Aussie fans don’t have much longer to wait. Sony is finally launching the PlayStation 4 in Australian territories this Friday on November 29. Official polling done by Sony suggests that 52% of 1,278 buyers will not be going to work that day. Check out the Aussie-centric video that’s been made for our release below.
The PS4 launch celebrations begin tonight, with events being held around the country in 320 EB Games stores and 43 JB Hi-Fi stores. Even Dick Smith is joining in the madness, holding a launch event at its Sydney Central store where gamers will be given a chance to grab the last 300 PS4 units available on launch day.
“The PS4 launch is set to be the biggest in our industry’s history. This is not only because of the volume of Australians that have been clamouring to get their hands on one this side of Christmas, but now also because of the expectation of a huge number of gamers planning to stay home and play with their new PS4 on Friday. Sounds to me likes it’s almost a national play day,” says Michael Ephraim, Managing Director at Sony Computer Entertainment Australia.
The PlayStation 4 will retail for AU$549.95 and includes games such as Knack, Killzone: Shadow Fall, Resogun, Assassin’s Creed 4, Battlefield 4, Call of Duty: Ghosts, FIFA 14, NBA 2K14, Madden NFL 25, Just Dance 2014, Need For Speed Rivals and Contrast in its launch line up.
Still don’t know what exactly is in the box? Have a look at the official unboxing video.
A week has gone past us already, and it is time for the awesome folks over at Disney to shower us with free Disney Infinity maps in this week’s Toy Box Challenge. As with previous weeks, there are five free maps for Disney Infinity owners to download, as well as a new Toy Box Submission Challenge, and a video that showcases the winners of the previous challenge. Without further adieu, lets get into it!
FREE TOY BOXES
To mark the Thanksgiving season over in the US, the guys over at Disney have been hard at work, and have been able to come up with 5 brand new, awesome Toy Boxes for players everywhere to download. Taking inspiration from not only some of Disney’s classic films, but also sequels to already popular Toy Boxes. Here are the 5 free Toy Boxes you can download starting today:
Toy Story Claw – Find the 10 lost aliens and return them to their ship! Drop them into a ESPN hoop for extra credit.
Big Thunder – Race through a mine inspired by the classic Disneyland attraction Big Thunder Mountain Railroad.
Sky Gauntlet II – Play the sequel to the original Sky Gauntlet Toy Box … with an even more challenging course!
Toy Story Racer – Ready, set, to Infinity and beyond! Race the AI in this Toy Story in Space-themed racetrack.
The Sky Trials – Test your courage and wisdom to finish puzzles and get rewarded.
TOY BOX SUBMISSION CHALLENGE
Since Disney provided us with 5 sweet, new Toy Boxes this week, they have also extended the time limit for last week’s Gonna Wreck It! Challenge. So if you haven’t quite perfected your Fix-it-Felix recreation, or Sugar Rush race track then don’t sweat it, you still have another week to get it ready and uploaded to Disney.
As always, you can create and share your Toy Box creations though, using these instructions:
Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U
Bring up the Pause Menu and select “Online/Multiplayer.”
Then select “Toy Box Share” > “Disney’s Toy Boxes” > “Submit to Disney.”
Follow the prompts. You’ll be asked to give your Toy Box an original name and description. Choose carefully – they will be shown to everybody if your Toy Box is featured.
iPad
Bring up the Pause Menu and select “Toy Box Share.”
Then select “Disney’s Toy Boxes” > “Submit to Disney.”
Follow the prompts. You’ll be asked to give your Toy Box an original name and description. Choose carefully – they will be shown to everybody if your Toy Box is featured
TOY BOX COUNTDOWN
This week’s Toy Box Countdown features the 5 new maps that Disney has made available for the holiday period. Check out the video below to take a closer look at the new Toy Boxes. All of which you can download right now!
You can check out last week’s winning Toy Box maps here.
NEW FIGURES!
Time to get excited! Free Toy Boxes and extended challenge dates are one thing, but now it is time for something really exciting. Disney Infinity’s Wave 2 is officially here! By the time you read this, there will be a heap more figures available for you on store shelves everywhere. The new figures are mostly for use in the game’s Toy Box, and are all really unique and different from what we’ve seen before. Here are the figures you can grab starting today:
Anna(Frozen) Elsa (Frozen) Woody(Toy Story) Ralph (Wreck-It Ralph) Vanellope Von Schweetz (Wreck-It Ralph) Rapunzel (Tangled) Crystal Buzz Lightyear (Toy Story)
These figures add a tonne of girl-power and Toy Story love to an already awesome lineup of characters. Head down to your nearest store and grab them, along with Jack Skellington today.
That’s another week of Disney Infinity updates for you passionate Disney fans out there. Were you happy with the Toy Box Countdown winners? Will you be downloading any of the maps (wither from the winners, or from Disney)? Let us know in the comments below, and remember that for all the Disney Infinity news as it becomes available, stay tuned to Capsule Computers.
