Ubisoft announced today that The Mighty Quest For Epic Loot, their upcoming free-to-play isometric multiplayer Diablo-esque action RPG, will have an open house for anyone who wants to give the game a shot. Players can hack ‘n slash their way to fame and fortune in the land of Opulencia between October 28 and November 4.
For a limited time, Halloween themes and costumes will be available, and special Halloween themed castles have been created for players to test their skill out on. You’ll be able to equip your characters with glowing pumpkin heads, bat winged headgear, fun costumes, and more.
To see the new content in action, be sure to check out the trailer below this article. For more, you can head on over to their official website here.
When Drakengard 3 is released there will be a number of weapon that Zero can use to take down the numerous enemies that will stand in her path and these weapons can be switched between while the player is actually in battle. The four weapons are somewhat standard, with a sword being the most balanced weapon with launching attacks, flowing combos and plenty of shed blood to make it easier to activate Zero’s special abilities.
To accompany this weapon there is a spear which, while more damaging with a longer reach it is slower, fist weaponry which has short range but is quick and easy to chain combo attacks and finally a chakram weapon which will allow players to clear out crowds with low damage but extensive reach. From the looks of these screens, the chakrams look like they will be my weapon of choice. Currently Drakengard 3 is set to be released in the West by Square Enix sometime in 2014.
Bulkypix, the publishing force behind mobile games Type: Rider and recent Asterix games, have teamed up with studio Phenomenon Games to announce Meltdown, which is set to release on November 7.
In Meltdown, players will take on the role of Zed, a former marine working solo on a mining station of Charon, one of Pluto’s moons. The artificial intelligence on the mining station goes haywire and you must find a way to survive. You’ll get to use special abilities and a ton of upgradable weapons to take out robots and other baddies. You can upgrade both weapons and abilities with an RPG-like skill tree. You can even grab up to 3 friends and play through 30 levels cooperatively.
Meltdown will cost $1.99 when it drops for both iOS and Android on November 7.
Following the launch trailer last week, Activision has gone and surprised everyone by revealing a new co-op mode for Call of Duty: Ghosts before it’s even out. While Treyarch found success with Nazi Zombies, Infinity Ward are adding aliens to their modern warfare shooter. Check out the trailer below.
Described as a survival, base defence and scavenging mode for up to four players, Extinction is set in a post-apocalyptic landscape with aliens running amok and trying to kill you. Looking at the title, you’d expect dinosaurs but I guess that’s asking for too much these days. Come on DICE, given your Easter eggs in previous games we know you’re making a dinosaur mode for Battlefield 4. Right? No?
Call of Duty: Ghosts is coming out on November 5 for PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii U with a release on next-gen consoles soon to follow.
Fans of Dragon Ball Z eager to try the latest game in the series won’t have to wait until release day to do so. Namco Bandai recently announced at a conference in London that the game will be receiving a demo sometime in December for the PS3 and Xbox 360 (it is unclear if the demo will be for Vita as well but it seems likely). The demo will feature both single player and online battles so players can try all aspects of the game and any progress you make will continue into your full purchase should you buy the game when it releases.
The conference also unveiled that there would be a limited edition of the game coming to Europe (and I assume Australia as has happened in the past). The limited edition is called the “Goku Edition” and comes with a statue of Goku in his Super Saiyan form as well as an art book in addition to the day one DLC Naruto Sage mode costume for Goku. North America hasn’t received many Dragon Ball Z game limited editions in the past and unfortunately this might be no exception. The Goku Edition is only available for the PS3 and 360 releases as the Vita is getting a digitial only release.
Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z is launching in January worldwide with Australia to receive the game the same day as Japan on January 23rd, 2014. Europe will receive the game on the 24th while the game launches in North America on the 28th. Stay tuned to Capsule Computers for more information on Battle of Z as it becomes available.
I am a picky man when it comes to comedy. If something is silly for the sake of being silly I will be the first to leap on it and tear it to shreds. That is not to say though that wacky ideas have no place in anime, or that all comedy should be serious and expertly crafted, quite the opposite in fact. For instance, one of that anime that inspired me to become a reviewer was the Fall 2011 surprise anime of the season, Ben-To. An utterly ridiculous anime with an off-the-wall concept, but what made it so brilliant in my eyes was its refusal to drop any hint that it was concious of its own silliness. Taking itself utterly seriously despite the clearly mad idea that it was based on made every joke twice as funny while also immersing you in the world and actually making you think that fighting over half priced food was insanely epic. So far Noucome is no Ben-To in my eyes, but it is achieving one thing that may secure its place in the greats if it can keep it up, its gimmick is seeming less like a gimmick and is actually serving a purpose.
