2k Games‘ non-stop barrage of The Bureau: XCOM Declassified news and media continues with a new trailer, aptly called ‘YOLO’ – “you only live once” for those squares out there… See it’s genius, because in the game, each soldier only li…ah, you got it.
The threat of permadeath forces you as the player to make the best tactical decisions possible as you call the shots and order your squad around in the fight against the invading aliens. In the video, however, it would seem this commander is not exactly fit for the job. Hell, he’s just plain negligent. Check out the humourous trailer embedded below and click here to read about 2k Marin‘s post-launch DLC plans for the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC title, out August 20.
Earlier this month over at the Australian Penny Arcade Expo, PAXAus, us here at Capsule Computers were able to get an interview with the director of the latest Dynasty Warriors game, Dynasty Warriors 8. Atsushi Miyauchi is the director of the Dynasty Warriors 8 video game and has been working on the franchise since the second Dynasty Warriors game in the franchise.
Dynasty Warriors is an action game based on the Simulation game from Tecmo-Koei called Romance of the Three Kingdoms. It’s an action game where players take on the role of a lead character and battle hordes of enemies. It’s a unique series with a large fanbase.
CC: Could you please introduce yourself?
AM: My name is Atsushi Miyauchi and I am the director of Dynasty Warriors.
CC: What was the inspiration at the start of the Dynasty warriors series? And how far has it deviated from that initial vision?
AM: Originally at Tecmo-Koei we have a simulation game called romance of the three kingdoms and it about 14 years ago there was a talk about where the users would prefer action games, so we thought an action game based on romance of the three kingdoms so that’s how the game came to be. The company also created an action team called omega force, which is the teams name, and they were created specifically for the purpose of creating action games.
CC: You’re the director for Dynasty Warriors, do you think that directing an action game is much different to directing, say, an RPG or an Adventure game?
AM: Since my experience has only been as the director of dynsasty warriors i cant say much for directors of other genres, it will probably be a bit different. Previously I worked on a project called blade storm which is more of an adventure, it had action, but it was definitely more of an adventure game and from seeing that and the way the team worked was much different to the way the team works now. So I can sense that there is some kind of difference between the styles.
AM: As for Dynasty warriors itself it’s probably, as an action game, its probably its own genre of action game itself; so its probably even separate from other action games.
CC: With Dynasty Warriors, there was a tie-in with Hokoto No Ken (Fist of the North Star). Did you have any kind of role with that?
AM: Not directly involved with the project as I’m with another project team, but we did help review the game internally.
CC: As a game developer, do you play games yourself?
AM: Of course!
CC: What is your favourite game franchise of all time? Note: Translator uses ichiban here.
AM:Ichiban?
AM:Gran Turismo or Uncharted.
CC: Final Question: Do you have anything else that you would like to promote with Dynasty Warriors or anything else that you’re working on?
AM: For Dynasty Warriors 8, what we’ve added to the game, we’ve added an additional storyline a what if storyline for all four of the Kingdoms. It’s an alternative storyline that what-if certain characters or officers hadn’t died in battle. What would have happened then in the course of history. So it’s definitely original, originally made by us, so definitely can’t be seen anywhere else.
AM: We also have 77 characters available in this game, 10 more from the previous version, so it’s the most characters in a Dynasty Warriors series, so everyone will definitely enjoy it and find at least one character that they can enjoy.
CC: Thank you.
AM:Thank you T/L:Thank you.
If you haven’t already checked it out, we have a review for Dynasty Warriors 8 up already. The game is out now for both the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 devices. Dynasty Warriors 8 is published and developed by Tecmo Koei.
EA has announced today that it has signed a deal with football powerhouse Barcelona that will see EA Sports hold exclusivity rights to feature it in its games such as the upcoming FIFA 14.
“Joining a world class football club like Barcelona as an Official Club Partner is a fantastic opportunity for EA SPORTS and our fans,” said Laurent Colette, Chief Marketing Officer, EA SPORTS.
What this means in gaming terms is that players can choose the Barcelona team with new shiny in-game models and play in the Camp Nou football stadium.
FIFA 14 is coming out this September 24 in North America and September 27 in Europe for every platform but the Wii U. Check out the latest Barcelona trailer below.
Ah yes! Another Trailer, another Pokemon. This has surely made the day for a lot of Poke-Fans out there. This trailer, which has now been released on the Japanese Nintento eShop, was shown alongside the latest Pokemon movie and has revealed the newest addition to the next Pokemon generation; Oorotto. Oorotto is a Pokemon that looks a lot like a tree, we don’t have an official description of it so it may or may not actually BE a tree. This Pokemon has actually been known about for a while now with only drawings done by fans circulating the net and I have to say that they all were pretty close to being spot on!
