb of the Lost Queen, Alibi in Ashes, and The Captive Curse all of which will be releasing throughout 2014 for PC and Mac.
I recently started playing Rift, an MMO released in 2011. The game is focused on the opening of rifts, which are portals that lead to other planes. Each of these rifts introduces different monsters and enemies that will try to kill you if they see you.
There are two main factions, Guardians and Defiant, though players are able to interact and play with the opposing faction. I’ve always been a huge fan of MMOs. I was a hardcore raider in WoW (World of Warcraft) and have dabbled in other MMOs such as Everquest and Guild Wars 1/2. I enjoyed the aspects and characteristics of MMORPGs. Leveling and min/maxing my characters so that they are the most efficient in battle was a part of the game that I loved. Ever since the slow decay of WoW, I’ve turned my attention to other MMORPGs to sate my thirst for questing, guild camaraderie, and epic loot. My slow transition took me through several games, ranging from Star Wars: The Old Republic, Guild Wars 1/2, Neverwinter, Tera, and some others. I have not found any MMO that has kept me more interested than Rift has so far, besides Guild Wars 2.
The game has a surprisingly complex class system that creates a lot of class diversity within the game. Leveling is a breeze, considering Trion has implemented a variety of different leveling methods within the game, whether they are through PvP (Player versus Player), Instant Adventures (Huge questing groups), or Dungeons (Instanced zones). The game’s flavor creates a wonderfully unique atmosphere that really makes the player come back for more. The game is all F2P (free to play) now, making it a great, free mmo game to add to your game library. I would highly consider Rift to be a necessary game to include in an MMORPG fanatic’s arsenal. It easily trumps some of the experiences I’ve had with other titles, and so far, it has not disappointed me.
Check out our review on Rift to find out more about this great F2P MMORPG.
What do you guys think? Is Rift worth it? Or do you guys still feel Rift is a generic WoW clone? Let us know in your comments below!
Episode 24 of CC: Animeis nowlive. Each month, thanks to our good friends and sponsor Siren Visual, we will be giving away a prize in a monthly competition held through CC: Anime.
To win, listen to the podcast for the question and once you have an answer email it in along with your name and address to[email protected]. At the end of the month, a winner will be randomly selected from the pool of entries. The winner will then be announced on the next podcast.
This month, we will be giving away a copy ofQueens Blade: Exiled Virgin, on DVD thanks to our good friends at Siren Visual. If you have yet to listen to CC: Anime you can do so here.
Listen to the podcast and then send your answer in along with your name and address to [email protected] Good Luck!
Welcome to another episode of CC: Anime, Capsule Computers Anime Podcast! In our twenty fourth episode, the CC: Anime crew discuss the latest anime and manga news, the good and bad side of fan-service, an Attack on Titan rap song, the evolution of Pokemon, our conflicting opinions on Kill la Kill, celebrating our 2 year anniversary, as well as answering your questions and tweets. We also have a prize giveaway of Queens Blade: Exiled Virgin on DVD thanks to our sponsor Siren Visual, find out how to enter here.
Cast: Luke Halliday, Travis Bruno and Frank Inglese
We hope you enjoy CC: Anime Episode 24, be sure to let us know what you think.
20 years ago, a show by the name of Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers blasted onto our television line-up, featuring five teenagers who would tackle evil on a daily basis. As the years passed, we as fans grew up and moved on, but the series continued, evolving in different ways to retain an ageless charm that has ultimately resulted in a hardcore fan following. Ranger Call is a celebration of the phenomenon, where Dustin Spencer and Andrew Day come together to speak about their memories and discuss the many tropes that the show offered throughout its many incarnations.
This week, we bring back Ranger Call and crank it to the MAX….with news that is. From the new DVD sets, Mega Force entering Netflix, and several other stories, our two hosts spend their time sharing opinions on some awesome topics while touching on some very hot topics in the PR Universe. Will the Ranger War be decent? Is Amy Jo Johnson sincere? Do we have trouble remembering cast member’s names? All of that and more can be found in this episode of Ranger Call! Tune in below.
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment will be releasing a new add-on for Batman: Arkham Origins tomorrow – the Initiation Challenge Map, priced at £5.49 on the Xbox Games Store, PSN, Steam and Nintendo eShop.