As you may already know, Sentai Filmworks is re-releasing Nyan Koi! in North America but this time they are also giving the series an English dub after their initial release back in 2010 was subtitle only. As such, the company has revealed the English cast which can be found below:
Over the past couple of weeks a new character for Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate was announced for the Arcade version of the game and then it was revealed she would eventually be patched into the home release of the game in Japan.
Since then, fans of the game in the West have wondered whether or not the character would be appearing in the English version of the game as well. Well, Tecmo Koei has answered these fans on Facebookby saying:
Fighters! We see that you’ve discovered our newest character, Marie Rose for the upcoming Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate Arcade. Although this game is a JP exclusive title, we haven’t forgotten about our overseas fighters in the West. We hope to provide you guys with more information in the near future. But in the meantime, we appreciate your continued support for DOA5 Ultimate. Thanks fighters!
While this is far from a confirmation of the company’s plans, one can infer that the company will be releasing her as a patch sometime after she is patched into the Japanese version of the game.
Gran Turismo 6 has a brand new trailer featuring the voice of legendary race car driver Mario Andretti and a short gameplay clip. The trailer is called “First Love.”
Gran Turismo 6 is the latest installment in Polyphony Digital’s long running racing sim. The game features over 1,200 cars (120 of them new to the series), 33 tracks, improved physics, and a new rendering engine that is capable of producing a dynamic night sky on some tracks. Gamers will even be able to drive the Lunar Roving Vehicle in the new game. New tracks include Mount Panorama and old tracks like Apricot Hill Raceway will be making a return. Gran Turismo 6 will launch on December 6th, 2013 for the PlayStation 3.
Gamers around the world have often hotly debated the topic of are Video Games art? The response you might give to this sort of question is often based on what you consider to be inspiring, memorable or thought-provoking. In the history of the industry, I’m sure everyone has at least one title or franchise that has stood out to them as a work of art, for graphics, story or otherwise. But you never really see much in the way of an appreciation of this, especially in Australia, where the industry is still budding. The Game Masters Exhibition sets out to change this.
If you haven’t yet heard of it yet, Game Masters is an internationally renowned exhibition that celebrates the work of some of the biggest names in gaming, from Hideo Kojima, to Tim Schafer, to Peter Molyneux to Yuji Naka. The event, sponsored by the Australian Centre for Moving Images (ACMI), will showcase some of the biggest video games and development memorabilia from the past 30 years.
The exhibit itself will feature hundreds of playable console, arcade and mobile ports of the biggest video games from the early 80’s up until the modern day. The exhibit will also showcase unseen and rare concept art, exclusive interviews with game designers and interactive and informative displays highlighting the development process. If you’ve ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes in the creation process of legendary titles like Mario, Legend of Zelda, Sonic the Hedgehog, Metal Gear Solid, and many more, then attending this exhibit should be a no brainer. The exhibit is advertised to be divided into three sections:
Arcade Heroes, which will look at the pioneering games of the arcade-age of the 80’s.
Game Changers, which celebrate and showcases the big titles, innovations and leap forwards that defined the future direction of the industry.
Indies, which highlights the increasing popularity and role of independent game development in the modern market.
As you probably read in the title of this article, the Game Masters Exhibition will indeed be heading to Sydney during the upcoming holiday period. On show at the Sydney Powerhouse Museumfrom the 13th of December 2013 until the 25th of May 2014, there’s plenty of time to get around to check out the exhibit. This will be a big event to cap of a pretty big year in Australian gaming culture.
Any self-respecting gaming fan should make an effort to check it out. The exhibit highlights not only the great gaming achievements of the past, but also raises awareness of the gaming medium as an increasingly popular art form and element of our popular culture. I would encourage you to check it out for yourself if you can, to show your support for the industry in Australia, and to have a fun time doing it.
Deep Silver, Grasshopper Manufacture, and Kadokawa Games’ Killer is Deadhas some new DLC called Smooth Operator Pack. The DLC contains a new mission called Episode 51 – The Man Who Stole Blood, new X-Ray glasses for Gigolo Mode, a new woman in Gigolo Mode, and Police Bikini uniforms for Mika and Vivienne.
Smooth Operator Pack is now available for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. It costs $4.99 for on Xbox Live and $8.33 on PlayStation Network. Killer is Deadis an action game starring Mondo Zappa, an executioner bringing justice and death to criminals around the world. Legendary game developer Suda 51 wrote the game and served as Executive Producer for the title.
It was only a year or so ago when Nintendo and the very famous Louvre Museum in Paris partnered up for something that had been, so far, unheard of. Basically the idea was that people touring the Louvre Museum would be loaned 3DS Devices running a software that would work as a highly interactive museum guide.
It took off big time and museum goers were absolutely loving it, it’s a fantastic idea and because of the fact that you do not need 3D glasses to use the 3DS it made sense to implement the system into the experience of the museum itself. Today marks the day that the guide software used in the Louvre becomes available to the world through the Nintendo eShop. It is an enhanced version of the software and has so much to offer for those unable to make the hefty trip to Paris.