Clashing Water-types!
The trailer didn’t just show the new Pokemon, it also showed things like battle sequences. Most of the battles we’ve seen before but one was extremely striking and that was what looks to be an underwater battle which is a great addition to the game seeing as we also have sky battles. It also revealed that the Fire-type starter Pokemon Fennekin can learn a move called Glow Punch. The trailer also had a nice shot of the new Pokemon Legendary style3DS XL that has only recently been released. It’s not something too big but it’s a nice touch.
Fennekin’s Glow Punch
We can expect for there to be Official Oorotto artwork, description and an English name within the coming weeks so keep your eyes on the site for any and all information to be released. For now, though, scroll down to our Featured Video section below and check out the Newest Pokemon X and Y trailer.
Konami have officially confirmed that 20 Argentinian soccer teams from the AFA (Argentinian Football Association) Primera Division will be playable in the upcoming PES 2014 video-game.
Not only have they secured the 20 teams of the AFA Primera Division, but they have also locked in local FOX Sports announcers Mariano Closs and Fernando Niembro. Some of the playable AFA teams include River Plate, Boca Juniors, Newell’s Old Boys and Racing.
Besides the new AFA teams, PES 2014 will also feature the brand new FOX Engine which is said to make it the most realistic and impressive experience in soccer game history. PES 2014 aims to set a new benchmark for soccer games and with the FOX Engine it may just do that.
People looking to attend the Vocaloid Night event over in Sydney, hosted by SMASH!, might need to get a move on with the purchasing of their tickets online. Event pre-sale tickets close soon, meaning that they will no longer be able to purchase tickets online to the event. The pre-sale ends on the 5th of August, which is a Monday.
What’s interesting is that anyone that purchases a pre-sale ticket is automatically eligible for entry into a secret drawing for a signed copy of Hachioji P‘s latest album, ViViD, as well as many signed posters from both kz and Hachioji P.
To quote the press release:
Quick, purchase your tickets online before pre-sales close for a chance to win one of 2 Signed copies of Hachioji P’s new Album ViViD WAVE, and many signed posters by both kz(livetune) and Hachioji P! All pre-sale ticket holders automatically go into the draw with winners announced at the door. Attendees receive a complimentary glow stick but numbers are limited so get in early!
Tickets are also available at the Vocaloid Night booth at SMASH along with fresh and limited merchandise straight from Japan. Official goods not available online, come and visit our booth and grab a chance to see the DJ’s in person! Limited signings will be available on the day, please come to the booth for more details. All goods must be purchased from the booth in order to receive a signature. While stocks last.
So don’t forget to grab your tickets online at the official site.
Deep Silver and Rubicon Organization have confirmed that they have released Narco Terror on multiple digital platforms today. Narco Terror is twin-stick co-op shooter game and is now available for download on the Xbox Live Arcade Marketplace, the PlayStation Network and Steam.
You can check out the trailer for Narco Terror below to get a look at what you can expect from this exciting game. Narco Terror will be available for 800 Microsoft Points on Xbox Live and for USD $9.99 on PlayStation Network and Steam. Be sure to pick up Narco Terror now and get shooting with your friends in co-operative gameplay fun.
As you may have surmised if you’ve paid attention to games in the last few years, Call of Duty is a huge franchise. So huge in fact that the game’s announcements have announcements for them. Anyways, as you can see above Activision has announced that they will be showing off the multiplayer mode in Call of Duty: Ghosts for the first time ever on August 14th at 10:30AM Pacific time.
The multiplayer reveal will be live-streamed on the game’s official websiteand will likely be shown off in future trailers or be given a special reveal trailer of its own either immediately after or a couple of days after the reveal.
Today an English narrated trailer for Girls und Panzer appeared online courtesy of WTK. This trailer was aired during Sentai Filmworks‘ presentation at Anime Expo earlier this month and while it does feature English narration, none of the character’s have been given voice work nor has an English cast been revealed as of yet.
Girls und Panzer follows the story of Miho, who ends up joining a tank combat course, or as the localization is calling it, tankery, where girls will drive and fight one another using real life tanks. This follows quite the trend with Sentai Filmworks and their acquisitions of cute girls with military hardware. Anyways, you can check out the trailer below and keep an eye out for the release itself sometime next year.
Today Sega confirmed with everyone that Hatsune Miku Project Diva F will be hitting store shelves on August 27th in North America. The release date had been listed on retailers for a few weeks now, but it was simply called a placeholder before. At the moment there is still no set release date for the European version of the game.
Anyways, outside of the release date the company also announced that there will be some special pre-order bonuses exclusive to GameStop, which can be seen below. These bonuses include a special Miku-themed PlayStation 3 XMB theme as well as a Snow Miku 2013 costume module for use in the game.