Set high in the Paektu-San Mountains of North Korea, the Initiation Add-On follows a young Bruce Wayne as he faces his ultimate test. Players will embark upon a series of challenge maps that test their martial arts training across exotic locales, including a bamboo forest and a mountain top monastery. Fans will face fresh enemies along with an epic final test to prove their worthiness to Bruce’s greatest and most pitiless teacher, Kirigi.
The Initiation add-on puts a spotlight on an even younger Bruce Wayne, before he donned his iconic cowl. It introduces a new challenge campaign with four unique challenge maps and two original skins – Initiation Bruce Wayne and Vigilante Bruce Wayne.Batman: Arkham OriginsSeason Pass owners will have instant access to the new content… provided they are connected to the internet, of course. Check out the official DLC trailer below.
Welcome back to CC Unplugged! It has been quite a hiatus, but we are back and better than ever. This week, Dustin Spencer, Luke Halliday, Travis Bruno, and Frank Inglese have joined forces to talk about a lot of topics, such as the start of the next generation, Sonic, Mario, and the potential contenders for the Game of the Year. More on that soon, but for now – give this panda-loving show a listen, as you are sure to love our sweet voices as they leak into your ears.
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What do Thanksgiving, Christmas, Birthdays and New Years all have in common? The fact that all four are being celebrated in The Sims FreePlay with brand new content. In the midst of the holiday season The Sims FreePlay is celebrating its second birthday, and with the regular updates it has had since launch, also celebrating the fact that it has become one of EAs longest running free to play games.
To celebrate, the game’s latest update includes a tonne of new items, challenges, quests and decor to help you celebrate the holiday season in style. Some of the key features of the update include:
Gifts Galore – Get your Sims ready for the silly season with four FREE Christmas presents delivered to your Sims door starting Dec 1
12 Days to Save Christmas – Help Santa find his Elves by completing “The Missing Xmas Elves” quest by Christmas Day and unlock adorable PET REINDEERS available from Dec 13
Deck the Halls – Add some Christmas cheer to your home with all-new Christmas décor you receive free during “The Missing Xmas Elves” quest
Ring in the New Year with a BANG! – Complete the “10… 9… 8” quest to receive Fireworks for your Sims! available from Dec 29
That’s a pretty good Christmas present from EA, so be sure to complete the challenges and unlock the items and decor to brighten up your Sim’s lives. Are you still playing The Sims FreePlay? Let us know in the comments below but if you haven’t started, then you can grab it for free (as the name implies) from iTunes, Google Play, and the Amazon AppStore. As always, be sure to stay tuned to Capsule Computers for all The Sims news as it becomes available.
There seems to be a growing number of New Zealand game developers. Scraps is a potential new game that may materialize from the creative minds of New Zealand game creator, Moment Studio. Intended for the PC, Mac and Linux, the game is based on a simple and fun activity – designing and controlling a machine on wheels to battle and dominate other combat vehicles. It has already launched on Kickstarter for crowd-funding and is looking to raise $23,000NZD.
Moment Studio is actually the efforts of a solo developer Bill Borman, who has been spent a good full year developing this game. The vehicle building aspect of the game is said to be “pretty much solid” with an early builder demo already available for download, although multiplayer gameplay is still several months away. Scraps is going to offer an alpha release of the game, not to give gamers a taste test so to speak, but to make use of a promise by Kickstarter to contribute about $20NZD for every copy of the Alpha released, which when ready in mid-2014 will offer multiplayer melee gameplay and a basic set of vehicle parts. An alpha purchase also means more game content, such as car parts, chassis types and additional game modes.
One of the UK’s biggest and most well respected publishers – System 3 are releasing their latest game, Putty Squad onto the PS4. Putty Squad was originally an Amiga game in 1992 that has been remade and making the rounds on other consoles. Today however marks the game’s jump into the next-generation starting with the PS4.
To mark the jump to next-gen, System 3 have created a nice little launch trailer that goes over the origin of the series since it first launched all those years ago. Check out the trailer below, and head over the PSN if you want to download this classic game. As always, be sure to stay tuned to Capsule Computers for all the Putty Squad news as it becomes available.