At first glance Noucome seems like a generic harem with a funny idea behind it and I am certainly not going to claim that it is anything more than that 3 episodes in, but I have a good feeling about it thus far. Today’s episode was a direct continuation from last week‘s mini-cliffhanger involving Kanade overhearing a surprise confession from the otherwise stony Yukihira. What I loved about this introduction was how in a matter of seconds they turned what looked like maybe the start of a romance back into exactly what it was before via a quick uppercut, knocking him out, and wiping his memory. It was a nice bait-and-swap trick that completely got me and left me in stitches. Not to mention, Yukihira’s initial reaction where she lit up like a stop light and stammered his name like the secret moe girl that lies under that fake cold aura she puts on.
After last week’s efforts to make Yukihira laugh completely failed it looked like Kanade might have failed his task at the first hurdle, but in the end all it took was a gravity defying slip on a banana peel to have both her and myself rolling on the floor laughing. You simply can’t beat the classics. This week’s challenge seemed easy by comparison, “Spot Yawakaze Konagi’s panties being worn.” It’s just one quick panty shot, nothing could go wrong right? Well … Apparently not in the world of Noucome where a schoolboy can be cursed with absolute multiple choice. At every corner he gets defeated, be it by the Yawakaze Bodyguards that beat him up on multiple occasions or the multiple other natural phenomena that get in his way. By far the funniest moment of the episode came towards the end when Konagi repeatedly falls over and every single time one of the many forms of anime censorship comes to her rescue and is pointed out in true parody fashion by Kanade. Damn those supernatural light beams! First To LOVE-Ru Darkness and now this!
God didn’t make Kanade’s quest easy by dropping some really obscene choices into the fray, but nothing that you wouldn’t expect having seen previous episodes. However, there were a few new comedic techniques thrown in like the occasional bits of self-narration which were very blunt and amusing. I really like how the series has set up the main character as being in an obscene situation which requires him to say rude things to girls and generally be an idiot, but keeps letting you in on his perspective where it is apparent that he is really sorry that he has to do these things. Having a main character that is not just a senseless pervert is nice in this situation and definitely helps the laughs keep on coming.
Romance wasn’t exactly a big factor of this episode, but we did get a bit more of an insight into Yūōji and Konagi who hadn’t really been touched on until now. Konagi was as moe as can be and even Kanade recognises it which is why he feels so bad having to put her through so much to see her panties. Yūōji on the other hand, seemed completely shameless until right at the end when she ran off after getting embarrassed when the wind blew her skirt up. Forget Yukihira being gap moe, I think Yūōji is the true gap moe character here! Either way there was enough moe goodness in this episode to sink a battleship and as a result the episode was wonderful. Fantastically funny, quick paced, and despite how stupid it was it had a surprisingly sharp wit which puts it a cut ahead of most of the other comedies this season.
On a side note, the “what-if” situations that seem to have become a recurring skit are just getting funnier and funnier. They’re probably the main reason I like the multiple choice gimmick so much. Let’s hope they continue to be this random and well executed.
For more reviews of this season’s best and worst anime head over to our Anime Impressions page and check them out!
“Love makes the world go round,” as the old saying goes, and yet day after day we are bombarded with songs on the radio about heartbreak and suffering. While it is definitely not a zero-sum game, romance can bring about as much sorrow as joy and the author of Golden Time is clearly no stranger to that feeling. Losing a loved one is something that a lot of people can relate to and while it may not be through death, a messy breakup can feel just as traumatic and the betrayal, however genuine or misinterpreted it may be, can leave a nasty sting. In Kouko’s case her delusions of affection have been a huge part of her life ever since her childhood so when the bubble popped, it was more like an explosion, destroying everything that she built her future around. It only took 4 episodes for the inevitable to happen, so now the real drama begins, how will Kouko handle the destruction of all that she knows?
It would seem that I was spot on with my predictions last week as this week’s episode ushered in a whole direction for Golden Time after the sudden “break up” between Kouko and her beloved childhood friend, Mitsuo. No matter how completely expected and inevitable the confrontation was I still felt a certain sense of discomfort as I shuffled in my chair awkwardly, relating Kouko’s utter desperation to my own experiences of breakups. The way that J.C Staff paced the first half of the episode combined with the perfect scripting of every character involved built up a sense of dread that culminated into one key scene that captured her despair perfectly and finally got me immersed into the series as a whole.
Kouko is an odd character that I have been sitting on the fence about ever since episode 1. At first she came across as simply a crazy girl who I felt nothing for in particular since she had her heart set on one person and that was that. Personally, my favourite part of any romance is watching the love between two characters gradually growing with each episode until the final payoff, so seeing Kouko already obsessively in love left me remarkably unexcited. It took a lot to break her, but now that she has fallen from grace she is left with a blank slate and now the real romance can begin.
