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Killer is Dead Limited and Fan Edition Announced

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June 28, 2013

Deep Silver has announced that there will be a choice of two editions released in Europe and Oceania, for Kadokawa Games and Grasshopper Manufacture’s brand-new action and E3 title Killer is Dead on August 30 for PS3 and Xbox360. Killer is Dead invites players take on the almighty role of Mondo Zappa, an executioner determined to slay monstrous criminals scattered around the world and beyond. The Fan Edition will be available for AUS $90.45 ($64.32 Euro)come in exclusive packaging and includes:

The “Smooth Operator Pack” containing four downloadable items:

Additional Mission: Ep.51- The Man Who Stole Blood
Gigolo Glasses that grant X-Ray vision for Mondo Zappa
Mysterious beauty named Betty for Gigolo Mode
Unannounced item, perfect for summer

Fully coloured Art book
Poster showcasing the unique visuals of the game
Full soundtrack by Akira Yamaoka on CD

At launch, the Limited Edition will be available for AUS $82.23 ($58.47 Euro), containing the full “Smooth Operator Pack” downloadable content at no extra cost. Don’t miss out on these awesome editions for Killer is Dead!

The Settlers Franchise Celebrates 20 Years

Joe Morgan

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June 28, 2013

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The Settlers, the renowned strategy franchise from Ubisoft and Blue Byte, has been around for a long time. In fact, they’re proudly celebrating their 20th birthday! To celebrate such a fantastic milestone, The Settlers Online: Castle Empire is launching an in-game event with new adventures, rewards, server-wide objectives, and resources.

The original game was released in 1993 for Amiga and later ported to MS-DOS. The franchise has had seven main titles with several adaptations including their popular free-to-play online browser game. In that twenty years, over nine million copies of the game have been sold.

The new resource mentioned earlier seems appropriate for a birthday – balloons. You can collect them in a wide variety of ways. On top of that, servers will be challenged to hit a certain number of balloons. Successful servers will grant each user on it a Settlers II original headquarters. Anything completed after that will earn you additional rewards.

You can check out The Settlers Online for free here.

Guncraft Gets Pre-Order Bonuses

Joe Morgan

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June 28, 2013

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Guncraft, Exato Games’ upcoming FPS meld between Minecraft and Activision‘s Call of Duty, has announced today that the game can officially be pre-ordered. It will release on Windows PC on July 11, 2013.

As incentives to get your pre-orders in, everyone who pre-orders the game will receive the “Cubetron Tileset,” which features an exclusive set of blocks for building your own maps. You’ll also get the Cubetron character and rifle skins. These block are black with blue, glowing highlights, reminiscent of something out of Tron. In addition to that, pre-orderers will also get immediate Beta access with full access to in-game vehicles, the cooperative Onslaught Mode, exclusive weekly characters skins, and more.

You can also check out the Guncraft vs Spades trilogy of videos they’ve done, poking fun at rival indie game Spades:

“Have All the Power!”:

“My Prefab is Bigger Than Yours”:

“Try to Keep Up”:

You can pre-order the game right now at Desura, GOG, Green Man Games, Rain Digital Games, Gamefly, and the official Guncraft site. If you’re a Steam aficionado, you can also go here to vote Guncraft up on Greenlight, where the game is currently in the top 1% of all eligible titles.

Mewtwo: Prologue to the Awakening First Trailer

Frank Inglese

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June 28, 2013

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Mewtwo: Prologue to the Awakening First Trailer

In the lead up to the next big Pokemon Movie – Extremespeed Genesect: The Awakening of Mewtwo – the official Pokemon website, on Wednesday, began streaming a teaser trailer for a new two hour long anime special called Mewtwo: Prologue To The Awakening which is exactly how it sounds; it’s basically an origins story after the initial origins story (Pokemon The Movie). This new movie is said to set itself in the life of Mewtwo between it’s prolonged appearances between movies. The trailer shows him fighting Generation 5 Pokemon, using them to train and actually transforming to beat a few of them which shows that maybe Mewtwo wasn’t as strong as he was before, I suppose we’ll find out what really went on once the movie is released.

The trailer also introduces us to the main characters of the Pokemon Special:

Yuuki Kaji playes the role of Basil a youthful trainer who takes much pride in his strength and battling ability which actually allowed him to be victorious in the Unova League. He is also the leader of the Pokemon Rescue Team Eevee and has made an appearance before in the actual Anime.

Emiri Kato plays the role of Anna and Masaharu Satou plays the role of Oscar. Anna has the mysterious power to understand the feelings of Pokemon (Similar to N) and her grandfather, Oscar, who was once a member of a mountain rescue team.

Takehito Koyasu plays the mysterious man Dunc. He was once saved by Mewtwo in the past and knows a lot more about the human-made Pokemon than a lot of other people do.

The Mewtwo: Prologue To The Awakening anime special will premiere on Japan’s TV Tokyo on the 11th of July at 7:00pm. Keep your eye on the site for any and all information to come out of this release and so much more. You can see the teaser trailer in our Featured Video section below and don’t forget to drop us a line in our comments section just under that.

PAX Australia To Hold Pokemon Video Game Nationals

Sergei Lazarev

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June 28, 2013

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PAX Australia To Hold Pokemon Video Game Nationals

Australian and New Zealand Pokemon Trainers will have a chance to battle it out in Melbourne this year thanks to Nintendo Australia. The Pokemon Video Game National Championship will be held at PAX Australia, Melbourne, on July 20 and 21.

Players will compete using Black Version 2 and White Version 2 with these rules, with free flights to the World Championships in Vancouver on the cards for those who place in the top two of their age division. Even accommodation will paid for if you manage to take part in the event held on August 9-11, 2013.

