Namco Bandai have just wrapped up their three part Beta for the upcoming, crushingly difficult Dark Souls II. The sequel to 2011s brutal RPG had a tonne of people clamoring to sign up for the network test beta and get their chance to die over and over again before the game drops next March.
If you weren’t one of the lucky ones to make it into the Beta then don’t worry, as you can still see what it is like inside the land of Lordran with the latest slew of Dark Souls II screenshots. Check out our compilation of screenshots below and let us know your thoughts on how Dark Souls II is shaping up in the comments below. We took part in the beta and will have a comprehensive preview in the coming days, but in the mean time check out our initial impressions here. As always, remember to stay tuned to Capsule Computers for all the Dark Souls news as it becomes available.
UUULLTRRAAAAAAAAA COOOOOOMMBBBOOOOOO! Yes, I’ve used that half to death… actually most would argue I’ve bludgeoned it to a pulp. But this has been 17 years in the making! Killer Instinct is finally only a week away from release, and today I got to interview the extremely generous and talented fellow Aussie, Mick Gordon, composer for not only the Xbox One fighter, but the next Wolfenstein: The New Order and a fantastic-looking horror-exploration title called Routine, developed by indie team Lunar Software. After his stellar PAX Australia panel, we just had to talk to him further.
It’s a long interview at over 90 minutes, as we covered the musical design and production processes behind all three games’ soundtracks and scores, although we notably go in-depth on every revealed Killer Instinct character’s theme. We also touch upon the possibility of a new Killer Cuts album release, how Mick failed miserably at his first attempt to impress Double Helix and more. For those of you who want to specifically hear the Wolfenstein: The New Order part, jump ahead to around the 74 min 37 second mark. For those particularly interested in Routine, skip to the 83 min 30 second mark. Just hit play below and enjoy.
Audio Interview with Mick Gordon, Composer of Killer Instinct and Wolfenstein: The New Order
Be sure to listen to our past CC Unplugged episodes here.
Be sure to follow Mick at @Mick_Gordon on Twitter, on Facebook and on Soundcloud (you’ll definitely want to do that), subscribe to his YouTube account and visit his website for his credits, show-reels and other fun stuff.Killer Instinctwill be available at launch for the Xbox One on November 22. Wolfenstein: The New Order and Routineare slated for release in 2014.
P.S.Microsoft, all jokes aside, we know the leak for the final Season 1 character wasn’t your fault… anyone have a penny? This arcade machine just ate my money.
Six months ago gamers in North America thought that the chances of a Senran Kagura game being localized for release in the West were slim to none, but they kept hope alive and now all that waiting has paid off. Today Senran Kagura Burst is available for purchase from the 3DS eShop in North America courtesy of XSEED Games.
The game costs $29.99 and takes up a fair bit of space on the SD card, so an upgraded SD card may be needed to download the title. To commemorate the game’s launch XSEED has released a new trailer for the game, which can be found below, focusing on Hebijo Academy’s side of the story.
If you’ve been looking for an interesting and unique sounding book from a Japanese author to read then you may just be in luck. Today acttil has published Nobuo Uematsu’s Blik-0 1946 onto the iOS store which means that anyone with an iOS device can now purchase the book here.
It is worth noting that there were problems with the initial release of the iPhone version which did not include the music meant to come with the book. This has been rectified and anyone downloaded the initial release can follow the following steps:
If a customer downloaded the initial iPhone release of Blik-0 1946, which did not include the three music tracks, please contact acttil at [email protected] with the below information. acttil will provide a voucher code as an apology for any inconvenience this may have caused.
1. Purchase history screenshot or purchase confirmation email that indicates that the customer purchased the “iPhone” version of Blik-0 1946.
2. Apple ID
3. Full Name
Again, we apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.
The A1 Anthology collection is one of Titan Comics’ premiere ways of getting top-quality comic book stories, from top-notch artists and writers out to the public. With that in mind, November 26th will mark the launch of A1 Annual. A1 Annual will be an over-sized, 178 page extravaganza chock full of stories from up and coming talents, as well as industry veterans such as; Jim Steranko, Scott Hampton, Jack Kirby, Dave Gibbons and Kevin Eastman.
