Gareth Evans’ follow up to the brutally violent Indonesian martial arts/action film The Raid: Redemption promises to be even more so. Its intense teaser trailer was just released and can be viewed embedded at the bottom of the article.
This hardcore piece of cinema will reach theatres in the first half of 2014, with Madman Entertainment bringing the picture Down Under. Although taking place two hours after the first movie, The Raid 2: Berandal will not be restricted by the formula developed by its predecessor, and adapted by Dredd (purely coincidence, I’m sure). Iko Uwais returns as the lead, diving head first into the criminal underworld on a larger scope. The film is also a significantly larger production, with a higher budget and more locations used within Indonesia.
This sequel is once again co-produced by XYZ Films and Gareth Evans’ production company PT Merantau Films. Don’t forget to check out the teaser below. Be warned: punching a concrete wall is never a good idea, okay Hulk?
Welcome back for this week’s iOS Game Suggestions. If you missed last week’s, or are new to the suggestions, click on the link below and check out what cool games you should be picking up for your iOS device along with the introduction on how the suggestions work. (suggestions 1 has how it all works)
A great week on iTunes! As always, it started slow and but ended with a bang! There are many must-buy games this week in all departments, FREE, 99c and over 99c. This week I’ve suggested a total of 21 great quality titles. Make sure you check them all especially… Steve Jackson’s Sorcery! Part 2, Lego Lord Of The Rings, Striker Soccer 2, Rayman Fiesta Run, Meltdown, Star Wars Tiny Death Star just to name a few.
Break down below :
9 – FREE Games
3 – $0.99c Games
9 – Over $0.99c Games
As always for this week’s suggestions are all new titles that you should take a look at and consider spending your hard earned iTunes cash / time on. Well the Free games just below certainly should all be given a shot as they won’t cost you anything!
For The Cheapskates – FREE GAMES
MASTERABBOTT’S FREE GAME PICK OF THE WEEK!
Star Wars Tiny Death Star – Price : FREE – Publisher – Lucasarts (Amidst a civil war in a galaxy far, far away, the Emperor is building a Death Star level by level, and he needs your help. Intergalactic war is expensive, and space stations are, too. Do you have any idea how much it costs to build one the size of a moon? Live life on the dark side, and join Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader on a mission to attract Galactic bitizens, run intergalactic businesses, and build an all-new Death Star! With that hard-earned money, fund the Empire’s evil schemes to defeat the Rebels and conquer the galaxy once and for all! ) on iPad & iPhone. GET IT NOW FOR FREE
Striker Soccer 2 – Price : FREE – Publisher –Chillingo (Take to the pitch in Striker Soccer 2, the sequel to the hugely popular Striker Soccer. Create your own team of star players and lead them to glory as you show off your skills on the big stage.) runs on iPad & iPhone. GET IT NOW FOR FREE
Zombitsu – Price : FREE – Publisher –Ruma Studios (ZOMBITSU (noun: zom-bit-su) – a traditional form of Japanese sword combat against warriors of the undead. The evil Lord Nakatomi has torn apart your land and unleashed his army of soldiers for total destruction. Play as Hiro, the last known Zombitsu expert, on his epic journey through the glorious streets of his Japanese village, the devastated lava world and the picturesque floating kingdom.) runs on iPad & iPhone. GET IT NOW FOR FREE
Project Peon – Price : FREE – Publisher –David Campbell (Ingenuity Wins! Project Peon allows you to create your own dynamic cart using components such as motors, shock absorbers and boosters. Project Peon combines free form physics game play with fast paced driving action. Use your cart to collect the peons from the wormhole and transport them to your spaceship. With complete creative freedom, how you get there is up to you.) runs on iPad & iPhone. GET IT NOW FOR FREE
