Earlier this year it was announced by XSEED Games that Rune Factory 4 would be hitting store shelves sometime this summer. However it seems that the company wants to make sure that the game is going to launch as polished as possible.
Over on Facebook an XSEED representative stated that “The game is absolutely massive and taking much longer to QA (play through the English for quality assurance) than we originally anticipated. Right now we could be looking at a late September or October release, but it will definitely be worth the wait.”
This means that although the title will end up missing the summer release window, a delay for quality assurance is always appreciated in a day where launch day patches are quite common.
DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. upcoming PC game; Infinite Crisis hit its closed beta stage a few weeks ago, and since then people have been flocking to the free-to-play MOBA. Drawing inspiration from one of DC’s biggest storylines, and giving players the opportunity to reach into DC’s rich multiverse, and play as some of the more obscure iterations of their favourite characters (such as Nightmare Batman or Gaslight Joker).
Today, Warner Bros. have announced that there will be a Founders Program available for the game. As of today, players can purchase one of three different Founders Packs, which give immediate access to a new map, a set of champions, exclusive content and keys that allow your friends to play.
Here are what you get in each of the three bundles, as well as their cost
Basic — $19.99
Immediate access to the Closed Beta including both Gotham Heights and Coast City Maps
One buddy key for a friend, granting access to both Closed Beta Maps
Three Champions (Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern)
Exclusive Founders Protector Icon (Founders only)
800 Crisis Coins ($10 value)
Standard — $49.99
Immediate access to the Closed Beta including both Gotham Heights and Coast City Maps
Two buddy keys for a friend, granting access to both Closed Beta Maps
Six Champions (Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, The Flash, Gaslight Batman, Poison Ivy)
Exclusive “Renaissance” Gaslight Batman Costume (Founders only)
Exclusive Founders Protector Icon (Founders only)
3200 Crisis Coins ($35 value)
Elite — $99.99
Guaranteed Early Access to the Next Map Release, Gotham Divided
Immediate access to the Closed Beta including both Gotham Heights and Coast City Maps
Four buddy keys for a friend, granting access to both Closed Beta Maps
(enough to form your own team of five)
12 Champions (Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, The Flash, Gaslight Batman, Poison Ivy, Gaslight Catwoman, Gaslight Joker, Cyborg, Nightmare Batman, Shazam, Zatanna)
Exclusive “Renaissance” Gaslight Batman Costume (Founders only)
Exclusive “Arkham City” Batman Costume (Founders only)
Exclusive Founders Protector Icon (Founders only)
8600 Crisis Coins ($80 value)
That’s not too shabby if I do say so myself. If you want to check out the Founders Program, or sign up for the Infinite Crisis beta, then check out the link here. You can also check out the game’s latest trailer below, which gives us a look at the Coast City map, while also showing off some gameplay from a few champions you might recognise. For all the Infinite Crisis news as it becomes available, stay tuned to Capsule Computers… No matter which universe you are in.
Chances are you wouldn’t be lucky enough to have this vital suit!
We may traverse barren, icy wastelands in video games, but do we ever stop to consider what our survival rate would be if it were real life? In those extreme, freezing, unforgiving conditions? Well now, you can find out.
The temperature on E.D.N. III – Lost Planet 3‘s setting – is a lethal minus-120 degrees Celsius…the frozen planet can easily become a mass grave-site, but not if Jim Peyton has anything to say about it. The latest video from NEVEC, viewable directly below, gives a chilling account of the human body’s reactions to severe cold, both mental and physical. When I say chilling…that’s not just a pun, I mean it! It explains, step by step, what happens internally when your body temperature drops below the normal 37 degrees celcius. Black, deadened extremities and rupturing eyeballs in their sockets…no thank you! Trip to Antarctica cancelled!
Frozen to Death
If you would like to find out whether you are fit enough to survive E.D.N. III’s deadly temperatures, you can take this testand find out how your skills compare to some of the greatest survival stories in history, including that of famous astronaut Jim Lovell and rock-climber Aron Ralston.
Capcom‘s Lost Planet 3 is scheduled for release August 29, on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and as a PC digital download with a retail PC version coming on September 26.
If you thought that the addition of a character from the Atelier series was going to make Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate literally the “ultimate” Warriors game, well here’s a new addition for you. Today it was revealed that Namco Bandai’s Sophitia Alexandra will be joining the roster of fighters from other series including Dynasty Warriors, Samurai Warriors, and Ninja Gaiden.