At the Aussie Nationals, the following age divisions will apply:

Junior Division: Born in 2002 or later
Senior Division: Born in 1998, 1999, 2000, or 2001
Masters Division: Born in 1997 or earlier

Tickets for the PAX event are unfortunately sold out already, but that doesn’t you mean you’re destined to miss out. Trainers have a chance to win flights, accommodation and entry tickets to the expo plus additional standalone tickets to PAX at a number of Pokemon Meet-ups to be held around Australia in the coming weeks.

These battle competitions will take place at the following meet-ups:

Perth (Supanova Pop Culture Expo) Sunday 30^th June
Melbourne (Deakin Edge – Federation Square) Saturday 6^th July
Brisbane (Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre) Sunday 7^th July
Adelaide (AVCon Anime and Video Game Convention) Saturday 13^th July
Sydney (Luna Park) Sunday 14^th July

These competitions will follow the same rules as the Championships, so make sure you familiarise yourself with them.

The Pokemon Global Link Event is still running until the end of July, so make sure you participate to snag yourself a very special Metagross.

Metal Gear Solid: The Legacy Collection trailer celebrates the franchise

Travis Bruno

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June 28, 2013

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Metal Gear Solid: The Legacy Collection trailer celebrates the franchise

It is hard to think that twenty five years ago the first Metal Gear game was released to the public. In fact, I wasn’t even alive at that point in time, though many gaming fans were and they will soon be able to relive their fond memories of the series once again.

Konami has released a new trailer for Metal Gear Solid: The Legacy Collection which celebrates the franchise and includes footage from every game included in the PS3 exclusive release. For those who may have not been paying attention, the pack includes MGS (digital code), MGS: VR Missions (digital code), MGS 2 HD, MGS 3 HD (includes the MSX Metal Gear 1 and 2), MGS: Peace Walker HD, MGS 4 Trophy Edition, and two digital graphic novels.

Sword Art Online to premiere on Toonami on July 27

Travis Bruno

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June 28, 2013

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Today it was announced by Toonami on their official Tumblr page that they will be doing some revisions to their line-up. On July 27th they will be removing The Thundercats reboot and Sym-Bionic Titan reruns and will be replacing them with an old classic and one series that many anime fans have been waiting for.

On July 27th Big O Season 2 will air at 3:30AM and finally Sword Art Online will be making its English debut when it starts airing at 2AM on the channel. The full line-up of series and their times can be found below:

12:00a Bleach
12:30a Naruto Uncut
01:00a One Piece
01:30a Soul Eater
02:00a Sword Art Online
02:30a IGPX
03:00a Eureka 7
03:30a Big O Season 2
04:00a Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood
04:30a Cowboy Bebop
05:00a Inuyasha
05:30a Inuyasha

Urban Trial Freestyle Released on 3DS

Jeffery Shull

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June 28, 2013

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The acclaimed racing title from Tate Multimedia, Urban Trial Freestyle, is now available for download on Nintendo‘s eShop in Europe and North America with pricing at 6.99 € and $6.99 respectively with a UK price of £6.29. That’s not all though, as they offering a 20% discount to the already popular game for a price of 5.59€/$5.59/£4.99 until the July 4th deadline.

This is not just a straight port either, as a console exclusive bonus the developers are including an in-depth Track Editor mode that offers nigh endless possibilities for new and challenging levels. For the uninitiated Urban Trial Freestyle is a fast-paced, realistic motorcycle game filled with intense stunts and hard-core racing. The game is packed with over 45 incredibly varied levels spread across five different cityscapes. The title also includes 64 bikes to customize how you see fit, with players able to change the body, engine, and tires to change how the bike runs and handles.

The game has three modes for single player consisting of Challenge Mode, Time Attack Mode, and Stunt Mode which will challenge players with death-defying stunts to challenge even the most skilled gamer as well as several multiplayer modes via either leader boards or asynchronous ghost mode.

Yatagarasu Attack on Cataclysm IndieGoGo Campaign is Live

Jamie Laike Tsui

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June 28, 2013

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Yatagarasu Attack on Cataclysm IndieGoGo Campaign is Live

Indie publishers Nyu Media has been working on an original 2d fighter called Yatagarasu Attack on Cataclysm. The development team includes three former SNK employees that worked on King of Fighters that have been working on the game for the past 6 years.

They are now turning to IndieGoGo to raise $68,000 to add some final polish, more fighters, new features, voice overs by TOUGEKI announcer Koori Masao, arcade cabinets for the Japanese market, and localization for the international market.

Yatagarasu Attack on Cataclysm will be available for Windows. The team says the title draws inspiration from Street Fighter III: Third Strike and BlazBlue. There is currently a roster of eight fighters, with hopes to add two new characters. Backers will be able to vote for the two fighters they wish to see added to the game.

AeternoBlade Begins IndieGoGo Campaign

Jamie Laike Tsui

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June 28, 2013

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Thai developers Corecell Technology has started an IndieGoGo campaign to raise money to develop their upcoming Nintendo 3DS title, AeternoBlade. The game is a side scrolling action platformer is inspired by games like Braid and Castlevania. Freyja, the main character, wields the AeternoBlade, a sword that is capable of rewinding time. Players will embark on an epic journey of vengeance, as Freyja seeks to avenge the death of her village.

Corecell Technology is trying to raise $30,000 dollars to bring the game to North America and Europe. Currently, the game will be released for the Nintendo 3DS in Japan, but ports to PS Vita, PlayStation 3, Windows, and Wii U are planned if the IndieGoGo campaign exceeds the requested amount.