Big Action Mega Fight! – Price : FREE – Publisher –Execution Games / Double Stallion (Big Action Mega Fight! is a classic-style beat ’em up/brawler game with a modern twist! Hilarious cartoon fighting action meets incredibly fluid touch-screen controls, designed from the ground up for smartphones and tablets. Megatropolis is overrun with vicious criminal gangs and it’s up to Brick Strongarm and his killer moustache to save the city!) runs on iPad & iPhone. GET IT NOW FOR FREE
PBA Bowling Challenge – Price : FREE – Publisher – Concrete Software(Rise through the ranks against 21 of the PBA’s best bowlers Bowl against your friends in real-time, one-on-one Multiplayer matches! Career mode – Starting in a local alley with a scuffed up 12lb ball, you’ll hone your skills against bowling legends in a variety of regional and national championships on your way to competing in the Tournament of Champions! You’ll also unlock a wide variety of opponents and locations and oil patterns that can be used in multiplayer games! ) on iPad & iPhone. GET IT NOW FOR FREE
Tank Battles – Explosive Fun! – Price : FREE – Publisher –Gameloft (Get ready for Tank Battles! This is General McTankerson, the greatest tank commander in the world speaking! Many have come to my island for the Tank Battles Tournament, but only one can be crowned the Tank King. Will it be you? Roll out and let the Tank Battles begin! ) runs on iPad & iPhone. GET IT NOW FOR FREE
Miner Problem – Price : FREE – Publisher – Everplay (“Theres Gold in Them Hills!” was the slogan used to bring in many aspiring miners to the dig up gold and diamonds with ease. What they didn’t mention was the danger! From the creators of Leaping Legend and 1001 Attempts comes Miner Problem!) on iPhone & iPad. GET IT NOW FOR FREE
QuizUp! The Biggest Trivia Game In The World! – Price : FREE – Publisher – Plain Vanilla Corp (Challenge your friends and connect with others around the globe in the largest real-time trivia game ever. Go head to head with others in over 150,000 questions and 250 topics ranging from your favorite tv shows and movies to sports and music. ) on iPhone & iPad. GET IT NOW FOR FREE
For The Bargain Hunters – 99c Games
Optical Inquisitor 17+ – Price : $0.99 – Publisher – Crescent Moon Games (Its the year 1988. Acid wash jeans are in. Our hero, Tommy Rissken has been betrayed by his friends and had to serve a prison sentence for 8 years. Now he’s back with a vengeance. With your help, he’ll get his revenge on his ‘friends’ and be able to return to his daughter.) runs on iPhone & iPad. BUY NOW
Garfield Kart – Price : $0.99 – Publisher – Microids (Join Garfield and his friends in the funniest fast and fur-ious game! What character do you want to play with? Garfield, Odie, Jon, Nermal… you choose! Take part in no-holds-barred crazy races in either multiplayer mode or against the computer! Challenge your friends whatever platform they’re on (mobile, tablet, PC, Mac, etc…) thanks to the CROSSPLATFORM multiplayer mode! Use your best driving skills and the bonus objects to be first across the finish line! But watch out… it’s a free-for-all out there!) runs on iPad & iPhone. BUY NOW
Crazy Wheel Rider HD – Price : $0.99 – Publisher – NuOxygen (Mr Squeaky, the flying squirrel loves the fair, but removing the great wheel’s main axle pin wasn’t his best idea, now the wheel is free and picking up speed!
Help him outrun the great wheel by jumping from wheel to wheel: grab a rotating wheel, swing around and release at the right time to fly off to the next one.”It’s better than a roller coster!!” Glide between wheels for longer flights and smooth landings. Grab things on the way to increase your speed and max out your score! How far can you go before the great wheel catches up?) runs on iPhone & iPad. BUY NOW
For The Millionaires – All games over $0.99
MasterAbbott’s over 99c Pick Of The Week!