Sophitia’s character model will be the same one used in Soulcalibur IV and you can see her taking on numerous foes in true Warriors fashion. It has also been revealed that another character named Nata will be included in Tecmo Koei‘s Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate when it is released on the PS3 and Vita on September 26th in Japan.
Welcome back for this week’s iOS Game Suggestions. If you missed last week’s, or are new to the suggestions, click on the link below and check out what cool games you should be picking up for your iOS device along with the introduction on how the suggestions work. (suggestions 1 has how it all works)
A great week on iTunes! As always, it started slow and but ended with a bang! There are many must-buy games this week in all departments, FREE, 99c and over 99c. This week I’ve suggested a total of 23 great quality titles. Make sure you check them all especially… The Drowning, Heroes War, Kid Tripp, Freeze, Brick Roll, Puddle, Knightmare Tower just to name a few.
Break down below :
9 – FREE Games
6 – $0.99c Games
8 – Over $0.99c Games
As always for this week’s suggestions are all new titles that you should take a look at and consider spending your hard earned iTunes cash / time on. Well the Free games just below certainly should all be given a shot as they won’t cost you anything!
For The Cheapskates – FREE GAMES
MASTERABBOTT’S FREE GAME PICK OF THE WEEK!
The Drowning – Price : FREE – Publisher – Mobage (Fight for survival in a post-apocalyptic future, where an eco-disaster has turned millions into soulless monsters. Scavenge this dystopian world for weapons and survival gear, to escape this inhuman nightmare.) on iPad & iPhone. GET IT NOW FOR FREE
Heroes War – Price : FREE – Publisher –Com2us (An ultimate force of heroes is gathering… do you have what it takes to join the Heroes War and save the world? Everything is on fire. But it wasn’t always that way. I remember the first time I met Sylvia. She was beautiful, but could I trust her? I thought I could, and now there’s only one way out of this mess. We have to recruit everyone we can. Vampires, Werewolves… everyone. We need their help to get things together and discover the true nature of this Neostone. ) runs on iPad & iPhone. GET IT NOW FOR FREE
Gabrielle’s Zombie Attack – Price : FREE – Publisher –Natsume (A brain-twisting action puzzle game for all ages!Gabrielle was just minding her own business one day, when a horde of overzealous zombies decided to try to make a meal of her! Luckily, there’s one thing these zombies don’t like: Mandrake plants! In this first-person zombie zapper, you’ll toss mandrakes at these undead ne’er-do-wells and take back the night!) runs on iPad & iPhone. GET IT NOW FOR FREE
Happy Dinos – Price : FREE – Publisher –Chillingo (What happened to all the magnificent dinosaurs that once roamed the earth? Play Happy Dinos and discover a Jurassic paradise where cute and adorable dinos are just waiting to meet you.) runs on iPad & iPhone. GET IT NOW FOR FREE
Clouds & Sheep – Price : FREE – Publisher –Handy Games (Clouds & Sheep is a charming sandbox game featuring, well, clouds and sheep. Excessively cute sheep. The laid-back pace, mellow gameplay and adorable graphics make Clouds & Sheep an ideal game for casual gamers, as well as more serious gamers who want to take a break from the wanton slaughter and crushing challenges of more demanding game titles.) runs on iPad & iPhone. GET IT NOW FOR FREE
Mini Warriors – Price : FREE – Publisher – Trinity Interactive(Algers was once a peaceful land, but battles over scarce resources have left the continent ravaged. The time is ripe for a leader to rise and unite Algers beneath his flag, and that leader is you! Do you have what it takes to turn a city into an empire?) on iPad & iPhone. GET IT NOW FOR FREE
Dragons Of Atlantis: Heirs Of The Dragon – Price : FREE – Publisher –Kabam (Join thousands of players as you rebuild lost glories in Dragons of Atlantis: Heirs of the Dragon! (Dragons web players: This game does not connect to your web kingdom – it’s an all-new mobile game.) The Ancients fled Atlantis in the wake of a cataclysm. The savage Anthropus overran the Lost Continent. The Dragons are dying. It’s up to you to rebuild ruined cities, rediscover ancient wisdom, and save the Dragons of Atlantis! ) runs on iPad & iPhone. GET IT NOW FOR FREE
Battlefriends At Sea Reloaded – Price : FREE – Publisher – Tequila Games (Challenge your friends to a sea battle! Play with friends or defy a random opponent and set the sea on fire in this stunning reimagining of a beloved classic! It’s easy to get started. Just connect with Facebook to find and play with friends! You can also invite buddies by Twitter, SMS or email!) on iPhone & iPad. GET IT NOW FOR FREE