Click here to see the full version of A1 Annual’s Cover
A1 has always been a laboratory for creators to experiment and innovate, to break away from corporate creations and unleash their own ideas. Already proving a success with the new monthly comic book, this first all-new A1 Annual marks the thrilling return of the award-winning graphic anthology series to bookshelves everywhere!
Inside these oversized pages, a Who’s Who of comics’ talent – past, present and future – spread their imaginative wings across a gripping selection of all-new short stories. Which ones will be the breakout, creator-owned characters of tomorrow?!
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If you love comic books, and are looking for some awesome new creator-owned stories to get stuck into, then A1 Annual looks like it will be the best place to go. Let us know in the comments below if you will be picking up the book, and your thoughts on creator-owned content in general. As always, stay tuned to Capsule Computers for all the Titan Comics news as it becomes available.
In case you’ve been living under a rock or don’t find anime fighting games to your liking, you may have noticed that Atlus USA‘s localization of AquaPazza is set to be released next week and after giving us a look at all of the characters and partners that are available for use in the game, the company has released some preview images of the color combinations players can choose to fight with.
Every character in the game, including the partners who fight with you, have different palette swaps and this means that although players can simply enter fights with the character’s wearing their original colors, they can also co-ordinate their outfits to defeat enemies with style. Check out some of the color combos below and keep an eye out for AquaPazza next week.
Remember how that one crowd funded console came out earlier this year and despite being one of the highest funded projects on Kickstarter people found that it was pretty much trash? Well the only game that ever made people think it was worthwhile is now moving to the PlayStation 4.
It has been revealed by Sony that TowerFall: Ascension is going to be released on the PS4 early next year and it will include a bunch of new content for its release. The game will feature fifty new versus levels, four more playable archers, a co-op quest mode, and six bonus power-ups. Check out the game’s trailer below.
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!
TOY BOX SUBMISSION CHALLENGE
This week’s Toy Box Submission challenge will be a tricky one. The theme for this week is DuckTales. Life is like a hurricane here in Duckberg, so make sure to build the ultimate Race cars, lasers and aero-planes to make the ultimate Duck-Blur. Will you solve the ultimate mystery or re-write Disney Infinity history.
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
TOYBOX COUNTDOWN
This week’s Toy Box Countdown features the top 5 user generated maps that were submitted to Disney for the previous Toy Box Contraption Challenge. Check out the video below to see the top 5 entrants in the challenge. All of which you can download right now!
You can check out last week’s winning Toy Box maps here.
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.
2+1 Games LLC have launched a new Kickstarter campaign for Prime Alien Watch Squad (P.A.W.S.), an adorable free-to-play, casual indie and strategy game planned for iOS, Android and PC.
P.A.W.S follows a highly trained squad with special abilities; Spiffy the Tiger (fast, strong and resilient), Dusty the Bear (healer), Tycho the Tortoise (spin area attack) and Bobi Sue the Squirrel (hurl projectiles), as they embark on a time-travel mission to conquer the alien invasion on Earth. Featuring an elegant design of 2D cartoony graphics and hand-drawn cel-animation, Prime Alien Watch Squad draws players into turn-based battles on a hex grid within different historical periods; including the Great Pyramid, the Eiffel Tower and the Statue of Liberty. The simplistic unit strength number gameplay adds to replayability; each stage containing more than 40,000 arrangements for players to move and attack the enemy.
Check out the teaser trailer for P.A.W.S. below and take this opportunity to contribute to the funding period for the Kickstarter campaign, which will run until December 11 this year.
For more information on the game and squad members, visit the official website here.
Paramount Pictures have released the 5th character poster from the upcoming Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, this one featuring Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate). You can check it out at the bottom of the article.
The prior four, making up the members of the Global News Network (GNN) team, can also be viewed above and below (click to enlarge in new tabs).
Here’s the official synopsis:
With the 70’s behind him, San Diego’s top rated newsman, Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell), returns to the news desk in Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues. Also back for more are Ron’s co-anchor and wife, Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate), weather man Brick Tamland (Steve Carell), man on the street Brian Fantana (Paul Rudd) and sports guy Champ Kind (David Koechner) – All of whom won’t make it easy to stay classy…while taking the nation’s first 24-hour news channel by storm.
The much anticipated sequel to the modern comedy classic will release nation-wide on December 19. In the meantime, watch the latest trailer where Ron Burgundy smokes crack during a live broadcast. Ah, the 80’s… I have no idea, I was born in 1990.
