You may remember that back at E3, Tecmo Koei announced that they were planning on localizing Toukiden: The Age of Demons. Since then they haven’t said much about the game except that it would be released sometime this year.
Well today it has been revealed that that release window won’t be hit as the company is now planning on releasing Toukiden: The Age of Demons in early 2014. The game itself focuses on taking out destructive Oni who have invaded the world with characters they create themselves as they fight alongside six NPCs that were designed by Atelier Ayesha artist Hidari.
Today Tecmo Koei revealed a number of games they are planning on localizing over the first few months of 2014 and after revealing they would be bringing Atelier Escha & Logi, to Europe (so far), they also announced that the previously named Kagero: Dark Side Princess will be coming over as Deception IV: Blood Ties.
The game is confirmed by both the American and European branches of Tecmo Koei for release. As for the game itself, it comes from the producer of the Fatal Frame series and is a re-imagining of Devil’s Deception. It is a strategy action game where players must defeat enemies by luring them into imaginative traps.
Great news fans of the Atelier series, Tecmo Koei is planning on continuing to support the franchise in the West. Today it was announced by Tecmo Koei Europe that the company is planning on releasing Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky in Europe early in 2014.
At the moment Tecmo Koei of America has not mentioned whether the title will be released in North America, but it will likely be revealed soon, we hope. Anyways, we’ve heard a lot about Atelier Escha & Logy since it was first revealed by Gust, such as how it is the first game to feature two playable protagonists. To calm people down, Tecmo also announced that the game will have both English AND Japanese voice overs, alleviating concerns over the dub only release of Atelier Ayesha.
As you may know, it is going to still be awhile until Tales of Xillia 2 is released in the West, considering it is currently set for release sometime during 2014. However until then we have the first trailer of the game which contains a bit of English voice acting.
For Tokyo Game Show Namco Bandai has released a new set of screenshots for the game alongside the new trailer, both of which can be found below. In Tales of Xillia 2, players take control of Ludger. Ludger starts the game with a debt that must be paid to get further in the game. Ludger wields not only melee weapons such as a sword and a hammer, but also a pair of pistols.
10tons Ltdare pleased to announce that Trouserheart will be available on iOS from September 26 next week. The fantasy action game follows King Trouserheart on his mission to reclaim his title to the majestic leather trousers. Not quite the Game of Thrones you were expecting, but definitely a new adventure across the realm. Be prepared to fight monsters, slay bosses, hoard treasure and upgrade your sword, shield and armour until you get back your trousers!
Developed with the state of the art Unity technology, Trouserheart features:
Hack’n’slash action adventure gameplay
Simple and super fluid touch controls
Light-hearted and humorous tone
Bright and colourful 3D graphics
Epic adventure soundtrack
Perma-death mode for experienced gamers
After the launch, Trouserheart will receive iOS 7 game controller support and is set to be released on additional platforms at a later date. Check out the gameplay teaser trailer below in preparation for the pantless journey ahead of you.
The trailer details the Ulysses meteor shower that occurred in 1994, devastated the Earth and reduced 20 percent of its surface to ruin. This resulted in mass refugees who were accepted near southern Russia as the nations went to war over scarce resources.
Players will take on the role of a rookie pilot in a mercenary group that works for the United Nations 20 years later.
Ace Combat Infinity ditches the controversial Dogfight Mode introduced in Assault Horizon and blends the series’ fictional world with the real. It’s due out for the PlayStation 3 later this year as a free-to-play title. Check out the new media below.
Lost Planet 3 was only just released worldwide for the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360. The Lost Planet franchise is one of Capcom’s most popular franchises, alongside a few others, and there’s a real serious fan-base behind the series, you can definitely see why though; giant monsters, awesome weapons, grappling hooks, they’re all awesome things that gamers love. Now we’ve been given a Lost Planet comic book and I’m sure fans of the games and the franchise itself are pretty pumped to get their hands on a bit more of that Akrid-killing action. Lost Planet: First Colony is here and it will have two issues, it’s a small comic but it is said to give fans of the game a little more insight into what happened before the actual games themselves. Here we have issue one and, well, read on to see how well (or not so well) it turned out.
Story
The story of Lost Planet: First Colony is set 40 years before the events of Lost Planet 3, so essentially First Colony is a sequel to a sequel, very interesting premise and we’ve never really seen anything like it before. The comics follow the story of Captain June and her crew on-board the “Crusader”, she and her team travel the galaxy looking for different places to scavenge items so that they can trade, they trade with NEVEC as well as anyone else who is willing to pay the right price or offer something to their liking. It seems Earth has become a wasteland, people stopped caring and it’s basically a giant dumping ground, so the residents of Earth decided to shoot off into space to search for planets that are similar enough to Earth for them to live on but unfortunately a lot of these planets do not fit this description. E.D.N III, however, is a planet that DOES fit this description which means that NEVEC (NeoVenus Construction) now have a new place to try and turn into “home” and along with them are pirate and all different types of people who want to either make money or do the same as NEVEC, who ALSO want to make a bit of sweet, sweet cash.The “Crusader” and it’s crew are shown on a NEVEC ship causing trouble in the hopes that they can cipher enough information from the on-board computers to get an idea of a treasure-filled planet for them to pilfer. That planet, once again, is E.D.N III. They crash land due to a storm which happens to appear right around them and that is where our story truly begins. We now follow what is left of the crew as they track through the tundra, doing their best to survive. I’m really sorry but the story is incredibly basic.