Nintendo 3DS Guide: Louvre comes with over 600 images of famous artwork and nearly 30 hours of audio commentary which explain all the information to do with certain artworks like the artists, the mediums, the processes and the all around history of the piece. There is also over 400 images of just the museums interior alone which is partnered up with large set of panoramic photos that add to the all over experience of the software.
Around 150 of the artwork images will be 3D models that can be shifted around and inspected from a great deal of different angles, there will also be a fully interactive map provided which will give details on all of the exhibits and take you through the museum itself. For those NOT able to visit the museum and are using their software from a remote location you will have the choice to update the game every so often, doing this will add new exhibits and artworks to your software so that you can keep entirely up to date with the museum itself.
There will be different tours and mini-guides for you to go through within the game that properly emulate the guides and tours that are being done within the louvre at the time. There is also a line of mini-games for children to play that centre around exhibitions like the Ancient Egyptians, those too are updated over time.
The software also works in conjunction with the museum itself, if you own the game and go for a tour to the physical Louvre you can hook up your system to the Wi-Fi and switch into “Visit The Louvre Mode” wherein which your software will convert into the exact same software which is present on the systems given out for lone at the museum. Nintendo 3DS Guide: Louvre is now available on the Nintendo eShop and will go for $26 so if you’re interested in artworks, museums or virtual guides themselves, this is the software for you.
Creative Assembly has made a short documentary video about The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest with commentary from noted historians. Check out the video below, featuring Bettany Hughes, Mike Loades, Lynette Nusbacher and Dr. Adrian Goldsworthy.
Using the graphics engine of Total War: Rome II, the Perils of Empire video outlines how three entire Roman legions were annihilated in one battle and highlights the risks of an overstretched empire that bit off more than it could chew.
SEGA released the strategy giant Total War: Rome II earlier in September for the PC. Have a look at our review in case you missed it here.
PAC IS BACK TODAY AS PAC-MAN AND THE GHOSTLY ADVENTURES LAUNCHES IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
PAC-MAN® Returns in a 3D Adventure to Entertain a Whole New Generation of Fans in a Bustling World with New Powers and Zany Friends
Sydney, Australia – 28th November 2013 – Leading video game publisher and developer NAMCO BANDAI Games is proud to announce that PAC-MAN™ and the Ghostly Adventures is available at retailers today in Australia and New Zealand for the Xbox 360 games and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system. A separate 2D side-scrolling version of the game is also now available for the Nintendo 3DS system. The game is based on the original storyline from the hit animated series aired on Channel 11’s Toasted TV, produced by Avi Arad, the renowned Hollywood producer and founder of Marvel Studios. NAMCO BANDAI Games also distributes a range of collectible toys that are also based on the TV series. In PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures our favorite yellow chomping machine with an insatiable appetite becomes the unlikely hero destined to save PacWorld from the evil plots of Betrayus and his Netherworld ghosts!
The modern makeover of NAMCO BANDAI Games’ beloved PAC-MAN property immerses players in a wacky world of new adventures while still harkening to classic PAC-MAN gameplay elements such as chomping ghosts. Not only will Pac still be devouring scared blue ghosts in PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures, he will also have to face various types of Netherworld ghosts that will prove to be a challenge for the yellow youngster. In the fight for freedom and the future of PacWorld, Pac will need to rely on an extensive menu of Power Berries that bestow Pac with unique power-ups that allow him to either burn or freeze ghosts, bounce around like a rubber ball, barrel through levels as a spinning top or even mow down ghosts as a giant granite ball. Each power up changes the way players can attack or move across various terrains, bringing new and exciting gameplay challenges for players to master.
PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures twists the rules of PAC-MAN by letting gamers take on the role of the four mischievous ghosts—Inky, Blinky, Pinky and Clyde—in an all-new exciting multiplayer mode. The re-imagined maze mode allows gamers and up to three of their friends to play competitively to see who can catch PAC-MAN first as the elusive yellow PacWorlder darts around intricate mazes. PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures will also contain unlockable classic 2D arcade-style mini games featuring new Pac vehicles such as the Cherry Copter and Pineapple Tank.
“Pac-Man, as one of the most iconic video game character, turned into quite a social phenomenon through the years as it expanded into merchandise and TV, becoming a real and powerful brand” said Mathieu Piau, EMEA Marketing Director for NAMCO BANDAI Games Europe. “Pac is now finally back with PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures that brings the franchise beyond its historical boundaries through a great video game experience that will delight kids and fans of all ages and transcend the fun of its eponymous TV series.”
PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures is now available Australia and New Zealand on Xbox 360, PlayStation®3 and Nintendo 3DS™ system. For more information about PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures please visit http://www.PacIsBack.com.
Other exciting PAC-MAN titles, like PAC-MAN MUSEUM will also be coming to Europe and Australasia this winter via digital download on Xbox Live online entertainment network from Microsoft, PlayStation®Network and Steam. PAC-MAN CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION DX+is already available for download on Xbox 360, PlayStation®3, Steam and Windows® 8