Cue the main character on his white horse to rescue our damsel in distress from her pit of despair. Stepping in to wipe her tears, Banri stuck with Kouko and stopped her from going down a path of self-destruction. Much like his attempts to get her to leave the religious cult last episode though, Kouko’s strong will made her impossible to completely control and soon she was on stage at a heavy metal concert, screaming at the audience and making a fool of herself. While cringe-worthy, the latter half of this episode was amusing in its own way and it all came together when Banri confessed to Kouko which shocked her enough to make her forget about her grief at least for the time being. If I know girls, that definitely won’t be the last we hear of the issue, but with Banri showing his intentions all of a sudden it won’t all be doom and gloom and the adorable will-they-won’t-they moments should come in their floods!
Golden Time is proving to be a game of masks and façade. Neither character has shown their true nature in full effect yet, but what makes it so engaging is that neither of them could have avoided it. Banri has the crippling problem of amnesia so his mask was forced upon him and the exciting possibilities that could come from this are endless. Will he ever discover his true face and when he does will he want to go back to how he was? That then raises the question of what is your real personality? Is it what everyone expects you to be or is the you that you are now who you really are? All the while he is working this out I imagine Kouko will be falling in love with the Tada Banri that he is now so if he were to ever return to who he was before the accident what would happen to their relationship? Now that her mask has been shattered after years of pretence she will have to build her life from the ground up and Banri is the only one left to help her. If he disappears then how will she cope? If we didn’t have enough questions before then we certainly do now!
The story is set and now that the dam that was Kouko’s delusions has been shattered, the story is in full flow. Next week we will see what comes of Banri’s confession and how Kouko will react. Moreover, how will Mitsuo take it? You never know what you have lost until it is gone and for all we know he could hate Banri for confessing to her. All will hopefully be revealed next time! For more awesome reviews of this season’s best and worst anime, head over to our Anime Impressions page.
The newest and feature packed version of the popular indie title Trine 2 is coming to the PlayStation 4. Trine 2: Complete Story aims to release alongside Sony’s new console when it launches but this may or may not happen depending on if development is completed in time. Developer FrozenByte has been hard at work porting the game over and it looks great as you can see from the screenshot and trailer below. The game will run in full 1080p HD with a stable 60 FPS and stereoscopic 3D.
For those who don’t know of the Trine series, the game is a sidescrolling game of action, puzzles and platforming. You play as one of the Three Heroes who make their way through dangers untold in a fantastical fairytale world. The game features an exciting adventure full of action, including physics-based puzzles using fire, water, gravity and magic; wicked goblins as the heroes’ adversaries; and a magical environment full of wonder.
Game features of the PS4 version include:
Three heroes – the Wizard, the Thief and the Knight – in a story-driven adventure full of fantasy
Physics-based puzzles with fire, water, gravity and magic
Plenty of skills and abilities to solve puzzles in different play styles
Intuitive control system designed to take full advantage of the PS4 controller’s touch surface
Online and local co-op with up to three players
Includes the expansion Trine 2: Goblin Menace
Includes the Dwarven Caverns level, unlocked by collecting secret map pieces
20 exciting levels in total, ranging from lush forests to a burning desert, to the insides of a giant sand worm
Beautiful graphics in Full HD 1080p, 60 fps
Stereoscopic 3D support
Trine 2: Complete Story will be available as a PSN download title at around a similar price to its Steam counterpart. Keep checking back with us as we find out more information about the release date as it becomes available.
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII will see the return of more characters than just the titular Lightning, which will be even more apparent with the new screenshots that Square Enix has just released today just one month before the game releases in Japan. The character shown to return this time is none other than Fang, whose been searching the Dead Dunes for a relic when she meets up with Lightning again.
Also revealed with the reappearance of Fang, it the new EP Ability: Escape that allows players to escape from a battle and then re-prepare to take on the monster again. Those wanting to see the full-sized versions of the new screenshots can view them by clicking on the images in the gallery below. Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII is set to release in less than a month in Japan, but not until February 2014 elsewhere for both Xbox 360 and PS3.
“Hail to the King baby!” It’s been a long 22 years in the making, but we now have as solid a confirmation as ever that Army of Darkness 2 is going ahead.
Not only will the film definitely see the light of day (although we may have to potentially wait another 2 years), but it will be directed by the series’ original horror mastermind Sam Raimi! A tweet from Evil Dead reboot director Fede Alvarez definitively confirms as much;
“@thielebenjamin: Hey @fedalvar will you be directing the Army Of Darkness 2 movie?” Sam Raimi will!
This comes after Bruce Campbell‘s response to a fan asking if the project was a go and if he was involved at the Wizard World Nashville Comic Con, where he at first facetiously pondered the possible antics of an older Ash, before getting serious and stating,“Alright sir, the answer is yes.” So everybody, get your boomsticks loaded! Also, the aforementioned Alvarez will continue work on a sequel to his much more straight-horror Evil Dead reboot, with rumours of a crossover moment/film, introducing that timeline’s main protagonist Mia to Ash down the line. Which film releases first is another question…
