This means that Freezing Vibration, the second season of the anime, and Unbreakable Machine-Doll are currently available on FUNimation’s website while the other two will debut when they premiere in Japan. All four of these anime are ones that I have been looking forward to this season and to learn a bit more about each anime you can read about it on my Fall 2013 Anime Picks.
Today it has been discovered that a trademark for Lily Bergamo has been filed in the United States by GungHo Online Entertainment. You may recall that Lily Bergamo was announced as a PlayStation 4 action title back at Tokyo Game Show and while details for the game are still pretty scarce, it was still up in the air about whether or not Grasshopper Manufacture’s latest game would be released in the West.
While this is far from an announcement, the trademarkwas filed a few weeks ago so it is possible that GungHo is looking to give the game a worldwide release, or at least a North American release if nothing else.
‘Swords and Spells’ is a new high-quality mobile fantasy-RPG which will be launched on iOS in a few weeks time. Xyrality, the creator of the game has featured several times in “Best of Apple’s App Store” in 2012. For their new game, they have provided an early insight into “Abion”, the fantastic game-world of ”Swords and Spells” to ease the wait for RPG fans.
The developer has released a series of conceptual artworks this week to offer insight to the great atmosphere of the game as well as its amazingly designed landscapes. Players will be able to catch a first glimpse at key landmarks of the game including the icy “Horn of Targant”, the mythical “Nixie Swamp”, the sinister “Gray Fortress” as well as several other legendary locations.
RPG players can choose a hero to embark on a captivating journey through ‘Abion’ and complete over 100 missions and defeat over 90 different monsters on the way. There is also a wide range of carefully designed weapons, pieces of armour and other special items on offer in ‘Swords and Spells’.
The developers and writers has tried to create strategic game-play and heavy tactical challenges with versatile battle and skill systems. Not only does this innovative mobile RPG high-quality graphics, but it also utilised the Unity3D-Engine to allow for 3D character display, this allows players to experience the development of their character in real time and set up certain attributes and gear for the next battle.
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
In this week’s Toy Box Challenge is titled the Maze Challenge, and tasks players with building and designing their own tricky mazes. Will you recreate the Red Queen’s hedgemaze or can you lop off her head and do one better? As always you can follow these instructions to send your Toy Box for approval
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 top 5 user generated maps that were submitted to Disney for the previous Extreme Sports 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.
Do you remember when you were a kid, building cars and planes and towers out of your Lego bricks for hours on end? The Lego Movie Videogame, from Warner Bros. and based on the upcoming Lego Movie is a huge call back to those youthful, imaginative times and and from what I was able to see at this year’s EB Games Expo, it manages to combine that nostalgic warm feeling with the great gameplay mechanics that have been developed through previous games games like Lego Harry Potter and Lego Batman.
At first glance, The Lego Movie Videogame looks like any other Lego franchise console title. You battle Lego enemies, build creations and solve puzzles with each character’s unique abilities to progress through the level. Once you actually get into the game however, you realise that it differs in some serious ways, and that even the slight changes make it a unique experience.
Firstly, the game has implemented an “Instruction Page” system. Much like the Lego kits you buy at the shops, you can collect instruction books, which in turn allow you to build bigger and better objects such as totem poles or catapults. Once you have collected enough of the instruction pages, you are able to build the objects in set locations. Building is a sort of mini=game, where you are tasked with picking the block/brick/piece that is missing in order to complete the build. It isn’t difficult, as the potential pieces are shown to you, as is the space they have to fill, but it does add a new element to the gameplay that we haven’t seen before.
Visually, Lego Movie does a few things differently than the traditional Lego games. Firstly, the entire game world and everything in it is built from Lego pieces. No more concrete buildings with Lego decorations. This makes the world feel a lot more unified, and like it is a real Lego playset. In addition, the character animations are slightly janky, which reflects their appearance in the movie. The jankiness of the characters gives the game a stop-motion vibe, while also bringing back that nostalgic factor. I for one remember that Lego pieces didn’t move fluidly while playing with them, and that you had to stop and reposition an arm or a leg to position them properly, and The Lego Movie Videogame replicates this near-perfectly.