Wits & Wagers: Trivia Party – Price : FREE – Publisher – Backflip Studios (Wits & Wagers, the award-winning trivia party board game, is now available for iPhone, iPad & iPod Touch. Trivia games can be hard if you’re not a know-it-all. In Wits & Wagers, you don’t need to have all the answers to win. Not confident in your guess? Just bet on another player’s answer. You’ll earn chips for either having the best answer or for knowing who does. Play with your Facebook friends or random players. Just take your best guess. The fun is betting who answered best!) on iPhone & iPad. GET IT NOW FOR FREE
For The Bargain Hunters – 99c Games
Kid Tripp – Price : $0.99 – Publisher – Michael Burns (After two years of development, this fast-paced and tough-as-nails platformer is finally available on the App Store! Have you got what it takes to help Kid Tripp escape from an island filled with enraged wildlife, abandoned mines, bottomless chasms, and erupting volcanos?) runs on iPad & iPhone. BUY NOW
Droidscape:Basilica – Price : $0.99 – Publisher – Kyttaro Tech (Droidscape: Basilica is a unique puzzle-arcade game set in the grim electropunk future. A power-hungry Ecclesiarchy has plunged humanity into a new Dark Ages. The last remaining Chronomancer has been taken hostage on the gargantuan Basilica space station, and if he dies, an already dark world will get a lot darker. Only a small, unarmed droid named Bishop 7 can save him—and only with your help.) runs on iPhone & iPad. BUY NOW
Freeze – Price : $0.99 – Publisher – Andreas von Lepel (It was a wonderful day for our anonymous hero, at least until the moment when he was torn from his loved ones by a viciously sharp grappling hook. Locked in a cramped cell on a planet far, far away, our hero could give in to despair and abandon himself to his fate. But with your help he can overcome gravity, turn worlds, and even – escape!) runs on iPhone & iPad. BUY NOW
Lightning Fighter 2 – Price : $0.99 – Publisher – Uwan Studio (Nobody knows why the aliens came to destroy us. But one thing is certain: their power is unmatched. Despite the brave resistance of the human race, the struggle was all in vain. Soon the aliens ravaged the earth and all we had was the last stronghold and one hope: a powerful core obtained from an alien battleship with the sacrifice of millions of soldiers. Installed with the alien core, Lightning, the prototype super fighter, is the only hope to save the world. Will we fail or will we prevail? Our destiny is up to you.) runs on iPhone & iPad. BUY NOW
An Alien with a Magnet – Price : $0.99 – Publisher – Rejected (Take control of our Alien and his spaceship and get him back to his home planet using just a magnet. Get ready to explore multiple galaxies using this magnet to orbit around colorful and unique planets to get to your goal. But beware of dark holes, challenging puzzles, multiple locks and asteroids blocking your path in space!) runs on iPhone & iPad. BUY NOW
Lub vs Dub – Price : $0.99 – Publisher – Jon McKellan (Lub vs Dub is an award-winning competitive ‘infinite runner’ with a twist – two players run at the same time, on the same device! Run, Jump and Flip around either side of the central ECG line, collecting hearts and using power-ups to boost your performance, and hinder your opponents!) runs on iPhone & iPad. BUY NOW
For The Millionaires – All games over $0.99
Baby Nom Nom – Price : $2.99 – Publisher – Playrise Digital (Help real children in the real world by purchasing “Baby Nom Nom!” How? Playrise Digital will be donating a proportion of every download to “SOS Children’s Villages”, a fantastic global charity that provides loving homes for orphaned and vulnerable kids all over the world. ) runs on iPhone & iPad. BUY NOW
Brick Roll– Price : $1.99 – Publisher – Gavina Games (Are you fast enough? Do you have the skills required? Time ticks. Bad guys watch you. It’s going to be HARD! You can either TURN direction or LIFT yourself to upper places, while rolling around platforms.) runs on iPad. BUY NOW
Alchemy Mysteries: Prague Legends– Price : $5.49 – Publisher – G5 Entertainment (Discover a supernatural realm in the midst of modern Prague! When Eva arrives in Prague to claim her inheritance, she finds herself caught up in a ghostly and terrifying adventure. A group of evil alchemists plan to enslave the world and sacrifice Eva, whose origins conceal a shocking secret. Join this determined young girl as she finds an inner bravery that even she scarcely suspected, searches for clues, solves devious puzzles and meets her match in this fabulously imaginative hidden object game.) runs iPad & iPhone. BUY NOW
Puddle – Price : $2.99 – Publisher – Neko Entertainment (Dive into Puddle, a game unlike any other where you have to guide a puddle of fluid by tilting the environment to the left or right! Play carefully taking friction, gravity and temperature into account, and by using the unique properties of each type of fluid (water, oil, nitroglycerin, molten lava…) in a range of original environments. Conserve as much fluid as possible when crossing a variety of obstacles such as burning passageways, carnivorous plants and electric currents!) runs on iPhone & iPad. BUY NOW