Steve Jackson’s Sorcery! Part 2 – Price : $5.49 – Publisher – inkle (Kharé is brimming with things to do and creatures to meet. Visit the Festival of Thieves, battle a ghost, escape from slavers, gamble your fortune at the Halls of Vlada, drink at the tavern, worship strange Gods, and much much more. Will you uncover the secrets of the city, overthrow the Council, destroy an invading army, or leave Kharé to burn?) runs on iPhone & iPad. BUY NOW
Lego Lord Of The Rings – Price : $5.49 – Publisher – Warner Bros (Follow the epic storylines of the original The Lord of the Rings trilogy reimagined with the humor and endless variety of LEGO gameplay. Relive the legend of The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King through LEGO minifigures, as they explore wonders and solve timeless riddles) runs on iPhone & iPad. BUY NOW
Zumba Dance– Price : $5.49 – Publisher – Majesco Enertainment (The hottest Zumba® Fitness routines available for the first time on mobile phone and tablet devices. New motion tracking technology ensures you get the most out of your workout. Dance along with superstar Zumba instructors: Beto Perez, Gina Grant, and Kass Martin. Get moving to chart-topping music from artists like LMFAO, Pitbull, Tiesto, Don Omar, and more plus contagious Zumba originals. Feel the thrill of a huge range of popular dance styles from around the world, including Merengue, Salsa, Cumbia, Bollywood, Hip-Hop, Reggaeton and more) runs on iPad. BUY NOW
Meltdown– Price : $1.99 – Publisher – Bulkypix (Become the most skilled soldier and get the best upgrades. Choose your weapons, buckle up and start your mission. You need to get rid of all the different robots. Enemies have different combat styles and gear. Each enemy has it’s own special AI, adapt to them. Meltdown is an intense arcade-shooter game
Clear all the levels and survive in the Arenas !) runs iPad & iPhone. BUY NOW
Rayman Fiesta Run – Price : $5.49 – Publisher – Ubisoft (Join legendary platforming hero Rayman for a new adventure on your favorite mobile device! If you enjoyed Rayman Jungle Run, winner of the App Store’s BEST of 2012, you will love Rayman Fiesta Run and its new wacky Fiesta world! Lunge for cocktail umbrellas, leap on limes and punch those piñatas…the sky’s the limit!) runs on iPhone & iPad. BUY NOW
Monsters Rising – Price : $4.49 – Publisher – Nine Tail Studios. (Be the Monster! In this 3D action-strategy game, collect, upgrade and control your monsters directly, as gesture-driven gameplay is taken to all-new heights. Play as Mad Yama’s Hordes, a group of monsters based on Chinese mythology, and begin the campaign to take over the world! ) runs on iPhone & iPad. BUY NOW
Blocky Roads – Price : $1.99 – Publisher – Dogbyte Games. (Jump into your car and discover green hills, snowy mountains and desert dunes in this unique blocky adventure! The hurricane ripped your farm apart and scattered it around the Globe. Collect the missing parts to restore the farm to its former glory! ) runs on iPhone & iPad. BUY NOW
Pathogen– Price : $2.99 – Publisher – Gameblyr (Pathogen is an award-winning single and multiplayer strategy game for mobile and tablet devices developed by Birnam Wood Games. ) runs on iPhone & iPad. BUY NOW
Luxuria Superbia– Price : $2.99 – Publisher – Tale Of Tales (Luxuria Superbia is a colorful, musical journey made to fill you with joy. Exciting designs explode from your touch as you glide through playful stylized flowers. It’s all about the experience and the interaction.) runs iPad & iPhone. BUY NOW
There you have it folks these games should keep you busy for quite some time well until next week at least. I’ll be back next week for another dose of iOS goodness, in the meantime if you would also like to suggest your own suggestions, please feel free to share them in the comments section below or in the iOS forum section on the site here.
While XSEED Games has been saying that Ys: Memories of Celceta would drop sometime in November, we never knew an exact date until today. Today the company has announced that they are planing on releasing the game in North America on November 26th. As for a European release, one is planned for sometime in early 2014.
A new trailer for Ys: Memories of Celceta was also released which can be found below. The game can be purchased either digitally or physically where the physical version will be offered both in standard and “Silver Anniversary” editions. The standard version costs $39.99 and comes with only the game while the “Silver Anniversary” edition costs $59.99 and comes with a copy of the game, a 3 CD original soundtrack, a hundred and twenty page book containing maps, strategies and artwork, a detailed cloth map of the lands of Celceta, and a logo-emblazoned compass.