It is so unfortunate because I’m a huge fan of the games but from what I read in the first issue it’s just a typical “crash landing” story. I’m hoping that we get more information in the second issue because here we just get bare bones. The characters don’t actually interact very well with each other either, they’re supposed to be this crew and even though I can see where each character is coming from, it doesn’t seem to work as well as some other comics. I also feel like it’s pace was all wrong, it felt like it was rushed. I understand they only have two issues to tell their story but had the comic series been spread out a bit more I guarantee they could’ve done a better job. In saying that it DID give off a very “Lost Planet” vibe, so they definitely did that well. I was hoping to see more Akrid action, they fought a huge. crab-like Akrid but it only lasted about 3 pages, I just thought there could’ve been more too it considering it’s based off of the games and they seem to put a lot of attention on the large enemies. Unfortunately the characters had real generic personalities and maybe if the comic was more stretched out we could’ve actually seen more of them interacting outside of just straight out yelling but unfortunately you can’t always get what you want. I can understand how hard it would be seeing as the characters within the game barely interact but this is a comic and things need to be altered sometimes.
Artwork
This aspect of the comic absolutely won it for me. Without a doubt! The artwork is just brilliant! It’s so gritty and dirty and sketchy yet so well put-together, it just rocks. You can feel the pure essence of Lost Planet, you can feel the cold and the pain through just the way these characters and environments have been illustrated. The environments looked down right amazing, you can tell how much work has been put into every single page of this comic, clearly the illustrator has done his “Lost Planet” research because he got everything spot on visually. Even the armour and the weapons were really reminiscent of the games despite it being a prequel. The colours blended nicely as well. The cold, steel-coloured armour up against a powerful Tundra background just worked so well. The action was drawn incredibly too. The way that blood splattered, it wasn’t over the top or unnatural, it was just right. I just love seeing comics in full-colour too and one one like this comes along where they’ve gotten it “spot-on” it’s me elevated hope in the industry. What the story lacked, the artwork made up for, that’s not to say there shouldn’t be story but I practically stayed around for the art.
Overall
It’s a great comic. Yes, the story IS weak and fairly basic but it feels like Lost Planet, it honestly does. It’s in full colour which is great for hooking in audiences, it also has such high calibre illustrations that will keep you there for the whole book. My hopes are that the second issue will kick into some story and end it in a nice way that will lead readers into playing Lost Planet 3 and understanding a fair bit more, I really hope that’s what it does because that IS the purpose of this comic book. I think all around it’s a great purchase, I just would’ve liked to see more story or, at least, some better character interaction and dialogue. If you’re a fan of the games though, you will like it and I believe it will help you get more into the game.
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The Thaumaturge is a rare hunter that specializes in magical arts. As the Thaumaturge you’ll stab foes with ice shards, construct a fire trap with your firewall spell, blind them, chuck thunderbolts at them, boil their blood, and more.
The DLC will be out September 26 and will cost $3.99. You can visit their official page here. Also be sure to check out the Thaumaturge in action via the trailer in the video player below this article.
Today it has been revealed that acttil will be helping the video game developer Elemental-Labs with their first game project, REBORN. REBORN is going to be a real-time weapon based 3D action RPG that will be developed for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 using the Unreal Engine.
To help get REBORN off the ground, acttil is organizing a Kickstarter for REBORN which is set to go live next week, along with a gameplay trailer and developer diary. The Kickstarter will have a modest goal of $150,000 which, if reached, will result in a digital version of the game for the PS3 and PS4. Some background info about the game reveals that it has been in development for the past nine months and if everything works out well, the developer is planning on releasing the title sometime in Fall 2014.
REBORN will take place in 2188 in Neo-Tokyo where the city is shrouded with lies and corruption. There is a stark contrast between the wealthy and the poor as the President of the Nexus Roku Corporation, Rena Nakano, leads the country into darkness by creating augmentations for humans.
However all of these augmentations are embedded with chips the company is able to alter the behavioral patterns of society and to make them complacent with the terrible changes the Roku Corporation is making to the country. Rena Nakano is seeking a way to remove an ancient pearl used to seal away the Tengu Demon Sōjōbō and free it from its seal, with eternal life being her reward if she manages to complete this task.
A resistance has been established within the city to try and put an end to Rena Nakano’s machinations and prevent the revival of Sōjōbō. The group, with Musashi Miyamoto as the leader, must work through a plot “teeming with deceit, violence, love, betrayal and sacrifice against a backdrop inspired by traditional Japanese lore” to put a stop to the organization.
The game itself will feature real-time 3D combat that will take emphasis with how well players are able to time their combos, special attacks and environment use together in combat. As for the RPG elements, players will be able to find and equip a wide variety of gear that can be enhanced further with Augmentations and skills learned using the element-based ‘Wu Xing’ system. The developers have also said that they are basing the game around four distinct gameplay pillars in the form of Combat, Stealth, Augmentation and Social Perception. Additional concept art and 3D models of the game can be found below.
TV Tokyo has just released two one-minute promo videos for the next season of Pokemon Anime, Pokemon X and Y. While the promos are short we do get a fair bit of information from it, one being that the animation is actually looking a fair bit better and that’s a big tick in the “positive” box. We’re also introduced to some new characters who are actually seen within the Pokemon X and Y games, the first is Serena who is the character based upon the female Trainer from the new games and, although you can customise your characters, the Anime persona is just based on her initial design with slight changes.
Both Clemont, the inventor, and Bonnie seem like they will also be Ash’s tag-along friends for this series. There are a whole lot of other characters that you will recognise from what we’ve seen from the game that will surely be introduced along the way. Something else that is incredibly cool is that, in the second promo, we’re given a small glimpse of a Mega Blaziken that Ash comes into contact with. It’s looking very nice and we’re all very excited for it, the series should begin it’s run on the 17th of October, it is part of the Fall Anime Season. You can see the first of the two promos just below this paragraph and the second of the two in our Featured Video Section below.