Pivvot – Price : $2.99 – Publisher – Whitaker Trebella (Pivvot is a thrilling game of strategic avoidance that will consistently test and challenge your ability to make quick, impulsive decisions. As the game progresses, you will have to rely on your instincts and problem-solving skills to navigate down the winding path for survival. With its intensity, minimalistic design, and puzzling logic, Pivvot is sure to keep you guessing at every turn.) runs on iPhone & iPad. BUY NOW
Knightmare Tower – Price : $2.99 – Publisher – Juicy Beast Studio. (Break through ceilings, rescue princesses and escape boiling lava as you slash your way to the top of the Knightmare Tower!) runs on iPhone & iPad. BUY NOW
Dropchord– Price : $2.99 – Publisher – Double Fine Productions (Dropchord is a music-driven, score challenge game with mesmerizing visuals and an original electronic soundtrack! Influenced by music visualizers and score attack arcade games, Dropchord is an original experience that’ll test your dexterity while providing endless fun!) runs on iPhone & iPad. BUY NOW
rymdkapsel– Price : $4.49 – Publisher – webbfarbror (rymdkapsel is a meditative strategy game set in space. Take on the challenge of building the best possible station by commanding your minions and exploring the galaxy around you. Imagine a strategy game where you don’t have to worry about selecting units or mounting attacks on your enemies, but rather can focus on building the best base possible. ) runs iPad & iPhone. BUY NOW
There you have it folks these games should keep you busy for quite some time well until next week at least. I’ll be back next week for another dose of iOS goodness, in the meantime if you would also like to suggest your own suggestions, please feel free to share them in the comments section below or in the iOS forum section on the site here.
Join Capsule Computers editor Joe Morgan as he recaps all of the video game and anime reviews for the week of July 21 – July 27, 2013. This feature is intended as a way to give you, our readers, a quick recap of every game we’ve reviewed on the site each week. The goal is to let you get the review information you want in five minutes or less.
For me one of the greatest things about PAX Australia was that local Indie developers got to chance to show their creations to a massive audience. They were given a large portion of the show floor to set up their own professional looking booths and demonstrate their game in a relaxed setting to the masses. Talking to these guys and seeing the passion they have for their creation is inspirational and amazing to see. I took some time to hang out at a couple of these booths and get to know who these indie devs were, what they were all about and what they had to show. My first stop was at the Considerable Content booth.
A two man team made up of designer Edward Blanch and software engineer Scott Beca, the Melbourne duo were there to showcase there latest creation and first major release, Cargo Chaos. The game centers around you stacking a number of different crates of varying sizes and properties (for example, a circular crate that rolls everywhere or a container of animals that jumps around) onto a ship and then keeping those blocks on board the ship as it sails across the sea to the docks. This isn’t as easy as it sounds however as the ship isn’t infinite in size and the sea it has to traverse isn’t exactly calm. It’s up to the player to stack the blocks in a way that will minimize movement so that when the ship begins travelling across the rough sea the shipping containers won’t fall into the ocean and you will get to keep your multiplier.
Cargo Chaos packs in 30 levels with each one increasing slightly in difficulty. Trying to get 5 bells on anything past the levels at the beginning is a tough (but fun) challenge. I was interested to ask what the inspiration for the game was and Scott was happy to share that with us:
“We came up with the idea of stacking blocks on a moving object. It was just a moving platform, we didn’t exactly know what it was, then we were like O.K, where can we go from here? What kind of setting generates a moving platform? And that’s where the boat moving over the ocean came from. From there it became how can we make this more interesting instead of just blocks. So we took some inspiration from Tetris and other games like it and made the blocks crazy and have different properties and it just kept growing from there.”
I also asked what was next for Considerable Content now that Cargo Chaos has been completed.
“With Cargo Chaos we wanted to do something that we knew we could finish to show that we can finish a game and to have something out there. Now we’re going to continue bug testing Cargo Chaos and possibly provide future enhancements depending on how well it does and if the business case is there.
