Namco Bandai Games have released a trailer for their nextNintendo 3DS game starring everyone’s favourite Gourmet Hunters: Toriko Ultimate Survial. The trailer showcases the fighting styles of seven hunters who will feature in the “ultimate gourmet food hunting game”: Toriko, Koko, Sunny, Zebra, Komatsu, Rin, and Teppei.
The game itself takes place on Shikijima, an island housing more than 200 species of wild animals. Naturally, Toriko and his friends must work together to collect ingredients on this dangerous island by fighting a number of quirky and deadly creatures. Major playable antagonists include Starjun (sans mask) and Ootake, with Tengu Buranchi to be offered as a limited-edition character. Tommyrod and Grinpatch are also set to be featured in the game to some extent.
Toriko Ultimate Survival is set for release in Japan on November 28th. Check out the trailer below and prepare for one of the strangest culinary experiences you’ve ever seen.
IndieGameStand is taking the next step in their evolution by releasing their brand new storefront on their one year anniversary. The service aims to provide indie developers a reliable and simple way for indie developers to sell their games to consumers. IndieGameStand will continue to selling one game every 96 hours in a pay what you want format in conjunction with their new storefront.
To celebrate the momentous occasion, IndieGameStand is selling 14 indie games at a discount of 15%. The sale will end on October 1st, 2013. The following titles are on sale:
Killzone Shadow Fall is one of the most anticipated of the PlayStation 4 launch lineup titles and it’s not hard to see why as the newest multiplayer trailer delivers some great visuals, lots of action and of course plenty of explosions. Apart from the new trailer released today which you can watch below the comments, alot of new details were released regarding the multiplayer and the games season pass.
Developer Guerrilla Games has announced the Killzone Shadow Fall season pass will be availble for $20 U.S. and will give access to a bunch of new content post release including multiplayer and co-op expansions. In terms of co-op, gamers can expect an all new wave mode which will be set across four arena like maps and feature a unique levelling system as well as new unlocks. Three map packs will be available specifically for this mode after it launches. Normal multiplayer will also be receiving two expansions, but Guerrilla Games is still keeping hush on those. More information will be released as the game nears its U.S. November 15th release date. For those early adopters, a day one bonus was also announced for those who purhcase the season pass on the first day. Loyal gamers will receive access to an “exclusive” OWL combat drone skin and a “unique” multiplayer spotlight move.
Killzone’s multiplayer will be introducing some new and unique ideas to set it apart from its competition. All abilities and weapons will be unlocked from the start and there is no XP to be earned, however that doesn’t mean there is nothing to strive for. Players complete challenges (of which there will be over 1500 at launch) which are tailored towards the different playstyles and will unlock new mods for weapons such as scopes and attachments as well as give you visual awards like badges for your Player Card.
Lead designer Eric Boltjes discussed the three classes and their strengths:
“This time we’ve tailored the three different classes to very specific types of play-style,” says Boltjes. “For example, the Scout is for the player that wants to strike from the shadows: short range and very long range. He has specific abilities and specific weapons tailored to that type of play-style. We also have the Assault, a run-and-gun front-line type of guy. Lastly we have the Support, who is all about team-play. He has the ability to spawn beacons, ammo boxes and so on. His weapons are medium range.”
Killzone Shadow Fall will have ten multiplayer levels at launch with some post launch maps being made available for free as time goes on, so you won’t need a season pass to enjoy those goodies. That’s not all that is being made avaialable post launch though as new community driven content will continue flooding in over the games life span. Shadow Fall contains new creations called Warzones, which are essentially customisable matches where you can change pretty much everything from allowable weapons, permitted kills, classes and more. You can stack any of the eight different game modes together with different time limits all within the one match. As we have seen time and time again, communities can get pretty crazy when given the right tools to create what they want and it will be interesting to see what amounts from this effort. Official Warzones created by the developers are also being made available.
The Killzone series has built quite a legacy over the last two generations of consoles and it seems like Killzone Shadow Fall will continue the trend with a strong single and multiplayer component. Let us know what you think of the latest trailer and details in the comments below. While you’re waiting for Shadow Fall to drop, you can check out our review on Killzone: Mercenary for the Vita to see if can satisfy your Killzone cravings.
Nordic Games and KING Art have released the third chapter from The Raven – Legacy Of A Master Thief, bringing the story to an end. The final chapter is called A Murder Of Ravens and is out now for PC, Mac and Linux. On October 24th, all three chapters will be available as a DRM-free boxed version.
For those unfamiliar with the series, The Raven – Legacy of a Master Thief is a crime tale set across Europe during the 1960’s which immerses players in both sides of the story as players adopt the role of both thief and investigator. Elements of a whodunit-mystery and a heist-story are combined as players follow The Raven’s trademark black clues. A Murder Of Ravens is the most challenging chapter yet in the Adventure series and contains a strong emphasis on narrative. You will need to pay close attention to every detail as your investigative skills are put to the test.
You can now purchase all three chapters from the games official website. If you would like to get clued in with the back story of this interesting world, an Interactive Graphic Novel detailing The Raven’s backstory is available for free as a browser based game as well as an app for Android and iOS. The app can be downloaded from the Google Play store and the App Store respectively. You can view the release trailer for the newest chapter below.
With Batman: Arkham Origins just a month away, it seems that it is time for Warner Bros. to start revealing what kind of DLC they have planned. A new trailer released today covers the first DLC that will be available for the prequel to the fan favorite Arkham series, and in an interesting move this DLC will be exclusive to the PS3 version of the game.