I got to play through two different, yet fun levels of the game, and I can say that if it shows the same kind of uniqueness and development for the remainder of the game, then it may be the best Lego game we have seen in a very long time. The Lego Movie Videogame is still a few months away from launch, as is The Lego Movie itself, so remember to stay tuned to Capsule Computers for all the Lego news as it becomes available.
As of right now there is no actual release date for BioShock Infinite’s next DLC, Burial At Sea, and while fans are shaking in anticipation for it’s release some of us are taking solace in the fact that we’re given things like Trailers and Teasers alongside little bits of information here and there, which brings me to the point of the article: Irrational Games/2K Games have released a new trailer for the DLC titled “Fact From Myth”. It’s a live-action trailer that is set out like an eerie sci-fi documentary from the 80s, while no actual new footage of the DLC is shown it is still an interesting and absolutely well-done trailer. You can see the full “Fact From Myth” trailer in our Featured Video Section below this post.
Something else that Irrational Games has also released is the full list of achievements which will feature in the “Burial At Sea” DLC. Now this may be a spoiler to some people so I’ll warn you all now; if you’re worried about spoilers, even the slightest ones, don’t read on. I for one don’t believe them to be that extreme but you’ve been given the choice. Now for all of you that have decided to stay, let’s continue onto the list of achievements:
Down In The Briney
Burial At Sea
Audio Enthusiast
Fully Equipped
Confirmed Luddite
Cook And Serve
Chain Reaction
Break The Ice
Snowball Effect
Going Places
– Down in the Briney:
Took a Bathysphere ride in Burial at Sea – Episode One.
– Burial at Sea:
Completed Burial at Sea – Episode One.
– Audio Enthusiast:
Collected all Audio Diaries in Burial at Sea – Episode One.
– Fully Equipped:
Purchased any two upgrades for Old Man Winter or Radar Range in Burial at Sea – Episode One.
– Confirmed Luddite:
Destroyed ten Turrets in Burial at Sea – Episode One.
– Cook and Serve:
Made 5 enemies explode with the Radar Range in Burial at Sea – Episode One.
– Chain Reaction:
Damaged fifteen foes with an exploding enemy, using the Radar Range in Burial at Sea – Episode One.
– Break the Ice:
Shattered 5 enemies who had been frozen with Old Man Winter.
– Snowball Effect:
Froze 2 enemies with the same Old Man Winter trap.
– Going Places:
Rode the tram in Burial at Sea – Episode One.
Like I mentioned in the above paragraphs; there is no actual release date set for the BioShock Infinite Burial At Sea – Part One DLC as of right now, Irrational Games has mentioned that they plan for it to be released by the holidays so we can probably be expecting it within the coming months but don’t get your hopes up just yet. For now just sit back and enjoy the little golden nuggets that we’ve been given, speaking of which: Remember you can watch the “Fact From Myth” Trailer just below this article and don’t forget to hit up our comments section just below that to let us know what you think.
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment have announced the Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition forthe PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360 and PC, coming to Australia on November 27th.
Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition will prove the comprehensive edition coming with all DLC released to this point. Although not featured on the front of the key art, Mortal Kombat‘s Scorpion – re-imagined by Jim Lee, Co-Publisher at DC Entertainment – will be joining fellow fan favourites Lobo, Batgirl, General Zod, Martian Manhunter and Zatanna in the edition. Also included will be more than 40 extra character skins and 60 S.T.A.R. Labs Missions, now available from the start of the game. The U.S. version will come with the game’s soundtrack, featuring an exclusive track from Jane’s Addiction titled ‘Another Soulmate’ and 11 songs from popular artists ranging from Depeche Mode to AWOLNATION.