The next game we’re working on is Postman’s Odyssey. It’s a 3D atmospherical, exploration platformer. It’s set in a wierd world about a postman that’s been teleported there and he doesn’t know why. He works out he has mail to deliver and he wants to know why he has this mail and what his doing there and so will the player. You will basically be exploring this world with alot of free movement and you will gain alot of abilities to help you do this. You will start off with a single jump then you will get a double jump, later on you might even get a triple jump or the ability to glide. In it’s most basic form we wanted to really tap into the idea of that feeling in a game when you see something in the distance and you wonder can I get there. We don’t want to do anything like invisible walls we just want you to able to explore. “
You can check out the trailer for Cargo Chaos below and if you like what you see you can download Cargo Chaos for iPhone and iPad from the App Store and for Android from theGoogle Play Store. If you would like to stay in touch with Considerable Content and what they are up to, support them by liking their Facebook or visit their official website to see developer diaries, blogs and more. While your here, feel free to read on to our other Indie Spotlight which focuses on Studio Grow and their game Grow.
PAX Australia was an amazing opportunity for local Indie developers to show their heart felt titles to a massive audience. They were treated like established game companies with their own professional booths and a large portion of the show floor. I throughly enjoyed talking to some of the developers at these booths and getting a real feel for what they were all about and what games they had created. It was truly inspiring and a fantastic experience, one that I hope carries through to next year’s PAX Aus.
Studio Grow is a four man studio based in Melbourne. Andey is the designer and also takes care of textures, user interface and other bits and pieces. John is another designer and takes care of the levels as well as the particle effects. Jacob is the lead animator as well as the creator of any promotional material and Tim takes care of all the hardcore programming and ensures that the servers are working as they should. They are currently working on their first commercial release, simply titled Grow.
Grow is being developed for the PC and was easily one of my favourite games of the show. Grow is best described as an online, multiplayer brawler with monsters that can evolve by eating different types of food. You start out with the basic monster known as Nom and by eating enough food, can then evolve that monster to gain a new look, new attacks and new abilities. You can focus on eating a certain sort of food to gain an advantage in a certain area (for example, eating meat will evolve Nom into a Growl who is big and bulky and has high attack power), or mix and match different combinations to suit your playstle. The game has a bright and colourful palette and features great 3D models that bring alot of life to the monster characters. Up to 32 players will be able to battle it out against other monsters online when the game releases.
One thing I was curious about was the inspiration for the game. This is Andey had to say on the matter.
“The list of inspirations is so huge. The one’s we always list are Pokemon and Team Fortress 2. We have the evolution thing going on from Pokemon and the whole battle situation going on from TF2 where it’s really aggressive and stuffs flying everywhere and it’s class based. Plenty of other Nintendo titles as well such as Super Mario Sunshine.”
The heart and passion being put into Grow is truly amazing and it was a joy to talk to the team as they explained the various aspects of the game. I walked away from the stand with a great impression of Grow, my Nom trading/business card and really wanting one of those cute plushies the team had created for PAX.
If you’re interested in Grow, the video below helps explain all the mechanics and gives an oversight of the game. So far there is no release date but the team is working hard to bring it to you as fast as possible. If you like what you see, feel free to support the developers by liking their Facebook or visit their official website and click on the about button if you would like to download an early build for free. While your here, feel free to read on to our other Indie Spotlight which focuses on Considerable Content and Cargo Chaos which was just recently released on mobile devices.
Capcom, the publishers behind the popular Monster Hunter franchise, released a new trailer for an upcoming Monster Hunter game today. Dubbed Monster Hunter Frontier G, the newest title in the franchise will be coming to the PlayStation 3 and Wii U.
“So why another Monster Hunter game? Will it be any different than Monster Hunter 3?” This release of Frontier G will mark the first time that the Frontier branch of the series has come to either a Sony or Nintendo platform. On top of that, it will boast several bits of new content including:
10 new monsters
21 current monsters that will be available at G-Rank
Three new areas
Over 150 G-Class weapons
Over 150 G-Class armors
30 new skills
4 new elementals
New actions for 11 weapon types
For more information, be sure to watch the trailer in the video player below this article.
It seems that despite apparently having disappointing sales, only selling 3.4 million copies compared to Square Enix‘s apparently ridiculous expectations, a sequel to the Tomb Raider reboot is “well into development.” This news comes from Square Enix CEO for the Americas and Europe Phil Rogers in a note he made for the community over on Square Enix’s blog.
This is great news as not only could the series benefit from being able to harness the next-generation capabilities of the Xbox One and PlayStation 4, but the first game in the series was also critically acclaimed, as our own review of the game says here.