Today Square Enix has released a new trailer for Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII which shows off the various weapons and armor that players can purchase in the game. The video goes on to show how deep the character customization can be in the game, at least as far as appearances go since not only can Lightning’s outfit, weapon, and shield be changed but the colors can also be adjusted to match the player’s preference.
You can check out the video below and keep an eye out for Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII when it is released on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on February 11th and 14th in North America and Europe respectively.
After much speculation on the short-term answer to AMD’s R9 290X video card, Nvidia has officially unveiled the GeForce GTX 780 Ti. A video has been released showcasing its features and capabilities, see it below.
Once again based on the Kepler architecture, reviews and benchmarks released so far show it to be faster than the regular GTX 780 and the R9 290X by a fair margin, and slightly faster than the Titan for a few hundred dollars less. It’s still not cheap at around US$700 and AU$800, but the good news is that prices on the regular GTX 780 have been cut.
While still packing 3GB of memory, everything else been improved. 2880 Stream Processors and 240 Texture Units compared the 780’s 2304 and 192 numbers. Core and Memory Clocks have also increased from 863MHz (900 Boost) and 6GHz to 875MHz (928 Boost) and 7GHz while still drawing the same amount of power at 250W.
PC gaming is accelerating at light speed and at this rate we’ll be seeing 4K gaming at comfortable frames by the end of next year, maybe once we see Nvidia’s next giant, the Maxwell series.
Originally when Legend of Raven, originally called Yatagarasu, was announced it was only meant to be released on the PlayStation Vita but now Nicalis has revealed that the indie fighting game is going to be released on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One as well. There is also good news for those who are still interested in picking up the Vita version of the game, as it will feature both cross-buy and cross-play meaning that the Vita version will come with and play with the PS4 version.
Also announced is a new GGPO netcode for the game which will offer lag-free gameplay. To commemorate this announcement the company has released a new trailer for the game which can be seen below.
Those of you who are familiar with Project-H Books probably know that they are known for bringing English translated hentai manga to North America but it looks like they are going to be stepping out of the box a bit this time around as they have just announced the licensing of the romance manga Princess Lucia.
Kouji Seo, best known for Suzuka and the still currently running A Town Where You Live manga series, began this monthly manga a few years ago and it follows the story of a teenager named Koizumi Yuta who is surrounded by angels and devils. The twist is, the devil princess Lucia wants to have his baby but the angels will do anything they can to try and make sure this doesn’t happen.
Currently Project-H Book is aiming to release the manga volumes start in 2015 and they will be available both digitally and physically.
A few years ago FUNimation began releasing the original version of Dragon Ball Z on Blu-ray but shortly after beginning the project, they stopped production thanks to technical issues that involved the restoration of the original anime and upgrade to Blu-ray.
Well it seems that they are now going to restart the Blu-ray release of Dragon Ball Z and they will begin starting from the beginning with season one. This first season will be available on December 31st, sell for $55.98 and will include episodes 1-39. To commemorate the relaunch of the Blu-ray releases the company has released a trailer showing the improvements in this version of Dragon Ball Z and that trailer can be found below.
Aksys Games, the outfit behind the Hakuokivisual novel franchise, has announced today that they want you to let them know what you think!
In an effort to better serve fans of their visual novel and Zero Escape games (Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors and Virtue’s Last Reward), Aksys has created a survey they would like everyone to contribute to. This is aimed at helping them get a better understand of how people from all walks of life regard and treat their visual novel games.
If you’re interested in helping them out by taking the survey, you can get to it here.
Toki Tori 1 landed on Wii U today in full HD glory. The game has been released with HD graphics, the Portal 2 ARG content, off-TV play mode, and Wii U touch screen controls.
To celebrate the launch, Two Tribes has knocked the price down for Toki Tori 2 down by 40%. European buyers will get an extra 20% off if they buy Toki Tori 1 before they pick up the second game. This deal is not available on the US store, but Two Tribes is hard at work to figure out an alternate deal to make up for it.
Toki Tori 1 is available for $2.00 US and €2.00 in Europe.