High Voltage will be remastering the title with next-gen technology, the PS4 version set to feature Touchpad functionality, video sharing and streaming, and the ability to link to players’ PlayStation Network Feed page during match wrap-ups and pause menus. High Voltage are also bringing the PC version of the game to hungry fans. The PS Vita version is adapted for the handheld experience by Armature Studio, and will make use of touch controls for mini-games in the story mode and S.T.A.R. Labs Missions, Ad-hoc and Wi-Fi multiplayer and collectible hero cards. Here’s what Jack Mathews, Technical Director and Co-Founder at Armature Studio, had to say;
When developing Injustice on Vita, our primary goal was to make sure it could hold its own next to its console counterpart. The PS3 version has beautiful lighting, destructible environments, and – most importantly – 60 FPS fighting. We worked tirelessly to bring this experience to the handheld, and pulled out all the stops to push the PS Vita as hard as we could to make all of the above happen.
In addition to all of this, we’ve included ad-hoc multiplayer, traditional multiplayer over wi-fi, and touch controls to Story Mode and various S.T.A.R. Labs Missions. Also, since this is the Ultimate Edition, the game will include all downloadable content that was released for the console edition. Our friends at NetherRealm Studios made such a wonderful game in Injustice: Gods Among Us, we’re just happy to be able to use our experience on prior PS Vita projects to take what they did and spare no expense in creating a version of the game that allows people to play it on the go.
During the Dengeki Bunko Autumn festival that took place yesterday in Akihabara, it was announced that two light novel series will be adapted into anime series.
Both Black Bullet and Mahouka Koukou no Rettousie will be getting anime series, however at the time of writing no official dates have been given for either of them. The adaptation for Black Bullet will be done by Kinema Citrus and Madhouse Studios will be in charge of Mahouka’s production.
Black Bullet (created by Shinden Kanzaki and Saki Ukai) is based around Rentaro and Enju; two kids who belong to the Civil Security, a special organization that battles with viral parasites called Gastrea. Both Rentaro and Enju have special abilities that allow them to battle these creatures in a world where the Gastrea have exiled all humans to a small territory.
Mahouka Koukou (created by Tsutomu Satou and Kana Ishida) centres around siblings Tatsuya and Miyuki, who are both gifted with supernatural powers. The series is about the events that occur when both enroll into a magic high school in order to develop their skills and advance as “Magical Technicians”.
Official anime websites for both LNs have been created and while Black Bullet is very minimalistic, Mahou Koukou’s contains more information about the series. Both light novels were published in 2011 and are still ongoing.
If you are a fan of Sword Art Online and live in North America then Aniplex have a special contest for you. Announced in a recent press release, the company will be showing the hit anime series on the 20th and 27th of October on adult swims Toonami. After each show a keyword will appear; this word can be entered on a special entry form found on the Aniplex Sword Art Online Contest Page. Fans can then choose from one of three prizes, each relating to sword art:
SAO Weiss Schwarz Trial Decks (100 winners)
Sword Art Online Volume one on DVD (30 winners)
Sword Art Online Vol 1 Limited Edition Blu-Ray set (20 winners)
And an impressive grand prize (as seen above), given to 3 winners will be a Sony 3D Personal View Finder; a head set that features OLED screens and virtual 7.1 surround sound. Think of this as a real life NerveGear, the most appropriate and tempting prize for all Sword Art fans (if only they accepted overseas entries).
Aniplex have said the contest is “a special opportunity to win some great prizes while watching Sword Art Online” and have stated that Toonami is not sponsoring the contest. Let us know what you think about this contest by leaving a comment down below.
The last couple of weeks have been packed with reviews! Everyone has been busy trying to get you the best review coverage we can! We’ve had a few notable titles to come out from September 22 – October 5, 2013. Grand Theft Auto V, FIFA 14, Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, Rune Factory 4, and more were covered in the past couple weeks.
Our anime personnel have also been working hard to cover a deluge of titles like Sengoku Basara, Evangelion, Naruto Shippuden, Ghost in the Shell, and more!
Here’s your review breakdown for the past couple weeks:
Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition will prove the comprehensive edition coming with all DLC released to this point. Although not featured on the front of the key art, Mortal Kombat‘s Scorpion – 