Titled “Knightfall”, the DLC gives players two DLC batsuits to choose from the Knightfall Batman costume and the 1960’s TV Batman costume made famous by everyone’s favorite Adam West, Adam West! In addition to these costumes the DLC will also include 5 challenge maps, 3 Combat and 2 Predator.
For a better look at all the Knightfall DLC will include, watch the trailer embedded below to help decide if this is a good incentive for the PS3 version of the game. Otherwise, players can choose from the Xbox 360, Wii U, and PC version of Batman: Arkham Origins when it releases worldwide on October 25th, 2013. Which still leaves some time to pre-order the Definitive Edition.
Thursday night sees the release of the next title in the massively popular FIFA franchise, and what better way to celebrate than a huge launch event? EA are hosting an event on Wednesday night with food, drink, and entertainment at Hoyts Wetherill Park in New South Wales where fans will be able to meet professional footballers, as well as pros at the game itself. A tournament will be held on the night where fans can cheer on FIFA pros as they fight it out in a fierce competition to win their place at the ‘EA Sports National FIFA 14 Championships’.
In addition, players from Western Sydney Wanderers FC will be attendance and fans will be able to meet and greet with the team as well as getting a hands-on with the game for the first time.
FIFA 14 will be released on Thursday on all current-gen consoles and it will be released for next-gen consoles on launch, with many bundle deals available.
Lightning Returns may still be a few months away, but Square Enix keeps on giving more and more for the fans to gnaw on as the wait continues. This time around they have quite a big offering in the form of a video that gives plenty of information and even more questions for fans to think about as the days continue.
The newest video isn’t a trailer, but instead the opening movie to the game itself. What does it have to say about the world that Lightning will be returning to? Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII certainly has a diversity to offer, with each region treating the end of the world very differently, the opening itself set in a region where they’ve opted to party until its over. But, why aren’t you scrolling down to watch it for yourself?
Check out the opening to Lightning Returns embedded below to see just what is happening in Nova Chrysalia, or alternatively wait until it releases February 14th, 2014 for Xbox 360 and PS3. Though since it’s the end of the world, why wait?
While falling just a little short of its original release schedule, the next episode of the Runaway series is about to kick off next week. Coming from publisher Bulkypix, Numeric Pipeline, and Pendulo Studios, Runaway: The Dream of the Turtle picks up a few years after the previous adventure of Brian and Gina.
After suffering a plane crash on their way to Hawaii, Brian and Gina find themselves on an all new adventure in Runaway: The Dream of the Turtle with 30 NPCs to interact with across the 100 sets of the game. Featuring a newly redesigned interface to better suit the iPhone and iPad, players from around the world will be able to experience the story in English, Spanish, French, German, and Italian.
With the first part set to release October 3rd, 2013 players can prep themselves for this new adventure for Brian and Gina by checking out the screenshots in the gallery below, as well as watching the trailer embedded below that.
Another week and another bunch of awesome Titan Comics goodness for you comic book aficionados out there. This week sees the launch of two great books; Tomorrowland #3 and Thrud the Barbarian.
Tomorrowland #3, written by Paul Jenkins with artwork by Alti Firmansyah, and Beny Maulana of Stellar Labs is the latest installment of the music based, supernatural story about two DJs of the Tomorrowland Festival. The duo have been chosen as the Keepers of Creativity, and are responsible for coming up with a music festival that will recharge the batteries of the whole universe.
Thrud the Barbarian, is the Eagle-Award winning barbarian parody series by the talented Carl Critchlow. This is the first time that Critchlow’s Thrud stories have been released as a single volume. Some of Thrud’s adventures in this book have him facing down a necromancer, protecting his beer from fierce frost giants, assuming the the role of a king he accidentally killed and many more.
So which of these books, if any will you be picking up? I am partial to Thrud myself, but both are definitely worth the time to read. If you are still unsure about either series, then check out some preview pages from each book below. Let us know your thoughts on these books in the comment section, and if you need more examples of the kinds of work that Titan Comics publishes, then check out our review of Razorjack and Lost Planet: First Colony.
Always remember to stay tuned to Capsule Computers for all the Titan Comics news as it becomes available.
Coming only 10 days after my article in which I used this visual novel as a prime example of why we need more translators working on visual novels as a whole, Higurashi: When They Cry has been green-lit for Steam! As one of the first visual novels I ever read, I loved it from the second I picked it up, finding it deeply thought-provoking and chilling to the bone. It has its flaws, mostly in the form of it’s hideously ugly character sprites which I would hope would be updated before releasing what is essentially a PS2 game on the modern PC platform, but the brilliant soundtrack and story mean that they can be overlooked.
“The protagonist of the story is Keiichi Maebara, who has just moved to a small village with his parents. At first everything seems fine. He makes friends, they have fun, everything seems like an average anime storyline. Maybe he’ll fall in love, there will be some romance, and everything will be sunshine and rainbows… Wrong. Suddenly something starts to feel a bit off. Keiichi starts finding things out. Things about the village, its people, its past. All at once it seems the world has collapsed around him and through a subtle series of hints you are left as the reader to try and work out what is happening in this dark and mysterious village.”
I strongly recommend that everyone plays this when it is released because it will make every tacky Hollywood horror you have ever seen pale by comparison. It’s deep complexity combined with an underlying sense of unease that bleeds through the character and into the reader makes it a must-play. Keep up to date with details of Higurashi’s release over in our Anime News section.
