Originally when Legend of Raven, originally called Yatagarasu, was announced it was only meant to be released on the PlayStation Vita but now Nicalis has revealed that the indie fighting game is going to be released on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One as well. There is also good news for those who are still interested in picking up the Vita version of the game, as it will feature both cross-buy and cross-play meaning that the Vita version will come with and play with the PS4 version.
Also announced is a new GGPO netcode for the game which will offer lag-free gameplay. To commemorate this announcement the company has released a new trailer for the game which can be seen below.
Those of you who are familiar with Project-H Books probably know that they are known for bringing English translated hentai manga to North America but it looks like they are going to be stepping out of the box a bit this time around as they have just announced the licensing of the romance manga Princess Lucia.
Kouji Seo, best known for Suzuka and the still currently running A Town Where You Live manga series, began this monthly manga a few years ago and it follows the story of a teenager named Koizumi Yuta who is surrounded by angels and devils. The twist is, the devil princess Lucia wants to have his baby but the angels will do anything they can to try and make sure this doesn’t happen.
Currently Project-H Book is aiming to release the manga volumes start in 2015 and they will be available both digitally and physically.
A few years ago FUNimation began releasing the original version of Dragon Ball Z on Blu-ray but shortly after beginning the project, they stopped production thanks to technical issues that involved the restoration of the original anime and upgrade to Blu-ray.
Well it seems that they are now going to restart the Blu-ray release of Dragon Ball Z and they will begin starting from the beginning with season one. This first season will be available on December 31st, sell for $55.98 and will include episodes 1-39. To commemorate the relaunch of the Blu-ray releases the company has released a trailer showing the improvements in this version of Dragon Ball Z and that trailer can be found below.
Aksys Games, the outfit behind the Hakuokivisual novel franchise, has announced today that they want you to let them know what you think!
In an effort to better serve fans of their visual novel and Zero Escape games (Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors and Virtue’s Last Reward), Aksys has created a survey they would like everyone to contribute to. This is aimed at helping them get a better understand of how people from all walks of life regard and treat their visual novel games.
If you’re interested in helping them out by taking the survey, you can get to it here.
Toki Tori 1 landed on Wii U today in full HD glory. The game has been released with HD graphics, the Portal 2 ARG content, off-TV play mode, and Wii U touch screen controls.
To celebrate the launch, Two Tribes has knocked the price down for Toki Tori 2 down by 40%. European buyers will get an extra 20% off if they buy Toki Tori 1 before they pick up the second game. This deal is not available on the US store, but Two Tribes is hard at work to figure out an alternate deal to make up for it.
Toki Tori 1 is available for $2.00 US and €2.00 in Europe.
Bundle in a Box is back with their latest bundle. The Indie Strategy Bundle contains 11 great strategy titles. Buyers who pay a minimum of $1.99 will receive A.I. War, Us and Them – Cold War, Creeper World, Storm Over the Pacific, Strategic War in Europe, The Trouble with Robots, and Age of Conquest III. Those who beat the average will also receive Fall Weiss and Creeper World 2.
A portion of the bundle’s profits will go to support the Indie Dev Grant and The Hellenic Centre of Mental Health and Treatment of Child and Family. The Indie Dev Grant provides much needed funds to help an indie developer complete their project. The Hellenic Centre of Mental Health and Treatment of Child and Family specializes in providing holistic care for families living with children and teenagers who have autism or psychosis.
Kraken Empire is three quarter way through their IndieGoGo campaign for their old school arcade shooter Kromaia. To give the public a taste of what Kromaia is all about, the team has released a demo available to everyone. The demo contains an intense survival mode that lasts 3 minutes a round. Players will have access to two different ships for testing.
Kromaia is an arcade styled shooter for the 3d generation. The game is infinitely modifiable through the plethora of plain text .xml files. The full game will contain four different ships, a story mode, and a survival mode.
Kromaia’s crowdfunding campaign runs until November 22. Want to learn more? Check out our preview of Kromaia here and the IndieGoGo campaign here.
Daedalic Entertainment has been at work for the last two and a half years on their latest project, Blackguards. The fruits of their labour has finally entered Steam’s Early Access program this week.
Blackguards is a turn based strategy RPG with a dark theme for mature players. The game is based on The Dark Eye series of RPG games and books, Germany’s most popular pen and paper RPG series. The game follows a group of adventures that are anything but heroes. The leader is a convicted murderer and the adventurers are running from both justice and a mysterious group looking to put an end to the world.
The complete game will contain over 40 hours of gameplay. Currently, the first chapter of the game has been released with the remaining four chapters being added every 2-4 weeks after that. Blackguards starts at $24.99 USD with more expensive collector’s editions available. The game is also 10% off until November 13th on the Steam and runs on Windows.
Aussie development team Halfbrick has released a trailer for upcoming title Colossatron: Massive World Threat. The game was first announced only a few months ago at PAX Australia in July, and information has been a bit thin on the ground since. Halfbrick are of course famous for mega hits Fruit Ninja and Jetpack Joyride, so there is a fair bit of expectation resting on the shoulders of the titular gigantic armoured snake from space (if snakes have shoulders, probably not).
The trailer introduces some of the games characters in the frame of a news report: the incompetent but angry General Moustache, intrepid reporter Katie Hazard, and smoothie news anchor Rick Dalton. Players won’t actually be playing as these characters, as Massive World Threat is all about being the best destructive space snake that you can.
The trailer also explains the Power Core gameplay mechanic: players will be able to pick up and add Power Cores to Colossatron’s body in order to improve his capacity to smash things up. These will come in different colours, and mixing colours or matching a line of three will add new weapons and abilities.
The game is due for release before 2013 is out, so expect a lot more news from Halfbrick in the near future. Capsule Computers’ Luke Halliday had a chance to try out the iPad version of the game at PAX Australia, and you can read his hands on preview here.
With an update called “Blood Eagle” one can expect War of the Vikings from developer Fatshark and publisher Paradox Interactive to get even more bloody. Which in fact the update does do, but this is more of a cosmetic addition that is just one part of all the additions now live thanks to the “Blood Eagle” update.
Some of the other things just added into the PC title are weapon looting, new and returning maps, and new profile loadouts with new appearances and perks. The maps coming this time are a brand new map taking place in a mountain crag, while the other is the return of the Monastery. The weapon looting is the biggest change of course, now players can jaunt right up to their fallen foes and grab throwing weapons, melee weapons, and shields.
Those interested in finding out more about the game can check out our own War of the Vikings Preview or check out the game for themselves on PC from Steam Early Access or other digital distributors and see what the “Blood Eagle” has brought.
